Saturday, August 04, 2012

back to korea, a year later.

korea trip was a good one year bac  and i was stuck at day 9 out of my 31 days trip.
din record the back parts of the trip so my days counting can stop at about day 19.
after that no more, so bear with me yeah!

and so on day 10, HAHA. feels super weird, like i just went.
ok la, went to my favouritest place- lotte world!!
i have a major thing for asumement parks!(:
love the screams, love the arendaline rush, love the laughters!
a place of happiness, truly.

the train station to drop off for lotte world. easily acccessible!

filled our tummies at lotte world's lotteria.
their home version of mac.

group shot!(:

and the adventure starts!
i love gyro drop, but the picture is a milder version- bungee drop!
nobody knows when it falls! so me and xiano had time for a talk at the top, feeling super nervous when it is going to fall. take a deep breath and count numbers!

and i lost my spectacles during a ride.  ( it flew off during altantic adventure ride) Must be careful of the start. there is a sudden rise at the speed of 80km an hour to a height of 21m at an angle of 72 degrees. awesome ride!

pictures of me without my specs.

Churos, an amusement park must.



last group shot before we left the place!

back to our dorm's vicinity for dinner! pastas at this homely feel restuarant.


see how tired we were!
one place ticked off my bucket list- lotte world!(:

day 11- a day to rest since the previous day was too tiring for us!
we headed to 7th wave, a cafe that was just 5 mins walk away from our dorm.
super awesome drinks, i love their iced chocolate so much!
we were there to do our project- me, shihua and pam!

and then they acc me to do my specs. what an experience!
language barrier- chicken and duck talk but we managed to do it!
140 bucks and i am still wearing it after 1 year!

and we had korean bbq!(: @ cozy grill where we pass by everyday of our 31 days there.





and then we strolled to a cafe for desserts!

Cafe Luwak. we all have sweet tooth one.
so nan de.  

my bunch of girls and we had fun tgt!



a chillax day ard our dorm area!
and two cafes down in a day!(: loves.

day 12.
skipped school and met up with project mates for lunch just outside school. nice side dishes, yet to find good ones in singapore!:(
brinjals, potatoes, beancurd, beansprouts! all free.


and after that, pam, sh and me left to go cafe ti-amo. also near school(:
a happy girl is me.








met up with the rest and we were off for NANTA!
a cooking show that was non-verbal.
jump was better imo!  


group shot! 10 girls!(:



went to have dinner with friends' friends. had a group of 20 plus!
like class outing. haha!

not used to the cold beansprout face.
and i wrote 12000 won =expensive dinner.
now think of it quite okay ah, 15 bucks sing. haha! other meals must have been v cheap.

and we went to the flagship Hello kitty cafe at Hongik.
chanced upon it while shopping so we had a rest there.



pretty kitties on drinks which had to be destroyed in the end.

cabbed back with the girls(:
and its two cafes in a day again! #addiction.

day 13.
poon school. no one really studies on exchange! we all managed to pass with flying colours still.
we all went for breakfast at 205 degrees cafe! its really a fanastic place. i miss it so much.
breakfast @ cheap price- 10 bucks sing! where to find in singapore.

ten bucks includes this and a cup of hot chocolate in pretty cups.
trios date! (:

went to Dongaemun to shop, one train station away cux we had to return for korean classes. hehe.
and xiano killed sometime herself shopping and then we met her friends for dinner(:
ginseng chicken!(:
and we shopped at sinchon and ewha after that!

day 14.
we had a ten person trip again!(:
this time to namdemun, where we all did specs!!!
80 bucks, we had more than 10 specs order so can cut prices easily!



and then to isadong. we went for this famous restuarant for dumplings!
and hanged out @ insadong which has artistic vibes.





cafe chilling @ two awesome place.

dinner at Noryangjin which is seoul's largest fish market.
met up with xiano and her friends(:
its really a seafood heaven and it was mad good.
an experience must have.

at the train station!(:



all of us!


the way it clings on your tongue.
chew fast!(:

minimal seasoning but so fresh and good.

no where fresher!

jeju island. which we went on day 15-19. not that i have a fanastic memory la, but i did took down notes in my travel log which is mostly empty though.
major regret:(
it requires a plane ride from seoul to jeju! an hour before we arrived on an island 2.5 times bigger than singapore and everything there is spacious!


its not a city place, more relaxing, very slow paced!
seeing the date on my com, if would make more sense if my post was dated 4th aug 2011 instead of 2012. but well, better late than never!

not gonna post on every detail cux i wont have remembered lah, so its some places that we visited!

1st: Trick art musuem
it's a fun place to hang out with friends and take loads of pictures and have some fun laughing at those silly poses!

xiano's version

shibam's version

2. Love musuem
must visit! many spots to take pictures and well, with xiano around, she kept forcing us to take many weird pics! fun place which is nice to take a stroll in!(:
and it was created by graduates of Seoul's Hongik University.

we all took a shot!


