This is the 2nd version of the map, updated from the 1st version, with amendment of typo, change of line colour to match those that is currently being used in subway. Also, I have added the under-construction Busan-Gimhae LRT line. The Hanja and English station names for Busan-Gimhae LRT are not from the official sources, but I translated on my own based on the map provided from the company's website.
今天非常高興，請到我們的韓語嘉賓，宇曙來教大家簡單的韓語。也非常感謝我們的攝影師，浩文提供畫面以方便解說。来上课吧！
好了，好了，不要再闹了。今天去了乙淑岛（을숙도）一趟，是位于洛东江中的一座岛。七早八早就与被我游说而还有睡意的两位同学一同去搭68号巴士去了下端，再步行渡江去看鸟。要渡江就必须过一道515米的河口堰桥（하구언다리）。
要过桥的当儿，在那么狭窄的人行步道，竟然有一大坨的钓翁在垂钓。钓翁们都是有备而来，在禁区内垂钓的也大有人在，也不知是如何攀过篱笆，总之是要霸个风水位就对了。所以我们都小心翼翼地经过，免得大动作碰到鱼竿被老人家臭骂就不太好。怎么上图看都都还好，不见什么人潮？请继续看以下的图片吧。
之前一直想要来都没来，现在终于来到了乙淑岛。乙淑岛基本上是候鸟息栖地，可是应该是时候不对，没什么看到鸟儿的踪影。今天比较有看头的应该是洛东江下游堤岸水博物馆，里边有介绍关于洛东江的咨询。就在隔没多远有瞭望台，可看到洛东江的景色。洛东江是韩国最长的河流，长1300里(韩国单位），公里单位网上资料有别，约500多公里，源于太白山黄池。平时大学看到的洛东江是在比较上流的部分，下图最远的部分为上流。
乙淑岛以鸟而闻名，所以电灯柱都以鸟为图案。
鸟儿瞭望台是在岛的南部，要走一段蛮长的路才到（请看下图）。走到一半，看到工地正在建筑另一座由下端区经乙淑岛去江西区的桥。浩文自问此工程难道不会影响岛内的自然生态吗？最可爱的是，海鸥都一只一只息栖在浮漂上。
瞭望台都是从小洞观看，免得吓跑鸟儿。到底有没有看到鸟？有是有，可是都非常的遥远，相机拍的不是很清楚，自己看看是否找得出鸟躲在哪儿。最后也送上一张鸟儿合成图。
如果要简单的来介绍乙淑岛，看以下路牌好了。没有看过如此长的英语路牌。最后要感谢浩文同学提供以上的部分照片。
There are so many things you would probably craving or miss from back home when you are in a foreign country. Limited range of ingredients can be a problem, like my margarine experience. So, today, after numerous hours of coding of Naïve Bayes Classifier, I finally felt like getting out of the room, and left it idle for some hours.
So, what I did is, I decided to make my own 豆腐花, given that inspiration from one of my English tutoring student suggesting 순두부 as 豆腐花, which is a type of soft tofu used as cooking ingredient. So, what the heck, just give it a try. I bought a pack of sugar and one tube of 순두부.
With some boiling water & sugar, and a few minutes later, the syrup was ready to be added directly to the 순두부. The result? Have a look:
The tofu had similar taste, even right after opening the package, you can smell the aroma of soybean easily. Great! After adding in the syrup, it's done. First time in Korea I had my 豆腐花. The only drawback was that, since it was put at the refrigerated food section, it was slightly cold. But if anyone of you who like it cold, probably you might find it all right. It was rather tasty and a big bowl for only ₩650 (sans sugar pricing).
So people, you know how to get your own 豆腐花 here in Korea now!
Photo courtesy of Chee Min
Finally, after numerous discussion, I finally set foot on Jinhae, the city of cherry blossom. Just an hour bus ride from Sasang Terminal for ₩4200, the whole group of 15 students from China and Malaysia happily snapping pictures all the way. I met our nice 韓警備 (Gosh, what was his full name again?) inside the lift, he was asking where were I going on such an early Sunday morning. After telling my destination, he told me he was once a marine at Jinhae as well, and it was a nice place for flower viewing.
