Hi to anyone who's reading this, I'm finally back from Korea~! Well, I'm back physically but my heart's still way back in Korea. I hate coming back to Singapore. Singapore to me = reality = mundane life (for me at least). Don't get me wrong, I still love Singapore. =D It's just that this Korea trip was just too fun, though there weren't many eye candies. Heh.
Left for Changi Airport right after my JS2222 paper on the 30th of May. Got sent to the airport by my mum's friend who is a taxi driver. He's the first taxi driver who did not help me load/unload my luggage. In fact, he had to wait for me to knock on the car boot before he even bothered to open it. It's not like as if I did not pay him lor...but whatever la, he's my mum's friend, not nice to complain further.
Everyone had like family and friends to send them off at Changi Airport...except poor, lonely me. Dad was at work, mum was playing badminton and sister was in Malaysia. =( Waaa~ Then again, I'm used to it because it wasn't the first time that nobody came to send me off. I am independent can! Whee~
After checking-in, Li Ming and I took a short rest at Coffee Bean before boarding the plane to Korea. The plane was really good and each passenger had a personal screen that's filled with all sorts of entertainment. Dinner was served at midnight and it was just so sinful gobbling down the whole bowl of bibimbap so late in the night/early in the morning. How not to get fat you tell me?! Then again, I only ate a lousy bun and a quiche the whole day so it wasn't that bad...I think.
Forced myself to watch this show called Enchanted even though I was already dozing off...no thanks to nights that I stayed up to mug. And before I knew it, we've arrived in Korea already. Incheon Airport reminded me of Thailand's and China's airport. They all look the same to me with the silver/white futuristic classy design that feels very unfriendly to me. Anyway, passed the customs, collected my luggage, met up with the local tour guide, Linda and photograher, Kenny, before leaving for Gyeongju.
Before doing any sight-seeing, we had lunch first. Finally!!! Something to eat~ Was seriously starving because they didn't serve brekkie on the plane. Ate barbecued chicken(or was it pork?) at this restaurant called 'Man Ri Jang Seong'.
The both of us sat with this young couple for lunch. Two 20-year-old girls + 1 young couple = disaster because nobody knew how to cook. Ours was the only table that had uncooked meat while everyone else was happily chomping on theirs lor. Best thing was that none of us could tell whether the meat was cooked or not. So yup, lunch wasn't a pleasant affair because none of us ate a lot.
Walked a short distance to the observatory tower after lunch. Was seriously damn tired by that time due to lack of sleep.
Went to Bulguksa next. Needed to use the toilet and was a little apprehensive about using the public toilet because public toilets are dirty and toilet paper's not provided. To my surprise, the toilet there was pretty clean and toilet paper was available. In fact, toilet paper is like available in every single toilet in Korea. Yay. I hate it when there's no toilet paper lo.
2 out of the Four Heavenly Kings. In China, they are there. In Japan, they are also there. In Korea, can see them also.
Me and Li Ming at the top of the staircase where only people of high status could use in the past. Damn scary standing there actually. The wind was so freaking strong that I thought that I was going to get blown off the staircase initially. Then...I remembered. I'm fat. Fat people don't get blown away by winds~ Whee~ See, the merit of being fat.
Next, we went to Bomun Lake...or that's what I think it is. See how sleepy I was that day~ It's written in the itinerary so I guess this is Bomun Lake.
Look at the pretty flowers there! Almost as pretty as me! Heh. Like real lar. I was so deprived of sleep that day that I think that I looked like Frankenstein or something lo.
Moo~ After that, we proceeded to Daegu, where we spent one night in.
Had dinner at this restaurant called 'Keun Hyeong Nim', which literally means 'Big Brother', if I'm not wrong. Barbecued pork this time round. The marinate was so freaking delicious and I must admit that compared to lunch, dinner was ecstacy. One bad thing about it was that because we had to sit on the floors there and the distance between one's feet and the stove was not that far, I seriously thought that my legs were getting barbecued too or something. Smelt like a barbecued pig myself after dinner.
Finally returned to the hotel after dinner and omg, the hotel television had a LCD screen!!! The selection of channels was good too~! Had so much fun changing the channels to see what programmes were available.
Overall, the hotel room was good but the bathtub wasn't user-friendly. I didn't know that you could open the glass window to enter the bathtub so I went to crawl into the bathtub via the little hole at the end that had no glass window attached. And because my friend had just showered, the bathtub was kinda slippery so I...fell down. Luckily the television was loud enough to mask the sounds of me falling down. Kaoz, so freaking painful can! The fall resulted in a ugly 10-cm bruise on my leg...which is still there now. Everyone laughed when I told them about it, even my parents. The world's filled with unfeeling people lor!!!
Went down to the convenience store to buy a nail-cutter and plasters because firstly, one of my nails chipped and secondly, blisters formed due to walking too much. Returned to the hotel to use the free internet and blogged this entry. Another reason why this hotel rocks is because the internet's free after 8pm, unlike the other hotels where the internet is either freaking expensive or sucky.
