i miss korea! haha... rili!

25 december 2006.

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1st of all, merry christmas ppl! haha... may u all be blessed abundantly today and the days to come!~

finally! i'm free now. phew! so, the time to jot down my korea trip "diary"! haha... so here, I present to u, my long, detailed story of korea.

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KOREA…

date (to) : 9 dec 2006 from KLIA (kuala lumpur int airport), 0005 hr (1205 midnite)
reach : 10 dec 2006, ICN (incheon int airport), 630am Msian time, 730am Korean time

date (return) : 15 dec 2006, 335pm Msian time, 435pm Korean time
reach : 15 dec 2006, ~ 11pm Msian time.

package price: ~ RM 4300 per person, including food, accomodation, and transportation, excluding ski equipment and clothing rental (RM180/W45000), cable car (RM32/W8000)

weather : winter! -5 degree to 5 degree during our period of stay

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( FYI, Korean time is 1 hour ahead of ours. meaning, our 5am is their 6am. hehe. example mar… )

DAY 01. 10 dec 06, sunday.

reached ICN, was welcomed and fetched by the tour guide, Leo. a 30 y.o. Korean born Chinese guy, who speaks Mandarin SO VERY MUCH better than I do, til I sometimes, or most of the time, dun even know he ‘kong hamik!’ hahah. it was actually -5 degree that day. but not snowing. too bad. and actually, the whole 11 person in our grup are all related. cousins, aunties, nieces, etc. haha… and, gues wad! all FEMALEs… except for Leo! haha… it was VERY cold. the air itself. but when we got into the bus, all of us started asking for AIR-CON! AIR-CON! why tis bus no aircon one ka?? haha… all of us! and leo was soooo SHOCKED! hahaha.. he stared blankly at us, and said, errr… its winter time here. we dun have aircon in the bus, but we have HEATER…? hahahahaha! I tel u, he was sooooo dumbfolded by us! hahaha! aircon! when its freezing outside? haha.. so he told us to open the window slightly for “aircon”, wich worked VERY WELL. hahaha… u know wad I mean. and we had a great time lafing at ourselves thereafter! hahahaa… paisehnyeee…. our 1st stop was actually to check into Kumho Sorak Resort, but we stopped halfway for lunch (pix) as it took us arnd 3 - 4 hrs from ICN to Gangwon province. and that was the 1st time I got to eat kimchi… it was really a terrible dish for me… THEN! but now, i'm missing the taste of it! hahaha. btw, they only allow either 2 or 3 person in a room, so since 3 of us plus my godmum are closer, we separate half, me n my sis in a room, godmum n cousin in a room. niceee…

our 1st destination was Abai Village (pix), the filming location for Autumn in My Heart. I did NOT watch the movie, so I had no idea wads soooo special about that place. and its very true, u see… cos it was actually just a small village, and noting special ther, UNLESS u watched the movie. so I din really enjoy much there. only snapped pix. a few. my cam, I had the pix quality moderated so that I can fit up til 1000++ pix for my 1GB memory card. and when leo saw me snapping here n there, pix of my sis lar, who else! hahaha.. he asked, “wahh, u snap at evyting ar… enuf o not?” then i told him can fit 1000pcs, he said surely more than enuf lar… but! turned out, tis whole trip, my cam, my lil sis’ and cousin ginn’s, altogether, we have arnd 1300 pcs taken! hahaha… and I shall be sooo broke printing em next week! hahaha… for me n my sis! combined, mine 340 pcs, hers 360! 700pcs!!! hahaha.. but worth the memory lar.. printing for 40 cents per piece, considered cheap lor.

