Back home

就这样，
我回来了~
心，
却似乎还在首尔~
很不踏实，
需要时间重新调整~

Korea (Week4) - 200709 till 250709

星期一 200709
如愿以偿到南大门去，可是，失望了~
因为，南大门除了是Ajuma（auntie)的地盘，
也是旅客观光地。
衣服鞋子手饰，不是太auntie-style，就是太贵。
还好，到最后给我捞到一些些纪念品……
之后，
到서울역（首二地铁站）的Lotte Mart（supermarket）去买“土产”
买韩国泡菜、紫菜……
Okaylar...我那天是名副其实的外国旅客~

星期二 210709
今天是个大热天！总算给我盼到太阳公公了~
所以呢，去了景福宫……旁边的博物馆
踏进博物馆的一刻，我马上记起：
这个地方，我7年前来过~
就是那个博物馆咯~ =____=
之后，
到景福宫……门前拍照
然后，去삼청각(Samcheongkak)逛逛
我以为它是个很棒的古老街坊，结果
期望越大，失望越大……
对我而言，它还不如宏大……
最后吃了怪怪的국밥 kuk-bab，直接翻译为“汤饭”
就是将一碗白饭，倒进热乎乎的牛肉汤，一起吃~
饭后，吃贵贵的waffle~

星期三 220709
烹饪办学做 안동찜닭 （Andong-Zzim-Dak 安东蒸鸡）
呃……酱油放太多，
咸死啦！
……
下课后，因为得帮nus的学姐做事，
所以牺牲了我的星期三，没出门，留在宿舍上网赶工~
=(

星期四 230709
中午，
和同房姐姐去新村吃烤三层肉，
为了感谢她一个月来的照顾，我请客~
下午，
何Buddy去Abkujeong吃越南面
晚上，吃红豆冰
在车站，作最后的道别~
感谢她，每个星期都抽空陪我到处走走吃吃~

星期五 240709
韩文考试
笔试、口试、听力加理解文~
三个半小时内，一口气考完四项考试~
结束后，
就是结业礼+欢送了！
感谢洪老师……
感谢金老师……

毕业后~
我再一次如愿以偿，终于去了宏大的《咖啡王子一号店》！！
Yipppeeee~
照片嘛……等等吧……
晚上，
也终于逛了逛宏大
真的，比起梨大，我比较喜欢宏大~

星期六 250709
在同房姐姐的帮忙下，好不容易收拾好行李
得和延大说拜拜了~
好心的同房姐姐还帮忙到最后一刻，确保我们都上德士、巴士、飞机~
匆匆的上德士离开宿舍，对她，我很抱歉~

在巴士上，和Homestay Family通了电话，突然很想哭~
在机场，用快没电了的电话和Buddy传简讯，突然很不舍~
上飞机那一刻，给同房姐姐发最后一则短讯，电话没电自动关机，我，
是该离开了~
同时把这4个星期美好的回忆，一并带走~

Korea (Week3) - 130709 till 190709

星期一 130709
陪朋友到江南一带“探星”
探那颗星呢？
就是饰演《花样男子》智厚学长，金贤重的男子团体————SS501
可是，
只有地址，完全没其他资料
连该在那个地铁站下车也不知道
可想而知，白跑一趟了~

星期二 140709
下好大的雨！！！
大家竟然都躲在房间睡觉~
没出门……晚餐吃外卖~
韩国的外卖服务真的很多，24小时，各式各样任你点
可是，下雨的话嘛……有些外卖实不送的……

星期三 150709
上烹饪课，学做“잡채 杂菜”和“팥양갱 红豆agar-agar”
嗯，味道有点走样~
杂菜还好，agar-agar太甜了~

晚上，去看韩国传统表演，免费~
名为“판 Pan”
是以敲打乐，声唱，舞蹈等韩国民间传统表演所组成
我呢，
喜欢！！！

宵夜，
吃好吃的炸鸡！
哈，会肥的~

星期四 160709
和buddy到홍대Hongdae（宏大）去“约会”
哈哈！
去了喝咖啡、吃松饼
原以为是韩剧《咖啡王子一号店》的拍摄剧场，
可是，搞错了，去了冒牌的2号店~
算了，松饼好吃就好=）
接着，buddy带去吃希腊餐
哦……高档饮食~

