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Positioned on the edge of river Saraswati, Indore is placed in Madhya Pradesh. Designed and constructed by Rani Ahilyabai Holker, Indore is sanctified with the gorgeous environs and continental weather. Here people can visit destinations like Lal Baag Palace, Kanch Mandir, Rajwada, Chhattri Bagh, Geeta Bhavan, Nehru Park and Mahatma Gandhi Hall, all of them having historical significance.
Have you ever tried using Naver, the most popular search engine in Korea?
Naver (Hangul: 네이버) is by far the most popular search portal in South Korea, with a market share of over 70%, compared to 2% of Google.Naver was launched in June 1999 by ex-Samsung employees, the first portal in Korea that used its own proprietary search engine. (Info by Wikipedia)
Naver is like what Google is to us and like what Baidu is to Chinese. Korean prefer Naver than Google. Since I am still crawling to read Hangul hence 'Naver is never' my favourite search engine..hehehe. My host's children use Naver to play games or read manhwa (manga in korean) everytime after school.
At one time, I was looking behind Haein's shoulder to check at a game she was playing in junior Naver. Yes...there is a junior Naver. ^^ With Haein and Hojin's help, I found a few games which could help me learn Korean better. The games are primarily for Korean children to brush up their English but I think it works for me too and I hope it will help others learning Korean as well.
Ever heard of Ebay.com? Gmarket is his twin but lives in Korea..hehe. When I was in Malaysia, I did check out this portal and bought a hoodie and another shirt. The parcel + delivery costed roughly MYR140. What a let down, both ordered quality were sucks..seriously. I bet I'd rather buy it from a bundle shop at Uptown Danau Kota.
However, my love affair with Gmarket didn't stop at that point. I ordered a winter jacket which was only 15,900 won and sent to Jinbu address(where I stay now). Unfortunately this time, I forgot to check its shoulder size properly and fall prey to my own wrongdoing. The jacket's was 37cm while my shoulder slants towards the giant shrek size - 42cm..hehe. Yeah, I'm a big bone giant! ^^ So, I gave it to Haein. This is totally my own fault. No question asked. But........ the color of the jacket was not near to similar color at all. I ordered dark brown but I received lighter brown..sheeshh. That's why I have told myself before never to buy things online! Why Zarina..why didn't you listen to yourself??!!
The point is..online shopping could be cheap but still...don't follow my path. Buy clothes IF AND ONLY IF you could see the color, feel the material, try it on and like an 'ahjumma' ask for discount..hehe.
Never the least, if you want to have a taste how Gmarket is, head over to its English site and if you are articulate in Korean, click on here.
Gmarket strong points:
you can order kpop items and korean quirky fashion items - they are so pretty!
delivery is fast - domestic one or two days, international - around 1 week
you could pay via PAYPAL/credit card
my advice - only buy the NOW hot item for better deal
quality of the material is good but all depends to the seller
gmarket has hugeeeeeeeeeeee stock - ranging from clothes to makeup to food lalalala..you name it
WARNING No 1: The site is heavy on flash, you may need higher RAM PC and for me it's best to view with Internet Explorer.
WARNING No 2: The price could be very cheap and you will be tempted. Don't tell me I didn't warn you on this! ^_^
Assalamualaikum or (السلام عليكم) in arabic means peace be upon you. This is a greeting by Muslim as how Korean greet anyong haseyo (안녕하세요).
When I returned to Malaysia back in December 2009, I was asked by the man sitting next to me in the plane - "Why do you come to Korea? There's no mosque (masjid) in Korea right?" and he continued asking me bunch of questions about Islam and Muslim community in Korea. Among the most ridiculous questions that I received from Koreans while in Korea was "Are you on missionary?"
My hijab (tudung/scarf on my head) give away too much doesn't it? People are scared to approach me because of it and skeptical to accept me as another normal human being just because how Islam has been exposed to the world by the news on local television. This happened much in rural area where I went to for Wwoofing.
I answered solemnly that I wasn't on missionary. Why should I? hehehe...I'm not like those christian missionary in Myeongdong, ok? ^^ I told them I fell in love with Korean language, culture, history, the food and the friendly people. Period.
I know that I will be bombarded with a lot of questions about Islam and stuff but who cares...I love being in Korea!! ^^ Many of my Muslim friends disregard the idea of visiting non-Muslim country like Korea because it is hard to find Halal food. Frankly, we gonna miss out a lot (if only because of Halal food) especially on how beautiful Korea can be and the historical palaces are too awesome not to visit them!!
Arirang has a clip on Jeonju Islamic community here.
