CCAP - Traditional Korean music concerto

This Saturday, we went to Busan Cultural Center to attend the Korean traditional music concerto, with Wei Shi and Sona and his gang. We took bus 68 and were able to reach there directly. We were kind lost as there were many buildings around. We met BJun who happened to come back from her one day trip in Seoul. Her 2 seniors, Com (a nickname, it means bear) and Ming Jung guided her there. We were able to meet a few foreigners around and they showed us the way. We even have a photo taking section with all of them.

We were quite excited as we reached the small hall where the concert was held. The performers were dressed in traditional Korean clothes. Their musical instruments are almost similar to the Chinese’s. However, their music is totally different from Chinese orchestral. The music was slow and kind of flat. It sounded as if those songs that Chinese played in one’s funeral or in Chinese traditional drama, which is held every year during the 7th month of the lunar calendar.

After the 2 hours concert, we had dinner with the other CCAP members in a restaurant near by. The setting of the restaurant is very traditional. The seats are like the ones in a Japanese restaurant. We need to take off our shoes before going in. They booked 2 rooms in the restaurant. We had traditional Korean food for dinner there. Most of the ingredients are vegetables. Chang-Yi demonstrated to us how to eat the food.

CCAP members consist of Koreans and foreigners from different countries, such as Turkey, Bangladesh and Japan. The Koreans are able to speak in English and most of them are female elementary school teachers. We got to know a few new friends there, such as Chang Yi and Dini. Chang Yi is a Korean and also Chi Yung’s godbrother. Dini is an Indonesian, will be taking Master in International Trading in Silla University under a company’s scholarship. She did her degree in Computer Science. She was born in Sumatera but stayed in Jakarta. She is the same as me, 21 years old. She actually thought that I am an Indonesian :p She talked to us in Malay. Although we can speak Malay, but Indonesia’s Malay is slightly different.

After the meal, we had a walk around the area before taking the subway back home. We took the subway from the station Daeyeon. We do not need to change line as Naengjeong and Daeyeon is at the same line.