I am curious how you all have been and what you are up to, please comment below and let me know.
This blog will always remain close to my heart, because it is the first place I started sharing my thoughts online. Although it has transformed into a full Korean content site, it will always mean more than that.
Each month the Korean Cultural Centre showcases one aspect of the Korean culture to Nigerians, sometimes comparing Nigerian and Korean Culture. This year, the Korean Cultural Centre has a new format for its monthly Korean culture Day. Every other month, A Korean film of varying genres will be screened at the Korean Cultural Centre Studio. For the month of May, an animated film adapted from a storybook will be screened. The film was the highest gross animated film when it came out with record-breaking ticket sales, so be sure not to miss out on this!
Movie Title: Daisy, A hen into the Wild
Synopsis: "Leafie is a hen who manages to escape the horrible conditions of an egg production line. After surviving a harrowing encounter with a one-eyed weasel and being rejected by the barnyard animals where she grew up, a chance encounter sees her becoming the guardian of a duckling. Despite the child being a duck, Leafie is willing to learn and make the sacrifices she needs in order to ensure the happiness of her son."
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family Written by:Hwang Sunmi
Trailer: see below
The centre is located at 2nd Floor Rivers House, Plot 83 Ralph Shodeinde Street, Central Business District, Abuja. Be sure to arrive early to get goo seating. See you there!
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TheKorean Cultural Centre, Abuja will be showing their first film screening for the year. This is part of the monthly K-Culture day program. Each month the centre showcases one aspect of the Korean culture to Nigerians, sometimes comparing Nigerian and Korean Culture.
This movie theme will be in line with the just concluded winter Olympics that was hosted by South Korea. The event is free so you are welcome to attend with your friends. The movie is scheduled to start at 5 pm so don't be late!
I am back on YouTube with some exciting new content!
I am hoping to upload twice a week this year, on Sundays and Wednesdays :)
But before I get into the groove of things, here is an update video of what I have been upto and some few tidbits about what I will be posting on the YouTube channel.
Thank you for sticking around despite my being AWOL!
P.S: I got accepted into the Korea.net Honorary reporters program. Yayyyy!
I look forward to sharing content with a wider audience there and here as well.
What have you guys been upto?
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The XXII Winter Olympics will be held in the city of Pyeongchang in the Gangwon Province of South Korea. To mark 365 days before the event, the city hosted guests and athletes from all around the world at a "one year to go ceremony" held at the Gangneung Hockey Centre. It was a spectacular night and it gave us a taste of what the real event will look like. I am already excited for it.
How was your weekend? Mine was uneventful. I was meant to go to a fair today but last minute errands came up and I had to cancel. The saving grace for me—after my resolution to have fun and go out more this summer— is that I have 4 more events in my July calendar that I can attend plus fun activities at work this month. Which brings me to the title of this post! 10 Asian countries who make up the Asian committee in Abuja are hosting the first ever week-long film festival showcasing blockbusters from each country. The event is going to be taken place at the China Cultural Centre in Wuse from 3rd - 8th July and all the films are free entry. Yay! On the first day of the festival, there is an opening ceremony which is by invitation only, but afterwards the movie screening has free admission. So drag your friends and family and enjoy a round-trip across Asian Cinema from the East to the South and in-between. P.S: you may also get the chance to try out their cuisines ;) Here is a film Schedule for each day.
So tell me, which movie catches your fancy? Who are you planning on taking, a Date? Mum? Dad? Friend? or making it a siblings affair?
여로분 오랜만에 잘 있었어요? Hello everyone, how've you been? I know it has been quiet around here for a while. I have been very busy and a lot of big changes have been taking place in my life. I have to admit though, I did miss writing and making youtube videos. I actually took a break from youtube because I didn't have final cut pro which I used to use for editing but now I have it so expect more videos from me.
As promised in my New year update post,I said I was going to write about how Seollal is celebrated.
새해복많이받으세요 = Please receive a lot of luck or blessings in the New Year
Seollal~설날 is the most celebrated holiday in South Korea, the second being Chuseok 추석–which is the harvest festival. Seollal is not only a celebration of the coming in of a new year but an opportunity for families to come together from far and near, catch up with each other and enjoy sumptuous meals and activities. It is also a time to pay respects to ancestors and visit their grave sites.
