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Monday, June 27, 2005

I'm back again!>

haha yeah.. i'm finally back.. so ready for my loooong adventure post? hee.. had a greeeat and fun time wif my tour kakis so wanna say thanx to u gals for the enjoyable trip.. hope theres more of this next time ya? hee...

Day 1
oh well tis aint really counted as day 1 man since we oni set off at nite... shared a cab wif dejia and shufen to the airport where we had our dinner and met up wif pei... when it was time to report we saw tat the rest on our tour were all families... from the old couple to a big extended family to a small extended family to a malay mama and her boy... 26 in all wif 6 kids... sounds pretty scary huh? heee.... aniway we all slept like pigs on the plane hahaha... 6hrs on the plane man.. somemore overnite... they showed 'the pacifier' but i had aredi caught it.. but they had pretty nice and updated music onboard.. even got chinese music hehe...

Day 2
alright! we hv landed in korea! yay.. still abit groggy from the nt-so-comfortable slp.. aniway we had a small break for breakfast at the airport b4 setting off for our first stop... so we had some noodles at tis shop which we were gushin down our throats cos we were the last to finish our breakfast! hahaha.... yeah was lookin for the cheapest food to get cos it costs almost like SGD10 juz for one bowl of noodles! hahaha tis was the first time tat we gals were the last to report.. there will be more comin up later... so we walked a veri looooong distance to our coach where we finally met up wif our tour guide a lady known as Lisa! oh my.. is my boss haunting me or wad? cos her name is also Liisa hahahahhahaa.... well this tour guide Lisa is different la cos she seems like an elegant lady but wif a poor family backgrd.. she was tellin us her father was from shandong province in china and her mum from korea.. said tat her father was stuck in korea after the wars and had to marry her mum whom he divorced later cos of language barrier... and she also said tat her father often neglected her and her toenails even dropped off durin winter cos she din hv enuff clothes to wear... quite dramatic huh? ok tat shd be enuff abt her hehehee...

ok so after a 3hrs ride our first stop was at everland, a famous theme park in korea... it was really coolin wif no sun in the morn which oni appeared later in the day... we went into the park's animal section by a skyglider.. saw some polar bears, tigers, monkeys, birds, and even hammys! hahahah yeah some white hammys were in a tank tog wif some black rats eeee... wanted to carry the hammys but my hands were too short to reach into the high tank hehee... managed to touch them wif my fingertips but the hammys seems scared.. guess they r nt used to my 'smell'.. aniway we decided to venture off and explore the park by ourselves.. so the next stop we went to was the 'amazon express' which was sup to be a jungle like place where we rode tog in a gushing stream... there were sooo many kindergarten kids queuing for the ride b4 us and they were sooo cute wif their rosy cheeks and curly ponytails ;) aniway u wd hv guessed tat we were quite wet from the ride.. haha ok la nt tat bad la... then we went to walk ard the place.. saw some ducks and chickens and geese and sheep but din managed to touch them... we also took pics behind popcorn and drink carts cos they were not opened yet hee....

we took some time lookin ard for our next ride which was called super bobsleigh... hmm initially i tot it looked kinda scary cos we had to take a skyglider to a high place and then take the ride down... but it wasnt really tat scary in fact i tot it was quite fun cos u basically are riding on a sleigh slidin down slopes and accelerate ur ride urself... i had a blast and was the first to finish b4 the rest.. then we went on to the four seasons garden which showed an amazin range of flowers... all sorts of colors fr white to blue to pink... they had this amazin stage which had the olympus feel wif greek statues on it... and lots of water fountains ard too.. then we went to a stall to get some ice drinks aka slurpee lookalike b4 advancing to our next ride which is called the flume ride... another ride on a stream but more exciting wif slopes... like one of those rides on fantasy island on sentosa... i screamed lots on this ride hahahah and poor dejia in front of me had to endure my screaming heehheheheheh.... they had snapshots of us screamin when we went down the slopes but we din buy cos first it was too ex and second we looked awful screaming! hahahhaa...

