hi guys!

 
Korea!! (:

i’ve been so busy these days..

organising photos, planning the video presentation and much more stuff…

i’ll blog a post on the korea trip soon, once i’ve finished with the photos.

anyways, i just got myself the ipod classic 120gb to replace my year-old 30gb video!! after so long….zzZ.

finally, i can sync all my music onto the new ipod! no more listening to songs on my com! but i burnt yet another hole in my wallet. grr. this will be the last big item i’ll spent this hols, i promise myself. (:

alright, till then…
derek (:

Edited: Saturday, 6 December 200810:01 pm

seoul good, seoul wonderful!

well, it seems like there is a lot i could say, but i just don’t know where and how to begin. the whole trip wasn’t exactly perfect, but nevertheless, it was a great and definitely memorable one.

first day, the flight was a rather bumpy one. and i discovered fatin’s fear of flying. it was her first time flying and she clinged onto my wrist so tightly when we took off and whenever there’s turbulence.. haha.  alright…we reached seoul early in the morning. korean time is just 1 hour faster than sg, there wasn’t really any jet lag. anyways, the weather there was very cooling and comfortable.

alright. i’ll let the photos do the talking for me! trust me, if a photo was a thousand words, it’ll mean this post is multi-million words long. haha.

Day 0:

playing games on the plane!!

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Day 1:

arrived at incheon internation ariport!

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on the bus to the dreamtel, our hostel…

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taken on the bus..

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arrival at dreamtel!

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breakfast! (it’s cold and stale!!! zzZ. this will be our breakfast for the next few days..until we leave dreamtel for parktel.)

down the table shot…

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en route to the gyeongbok palace..

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reached!

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korean kids!

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our tour guide (rarely see her though..)

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Gyeongbok Palace (at the palace gates)
with ZP

at the palace...with the guards!

Taken with the palace big drum.
with ZP

at the palace...with the palace drum

Derek

one of the many palaces

the palace.

the main grand palace

another palace

Mr Hendri posing

mr hendri's fashion pose.

the teachers! in korean costumes!

the korean warriors!

this palace has a splendid scenery! (more…)

Edited: Monday, 8 December 20084:40 pm

hello!

busy busy busy!!

i am so busy organising stuff.

i’m so looking forward to the inthumkorea BBQ gathering! (:

seeyoupeople!

Edited: Friday, 12 December 200811:07 pm

shoutbacks!

SHIQAH: yup he’s in the video team what. hahaha. i think the chances the video will be featured is quite high! hahaha. what’s wrong with miley cyrus..? i’m neutral towards her. okay alright, for the sake of SHIQAH here, i’ve changed my blog song (which i usually change weekly) to a new one. and this time, don’t tell me u don’t like renee sandstrom okay! haha. (:


NADIAH: I am too! haha. hope everything goes well. i’m well-known for my very bad record for organising stuff!

Edited: Saturday, 13 December 20088:49 pm

=D!

at the BBQ area!!

yesterday was the inthumkorea 1st official outing! a bbq gathering! i had quite a lot of fun i must say….thanks to aisyah’s great party organising skills. haha. (:

alright, here goes my thankyou list to everyone for making this 1st gathering an enjoyable one! =)

 

 

SHIQAH!

SHIQAH: bringing the delicious chicken wings! and….also for your patience and initiative in asking for stuff to be done  right away. haha. (:

 

SCARY AISYAH! haha.

AISYAH: for the wonderful sandwiches you brought, for the exciting games u planned (which reminds me….SHIQAH REMOVE THOSE PICTURES!!!) and also for the ghost story! ha!

 

nadiah! (: (:

NADIAH: the beehoon!! omg! superb stuff. haha. two thumbs up for that! (: and…also for your patience too!

 

LYDIA (and NADIAH)!

LYDIA: the fries and hotdog! thanks thanks!

 

AZIMAH! her forfeit for musical chair...to be OSCAR from sesame street. haha.

AZIMAH: fishballs and crabsticks (which i didn’t know could be eaten uncooked! haha. i’d prefer the BBQ-ed ones though!!)

 

AMIRAH's forteit...(to massage jeng yang!) haha...

