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    20080623
    KOREA TRIP 15062008-22062008

    WARNING! EXTREMELY PICTURE HEAVY

    DAY 1 15062008

    met the group at the airport at 0855pm (singapore time) for check-in
    upon checking in, we roughly walked around the dufry shops at t1
    den we took the skytrain to t2 to find shimin, who is working there
    walked around t2 also
    me, joy and lou got a shock when some guy at the dufry shop shouted "annyeong haseyo" to us
    apparently, shimin told him that we were going to korea
    so much for being secretly happy that we looked like koreans. haha
    anw time passed super fast, it was time to go back to t1 for departure
    took skytrain back and ran to our gate
    upon stepping onto the plane, korea airlines
    it was the start of korean language bombarbment
    haha, even joy and lou couldn't understand what they were talking, so i am out of the picture

    pictures before taking off
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    it was a night flight there
    slept abit but not much although i felt extremely tired from the week's work and all
    i guess it was all the hidden excitement and anxiety
    in addition the flight there was FROUGHT with turbulences
    the fasten your seatbelt sign flashed on and off zillion times during our flight there
    anw korea airlines didnt have a small tv for you so i just listened to the music
    watched abit of happy together on joy's viewty
    stoned here and there
    ok, shall move on to our arrival at korea


    DAY 2 17062008

    arrived at the land of korea!
    wasnt feeling very upbeat since i slept minimal on the plane but still the excitement was there
    we landed at incheon airport, which is a top ranking airport in the world

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    the plane that took us to korea

    anw i felt that incheon airport was greyish and dull
    changi airport is still better to me because its more colourful
    i am seriously honest

    we took our baggage and met our tour guide outside
    he looks like a typical korean guy, standing at 1.63m tall
    name was Chang Yuan Chang
    SUPER FUNNY NAME PLS
    he wanted us to call him xiao zhang, in an attempt to feel young himself
    anw, throughout our trip he was extremely hilarious and irritating at times. haha

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    a bad picture at incheon airport due to wrong position and then wrong lighting

    the weather was quite cold when we landed, 18 degrees
    i seriously wondered whether it was summer at all. haha
    we got onto our tour bus and then xiao zhang started to blabber nonstop
    there was another guy who accompanied us during the trip
    his name was Oh Jong Wook i think, nt very sure but we called him xiao wu. haha
    his job was to help with miscellaneous stuff and to take photgraphs of us
    he was a super nice guy and we had like many funny moments with him
    anw back to xiao zhang blabbering nonstop
    he talked like some things we need to take note of and all and let us sleep, while we head to yongin everland
    which is the place where the filmed "hong dou nu zhi lian", the show that jang nara acted in
    yongin everland was situated on a mountain, xiao zhang said tha in the past, the theme park was a place where only the rich people could go since there was no transportation up there
    only the rich who had cars could make their way there

    arrived at yongin everland
    weather was freezing cold too but xiao zhang said noon time will be 30 degrees so i took off my jacket and brought along my scarf only

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    we went inside at 0930 am (korea timing) and took a cable car ride down the hill
    basically the theme park is divided into 2 parts
    down hill and up hill

    pictures on the cable car ride
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    upon reaching down hill, xiao zhang took us to the safari world
    we got onto a bus that was enclosed and drove into the jungle where all the tigers, lions, elephants, giraffees and bears were

    some pictures that i attempted to take of the animals on the bus

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    i like the above picture alot, mr lion looks so friendly
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    i think the bear has super nice fur
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    the bird looks so small in comparison
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    the bear was saying "annyeong" back to the bus driver
    "annyeong" is like hi in a cute way in korean
    CUTENESS OVERLOAD


    after that we went for this amazon express ride
    its a water ride which bring you through a 580m long jungle
    the whole ride was damn funny because some parts you will get splashed with water
    we were like trying to hide inside the canvas sheet so as to not get wet
    we screamed and laughed throughout. haha. we totally enjoyed the ride ALOT

    after which we went around seeing some other animals
    more animal pictures
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    can you see joey?
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    i think he looks super sad all caged up but nonetheless, still cute
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    gosh, sleep until like that!
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    he posed for me to take a picture, i'm serious
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    then it was lunch time
    seriously speaking we were all quite hungry since only ate a feeble meal on the plane

    place where we had our lunch
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    our first meal in korea
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    it was SUPERB (:


    after lunch we made our way to the very lovely gardens in yongin
    it was totally paradise

