Hassan's Cyber Note-book

Since 2008, every year Seoul Global Center under umbrella of Seoul Metropolitan government organizes Seoul International Students Forum(SISF) for both foreigner and korean students who are enrolled in universities of Seoul! This give students a chance to commingle, share ideas and have fun all together! The sole purpose of SISF is to nurture hidden talents of students by giving them oppournity to work on policy proposal that should be unique and practical. Having said that, it is not easy to do such activities specially if there are students from diverse backgrounds and cultures. SISF members came from more than 30 countries across Europe, Asia and America.                  SISF first general assembly meeting [24 June 2011] @ Human Resource Center All the students were placed in 6 groups (A,B,C,D,E,F). I was placed in Group D (that is later given name Dolphins -:) )  Each group was given a task to come up with a a simple yet implementable policy proposal at the end of two mo

My first TEDxSalon event was  TEDxGangnamSalon held at Samsung d'light Shop, Gangnam. TEDxSalon event is short version of TEDx event where you can invite  passionate people to experience TEDx environment, share 1-3 TED talks and one speak local speaker, make a theme, and party later on! theme and event breakdown! I was thrilled to join it because I never experienced a TEDx event (other than Live event in Seoul), though language can be barrier at times! The important thing was to understand the theme and contents of event, rather than just attend! The event was curated by TEDxGangnam Licensee HongSeok Kim. The invited speaker for the day was "Kim Seon A" a designer who made her Gallery near Yongsan. 김선아 "Design the World" -> Twitter Art Festival 김선아 started her talk with saying that may people have Gallery Phobia. She realized that and made her own gallery near Yongsan, Seoul. She mentioned about Twitter Art Festival. I am wondering what really i

Its hard to go out when rain is pouring down cats and dogs! Though Sunday is mostly the free day to visit places outside Seoul (if planned 1 day trip), yet it is tricky as next day is working day!  It was my first experience to travel via KTx (Suwon to Daejeon Station).  It costs 10,000 - 11,000 KRW from Suwon to Daejon (KTx). and traveling time is 1 hour 10 minutes. It sounds funny that I missed Daejeon station and dropped out at next station :-)  Though I came back via next train for free but it was new experience for me! Adventurous! KTx :Equipped with Wifi :)   The first impression of Daejeon was good on me, because I saw flag of Pakistan outside Daejeon station among Korean war supporters! The second impression of Daejeon was " It is quiet and serene place"  Yes, indeed! Pakistan! Green Flag of Pakistan with Moon and Star! gsag       The first sightseeing in Daejoen was "Daejeon Steam"  It follows through the city and

Seoul Tube 2011 logo: Courtesy Michael  On May 28, 2011, at Yeouido/여의도 Park, Seoul, Korea, we all gathered for Seoul Tube event! More than 100 people subscribed to event with diverse cultures and background! We all gathered for following agenda/theme.  To meet You tubers in Korea,  to share experiences about life in Korea and why we make videos,  and some casual talk! last but not least "To make new friends" I am sure that everybody has increased his friend list by the end of day! I went there with my friends David Choo (Founder TedxItaewon) and Sohyun Ha (Director TedxItaewon)!  The organizer of Seoul Tube 2011 was Michael Aronson.( facebook.com/hdefined ) The location of event was perfect for a bright sunny day!  Random fact# Yeouido is a spacious park near Han River! I met many people there whose videos I used to watch. These people are Hyunwoo Sun, Kyeong-eun Choi, Steve Millar, Seokjin, Matt Lee and of course Michael!  Michael Aronson : The Organizer of Seou