Park Sihoo Family

Today is a special day for our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi and the Park family in Buyeo. They start a new chapter with new business ventures aimed to preserve their cultural and family heritage.

Buyeo Sigol 시골 (Countryside) Cafe opens its doors today and their B&B Garden Maehwa has already soft opened and welcoming guests. They are both housed in their ancestral home that spans a hundred years of history and memories.

From us international fans at ParkSihooSsi.com, our cuppa well wishes sent through the air, from the different corners of the world to Buyeo. Our cuppa are brimming with love and our heartiest congratulations. May these ventures be filled with joy and beautiful moments that will be remembered for years to come!

Let’s raise our cuppa to our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi and the Park family! And don’t forget the family dogs, our dear Bonggu who is all grown up and his new found friend Goldie too. Congratulations and Cheers! 

PS: I tried to send a floral arrangement for the occasion to Buyeo but unfortunately I was not successful, so am sending this virtually via this post.  Whatever the way, everything comes right from the heart and this is what really matters, right?

送去扶余满杯的祝福！

今天是偶吧Oppa施厚君和扶余朴家的特别日子。 为了保留他们的文化和家族遗产所设的新企业开启了，也开始了家族的新篇章。

扶余乡村시골咖啡厅今天开业了，而他们的民宿梅花园Garden Maehwa 已经软开业并迎接客人中。 这两个企业都在他们家族有的百年历史和记忆的祖屋中。

来自ParkSihooSsi.com的国际粉丝们，从世界的不同角落举起杯往空中传递我们满满的祝福到扶余。 我们的杯子充满了爱和最衷心的祝贺。 愿业务带来许多的欢乐和美好的时刻，永远的被铭记！

让我们为偶吧Oppa施厚君和朴家举杯！ 也不要忘记他们的家犬，朋谷和 Goldie。 干杯!

PS：我试着送花篮到扶余，可惜没有成功，所以是以这篇文章虚拟的送到。 不管怎样，一切都是发自内心的，这才是真正的重要，对吧？

Credits – Many thanks! Hanryu Pia, Park Sihoo Instagram, Garden Maehwa, sigolcafebuyeo, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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Remembering those times spent in Buyeo in the footsteps of our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi makes for happy memories.  

If we have good memories of Buyeo, you can be sure that our Oppa also spent happy days in Buyeo!

Let’s recall those days which he shared. The highlight must be from his reality TV series “Amazing journey with Pets 개밥주는남자 개묘한여행” which is top of mind for me. He took a special treat to Buyeo with his friends to “feed his dog” and get him prepared for their journey to Canada.  Bonggu-boy was seemingly obedient then in his hometown but he turned renegade in the “Wild West”! Kekeke! 😄

Park Sihoo-ssi also spend considerable time in Buyeo filming his drama “Wind, Cloud and Rain” (“Kingmaker: Change of Destiny”) and introduced us to new places where we can visit! More to do the next time I visit his hometown! Yay!

Then our Oppa took on the roles of ambassador! Buyeo’s publicity ambassador and then later their “chestnut ambassador”! And he did wiell with his roles because his fans were right there along with him. You can say, they are his best publicists and customers! Hahaha! 😄

Buyeo boy

Of course there are those happy days when he visited his family and his hometown and sharing photos of his trip on Instagram and Weibo!  What with camping, relaxing by the stream and laying on the cold stone slab, BBQing on the roof top of his still under renovation boat house and indulging in his favorite past time – food at his favorite restaurants! From BBQ beef to cold buckwheat noodles, to vegetable pork wrap to coffee!

Yup , those were happy Buyeo days, no doubt!

Youtube Video – Park Sihoo: Amazing journey with pets 개밥주는남자 – 개묘한여행, Bonggu in a hurry, Episode 3 Preview 2, 29 August 2019

快乐的扶余日子

非常怀念跟随着偶吧Oppa施厚君的脚步在扶余度过的日子。那些真的是幸福的回忆。

如果我们对扶余有着美好的回忆，相信偶吧Oppa在扶余度过了更多更快乐的日子吧！

回想他分享过的那些日子。亮点因该是他的真人秀电视综艺节目“给狗喂饭的男人–奇妙的旅行 개밥주는남자 개묘한여행”。他和两位朋友特地到扶余去“喂狗”，做好他去加拿大之旅的准备。当时他的幼犬朋谷在家乡看似听话乖巧，但到了“狂野西部”却变坏了！哈哈哈！😄

On home ground

施厚君还在扶余拍摄了古装电视剧“风，云和雨”（“风云碑”），并介绍了更多我们可以去参观的新地方！下回去扶余，又有得玩的啦！

偶吧Oppa还扮演了宣传大使的角色！先是当扶余的宣传大使，后来成为了扶余的“栗子宣传大使”！他做得很好，因为粉丝们都跟随着他。可以说，她们是他最好的宣传员和客户！哈哈哈！😄

Hallyu chestnuts

当然也有探访家人和家乡，并在Instagram和微博上分享他在扶余拍摄的快乐日子！露营，在溪流游玩和冰冷的石板上放松，在他仍在装修的船屋的屋顶上烧烤，沉迷于他最喜欢的事情 – 吃！吃货的他在家乡最喜爱的餐馆享用美食佳肴！从烤牛肉到冷荞麦面，再到蔬菜猪肉卷到咖啡！

是的，那些是真正快乐的扶余日子啊！

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, Garden Maehwa, Channel A “Amazing Journey with Pets”, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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I have been to Park Sihoo-ssi’s hometown Buyeo many times and for different occasions.