宏大嘛，和梨大一样，是在一所大学前面的街道
可是，我觉得宏大比较高尚、比较多咖啡厅、酒吧和夜店
而梨大，比较朴素、廉价
嗯，我就比较宏大~虽然那里物价比较高一点
哦，鞋子除外~

星期五 170709
下雨~
午餐，炸鸡~ 还是superjunior代言的~
雨，继续下~
去충무로 Chungmuro 地铁站附近的传统韩屋村
试穿韩服，还是新娘装~
拍了近半小时的照
雨，越下越大~
两只脚和鞋都湿透了，可还继续走
到明洞去，可下雨，没什么可买的
只吃了Mr Pizza的Mr Pizza Special
就这样，在雨中度过了冷冷湿湿的星期五……

星期六 180709
早上到宏大去，却迷了路~
还下着雨~
幸好我学乖了，穿拖鞋出门，
才比较没那么恶心拖着湿透透的包鞋到处走
午餐，吃了삼격살————三层肉
呵呵，三层肉，油油的
可是烤到热热包上生菜，在冷天往嘴巴送去嚼
呼~

下午，两天一夜的Homestay正式开始
到韩国人的家去拜访、过夜~
全程99%用韩语沟通，真是考我听力和口语呀！
Homestay的经验，真的是无价的~
因为和韩国家庭住在一个屋檐下，
学习用餐礼仪、学玩韩国传统游戏윷놀이(Yiuk-nori)、
晚上铺棉被睡地板，
让我深深体会和学习他们的语言和文化。
原本以为独自呆在人家的家过夜会很尴尬别扭，
NoNo~ 他们人太好了，让我很快融入他们当中~

星期日 190709
早上，还在Homestay~
吃了正统的韩式早餐————白饭、煎鱼、豆芽、泡菜……
然后跟着Homestay的妹妹和弟弟，
去宏大吃 녹차빙수 Nokcha-bingsu （绿茶冰）
yummy~
哦！终于让我看到《咖啡王子1号店了》！！
真真正正的1号店！！！
因为没时间，所以没进去看，哎……

吃了绿茶冰，就和Homestay Family道别了~
可真有点不舍~ 两天一夜太短了啦！

晚上，重返明洞，买些东西~
在一次吃那里好吃的冬菇粥~

Korea (Week2) - Sunday 120709

中午，下雨。

新村，参鸡汤 삼계탕 Sam-kye-tang。
热乎乎的，有营养！

Coex Mall again~
它真得很大
大到我迷路
找不到拜五那天看到的精品店
-_________-'''

晚餐，사당 Sadang 地铁站附近吃
回宿舍~

Korea (Week2) - Saturday 110709

果真感冒了~
和朋友去新村吃了午餐后，
就自己回宿舍~~

p/s:
Etude House's BB Cream, is it really that good?

Korea (Week2) - Friday 100709

和Buddy去逛亚洲最大的购物中心————Coex Mall
位于 삼성 Samseong ，附近便是贸易中心
人多、商店多、价钱也不便宜
嗯……
长得有点像Bugis Junction，只是打了很多
一天，走不完……

一直这样windowshopping实在有点无趣，
Buddy姐姐带我去那里的水族馆看海洋生物~
嗯……
不比圣淘沙的海底世界大，可是很“可爱好玩”
可能它的Target年龄层是幼稚园和小学的弟弟妹妹罢~

因为buddy老师请客，这回晚餐就我请了
简简单单的西餐，就花了上百块马币
嗯……
久久一次请客，okay lar……

晚餐后，我就到明洞去会其他朋友
大伙儿是个人，浩浩荡荡去南山塔 남산타워 Namsan Tower (N Tower)
看韩剧的朋友，应该知道这个地方
没错
就是《花样男子》具俊表和金丝草第一次的约会地点
他们被困在缆车里的 첫날밥
还有那架咖啡贩卖机，真的又在那里哦！
咖啡我没喝，照片到是照了不少！