our next stop was at global village aka small pple country (xiao3 ren2 guo2) where dolls fr all over the world are housed... it was really really cool cos we sat in this boat in a stream which brought us to c dolls fr countries like italy, UK, sweden, spain, japan, korea, china, india, south africa, mexico, US dance to the beat... tis is where most of our photos were exhausted at hehehehhehe.... dejia and pei (the 2 camera bearers) were worried tat they wd nt hv enuff for the rest of the trip... aniway we had a pass left for one more ride and since pei and dejia wanted to go on the rollercoaster and me and shufen din wan to, we both went on the ferris wheel... took some cool pics of the entire park... was quite scared initially cos i am quite scared of heights but managed to calm myself down :p and after tat dejia and pei went on the suspended coaster ride... they said they screamed initially but after tat the ride was repeated so they werent tat scared liao.. even bumped their ears repeatedly on the side of the coaster hahahahahhaha.... after tat we finally got on to lunch at the burger cafe which was somewat in bet KFC and BK heee... we shared a family meal where dejia and i had burgers and pei and shufen had chicken... after tat it was pure shoppin for soft toys and cute stuff at their souvenir shops.. i bought a sheep toy called sheepo wif his head chopped off hahahhaahha... no la me nt tat violent k its like tat aredi.. plus some sheepo keychains... and a cushion for myself ;) after tat whole adventure we had to leave at 3pm for our resort which was at mt sorak.. another 3hrs ride so another 3hrs worth of slp ;)

when we reached the resort we were told tat we had to slp on the floor in those jap like floor beds! cool hahaha... wonder hw its like.. aniway after checkin in we had to assemble for our spa treatment! hehhe... nah din go for the naked spa.. dun dare to hee.. we went for the spa massages at the pools which was really relaxing... and the hot springs woah~ really hot but soothing... then we had our dinner at a small time restaurant where we had to bbq our own pork and eat it wif wrapped wif lettuce... quite cool hee... then we bought some stuff at the supermarket.. even tho i said i wd swear off alcohol ms devil dejia suggested getting a bottle to share hahahaha... so we got a cherry flavoured hooch lookalike but it was soo yucky tat we threw it away cos it tasted like cough syrup! moral of the story: nvr buy wines tat hv cherry flavor in it hahahah.... then we went back to the resort and made some calls home and then it was off to bed! shufen and i were sup to share one room and pei and dejia another but in the end we all slept in pei and dejia's room since they had 4 beds available in the room which was also big enuff to house 4 pple... it was a really nice slp cos i slept throughout the nite ;)

Day 3
rise and shine! we goin to conquer mt sorak next! hee... yup it was really hot so we had all our caps on.. dejia had her sunblock on lest she gets darker again ;) we took a cable car which could house alot of pple up to the mountain.. and there begins our trekking.. wow i tell ya.. it was kinda tough even for me cos u had to step on rocks like steppin stones... along the way there was a monk beggin for alms and me and dejia donated some money to him... then we went on to climb the mountain all the way to the part where the stones r its prominent landmark.. took some pics there and it was a breathtakin view... finally got to experience this kinda views apart fr cameron highlands :p a man made a shout (but there was no echo) so for fun we also made an 'impact' by screaming our lungs out b4 heading back down heee.. we were debating bet screaming 'we luv korea' or 'we luv sg' hahahhaha... finally we ended up wif 'hao2 shuang3' aka so shiok heheheh... it was kinda high pitched and short breath hahahhahahaha.... on the way back down the mountain a korean boy couldnt control his pee and pee-ed on some stones which we had to walk over hahahhaha..... then we went down again by cable car and made our way to a temple in the vicinity... there was a big buddha statue and we made our way to the four heavenly kings temple as well... bought crystal bracelets for me and my mum... then it was lunchtime at another small time restaurant which served seafood steamboat... there were prawns, fish, crab, vege, and even mussels in it! yum.. i was the oni 1 finishing all the crab since the others din like or werent feelin well...

then it was another 1.5 hrs trip to yongpyong resort where winter sonata was filmed... they said it was more popular durin winter as it's a winter skiing resort so when we were there it was pretty quiet.. but i can imagine hw white the whole place wd be when the green fields wd be covered wif snow.. our tour leader told us tat skiing is the cheapest in korea so maybe we shd come down again during winter :) aniway we took another cable car up the mountain to a place called dragon peak... wow it was another breathtaking scenery of the day... it was kinda scary hanging up sooo high up in the mountains but it was worth it... there were many pics of the winter sonata main cast at the peak and of cos we took wif bae yong jun more than the others heee..... then it was back down to land and bought more souvenirs... there was no dinner prov so we had to hv the cup noodles i had brought ;) b4 tat we went to explore the supermarket and bought loads of goodies to bring back to eat... we had lots of cup noodles for dinner and i dunno y but i got a terrible headache rite after dinner.. had to take some panadol and go to bed early...

