Am back from the suckiest, or rather, half-sucky-half-good, Malaysia trip I ever had. Before I start writing about it, I shall continue writing about my Korea Trip, which was so much more better.
Day 3's breakfast spread wasn't that wonderful but the decor of the restaurant made up for it. I felt like as if I was on the set of 'Beauty and the Beast' or something.
First stop of the day was Yongin Everland, a themepark that I've been to the last time I went to Korea. As it was winter the last time I went there, it was a torture to walk against the cold wintry winds at that time, thus, I thought that Spring would be better. Better my foot la, it was so freaking hot that I thought that I was going to melt or something.
Took a group photo upon arrival. It was seriously damn paiseh lo. As that spot was like the tour-group-photo-spot, it was really weird to smile at the camera while...tons of people from other tours were staring at you with the 'hurry-up-lar-my-turn-already' look in their eyes.
Click to enlarge. (First row, far left: Linda, the Korea tour guide. Second row, far right: Richie, the Singapore tour leader)
After the pretty embarrasing photoshoot, all of us took a ski lift down for a short briefing before we walked around on our own.
Linda and Richie posing for the photo. Damn on can! Haha.
The try-to-do-heart-shaped-pose-but-failed photo
See how hot it was. No sunglasses seriously cannot survive because without them, I couldn't even open my eyes properly.
Took photos at this fountain place because well, it was pretty cooling there with all the water around it.
After taking photos for sometime, the stupid fountain died down so ya, it was hot again so we decided to go utilise our tickets by taking some rides. Didn't want to walk too far away in the hot sun so we decided to take the ride nearest to the fountain...which was...some random train ride that brought us around the garden in Everland. Totally bo-liao but hey, we got to sit down okay!
Next, we took the every-themepark-confirm-have Merry-Go-Round! Whee~ Luckily none of the people from our tour group saw us taking it. Haha, damn paiseh can. We were like vying for places on the horses with all the little kids there that day.
This is my horse ok, don't try to steal it away from me! Wahahaha!!!
After the pretty short Merry-Go-Round ride, we decided that we were pretty tired so we went in to this cafe to take a short 1.5hrs(or was it 2hrs?) break. Heh. We just sat there and drank coffee/chocolate/orange juice while gossiping and looking around at random stuff. There were quite a few Korean kids that day who were quite fascinated by our conversation, or rather, the language that we were speaking in. wtf. I basically hate little kids unless they are cute little boys. Whee...but, I'm no Michael Jackson hor.
The restaurants in Everland were like freaking expensive so kiam siap me bought a pizza roll for lunch. Not cheap okay! Still expensive for a small popiah roll. Luckily it was delicious.
Petting zoo was next but I didnt want to pet any of the animals because well, they smelt bad.
Went into the Night Safari, or whatever it was called, where there were many animals/reptiles in there. Saw porcupines in there and I was instantly reminded of Shimura Doubutsuen where Aiba-kun had to clean up some porcupines' cage. Didn't take a photo of the porcupines though. It was too dark and flash photography wasn't allowed in there.
The description in Korean's so freaking long but the one in English is relatively shorter. Hello, can I trust the translation or not ar?
Saw Jackass penguins and sea lions in the Animal Wonder World. Actually, we went there because we lost our way and not because we really wanted to see them. Oh, and also, the place where the Jackass penguins were was cooling so we stood in there for the shade. I'm such an animal lover =D
Passed by this prairie dog(I think) enclosure while on the way out of the Animal Wonder World. One of them, upon noticing my camera, came running all the way and posed for a photo. So cute can!!! Hehe.
The prairie dog stirred up my interest in looking at more animals so I went to see the Korean Tiger but...it was snoring away, enjoying a nice afternoon nap in the shade. wtf.
The White Tigers were sleeping also. So disappointing. =(
Went into this souvenir shop to erm...buy souvenirs? Li Ming, whose Korean is freaking fluent, conversed in Korean with the shopkeeper. Me, on the other hand, whose Korean is as good as my Tamil (I can't speak Tamil btw), spoke in English the whole time. In Korea, plastic bags come with a price of 100won and Li Ming had to pay for one because the things she bought were fragile and it was better to place them in a bag. However, I did not need to pay for one because the shopkeeper gave me one for free~
Hehe, I think it's because 1st, he knew that I'm a foreigner and 2nd, he gave me the wrong change. I bought something worth 5000won and I gave him 10,000won. He took my money, placed it in the cash register, closed it, and flashed the shopkeeper smile. I was like 'Eh, my change? I gave you 10,000won.' 'Oh, sorry sorry sorry,' was his reply and he hurriedly opened up the cash register to return me 5000won. Shit, I should've said that I gave him 20,000won. 0_0 Then again, there's no 20,000won note...right?
