I got my yellow belt!!!

Let me tell you how I got my yellow belt in Kuk Sool Won Hapkido. It was a lot of work. I had to do all of the ki cho hyun; which is 6 formations all together. I had to know how to get out of 10 different wristlocks. I had to know different rolls, falls, and also several different punch and kick combinations, flying kicks, and back hand strikes. I had to prove I’m learning the Tan Jon breathing technique. I had to perform at a 70% to pass. After I took the test it was about a week until we found out our scores and had a belt ceremony. I passed and got a yellow belt!!!! When my instructor put my yellow belt on me, I could not stop smiling for like 20 minutes. I love my yellow belt! 

My Rainbow Song

The Colors of the Rainbow by ZoeJoey

Welcome to my latest accomplishment. The title of this song is "The Colors of the Rainbow." My daddy, mommy and I performed the song. I was inspired by the School House Rock song called "Conjunction Junction." It is my favorite School House Rock song. After listening to this song I wanted to make my own educational song. So I did one about the colors of the rainbow. I had a lot of fun writing and recording it with my family. I hope you like it :)

Here is the song that inspired me.

The World's Largest Department Store

Have you ever gone to the World’s Largest Department Store? I have! It is in Busan, South Korea. It is close to the Bexco building. It was opened in 2009. Macy’s in New York City used to be the biggest, but now this one is. It is over a million square feet bigger than Macy’s! J  

Inside, we saw it had great architecture. It was white and beautiful. The place was super clean which made it shiny. The center of the building kind-of looked like it came from a fancy Dr. Seuss story when you looked up because you could see all the way up for like 7 floors.  The information desk is also in the center on the first floor.  At the information desk, be sure to get your foreigner coupon book so that you can save money and receive a cool World’s Largest Department Store canvas and leather bag J It is actually really nice, I love mine J

Inside that case is a plaque from Guinness saying that it is the largest department store in the world.

There are a lot of fancy stores like Tiffany, Prada, North Face, and Chanel. My mommy thinks those are really expensive but really awesome stores. I don’t know anything about them so I will trust my mommy. J Another cool thing is that there is an ice skating rink with a food court around it.  That is nice because it lets the parents eat as the kids skate. Everyone can rent ice skates. They cost 3, 000 won. The entrance fee for kids is 5,000 won and adults are 7,000. The catch is that you can only skate for two hours for that amount. If you go over that time you will get charged for another 2 hours. L

The food court has many kinds of food. My mommy says it is pricy compared to other department stores.  I got a cheese dog from a place called Steff Hotdog which is a Danish style hotdog. My cheese dog bow-a-wow- chick-a-wow, wow ROCKED!  

My favorite thing to do at the World’s Largest Departments Store was to play on the giant floor piano. I and many others kids took our shoes off and made CRAZY music. We were like a rock and roll band!  Here is my solo performance video.

And this was all just on the first 4 floors! There are still 10 floors to explore, plus a spa, movie theater, art gallery, and a bunch of other things to check out. We definitely will have to go back sometime and spend the whole day exploring the place.

3D Magic Art

It all started when I was watching T.V. I saw a commercial for an exhibit of 3D Magic Art at Bexco which is in Busan. I was so excited to tell my mommy and daddy about it. I rushed to them. I asked “Can we go to the Magic Art show?” My mommy responded with “Yes.” My daddy said “Sure we can go!”

The next day we drove for about an hour to get there. Along the way we went a crossed a huge bridge and saw some really cool looking skyscrapers that were still being built. Once we arrived I zoomed out of the car and started running to the front doors of Bexco. Right outside the doors we saw a group of girls that looked like they were straight out of a comic book. I took some pictures with them and then headed inside.

Some cool skyscrapers that we saw while we were on a bridge going over the sea 

Comic book soccer player girls

At the ticket counter, daddy asked for two adults and one 아이 (ah ee which means child). The ticket lady laughed at him so I think he accidentally said 오이 (oh ee which means cucumber) and not child. After we all got the tickets, I zipped in. All the paintings in the show are made so you can pose with them and it will look like you are part of the picture. It was really fun, and we took a lot of pictures. My favorites were: butterfly, a naked lady, and money falling out of a refrigerator. After posing with all the pictures, I got a Caricature drawn of me. It looks so cute because it has me and a cute bunny. She drew me in an Alice and Wonderland dress.

In Korea there is a long running joke about acting like you are going to stick your finger in someones butt. In Korea it is called ddong shim (poop finger). It is also a popular joke in Japan.

Getting my caricature drawn

I had a great time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :} Then it was time to go and check out the largest department store in the world which was only a few blocks away. Check out more of my photos of this trip on my photo page or just click on the slideshow below! And be sure to check out my next blog post which will be about the exploring the world’s largest department store.