3. Green tea museum
tons of green tea and if you are a fan of green tea products, can try it there.
their ice cream and green tea cakes are good stuff!(:



4. Manjanggul lava tube (2000 won, student price 1000 won).
it has natural air conditioning and i tot it was quite fun to stroll in the underground(:
not difficult to complete and no gruelling steps which i so hate.

5. Seongsan Ilchubong or sunrise peak.
the main attraction of jeju and its part of the new 7 wonders of the world.
its refreshing up there and worth the tiredness.
see the strong and the weak. i obviously belong to the latter.


picture for evidence, resting halfway.

6. teddy bear museum
its quite small, but the outdoor parts were quite pretty.
still love this photo of bamboo after so long!

and there is rippley's believe it or not opposite teddy bear musuem, if time permits,  can take a look since already there isnt it!

7. glass castle musuem
nothing much, all made of glass, photo opportunites are ample too!
diamond (glass) rings are a girl's best friend.

donned in polka dots! we had a polka dots theme that day! hehe!


8. the lake meets the sea place i think! very scenric.


9. all in house  
This is the house the famous Korean drama series "All In" was filmed. It is like a museum that provide everything about the drama.

 and most imporantly, i celebrated my early birthday there with trios, my first but not last celebration in 2011. i had 3 infact, more on those next time!

surprise celebration at the pantry area of the place we stayed in- tae gong gak inn and guessthouse.
i wasnt feeling well, and the girls went out to get cake and mr pizza for a mini celebration(:
very sweet of them but that night was the starting of our sickness.



 yes, the three of us fell sick consecutively.
me first (#weak), then shihua and lastly, xiano also fell sick.
some sort of food posioning.
and me and xiano din bring any medication, who knows this will happen since it was only a 4 days 3 nights at jeju.
so the three of us shared the medication that bamboo brought along and luckily it saved us.
haha, i developed mr pizza phobia and xiano developed ginseng chicken phobia, cux that was what we vomitted out.
we din know the reason, perhaps the water or the seafood we ate there.
so we spent the last day of our jeju trip in our room.
we literally slept the entire day off:/
best rest for the entire korea trips of 31 days!











Friday, August 03, 2012

& take care, my BFF.

The girl is leaving on Sunday, and it's a long trip of 10 days!:(
Seeing friends leaving Singapore is sad:(
I will miss my shopaholic, my texting partner, my BFF!!
Rawrrr, you better stay safe! Going to worry about you too! How you adapt there lo! I wonder??

And so this update is attributed to us(;
Drive trip to malacca with joy's parents!
A three day two night which I enjoyed myself tons!!(: hehehe!! We were super chillax. Shop, and then slack at cafes to chit chat! Awesome cux her parents know all the places and drove us there, then drop us, before picking us for the next destination!

Tons of shopping and food(:
Doing what girls do best!
Hoping for another simple trip again!

& because I miss us...

I miss pandas, with two members away:( they seem so far away.

And so I shall recap on our kl trip even though that was already 8 months ago!

We went on 25th dec, just in time to celebrate christmas(:
It was a simple short trip, cux it's hard to match the timing of 5 (busy) girls.but I treasure times like that when we have bonding times!(:
A three days two nights there where we had fun roaming the streets, exploring places, singing Kbox from 11pm-5am, enjoying good food an good company(:

I can't wait for the next pandas alone time(:

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

You and I, it's a forever kind of thing.

It's a sisters' day out.
Love days like this, weekday, when we slow down our foot steps in town, take a longer look at things and watch the world slowly pass by.

Going on a more luxury feel so we started the day with a meal at sushi tei,ordering alot more food than we usually would!! A main course each and a sushi platter to share. A slow meal to enjoy in a rather quiet environment(:
my meal!! love their soup alot(:

salmon, mango, roe sushi with the awesome sauce!
Sis then got me a birthday present at Thomas Sabo. Falling in love with this brand, saw this pretty charm on the brochure when sis's friend bought her a charm bracelet here.
But i saw something even more magical, more me. You know the feeling when you saw something that speak to you.
It's a carriage, and I have a thing for carriages. I mean which girl doesn't right? I assume! But carriage with a heart-shaped door, it's like a fairy tale come true(: it brings a smile.
& I got to agree each charm has to tell a story, a story that is close to your heart. I am a believer of fairy tale, if not this lifetime, maybe the next. But somewhere, somehow, it will happen(:

A heavier price tag, but it's a limited edition, with only two pieces per store in Singapore. I was sold.
Thanks sissy for the love(:

More shopping and buying!and we also went to do our nails(:
Our good old nail status. Still a fav when it's not crowded! It dawns on me how long I haven't do nails together with sis. It used to be sisters' bonding time every week or so..
A classic French for her & a plain clean brown for me!


of a complicated feeling.

and so on 30th july, i woke up the earliest i ever had in these years at 5.30am.
to send her off to BMTC.
a walk in the dorm, a tour ard pulau tekong, i tot of how brave is that.
i cannot imagine myself in there, not ever.
i think i would cry buckets, lol. think too much, its not as if i can even pass the test to go there.

last lunch tgt, and goodbyes said.
i felt a wave of emotion over me when we left the place.
i am worried more than anything.

JIAYOU, the bravest girl i have ever known.