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Korea! Part one.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
I'm back from KOREA! Miss me? Bet you did. :3Oh and I'm not gonna upload alllllll the pics. In fact, I'm gonna Photoshop a collage :D
I'll tell you about what I did, then post the pics in another post, with day 21.
Took hell lot of pics, more than 700 wth. But didnt take any of my food and shopping :]
Day ONE.
Sat the plane there :D Asiana Airlines. I was tired but still wanted to watch shows;
So I watched... How To Train Your Dragon! Omg it was goooood :D
I had a nap and woke up to turbulance. Tell you the truth, I was damn scared lol;
Too much Air Crash Investigation and Seconds From Disaster wth. Had breakfast at about 7.40am;
Fish with veg (obviously I didnt eat the greens), bread with butter and jam;
Which I was debating to use butter or jam... Meiji Strawberry yoghurt and orange juice.
There was fruits too, but I gave those to my mom.
Touched down and went for lunch. In a little restaurant :D
Steamboat! Mushrooms, meat and lots of vegs. (Koreans put veg in everything, serious)
But the soup was very good. Omnomnom yums :D
After which we went to pick STRAWBERRIES. Yes, be jealous.
Each person only can pick 5... But our tour guide gave each 2 ppl one box.
Oh she's called Coco Han btw. :D She's Chinese Korean I think. Pretty and knowledgable (:
Went to the hotel... Which is on a mountain if I'm not wrong. Very cold.
Then go swimming... Quite disappointing, half of it was under maintanience.
About the same as Japan, the hotspring thing is must take out all the clothes...
Which is why I didnt go. I was at the mini water park playing lol. I scared I go hotspring kena blinded XD
Day TWO.
Went to EVERLAND :D Which is an awesome themepark. :]
But only sat a few rides cuz my mom refused to take certain rides with me and I dont wanna take on my own...
But I took a 75 degrees Viking Ship thing.
Gosh. Korean boys are CUTE. Really cute. Extremely cute :D
But Coco say the guys are more vain then the girls... All also go plastic surgery.
Saw a performance there. Mostly gymnasts... And some dancers. Mostly English lol.
Got one gymnast look like a cross between Taylor Lautner and Adam Lambert heehee;
And another like Kris Allen and Lee LOL. The performance was good :D
Took a little safari ride (yes they have it...) Saw alot of animals wth, alot walking around...
Bears, White Tigers, Owls, more Bears, Giraffes, Elephants and Zebras...
Watched a day parade... It was good, a lot of parade floats. And then I checked my phone.
MJ: You left home
I was like, Omg wth? But you know what? I cant sms back... Dont know why also lol.
Dinner bus to a restaurant. Had lots of seaweed soup, bowl of rice and delicious Korean pork;
It was LOVELY~ Really om nomnomz hahaha lol.
After dinner, 3.5h bus ride to hotel... I was listening to music on my hp, almost killed my batt.
The power point in the hotel weird weird one. Cannot charge phone D:
Day THREE
After breakfast, bus to a wine tunnel! And is not grape wine! It's... PESSIMON WINE.
...If I spelt it correct. The tunnel, regardless of the temp outside, will maintain about 16 degrees!
...Which is very cold. Sat down and had Kraft cheese and biscuits in front of us.
And also, glasses of Pessimon wine. I took a little, then freaked out;
I HATED IT. Serious. My mom then told me all wine taste like that.
I cant imagine how my Grandfather likes to drink wine.
I ate up all the cheese and crackers though. Haha. Then took a walk down the tunnel;
Alot alot of wine. But no rats :D Dark dark one. Heard got Korean drama film there...
After that, bus to a temple. A huge one. Coco told us 2 stories about the temple, which I'm not gonna post :
There was this bronze piggy, that if you touch if, supposedly you'll be very lucky.
My mom was touching the pig lol. I didnt, I can still rmb my religion.
After the temple, we went to Shila Memorial park, a famous Korean serial was filmed there...
It was pretty awesome, not to mention, huge.
After the park, I forgot whether go domestic airport first or dinner first;
But dinner was gooooood, oil free pork and soup :D Koreans eat really healthily.
Domestic airport was small... Plane ride was rather bumpy. Went to JEJU!
Oh and for lunch, it kinda sucked. Korean style buffet. I barely ate... D:
Day FOUR
Had breakfast at hotel :D It was alright. After that, bus to some volcano/mountain thing.
I climbed it with 2 kids and their dad. Very high lehh. Climb until leg wobblieeeee.
Oh and my mom refused to climb haha. The view was great though. Cant find in SG :D
Then go sit SUBMARINE. :D Saw damn alot of jellyfish egg... Everywhere man.
But the view was great nonetheless. Saw fishes and lots of corals and seaweed :D
After that, HORSE RIDING! Whoo! But horsey look very sad... Oh well.
But it was... interesting. My first time ride horse (: Erm... Bumpy? Yeah...
My group got this little 3 or 4 year old girl, damn cute can. :D
Next bus to some rock formation thing. Not my thing. Meh.
Then... MY FAVORITE...! TEDDY BEAR MUSEUM. :D
Teddy bears from loooooooong time ago to now. A lot of exhibitions!
Napoleon, Lincoln, Goong (the Korean serial), Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles, etcetc.
Went to the shop and got a teddy bear :D I loveee it :DDD
Waseh. Day 4 super busy. After Teddy Museum, went to the Glass Castle;
Very huge... Bohemian and Venitian glass ftw! Italian glass also not bad!
Glass can make into a lot of things lol. Later post pics :D
After Glass castle is some rock thing. Again, rock aint my thing.
