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We tried to catch a free shuttle bus to Everland and I think that we had just missed the bus so I came out with the idea to take a taxi instead. Since there were 6 of us, we need to take 2 taxis. I sent 4 of my friends successfully. I and with the other friends; encountered a little duck-&-chicken conversation with the driver. What surprises me that not all the taxi driver know about "Everland" which they need to state out its precise location. To tell the truth, I did not know that Everland is located at Yong-in. So, when the taxi driver said," Yong-in Everland?"; I just answered it "YES". Lucky that I was right HAHAHHAHAHA~

I never thought that I would have much much much fun in Everland though I was not riding any rides in there. Curious what I was doing there? I walked, ate, walked, ate, walked, ate, walked, and ate. The weather was just right. Not to hot nor cold and I could enjoy ice cream again. By the way, I really like Pino-stick; a sweet potato stick. It is sooooooooooooo goood. 

I like their uniform. A hat is worn as well but these two might have their time break. Its uniform delivers a fairytale vibe. I would have one more picture with a male guard if my friend did not failed to press a shutter *seriously wanna choke her*.

Seoulmate 2.0 p.9

I think Korean people love to express their affection to their love ones with message. As I walked the whole building of Ssamziegil, all of its wall are covered with messages. 

 
If there is padlock messages on NSeoul tower, there is "what should i call for this?" message. All the messages were hung all the areas, fences, tress, benches or anywhere that you would like to place it.

I was so tired and wanted to roll my body back to the hostel. My legs were about to fell apart so I randomly entered cafe around Ssamziegil. Another message cafe. So many papers under the table and some are hung on the fences. And I did mine. I am not a good in drawing though graduated in design. *shame*

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I really fall in love with Samcheong-dong. It is a quiet neighborhood with lots of unique store. Not only of their products but also their way in decorating the stores. Every single store will attract your eyesight and would like to go inside to have a look. I wish I have more cash and would have bought many many many things from each store. Will go back there if I visit Korea in future.

I found this car was parked in a unique way. The owner might be an interesting person. Wish to know its owner.

Seoulmate 2.0 p.7

Right after our DMZ tour, I and with some friends supposedly to meet the other friend at "Anguk station exit 2". None of us had a proper meal since morning, hungry, tired and more depressed to follow when we could not meet our friend. 

The other friend already waited for us in anguk alone.

Waited near Dunkin Donut to get a free wifi.

When I saw a subway written "130 jongno-3-ga". I asked my friend who leaded us to these place; I ensured her that we might get off to a wrong place as I pointed to the signage. She insisted that we were on the right track and taught me what the signage meant - "it means 130 meter to jongno-3-ga"

Disbelief of what she said; I asked an ajusshi nearby and YEP we got off to a wrong place. 

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"uwaaaaaa~ it is teddy bear!!!" no no no, I am female but not a fan of dolls since a kid. Perhaps I always play police and thief with my little brother so I am more on the action type. We went to Teddy Bear Museum to enclose our Jeju trip. Had no idea why there is such museum. 

They are dolls with the same expression, different clothes and different setting. s.t.i.l.l. they are dolls. Will I get a punch because of my comment? *oops*

In its souvenir shop, I planned to buy some for friends and families. I was holding a  keychain *krw 7,000 made in china*. Then I found out only left KRW 10,000. Tried to seek some money from friends but they were still busy with the dolls upstairs. So I keep my cash in wallet hoping it will double up. 

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It has been only for few days, and my legs were in pain already. Day and night, we walked, walked and walked. At the point, I fell like I was not walking anymore but dragging my legs to move forward. It will not happening if I wear a comfort shoe.

Bought a pair of shoe - Babara. It is a Korea local brand. Though a little expensive but I am glad to buy it. It is comfy yet stylist isn't it?

Seoulmate 2.0 p.4

And the Jeju adventure has begun. Decided to hire a private taxi to explore the island. The first stop was Manjangul cave. In there, it was dark, chilly and the path is stacked with peebles or rocks so a comfort shoe for walking and light jackets are recommended. 

I might not have a good time down there if I was not walking with my friends because I not a fan of rocks. Since we are foreigners, we did not afraid to sing a song or talked in a loud volume.  The probability for others to understand our conversations were very very very low. 

The wind blew strongly at Seongsan Ilchulbong. If you are under 40 Kg, you might gone with the wind. Ok, I am joking. hahaha~ but it is true that that I had a hard time to walk against the wind. When I loose myself, I would walk according to the wind direction. 

I had fun with the stairs because I like sports. Another version of my friends who drained out who seldom doing sports. As I hiked, my stomach growled. Lucky there is a mini mart and had this pork sausage. A great snack to give it a try. 

A little panting and it is a great achievement to see this beautiful view. No other voices but the whisper of winds (ok~ lots of people chit-chating as well). But it is so relaxing up there. 

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I am not a beach type (I like mountain more) but Jeju is the exceptional. Not because Jeju is part of Korea then I like it. Will cover it later. Sadly I did not have plenty of time to explore the whole attractions in here. 

