Archive for April, 2009

MBC Marathon – the results are in!

Posted under Korea, sports, travel on Monday, 27 April 2009 by admin
Those happy faces are me and my collegues, Frank-Jan, Zdenek, Marten and Arjan from ING - just - before we started running our (half) marathon. Perhaps we were even happier when we finished - it would have been better, or at least more fair to share a before / after picture I suppose. Together...

Dutch Orange ball 2009

Posted under Korea, travel on Thursday, 23 April 2009 by admin
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 the occasion. The champagne reception. The theme of the Orange...

Holiday in Jeju

Posted under Pictures, travel on Wednesday, 8 April 2009 by admin
Woman done fishing for today   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...

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

Posted under Korea, sports, travel on Thursday, 2 April 2009 by admin
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 the stadium, especially after Kim Chi Woo scored the first goal for South Korea. The...