Wesley's Tool-Box

Extension of the Bundang Line in the Seoul metropolitan subway network will be complete in two days after a 5-year delay. This yellow-coloured line starts at Wangsimni station in the eastern Seoul and will extend to the south to Suwon station (currently 4 stations short at Mangpo station), while passing through Bundang district in Seongnam, which is where the name comes from.

Trouble is, this north-south line needs to be laid out horizontally on a super-wide line map pasted on top of the doors of the subway cars. Suwon station is already on Line 1, which is another line to go north-south, and this dark blue line is drawn from top right to bottom left. So the station sits at the bottom left corner of the map.

Meanwhile, Bundang line starts at around the middle and weaves towards bottom right on the maps installed in Seoul Metro (responsible for Lines 1 through 4) subway cars. In order for the line to meet up at Suwon station, it needs to make a sharp turn at the bottom and make a long run from right to left. Clearly, the map designer didn't think ahead, despite the plans for extension existing for a better part of a decade.

I thought this was a good time for the map to be overhauled. It already received several patches all over the place in the last couple of years. But no, Seoul Metro just put an incredibly long patch at the bottom of the map to connect Bundang line and Line 1, as you can see in the comparison picture. That's comically sad.

I had a chance to ride the Han-gang river cruise tonight. This is perhaps only the second time to ride on one, despite basically living in the vicinity of Seoul for nearly 15 years and seeing the big river very often.

The last time, I rode the ship during the day, so this was the first time I was able to see the riverside and bridges at night. Lots of lighting fixtures were installed on the bridges during the past decade, and they are quite a sight to see. Read on to see the photos of the bridges I took with iPhone 5S.

This is the picture I took with my lovely girlfriend around the time I posted that July 20 entry. So... there you go.

I'm currently at Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, typing this at a web terminal in a Pacific Coffee premise. The terminal doesn't have a USB port, so I can't upload any photos, unfortunately. It's also the first time I was able to connect to internet after leaving the country yesterday morning, so I'm sort of starved for internet. Hah.

Taking advantage of the holiday bracket provided by Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month, which was yesterday - a designated Korean holiday) I took a day off today to take a break from the flow and get out of the country for a while. The destination is... Nagoya, Japan. I was looking to visit some other places, but the tickets were booked. Oh well.