Everyone who crossed the yellow line is an aggressive type I assumed. Ah~ I remembered that I encountered to line up for flight check-in in Jeju. Mostly the Jeju ajumma would cut the line and proudly stand before you - with zero guilt. And I was like "er~ how could you…". I was not angry about it. More like a kid whose sausage being snatched away by the bullies. Same goes with the ajumma, you will understand what I am trying to describe these ajumma.

Not forgetting to mention that I experienced something that you might not have the chance to - losing a passport. No, it was not mine but my friend.  Basically the first day in Jeju, I explored Jeju International Aiport……….and airport police bureau. The officers in there are helpful compare to ours. Though their english is not that good but they really showed a great effort in trying to find the lost passport. Glad that the passport still can be found on the day. phew~

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Heading back to Hotel PJ for check-in and rushing to bring our luggage to Studio41 hostel at Hongdae before we left for Jeju the next day. We wanted to visit the flea market (every saturday till 5 PM). Lucky was not on our side; reached the hostel just right on 5 PM, so maybe next time visit. 

It was my first time to stay in hostel and collected a great experience during my stay in there. During morning, everyone were busy preparing a breakfast. No, they were all residents in this hostel. Without hesitation, I greeted everyone a warm smile and "good morning" and they will reply in the same way or maybe in a way better than mine. Seriously I have fallen in love with this hostel which the hosts are all very friendly, attentive and helpful. No worries, they are all well english spoken. 

You can check their website page. 

http://www.studio41st.com/

Seoulmate 2.0 p.1

Finally I went back to Korea for vacation. I was expecting autumn season but it was not at its peak yet. Could see some leaves were already in red too. It is very beautiful and romantic. We reached Seoul in the morning, bought our T-Cash and headed to Hotel PJ (Chungmuro Station).

We were all drained and need to walk stairs up-&-down dragging our luggage. It was pretty tired. So my recommendation, if you have a big luggage, don't ever use subway. It will be much much much burden.

Reached hotel but were not allowed to check-in before 2PM so it's time for shopping at Myeongdong. It is not far from our hotel. Walked about 5-10 minutes and it's already a shopping mecca. I was not in the mood of shopping yet because the next day we had to depart for Jeju. As the rest were happily shopping, I without a guilt to eat more street foods.

JjinPPang - Chinese red bean paste bun. This is sooooooo good. Besides its cheap price (KRW 1,000) and a palm size, the bun is soft, the fillings is rich, moist and not so sweets. The weather was windy and had this steamy bun is heaven. I wish to go back there to have this buns again. yummmmmmmmyyyy

A HELLO FROM SYDNEY

I was excited to received a postcard from L - she is having a 3-months vacation. Wew~ I envy her so much. I just started liking postcard when I traveled alone to Melbourne. Without a fixed itinerary, I leisurely walked around the city and parks for a week. I did feel lonely when at there especially at night. Being alone in hotel room could be scary too and for a week, I intentionally turned on the TV as my lullaby. Mostly at night, I missed my family and friends and that moment, I know a little meaning of having someone around you - to share some stories. That's why I decided to write a postcards for friends and families while I traveled. 

I visited several souvenir shops to find a good piece of postcard ,sat at an open air coffee shop (it was winter when I traveled ^_^) and wrote my stories. It was a great experience and has becoming my hobby in collecting postcards especially the written one.

My ex-housemates had a small gathering at Sydney and sent me their lunch (Korean Noodles). I was so wanting to choke the three of them. ck ck ck~

WORK ON SUNDAY

I don't like my Sunday because I need to go for work again. It was because of the staff doesn't know how to do a daily report. She always make mistake so I went there to guide her. Just by thinking of it, I'm so tired of it. Where's my private time? After I accompanied my mom to our favorite supermarket, I rushed to work. Later, the boss came and shared some of his visions and worries of this business. Because shortage of staff, the business is progressing slow. He repeatedly telling to jump into this business but I have no courage to start business…yet. He keeps pushing me to the cliff and I'm about to fall now. Will I succeed it? What if I fail? How will he treat me if I disappoint him? Though he always telling me that one needs to become a failure once to gain experience but I am still too afraid of your lifetime sarcasm statement towards me.

Luckily, I finished the work just in time for lunch, since last week, my mom eagerly wanted to try the new Korean restaurant in town - UFC. So we went there, I proudly introduced its spicy fried chicken for my mom and spicy fish burger for myself.  I got my burger and finished them slowly but its fried chicken hasn't come out. Perhaps waiting another couple of minutes, I told myself that that the food will  be served. I could see a great disappointment in my mom's eyes. So I canceled the order and rushed to the nearer cafe - Wak Noer.

I've been to this cafe several times but never had I entered their new section - TWG. Not saying that the other design is bad but I prefer the new one - a homey and quite spacious too comparing to its other. Soon as we were guided to our table, I asked them to prepare Mee Sop first because mom hasn't eaten anything and lunch times has already passed.