thereafter, we headed to mt. sorak, or Seoraksan (pix) as they spell it in Korean. tis mountain, around 1.sumting meter high… and we took cable car (RM32 per person) (pix) to reach the upper level, and from there, we got to climb the stairs towards the peak. but as it was kinda slippery cos of the ice… leo din let us up til the peak, but we reached sumwher kinda high! haha.. AND IT ACTUALLY SNOWED a day before we reached there! that is why the whole mountain area was soooo slippery. a niece of mine fell on her butt! hahaha. on d way down lar. whahahaha!!! apart from that, others seemed to be doin just perfectly fine! though some were wearing boots! and me in my sports shu! hmmph! me, carrying my d70, was even more worried! I wasn’t worried about me falling, but was worried of falling and breaking my cam! hahaah! so at few “self-assumed” slippery area, I had leo’s hand, of cos. haha. soraksan IS A VERY VERY VERY NICE PLACE! I miss it soo much, though the only thing we did there was just to climb the stairs, and enjoy the sceneries, but it was damn beautiful! with snow at the peak, and, o ya! I was SO SO SO touched by their culture. we got into the cable car that can fit up to arnd 50 standing people at one time, I was kinda d last person to get into the cable car. and when the door closed, the 2 korean guy who guided and managed the cable car operation, they STOOD TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE, FACING US, wich I can see very clearly becos I was standing practically rite ‘in front’ of em IN the cable car, while they were outside on the platform, of cos. THEY BOWED to us… wahhhhh, though it was a very very very simple and normal gesture for em, but for me, I was sooooo at awe! it was sooooo polite. soooo special, for me, at lis. haha. see, that is why I stil remember it. I managed to touch snow, those on the ground lar. and purposely took off my gloves so that I can really touch it. haha… and its sooooooo damn cold that it really hurts. haha. and that was when we all realized, taking photo with gloves on, were such clumsy thing to do! hahaha.. can't even operate the thing (camera) well… can't even really click the buttons! hahaha… such fat clumsy fingers! like crab! hahaha… from there, we walk over to a temple at the same area, called Shinhuengsa Temple, with the very very very HUGE Buddha statue. ntg much to see there… cos it was getting dark oledi then. after that, we headed back to hotel, cos even 530pm is also VERY DARK there. partly cos its winter oso, that is y. so we had our dinner, and went back to Kumho Sorak Resort.

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DAY 02. 11 dec 06. monday.

the greatest n most memorable day of the whole trip! SKI RESORT! and of cos, early in d am, we had to wake up, pack all our stuffs before leaving Kumho S. Resort as we were to stay at another different hotel that night, at diff area then. so from Kumho S. Resort, we took another 2 hrs drive, I tink, to Hyundai Sungwoo Ski Resort, and stayed at that hotel. here, 4 person per room cos the room were big. so the 4 of us together lor. oh! before we reached that ski resort, on the way there, we stopped at one ski equipment rental shop, where we rented our waterproof jackets and trousers for skiing purposes. cudnt get to choose the design n color that I wanted, cos i'm too small sized, the lady there said. haha… so I got the pink top + white pants, my lil sis red + dark grey, my cousin ginn got yellow/black + black, and lastly, my not-so-close niece? I tink, she got the urmm, lemme check, grey top + black pants combo (pix). haha… only 4 out of 11 of us went skiing. cos the rest were “older generation”. hahaha… and while we were there at the rental shop, wahhh, mine was the easiest. the lady took the whole combo for me, asked me to try it on, and whala! it suits nicely, according to cousin ginn and my sis. the other 3, they had to try n retry the sizes, etc. hahaha. and then, when we actually changed into the ski suit, they complaint that “how come yours after u wear, can stil luk a BIT shapely, but ours, we luk like stuffed toy?” hahahahah! I was even complainin that mine luked like pyjamas design, the pink top. but they liked mine sooo much, and keep complainin abt their own. hahahaha. I remembered after putting em on, I was standing in front of the long mirror, and I said,”aiyer, like wearing pyjamas like that!” and gues wad cousin ginn replied,”U DUN PRETEND LAR! U KNOW YOURS IS THE NICEST, STIL SAY LUK LIKE PYJAMAS! U TEASING US ISIT?” whahahahahaha! i'm sooooo INNOCENTLY BLAMED! hahaha! really! mine luked like pyjamas cloth, but I gues i'm taller than her, and thinner than my sis, so I end up wearng the suit nicer than them?? but I was toking bout the design, not the SHAPE! hahaha! LOL dead me there! half dead! hahaha… SKIING IS THE GREATEST GREATEST NICEST BESTEST EXPERIENCE I HAD! hahahahaha…. WANNA KNOW WHY?? U GET TO BUMP INTO OTHER SKI-ERS, AND I ACTUALLY FELL (pix), NOT ONLY ON MY BUTT, BUT FELL TIL BOTH THE “STICKS” FLEW AWAY AND I ENDED UP LYING ON THE SNOW!!!! hahahaha… it was really fun! hahaha… and the best part is, when u ski, for beginners like us, it is almost as if U CANNOT CONTROL YOUR DIRECTION! so u’l just ski, goin down towards that ONE direction. unless ur very good at maneuvering! hahaha… so, for me, the bestest bestest part is, WHEN U LET GO, u start plunging forward, FAST. and, many many a time, u can actually SEE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE, OTHER BEGINNERS AS WELL, RITE IN FRONT OF U, and U KNOW THAT U WILL CRASH INTO EM, BUT THERE IS NOTING, ABSOLUTELY NOTING, THAT U CAN DO. hahahaha! ofcos, there are few times I managed to mati-mati stop my whole body before I hit other people, but MANY TIMES, THERE IS NO WAY U CAN STOP! WHAHAHAHAHA….! SO FUN! soooo many collisions! hahahaha! I get to hit people, bump into people, make people fell… and eventually I myself oso fell, and all those “nice fun accidents” happened WHILE UR LOOKING AT EM! hahaha… u can see urself bumping into other people in matters of seconds, but noting can be done! hahahahaha… FUN! that was fun! and nobody got any hurt, luckily. a tour guide who taught another grup besides us, we saw her with broken arm the next morning when we went for bfast! thank god we were all alrite.

