I am back from Korea!!

Hmmm, Guess this is gonna be a super long post, without pictures as usual. Hahahha.

Its great to remincise on the trip, esp when its a terrific one. Here I go....

 

Day One:

Boarded the plane late at night. Reached airport 2 hrs b4 take-off time. Wasnt feeling very well that evening cause has been to the doc earlier for some chest pain and irregular heartbeat. Doc run some tests on me and advises me to seek some opinion from a cardiologist as the results shows some abnormality. What a way to start a trip. Sigh. Anyway, mood was a little dampen, and was slightly grouchy while waiting for the flight. Earlier, mum and dad drove me to the airport, together with little elthea as it was a public holiday the following day, so they can stay out late as elthea has no school. Coz my in-laws were there, and it was really awkward sitting together for impromptu dinner, they left shortly after i checked in, to have their own dinner while i had a disgusting "rubber-band" alike wanton noodles at Killiney. Boarded plane at 10.30pm and it took off close to almost 11.30pm. and Off to Korea.... :)

 

Day Two:

Touched down on the following morning at around 6.30am. Flight was very good, no turbulence, had a 2 hrs plus nap and some fish with rice. Also came to chat with a couple on the same mission as us. Turn out that the girl is really very chatty, and we are of the same age too! Even our hubbies are the same age. What a coincidence. At Incheon airport, the tour guides and coordinator were discussing our itinerary for the upcoming days, and we were busy getting decently dressed cause we were told its gonna be COLD... it was only ard 5 degrees and it was really windy. Dd and I went out to get a feel of the "cool-ness" and it was really cold. It was the first time that i can see fog coming out from my mouth as I talk. Shiok, but also very cold! As usual, dd was just clad in T-shirt and Jeans, and gave me that "its quite cooling" look when I was already starting to freeze while putting on my down jacket.

 

We left the airport in a "not-very-posh" bus, but was decent enough to have some sleep in, cause despite the 2 hrs nap, I was still very sleepy, yet at the same time excited about whats upcoming. So once we settle down in the bus, we closed our eyes, but then was woken up for breakfast nearby. Breakfast was Udon, taste more Jap than Korean, but of cause, Kimchi was free flow. It was also where we had our first slice of kimchi - authentic? hmmm, it taste pretty same as the ones in Singapore. Haha. The not-so-friendly restaurant people actually shoo us away while we were chatting after finishing our noodles. Omg. Talk about customer service. Zzz. But it was fine anyway, we went back to the bus for our 2 hr sleep while the driver brought us to Seoul. And it was also the same time we notice the crazy driver's aspiration to be one of the F1 racers. 

 

First stop was some Museum thingy, and we also went to view the Palace (which was like 80% reconstructed because it was destroyed by the Japanese during war time). So many of the features are reconstructed as close to the original state possible, but it somehow doesnt really give me the feeling of being very "authentic". Haha. Anyway it was rather boring cause I was nv a fan of sightseeing museums and places with historical values. I would prefer scenaries. Took some pictures here and there, and at the same time, start to really feel very cold. I was the only one who put on gloves! And dd was teasing that I am so lousy. :p

 

Next was lunch again, and this time, we were all very excited as after lunch, we can have 1hr+ of shopping at dongdaemung. So we finish our bibimbarp and steamboat and went off to shopping. First stop was Skin Food, but i realise that they up-ed their prices a little, and also because I still have some loot from dd's previous trip. So i proceeded to Face Shop, and got a little crazy over the masks there. Haha. Was really cheap, but would have been better if the exchange rate was slightly better. Haha. Then went to etude house, and got some more eyeshadows. Colours kinda limited, but the texture is very good and can stay on my lids for very long. Afterwhich we decided to take a break from shopping, and went to a nearby cafe for coffee, coz dd haven have his daily cuppa of caffeine. I ordered a Hot Chocolate Mint and it taste fabulous! Chatted with dd over Choc and Caff, hehe, so sweet and relaxed. Seeing that we have some time, and that I wasnt exactly very happy with the way Feli's jacket looked on me, we went to browse at some winter clothing, and I saw this Forever 21 jacket which looks similar to the one that keith lend dd! And dd just bought it for me, and says we shall use it for our photoshoot! Yays! Was so happy with the jacket.

 

After that, it was another 2hrs+ of bus journey to Mt Seorak. We will be staying there for the nite, at this Daeymung resort. By the time we reach the mountain (after a Chiu ming san ride), it was dark, and this time, we had Korean BBQ! Everyone was famished, and we had lotsa meat and rice and kimchi! Hehe. Everyone in the tour lighten up and we began joking and mingling around. Getting to know about each other's job, occupation and so on. One good thing is, everyone is around year 1978 to 1985. Haha. Meaning dd is the 2nd oldest in the whole group, coz got someone elder than him by 1 month! Hehehe. But everyone thot dd is like 1981 or 1982 one lor. Hmmphz. And that made him gloat bout it every now and then. :p

 

After dinner, we checked in to the resort, it was a 2 bedroom, one living room resort, and i saw on the board that the room tariff rate is 350,000 won per nite!! But i am pretty sure the tour guide  got it at a much cheaper price than that ba! There is a 24 hrs supermart in the basement, so we all went down to get some water and snacks. PGs invited all of us to go to their room for a drinking session, but dd and I decided not to, since the following day gotta wake up at 6am and will be a whole day shoot. So we better get more sleep after getting deprived of it the night before. In the end, only 2 couples turned up. Kekekek.

 

Continue Day Three to Five in another post.....