AMIRAH: the marshmellows (although it wasn’t halal, but it’s alright!! i BBQ-ed a few myself and they were delicious! thanks for that!)

 

YING XIN and her forfeit. haha. some cute jump..lol. haha.

YING XIN: thanks for the snacks! (:

 

ABIGAIL AND CHINGKIT!

ABIGAIL AND CHINGKIT: THANKS FOR HELPING US WITH THE BBQ!! and also, thanks ching kit, for helping me prepare and bring stuff down from my house. and yet another “also”…for helping me with shopping at cold storage! (: thanks guys!!

 

ZP

ZHAOPENG: for helping me bring stuff down. and also helping out with the MUSIC during the games.

 

JING CHENG

hiongyong

Jeng Yang

 

JING CHEN and HIONG YONG and JENG YANG: for the snacks and much-needed drinks! thanks!

 

chee yew

CHEE YEW: for rushing down even though he’s busy and just came back from malaysia!

 

YAY!

=)

~ we were meant to be…making a memory ~

Edited: Sunday, 21 December 20089:44 pm

Lonely day

I had the whole of yesterday and today alone at home. It is quite boring I’ve to say…

I managed to kill some boredom by doing a bit of math. Then I started trying out new apps I bought from the apple store. There’s this very super über cool app called ocarina. It’s basically a very realistic “wind” instrument. I put the quote there cos technically it isn’t a wind instrument as it is electronically activated by blowing into the mic. It’s kinda hard to explain it in words. It’s like…one of the many things to you’ve to experience for yourself in order to know how it is like. Or perhaps, it’s just that my command of English sucks so much that I can’t even pen down a simple expression. Haha.

Anyways my aunt will be coming over again with takeaway dinner she bought. Haha. Kinda nice for her to come over. she’ll be staying overnight I guess. It’s convenient for her cos her workplace is just down the street from my place. Oh..on top of the dinner, I’ll be having the usual serving of nadiah’s beehoon. (: I realized I’ve been raving about her noodles a lot. Haha..can’t be helped, it’s simply too nice.

Okay I’ll stop writing here. Btw, I’ve 2 more gigs coming up. Will update again.

Till then,
Derek

Edited: Monday, 22 December 20087:02 pm

Hi!

Merry Christmas everybody!

Edited: Thursday, 25 December 200812:34 am

replies..

celebrated noel’’s belated birthday yesterday.

we went to check out the new JP. it was quite big. we walked around the basement and 1st floor, checking out the many art and gift shops.

in one of the shops, i thought i saw my PAE classmate working as a shop assistant. i am not sure if that’s her though. she was like…staring at me for quite some time, then i looked at her and she looked away. so i was like…is that really her..? lol. anyways, the new JP is quite big. (did i mention this already? haha. sorry for my stm).

hmmmm..oh yea! my family came back from taiwan yesterday morning. haha. they brought back cartons of snacks and goodies! (:

ahh. speaking of which, i miss the silence that i’ve enjoyed for the past week or so…haha. but it’s great to see them back safe and sound.

alrights, i’ve ran out of stuff to say. so i guess i’ll stop here.

shoutbacks (which are long overdue…sorry! hehe.)

  • SHIQAH // haha. i love food! esp nadiah’s homemade food. haha. i eat a lot but i still don’t get fat…i want to be fatter! lol! i was a good host who likes to run away? lol. i am running away from you! haha. you’re so fierce (whether you’re acting or not)! haha. even zhaopeng is scared of you that time. lol!
  • SHIQAH (again) // okay. thanks. haha. u didn’t put up your own picture of you and hiongyong!! zzZ. put it up leh!
  • nadiah // haha. i tried shiqah’s chicken wings. they were great! lol. i have a feeling it’s only a starter dish and she has a whole stash of other great-tasting food hidden at home. haha. we should have a picnic one day! haha.
  • kahwang, SHIQAH, nadiah // happy (very very belated) christmas and a happy new year! =D
  • HuiyanZ // i have not forgotten about it! OG outing planning is underway. zihui is planning it with me. we’re going to have it in jan, when everyone has more time. (:

Edited: Sunday, 28 December 20089:20 pm