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    love all the pictures! they are so pretty (:


    then it was our own free time
    we decided to go challenge the new ride that was only opened this year in march
    it was called T Express
    Korea's First WOODEN Coaster
    " Inclination of 77 Degrees, the highest in the world"
    "Tremendous speed of 104km/h"
    no words can describe how scared we actually felt
    seriously, you will only know when you are at the actual scene
    the queue was super long, we waited for like 30mins, hearing a zillion koreans screaming their lungs off
    and then finally it was our turn

    on the way up the incline
    i was seriously slapping myself silently, like why did i subject myslef to this
    and you realise that except for going down that almost 90 degress incline and screaming your lungs off, you pretty have nothing much to do
    and i found the following video extremely amusing
    how did the person fliming this stayed so CALM and didnt scream at all
















    it a whole video of the ride of t express
    this is the closest i can get to letting you experiencing the fear i had
    bascially i screamed so much that when the ride was over, i couldnt close my mouth
    because my mouth was open
    and we were travelling on the coaster at such a high speed
    the wind was blowing fiercely at me
    my whole lips just dried or more like it froze
    so i had a hard time closing my mouth after that
    also when i got off the ride
    my legs were SERIOUSLY wobbly please
    couldnt walk straight at all
    but we all felt proud that we conquered a monster. haha

    a picture of the t express
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    after that we took the cable car back uphill
    den we went for another ride which is famous in yongin everland
    it was called eagle fortress
    an ultra high-speed roller coaster
    it was not as scary as t express of course
    it was just super fast and twisty
    just screamed normally but i enjoyed the thrillness of the ride

    den we headed to the gift shops
    i bought a deer hairband, will show you later
    and then time was up, we had to get back to the tour bus and head to gimpo airport for our flight to jeju

    arrived at gimpo airport with a slight hope that i may see dbsk/suju there but NO
    haha
    our flight was 0555pm korea time

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    super cool right, we actually got to climb up to the airplane!


    arrived at jeju at around 6plus korea time
    the hotel shuttle bus came and picked us up
    we arrived at Jeju Oriental Hotel
    put down our stuff and took a walk to a restaurant for dinner

    seriously the weather at jeju was SUPER CHILLY
    i really wonder whether its summer at all and how cold it would be during winter
    and it rained for the 2 days we were in jeju

    dinner was steamboat but no pictures because i was extremely tired from the long day
    but nonetheless it was super nice and eat until damn full
    den we took a walk back to our hotel and stopped by a mart to buy water and tidbits for the night
    we bathed and did the misc stuff and turned in early that night


    DAY 3 17062008

    we woke up super early like 6am korea time
    didnt have breakfast at the hotel
    we went to some restaurant by bus for abalone porridge
    quite nice but it was quite different from my expectations


    after breakfast we took a walk to the yongduam rock
    basically xiao zhang said that jeju island was formed by a volcanic eruption
    so what's so special about the yongduam rock is that it resembles a roaring dragon rising from the sea
    must use a bit of your imagination to see that is resembles a dragon

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    on the way down
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    does it look like a dragon head to you?
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    the nice sea
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    group photo
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    MA SIWON! haha
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    the cute little statues are supposedly to be the "tu di gong" of jeju. haha
    i think if womean touch their noses they will bear a son, according to xiao zhang


    then we headed to sungsan ilchulbong peak
    when we got out from the bus, the wind was blowing so strong and weather was extemely misty that it looked like it was raining but actually it was not
    and we began climbing the peak
    seriously, its damn tiring to climb when the weather is cold
    we resembles kim sam soon when she was climbing some mountain. haha
    we were panting like mad
    after climbing for some time, we saw some shelter and though that it was the peak alr
    i was damn happy, climb super fast there only to realise that it was only a pit stop

