Experience Korean Culture in Nigeria.
Hi Hivers, welcome to my second post after my introductory post. Today, I will tell you guys about my day at the Korean Cultural Center, a.k.a. KCC, in Abuja, Nigeria.
I'm a huge lover of South Korean culture and a consumer of the Hallyu-wave (search it up if you will, but it means everything South Korea has to offer, like food, make-up, songs, movies, dramas, etc). I have a certain admiration for the country, without being too delulu about some realities of life. Anyway, my admiration started when I was around 14 or so,and though its been a long time, my dream (one of many) of going to South Korea and experiencing real Korean culture in person has not died yet.
Before I tell you about the day, let me first let you in on something, in Nigeria when you want to tell a story you can sometimes start by sing-talking the words, "Story, story..." and the person(s) listening end it with "...story."😂 That's how I want to start mine, so guys;
Story, story...story!...
I had arranged to go to the KCC some weeks prior with two of my friends, Ken and Tosin, male and female respectively. However, Ken canceled on us and Tosin asked if she could bring her office crush, Victor, who didn't know much about Korea apart from watching Squid Games and Sweet Home, two amazing Korean Netflix series. I agreed regardless, as long as he wouldn't be a bummer or make fun of anything, since the culture is pretty different, he kept it respectful even if he didn't get some things.
Then came D-Day. We agreed to meet up at 10:00 am, at River house, which is the building the KCC is located in, it is a building that has different office rentals.
The outside of the River House just looked like a normal building with nothing too crazy going on and after confirming our identities at the front gate we went up the elevator going to the floor of the KCC. The hallway of the KCC had different pictures showing some cultural sites, patterns and festivities in South Korea, which I and Tosin geeked out to like frantic rabbits, while Victor made confused faces as he recorded videos.
Entering the actual display center portraying masks, tableware, clothes, and designs of the historical periods of South Korea, mostly from the period of Joseon, which was honestly intriguing to me.
Another exciting part was being able to watch the taekwondo class, I wish I could say more about the different kicks and techniques but since I don't know much about taekwondo I'll just stick to saying that the students and teachers of the class looked so cool!
Then came the dreaded end, after leaving the KCC we went for lunch, hoping to fully immerse ourselves by finding a Korean restaurant around, if possible. We didn't find a Korean restaurant, or more like there was none close by (gotta save on transportation cost cause these fuel prices are crazy), so we instead opted for the cheaper option and went to Chicken Republic, which is one of the popular fast-food places in Nigeria.
After eating we said our goodbyes and went to our various destinations, it was about mid-afternoon by then but since I was feeling tired I decided to go home and buy an ice cream as an at-home treat which would be the end of what I considered a perfect day.
Thank you for reading my post and have a hivefull day (if that can even be a thing to say😂).
