KOREA APR 2015.

Sooooooooooooooooooo.....its been more than a month since I came back from Korea. I told myself that I have to document down my trip in the most detailed manner possible but I have been so busy with work and ..... I don't even remember what I was busy with anymore. Haha but anyway..I should really start documenting it down before my memory become vague.

DAY 1 

 Wanted to fly on a Saturday but tickets were sold out during then. Hence we flew on a Sunday, 12 Apr. Can't remember when was the last time I was on board a SQ plane. I have been travelling via budget airlines these years because I am very budget la. Haha..budget airline seats are kinda cramp but bearable.

So....I was really excited to be on board a SQ plane again! Hehe..suaku I know.

After nearly 7 hours of journey, we finally arrived at Incheon airport at about 3pm. The first thing to do was to rent a wifi device from the airport. Can't remeber how much it was but it is not cheap. We then proceeded to purchase tickets for our bus ride to Myeondong Ibis Hotel Bus Stop..ticket cost 10 000 won per pax.

 The ride was a smooth one..along the way we spotted so many cherry blossom trees along their highway and random streets. It was really beautiful! :)

 The bus journey was about an hour and more..the moment we alighted from the bus, we could feel the cold and it was super shiok! 

I had 1 nasty pimple above my lip and one beside my eyebrow on the very first day. The pimple kinda ripe over the hours and I was VERY EMBARRASSED! The "whitehead" was already showing by the time we alighted from the bus and we still had to drag the luggage for a good 5 mins to the hotel. Passed by all the ANNEHASEIYO ladies and I felt so inferior. They must be thinking why I didnt conceal my nasty pimples. Booohooo..ok enough of my pimple story.

We stayed at Metro Hotel located at Myeongdong. We booked the hotel through expedia and paid $870 for 7 nights. I am not very pleased with the hotel because we found an empty bottle under the bed. This evidently show that they didnt vacuum the floor thoroughly or maybe they didnt even do so. Even after 7 nights, the bottle is still under the bed. -.- It may still be lying there now.

And they don't change the bedroom slippers! From my previous hotels stay experience, I always get new bedroom slippers leh? And one more bad thing is that the water comes on hot and cold...I was shampooing my hair and then the water suddenly became scalding hot. Ahhh..It could just be that we are unlucky and had a bad room.

After pointing out all negativity, we are staying there again for our Sept trip. Haha I don't want to but Ah Wee says that the walking distance of the hotel to the train station is still worth us going back for. So lets hope I don't see an empty bottle under my bed in Sept! 

Moving on........

It was already evening by the time we settled down hence we only explore the Myeongdong area on the 1st day. We settled our at dinner at Yoogane..I refused to have it in Singapore since I know I will be in Korea for the authentic one.Hehe

I quite like it but it was too spicy! Thank god that they serve free ice water!

We also tried tornado potato from the street stall. VERY NICE! It can get quite messy cause of the twirling pattern but I would definitely eat it again in Sept!

DAY 2

 The plan for day 2 was to visit Yeouido Park & Gyeongbokgung palace. 

 We purchased T-Money & took train from places to places. Ah Wee as usual was the walking directory. I can count on him to give me directions..hahaha I can't remember the directions to Yeouido Park now. I only remember we took the train, alighted at the wrong station and had a long walk before we finally reach the beautiful park.

 

I look very warmly dressed but I was still super cold! The wind was soooo strong and I was literally freezing. Brrrrrr....we intially considered this place to be one of the location for our outdoor shoot but decided not to cause there are too many people. It almost impossible to get a shot without getting photobomb.

The messiness of my hair can prove how strong the wind was. Haha my contact lens felt like it was dropping out many times cause my eyes was so dry.


We spent at least 2 hours there but never complete the park cause we snapped countless pictures! Had to leave otherwise we won't have enough time for Gyeongbokgung palace.



Passed by a hotel that I mistook for Fullerton Hotel. But it looks exactly like Fullerton!

Took a train to Gwanghwamun Station.

Hehe numerous attempts in trying to get a good picture with King Sejong. This is like the landmark and most people may recognise it as its like a meeting place for Korean variety shows.

Pretty flowers along the streets! ^^


Like many tourist, we decided to have lunch at the famous Tosokchon for Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup) thats nearby. It was about lunchtime when we arrived and there was already a queue forming. But we were seated in less than 10 minutes so yay to that!