hahaha… I can tell u, the whole video of tis ski area, my lil sis and I LAUGHED THE HARDEST AND THE LOUDEST! AND THE MOST-NON-STOP ONE! hahahahah! evytime other people fell, we laf! we fell, we oso laf! very very fun! hahahahahaa… I miss skiing! hmmmm…. and after 1 – 2 hours of exploring, leo asked us to move to a SLIGHTLY higher ground, and it was soooooo hard and tiring getting up. for beginners like us, we had to walk like CRAB u know (pix)! hahaha… side to side… move bit by bit… sideway, til u reach the slightly higher ground! hahahaha.. the “climbing” took longer than the sliding down! hahahaha… and when he saw that we are very slow, leo actually pull us up. hahahaha… cos we were wearing the ski shoe thingie, its slippery! so he pull us up. one at a time lar, of cos. hahahah… I din get my photo snapped, but the photo shown here – my sis being pulled by him. sooo easy! hahahah… and wile the 4 of us ski-ed, the rest were playing with snow! hahaha… so after we returned the ski equipment, the 3 of us went out again to play snow wile the rest went back to rest! hahaha..wanted to build snowman, but unfortunately, ski area, according to them, was artificial snow, so cudnt compress the snow to build em up. we only managed a snowhead (pix)! hhaahaha…and pix here, me n leo, our tour guide. and that night, it was terribly cold, so my godmum din follow the 3 of us for a walk arnd the hotel area. and we ended up snapping more pix, incl pix with santa n reindeer, and of the snowbike?? duno wad u call that lar. after that, we went to browse in the hotel’s supermarket, and bot few bars of mini chocolates, not becos of the choc, but influenced by the cute packaging design! and even bot a cup of mocha for the packaging as well! hahaha… and I managed to bring em home safely! hahaha. even the plastic bags to put the stuffs we bot, had to be purchased! but we did not lar… unnecessary. hahaha. quite a few places that we went throughout our trip, the plastic bags had to be bought. not FOC!

