006_seal protection

[Busan] The same principle can also be applied to the exterior of the house. In the picture, this house was situated in a fish market in Busan. There were a few more houses with the same coating detail within the area. Take a closer look, they painted everything including the wires attached to the house. Lucky enough that the air-con condenser was left intact.

005_wallpaper**

This is the typical interior of Korean traditional houses. Since they are made of wood, pieces of paper are used to protect the inside from cold weather, insects and whatever other things.

004_silversticks

Chopsticks in Korea are made of stainless steel. They are rather heavy, cold when placed in air-con room and hot when you leave them in noodles bowl. Legend has it that in the past chopsticks used in palaces are made of silver in order to prevent the royal family from being poisoned. This has been passed on to later generations as a norm or culture but silver is too expensive to use for ordinary people. The cool thing is even Korean restaurants overseas also use the same material, except for the ones in food court or hawker center which, of course, even stainless steel is too costly for them.