Monday 16 April 2012

Annyeonghaseyo Seoul [Part 2]






Hi everyone~I'M Back~ So, last time I posted about my Seoul trip and stopped at "Day 3". Today, I'm gonna continue with Part 2. Like I promised before :)
 Starting now~~ ^^

DAY 4
We planned to go to Nami Island which situated in Gangwon-do. The journey took approximately 2 hours from Seoul. My dad's friend played KARA's song during the journey and we (my sis and I) were singing to it..(haha, fangirling is what we do the best!). She also played some of "ooh la la session" songs (sorry, could not remember the title >< but the songs were damn good!). While listening to the songs, my dad's friend, Auntie Carol explained to us how North and South Korea were separated. She said that lines were drawn on the map, just like that.  Finally~~ we arrived! We purchased ticket, and wait in a line to get into the ferry to reach Nami Island. Most of the visitors of Nami Island that I saw were from Japan.  It took about 10 minutes or so. The first thing that I do when we got off from the ferry...
*click click* 




Maknae,Mom and Dad ^^







I saw this...AMAZING~~~!!

water fountain ^^

walking, walking and more walking~~!


these POPULAR "first kiss" snowmen


Maknae~!! 

Look at these piles of old book!


We had souvenirs shopping...^^ stopped by for a moment~~wee~~!!

in front of the souvenir shop ^^

Also, we have to feed our hungry tummy~ hot chocolate + pies ^^ 


the view in front of the cafe.




Walked around found this museum about Nami Island's history, unfortunately it wasn't open when we came... [perhaps, next time ^^]
So, we walked around a bit and took lots of pictures :)
I'm gonna share some pics that we took there~~

mom and dad


"Winter Sonata" feel : ON

My sis and I

I must say that Nami Island is the Island full of Arts! I love Arts~so, yeah this is one of my fav. Island ^^

those wooden men is CUTE~!

And we did souvenir shopping~AGAIN, haha

the souvenir shop

What we bought here: Nami Island photobook, fridge magnets (lots of them, for family )the rest..couldn't remember because we bought lots ^^
 Did I mention that the shop owner is kind? Yes she is! She's friendly and gave 2 postcards to us for FREE~! 
 After the souvenir shopping, we had to leave Nami Island...

How I felt leaving Nami Island :'(

Goodbye~Nami Island


The, we head to "Animation Museum" not too far from Nami Island, though ^^

Welcome to Animation Museum~
This is one INTERESTING Museum I've ever been in my WHOLE life! It's all about animation..from the history, everything! I'm back being a child..haha..It's a great place to bring kids here~! 
One day, I'm gonna bring my whole family to Korea and my lil cousins gonna love this place~! haha

Astro Boy welcomes u~
Time to learn History~animation way..History is no BORING subject  ;)


We learnt lots of types of animation, one of them:



I'm familiar to this animation, Cloud Bread..this one aired on KBS World !

Chuncheon's animation
Kids gonna love this place, seriously! They get to meet their fav. cartoon characters like this one ^^

Hello~BUGS BUNNY!

See? My lil bro is excited! 
SMURF!
Japanese animation~
I can see Kitaro over there~ ^^
This is where we learn how they produce sounds for animations..cool eh? ^^
this will excite ur KIDS~
After 1-2 hrs spent in Animation Museum, it's time for souvenir shooping inside the museum..
SHOPPING MODE: ON 
What we bought there : " Toys, neck pillow, cloud bread merchandises and gifts for Auntie Carol's son "

Bye~Bye Animation Museum

the view outside Animation Museum
Then this Korean uncle approached to me asking where I was from (speaking in Korean). Luckily, I could understand him and said that I was from Malaysia. Then, he said this "Oh~Malaysia, Welcome to Korea! "
Koreans are so friendly, that's why I don't feel awkward in Seoul because of their hospitality~ ^^

We head back to our hotel and stopped by near mart to buy food for our dinner. Guess what?! The shop owner gave tangerines for free! It's not 1 or 2! It's the whole packet!~ thank you so much ahjusshi~ ^^

I took some pics of Seoul's night view 
beautiful night view
Sorry, about this image quality..I got excited so the camera is a bit shaky..
can u see Namsan Tower?

me and maknae ^0^
LOOK! Snow~~




DAY 5
 Woke up super early at 6.00 a.m, because Dad called saying snow is falling, but I don't have the energy to get off from the comfy bed so I just told my bro and asked him to take pictures, replacing me (hahaha) 
Seoul, 6.oo am
When the clock showed 8.00 am that's when I get ready to bath and breakfast, dressin' up for Seoul's adventure (hahaa)
I took the chance to go to the roof top garden because snow was falling non-stop that day..^^

can u see the snow is falling? ^^
Seoul's misty morning

We went to this place (I forgot the name of the place) we went to sled. Guess what? The place that we went to play sled is where MBLAQ shoot the first episode of "Hello Baby" ! 