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DAY 03. 12 dec 06. tuesday.

packed our luggage bags, and MOVE AGAIN! ahahah… that night, the hotel was Chuncheon Bears Hotel. cute name, but the “un-nicest” hotel throughout the trip. hahaha. very very dimly-lit, those rooms. when we got our room keys, my sis n I headed to our room. aiyo, it was very stuffy inside, and I was searching everywhere for the aircon! really stuffy! and the light at the door area, will auto off after few mins! mafan! hahaha… so when leo came for room to room check, automatically, I asked him, how to on the aircon? and how to switch on the lite all the time? I forgot that its winter out there, so no aircon AGAIN. then he said, “AIRCON?? very cold lar outside, u stil wan aircon? no aircon but got heater. but anyhow, dun keep asking for aircon arr… later u fall sick and catch cold then u know!” the whole time, my lil sis was in the shower, n when I told her about tis, she LOL! she said, leo must have thought we are a bunch of crazy people! asking for aircon no matter wher we go though its minus degree outside! hahahaha! again, paisehnyeee aku! hahahaha… ok, that was nitetime. during the day time, we went to Daejanggeum Theme Park, the filming location for Daejanggeum. again, I DID NOT WATCH THE MOVIE. I duno anything, BUT LUCKILY THE PARK IS SUPER BEAUTIFUL! I had a great time there! but I duno why they call it a ‘theme park’ though. haha. its more like a historical park with nice old buildings BUILT ONLY FOR THE FILMING PURPOSES! tsk tsk tsk! but VERY BEAUTIFUL.

from there, we moved to our next destination, Nam-i Island, another filming location, tis time, its for the oh-so-famous, Winter Sonata. I DID NOT WATCH WINTER SONATA ALSO!!! hahahaha! aduiii! as it is an island, so we had to use ferry to reach that place. VERY VERY VERY VERY MY GUDNESS, BEAUTIFUL PLACE! not to forget, ROMANTIC PARK oso,… duh! hahaha…. esp the walk along the trees, the whole area! hahah, but with the 3 of us around (me, cousin ginn n my sis), anything can be funny! hahaha… we posed for pix WEIRDLY, and did all those ridiculous poses, esp my sis! so any romantic nice place can also be fun weird place with us there lar. haha. btw, my cousin is a year older than me, and we grew up playing with each other, but she stayed in sibu, and now studying architecture in UTM johor, final year. so, stil kinda close lar. I miss her a lot too, after the trip! hahaha… here in nam-i island, it was also very cold, but from all the pix, it luked like its autumn! hahaha.. autumn and we were wearing winter jackets?? hahaha… jk. it was winter! hahaha… and we purposely bot ice cream to eat! hahaha.. gues how much one plain ice cream cone costed us?? W2500, or RM10 per cone! hahahaha… normal flavored, but unluckily, my sis ordered one strawberry yoghurt ice cream that tasted like cherry cough syrup that errm, doctor godwin chan used to force me to finish! ahahahah! but had a great time, and as usual, no matter wher we go, the 4 of us were always always the slowest behind. hahaha. cos we snapped a lot pf pix! hahaha… so next time, wanna go for tour with me, better be with the same grup as I am, or else, u gota wait for me! hahaha… JK! JK! but paisehly speaking, we, esp my sis n I, were always the slowest pigs at the back! hahaha… pig in Korean is “dae-ji”. hahahaha! (and up til today, my sis n I, we call each other dae-jis!) hahaha… dong-hae is ‘fat’. that is wad my tour leader cousin learnt from leo, to nickname my niece, the one who fell on her butt at mt. sorak, and also, happened to be the one who wore grey n black for ski. we, as in my whole family and relatives, we are not mean people, u see… we are just very much into teasing each other! hahahaa…

later that evng, back from nam-i island, we went Chuncheon Myeongdong, for dinner and fresh fruits… for those who wanna buy fruits, here’s the place. I suspect Chuncheon is like a small kampong kampong area. see pix, our dinner at C. Myeongdong. evyone liked tis dish, but I do not. duno ler… too meaty, I tink. no much of a vege. hahaha.. ate a lil only. not nice (for me lar). hahaa…