I like this chips a lot. Especially after soaked them for some time in its soup. 

Though I already had my fish burger earlier *not that great* so I shared this lontong sayur with my mom.

SEOUL-MATE ANNIVERSARY

Last Sunday was our Seoul-mate anniversary. It has been a year. It feels like yesterday we had spicy rice-cakes by the streets to fight with the cold weather. Though we failed to see cherry blossom during our visit but we still enjoyed every moment of it. I really miss those moments and because we don't have any plans to have a trip together this year. We had a little celebration at UFC (Unidentified Fried Chicken).

Long before it was launched. One of my friend - L had told me about this #1 New York fast food chain. She didn't tell me the whole story and just informed me that there will have a Korean restaurant in town....Finally. Though it is not those typical Korean restaurant that serves, bibimbap, seollong-tang etc but I think it is a good start.

Okay. So we ordered most of its menu. and turned out not that great. The only dish which I could recommend is their Spicy fried chicken. That's it.

Its flavor doesn't come out strong. If I am not wrong, this is Bulgogi.

and what is this? I think it's chicken. over sweetness.

Chicken Kalbi. This is no good at all.

Mushroom soup. It is just an average taste.

Oh yeah! this is the highlight - Spicy fried chicken. Even I had a severe pain (canker) around my mouth and it was swollen. I could not resist to eat them. Now that, I almost recover from canker. I might taking my mom to have this chicken again.

SPAGHETTI RAMEN

I planned to cook abalone porridge since last night which I bought them quite a long time. Who knows it's written "2011" ha ha ha~ It was not my first time to be like this. Shame on me, really should fix the bad habit I have.

In the end, I had Spaghetti Ramen. Luckily it isn't in a big portion. I couldn't eat that much in the morning *really?* oh well I've been acknowledge by my families and friends that I own a stomach of "Nafsu gede, stamina loyo" [big appetite, weak stamina] HA HA HA~ They must be very frightened of me now. I always say "yes, just order it...this one too, this this and this one". I only eat a bite, the rest...you know who will finish them . HA HA HA~

LOVELY SUNDAY

Last Sunday, I canceled my date with the mom *who is still enjoying her vacation*; This morning, Let's a date with the dad. Early morning, we already left for breakfast and borrowing drove with my sister's new car. Along the way to have our breakfast, as usual the dad is the one who talk the most *political*. Though I read news everyday, still have a shallow thoughts >_<

Before we headed home, the dad also showed me some of the properties which he will likely to invest. I really admire his strong will. Really i should have a little gene from him.

I was shocked with the whitney Houston's dead as soon as I watched TV. Because the day before, I shared some thoughts with my friends about singing "I will always love you" at wedding party. 

Okay back to the main: I was bored by watching tv alone so I asked my friends to go out which they prefer after lunch time. And cooking just came through in my mind. 

Looked over the fridge and saw the left-over green onion for making kimchi last week and decided just to have korean pancake *recipe: aeri.

Crispy outside, fluffy inside and less oil in my pajeon. It's good.

And kimchi to maintain my healthy life. *it's a kimchi which my brother bought from Korea. My kimchi is still in fermentation.

Okay I am off to meet my friends now. Have a nice Sunday ^___^

MY NAPA KIMCHI

I was challenged by my sister when she said that it is not good to consume too much preservative foods. to which I always had factory made Kimchi. She suggested to make my own Kimchi instead and I hope that no one would be sent to hospital because of food poisoning he he he~

I did my Kimchi at night (8pm) and finished it by the next day (2 am). It is indeed time consuming and works. Because I am a newbie and tended to look at the notes for many times. So no photos while I was doing my Kimchi.
I followed the recipe from Aeri. Her kimchi looks promising and I also wanting my kimchi to taste good. Wish me luck! *waiting for a week fermentation*

LOW CALORIE RAMYEON

Still remember the noodles which I bought together with Bam Man Jyu and arrived just before CNY. 

The reason I bought them because of their low-calorie in-take and their alluring graphic packages. I always tempting to buy things with nice packaging which is bad ha ha ha~

I am an early person but lazy to prepare a proper breakfast.  Thanks to this Bibim-myeon, aside it takes less time preparation and filling my tummy too. 

The glass noodles doesn't need to be cook under fire but just run into cold water for 20-30 seconds. *yeah I read its instruction first - unlike my Ramen Bokki*.

Then pour in the mild spicy sauce and enjoy~.

Bokkeum Jjamppong. If I am not mistakenly translated; seafood fried noodles.

Tada~ the noodles is a bit thicker than bibim-myeon. This noodles and its vegetables needs to be cook under fire but not for long (30s - 1m). And after finished it, my lips went a little numb because of its spiciness.

Tomato Spaghetti. Because of the heavy rain, I was trapped inside the house and cook this noodles which washed away my loneliness at home.

The noodles is thin flat almost look like a rice noodles but more chewy. Its tomato sauce is so rich. I like this the best.