How nice is nice you ask? Here is my best photograph shot. A super famous spot which you have to rush for a chance to take it there. You'll be the judge whether it's nice or not.
First stop after arriving at bus terminal was 제황산공원(帝皇山公園), which has Jinhae Tower 진해탑(鎭海塔) on top of the hill, a prominent landmark and a good point of reference. You can walk up to the hill via 365 steps stairs. Apparently, it symbolises the number of days in a year. It reminds me of a Chinese proverb, 一年之计在于春, which is appropriate as it was spring when we were there.
The park and the view from the tower was rather nice. There is also a nice little museum on 2nd floor, but again, Korean only. You can see Jinhae city and Jinhae Bay from here. Cherry blossom was planted everywhere in Jinhae.
Photo courtesy of Li Chun
Out of a sudden, we saw something flying by. It was a blimp by South Gyeongsang Province Election Committee urging people to vote on 9 April for National Assembly Election. Probably it was a good chance to put on this campaign as the crowd was huge and good way to catch attention.
Photo courtesy of Chee Min
There were carnival stalls nearby which was rather commercialised. Probably it was the only chance of the year for local people to earn tourist money, thus price was inflated. We should have listened to our kind security guard to pack our own food, as he told us food price was going to be expensive. Anyhow, here are some photos.
Just right behind the stall we went, it was one of the historic landmark of Jinhae, the Jinhae Post Office. Looks like I'm the only one interested in this. There after, we walked to another prominent landmark of Jinhae, the statue of Admiral Lee Sun-Shin, alongside with a model of his famous turtle ship. One fun observation; if you look closely at the photo, you can see a smiley face instead of the boat. Nice eh?
The main highlight of the day is none other than Yeojwacheon Bridge area, as shown on the 2nd picture above. It was so crowded owing to the fact that it was really beautiful. If I'm not wrong, the place that was photographed most using our cameras was here. So enjoy there following pictures.
Sakura Drop courtesy of Li Chun
We had a great day as the weather was good, the view was stunning. So here are some of the photos, which I do not know how to describe it in words. Just too bad the final place at the Navy Academy, the railway track was out of bound, and only pre-defined pedestrian walk path was opened to visitors.
Photo courtesy of Cherry
What surprise me at the end of the trip when heading to the bus terminal, was the super long queue. Busan seemed to be the best transit point for visitors from elsewhere. This was not the ticket queue, but the boarding queue, and picture show was only half of the queue.
Also, it was a lovely day, wasn't it? For those of you who has seen the original, you are lucky. For those who missed it, never fear, you can ask around. There was a similarity of theme when you look closely at the photos. Here is my list:
Photo courtesy of Li Chun
Photo courtesy of Cherry
Photo courtesy of Cherry & Ting Ting
Photo courtesy of Rui Ting & Seong Yee
Photo courtesy of Rui Ting
It's getting warmer here, and flowers has been blooming these few weeks. I'm suppose to wait for tomorrow when I go to Jinhae for cherry blossom to take photos, but I just do not want to waste the opportunity to have some taken in around campus. Plus weather forecast stated tomorrow's chance of raining is rather high. You can really feel spring this time, as seen from the following before and after picture which just 2-3 weeks difference.
Today was probably my lucky day, I took another picture on the same place as the picture above, but hey, the following picture actually has a bird on the branch! When I try to take another close up, there goes the bird, so enjoy this.
Also, I took the following picture for the contrasting colour scheme, blue with pink, yellow with some green. Probably can be my sample test photo next time on image editing.
The following pictures are taken on the main road to the entrance of the university.
When I saw the petals falling off, it was rather nice and pleasant, but my photography skill is not that good with moving objects. When seeing the petals on the ground, it reminds me that this will not last for long. That is why I must go to Jinhae by tomorrow. Ah, and that song by 宇多田ヒカル comes to my mind when I saw this picture.