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DAY 04. 13 dec 06, wednesday.

everland!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha… everland is equivalent to Disneyland, but its korea’s own. fully owned by the Samsung manager… so u can imagine how painfully rich d guy is! and o yea, evywher u go, most of the cars we saw on the road, Hyundai. haha… got other brands oso, but i'm saying, the highest frequency that we saw. hehe…

anyway, today we were at everland. one of the top 5 theme park in the world worr… so it says. and our tix were for 5 passes, so u get to choose whichever 5 things u wanna use it for. so, our 1st pass were used up for duno wad the game is called, but its like tis one round boat, fits 10 person, and u stood the chance of getting wet cos it went along the manmade river, like the ones in sunway and genting lar... we forced leo to join us for this ride.. haha. but not much of a harm oso lar.. 5 passes were more than enuf for us. haha… surprised?? read on, and u’ll know y. for someone like me, who LOVED roller coster and those challenging rides (that wont make u feel dizzy lar..of cos), 5 passes were more than enuf is sumting surprising. haha… u’ll know why later later…. haha. anyway, 2nd pass were spent on safari park, where we got onto a bus, and were brot in A VERY SHORT JOURNEY around the park, but managed to see bear bears, tiger/lion… liger? isit the name, if not mistaken?? and ntg much lar… oh, and the penguins, seals, etc. ntg much lar… but not too bad oso lar… just that the ride was VERY SHORT. IN FACT, I HAVE ONE COMPLAINT!~ THE RIDES HERE IN EVERLAND WERE ALL TOOOOOOOOOO DAMN SHORT! haven’t even really start to enjoy, eh! habis liau! hahahaha… so, godmum gave us her leftover 3 pass, for the 3 of us. and we went for roller coster, 2 types, and Columbus ship and another one, mini roler coster… haha! siasoinye…its for kid! haha,,the mini one. hahaha… at the supposedly MOST CHALLENGING roller coster, the ride ended when we were about to start screaming for fun! apala! TOO SHORT! I wasn’t even as nice as genting’s! both the costers! hmmph! i'm disappointed! then, our 3rd pass was used on Columbus ship. I din like tis kinda ride, not exciting enuf. but ginn n my sis keep wanting it, so I tag along lor… and the four of us, neh the same 4 who ski-ed.

we sat in a row… me, followed by my sis, then ginn, and ‘donghae’. hehe… pardon me, but that wad she’s called the whole trip! she laf-ed at it oso! no harm lar… anyway, the ship was,… to the front, to the back, to the front, halfway to the back, my sis puked! ahahahahhah! WHAHAHAHAAH! I cudnt help it but I was lafing the whole time she was puking! hahahahahah! LOL! uncontrollable! imagine, your stucked in your seat, u cannot stop the ship, u cannot do anytg, so if u puke, u puke lar… if it got onto your scarf, your jacket, your jeans, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NTG U CAN DO!! hahahaha! so there I was, lafing my whole way as she puked! hahaha… and she “blamed” me for lafing at her after that! hahaha! wad can I do, rite?? ok lar… 1 hand in the air, another hand, I patted her back. that is all I can do during the ride. and the ship kept going for quite some time! hahaha… her jeans, scard, jacket all got stained! hahaha… and we had a GREAT time in the toilet thereafter, helping her to clean up! eeeww… watodo! my sis mar… have to clean up the jeans for her lar..while she sat in the toilet, feeling abit dizzy still! hahahaha… eeewww… actually, we all had to clean up for her… ginn washed her scarf, donghae cleaned the jacket, and I cleaned the jeans! hahahaha…. and practically, the whole jeans was wet though I only washed the affected area! hahahaha! LOL dead me! hahahaha…. see the pix of me n her, with her dizzy look on her face?? hahahahahah! again, i’d like to stress here that I AM NOT MEAN for lafing at her, but that is UNCONTROLABLE! hahahahaha…! even if its vice versa, she’l oso laf at me, i'm sure! hahaha… its in our blood, u see! hahahahahahah! take life easy mar… hahahahahahahh! LOL dead me here, as I type! hahahaha! but overall, everland is a very very beautiful, fairy-tale-like place. they segmented the whole theme park into ‘villages’, but we din manage to go to eveeery village. only a few. and, oh… after my sis puked, she gave her last pass to donghae, and we ended up using it for kid’s roller coster… cos it was the only game that we cud find on our way back. hahaha… so paiseh. the whole ride, I took the most front seat, ginn second, and donghae third. and the following seats, all kids!!! hahahaha!!! and leo gave us time limit til 330pm that day, and to meet at the bus area at that time, but we played til we were soooo late, and reached the bus area only at 430pm.