    pictures at the pit stop
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    and we looked up to see that there was another long flight of stairs up
    me and lou decided to stop because we were panting MADLY and we were tired

    but joy decided to continue climbing up
    so we waited at the pit stop for her
    in the meanwhile we spied at countless of koreans
    and there was like a hoard of school boys
    i think in korea schools they have excursion for the school kids to climb mountains in order to train their determination
    actually i kind of like the way they educate the children although it will be quite tiring to climb the mountain
    its seriously so much better than the fixed education here in singapore
    but then again, the only mountain available in singapore is like the bukit timah hill? haha

    after a very long time, joy finally came down
    den we went down the mountain together and went to the shops
    on impulse i bought like 7 packs of chocolates
    HAHA, i bought those special chocolates that were only available in jeju
    will try to let everybody i know try them


    after that we went for ATV motor car ride
    we did the ATV ride in the quite heavy rain
    we were wrapped up from head to toe
    and i think the ATV ride was more fun in the rain due to the mud splashing and the thrill you get from accelerating your vehicle
    anw i liked the ATV ride alot like it convinced me that i will be a good driver! haha, secretly praising myself here

    pictures!
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    yes that's me all geared up
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    then it was lunch, KOREAN BBQ!
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    we ate black pork. my first time eating it but it was extremely delicious
    basically you wrap the meat inside the vegetables with the sauce plus garlic and any other stuff u want to put
    and you put the whole thing at a go into your mouth
    the feeling you get is DAMN SHIOK pls
    i think this was our most favourite meal throughout the trip
    we ate ALOT until we were damn full man
    haha

    after lunch we went to Jeju Folk Village, a folk and history museum
    it is also the filming site of Dae Jang Geum where Jang Geum spends her exile in Jeju learning medicine
    personally i didnt watch Dae Jang Geum so i was not particularly fascinated with it
    furthermore it was raining quite heavily so pictures here are minimal

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    performers there, waved at us
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    heart shape
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    focus of the below pictures is the person in the middle and the building of course. haha
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    next we visited the Teddy Bear Museum
    i am sure many of you who have watched Goong will know what this place is
    so i shant explain further
    anw the place is SUPER NICE
    teddy bears overload man
    we didnt manage to explore finish the place cos it was kind of big and we were given a limited time
    anw i tried to take as many pictures as possible so here it will be quite image heavy

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    the time where there was automobiles
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    titanic
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    the first tv broadcast
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    einstein family
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    charlie chaplin
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    snow white & 7 dwarfs
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    tarzan & jane
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    NORMANDY. MY FAVE :D
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    parchuting down on d-day
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    HOHO. we will fight all wars!
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    disneyland
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    elvis presley
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    marilyn monroe
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    the beatles
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    bing ma yong
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    knocking down of the berlin wall
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    many bears
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    more bears
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    and more
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    return of hongkong to china 1997
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    the futuristic world
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    super happy bear don't you all agree? haha
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    poker bears
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    upclose
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    mona lisa
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    dunnoe who, forgot
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    a korean helped us took this! haha
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    many care bears
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    winnie the pooh!
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    EXPENSIVE LV BEAR. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MUSEUM!
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    it costs like approx S$308,021. GOSH
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    the various diff weddings around the world above
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    traditional korean bears (:
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    fashionista bears
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    olden times bears
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    traditional folk village
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    another korean helped us! :D
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    goong bears
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    mr bear says "i'm going to school!"
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    love is all around
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    angelic bear
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    place that sells teddy bears
    oh, we each bought for ourselves a bear, will show you the pictures later

    and then we visited the Magic Road
    we experienced the strange phenomenon of going uphill when the bus engine was turned off
    seriously fascinating
    we also came down and did an experiment
    we tried rolling a bottle down hill but after rolling for awhile, it rolled uphill by itself
    HAHA
    i know why but i wont tell you why
    you must go and see for yourself :D


    dinner was Ginseng Chicken
    VERY VERY overwhelming
    cos its like a WHOLE chicken served to you
    i ate until i almost wanted to puke
    and i couldn't the chicken
    tooo much
    i think guys who can eat alot will lovee the portion that they gave

    after dinner we headed back to the hotel
    visited the E-Mart there, something like our singapore's Giant or Carrefour but seriously much bigger and more neatly arranged
    bought some stuff there
    checked out the haptic phone and the previous anycall phone that junsu/anyband endorsed
    SUPER PRETTTY PLS
    seriously if the phones are usable in singapore
    i will seriously consider getting one for myself
    they have so many colours la
    and the price wise is quite reasonable too
    but sadly to say, korean phones used CDMA instead of GPRS so they cannot be used in singapore

    went back to the hotel
    it was kind of early so we decided to camwhore with our animal hairbands and teddy bears that we bought