After searching for like an eternity, we finally managed to make our way back to somewhere near the entrance. Yay~ My map skills are getting better by the day. Took a neoprint together and I think that the storekeeper was somewhat scared of me. I was seriously amused by the fact that we had much difficulties operating the machine(even inserting the money) that I couldn't stop laughing. When I say laughing, I do not mean the demure 'hahaha' but rather, the very lunatic 'HAHAHA'.
After the neoprint, we decided that it was just too hot to walk around the non-sheltered themepark so we went into Everland's 30th Celebration Center, where it was, air-conditioned. We spent like the remaining time in Everland there.
While Li Ming fiddled with her phone, I dozed off~ No lah, I walked around the center to look at all the interesting exhibits in there. Oh, I also saw this video of the vet stroking a baby tiger's asshole so that it was easier for it to defecate. Seriously, the scene of the shit snaking out of the baby tiger's asshole wasn't that fascinating. It was nauseating.
Met up with the rest of the tour group and set off for Doota in Dongdaemun for some SHOPPING~ Linda told us that if we see any shops that have signs inside written in Japanese, it means that these shopkeepers are out to make money from the Japanese, i.e., prices are higher in those shops. In the morning while loading luggage up the bus, Richie said that I looked quite Japanese in my outfit so yar, I think that I was at a disadvantage while shopping at Dongdaemun. Somemore got one salesman came up to me and started talking in Japanese (I can speak Japanese. I have lots of fake branded stuff for sale.). Firstly, I don't think that Japanese are interested in fake stuff, they like the authentic, freaking expensive stuff and secondly, I do not want to buy over-priced stuff!!! I am cheapo remember?! So, I just acted blur and walked past him =D
Heard people singing as we came out of Doota. Took a closer look and realised that it was Fly to the Sky!!! Li Ming seriously went bonkers just by watching them sing.
Fany was wearing a pink shirt and so Li Ming was going on about how cute he was in pink until we realised that Richie was wearing pink too that day. So yup, Richie started zi-lianing about how good he himself looked in pink as well. -_-
Dinner was Dolsot Bibimbap and...
Shabu-shabu.
The place where we had dinner was like a seriously seedy place lo. There were lots of motels there and weird uncles along the street. Li Ming saw one uncle zipping up his pants in the middle of the freaking road okay! Kaoz, what was he doing before that?!
Slept in the six stars Lotte Hotel where everything was nice except the TV. The TV was not LCD like the previous hotels and the sensor was really lousy. I had to swing my arms about the sensor and press like 5~6 times before I managed to change one channel. Invest in a good TV can.
This post is getting too long so yup, I shall end here with a picture of Rain from the Lotte Hotel Magazine. I want the old Rain back!!!
Rest of Day 3's pictures : http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=143
Day 3's breakfast spread wasn't that wonderful but the decor of the restaurant made up for it. I felt like as if I was on the set of 'Beauty and the Beast' or something.
First stop of the day was Yongin Everland, a themepark that I've been to the last time I went to Korea. As it was winter the last time I went there, it was a torture to walk against the cold wintry winds at that time, thus, I thought that Spring would be better. Better my foot la, it was so freaking hot that I thought that I was going to melt or something.
Took a group photo upon arrival. It was seriously damn paiseh lo. As that spot was like the tour-group-photo-spot, it was really weird to smile at the camera while...tons of people from other tours were staring at you with the 'hurry-up-lar-my-turn-already' look in their eyes.
Click to enlarge. (First row, far left: Linda, the Korea tour guide. Second row, far right: Richie, the Singapore tour leader)
After the pretty embarrasing photoshoot, all of us took a ski lift down for a short briefing before we walked around on our own.
Linda and Richie posing for the photo. Damn on can! Haha.
The try-to-do-heart-shaped-pose-but-failed photo
See how hot it was. No sunglasses seriously cannot survive because without them, I couldn't even open my eyes properly.
Took photos at this fountain place because well, it was pretty cooling there with all the water around it.
After taking photos for sometime, the stupid fountain died down so ya, it was hot again so we decided to go utilise our tickets by taking some rides. Didn't want to walk too far away in the hot sun so we decided to take the ride nearest to the fountain...which was...some random train ride that brought us around the garden in Everland. Totally bo-liao but hey, we got to sit down okay!
Next, we took the every-themepark-confirm-have Merry-Go-Round! Whee~ Luckily none of the people from our tour group saw us taking it. Haha, damn paiseh can. We were like vying for places on the horses with all the little kids there that day.
This is my horse ok, don't try to steal it away from me! Wahahaha!!!
After the pretty short Merry-Go-Round ride, we decided that we were pretty tired so we went in to this cafe to take a short 1.5hrs(or was it 2hrs?) break. Heh. We just sat there and drank coffee/chocolate/orange juice while gossiping and looking around at random stuff. There were quite a few Korean kids that day who were quite fascinated by our conversation, or rather, the language that we were speaking in. wtf. I basically hate little kids unless they are cute little boys. Whee...but, I'm no Michael Jackson hor.
The restaurants in Everland were like freaking expensive so kiam siap me bought a pizza roll for lunch. Not cheap okay! Still expensive for a small popiah roll. Luckily it was delicious.
