Famous water parks of South Korea

Summer in Korea is really reaching it's peaks from the temperature varying from 30-38deg.

Also if you are living in Geoje island, the humidity is very high.

The best way to escape the scroching heat is to enjoy at the water parks of Korea.

• Caribbean bay, location: Yogin, near Seoul, operating hours: 9am to 6pm and weekends is 9am to 7pm for the peak season the price is 70,000won per adult and 55,000won per child.
• California Beach, location: Gyeongju World Resort, operating hours:08.50am to 8:30pm in Gold season, price:64,000won per adult and 49,000won per child
• Ocean World. location: Gwang-do, in Vivaldi park, Operating hours are different for indoor and outdoor water park from 9am to 8pm, the price is 75,000won per adult and 60,000 per child
• Ocean water park, located:  Yeosu, Operating Hours: 9am to 8.30pm, price is 59,000won per adult and 49,000won per child

I enjoyed the Caribbean bay which is one of the biggest water park in Korea  which has 5 zones. Each zone has some water activity. It is located inside the Everland. It has spa, water slide, amusement park, indoor and outdoor pool. You can get more information http://www.everland.com/

The best one was Wave pool, its a man-made wave pool which goes 2.4m high. It was really exciting.

Just try for one of the water park to kill the heat!
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Enjoy!
Kojeblogger

The 3D's of shipbuilding jobs, South Korea

This blog potrays the Three D's for the workers and engineers who are associated with the Marine life and job. The shipbuilding companies in South Korea are considered the topmost in the world. The ranking goes from HHI, Uslan as number one, then DSME, Geoje and SHI, Geoje. The job has lot of benefits and are among topmost jobs of the world with the package, bonus, facilities etc. But on the other side the job is straneous, with lot of hard-work, honesty, rough and tough attitude to survive in such a hazardous areas. The quality and quantity of ships which are constructed in South Korea are among top and number one. The owners of the ship are always satisfied with the ship construction by the Korean shipbuilders, as Korean companies manage the time well and deliver the ship before the deadline of the project completion with good quality. This takes a lot of hardwork of the employees construct such giant structures.

Hence the marine workers and engineers consider the Marine jobs has shocking 3Ds. So what are these 3Ds= 1. DIRTY, 2. DEADLY, 3. DANGEROUS

• Dirty The shipping yards of Korean shipbuilders are well maintained but not comfortable to work in. Some places are extremely small and some places are wide enough, high, steep and deep. While in the concept of constructing the giant structure they require welding, painting which needs to work on heights or hanging around the ship. The conditions are not well -suited to the human at times. The construction site is generally dirty with heavy machinery.
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  DANGEROUS The working place, especially the shipyards are not safe and also have erratic time schedules. The worker needs to have extreme strength and excellent skills to handle the machines, otherwise it may lead to machinery hazards or major problems, with leakage of life threating fluids etc.

• DEADLY The marine jobs can be life threating with chances of falling while working. There have been several accidents like fire & explosions etc. Some material which is being used in the manufacturing of the ship are not suitable to human-body. There are several high pressure areas and high voltage areas which extremely deadly can lead to the death.  

Hence the working knowledge in these shipyards are extremely important.

 The shipbuilders always care well for their workers and hence they developed a special HSE, health safety engineering department which constantly keep a check in the yard and provide special training sessions to the workers and engineers who are involved in the construction of such giants.

 Many efforts are constantly being made by the shipbuilders to avoid any kind of accidents and they keep the health and safety of their workers and engineers on the top priority list and develop a free cordial environment to work.
copyright of pics and thanks to etrs, busan, korea

5 steps to get rid of Bugs on the waste food in South Korea

These days the climate is little weird with heavy rains and strong sunshine. Also in this weather you see some strange insects creeping in the house, especially if you have plants or garden around.  Many kind of insects usually enter the house also.

These days the waste food bug is really a nuisance. The bugs or insects are very tiny and can fly around. Generally black in color, they keep flying over the food and also they can bite human while they are asleep at night.

This the real mating season for such bugs and they keep growing their population in the house.

They can easily damage the raw food, or cooked food etc. One has to careful from these bugs, they can lead to health problems.
I can suggest you some simple ways to get rid off these bugs:

1. The food bugs generally are found flying around the waste food. You must throw away the waste food almost everyday and clean the place where you keep the trash bin regularly.
2. I would suggest clean your kitchen or food storage areas with some detergents dry them well and store the food.
3. For storage of food use the vacuum packing, so that the bugs cannot damage the food.
4. Use some astringents or insects spray to kill these bugs almost on daily basis until the climate is changed.
5. Wash the utensils regularly and don't pile up your utensils in the sink. Use hot water to clean the utensils.

These are basic five steps which will really help you kill these bugs or at least reduce them.
Keep your beds clean and spray the insect killer in the bed room before sleeping or use the mosquito repellent.
In the market you can find several products to kills the bugs, I suggest you must keep it handy.
Keep environment and  home clean always which keeps your family healthy and happy.
So just be careful!

World Champion Korean swimmer in London Olympics, 2012

South Korea's Olympic and world champion Park Tae-Hwan gestures after he competed in the men's 400m freestyle heats swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. (AFP Photo) "I don't know why I was disqualified, I will have to speak to my coach," said Park, the first male swimmer to win four individual medals at an Asian Games in a single stroke, after the pool. Park Tae-hwan (born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is the first Asian swimmer to win a gold medal in Men's 400 metre freestyle event, and the first Korean to win a medal in swimming. It was really surprising!

5 facts about TOPIK, Korean language test, South Korea

The test of proficiency in Korean, TOPIK. The test is conducted four times in a year and twice in other countries for people learning Korean Language.

 
• . The test is divided in four parts vocablary, grammar,writing and listening. There is no oral session.the test has maximum score of 100. The test fees is different in different countries.
•  There are two types of test Standard and Business test. The standard test has three types test:1-2 beginner (초급), 3-4intermediate (중급), and 4-5advanced (고급).
•  You can download the Sample test on the www.topik.go.kr.
•  The writing section is really hard and scoring in writing the essay is little hard if you are not confident in writing, you need to prepare well.
•  The test results came declared after one month which can be seen on www.topik.go.kr. There are several Topik test guides available online. The test is more popular than KLPT. The test is taken in different countries.

 The test is important for the students learning Korean language, the people who wants a job in Korean govt or Korea job where Korean language is very important. Once you take up the exam, solutions of the exam will be uploaded on the website, hence you can check your answers. Later, they display the result on the website.

 The test is designed to check the ability of non-Koreans, with expressions and comprehensions. If you are still a beginner, I would suggest you take the KLPT exam first and then go for TOPIK. The TOPIK is harder than KLPT. Good luck for all the learners!