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    the bear that i bought! SO CUTE RIGHT!
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    with the deer hairband that i bought from yongin
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    with our hairbands and bear
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    bear family, lou bought the other brown bear, joy bought the goong bear
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    and yes. it was time to sleep!



    DAY 4 18062008

    ate breakfast at the hotel
    den we headed to the jeju airport to prepare to fly to Busan
    the wind that day was super strong
    we had EXTREME difficulty walking straight towards the airplane seriously
    i zonked out before the airplane took off
    anw the flight was suppose to just be 50mins
    so i slept
    and then what feels like a VERY LONG TIME
    to be exact, around 1 and a half hrs later
    i woke up and found myself still on the plane
    i was SHOCKED
    and den i realise that due to STRONG WINDS, we couldnt land in Busan
    so the pilot is trying to land us in Daegu
    GOSH, first time in my entire life did i experience this
    so we headed towards daegu
    and due to BAD WEATHER again, we couldnt land
    OHMYGOD. TERRIFYING PLS
    so the pilot took us back to gimpo airport which is in seoul
    the flight took FOREVER PLS
    i was super scared that what if the plane ran out of oil
    we went to more places den we were suppose to go
    and the flight was SERIOUSLY bumpy
    thank god we landed safely in gimpo
    and our plans were disrupted
    we were supposed to land in busan and go sightseeing at the donghwa temple plus some shopping at jung angro street
    but we were back in seoul

    and to sidetrack awhile
    the tour group that we went with consisted of 30 people
    initially our tour only had like 19 people
    but last min they decided to merge 2 tour groups tgt, forming 30
    the 19 of us took korean airlines
    the other 11 took asiana airlines
    so the 11 who took asiana airlines left jeju airport half an hour before us
    they managed to land in Busan and went shopping at jung angro street
    while for the 19 of us, we got through an extremely long and terrifying plane ride
    and we were back in seoul
    while the other group was in daegu
    luckily xiao zhang arranged for us to have our lunch first, which was bibimbap and then take the KTS to daegu since there is no more flights available that day for us to fly to daegu
    KTS is like korean bullet train
    ok, look at the bright side, at least we got to sit the bullet train
    not exactly very exciting because i zonked out on the train too. haha
    some pictures at the train station

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    reached daegu in the afternoon
    den we headed to the daegu spa valley
    which was the highlight of the day
    but not exciting for me because i was bleeding
    which according to the schedule i was not suppose to
    so i didnt get to enjoy the spas
    except for the doctor fish spa
    so while the rest of the tour group went up to enjoy
    i sat at the doctor fish spa pool myself and let those little fishies eat my dead skin
    SERIOUSLY IT WAS DAMN ITCHY CAN!
    and you carnt move or else the fishies will go away
    almost wanted to faint there because there was only my leg and all the fishies just started attacking my leg like free
    enough said, pictures will tell the whole story

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    so cute la the icon of the spa valley. haha
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    the doctor fish pond. looks deceivingly friendly
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    attack of the doctor fish
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    LOOK AT THEM
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    ROAR! ITCHY!

    in case u think i was exaggerating. you should see lou and joy's feet
    they came down after they had their spa and there was people with their feet inside the pnd
    so the fishes were more spread out
    so their feet was less attacked

