Raining day - umbrella?

This Friday, for the first time, I experienced rain in Korea. The rain downfall was not very heavy, but the wind is very strong. It was so strong that I was actually having a difficult to walk with an umbrella. In Malaysia, mostly guys are embarassed to use umbrella, even if the rain is very heavy. However, it seems that it's a norm here to use umbrella. Everyone has an umbrella in their hands. There are a lot of designs for umbrellas here. Mostly are very feminine, like the ones that we are able to see in movies with olden western as its background. There are even shops selling only umbrellas. Too bad, we are not allowed to take photos on it.