Korea Trip with Manman : Part 3

3rd April 2013

Day 4, Kitorang plan nak tengok cherry blossom dekat jinhae cherry blossom festival, memandangkan masih di awal spring, tiada cherry blossom di Seoul..terpaksa la tengok dekat suburb area near busan. Daerah jinhae terletak agak jauh dari Seoul, naik bus ja mengambil masa hampir 4 jam..oleh kerana lambat membeli tiket bus, terpaksa la kitorang naik bus pukul 1 dan sampai sana lebih kurang pukul 5.Tiket bus lebih kurang dalam RM40 juga la.It was a great experience tho.Kitorang ada singgah di perhentian yang tasiknya cantik sangat. 

Air Tasik ni hijau. Bila dah masuk kawasan suburb, nmapak pemandangan kampung mang best. Sampai je di kawasan Jinhae, mang bahagia la tengok cherry blossom. Ada lebih kurang 2 jam untuk tengok cherry blossom sebelum hari gelap. Mang rushing la cari port terbaik. Berjaya juga tangkap gambar dengan cherry blossom. Dream came true kot ^^ 

Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival ni memang famous, tu yang tiket bus and train cepat sold out. Bus kitorang balik ke Seoul hanya available pukul 12 tengah malam, tu pon last bus!! terpaksa la juga tunggu dari tidur dekat stesen bus sampai pagi. Seronok juga la jalan2 dekat kawasan pesta. Yang tak bestnya semua kedai ada sedia pork panggang. mang sebesar alam punya pork la dorang display..haha..penat berpusing pekan jinhae ni sampai lenguh kaki2 

View Cherry blossom waktu malam. Finally bus kitorang bertolak balik ke Seoul. Pukul 4 pagi juga sampai Seoul. Nak balik naik Cab mang jauh la n mahal, so kitorang decided lepak dekat Lotteria Fast food sementara tunggu LRT beroperasi. Kat sini kitorang biasanya akan makan shrimp burger dia, since tu ja yg halal..hoho.. Harga pon tak mahal sangat. stau set dalam RM12+ camtu..Rasa dia sedap. Boleh la makan disini, tapi jangan la gatal2 pergi order burger daging or ayam sebab confirm la xhalal, xsure sini ada jual burger pork x..

Start je LRT beroperasi, dengan muka zombienya kitorang balik. Sampai je hostel dah pukul 7 lebih, apa lagi sambung tidur la.. >.< 

5th April 2013

Selepas puas tidur, kitorang decide nak habiskan jalan2 by today..mana2 tempat yang tak semppat pergi tu kena cover hari ni. Kitorang keluar hostel pon dah pukul 12 lebih. Kitorang pergi makan dekat Pizza Plus lagi..hehe..Hari terakhir ni kitorang jalan2 di sekitar Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gwanghwamun  Square dan King Sejong statue.

Sempat juga kitorang pergi ke National Museum of Korea  yang terletak di Yongsan-Gu. Cara pergi ke sana by subway : 

Seoul Subway: Ichon Station (Exit 2), (Station #430 on Line 4, Station #K111 on Jungang Line)

Tiket masuk adalah percuma kecuali uktun special exhibition. 

Malam pula kami shopping dekat dongdaemun. Cara pegi ke sana :

Dongdaemun Station : Line 1 or Line 4 (Exit 9) 

Actually barang2 dekat dongdaemun takda la murah sangat, kena pandai tawar. Tapi memang banyak choice la. rambang mata. Fashion terkini. Pergh..Lain kali datang sila bawa duit lebih ye kalau rasa nak shopping. Selepas puas window shopping, kitorang balik ke hostel dengan penatnya. Bag masih tak pack, esok dah nak balik Malaysia!! Sedih juga malam last tak dapat naik N Tower, tak boleh tengok light show. Kaki dah tak larat nak mendaki bukit. Sobs T.T

5th April 2013 aka last day..sobs 

Last day, kitorang decided nak last minute shopping at namdaemun n myeongdong ja since dekat dengan hostel. Kitorang kena naik bus pukul 2 sebab flight pukul 5.30 petang. Yang sedeynya kiotrang tak sempat nak try hanbok!! waa...nak nanges rasanya..next time pergi lagi korea, first thing kena buat ialah try hanbok for free! Sempat lagi makan kat Lotteria before fly balik malaysia. Finally kitorang selamat naik flight walaupun rushing sebab lambat..bayangkan gate buka half an hour before flight pastu kitorang kena transit dalam airport tu sebab tempat boarding jauh dr main gate..macam2 la..terkejar2 kitorang..Tapi syukur semuanya selamat.

Overall, it was a good experience. For me, Korea has so many things to offer. Walaupun pergi seminggu pon tak cukup nak cover bandar Seoul..tu baru Seoul tau, belum pergi Busan or Jeju Island..Insya-Allah next trip. 