Had so much fun playing sled. Maknae, especially loved it! He had numbers of rounds, haha

I made snowball!

wee~~so fun!





we want more round! haha
After the fun sledding rounds, we head to Namdaemun market
 Namdaemun market is a paradise for shopaholics! They sell lots of accessories. You name it, hair accessories, earrings, bracelets, necklaces etc.! My eyes were running wild..they just could not stay still because lots of accessories were selling around..kyaa~~!!
Also, this could not be left out~ K-POP goodies...Namdaemun is a PARADISE ( for shopaholics )~~!! ^3^
Then, we went to a workshop because my dad's business purpose. 

PETRONAS logo! ^^

Oh! did I mention that two of my bros went to have a haircut from Celebrity's stylist ^^
he's loving it!
Haircut session~


After~
a STAR already..haha



off to DINNER~! I'm starving already ^^
E-an,Tony and Ilyas ^^
We had our dinner at this restaurant called "Todamgol" around Seoul. We had traditional Korean dishes. Two thumbs up! Because it tastes great. The dishes that we had were all Vegetarian.

one of the food that we had

So, little did we know, the place that were having dinner is where I met BEAST's HYUNSEUNG!
Conversations that my sis and I had when she saw Hyunseung oppa
" Her: That guy not too far from us looked like BEAST's Hyunseung
   Me: OMG! Serious? U're not kidding me, right?
   Her: Yes! Over there..have a look
   Me: *looking around* *His eyes and my eyes met* It's him!
   Her: What should we do?
   Me: I don't know..let's take a pic of him..secretly "

Unfortunately, the pic that we took was low quality, we had to delete it :(
 So, we had to eat our dinner quietly. Not long after that, Tony, (Auntie Carol's son) said "That guy looked like BEAST's member" in Korean, I translate it roughly. Then, he told his father. His father asked me " Do you like BEAST?" without thinking, I said " YES!"
Then, he went straight to Hyunseung to confirm he really is a BEAST member. He came back, then he said "It's him!"
GOD! MY fangirling mode : ON, if I can , I want to SCREAM OUT LOUD..haha.. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T take PICTURES with him signatures ONLY... I felt kind of sad, but I respect his privacy.
 
a SIGNATURE from Hyunseung!
I must say, that Hyunseung oppa is HANDSOME in real life. He has long legs, and even though he wasn't putting on make-up, he still is :)

After the Exciting dinner, we head to Namsan Tower
 
Namsan Tower at night ^^

We rode cable car and climbed so many stairs..GREAT! Exercise time :)

and~successfully arrived! chukahae!~



Seoul from Namsan Tower view 





and Shopping TIME~!



I met Jang Keun Seok! haha
We had supper and off to the hotel..rest time after exciting day in Seoul 


DAY 6
This time, went to Korean House about 10-15 minutes of driving from our hotel, very near ,right? Unfortunately, we couldn't discover Korean House well because it was cold. It was -10 and windy. We could not bear standing too long :(
But, we managed to take pics and learn some Korean's tradition 











Then, we went to a mall called "Techno Mart"
I thought this place is full of gadgets and stuff like that. Turns out, it's just like any ordinary malls, haha ( silly me, for thinking like that )
It has everything: gadgets, clothes , hanbok, shoes, food etc
all at reasonable price 

Next destination was Itaewon. This place has lots of HALAL food. We went to Itaewon for lunch. We had Turkish Kebab which tastes GREAT! Never had Kebab in Malaysia as good as that! ^0^

After we had lunch, we head back to hotel to pack our stuff get ready to airport..
 * spare time *
watching TV .AFTER SCHOOL
watching APINK's performance
It's time for us to go to the airport..~~ that feeling, I still remember~ sad

 At the airport, My sis and I bought some K-pop albums ^^
 Kpop albums...makes me feel better, hahaha

* while waiting for our flight *







That's how we spent our days in Seoul. If I have the chance, I would go again, again, again, and again. Korea is definitely a beautiful country .
I want to discover Korea more.
There are places that I have not yet visit like Insadong. I also wanted to try to ride subways, haha..If I have the second chance to go~ ^^

Until then, bye bye~ ^^

stuff we bought ^^

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