Back at the hotel, went around cuz surounded by a shopping streeet.
Nothing much bahh. I got some Skin Food stuff :D Very cheap compared to SG lol.
After day four, I cant rmb the events in chrono order. Meh.
So I'll tell you what I did and descride the event... So yeah. Haha.
Ice Gallery
Super cold. Small place. In the gallery, had a lot of glass sculptures.
Effiel Tower, Pisa, computer, bedroom, toilet... etcetc.
After which, we had a mini inter group ice sculpting contest;
Organized by the gallery folks. The goal? Using a chisel, hack a block of ice into a cup.
Hack hack hack. Looks easy, but it isnt... I scrap the ice and all drop on my feet;
I was wearing my flats btw. My feet was freaking COLD.
24 ppl in my group, a few didnt do.. I think like 2 or 3...
There was 3 positions... First place was this amiable old lady, second was the dad of the kids I climbed the mountain with;
Third? -grins widely- Haha yeah it's ME! -bows- Haha. The only kid that won :D
In the bus got one boy cry lol. Dunno why?
Palace thingy
My mom wasnt happy with this. She rather go shopping...
But it was alright. And huge. There was a story I'm not suppose to say...
Supposedly the palace is real one... Or replica. Something. Almost got lost with my mom lol.
Lotte World
Owned by Lotte. Which owns a lot. Hotels, food courts, marts, etc.
Oh and Samsung is a huge company too btw -wanders off topic-
Go check it out. Owns electronics, cars, hotels (I think), constrution etc.
ANYWAY, Lotte World. Stayed in Lotte Hotel World. We got a free upgrade!
To 'Character Rooms' which are basically very decorated rooms with very high prices. Hmm...
The themepark, there was an indoor one and an outdoor one :D
Indoor, went for 'Sinbad's Adventure', which was pretty good, other than the fact I cant understand Korean.
Also a Viking Ship, a rollercoaster adventure thingy called Pharoh's Fury;
Jungle Adventure, a water ride...
And a few more I cant rmb. But it was great! And huge...
Outdoor. There was a ride that waiting time = one hour. Meh.
I went to Gyro Drop. Bring me realy high, spin me round and DROP. 72m up, drop at 100km/h.
I was so scared my little body would fly out... D:
Watched the night performance, a LASER SHOW! Something to do with Jupiter and a Sun God.
As I said, I dont understand Korean. (Shouldve ask Woo Jin for help before going T.T)
After Lotte World walked around the MRT station shops then go back to hotel.
Dongdaemun
A mad awesome SHOPPING AREA! We were given 2hrs, which wasnt enough T.T
Would love to go there with PY/Lisa/Woo Jin/Ruth and the 6A girls :D
My mom and I couldnt bargain... The common way of communication: Calculator.
Once they see we foreigner, pull out calculator and press press. Bahh.
I got a few shirts, a pair of shorts, a pretty bracelet and the camera necklace I've been looking so mad long for.
:D Happy Jacelyn. My mom bought my older sis some stuff too...
Kimchi Making
Made Kimchi! LOL. It was kinda... Urgh. Red sauce and soaked veg. Not my thing.
After the Kimchi making, in the same building, got to try on Korea traditional clothes!
Rather unwillingly, I donned one on and took some pics... Oh well.
Exhibition thing
Korean history, pics from the wars in Korea, even a replica of the G20 lounge!
T'was alright. Took a fair bit of pics.
Nanta show
A performance about a cooking thing... Go Google it. It was better than I expected;
A fair bit of comedy and humor. To cater to the tourists, no speech. All actions.
Which was fantastic :D Laugh like xiao :D
Garden
Went to a couple of gardens. Yes, in the scorching weather.
Nonetheless, it was pretty good. Flowers I dont think can find in SG.
Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners
Had pork like, almost every day can. But it was great! The sauce they use is heavenly.
Most of the food is much cook ourselves... My mom super busy lol.
They dont use oil in their food one! Super healthy ttm can!
Had chicken stuffed with Ginseng and real Abalone once.
I gave the Ginseng and Abalone to my mom (:
Lotte breakfast was GREAT. Buffet style, as usual of a hotel.
DAMN A LOF OF FOOOOOOOOOOOOD. :D Hahaha
Amethyst and Ginseng
Korea is pretty famous for both. My mom told me to hold her back from buying...
Amethyst is pretty :D Saw a really pretty necklace but didnt tell my mom. Oh well.
Ginseng. I hate the taste and smell. Cannot stand, seriously.
Woman shopping street
Not exactly a woman shooping street, but it was located in the vicinity of a woman university.
Bought a fair bit of clothes. My mom bought a lot for my sis...
Walked so much I scared I get lost lol.
As usual, common means of communication: Calculator.
Duty Free cosmetics
Yeah. Compared to SG, they're mad cheap.
Odbo, TheFaceShop and Etude House. But very little from Etude House D:
My mom bought super a lot. She's gonna take a while to recover the costs...
Oh well. I didnt buy a lot...
What I bought
Feel free to skip this segment. What I bought, no including perishables.
Teddy Bear from Teddy Bear Museum.
Skin Food stuff :D Bought the full set lol. And something to get rid of eye circles :D
TheFaceShop: Eye patch and nose patch lol
Etude House: Concealor
Clothes: Hoodie, a couple of shirts, pair of shorts, couple of sweaters.
Accessories: Earpieces (cheap!), a bracelet and a necklace.
Some keychains and stickers.
My mom bought a lot too. Hahaha. Oh well. Credit card gonna take a while to recover.