Seoul juga bandar yg selamat even kalau travels seorang, cuma kalau boleh before datang tu belajar la sikit bahasa diarong since most of them xtau nak speak in English. Orang2 Korea agak peramah, especially yg tua. Mereka akan menegur walaupun tak berapa pandai cakap English. Rasa seronok sangat. This is one of the memorable trip. Fully recommended untuk melawat Korea, bagi siapa2 yg tercari-cari destinasi pelancongan. Kamsahamnida ^^

Korea Trip with Manman : Part 2

1st April 2013 :

3rd day manman and I decided to go to Nami Island yang famous sebab Winter Sonata. The location is quite far from Seoul, so we had to take a train, teksi and boat to go to this place. Kitorang naik teksi sekali dengan foreigner dari US dan Italy (kalau tak silap aku la), both study dekat korea. Girl ni cerita dekat tempat tunggu teksi tadi ada uncle korean ni nak bergambar dengan diorang. Rupanya uncle yang sama minta bergambar dengan aku n manman. Uncle tu siap bagitau dia suka tangkap gambar dengan perempuan foreigner.. scary tak scary..pscyho kot..haha

After naik boat sampai la kitorang ke Nami Island. Honestly Nami Island lagi best kalau pergi time Autumn or winter. Since kitorang pergi time Spring, banyak pokok masih gondol, ada juga yang dah start menghijau. But still the scenery there is breathtaking.

Lunch dekat sana takde la susah, since ada few halal restaurant. cuma haritu kitorang salah pilih. sebab nak jimat, kitorag pilih restaurant yang ada set menu paling murah, and very disappointed sebab makanan dia langsung tak sedap T.T so sila la spend lebih tapi puas hati makan sedap.

Sapa2 yang datang Nami Island should cycling around this place. Sangat best ok! Selain tu jangan lupa tangkap gambar dekat patung Winter Sonata. Hehe 

Overall sangat puas hati ke Nami Island. Sesuai juga sapa2 yang honeymoon datang sini. Romatic kot jalan2 sini. Next time insya-Allah nak datang lagi time Autumn. 

2nd April 2013 :

Hari ke 4, aku dan manman pergi ke YG building. bagi peminat Kpop mesti kenal YG.. memang aku dan manam peminat tegar..hujan2 pon sanggup pergi kot. Walaupun tak nampak bayang pon muka artis tu, dapat tengok bangunan pon jadi la. 

Kemudian, aku dan manman melawat Seoul Mosque yang terletak di Itaewon. Kawasan ini memang banyak restaurant dan mart menjual makanan halal. Tapi mahal ya ampun. Bagi kitorang yang banyak berjimat ni tak mampu la makan dekat kawasan ni. sobs.

Sempat lagi buat photoshot tudung dekat sini..hehe

Next kitorang pergi ke area Hangguk university. Area ni sangat happening, banyak restaurant n retail shop. Senang la untuk budak university diorang. Aku n manman decided makan makanan korea dekat Bap restaurant. Dekat sini ada jual daging, tp takde pork xsilap aku. ni pon selepas refer dari blog orang. Kitorang makan bibimbap. Walaupun share, tapi kenyang kot. Lepas dah kenyang kitorang jalan2 sekitar Honggik university. Ada Hello Kitty Cafe, nak masuk tapi still kenyang.so bergambar di luar je la. Kitorang ingat nak pergi Coffee prince shop (ala yg drama korea tu) , tapi tutup sebab renovation. Sabar je la. 

Tengok la side dish yang kitorang dapat. padahal bibimbap tu yang mangkuk besar tu je! 

Selepas puas berjalan di hoggik university, aku n manman jalan2 pula di Ehwa University yang tak jauh dari honggik, but still kena naik train la. I'm very impress with Ehwa University architecture. 

The library which is very modern and impressive

The landscape also nice. Why in Malaysia we dont have something like this?

Done part 2..next is part 3 which is the finale.perh macam tgk movie lak..hehe

Korea trip with manman part 1

I really need to post this before i start to forget every details during my trip! Walaupun after 2 months, baru nak tulis blog..Since im freakin busy, kena la tulis part by part..oh, sabar je la dik non oi..

So manman n I decided to travel together and we chose Korea (of cuz la sebab tu tempt idaman dari kecil akibat pengaruh drama korea n kpop, but seriously Korea is a very nice country to visit!!!)