 15 000 won each



 Since the weather was so cold, I really appreciate having piping hot soup for lunch!

I hope we still get to do this when we are old~

如果 命运可以订做
如果 有另一次选择
我想我 还是会 把手让你紧握
快乐地陪你去坎坷

就算 你有天变落魄
就算 你老得不能动
我想我 还是会 挽着你看日落
你的心疼在泪光中

嘴巴上 彼此嫌麻烦
眼神中 关怀那么满
没说爱 却早已认定一辈子的伴

在人前 从来不浪漫
在心中 却总为对方打算
最懂的人最暖的伴

就算 我以后变囉嗦
就算 我老了有病痛
我想你 还是会 照顾我到最后
隐藏脆弱不眠不休

没有辛酸 没有遗憾
什么是陪伴 什么是心安 你是答案

 

WEDDING PLANNING

My last post was in December!! I have always wanted to blog but I will always end up doing other things like doing taobao shopping which can take up an entire day. I was pretty occupied with year end closing in Dec and Jan. Then come the Lunar New Year in February and now we are already into the 3rd month of 2015!

We finally confirmed out wedding venue. This is like the biggest and toughest to do list in our wedding preparation list. We wanted the wedding to be as intimate as possible but to limit the no. of attendees is also a big headache. Its pretty difficult to keep the no. of attendess below 100 considering his relatives is quite a big pool. We were inclined with buffet style but at the same time didn't want something too sloppy since it is a once in a lifetime thing. But we are also not willing to spent on hiring vendors for decor which can cost a bomb. This is getting so troublesome....

So we were pretty much stuck in between nowhere. We were so demoralised because we spent so much time every weekend to do research but we always ended up with no conclusion.


Then one day, we decided that we should go ahead with our initial choice at "Si Chuan Dou Hua" at UOB plaza. The food review of the resaturant is on the good side but we didnt quite like the layout. The sitting layout is too scattered hence we decided to call off the idea after our 2nd visit there. Phew....we were so close to signing the contract.

We then continue with our recce and finally settled at Mandarin Orchard. This venue has way exceeded our initial budget. The wedding package is also nothing attractive as compared to other hotels but we really like the atmosphere and the ballroom. As ours is a smaller scale hence most of the hotel's ballrooms are pretty small in size. But the ballroom at MO looks pretty spacious for the no. of tables we are looking at. So YAY!


On a side note, the wedding coordinator is really friendly and I like her service! She also look so much like Grace! :p I felt so comfortable speaking to her! :)

Will settle the guest list and other sutffs at a later date! Our focus now will be to plan for our Seoul trip next month. We are finally less than a month away! Not too sure how the photos will turn out but I just want to have tons of fun! ^^

HE TURNED 26.

Happy birthday my love! :)

Spent the day at his house researching for our accomodation for Korea which is gonna happen in 6 mths time. I am so excited for the trip! 6 mths is still a long way but there are quite a bit of things to prep before the trip. So thankful that its happening.

Till then, good night.

XOXO

Off to Bangkok! October 2014.

Its Monday tomorrow! But it won't be a blue Monday since I'll be flying off to Bangkok in wee

hours of Tuesday! :) Mommy has been wanting to go to Bangkok but it never really cross my mind to bring here there. Cause Taiwan will always be my priority. Haha..

But since this year will be over real soon and I thought why not just utilise a few more days of my leave. If not I'll be left with alot of leave to clear next year. Sounds good but sometimes you cant even find a good time to go on leave. Because you keep feeling like you have tons of things to do! But I learn to take it easy now. Just GO if need be!

On a happy note, Ah Wee is coming along with us. Haha seriously I think he is tagging along because he kept nagging at me that its so unsafe for me & my Mom to travel alone to BKK. Gonna be the first time the 3 of us travel tgt! =D

This year passed too quickly. But it was an eventful year for me.

Cause it was the year of my proposal! :) Time flies man, its been 6 months since my proposal.

 I kept forgetting to put on my ring for the first 2 months?  Haha, then Ah Wee wld jokingly ask me "you single ah!?" -.-'' I don't have the habit of wearing ring ma.

But now I can remember to put my ring on whenever I head out. But I only wear the ring to work on Fridays though. I just didnt want the ring to go through too much "wear & tear" for now. Haha, so Friday is the best day to wear it since Friday is always the more "relaxing" day for a weekday.

Time check: 11.22pm

Time to sleep!

xoxo.