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    so minimal the fishes
    but still itchy. haha

    ok, after all the hooohaaa
    we had dinner there
    which was steamboat
    then after that we also had icecream there
    buying icecream was quite a hilarious experience
    because i made my order in korean to the guy
    and i think the guy wanted to show me that he could talk in english too
    so he replied me back in english
    HAHAHA
    but his english was limited
    he said SOME english and continued in korean
    which of course i didnt understand
    so in the end we did sign language. HAHAHA

    and that day was our tour guide xiao zhang's birthday
    he said that he wanted to feel happy so changed our initial hotel which was 5 stars to a six star hotel
    which is Daegu Inter-Burgo Hotel
    the hotel was GOOOOOOD
    defnitely 6 stars man!
    enjoyed the night there


    DAY 5 19062008

    had breakfast at the hotel
    took some random pictures before we left
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    then we headed to the donghwa temple which we missed yesterday due to the terrible flight

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    i dunnnoe whether you all can see this
    but can you all see that the stones are stacked?
    koreans like to stack stones, if you take a random stone and stack on the pile
    i think it will bring you good luck or good results
    so of course i stacked :D

    donghwa temple pictures below
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    haha, you see that little boy wearing all black in the picture? he's in our tour group, 7 yrs old and super cute! you will see him later
    anw his name was jeremy but lou, joy and me secretly calls him dongdong! HAHA
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    suppose to be 3 eggs but i doubt u can see it
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    washing our hands!
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    hoho! can you see the cute monk
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    a picture before leaving


    next we went to the traditional wine museum
    shan't explain, pictures will do the job

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    then we walked to our restaurant where we had lunch
    lunch was hanjeonsik, traditional korean meal
    on our way there
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    jeremy with heidi!
    heidi is like a 2 year old baby girl who is super active and cute. haha
    they look so cute tgt!

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    little kids! extremely cute too
    and got 1 kid dye hair one sia
    different generation alr

    pictures of our lunch!
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    after lunch we headed to maisan provincial park/tapsa temple

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    a happy picture before we started climbing the mountain

    pictures on our way up
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    maisan in chinese is ma er san, means horse mountain in english
    can u see that the mountain resembles the head of a horse?
    use your imagination pls
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    some big fishes we saw. haha
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    reaching soon!
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    couldnt resist taking picture taking picture with the lion
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    cute little random animals. haha

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    can you guys see those stone made peaks? they were made manually with stones and they have survived the harshest weather! that is what so special about them
    super cool right. even typhoon didnt blow them away
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    i was kind of infatuated with washing hand pictures
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    jeremy helps heidi to wash hands. haha
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    can you see the stones stacked up there? i wonder how they did it seriously
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    YAY! finally reached the top. hoho!
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    picture with jeremy :D
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    the dog again on our way down

    anw on our way down we were secretly high
    we blasted korean music and walked down
    haha. lots of fun having a sing along session in the nature


    den we visited the ginseng farm
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    not ginseng, but wheat plants
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    real ginseng plants
    of course u carnt see the ginseng, they are buried underground


    after that we headed to the muju tirol resort where we enjoyed grass sledding and we will be staying at the hotel for the night
    grass sledding is extremely fun and addictive!

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    we got like extremely wet
    so we got to our rooms and change first before we headed for dinner

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    our room was so nice right!
    i love hotel tirol!
    and because during winter people will come and ski
    the toilet bowl is not an ordinary toilet bowl
    i forgot to take picture. rah
    but it has like functions that keep the seat hot
    so during winter you can bake ur cake on a warmth seat
    HAHAHA

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    our nice dinner!
    lou swallowed like 90% of the jeon herself seriously
    haha


    and i know i was crazy
    we were on top of a mountain and the weather there wasnt exactly very hot but rather chilly
    and we just had grass sledding which made ourselves wet
    so we had to change right
    but i didnt have clothes to change into
    so i changed into t-shirt and fbts
    yes
    UNDER THAT WEATHER
    i was reallly freezing

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    hello kitty shop wasnt open. so sad la
    went back hotel to put down some of the stuff we bought at the mart
    anw i forgot to mention that korea is an environmental friendly country
    when you buy things at the mart right, they dont give you plastic bags one
    if you want it, you have to pay for them
    and then u can return the plastic bag to them and get back ur money later
    the money they collect is actually the cost of burying the plastic bags and all
    so cool right but sometimes it can be troublesome when you buy alot of stuff