after everland, we headed to Flower Market at Guri-Si, in seoul city. it was very very very jammed! and the reason leo wanted us to leave everland at 330pm is becos today, we are moving towards the city itself, so he said, from 4pm onwards, it is jammed big time@!! hahaha… and it really was.. worse thousand times more than KL. flower market, I din take any pix, cos not interested. ntg much to see there oso lar.. only flowers. hehe. spent 30 mins there only… then we proceeded to supposedly dinner, but leo let us go for a walk at Itaewon before dinner. so we had 1 hour at Itaewon, the must-go street in seoul, so it says. bot our souveniers there. din really see much cos I personally do not like people waiting for me… so, its not so much of a walk lar.. more like, rushing against time! hahahaa…

but, TIS IS ALSO WHERE I realized that Koreans are indeed VERY HONEST! and the place seemed very safe! the whole country actually! souvenier stalls are placed along the Itaewon street, no theft! noting! even when u wanna buy sumting, it MITE be hard for u to find the owner!! imagine that! they can just leave the stalls unattended! not only stalls, but also those shoplots! the shopkeeper cud just display EVERYTHING from inside the shop, til blocking d window with display, and even display MORE til the front lot… and again, UNATTENDED! hahaha! safe safe place.

after dinner, we checked in to Tower Hotel, in Seoul already, and it’s the new wing, so they called it, Tower New Wing Hotel.

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DAY 05. 14 dec 06, thursday.

as we are in seoul already, so today no more luggage packing n moving. we stayed in Tower New Wing for 2 nites. very nice hotel. haha… today, we went to many many places. after breakfast, we were brought to the Blue House, their President’s office. of cos, no one is allowed to go in, and NO PHOTO TAKING IS ALLOWED EVEN IF YOUR TRYING TO SNAP THE PIX OF THE BUILDING! there will be guards, both in uniform and casual (undercover), tat watches over that matter. at the same area, within walking distance, there’s the National Folk Museum of Korea, and Gyeongbuk Palace, they call it Gyeongbukgung in Korean. these buildings are situated at the area where the ‘feng shui’ is supposedly the best in the whole country. that is why the president’s office is there, u see. hahah… and there, as can be seen in pix, leo told us that phoenix represents Korea. and the globe beneath the phoenix, he explained but I cudnt get him, and didn’t bother to know lar.. hahaa. we went national folk museum, VERY NICE BUILDING! as the name suggests, it’s a museum, cannot take pix. boring boring! haha… but the toilet there is very nicely designed! haha…

from there, we walked over to gyeongbukgung, VERY VERY VERY VERY NICE ancient architecture! its was a palace, of cos. soooo nice building! and the details on every single thing on those buildings, my god! sooooo fine! sooo detailed! o ya! I was snapping away with my sis n cousin, and we reached the main palace building, the rest were already some where else, snapping pix as well, dun worry. haha… as we walked at the main building, a German guy approached me and even, haha… asked whtr can he take a portrait pix of me! haha… he said that he’s a photographer, collecting portraits of people arnd the world. AND WE SUSPECTED THAT HE MUST HAVE TOT THAT I'M A KOREAN! that is why! hahaha! and then, when we walked down from the main building, there was a troop of army taking pix in front of the building. we stopped there too, cos I wanted a piece of that view oso. mana tauk! ended up, we joined them for few snaps! hahaha… oh, the very nice ‘ang-sai’ tree was here too… in this gyeongbukgung area. duno wad u call that fruit in English. haha.

