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Friday, July 11, 2008

Early in the morning, i got up fpr the day trip to Changdeokgung Palace and Isadong.. since jess and the rest have to go to hana bank to settle the accommodation charges.. i jus tagged along, stopping at Issac to get breakfast.. the bread is really not bad..

The first photo in the early morning at my anam dorm staircase..

We met the KU buddies, had a bit of delay, got onto the bus successfully and set off to our 1st destination : Changdeokgung 昌德宫.. when we reached the place, the tour only starts 30 min later.. so the KU buddies brought us to the souvenir shop beside the palace to shop and to enjoy air-con as it's getting hotter in korea now..

The small figurines in the shop are so cute but too exp..

King and Queen

Finally, the tour starts..

The first "building" that i see.. the emperor is supposed to sit inside..

The Emperor's throne

The King's and Queen's bedroom, 大造殿..

does the "造" mean anything??

their bed??

A beautiful tree in the middle of the lake..

亭子 beside the lake

The house of the last crown princess of Korea who die in yr 1989 ..

After touring the palace, we walked to Isadong which is very near to hav our lunch..

Streets of Isadong (Souvenir Streets)

the slanted building is not due to my photography skills..
the building is supposed to be like that..

Side dishes

Traditional Rice drink at the end of the meal..

it is nice.. tastes sweet :p

i duno whether the figurine is a tomato or strawberry..
dun ask me.. hehe..

After the Isadong shopping, Ji Hye, Na-ae and Hyun Seok brought us to Myeong Dong by bus.. i'm still not used to hav the driver on the left.. still confused by the environment as everything goes opposite.. not used to see drivers on left side of the car.. in Singapore, the bus shld be the slowest among all vehicles and shld keep left.. but here, the bus has to keep right.. on subway escalators, u are supposed to keep right instead of left.. oh my.. all messed up..

With my 33cm ice cream at Myeong Dong.. is it really 33 cm??

The whole group of us took a lot of pics.. stay tuned at facebook.. :p

blogged @ Friday, July 11, 2008

This is my lunch for ytd.. as i say, i'm on budget nowadays.. haha.. it look like maggie mee right? it's ramen with kimbap (sushi).. this set is only for 1,500 won (S$2).. worth it nia..

Ramen with kimbap

We went to Seoul Tower aka Namsan Tower today (10 July 2008). We waited for the rest of the group at the Korea Uni main gate.. this is when i saw the Crimson House.. This is the place that i had put under my consideration when i was kicked out from CJ-I House.. After i see the creepy building, i jus feel luckily i din go there to stay..

Crimson House (Private Hostel)

Taking pictures while waiting

We arranged to meet HyunSeok (our KU buddy) and he brought us to this eatery.. it is very home-like and gives a warm feeling.. moreover, there are so many dishes and it's only 4,000 won per person (less than S$6) and the dishes are refillable..

Since the time was getting late, we split into 3 groups and took a cab to the place where we can take cable car to seoul tower so that we dun hav to climb up the mountain..

On the cab.. they hav GPRS on the cab.. and it is 3D not 2D..

When we reached the cable car building, scenery was nice.. a pity that we can't catch the sunset..

Cable car building

Me and Kim

Me with KU buddies

Scenery from the cable car:

Seoul Tower

There is a fence that surrounds an area where pple can take photos there and the fence are all filled with all kinds of padlocks.. couple padlocks..

Me with one of the nicest one

Me with the vitagen chair..

There is a teddy bear museum in seoul tower.. so we dun hav to go to jeju island's teddy bear museum alr.. haha.. but it's really cute.. kawaii!! these bears can move!!!

Seoul Tower

In the teddy bear museum, there is an area for photo-taking..

blogged @ Friday, July 11, 2008