5/30 - Sejong, Sookmyung and Subway

thankfully, the weather has been very nice in seoul so i opted to walk to the morning rehearsal at sejong performing arts center. during the rehearsal, pauline met julie at sookmyung women's university where she is teaching. after rehearsal, i headed to sookmyung as well to check out the campus and her office.


sookmyung campus



julie's office

it was cool to see where my sister has been working and the campus was beautiful. we had dinner plans w/ an old family friend before the concert so we went back to get ready. he took our family to the best naeng myun (cold buckwheat noodles) place in myung dong (the area we are staying at). it was sooooo good. i wanted to keep eating but didn't think it would be a very good idea to go overboard right before the concert. he told us that myung dong is like the expensive ginza section of tokyo. offically, 36 square feet of commercial space costs around $600,000! pretty crazy.


the best naeng myun!

on a side note, the subway system in seoul is also pretty good (like tokyo). it's so easy to get where you need to go. at times, it can be a little jerky though.




tonight's concert was very meaningful since my entire family could be there. several more old family friends were able to come as well as some of pauline's college friends. it was an evening of 6th symphonies w/ the beethoven in the 1st half and tchaikovsky in the 2nd and was such a great program to play. i had a lot of fun and felt the audience really got into it.


banner outside of sejong hall