While waiting for my friend saturday morning, I walked to a small park with a fountain, and made a few photos. After a while, a mother with child and grandparents came to play in the fountain. I looked at them for a short while, seeing how much fun the little bugger had, and wanted to make some photos. Usually I shy away from the fear they might think I’m some kind of weirdo for making photos of total strangers, but this time I figured.. why the hell not.

I walked up to the mother and grandmother, and using my sophisticated korean skills I asked them if I could make some photos, too (the grandmother was clicking away with a point-and-shoot camera). They immediately said sure!, and I asked the mother for her email address, so I could later send her the photos.

It took her a few minutes to write down her address, as she apparently had never used an iPod Touch before. The little guy tried to draw her attention by pulling a face like this, which I’ve found out is Korean for ‘hurry the hell up already’.

I only had a few minutes to spare, but I managed to snap a few photos. Fun times.

Last friday I went on a small trip out of Seoul. It’s been over a year since I last left the city, to I was pretty excited to get some real fresh air again. I went back to Cheong-ju, the city I stayed in the first time I came to Korea, well over three years ago. I saw some familiar places, and many memories came back to me. It almost felt like it was only yesterday I was wobbling about in Cheong-ju, young as I was. But mostly it feels like a lifetime ago.