The trips to Buyeo were mainly to attend his birthday events, maybe three birthdays? And for specific purposes including delivering an album of fan greetings and photos of the airing of his first movie “Confession of Murder” in Hong Kong when he could not be there in 2013.  We brought this to his family in Buyeo so that they can pass to him and convey to him his international fans’ love and support.

Quaint afternoon tea at Cafe Ha:)poom

I have been out and about Buyeo over the years, though I must say I have not been everywhere. There are more places to be discovered and I am eager to see more.

For now, here are recaps of some of my highlights of the past. Read all about them by clicking on the links. Enjoy!

Buyeo birthday

扶余走马看花

在不同的场合下，我去过施厚君的家乡扶余好多次了。

扶余的旅行主要是参加他的生日庆祝活动，我参加了也许三次在那里举办的生日会吧？ 还有就是有特殊的目的或任务，包括在他潜水时，无法在2013年到香港宣传他的第一部电影“我是杀人犯”，我们把那里的粉丝们为他安排的活动拍下来的照片和国际粉丝们所写的问候编辑成本子，送去了他的老家，由家人转给他。

An enchanting day

多年来，我也趁机到扶余时，去参观那里的旅游胜地和吃喝玩。但我还未走完要去的地方，还有更多的地方有待发现，渴望不久的将来可以参观更多。

今天在这，分享一些回顾的亮点。 请点入链接阅读之前的一些分享呗。 Enjoy！

Hometown flavors

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, Garden Maehwa, ParkSihoSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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Last Monday, 8 November 2021, our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi pleasantly surprised us by posting a video on his Instagram. It was a post which he hashtagged #GardenMaehwa.

You might wonder why he would share a photo of an accommodation.  But mind you, this is a special place in his heart. This is the traditional hanok house in Buyeo where he grew up in as a child. The house is over a hundred years old from what we read. However, it is now a tiny piece of the original because a fire had gutted most of it.

Our Oppa had his old home refurbished and looking at his video and the postings from Garden Maehwa and Buyeo Sigol 시골 (Countryside) Cafe, he has kept most of the house intact. The original structure has been enhanced and its interior tastefully modernized with no compromise to tradition. 

It has taken him many years to get Garden Maehwa to where it is today.  I remember he started the project years ago. Was it round about 2015/2016? And each time we visited Buyeo and his ancestral home when we attended one of his events, it always looked like work-in-progress (WIP). Except, it wasn’t progressing! Even back in October 2019 on my last visit to see Bonggu in Buyeo, it was still WIP! And his dad just shrugged his shoulders when asked when it will be completed, saying “Who knows!” Kekeke! 😄

But now, Garden Maehwa is ready and welcoming guests. I can’t wait to visit but I know it will be a while before I can do so, what with coronavirus still a threat. Quarantine-free travel or otherwise, I think I would rather play safe for the sake of everyone.

So for now, I will enjoy the photos that are being shared and our Oppa’s video of his now completed Garden Maehwa and yearn for the day I can finally visit.

Facebook video – Park Sihoo: “Buyeo, so quaint!”, 9 November 2021

梅花园的过去和现在

上周一，2021 年 11 月 8 日，偶吧Oppa施厚君给我们带来了惊喜，在他的Instagram上发布了一段视频。这是他标记为#GardenMaehwa 的贴子。

大家可能想知道他为什么要分享一段住宿的视频。其实，这地方在他心目中占了特殊的位置。这是他儿时成长的扶余的传统韩屋，是他的祖籍的老屋。从读到的内容，知道这所房子已经有一百多年的历史了。然而，它现在的状况只有原屋的一小部份，因为一场大火烧毁了屋子的大部份。

偶吧Oppa把老房翻新了。看着他的视频，梅花园和扶余乡村시골咖啡厅的贴子，他将房子的大部份完好的保留住，把原有的结构加强，其内部的装饰是高雅和现代，不妥协于传统。

他花了很多年才把梅花园美化变成今天的样子。我记得他好几年前就开始了这个工程。大约是在 2015/2016 年左右，如果记对的话？每次去参加他的活动，并参观扶余和他的祖屋，总是看起来像装修正在进行中（WIP）的状态。但，没看到进展啊！甚至在2019 年10月，我最后一次去扶余拜访朋谷时，房子仍然是 WIP！问他的父亲什么时候会装修好，他只是耸了耸肩，说“谁晓得呢！” 哈哈哈！ 😄

但现在，梅花园的美华已完成，并迎接了客人。我也期待去参观和住宿，但觉得还需要一段时间才能这么做，因为冠状病毒仍然是威胁。虽然已经可以有无隔离旅行，但为了大家的健康和安全起见，还是迟点好些。

所以现在，只能欣赏被分享的梅花园和偶吧Oppa房屋翻新后的视频，并渴望有机会参观的那一天。

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, Garden Maehwa, Weibo, ParkSihoSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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