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    it was the place where they filmed summer scent i think. haha

    and more camwhoring at the hotel
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    and then we bathed and turned in


    DAY 6 20062008

    breakfast at the hotel itself
    and some more pictures before we leave to go down the mountain

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    during winter the mountain will be covered in snow and you can ski! haha
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    we headed to Sangsoo Herb Land

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    HAHAHA. do you see what i seee
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    yes. this is the rock as like penis
    touch different parts got different effects
    side is wealth, front is baby boy, back is baby girl and so on. haha
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    thousand year old pine tree
    kind of small for an old tree
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    upclose of the pine tree
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    i think i look so angelic here
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    nice picture
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    lovely couple
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    SARANGHAE!


    after herbland we went to Nami Island, the place where they filmed Winter Sonata
    on our boat ride there
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    took much pains to capture that bird. haha
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    finally we reached!
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    nobody knows why there was a row of shirt. SERIOUS. even the tour guide
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    nami island was having a book fair there, hence those funny things ard
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    i like this picture. haha
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    SO CUTE!
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    ABCDEFG!
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    GOSH WE SAW A LIVING OSTRICH!
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    cute little 2-year old also on our tour. she loves me alot la. i am serious. joy and lou can vouch for that. everyday wave to me. haha
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    heidi!
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    nice jump shot take by our photographer. on his first try can!
    the below photos shows how NOOOB i am
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    the below again taken by our photographer
    the series of jump shots photo landed us with FANTASTIC nicknames by xiao wu seriously
    SLAP SLAP
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    in case u were wondering, the sun was BLAZING
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    i was feeling goofy
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    mr elephant looks like he wants to eat up lou or sth
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    leaving nami island

    headed to Dongdaemun Market!
    it's Korea's largest wholesale and retail shopping district
    the picture below was the closest i can get to Mnet. haha


    anw i went bersek at dongdaemun
    i landed myself with 10 shirts and 1 skirt
    with the 2 hours time we got to shop there
    pls applaud me
    of course there are no shopping pictures
    didnt even have time to stop and eat or go toilet alr of course no pictures la!
    haha
    after shopping at dongdaemun
    we went for shabu shabu dinner
    on our way there to the dinner place, saw some car accident/strike. i have no idea

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    see the bus there? its actually the buses mobilized to control the crowd from a strike
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    after dinner we checked in at seoul garden hotel
    me and joy went out again to buy some groceries
    i drank starbucks green tea frapp
    which was much more expensive than singapore
    but i decided to give it a try and see the taste and arrived at the conclusion that it tastes the same so don't drink starbucks in korea pls. ahha
    den we had some crazy idea of calling up junsu's father pizza shop but didnt work out in the end
    slept quite late
    was awoken at around 4am
    joy vomitted so i gave her some pills
    den continued sleeping till morning


    DAY 7 21062008

    it was a super busy day in seoul
    morning we had traditional chinese breakfast of porridge and side dishes
    very normal
    after breakfast we headed to the Ginseng Monopoly Showroom
    xiao zhang manage to get us to the main outlet which he says is much better than the chain outlets but nah wasn't interested in getting ginsengs
    no pictures allowed at the showroom so haha, carnt show you any of the good ginsengs
    i bought like 5 boxes of citrus tea and 6 big packs of seaweed there
    haha, yes i was insane
    i bought so much until it was enough to pack it up in a box
    pls applaud me once again

    after that we went down the building for kimchi-making session

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    in our aprons all ready to make kimchi
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    that's xiaozhang btw. and sidenote. he only wore that nice that day because we had to go to the ginseng monopoly showroom. its some rule or sth la. other days he was in polo's and khakis pls. haha
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    joy doesnt look sick at all. if i were here, i dont think i can even force a smile. lol
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    ok i know this picture doesnt look like me but well. i dunnoe what happened
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    after that we got to wear hanbok, traditional korean clothing

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    i think i look suagu-fied with the hat/cap or whatever u call it
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    yes, i was mischevious. i wore the guy's hat
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    i really think i look demure here? haha
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    after that we drove past the presidential blue house where the korean president resided in but sorry no pictures allowed so let's move on


    we then went to the Changdukgong Palace

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    the weather was blazing hot that i didnt even felt like taking a picture

