More Spring Pictures~

RX, Flora and I have made it a routine to take pictures around our school every friday after lessons in order to capture the changes of the trees and flowers during spring time. So here are the photos for this week. I think the buildings and scenery here look pretty, especially with the blooming flowers and greens.

Later in the day, all 4 of us went to cut our hair at a salon in Ewdae ( Ewhwa Womens University street). I guess my new hair looks pretty much the same as my normal hairstyle, so I'm quite happy with it. Here's the before and after pictures for comparison. =)

After getting our hair done, we ate japanese food for dinner at an eatery in the area. Everyone looked good in the new hair, especially Shen Nan who looks so much like a korean girl now...

And more pictures of us in our new hair. Heh~

Happy Day in Everland!

We went to Everland with the KU people on Sunday and had a great time there. The weather was bright and sunny but a little cold.

As it is spring now, the flowers are in full bloom and there were flowers festival and parades held there. The theme park was crowded with people and there were even helicopters from MBC and SBS hovering in the air to capture the images.

And this is the filming site for some scenes of the korean drama "My Love Pazzi" featuring Kim JaeWon, Jung Nara and Kim Raewon.

The kids there were so cute... And the whole theme park was filled with them. Take a look...

And lastly, more random pictures of us. Mr Eng Teck took more than 900 pictures alone on his camera, so you can imagine how many pictures we took in total. It was indeed a happy day for all of us and we enjoyed ourselves very much~

A Fun Filled Day

We went to the Seoul World Cup Stadium 2 weeks ago and had a good time exploring the place. The atmosphere was great as Korea was having an international friendly with Uraguay that day, so there were volunteers there early in the morning for preparations and fans were spotted as well. Security was extremely tight as the Korean team was practising in the stadium while we were there. It was a pity that we could not enter the stadium to see the players or how it looked like inside.


In the afternoon, we went to Itaewon, which I personally find it boring. The streets are lined with stalls and shops selling hip hop clothings and accesories and sportswear mainly. The place is frequented by many Americans as there as the American army camp is based near the area.

In the evening, we went to Hangang at Yeouido Park to celebrate sq's birthday and stayed there till nightfall. We had a fun time there playing with firecrackers and enjoying the night scenery of the river, even though it was chilly at night.

Next, we proceed to Outback steakhouse nearby for dinner. Along the way, we passed by MBC ( one of the TV stations here) and here's the pictures taken for the night.

And finally, presenting to you my favourite picture of the day... (Credits to Mr Eng Teck for the photography and editting of the pictures!)

Out shopping with rx

Was feeling bored one of the weekdays, so rx and I decided to go shopping for shoes instead of joining flora, sq and the KU people for a movie at Sinchon. In the end we didnt manage to see anything we fancy. Here are some random pictures taken along the way...

And on our way back, rx was helping me take a picture in front of a shop selling hanboks (traditional korean costume) when a drunk ajorshi popped up and requested to take a picture as well. Look at his fat fingers and fat face. I think he is really a twaeji (pig in korean)...

Dinner with Singapore friends

We met up with the KU people again. Eng Teck's best friend from Singapore, Melissa, also joined us for dinner. Melissa is a SQ girl who flew to Seoul for a day and so we met up for a hearty meal of Samgyeopsal ( bbq san cen rou) and Galbi ( grilled ribs) at a restaurant in Dongdaemun. We also helped her takeaway a dozen Krispy Kreme to bring back to Singapore. Its a pity that Singapore doesn't sell Krispy Kreme, the doughnuts are simply delicious! But I have to admit that they are extremely fattening as well... =(



The service was good as the ajuma was very friendly and helpful. The food tastes not bad too, overall it was a good experience, even though we smelled bad after dinner because of the smoke from the charcoal and meat.


After dinner we proceeded to MyeongDong to get sq's birthday present. MyeongDong is one of the favourite hunts of local youngsters for shopping, there are many stalls selling clothings, accesories, skin care products, shoes and food. So for people who are interested in visiting Korea, be sure to drop by MyeongDong. We got 2 pairs of boxers for sq in the end and he found them very useful~ hahaha~

Spring is here~

Spring is finally here as leaves have started growing on trees and flowers are blooming. The weather is slightly warmer (though not a lot), and it is still cold at night and during cloudy/rainy days.



The flowers are really pretty, there are pink, yellow, white and red ones. The campus is famous for its spring time scenery so I'm looking forward to seeing the full blooms.



Credits to rx for her photography and not to forget her canon camera~ haha =)

And yeah I've received another parcel~ Its a carton of instant food this time round. I miss Singapore food...

More activities during the weekend

After visiting the village and Insadong, we saw a group of people staging protests at Myeong Dong area along the way. It was quite a spectacular sight to see as there was a big group of people gathering at a place, waving flags and shouting slogans; and there was an even bigger group of policemen standing guard. The motive of the gathering was to protest against the South Korean government from sending troops to Afghanistan.








The following day, I went to Yongsan technomart to get my handphone with the help of flora's korean classmate, HyungMin. The place is really similar to Sim Lim back in Singapore and the shops in technomart sells a huge variety of nice handphones ( those which you can flip, slide, turn... You can also watch tv on some models. Really cool phones!) I bought a used Samsung slide phone which costs 30,000 krw (sgd 50) and comes with 2 batteries and 1 charger with no contract. I think its a bargain as the condition of the phone is good and I like its design. Too bad Korea uses the cdma technology for its handphones and thus the phone is not usable if I bring it back to Singapore.



Later in the night, we meet up with the KU people for dinner and had a meal of "chicken rice". Here is a picture of the chicken...