言归正传，南山塔~
是情侣们常去的地方
上到南山，情侣们都会带上锁头，
将自己的山盟海誓写在上面，所在南山塔下的围栏
那里的锁头的数量十多的壮观~~~
据说每个月（还是每几个月），工作人员就会来清锁头/围栏~
韩国MBC Variety Show "We Got Married 우리 결혼했어요"
Sinee/Alex 和 Hwangbo/Hyunjoong(是的，又是金贤重）曾到此一游
锁上彼此的锁头~~

花了韩币14,800，买了两张票，
才上到南上塔的观景楼
嗯，就像是我们的吉隆坡塔咯~
愿意再服多点钱，就可以上旋转楼吃晚餐……

多亏了《花样男子》，
这趟南山之旅很有趣……
可是，山上风大，我好像感冒了~

Korea (Week2) - Thursday 090709

又是去新村和梨大
干吗？
朋友要去“扫购”化妆品！！

我之前好想提过，
韩国人每天出门前化妆是必要的！
所以，大街小巷都在卖化妆品
每个品牌点还有著名韩兴代言哦！
举例：

1）The Face Shop - 배용준 裴勇俊
2）Nature Republic - Rain
3) Etude House - 이민호 李敏鎬 （花样男子的“具俊表”/道明寺）
4）Tonymoly - 김현중 金贤重 （花样男子的“尹智厚学长”/花泽类）

每购买，通常会附送赠品
比如说，明星代言人的明信片、文件夹、海报……
哈！

Korea (Week2) - Wednesday 080709

一周一次的烹饪课~
今天学做 떡야채 닭갈비 （Rice Cake + Vege + Chicken "Ribs")
好吃！！！
（我饿了~）

放学后嘛，哪儿都没去
晚餐，宿舍解决~

Korea (Week2) - Tuesday 070709

终于到东大门去了
可是好像没去到更加有名声的“东大门市场”
据说那里得凌晨去，才能买到便宜货
可当然，若让店家知道你是外国人，就不会那么便宜了
-____________-'''

接着，去了明洞 명동 (Myeong-dong)
也是个购物天堂
可价钱方面就没梨大和东大门那儿便宜了

在明洞吃了蘑菇粥，
哦……实在是太太太好吃了！
虽然贵了点（韩币8,000 约马币24）……

Korea (Week2) - Monday 060709

第二周开始……

上完课后，到광화문（光化门）的교보문고 （Kyobo Bookstore）逛
买了韩文版的《小王子》和两本钢琴书
以我现在的程度，《小王子》是看不懂的
但愿有这么一天，我可以将这本书看完。

之后，到 신사 Sinsha 逛逛
虽然不是什么名牌街，那里的商店，
卖的衣服鞋子服饰，是贵到我不敢走进去看……
真的，只是Window Shopping罢了~

过后，试着到更高档的 압구정 Abkujung 去
可是找不着路，最后甚至迷路
饶了许久才返道回府~

Korea (Week1) - Sunday 050709

一整天不外出
睡觉睡到十一点多
同房姐姐午餐请吃甜辣酱鸡和炸鸡
晚餐自己在宿舍解决
休息~

Korea (Week1) - Saturday 040709

因为太累了，睡到10点才起床，哈哈哈……
和Buddy约好1230pm在新村见面。
因为没自己搭过巴士去新村，11点半就出门了。
嗯，搭巴士，不难嘛~
:p

在新村吃午餐，Buddy介绍的
吃了韩国有名的Bulgogi（像蒸牛肉）
好吃……可有点贵，8,000韩币（RM24)
Buddy请客哟~

午饭后，随便逛了逛百货商店，
就say byebye to buddy了

我呢，就自个儿搭地铁去东大门运动场
Meet其他朋友，一起去看演出————《Break Out》Dance Comedy
前阵子去过新加坡演出，电视常登广告
就是那群穿监牢服、跳街舞的那个。
舞跳得好，又超爆笑的，
赞啊！！！
有机会，值得再看一次~

然后，去仁寺洞 인사동(Yin-sa-dong)
...(oppsss要出去了，待续……）

Korea (Week1) - Friday 030709

放学后，到新村吃麦当劳。
特别的有，Bulgogi Burger （牛肉）和 Sae-wu Burger （虾仁汉堡）
价钱方面嘛，套餐4,400韩币（RM13.30）；汉堡3，400韩币（RM10.30）
比较贵吧……

