Day 8 of Korea~
No more hotel breakfast so we ended up having breakfast at Mcdonald's~ Korea's Mcdonald's taste differently from Singapore's Mcdonald's. The egg tasted like as if it were fried with butter and the hash brown was crispy, not soggy like the ones sold in Singapore.
Took the Korea subway for the first time and it was such a cool experience! Firstly, we had trouble buying tickets from the ticketing machine because it's so different from the one we have in Singapore. To tell the truth, Singapore's ticketing machine is more user-friendly. =D Next, I tapped my card and attempted to enter but failed to do so...because I pushed the wrong gate. wtf. Thirdly, the trains are like damn old but hey, at least it's clean~ Oh, and I like the fact that there's no partitions on the seats because it means that you can shamelessly squeeze yourself onto the seats even if there's no more space. Heh~
Wanted to go to Rodeo Street right after we reached Apgujeong Station but had difficultly finding it so we decided to shop at Hyundai Departmental Store instead, because it was easier to find. Damn high end can, the departmental store. Boo, so yup, didn't buy anything from there although Li Ming did.~ The toilets there are like freaking chio! I think they have different toilet designs for different levels. I think only...because I only went to the toilets on two different levels and one had metallic purple walls whereas the other one had a nice country feel.
Bought strawberry daifuku~Why am I eating Japanese sweets in Korea...?!
As we were not sure of how to get to Rodeo Street, we tried to ask the counter lady at Hyundai but ya, she was so not helpful.
"I only give directions INSIDE the departmental store." wtf. The first counter lady I've met who wasn't willing to help us. I know that they are paid to direct customers of the departmental store but even if she's not willing to help us, it would be nicer of her to lie that she didn't know the directions than answer in way that made her sound like a unhelpful bitch. Other departmental stores in other countries have counter ladies who give directions no matter where you want to go.
Don't mess with me. Roaaar~
Anyway, we decided to find the place ourselves but failed to do so even after asking at least 4 Koreans for directions. Took a short break at this coffeeshop that served freaking expensive orange juice that cost 8,800won (about 12 SGD, wtf). Using my magnificient map skills that I learnt from Geography class(bah), we managed to find Rodeo Street after 1.5 hours of walking. Quite a long walk but the sense of accomplishment was great~ That is, until we found out it takes only 10mins+ by taxi to reach Apgujeong from our hotel. -___-
Shopped in Rodeo Street, got lost again, found our way out, ate lunch at New York Hotdog & Coffee. Lunch tasted heavenly after the long walking "exercise". After lunch, resumed shopping at the damn high end Galleria Departmental Store before taking a taxi back to the hotel.
Had ddeokpokki for dinner at Marche. Singapore's Marche is so much better, selection wise.
Li Ming's seafood pasta.
Halfway through dinner, I lamented that I did not have enough money left so we started figuring out where our money went to by doing accounts at Marche. WTF. -____- Decided that we were damn poor so we agreed that we'll do something that does not require a lot of money the following day.
Singapore's Marche is more high-tech in the sense that we scan the cards and not stamp on the cards, like Korea's. Okay, pointless but whatever la.
The hotel we stayed in was kinda cool because you get to choose whatever pillow you want from the pillow menu~ The pictures looked damn nice but what you see is not what you get. I requested for a chrysanthemum pillow which was yellow and traditional-looking in the picture but got a normal-looking pillow that was stuffed with chrysanthemum. -____- Damn nice to sleep on anyway.
That's all for Day 8~
More pictures at http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=148
No more hotel breakfast so we ended up having breakfast at Mcdonald's~ Korea's Mcdonald's taste differently from Singapore's Mcdonald's. The egg tasted like as if it were fried with butter and the hash brown was crispy, not soggy like the ones sold in Singapore.
Took the Korea subway for the first time and it was such a cool experience! Firstly, we had trouble buying tickets from the ticketing machine because it's so different from the one we have in Singapore. To tell the truth, Singapore's ticketing machine is more user-friendly. =D Next, I tapped my card and attempted to enter but failed to do so...because I pushed the wrong gate. wtf. Thirdly, the trains are like damn old but hey, at least it's clean~ Oh, and I like the fact that there's no partitions on the seats because it means that you can shamelessly squeeze yourself onto the seats even if there's no more space. Heh~
Wanted to go to Rodeo Street right after we reached Apgujeong Station but had difficultly finding it so we decided to shop at Hyundai Departmental Store instead, because it was easier to find. Damn high end can, the departmental store. Boo, so yup, didn't buy anything from there although Li Ming did.~ The toilets there are like freaking chio! I think they have different toilet designs for different levels. I think only...because I only went to the toilets on two different levels and one had metallic purple walls whereas the other one had a nice country feel.
Bought strawberry daifuku~Why am I eating Japanese sweets in Korea...?!
As we were not sure of how to get to Rodeo Street, we tried to ask the counter lady at Hyundai but ya, she was so not helpful.
"I only give directions INSIDE the departmental store." wtf. The first counter lady I've met who wasn't willing to help us. I know that they are paid to direct customers of the departmental store but even if she's not willing to help us, it would be nicer of her to lie that she didn't know the directions than answer in way that made her sound like a unhelpful bitch. Other departmental stores in other countries have counter ladies who give directions no matter where you want to go.
Don't mess with me. Roaaar~
Anyway, we decided to find the place ourselves but failed to do so even after asking at least 4 Koreans for directions. Took a short break at this coffeeshop that served freaking expensive orange juice that cost 8,800won (about 12 SGD, wtf). Using my magnificient map skills that I learnt from Geography class(bah), we managed to find Rodeo Street after 1.5 hours of walking. Quite a long walk but the sense of accomplishment was great~ That is, until we found out it takes only 10mins+ by taxi to reach Apgujeong from our hotel. -___-
Shopped in Rodeo Street, got lost again, found our way out, ate lunch at New York Hotdog & Coffee. Lunch tasted heavenly after the long walking "exercise". After lunch, resumed shopping at the damn high end Galleria Departmental Store before taking a taxi back to the hotel.
Had ddeokpokki for dinner at Marche. Singapore's Marche is so much better, selection wise.
Li Ming's seafood pasta.
Halfway through dinner, I lamented that I did not have enough money left so we started figuring out where our money went to by doing accounts at Marche. WTF. -____- Decided that we were damn poor so we agreed that we'll do something that does not require a lot of money the following day.
Singapore's Marche is more high-tech in the sense that we scan the cards and not stamp on the cards, like Korea's. Okay, pointless but whatever la.
The hotel we stayed in was kinda cool because you get to choose whatever pillow you want from the pillow menu~ The pictures looked damn nice but what you see is not what you get. I requested for a chrysanthemum pillow which was yellow and traditional-looking in the picture but got a normal-looking pillow that was stuffed with chrysanthemum. -____- Damn nice to sleep on anyway.
That's all for Day 8~
More pictures at http://mizu-kioku.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=148
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