I have some exciting news for all you budding writers out there. In commemoration of World Poetry day, Arojah Concepts and the Korean Cultural Centre, Nigeria (KCCN) are calling for entry submissions for their annual Korea-Nigeria Poetry competition which is open to everyone.
This year’s edition, which is the 7th in
the series, will focus on the STATE OF THE NATION.
Interested POETS are invited to submit their entries in accordance with the following
guidelines:
That your submission will be a poetic expression and, or appraisal of the
mood/state of the nations of the world, leaders and leadership styles,
governance and misrule, politics and politicking, poverty, nepotism, killings,
corruption, e.t.c.)
Each poet can enter a maximum of 3 poems as a single entry
All entries must conform with the above focus/theme
All entries must be the original work of the poet and not previously
published
All entries should be in a single file of a word document, sent either as
an attachment or in the body of the mail. No PDF file would be accepted.
All entries should be sent to knpf@arojahconcepts.com
with the subject box marked KNPF 2017 SUBMISSION
All entries must be received on or before Tuesday 28th
February, 2017
A shortlist of 10 poems/poets selected by a three-man panel will be
announced on MARCH 10, 2017.
All selected poems/poets will receive certificate of merit/participation during
the 7th Korea-Nigeria Poetry Feast in Abuja on TUESDAY MARCH 21,
2017 while the selected poems will be performed by Arojah Royal Theatre as part
of activities marking the World Poetry Day. This will include the presentation
of the second edition of the Korea-Nigeria Poetry Anthology.
Signed, Om’Oba
Jerry Adesewo
For
Arojah Concepts/KCCN
Well that's it folks, I wish you all the best and look forward to reading the winning entries!!
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새해~Saehae is one of the words that means ‘new year‘, 복~Bokmeans ‘luck’, and 많이~Maani means ‘many’ or ‘lots of’, 받으세요~Badeuseyo is the honorific way of saying 받다~Badda, meaning ‘to receive’. Thus, 새해 복 많이 받으세요 means Please receive lots of luck this year. Hello guys, It has been a while since I wrote on here but I sure did miss it. Life has been quite busy the last couple of months but I am finally back in Nigeria now and I have more time and opportunity to write and make videos for you guys. I have enrolled for the Korean language class at the Korean cultural centre in Nigeria and boy has my language skills improved, spoken Korean especially.
Heyyyyyy! So, after ages I am finally back with a new video. I have been regularly posting on instagram, so don't forget to follow me on my social media. Leave me comments with the type of videos you will be interested in watching and I shall try my best to put out more of them. Also did you find any of the tips useful? and do you have tips of your own to share, I am always looking for innovative ways to study this beautiful language!
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Last Thursday, the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria hosted the 2016 Korean Speech contest.Students of the Sejong Institute language class participated both at beginner and intermediate level. I won the competition last year and was able togo to Korea to mark the celebrations of Hangul Day. So I attended the competition this time around to support my classmates and cheer them on!
There were a lot of familiar faces and people I haven't seen in a while so it was a sort of reunion for me.
Heeyyyyy!! It's been a minute, I know. I have been so busy the past few weeks that the time just flew by. How have ya'll been? what have you been up to? There is so much going on with me...and one of the things that has kept me busy is a radio show I started with a few friends back in January. As a journalism student, it is required for me to have credit hours for radio journalism. So I convinced a few friends to start a program on Korean entertainment. In our first season, we introduced different types of Korean entertainment every week. From dramas, to variety, films, music shows, kpop and so on..my friends didn't know zilch about Korean entertainment or knew just a little, so it was fun seeing them grow interest with every week to the point where they have favourite Kpop songs and binge watch Korean dramas!!
I mentioned this cafe when I wrote about my visit to theJeonju Hanok village, it is a cute traditional cafe for desserts and drinks. On the day we went to Jeonju, it was raining. So after lunch, we sought out a welcome warmth from the pouring rain.
Hello everyone! I cannot believe I am writing about my last day. I hope you have all enjoyed tagging along my recap of this amazing trip. Writing this has seriously awakened in me my love for blogging and as a Journalism student, this was a reminder as to one of the reasons why I chose to follow that career path. Well here it goes.
Well if you are like me and you have watched a fair share of Korean Dramas, why not use it as a resource to advance your language studies!! I have recently incorporated it into my study methods because Uni doesn't allow me a lot of free time so I have to find a way to enjoy two of my hobbies at the same time! Check out my tips below and let me know what you think or if you have more tips to share!!