from the palace, we went for lunch at the very famous Korea Ginseng Chicken Soup Restaurant. 1 meal costed RM44 per person. I expected it to be VERY delicious, but I wasn’t very. but the ginseng wine was VERY NICE though! I don’t drink, so wenever I take alcoholic drinks, even if its mixed in cooking, my face wil turn red! haha… but I cudnt help it. the ginseng wine was soooooooooooo sweet! my sis even gave me her portion cos she dun like the taste! haha… I drank two lil cups of that wine and was all red… became a crab again! hahaha… the ginseng chicken was nice, but I tink it lacked the ginseng taste. more of it wud be perfect~! haha… but it costed only RM44, so that shud be it. haha… then, after lunch, we went to National Ginseng Outlet. explainations were all in Mandarin cos most of the people in our grup listen to Chinese, and besides, I dun bother to know more bout ginseng. ahah… and it was here, my sis complaint that she hated toking to me! gues why?? hahah… I drank the wine earlier, remember?? and even as lil as that, I was alil blurrie. haha… not terribly, but just that a bit laggin! haha… she kept telling my godmum and cousin that, whatever she asked me, I will only reply after like ermmm… 10 seconds?? hahaha! I din realize that! but the wine was really sweeettt! yummie!

after that, our next destination was Kim Chi Making School. here, we attended a short lesson on kim chi making. and we could actually bring back the kim chi that we made if we wanted to. and I brot back mine, of cos! I miss the taste! but needs to be preserved for 2 weeks. so til now, I stil cudnt eat it! hahaha… next week! next week! hahaha… here also, we get to put on the Korean traditional costume for photo taking… each n everyone of us. but we dun get to choose wich we wanted, but luckily, the four of us got very nice colors combo. haha… after kim chi school, we went to Amethyst Showroom. i'm sooo not interested in amethyst, so noting much to say. haha… after that, leo brought us to Dongdaemun, a shopping centre there, where we discovered, hmmmm, most places dun let u to try on the tops, only skirts or pants are allowed to be tried! but not much of shopping here, cos all winter clothings! haha… that night, we – the four of us, went on our own to Iteawon again, to jalan jalan. haha…

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DAY 06. 15 dec 06, friday.

today, free time cos our flite was at 435pm Korean time. morning, we were brought to Namdaemun and Myeongdong. the sweet potatoes were really sweet! haha… those that were sold at the roadside. haha. noting interesting here, and we were all sooooo reluctant to leave Korea! hmmmph! esp the 3 of us! haha… I really really wished I dun have to come back! hahaha… all the time on vacation there! haha… u wish! last but not least, we bid our farewells to leo at the airport. my niece, that donghae, she was soooooo “in-puppy-love” with leo! hahaha… she told him, “saranhamida” (not sure of the spelling though)! hahahaha! she’s 15, btw. haha… that was “I love u” in Korean! hahaha! we were all soooo lafing, and she was soooooo paiseh! hahaha… and when she took pix with him at the airport before we went into the departure hall, she grab him by the hand/arm, and even rested her head on his shoulder! hahaha… too bad I din snap that pix. hahaha… and 1 by 1, we shook leo’s hand lor, and when he shook mine, he was amazed that my fingers were very icy cold! hahah! that is very normal for me… no matter how hot the area wud be, my fingers can be very cold at times…! he even reminded me to eat more “pu” (nutritious) food when back home! hahaha! apala! got such thing meh??

and then, in flite, Korean Air, that is… I LOST MY NIKON LENSE CAP! hmmmph! so sad!!! now my cam lense is without cap! hmmph! been taking care of it the whole week, and it got lost at the very last day, in flite back home some more! hmmmph! but at lis, that is better than losing the whole thing! haha… and I stil miss korea very very much!


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