#1 Visors

Do you find yourself in urgent need to protect your skin from the sun and weld sheet metal at the same time? Look no further. Korean's wear these giant visors to protect themselves from the sun during outdoor activities such as hiking and fishing. However I am conviced that some people just wear them because they like the way they look, as I have seen many a person wearing the visors at night and/or with 98% cloud covering. Not only do they come in plain colors, but you can also get your visor/welding mask in an array of different fortes: bedazzled, tie dye, studs, metallic, decorated with cartoon animals and floral arrangements...the list can go on and on. No matter what the occasion there is a visor that will suit all your needs.

Cheers!

Soggy Waffle Fish?

“Fashion is made to become unfashionable.” -Coco Chanel

Place: Busan, South Korea
Ti me Frame: August 2009-August 2010
Who: Natalie Ursula Smith/EPIK Teacher
Purpose: To expose the western world to the fashion trends that I am experiancing while in South Korea.

I wanted to write a blog, that was always the goal, but more importantly I wanted to write a blog people would ACTUALLY read. If you are perhaps looking for a blog about the day to day experiances of a foreigner in Korea I want to warn you that this is not the place. A quick google search and you will find hundreds of blogs by westeners about the trivial things we go through: kimchi being shoved in our face morning, noon and night, old men staring at you as if you have the word Banana tattooed across your forehead, trying to find a pair of slippers that actually fit above an American size 8. NO! I want to focus on a completely different avenue, expose a world that perhaps some of you may never see, I want to show the western world what these Koreans are wearing. Whether it be ultra hip or ultra cliche, I will cover the good, bad and the ugly.

Why Soggy Waffle Fish? I promise this is my one story that is off the beaten path of fashion mishaps in Korea. While the bus was taking my EPIK group from training to Busan we made a dinner pit stop. I was craving a taste of home so ice cream seemed like a safe bet. I stopped at an ice cream cart a little off the beaten path of the resturant and found a package of what looked to be a waffle cone filled with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce shaped into a giant fish. JACKPOT! I pay my 1000₩ and take it back to the bus. I open it thinking I am about to get a mouthful of crunchy choclatey goodness and what happens? It turns to mush in my mouth. It is so soggy I can't even bite the dang thing. Dissapointed? yes. But the moment I coined the thing "soggy waffle fish" I knew my blog title had been created.

I hope you enjoy this Soggy Waffle Fish more then I did.

Cheers!