The hangeul rendering of "Centreville" is pronounced "sen-treh-bil" (or more accurately, "saen-teu-rae-bil"); I guess they were going for a European vibe.
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
as if I'd never left
I work in Centreville, Virginia. Here I am in Seoul's Gireum District (Gireum-dong); I look across the street, and see... Centreville!
The hangeul rendering of "Centreville" is pronounced "sen-treh-bil" (or more accurately, "saen-teu-rae-bil"); I guess they were going for a European vibe.
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The hangeul rendering of "Centreville" is pronounced "sen-treh-bil" (or more accurately, "saen-teu-rae-bil"); I guess they were going for a European vibe.
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That's where we are planning to move come December...
ReplyDeleteDrove through your current home town on the way to Manassas this week. Thought it funny that you are there and we are here...
Seriously?? You're moving to Centreville, Virginia? Incredible.
ReplyDeleteCentreville's a nice place—sort of a second Koreatown-in-the-making (after Annandale, which is the big local Koreatown). It's right next door to Fairfax, and not far from DC, so you can get your fix of history and culture when you become bored of Centreville's vomitous suburban ambiance. Lots of condos and apartments and houses along routes 28 and 29, from what I've seen. Nice but boring.
Centreville's also not far from Gainesville, where you can shop for awesome food at the local Wegmans.
Wow... you're moving to Centreville! I can't get over that. As I said, it's typically suburban, but generally strikes me as a well-groomed sort of place. The rent/property values are much higher than they are in Front Royal, but the move will be worth it for you, I'm sure. Enjoy!
No, no, no, no! We are looking to move into the Centreville building you pictured when Jee Yeun's lease expires in December. We are up here in your neck of the woods visiting friends this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Stafford for a few years and I could not handle going back to the traffic and hassles of NOVA on a full time basis...
Sorry for the confusion. I reread my comment and I see I assumed you'd know what I meant and you assumed I meant something else. Here we are separated by 7000 miles AND a common language!
Man... talking to you is like talking to Grandma. Signals constantly getting crossed.
ReplyDeleteYou had mentioned Manassas and my current home... the Front Royal-Gainesville-Manassas-Centreville-Fairfax axis follows the spine of Route 66, so that's probably why I thought you were talking about Centreville, VA.
In any case, congrats on moving into saen-teu-rae-bil. Looks nice from the outside.
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