This post is once more dedicated to my younger sister ^.^
I’m sad that we won’t be seeing each other until Christmas..
Summer holiday vacation are over, and we left already. I’m not back in Korea though… just flew an hour and 30 minutes away from Germany ;)
We just love rollercoasters, as you can see.
This is Charlotte and me screaming at the top of our lungs and we’re also doing other fun stuff at one of the biggest amusement parks in Korea.
I’m happy that I was able to hold on to the camera while being tossed through the air, and I’m quite amused by the way we lose our cool when we’re having a kick ^_-
If we lived just next door to Lotte World in Jamsil, we’d buy an annual ticket and always drive the Atlantis whenever we feel angry, happy or sad. It was the best ride ever! Good thing we were only 2 girls with the same taste of rides, so we could move quickly from A to B to C, indoor to the outdoor area. But we still had to spend some time waiting, walking around without any clue where we were and being sticky from all that sweat. It was so hot, but we didn’t really care, we just wanted more loops, more speed!
Someone posted on my Facebook wall that Lotte World is supposed to be heaven. Agreed.
EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ON A DIET RIGHT NOW.
I’ve barely heard sentences like “I’m on a diet”, “I HAVE to workout” or
“I HAVE to be skinny” in Germany.
If you’re on a diet, you do what you have to do. Besides, it is considered to be a personal issue, so you don’t really want everyone to know about your weight loss attempt(s).
Here in Korea it seems to be a different story. One of my cousins weighs just 46 kilos and she is 176 cm tall. Now, nobody ever tells her that she should eat more, they just compliment her and they love her so-called “v-line” (in short: a very pointy chin. Read more about it here by thegrandnarrative).
I don’t think she’s anorexic or something. But I also don’t think it’s normal to eat 2-3 spoons of rice in the morning, thats it - then a small dinner.
Another cousin of mine is really chubby, like 90 kg at 172 cm(?) and something she has to hear every single day is: “you’re fat”, “lose weight”, “don’t eat that”.. EVERY single day. Oh! and by the way she is pregnant!
Nearly every magazine is featuring a “deadline diet”, “summer body diet”, “bootcamp diet” and my mailbox is being spammed by those types of mails. Even my Facebook newsfeed is filled with diet-related status-updates by friends who live in Korea.
I know it is a good thing to take care of your body and health.
But here I don’t believe they just want to look “healthy”..
It never got to the extent that I was irritated by it.
Seriously, why is everyone so obsessed with their looks in Korea?
David Sheldrick’s last photoshoot in Seoul with Virginia, Will, Mike and me.
Check out his Tumblr or updated website for the lovely photos!