Day 4
when i woke up i realised tat i slept throughout for almost 12 hrs straight! hahah... i did wake up in bet but was too weak to get out of bed... but even sleepin for such a long time i din really feel refreshed.. in fact durin breakfast i couldnt finish my food cos my head was throbbing... had to take 2 panadols and managed to get some rest on the 3hrs bus ride to seoul b4 i felt betta... lucky managed to recover in time to do some serious shoppin in the capital city! heee... our first stop was at the presidential house but we r nt allowed to go in and see see look look so we juz hanged ard the souvenir shop... our next stop was then at a ginseng showroom where all our eyes were bulging out at the high prices hahahhaha.... in the end we shared a box of ginseng powder which was accompanied by free ginseng tea packets.. got some ginseng candy too which were really sweet.. they din hv the heavy ginseng taste to it... and then it was lunchtime at a ginseng chicken soup restaurant where we were digging for chicken meat like diggin for treasure in our steaming bowls hhehehehe... after lunch pei spotted 2 dogs next to a souvenir shop rite outside the restaurant so i kinda charged out to smother the dogs hahahahha... took pics wif them in which one of them managed to capture the dog lickin me!! hee... soooo cute.... the souvenirs they sold at the shop were in a set and were really cheap! so we got some too...

and then it was on to an amethyst factory where all sorts of jewellery were sold heee... nth much there tho unless u like jewellery wif big crystals.... then we adv on to the dongdaemun (dong1 da4 men2 aka east gate) market where stuff of the latest fashion were sold... we had danish ice cream on the way which was really sweet and yummy... the clothes were kinda too flashy and lacy and shiny for us hhahah... wanted to get a skirt but couldnt find one tat i liked... pei was sourcing for a nice wallet too... the tour guide told us tat we had 1.5 hrs to shop and we went back punctually on realising tat the rest had arrived back earlier... hahahah we were so paiseh... well gals being gals.. we hv to make full use of the time to shop rite?? hehee... then we had more shoppin to do at our next stop which was at the dotta shoppin mall.. 3 full floors of ladies clothes man! hahhahaa... kinda ex stuff they sell there... bought a pair of earrings at the mall while pei got some hairclips... and more souvenir shoppin at the souvenir floor! ahahahhaha..... then we got our dinner at the food court where japanese, korean, chinese food and snacks were available.. after havin some plain and hot korean food for the past few days we decided to go for some fried food this time wif jap pork cutlets hehee.... then we went to explore the shoppin mall next to dotta which was called migliore i tink... nth much there tho... then it was back to the hotel where we were goin to stay for the next 2 nites in seoul... after bathing we met up in mine and shufen room to plan for the next day's trip which was a free n ez day... took a looooong time to figure out hw the subway works manz hahaha... finally decided to go walk ard at the market near our hotel b4 takin a subway to go to one of the palaces in the city before meeting up wif pei's korean penpal... caught some tv b4 we went back to slp.. haha there was this korean mtv playin which featured some silly acting... abit boliao la but really cute...

Day 5
alright here goes our day of real adventure! *praying tat we dun get lost hee* aniway we had breakfast of milo cum cup noodles... and enjoyed it alongside legally blonde which was showin on tv.. ahahhaha practically glued to the tv until 11am when the movie finally ended... aniway as i said we went to walk ard the market near our hotel.. it was pretty scary in small alleys wif motorbikes prancing ard really quickly.. u hv to 'siam' pretty fast to avoid them hahahahaa.... dejia and shufen were lookin ard for ceramic vases to get for their fathers whereas i was lookin ard for fake gucci bags hahahha... we had our lunch at KFC b4 headin for the subway to go to the designated palace... in order to travel by the shortest distance we had to change twice.. it was kinda confusing and we U-turned back once but in the end managed to reach our destination.. saw some guard changing ceremony goin on in front of the city hall building and went to take some pics..

