A-Bomb Dome

A-Bomb Dome
Originally uploaded by rac_chen

I went to Hiroshima for just a day on 1 Dec 2009. As a city filled with history, particularly war history, it was quite surreal to actually visually see the A-Bomb Dome. The building looked so brilliant and beautiful at that time of day where I saw it. The way the light fell on the building was just pure luck on my part. The colours I managed to capture is exactly what I wanted.

Yet it was an eerie and blatantly obvious reminder of the effects of war. Not only damaged buildings, but in Hiroshima's case, a city ruined...

I must say Hiroshima was an interesting city to just walk around - it doesn't quite remind you of Japan. It's quaint, quiet, it's had a new start to reinvent itself. Strangely enough, walking around Hiroshima reminded me of walking around a European city...

Strange indeed.

Aland Myeongdong

Aland Myeongdong
Originally uploaded by rac_chen

Testing out the blogging feature on Flickr.

My Scandinavian friend took a picture of this brand we saw in Myeongdong, Seoul.

People from the land-downunder, such as myself, do not appear to know of any other Scandinavian brand other than IKEA or H&M.

If it's made it to Seoul, it must be pretty popular. Too bad I didn't see Australian labels such as Billabong in the streets of Myeongdong!