Canadian expats heading back to Korea will appreciate this offer from Air Canada. $968 round trip to Seoul! Never mind the fact that Air Canada has become notorious for its deplorable service and heavy handed cut backs, at these prices you might not mind a few hours delay and some surly flight attendants. Book now, the offer ends on April 23, 2009

Korean bullfighting? Who knew? Well to qualify, its not the same bull fighting you find in Spain or Mexico. It is, in fact, more aptly called bull wrestling. Two bulls are lead into a ring and encouraged by their owners whoops and pats to lock horns and have it out until one backs down or  is pushed out of the ring. Long periods of relative calm are broken by the occasional clash of horns. The bulls are seldom injured, fights end more often than not, when one bull simple gets tired of the charade and saunters off to find something else to do. Matches, as you can imagine, can take hours and are rarely exciting to watch unless you’ve spice things up with a wager of a few thousand won. The tradition of Korean bull fighting is a long one, stemming no doubt from the endless boredom of  pre-Nori Bang agrarian Korea.  The 2009 Cheongdo Bull fighting Festival,  last week, was the biggest yet in its long history. Tens of thousands of fans crowding into the newly built stadium to get a glimpse of one of the world’s oldest past times. (more…)

Sorry, The One One Four is busy saving the world (well, helping out at least). See again you again on Sunday.

Oh and don’t forget, at 8:30 local time you should shut off all non-essential electronics (and do whatever people do when its dark and cold )

Seoul Fashion Week, which opened yesterday, will be held until April 2nd at Seoul Trade Exhibition Centre (SETEC).  Menswear collections grace the runway first (March 25th to 27) , followed by the collections for women (March 28th to April 1st).  All Shows are open to the public, except for the JUUN. J and Song Jain collections, which are limited to buyers and press. Tickets can be purchased online and by telephone at 1566-1369. However, both services are in Korean only. Affordable single show tickets  and day passes are available. To get to SETEC take the subway to Hangyeol Station, Line 3. Exit 3 will lead you up to the main exhibition building that houses Hall 1 to 3. A rare glimpse into the Korean fashion industry, future designers, fashion junkies, and serious Project Runway fans will surely enjoy.

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Style: Breakfast
Location: Daegu, Sam jung gol, bongdokdong, near the south gate of Camp Walker
Price: approx. 20,000 won for two people with coffee
Contact: 053 475 5242 (closed Mondays)

It took months before I got around to checking out the newest edition to the Daegu breakfast scene Hami Mami’s. Hami Mami’s has two locations, one just down the road from the Camp Walker gates and another in the first level of Club That downtown. Hami’s is Korean owned and operated with a fully Western breakfast (bacon and eggs that is, not lassos and chaps).

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Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm Local time people around the world will turn off, unplug, and cut their engines for the second annual Earth Hour. As of today, 80 countries and 750 cities have “committed” to Earth Hour 2009, a big jump from the 35 countries that participated in 2008. Businesses, government buildings and private residences are asked to turn off all non-essential lights and appliances in an attempt to raise awareness about global climate change. Last year’s event was an overwhelming success with cities reporting big drops in power demand that translated into a reduction of hundreds of tonnes of carbon monoxide that would have otherwise been emitted.

The One One Four, like all responsible organizations, is committed to environment responsibility. To do our  part for this event we have decided to “go dark” for the entire day. That means all the computers and work spaces associated with The One One Four will be shut off from Midnight Friday March 27th to Midnight Saturday March 28th. So there will be no posts that day. But you probably wont notice, we hope, because you’ll have your lights out and computers off too.

Bronze by Dietrich Klinge

Die Galerie, the latest addition to Gangnam’s gallery scene, opened last month with a show celebrating the last 35 years of german contemporary with a body of work spanning from the end of World War  Two to the fall of the Iron Curtain. The show boasts some impressive works from Germany’s most important contemporay artists.  (more…)