Monthly Archives: April 2009

MBC Marathon – the results are in!

Those happy faces are me and my collegues from ING – just – before we started running our (half) marathon. Perhaps we were even happier when we finished – it would have been better to share a before / after picture I suppose. Continue reading

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Dutch Orange ball 2009

The highlight of the year for the Dutch community in Seoul would be the Dutch “Orange Ball”, held in the grand hyatt. It’s was true Dutch evening with “oranjebitter” and a Dutch band that was flown in to Seoul for … Continue reading

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Holiday in Jeju

 

Traditional Korean seafood soup is enhanced by distinctive shellfish harvested by the famous woman divers of Jeju Island. An age-old tradition, the fisher-woman of Jeju spend long hours in the waters surrounding the island relentlessly diving again and again, collecting the unique sea snails, shell fish and abalone in the bountiful waters of

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North-Korea vs. South-Korea match at Mapo-gu Stadium

The national football teams of North and South Korea have played a World Cup qualifier in Seoul today – which the South won by one goal to nil. Although the game was quite boring, there was a good atmosphere in … Continue reading

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