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6th pair of new shoes.
*i lub walking on sunshine*

my little green monster.. *smile*

so much photos that i took quite a while to upload and decide on the captions..
*note: photos here are different from facebook cuz i made an effort to differentiate for friends who matter to me*

many travellers blog their korea trip, following the itinerary.
honestly i cant remember my itinerary cuz we did so much activites within 1 day that i couldnt recall the correct days!!
so i’ve decided to do it by venue. haha..

Theme #1: 帅哥

i’m sure everyone knows who he is la..hehe..

these boys all OVER korea.

can you spot him? my 1st & last sighting of a 帅哥..

backview also nice.. haha..
me & friends were just being cheeky. =p

Theme #2: high high in the sky

Boarding from SG..
didnt manage to take any inflight pics cuz they sat us, right in the middle row. painfully difficult to sleep throughout the nite.

Jeju to Seoul
Seoul is indeed a complicated, huge city.

Seoul to SG

look, ma!
flight’s empty except for some oppa & omma who were gg to SG for holiday.

Theme #3: Hug-me-teddies

we joined the Kim Teddy family for a picnic in the park.

bear wannabes. hahaha..

hey! YOU! get away from that..it will cost your lifetime salary!!

the magic fingers.. *ding*

think.. think.. how to attract more attention from other teddies?

宾马俑

Snow white, 7 bear dwarfs & the human dwarf.

come, come, say cheeze!!!

“bro, how are u? coming to SG not?”

Theme #4: Tea Guesthouse, Buchon (www.teaguesthouse.com)

we decided to try the korea style of accommodation so here we are in Buchon

here’s the main entrance.. pretty traditional

high tea in korean style?

the door to my hanok

Theme #5: Deep Deep under the sea

i just tot the 2 photos if joined together, could be panaroma photo!
submarine can be quite fun.. 20 feet under the sea.
i tot i could have met willy?

Theme #6: Shopping & randoms

seoul has 9 train lines!!

we had to read the train routes every time we wanna get from A to B.

Sinchon fashion street snowed!

isnt it a cute shop? why SG dun have?

they even have cheeky shop names. Be Full. yes, he needs to be full.

not just cute shops, cheeky shop names, they have pretty & sweet name for a bakery! dilly dally

hanbok, they called it. i like it.

kimchi is to Korea ; chili is to Singapore.

but these boys prefer tomato is to Singapore. hehe..

myeong dong spoils us with curly fries

myeong spoils us with grilled fish & cuttlefish too!

cosmetics shops spoils us with free samples & panda..

more street food along myeong dong. such a heaven.

myeong dong – a mix of new & old shopping styles.
street hawkers + shopping centres

naedaemum market is to korea ; pasar malam is to Singapore
ginseng, seaweed to socks, shoes, towels to tze char
a place to go but can be missed.

Theme #7: Pheonix Ski Resort

check out the winding Q to get to the cable car!

we look totally weird in non-skiing clothes compared to the rest.
i have to say they do have really good looking skiing clothes

snow fight time!!!! ahhhhhh!!!

skiing time! ready? let’s go fall

but we were quite pro.. we could do matrix with ski.

so funny fooling around.. haha..

check out the super steep and super high ski route. gulp. NO. NO.

why not we just glide down the ice, like how kids do it?? hehe..

Theme #8: The Palace

“eh, where got dragon huh?”
“there.. there.. up there la”

“sure not?”

“hello..? bo reception leh.. where are you?”

the frozen pond & frozen humans.

Theme #9: Blow me away

welcome to Mt Sorak!

Bears once dominated the area. until humans invaded. haha.

face turned red from the strong, cold wind.

river, mountain and forest. wat else can u ask for? friends. =)

let us take a nap while we wait for the cable car to operate.
but it didnt happened cuz wind was strong enough to swing the cable car.

Theme #10: Island of Fertility. apparently.

ah ma & ah gong fertility.
touch the nose of ‘dun know which one’ to bear a son.
i dun know abt touching their heads though..

so so so windy @ i-think-this-place-is-called-dragon-rock

old school hanoks.

totally dun recall the name of this place.
only recall that it was to see some cliff/rocks/whatever else.

so we ended up, looking for food. haha..

eeee..hawww.. let’s ride horses. i likeee..

seongsan sunrise mountain. really pretty view.
except tiring to climb up. see below for evidence.

pretty view, i promised.

but have to climb like SIAO to the pretty view.

Theme #11: Arty Farty Insadong

trying to take arty farty photos..

yummy premium rice cakes..

insadong street.

大便 bun, anyone?

can i kiss u? plssss.. ji hoo sunbaeeee..*lub lub*

Theme #12: Food Food Food

super duper yummy dumplings & noodles @ Myeong Dong

“dun stop me ah! i will diet after this trip.”

kimchi dumplings. so so only leh..

pork fillet BBQ. anonymously rated 5/5 by us.

jeju’s tangerine are addictively sweet til we continue eating at night!

the more side dishes = the more impt guest u are.
i think we are VERY VERY IMPT PPL.

they called this 水煮肉. in english > water cook meat. geddit?

promising chef @ work to provide us with black pork

black pork BBQ. anonymously rated 5/5 by us too.

another brave soul to tackle ‘live’ octopus

“i regretted trying. it’s.. it’s.. eeeee feeling”

some plain meat + cabbage put in a steamboat to cook the dry style

DMZ tofu is famous in korea for its smoothness and tastiness. but to us, it felt like 豆干. rough rough one..

Theme #13: DMZ -DeMilitarized Zone

hopes & wishes written & hang on the fence which divides north & south korea.

Theme #14: 大长金

Let’s cheers to 大长金

“LET ME OUT!!”

“hey! hey! i’ve done nothing wrong”

basking in the sun cuz it was too cold.

Theme #15: Ever, Everland

FUN!

FUN! gliding down the slope on a sledge.
just how Santa would like done so..

cats and dogs dun go together, u know?

cable car ride in Everland tells u how HUGE it is.

at the end of the 11 days trip, we concluded that korea is a nice place to visit again during other seasons.
probably not in the near future, but yes, i will come back during spring/summer!! shopping spreeee…

kam-sa-ha-mi-da.
i hope you enjoyed my trip as much as i did, with the photos.

“new pacifier! let me try..”

“everybody’s laughing so i laugh too..”

“姑姑, why u always have to take picture with me? i want to camwhore myself only leh”

it’s not always sunshine. “Ah ma, where are you?? i want ah ma..”

“heee..”

“how come they all called me tigger? who is tigger? can eat?”

“姑姑 is bringing me out for shopping!! yippee!”

Victory! Yeah!

“姑姑, stop eating. take photo for me 1st”

“i like this very much! shall i use it as my profile pic? hmm.. ”

26 June 2009 : SG to Brisbane

full of smiles on my face and in my heart as i flew thr 12hrs to Brisbane.

18 July 2009 : Brisbane to SG

the tiny rainbow made the flight home less painful. just a little.

12 Nov 2009 : SG to BKK

Please take off soon!!

yeah! i’m in mid-air but hates it when there’s turbulents. i dun like the feeling of dropping like a yoyo.

window seat is my permanent selection for flights. my space. my view.

it was written in the newspaper today
“design by vivenne westwood for melissa – $210″

i spent $10.

F1 3 day passes
F1 Stamford Suite pass
F1 work pass
F1 rocks pass

i’m missing my F1 Rock work pass.
imagine the no. of lanyards that i had.