100 Days of Korea

I've lived in Korea for nearly 3 years straight, making it the longest place I've lived since I graduated high school. Needless to say, I've made Seoul my home and know the city quite well. But what people often forget is that I am no tourist; I am not simply here for a short period of time only to leave and never come back. As such, I often overlook those things that distinguish Seoul as a possible 'tourist spot' and look at the city quite differently. There are two ways one can live in Seoul: on the surface and deep within the streets of the city. Most foreigners who come, I've noticed, live simply on the surface, not necessarily a bad thing, but one obtains only so much culture and information from there. I, on the other hand, have rooted myself as deep as I can given my own drawbacks and see a different side of Seoul, a side that few allow themselves to see.

It is from this point that I start this challenge to myself, this mission to unveil 'My Seoul'. For 100 days until my 25th birthday on August 7th, I will take a picture of something I feel is 'Korean', post it, and blog about it. In doing so I will be able to dump all the information I have about Korea and hopefully share with at least one or two people things about Korea they did not already know. I am in no way going to be giving a complex history lesson or rundown of Korea because you can pick up a book and do that yourself. My pictures and blog posts are to share with whoever comes across them a piece of Korea they either didn't know existed or find particularly interesting. I am no photographer, and I wouldn't even call it a hobby of mine, and so most of the pictures for the time being will be taken using my cell phone camera, which I think takes pretty good pictures anyways. As an individual, this allows me to chronicle the things I love about Korea, especially Seoul, and also allows me get my writing juices flowing as I've been in quite the slump these days. All pictures will be taken by me, unless otherwise stated, and will be taken within a week of when I blog about it. I hear people are doing a picture a day for a year; I'm just not that disciplined. But I suppose 100 days is a start. FYI, I didn't take the picture in this blog post. ㅋㅋ