之后，去 Lotte World 游乐场。
户外的，比云顶小一点；室内和First World大小差不多，可是比较多样化。

第一站，
还好~ 稍微被甩几下罢了~

第二站，
海盗船。以前和弟弟坐过一次，坐在中间没什么。
这次是坐在最尖端倒数第二排，天！！！跌下来时连“啊”都喊不出~

第三站，
大型海盗船。
我为什么会上去？！！！
同样的，跌下来失去重心的感觉，我不喜欢……很难受……
哈，我算是创纪录了~

晚到傍晚，吃了黑黑甜甜的炸酱面 자장면 Jjajangmyeon
过后因为下雨，没得玩。
就回宿舍咯~

（等些时候放些照片！）

Korea (Week1) - Thursday 020709

凌晨开始下起骤雨，好冷好冷~
一起床，同房就开始抱怨外面的雨，说如果是“台风”，学校放假那该多好~
哈……
其实那雨下得虽大，常年在热带雨林国家生活惯了，倒不觉得怎样~

因为下雨，取消了和Buddy的“约会”
原本想和她一起吃饭然后到处观光的……

因为下雨，哪儿都不能去
大伙儿就提议去梨大附近的理发院，韩文为“美容室 미용실 Mi-yong-sil”
据说，韩国的烫发技术比较好，尤其是卷发和接发
而且比较便宜
电卷发，我这种长度、比较薄一点的，大约25,000韩币（约75马币），效果一流。
揭发，从肩膀再长一点接到我这种长度，大约75,000韩币（约225马币）。
所以说，
若要到韩国来，先别去弄头发，到了韩国再弄~

Korea (Week1) - Wednesday 010709

Afternoon, Korean Cooking Class...
Learnt to make 불고기 김치 비빔밥 (Fried Beef + Kimchi Bibimbap)
Yummy yummy~

After lessons, went to shop~
In front of YiHwa Women University; short-formed Yidae 이대 梨大
Coz it's a girl school, the entire area in front of it became a shopping paradise.
Streets full of shops selling clothes, shoes, bags, etc...
And the prices are normally between 5,000 to 15,000 Won (RM15 - 45)
At the end, bought myself a shirt and pants=)

Another interesting scene in Korea is that:
Almost all girls put make-up
and hence,
cosmetic shops like TheFaceShop, SkinFood, NaturalRepublic etc are EVERYWAY
and according to friends (coz i never bought cosmetic before),
the prices are cheap...
Sometimes, the same brand is half the price in Singapore...
Wow~
And coz it is very competitive among the cosmetic shops,
they will give out samples, esp during evening and night.
Just take the basket from the salesgirl at front door,
go in and walk one round,
come out with the samples in the basket.
Sometimes, can get postcard or poster or files with celebrity on it,
such as 裴勇俊 and Kim Hyeon Joon from SS501 （韩版流星花园花样男子的花泽类）
=)

Evening after dinner, went for Ais Kacang,
called 밭빙수 Pat-Bingsu in korean
Very special, coz they add cereal, fruits and rice cake (韩版炒年糕的年糕）
Buy one free one, big bowl~
Phew~~

Korea (Week1) - Tuesday 300609

Lessons at Yonsei University Korean Language Institute start...
I was quite surprised to learn new grammar here,
'coz our Korean tutor in NUS said we won't be learning new stuffs,
mostly revise and practise only~
Anyway, learning new stuffs is exciting!

Didn't go out with friends after school
'coz was meeting my buddy in the afternoon, at dorm.
Nice girl, I feel that she is one with strong personalities.
Slim, Short Hair...named 박수빈 Park Su Bin=)

Since she is older than me, I call her Eonni (Big Sis)
And this is actually the Korean "culture" to greet elders and seniors
Either call them 선배 (Seon-Bae 前辈；学长、学姐) or more close can call:
1) Girls calling girls: 언니 Eonni/Unni
2) Girls calling guys: 오빠 Obba (should say it in a "sweet" way:p)
3) Guys calling girls: 누나 Noona
4) Guys calling guys: 형 Hyeong

Those much older persons can call them:
1) Uncle: 아저씨 Ajeossi
2) Aunty: 아주머니 Ajoomeoni
3) Anyone older, with a post or profession, eg teachers, doctors, bus and taxi drivers, security guards: 선생님 Seonsaengnim

Should never miss out all these when addressing or calling others
If not, it's seen as impolite and rude...

