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3. Kyoto
4. Paris
5. Elbeuf
6. London
7. Switzerland
8. Norway
9. Chiang Mai
10. Bangkok
11. Siquijor
12. Guimaras

Catholic Korean's fair

So I saw this post on Facebook about Catholic Koreans raising funds to build their church. Sounds pretty interesting. So I decided to go there with my mom.

The venue was at the San Carlos seminary in Mabolo, Cebu City. I got lost at first coz I passed by 2 seminaries and I thought those were the venue. Anyway, upon arriving at the place, I saw rows of tents with a lot of Koreans selling either Korean food, used clothes and books, or religious items.

  

I first went to the stall with used books and clothes. I saw an array of books laid on the ground. Most of them were in Korean. I also saw DVDs of Korean series. Since I could not read nor understand Korean, I passed on buying books. I then went to the used clothes section. I really don't mind buying used clothes as long as they are still presentable. So I bought a rash guard, a Nike dri-fit shirt for my sis and a Nike long-sleeved dri-fit shirt for me.

 

 

On top of that, I bought 20 pieces of Elastine (Korean brand) shampoo and another 20 pieces of conditioner. They were selling it for only Php1 per piece.

While I was rummaging through the books, my mom called me because a Korean guy was interviewing her. I went to him and he asked us where we heard about the fair. So I told him it was my officemate's post that led me there. He asked for my name and asked questions like what goods did we buy and if we found them cheap. He also recommended us to try some of their food. Then he jokingly told us (well I thought it was a joke) that he will tell all Koreans to live in Cebu. *Oh my*

After that, I went to the stalls selling food. It was full of Korean food that I dunno about. Most of them looked spicy, and me being the sweet-tooth that avoids all kinds of spicy, I just took pics of them. Prices of the food range from 50-250. Not bad for authentic Korean food. You know it's authentic coz the Koreans themselves cook the food in the stalls using their ingredients.

 

 

While I was walking and taking pics, I stopped by a stall selling an unusual kind of drink. I asked the lady what it was but she seemed to have difficulty saying the name in English so she asked the help of some Korean ladies who visited the booth and they told me its sweet rice or something like that. As I took a look again at the bottles, indeed there were grains of rice inside. One of the ladies was kind enough to offer her drink and let me have a taste of it. Sure it was sweet and good but you could tell it's rice. Then they asked me "Lami ra?" Woah. They speak Cebuano. I then smiled and answered "Yes. It's good." Then I asked them if I can take a picture of them. They were hesitant at first. Maybe they thought I'll do something bad with their pics. I forgot to tell them I'll just write about them in my blog. My bad.

Rice drink

Korean ladies

I didn't get the rice drink but I decided to buy a Korean-made peach jam in a nifty little jar (Php100) and a dozen Gimbaps (Php100). Those were the non-spicy food I found so I wanted to give them a try.

Overall, the day ended well. Too bad my Korean-addict friends didn't come with me. I'm sure they would have enjoyed it. I'm just glad I was able to help the Catholic Korean community in some ways.