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    BLAZING HOT! i couldnt even open my eyes for the photo. anw with our zodiac signs. DRAGON BABIES (:
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    see that poky stuff there?
    try to guess what's that for! haha
    ask me if you want to know. lol
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    it was damn hilarious, she kept picking stones from the ground and giving it to lou
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    a proceeding showing how an emperor moves from one place to another
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    i was like amused by their fake beards
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    yes no photos of me with the palace at all. TOO HOT

    den we had lunch
    i just rmbed i loved the bamboo rice
    and we drank some weird drink that taste like ribena
    haha

    after lunch we went to like this place which is like the "orchard road" of korea
    went bersek there despite being allowed like 1 hr plus to shop
    landed myself with many cosmetics products
    3 leggings
    4 tees from BANC, i just couldnt resist myself
    you see, dbsk and suju endorsed this brand before


    den we headed to COEX Mall, an underground shopping complex
    went BERSEK there AGAIN
    we were only allowed 50mins this time
    but guess what
    i got myself 2 shirts from Polham
    the 1 of the shirt yunho wore before
    and the 2 shirts are in the movement to support eco friendly
    you should know the shit
    but they are super cute
    and then i got myself a tee from Buckaroo, since its like minnie's fave brand now i must get myself something from there too right!
    and then i got myself a logo tee from Evisu, a brand that siwon endorsed before
    i even helped myself to a magazine of siwon. hahaha
    once again applaud me for being able to buy 4 shirts when allowed with 50mins only


    i was quite sad that there was not enough time cos apparently i think there was a CD shop and i would have bought some albums there if i had more time
    SIGHS

    then we went to Lotte World, the filming site of Stairway to Heaven

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    can you see the date? so nice!
    and some pictures of the parade below
    we manage to catch the parade! xiaozhang told us where to stand and we had a good view. haha
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    anw dinner was by ourselves i had jajeoungmyoung for dinner. sorry dunnoe how to speel in korean. haha

    after that we went to sit the monorail that goes one round around lotte world
    lotte is split into indoor and outdoor parks actually

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    ONLY 13. oh yes. haha. only suju fans will know what it means. took this scribbling while queuing for the monorail.

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    pictures i took on the monorail

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    another random scribbling picture


    we left lotte world at like 9plus at night
    headed to our hotel which is the Seoul Grand Hilton Hotel
    GOSH, damn pretty pls. it's definitely worth the 6 stars
    but sadly enough we didnt get to enjoy the hotel much because a few of us on the tour group went for more late night shopping
    and yes we took our first taxi ride in Seoul
    xiaozhang said that taxi rides in seoul is not for the faint hearted
    and HE WAS RIGHT
    the meter jumped like nobody business
    and we hopped on the high end cab, like ther merz cab in spore
    so it was more expensive than the normal ones
    and me joy lou and another guy called min thought that the cab driver drove like a turtle although i did ask the cab driver to drive fast in korean
    HMMMMMMM
    haha, anw we went back to dongdaemun to shop


    2nd time at dongdaemun wasnt really that fascinating
    din buy as much stuff
    i splurged on an expensive hairband
    one top that is quite expensive but it looks unique
    face rollers, hope that using them will make my face smaller. haha
    and a pair of sneakers that i like alot
    anw the sneakers range in korea is like WOW
    everlast there is damn pretty la, spore's designs are too boring seriously
    but its also bloody expensive i cannnot afford
    so i bought this pair of sneakers with star designs, cost around $40+ quite worth the deal

    took cab back at around 2+
    this time we hopped onto a normal cab
    and then we realise why there is a price difference
    firstly, the normal cab didnt on the aircon
    it was natural aircon
    secondly, the normal cab was blasting techno music
    the merz cab we took played like slow music
    thirdly, the normal cabdriver broke almost all the traffic rules as possible and drove SUPER recklessly
    lou was like complaining that she was having a headache from the techno music and unstable driving

    anw on our way back to the hotel we encountered a strike so we had to take a detour
    eye opener like saw some people protesting far away or sth