So this ends my first day in Korea. Day 2 will be coming soon, I hope. More pictures can be found in the gallery. See if you want to hor.
http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=141
Left for Changi Airport right after my JS2222 paper on the 30th of May. Got sent to the airport by my mum's friend who is a taxi driver. He's the first taxi driver who did not help me load/unload my luggage. In fact, he had to wait for me to knock on the car boot before he even bothered to open it. It's not like as if I did not pay him lor...but whatever la, he's my mum's friend, not nice to complain further.
Everyone had like family and friends to send them off at Changi Airport...except poor, lonely me. Dad was at work, mum was playing badminton and sister was in Malaysia. =( Waaa~ Then again, I'm used to it because it wasn't the first time that nobody came to send me off. I am independent can! Whee~
After checking-in, Li Ming and I took a short rest at Coffee Bean before boarding the plane to Korea. The plane was really good and each passenger had a personal screen that's filled with all sorts of entertainment. Dinner was served at midnight and it was just so sinful gobbling down the whole bowl of bibimbap so late in the night/early in the morning. How not to get fat you tell me?! Then again, I only ate a lousy bun and a quiche the whole day so it wasn't that bad...I think.
Forced myself to watch this show called Enchanted even though I was already dozing off...no thanks to nights that I stayed up to mug. And before I knew it, we've arrived in Korea already. Incheon Airport reminded me of Thailand's and China's airport. They all look the same to me with the silver/white futuristic classy design that feels very unfriendly to me. Anyway, passed the customs, collected my luggage, met up with the local tour guide, Linda and photograher, Kenny, before leaving for Gyeongju.
Before doing any sight-seeing, we had lunch first. Finally!!! Something to eat~ Was seriously starving because they didn't serve brekkie on the plane. Ate barbecued chicken(or was it pork?) at this restaurant called 'Man Ri Jang Seong'.
The both of us sat with this young couple for lunch. Two 20-year-old girls + 1 young couple = disaster because nobody knew how to cook. Ours was the only table that had uncooked meat while everyone else was happily chomping on theirs lor. Best thing was that none of us could tell whether the meat was cooked or not. So yup, lunch wasn't a pleasant affair because none of us ate a lot.
Walked a short distance to the observatory tower after lunch. Was seriously damn tired by that time due to lack of sleep.
Went to Bulguksa next. Needed to use the toilet and was a little apprehensive about using the public toilet because public toilets are dirty and toilet paper's not provided. To my surprise, the toilet there was pretty clean and toilet paper was available. In fact, toilet paper is like available in every single toilet in Korea. Yay. I hate it when there's no toilet paper lo.
2 out of the Four Heavenly Kings. In China, they are there. In Japan, they are also there. In Korea, can see them also.
Me and Li Ming at the top of the staircase where only people of high status could use in the past. Damn scary standing there actually. The wind was so freaking strong that I thought that I was going to get blown off the staircase initially. Then...I remembered. I'm fat. Fat people don't get blown away by winds~ Whee~ See, the merit of being fat.
Next, we went to Bomun Lake...or that's what I think it is. See how sleepy I was that day~ It's written in the itinerary so I guess this is Bomun Lake.
Look at the pretty flowers there! Almost as pretty as me! Heh. Like real lar. I was so deprived of sleep that day that I think that I looked like Frankenstein or something lo.
Moo~ After that, we proceeded to Daegu, where we spent one night in.
Had dinner at this restaurant called 'Keun Hyeong Nim', which literally means 'Big Brother', if I'm not wrong. Barbecued pork this time round. The marinate was so freaking delicious and I must admit that compared to lunch, dinner was ecstacy. One bad thing about it was that because we had to sit on the floors there and the distance between one's feet and the stove was not that far, I seriously thought that my legs were getting barbecued too or something. Smelt like a barbecued pig myself after dinner.
Finally returned to the hotel after dinner and omg, the hotel television had a LCD screen!!! The selection of channels was good too~! Had so much fun changing the channels to see what programmes were available.
Overall, the hotel room was good but the bathtub wasn't user-friendly. I didn't know that you could open the glass window to enter the bathtub so I went to crawl into the bathtub via the little hole at the end that had no glass window attached. And because my friend had just showered, the bathtub was kinda slippery so I...fell down. Luckily the television was loud enough to mask the sounds of me falling down. Kaoz, so freaking painful can! The fall resulted in a ugly 10-cm bruise on my leg...which is still there now. Everyone laughed when I told them about it, even my parents. The world's filled with unfeeling people lor!!!
Went down to the convenience store to buy a nail-cutter and plasters because firstly, one of my nails chipped and secondly, blisters formed due to walking too much. Returned to the hotel to use the free internet and blogged this entry. Another reason why this hotel rocks is because the internet's free after 8pm, unlike the other hotels where the internet is either freaking expensive or sucky.
So this ends my first day in Korea. Day 2 will be coming soon, I hope. More pictures can be found in the gallery. See if you want to hor.
http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=141
