i'm so jealous. haha.
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!!
Day 1:
arrived at incheon internation ariport!
on the bus to the dreamtel, our hostel…
taken on the bus..
arrival at dreamtel!
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…
en route to the gyeongbok palace..
reached!
korean kids!
our tour guide (rarely see her though..)
Gyeongbok Palace (at the palace gates)
with ZP
Taken with the palace big drum.
with ZP
one of the many palaces
the main grand palace
Mr Hendri posing
the teachers! in korean costumes!
this palace has a splendid scenery!
Some demo ceremony at the palace
Palace design
The mistresses’ palace
Nice greenery around the palace
At the national folk museum! the 12 chinese zodiacs
Outside the National Folk Museum (it’s more photogenic out here than in the museum…)!
National Folk Musuem
with Shiqah (:
National Folk Museum
Group Photo
National Folk Museum
The teachers!
Nice scenery!!
Cute korean kids!
Nice scenery! (still at the folk museum)
exchange programme at hanyoung foreign language high school. these students are insanely hardworking! their school hours are 7am to 10-11pm leh! omg. crazy!
in our hostel room!
Day 2:
the korean war memorial! so nice view!
our lunch at some italian cafe!
visit to Fraser suites, singaporean enterprise in korea! (the tall building is the fraser suites tower)
inside the building. it’s so high-class man! costs a bomb to have a one-night stay there!
taken on the balcony of one of their penthouse suites.
their rooftop golf driving range!
after that, we went to the insadong shopping district!
free hug! they have it here too!! haha.
Day 3:
started the day off with morning walk!
went uphill!!
with the halal ladies (:
solo.
koreans exercising early in the morning!
on the way back to dreamtel!
taking the subway to the CBD area!
teachers buying train tickets for us.
on the train!
we went to the river in seoul’s CBD! this river was sealed off initially, then restored again recently!
lydia and i. we were pointing to TOM’s cafe. haha. it’s an insider thing…but put it simply, i’m also known as TOM during the trip. lydia, aka my best friend, is known as jerry. haha.
AISYAH. GOOOOO!
jeng yang, the funniest guy on the trip!
copycat!
some brazillian tv interview! taken in the middle of a random interview. omg! they interviewed me too!! i’m on TV!! i’m on TV!!!…somewhere in brazil! haha.
isn’t this shot nice or what..? i’m so artistic! haha!
with nadiah!
with fatin!
with zp!
the scenery’s too nice…so pardon me for taking so many photos! haha. what shown here is only a fraction of the original number of photos taken..ha!
mr hendri praying for the safety of everyone in the group! (LOL just kidding!! i took this photo when he was rapidly shaking to activate the heat pack in his hands.)
this is so cool! it’s a time telling thingy! (there’s a name for it..i know i know! just can’t remember now..)
coffee bean building! so cool.
taken outside a public toilet. haha. interesting…
kopitiam? in korea?? cool sia.
korean graffiti
dunkin donuts is everywhere in seoul!!
we took the subway to almost everywhere we went..
en route to the han river cruise dock..
look, shermaine! pigeons in korea are fatter than those in singapore, but they’re just as slow and stupid. haha.
the dock area!
kite flying! ying xin’s kite!!
she flies like a pro! haha.
On the way to Seoul Forest (Han River Cruise)
taken with Nadiah (:
nice view.
ms lim!
Seoul Forest! (en route)
deers!
this one licked my fingers!
with lydia (aka. jerry, aka. angelina, aka. best friend) haha..
Crossing the road over to the other side of Seoul Forest!
Jumpshot on the Bridge!!
Ching Kit, Ying Xin and me!
so heartwarming…
Seoul Forest! (So many branches!!)
Seoul Forest
with Ying Xin! (:
Seoul Forest
with Shiqah, Lydia, Nadiah, Azimah
Seoul Forest
Derek, Zhao Peng & Azimah
Sunset at just 4pm!
Double-biking with Ian.
with Ian
seoul forest…
posing with an arm
great dinner at dongdaemun! it’s some shrimp baked rice i think.
we walked, walked, climbed and climbed….to the cable car station so that we can go up to the seoul tower.
BUT….the cable car station was not operating!!!!! grrr. we started waiting for the bus up to the tower…we waited for more than 30 mins!!! in the end we decided to split up into 2 groups. the first (which is the 1 i’m in) will go back down to dongdaemun for shopping. the other group (less than 5 ppl) went on a hike up to seoul tower…
ms audrey lim’s shoes….see how bored we were!
girls’ time!
Day 4:
Police prepping up for the ongoing protest at the urban planning government building
the protestants
police positioning themselves further down…
the protest is taking ages…so it’s LUNCH TIME for the policemen!! hahaha. this is so funny!
our lunch…mac!
mr hendri
doing work while eating! see…so hardworking!
our dessert (at baskin robbins)
ordering ice-cream!
group shot at BR!
our ice-cream!! (before)
and after..!!
BR serviette!
Myeongdong (Shopping mall!)
Day 5:
i didn’t take any photos with my cam here! we mostly hanged around in the DMZ area, which forbids photo-taking. we took a group photo though, but it’s not with me.. ):
anyhows, here’s a pic with me (at the binoculars viewing area where we can look over to north korea), and some others just to fill the gap. (:
Day 6:
At the hyundai motor company!
a demo engine.
me.
classified images! the hyundai assembly line!
hundreds and hundreds of cars waiting to board to ship to SINGAPORE.
hyundai ship building industry!
Day 7:
Olympic Park
ZP, Ching Kit, Ian, Jeng Yang & me
whoops. my hair’s messy. haha
so many flags!!! omg. nice view.
Lagging behind (on the opp of road) cos i’m the camera man…
Lotte Departmental Store! (posing outside lotte world, sadly we didn’t go in..)
Lotte Departmental Store (:
Our lunch! Ginseng chicken!
On the way back from Lotte World (lagging behind again…)
Parktel (stuck in between the revolving door thanks to Aisyah and gang. haha)
My luggage before departing korea (after shopping and more shopping).
leaving korea…lunch on board!
that’s the end!! so many pics right..?!! haha. that’s only a fraction man. haha. i had to sieve through hundreds and hundreds (possibly thousands) of photos man! grr. haha.
anyhows, time for a conclusion! i promise i’ll make it short and sweet! alright here goes:
i miss korea!! and i love korea!
Posted: Monday, 8 December 2008 | 4:40 pm | Chronicles.