    ok back to lou and the techno music
    the cab driver is like in love w techno
    so he kept blasting
    den we came to this traffic red light and the music stop
    lou was like "let me enjoy this moment of peace"
    haha, so i kind of closed my eyes since i was super tired
    den after what seems forever, i opened my eyes and find us to be at the same traffic light
    surprised, i said " dont you think that the traffic light is taking FORVERE?"
    and at the same time i finished my sentence, the techno music began AGAIN
    lou was like blaming me for starting the techno music again
    i laugh until i die la. haha
    i dont think u will find this funny but if u were that at that moment, it is damn funny la pls


    reached back hotel
    bathed and pack
    slept at like 345am


    DAY 8 22062008

    was woken up by Summer Dream
    we had a nightmare of dunnoe how many rounds of Summer Dream (song by dbsk)
    cos apparently joy forgot to off her alarm and went to the toilet, instead she snoozed or sth
    me and lou were still in bed and imagine some song ringing for dunnoe how many times at like 6plus in the morning
    we seriously had a nightmare from the song

    anw we dragged ourselves out of bed, got dressed and den went for breakfast
    at the breakfast place we bought the korean utensils

    den we went to the amethyst factory
    place where they sell purple gems
    i was seriously tempted BUT I DIDN'T BUY
    pls applaud me for resisting the temptation
    even when the person offered me a SUPER GOOOD discount

    den xiaozhang brought us to the faceshop again
    where i splurged on MORE cosmetics
    bought like 30 packets of masks
    10 packets of eye masks
    1 purple mascara
    1 purple stick eyeshadow
    if we stayed longer i may buy down the whole shop


    den we went to Sincheon market
    which is nu ren jie, place where u find mostly women shopping
    again i bought myself stuff
    2 bags, 1 fake longchamp haversack and 1 plain bag for next sem use
    1 pair of suspenders
    and a dress
    anw the dresses at korea are all damn expensive
    all like $90 and above
    i saw this dress that was quite unique and going for $30+
    so i immediately bought it
    haha
    wanted to get albums but sigh there wasnt the ones i wanted

    anw some more fangirlism here, something i saw at sincheon
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    suju endorsed skinfood!
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    eunhyukie's signature!

    after that we went to this big grocery store
    supposedly to buy tidbits
    but i didnt see anyone that i fancy
    there was free service of packing ur stuff into boxes
    so i packed all my loot into one huge box
    u will be surprised at how big the box was and it contained all my loot
    but sorry no picture

    den finally it was time to say goodbye to korea
    we left for Incheon airport
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    RAH, really i was reluctant to leave korea

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    we took a photo with xiao wu, our photographer before we left
    see how conveniently we ignored xiaozhang
    xiao wu was way nicer
    anw, he took photos for us and made it nicely into albums
    i bought from him my photos for like S$120
    VERY EXP I KNOW i even had to borrow money because i didnt have enough
    but he did a super good job on the photos and he was super nice to us
    so i bought them


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    pictures on our plane ride back
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    she's damn adorable! seriously she made me love kids during the trip
    but somehow i think once i'm back in spore, i will go back to my "kids sucks" mode
    we shall see
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    my cute bear! he was kind of tortured by thr 2 little babies during the plane ride
    so he looks kind of sad here
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    pictures before landing at singapore


    and yes, that pretty much concludes our korea trip
    and guess what, when we came back, joy told me on monday that actually dbsk had a flight at Incheon airport THE SAME DAY WE LANDED at 840am
    SO THEY WERE ALSO AT THE SAME PLACE AT AROUND THE SAME TIME!
    i was damn sad la
    so near yet so far seriously
    RAH RAH RAH
    nvm, i believe we have more chances of seeing them next time


    in conclusion korea was damn good
    loved the food alot
    alot people got sick of korean food towards the end but i didnt
    haha
    and i manged to converse in korean! there were some funny episoides but still i enjoyed talking in korean to the koreans! haha
    haha and if you manage to read till here
    thanks alot for being so patient with this picture and word heavy post!
    will update about the week another day!

    talkplaylove
    12:22:00 PM