Petting zoo was next but I didnt want to pet any of the animals because well, they smelt bad.
Went into the Night Safari, or whatever it was called, where there were many animals/reptiles in there. Saw porcupines in there and I was instantly reminded of Shimura Doubutsuen where Aiba-kun had to clean up some porcupines' cage. Didn't take a photo of the porcupines though. It was too dark and flash photography wasn't allowed in there.
The description in Korean's so freaking long but the one in English is relatively shorter. Hello, can I trust the translation or not ar?
Saw Jackass penguins and sea lions in the Animal Wonder World. Actually, we went there because we lost our way and not because we really wanted to see them. Oh, and also, the place where the Jackass penguins were was cooling so we stood in there for the shade. I'm such an animal lover =D
Passed by this prairie dog(I think) enclosure while on the way out of the Animal Wonder World. One of them, upon noticing my camera, came running all the way and posed for a photo. So cute can!!! Hehe.
The prairie dog stirred up my interest in looking at more animals so I went to see the Korean Tiger but...it was snoring away, enjoying a nice afternoon nap in the shade. wtf.
The White Tigers were sleeping also. So disappointing. =(
Went into this souvenir shop to erm...buy souvenirs? Li Ming, whose Korean is freaking fluent, conversed in Korean with the shopkeeper. Me, on the other hand, whose Korean is as good as my Tamil (I can't speak Tamil btw), spoke in English the whole time. In Korea, plastic bags come with a price of 100won and Li Ming had to pay for one because the things she bought were fragile and it was better to place them in a bag. However, I did not need to pay for one because the shopkeeper gave me one for free~
Hehe, I think it's because 1st, he knew that I'm a foreigner and 2nd, he gave me the wrong change. I bought something worth 5000won and I gave him 10,000won. He took my money, placed it in the cash register, closed it, and flashed the shopkeeper smile. I was like 'Eh, my change? I gave you 10,000won.' 'Oh, sorry sorry sorry,' was his reply and he hurriedly opened up the cash register to return me 5000won. Shit, I should've said that I gave him 20,000won. 0_0 Then again, there's no 20,000won note...right?
After searching for like an eternity, we finally managed to make our way back to somewhere near the entrance. Yay~ My map skills are getting better by the day. Took a neoprint together and I think that the storekeeper was somewhat scared of me. I was seriously amused by the fact that we had much difficulties operating the machine(even inserting the money) that I couldn't stop laughing. When I say laughing, I do not mean the demure 'hahaha' but rather, the very lunatic 'HAHAHA'.
After the neoprint, we decided that it was just too hot to walk around the non-sheltered themepark so we went into Everland's 30th Celebration Center, where it was, air-conditioned. We spent like the remaining time in Everland there.
While Li Ming fiddled with her phone, I dozed off~ No lah, I walked around the center to look at all the interesting exhibits in there. Oh, I also saw this video of the vet stroking a baby tiger's asshole so that it was easier for it to defecate. Seriously, the scene of the shit snaking out of the baby tiger's asshole wasn't that fascinating. It was nauseating.
Met up with the rest of the tour group and set off for Doota in Dongdaemun for some SHOPPING~ Linda told us that if we see any shops that have signs inside written in Japanese, it means that these shopkeepers are out to make money from the Japanese, i.e., prices are higher in those shops. In the morning while loading luggage up the bus, Richie said that I looked quite Japanese in my outfit so yar, I think that I was at a disadvantage while shopping at Dongdaemun. Somemore got one salesman came up to me and started talking in Japanese (I can speak Japanese. I have lots of fake branded stuff for sale.). Firstly, I don't think that Japanese are interested in fake stuff, they like the authentic, freaking expensive stuff and secondly, I do not want to buy over-priced stuff!!! I am cheapo remember?! So, I just acted blur and walked past him =D
Heard people singing as we came out of Doota. Took a closer look and realised that it was Fly to the Sky!!! Li Ming seriously went bonkers just by watching them sing.
Fany was wearing a pink shirt and so Li Ming was going on about how cute he was in pink until we realised that Richie was wearing pink too that day. So yup, Richie started zi-lianing about how good he himself looked in pink as well. -_-
Dinner was Dolsot Bibimbap and...
Shabu-shabu.
The place where we had dinner was like a seriously seedy place lo. There were lots of motels there and weird uncles along the street. Li Ming saw one uncle zipping up his pants in the middle of the freaking road okay! Kaoz, what was he doing before that?!
Slept in the six stars Lotte Hotel where everything was nice except the TV. The TV was not LCD like the previous hotels and the sensor was really lousy. I had to swing my arms about the sensor and press like 5~6 times before I managed to change one channel. Invest in a good TV can.
This post is getting too long so yup, I shall end here with a picture of Rain from the Lotte Hotel Magazine. I want the old Rain back!!!
Rest of Day 3's pictures : http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=143
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