July 22, 2012.
July 22, Sunday is Philippine Day at Yeosu Expo 2012. We got
free admissions tickets via PIKO (Pinoy Iskolar sa Korea, 감사합니다 <3). Event starts at 9:00. And we were advised to
bring our Filipiniana national costumes for the parade. I remember before I went
to Korea that our university professor told us to bring national costume for
special events like this. So I told my mom to buy one for me, and finally I
will be able to use it.
On the event day, I woke up 4:45am to catch the 6:15 am bus
from Jeonju to Yeosu via Shiwei Bus terminal. Travel time is 3 hours but due to
several bus stops, the travel time was extended to 4 hours. People in the bus
were also agitated because of the travel delay. Almost everyone in the bus are
headed to the Yeosu Expo. We arrived at Yeosu Expo by 10:30.
Sadly, I was not able to wear my Filipiniana costume.
As we entered, we took picture with the Yeosu mascots. They are
suuuper cute. HIHI
So to maximize the free ticket, we decided to go around
every pavilion we could enter. But we ate lunch first. We ate at Lotteria where
we saw Kyla (a famous Filipina singer). We had the opportunity to take picture
with her.
After lunch we went tried to enter Japan and France pavilion
but the lines were too long it would take maybe 2 hours of waiting before we
could come in.
We decided to walk around Yeosu and we saw that there was an
ongoing parade, the theme was sea-creatures. It was a pretty nice show.
All the
performers seem friendly with their smiles and some encouraged the audience to
take photos with them.
After the parade, we went to the Big O area (the name hihi). There was a play where the performers are riding jet skis and this amazing ride
which raises the guy with water. (It’s hard to explain, HIHI there’s a photo
below.) The motor ride uses water pressure to make the guy float in the air. Apparently,
he is the ‘bad guy’ in the play.
After the play, we decided to go to pavilions where there
are no long lines.
And so we were able to enter countries in South East Asia:
Malaysia Pavilion
Vietnam Pavilion
Brunei Darussalam Pavilion
5pm is the time that the bus will fetch us to go to Seoul.
And 5pm came too soon.
To be honest, it could have been more fun if we had more
time. I was quite unfulfilled. I had fun going around. But I was not able to
enter the pavilions that I want to go to—Japan, Italy and France. One day is
not enough to enjoy the Yeosu Expo. Also, the weather is very hot and humid. ~~
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