Korea (Week1) - Monday 290609

SCHOOL!!!

Well i'm on a 4 weeks immersion program
have to complete 100hrs Korean Language lessons in Yonsei University
and some cultural activities, like
having a Korean buddy called 도우미 (Do-wu-mi, literally means "helper"),
and home-stay during the 3rd weekends
sounds exciting!!!

Had a placement test at 930am
Haha...
I didn't really study for the test
based on memory lor~
anyway it's not so important...no marks counted into CAPS...

Btw our teacher is 홍윤혜 선생님 Hong Yun Hye
Looks "mother-ly" =)
First day school, 4 hrs class,
not bad~

After school, went to Sinchon 新村 for lunch
ate 물냉면 Moor-Naeng-Myeon （“水冷面”）
Well...it's cold noodles, taste okay
but not used to cold stuff...
Oh, that ahjuma knows how to speak Mandarin
funny

Later, went 용산 Yongsan 龙山 to buy some electronic appliances
they have cheap stuffs like electronic dictionary, 2nd-hand handphone etc
bought myself a 2nd-hand handphone
cost me 30,000 Won (RM90)
Finally got a phone, but...
couldn't get a prepaid card yet...
and no charger too...
haiz still can't call back home...

Yongsan, really a nice place to shop for electronic
they call it e-Market (electronic-market)
entire area with several buildings full of electronic shops
and the prices are cheap too~

Night, back to Sinchon for dinner
ate McDonald 맥도날드 chicken burger
not cheap though...

ha...first day!!

Korea (Day1) - Sunday 280609

Woke up at 3am in the morning
Finally everything is packed into 2 luggages
Dad drive me to Changi Airport, with all mum, bro and my aunt
tired~not enough sleep coz was watching Boys Over Flower the night before

Reached Changi at 6am
Met 2 friends from NUS at 630am and check-in together
My luggages are 28kg in total!!

Went for breakfast with family before taking off
Ha
can't believe that I'm actually leaving for Korea on myself
...

Board the plane at 8am
taking Cathay Pacific
departed at 830am, no delay
arrived at Hong Kong around 12noon, no delay
have a quick lunch, chicken rice in the airport
departed again around 3+, flight delayed due to rain
finally...
Reached Incheon International Airport around 730pm (local time is 1hr ahead)
phew~ so tiring...
got a bit heaty, 37.4deg Celcius
luckily can pass thru the temperature checking
these days...A(H1N1) is terrible...

Reach Korea, and the adventure started
Firstly, got to buy mineral water to cool myself down
Ha, i used Korean to buy things. First time, and succeeded=)
Then we have to buy bus tickets to the hostel
called Mu-ak dormitory in Yonsei University
Beatrice was well-prepared, mission completed
and we got on to the bus safely.

On the bus, I realised sth wrong~
and Digi was not working !!!
meaning i couldn't call and sms back home to inform parents
no choice, borrow Beatrice's phone (Thanks a lot)

After 1hr travel, we reached Sinchon, the city where Yonsei is located in.
And now, big problem...
the taxi drivers REFUSED to take us to Mu-ak!!!
reason: Yonsei U is TOO NEAR~
Faint~
Finally 2 taxis agreed to take us
but, lost our way... -__________-'''
Scary...

At last reached Mu-ak around 9pm~
Phew~

Had my first meal with Beatrice and Yihui
----Ramyeon (拉面，可其实是快熟杯面）

Back room,
met my roommate!
...a Korean, named 수연권 Su Yeon Kwon...
Nice and sweet girl=)

Later took shower after one whole day of traveling
HA!!!
I was SHOCKED by the toilets
well...
there are 3 cubicles, well, with doors...
but they are SEMI-TRANSPARENT！！！
半透明的厕所！碰到水就会变得更透明的那种玻璃~
不可能不冲凉，只好什么都不管了~
Culture-shock!!!

Later, had some chats with my roommates
then slept at 2am~
at last……