b4 we adv on to the deoksugung palace we almost got pulled by a 'rioter' who wanted us to vote against bush hahahahhahaha tats democratic society for u ya? ;) when we reached the palace the palace guide offered to bring us ard.. he was a middle aged man who had been to sg once few yrs ago and remarked tat he could rem the bamboo poles stickin out of our HDB windows hahahhahaha.... he explained on the history of the palace and the significance of the names of the diff parts of teh palace... the names of the rooms were in chinese and he kept askin us hw to pronounce and we had a fun time tryin to match the chinese names and the actual korean names... there was a contrasting part to the palace where there were 2 western buildings constructed by the japanese... nw it has become a museum... there was also a man-made fountain in which he commented tat it was unnatural compared to korean ponds which had waterfalls flowing fr up to down as compared to fountains which hv water sprouting upwards... aniway it was really fun listenin to him introducing the place and he left us wif his namecard which stated he was the vice president of a buddhist organization... cool!

after walkin lots in the palace we went out to get some desserts at a ice cream cafe called baskin robbins.. the crepe looked realli delicious so we got one to share but alas it was quite pathetic! hahah.. juz a small crepe wif a little ice cream in it.. then we saw an ice cream fondue being sent to another table and we tot well aniway its our second last day here so might as well spend some money on gd food so we got the fondue! hee yum yum... there were diff flavors of ice cream, cakes and fruits on the plate and altho i dun realli like choco i muz say the melting choco was superb... *salivating* hee.. then we made our way to the downtown markets b4 heading back to our hotel... almost got lost but wif the help of the divine navigator - yours truly - we managed to find our way to an undergrd arcade nearby... finally got my fake gucci bags at a cheaper price compared to those i saw earlier in the day! hehe... and i got 2 somemore! hahhaa.. aiya 2nd last day liao can spend then spend lor... then we exited to the nandaemun (south gate) market where it was really crowded and a little messy.. juz took a quick peek ard and saw a man dressed in a dress tryin to sell women's clothes hahahhahaha.... when we got out of the market, i whipped out my map to see where we were when a korean lady approached us and asked whether we spoke english.. ahha she tot we were lost but we werent really.. pei wanted to go to a big shoppin complex so she asked the lady for possible places to go to.. but she told us it was kinda late at tat hr (sat evening) so most places wd be closed... so i guess its back to the hotel for us then...

along the way on the subway we kinda got lost again by takin the opp direction on our last line hahaha... lucky managed to get back... pei tried contacting her penpal but to no avail... when we got back to the hotel her penpal din turn up so we went to a convenience store behind our hotel to get some cup noodles and last min snack shoppin.. me and dejia practically bought the whole store man hahahhaha.... stocked our carts wif lotsa snacks to bring back to family and frens... then we got back to hv our noodle dinner... and it was bedtime again...

Day 6
rise and shine to the last day of our korea fantasy trip! hmm...had breakfast at a chinese restaurant near the hotel which served plain food as well... hee.. then we made our way to the tongchunghacho (dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3) shop where oni me and pei bought a can each... then it was a long way to the airport.. along the way Lisa was persuadin us to get photos from her 'xiao3 di4' who was our photographer cum helper.. sayin hw pathetic he was havin to do this job which does nt prov much income and tat he has yet to get married... so we all decided to get the photos altho they really kinda cost a bomb... but wat the heck since he was kinda cute *looked like someone in bet jet li and zhao wen zhuo* heee... we then made a stop at one of the local foodstuff shops b4 catching our flight... practically washed out my wallet of korean won on some more tidbits and souvenirs hehehe.... it was a pretty hectic check-in cos lots of pple were at the airport... veri tight security checks..almost tot we wd miss the flight hee.... wah was really tired manz.. fell asleep rite after boarding... the lunch came at like 2+ and i went back to slp again hee... caught some 'million dollar baby' on the plane as well... then upon arriving in sg dejia shufen and pei all bought liquor hahahhaha cept for me... my family dun drink ma and i oni drink for work or at clubs/pubs hehe... then shared a cab back wif dejia and then it was home sweeet home!!

wow i took almost 3hrs writing this post manz... time to go zzzz....

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