Showing posts with label seoul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seoul. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
Land of the Morning Calm Expedition: Seoul - Busan (my Big Day Part)
0 comments Posted by ~* kY *~ at 12:28 AMDay 6 (9 November 2013)
Thanks Seonyoung for the cake.
It was from the Paris Baguette, a famous bakery in South Korea that you can spot it everywhere!
(the raved Tour Les Jours in Malaysia was not that commonly seen over there though)
my first try on soju!
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| everyone was so tired after one whole day of activities |
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| Gyeongbokgung 경복궁 |
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| busy adjusting the angle of group photo |
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| smile :) |
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| oppss... cant fit all the heads |
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| such a beautiful street view ❤ |
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| way back to guesthouse |
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| looks pro wey |
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| yipee.. photo with the amiable landlady, Seonyoung :) |
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| the thinker |
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| best spot for photography xD |
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| we're leaving soon! |
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| there we off to Busan! |
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| yup, KTX it is! |
The journey to Busan was about 2 hours.
Quickly, we fed our stomach at a random restaurant nearby the hotel upon settled down.
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| octopus feast - a very spicy meal!!! |
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| 3D Rider (something similar to Genting's Motion Master) |
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| Busan's most famous beach: Haeundae Beach 해운대해수욕장 |
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| looks familiar eh? |
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| the Goldfish Ang |
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| Patrick?!! |
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| let's jelly-fishing without Spongebob! |
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| underwater music staves |
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| what's that beside me D: |
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| makes me thought of Sandy |
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| photo with the shark! |
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| hey, Nigel's clan xD |
Honestly, I prefer Aquaria KLCC. hehe
It was a downpour after our visitation at Busan Aquarium.
We only managed to depart from there after waited for the rain to stop for about half an hour.
Eventually I got myself a new umbrella at Daiso.
Up next, we headed to the Lotte Mall.
Pepero Day falls on 11 November so you can see aplenty of Pepero, almost everywhere!
look, they have myriads of flavours & packaging.. awww...
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| "Dai Lo Yau" at the first sight. Cantonese, if you know what I meant xD |
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| I don't really fond of ice-cream... |
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| ..but I can't help getting one! it's a double-sided fruit ice-cream |
| Last but not least.. what else that you can do at night when outside was freezing? |
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| super NUT mask to pamper ourselves |
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- spent my time at oversea, to be specific: my dream land (oh my, I love the cake!)
- first try on soju (felt dizzy but I was still sober-minded)
- oh yes, celebrated in the Korean traditional house 한옥
- experienced one of the coldest night ever: downpour + gale! felt like below 0 degree celcius
- tasted spiciest meal of my life (yeah you can imagine how do I look like when my tears and mucous are all coming out)
- got myself an ice-cream (am not a big fan of it but froyo!); tempted by its flavour and special look lol
such a bliss to spend my big day at this wonderful place with wonderful people... seriously, I'm one of the blessed people in the world. Ailee, Karen, Nigel & William thank you so much :)
what a thrilling big day of mine
stay tuned for the final post!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Day 5 (8 November 2013)
It was only the 5th day and I almost lost my voice.
Too much of laughter? Or it was an indication of the air pollution index?
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| Remedy for my incessant cough |
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| no Jeju orange juice due to my health condition :( |
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| glad there were Nutellas to brighten up my day |
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| With the helpful receptionist, MK (I guess I remembered his name correctly haha) |
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| our luggages |
First destination of the day: music plaza!
On the way there, we happened to come across this music shop
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| technician in the house! |
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| okay, guess this would be my 1st time seeing an alto flute in real |
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| mini single horn? |
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| electronic violin? |
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| seriously, it was a one-stop music instrument repair & selling avenue |
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| in one of the workshops |
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| while waiting for my friend |
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| the undone double bass yes, it was the only bass in that building T.T |
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| rosins with very attractive packaging |
myriads of instruments where you can choose from!
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| yes, you can hardly see the end of the it! |
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| Eudoxa, the handmade gut strings! |
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| another mini single horn |
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| miniature instruments, how lovely! |
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| this is the place where music enthusiasts wouldn't want to miss! |
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| my saviour.. thanks to the thoughtful Ailee! |
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| handmade noodle for lunch |
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| the food ordering & payment machine. it does speed up the process, reduce operation cost in the long run & systematic too! |
what a brilliant idea!
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| space-saving layout |
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| express restaurant that serves handmade noodles |
Next stop: Gwanghwamun (광화문) , the largest gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
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| looks tiny eh |
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| he's tall in fact! |
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| selca at the front gate of the palace |
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| peace! |
What would cross your mind upon visitng the palace?
Experience the hanbok (한복) yourself!
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| putting on hanbok |
witness the modern hanbok model of the day - Ailee!
drama with the girls lol
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| special thanks to the guys who waited patiently our photographer too |
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| it fits nicely on the tall Karen! |
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| retro style editing |
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| macam yes... |
as usual, the temperature is erratic at night and we were really hungry.
so we randomly picked a restaurant to feed our stomach
such a huge size of mint, can cover half of the grill stove!
there we rushed to the Seoul Arts Centre to catch the performance in conjunction of the
Korea Festival Ensemble
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| setting up of string quartet |
Music
& arts culture in Korea are so prevailing that even one single
venue has a few performances and exhibitions going on concurently!
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| what a nice programme book |
Not much photos were taken though as photography is strictly prohibited.
I really love how the audience are so educated that you can hear the sound of a needle drop when the performance starts.
They even hold their cough until the intermission or interval between the movements!
Yes, there were no children in the hall and all of them do dress decently.
However, it will be awesome if the programme book is in bilingual or at least included with English version.
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were actually violin recital, opera, piano recital, calligraphy
exhibition and art exhibiton taking place at the same time.
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| do you see what I saw? D: |
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it was 11pm and to our delight & surprise, there was music fountain show right behind of us!
Guess what, one of the songs was "One Day More" from Les Miserable movie
Truly portrayed how I felt that time
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| plastic surgery ads were everywhere! |
Anyone? haha
raw photos without date stamping credited to Ailee :)(to be continued....
I'm trying my best to recall and finish it as soon as possible.
Meanwhile.... Happy 2014 readers!)
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