31st March 2013 :

We arrived around 8 pm..freakin tired (almost 7 hours flight) but excited!!wippi!!
sampai je blur kejap mana nak pergi, but since we already plan everything very details, so fuhh tak da la sesat sangat..first thing sampai sana, we bought this Hersheys chocolate drink that tastes exactly like hershey's chocolate!yummy! (and we buy this drink everyday!so addicting)


                                                   


After that, bertolak la kitorang ke Seoul Youth Hostel which located at myeongdong. This hostel is super comfy even just a backpacker hostel, fully recommended untuk yg nak budget sket tp comfortable!
But there was an interesting moment happened there before check in. Ada seorang mamat korea ni tiba2 bagi salam. Oh mi god! very fluent lak tu, macam dh biasa bg salam..so I reply his salam n smile ja la.quite good looking!!gila tak happy..sampai malam pon senyum tak habis..haha..
After check in, we rest for a while before meeting my korean friend. We went to Namsan tower, which located not very far from our hostel.The view from the tower is breathtaking, and guess what..it's snowing!walaupun untuk sekejap ja, but im still happy.Main salji yang ciput tu macam budak2..haha..Kitorang tak naik pulak tower and teddy bear museum. Jalan2 dekat luar ja. Satu yang dikesali tak datang Namsan Tower during night, sebab orang kata ada light show..so #nangeskattepi je la..sobs..
After that we went shopping at dongdaemun and had our dinner at myeongdong (thanks to my korean friend who treat us with delicious korean food!) It was freaking cold that night..cakap pon kuar asap (excited lagi!haha)

31st Mac 2013 :

Around 10 am, manman and I went out to Palaces near insadong.Kali ni ada tourist from Thailand follow kitorang. Since dia datang seorang,kesian punya pasal, kitorang ajak la dia join (actually dia yg mintak nak join...haha)
So we went to several palaces such as Changdeokgung (per entry 3000 won~RM9 untuk palace, not include secret garden behind the palace) kitorang decide masuk palace ja, tak masuk secret garden sbb since baru ja nak masuk spring pokok pon gondol lagi,so if masuk secret garden pon tak guna..
after that kitorang shopping souvenir at insadong..not bad jugak la harga souvenir dia. Tapi tengok kedai, ada yang jual murah and ada yang jual mahal. So, kena pandai2 la..

Selepas puas berjalan di Insadong, we went shopping at namdaemun.
Satu yg susah travel dengan orang yg kita tak kenal ni, especially non muslim adalah dia tak faham yang kitorang kena cari makanan halal..kesian juga dia kena ikot kitorang..
Anyway, nasib baik jumpa fast food halal dekat dengan Namdaemun station owned by kembar from arab.murah n not bad! Nama kedai ni Pizza plus. Ada jual pelbagai jenis pizza dan burger. Harga pon murah, cuma kedai dia agak kecik, so kena la queue tunggu orang habis makan. this shop fully recommended!!

*photo not owned by me

Later at night, we strolling around 1 hour at cheongnyangni stream from namdaemun to gwanghameun square..romantik sangat jalan2 waktu malam dekat stream ni..banyak couple yg kitorang jumpa..tapi ya ampun macam nak tercabut kaki. Esok tu kaki terus bengkak =(

To be continue.....jeng..jeng..jeng..

Note to myself

I found this on tumblur , sesuai sangat as a peringatan to myself :


1.  I accept that I’m not perfect, and there’s no perfect time –
Too many people are hanging around and waiting for the perfect opportunity –
or the time when they are perfect and have all the skills they need.
But life rewards effort; so get out there and work hard …
and eventually you’ll find that you succeed and reach your goals.

2.  I can’t please everyone no matter how hard I try –
No matter what you do or how hard you try there will always be someone
who’s disgruntled or upset.  So, don’t look for affirmation;
just do what you think’s right.

3. I will participate in something I believe in –
It doesn’t really matter what activity you choose,
as long as it is something that ignites your passion …
as this will bring fulfilment and true meaning to your life.

4.  I will learn to prioritise and do what matters first –
We all get distracted by what seems to be most urgent …
or something that is fun and makes life less of a burden.
But if you’re going to succeed you need to set priorities.
Don’t allow what’s less important to distract you from your course.

5.  I will be select when it comes to choosing friends –
We’re influenced and shaped by the people we spend time with.
Their impact is profound – even though this is subconscious.
So be wise in who you choose to be your confidantes and friends.
Surround yourself with people who inspire and motivate you.

6. I will be there for others, and will help them if I can –
In life, we reap what we sow – and that’s a crucial principle.
That means the more that you help others, the more they will help you.

7.  I will choose to focus on the positives –
Our thoughts affect our feelings and the ways that we behave.
If you don’t expect success then it’s likely you will fail –
in your work, relationships and life in general.
So listen to your self talk … and straighten out your thinking …
and start to focus on the positives!

8.  I will true to myself –
You can’t be happy living someone else’s life.
You need to discover and develop your own authentic self.
That’s when you’re truly beautiful, and life feels meaningful.

9.  I will live in the present and enjoy the “now” –
The past is gone and the future isn’t promised.
Life is happening in this moment, so cease the day and enjoy “now”.

10.  I will look for the good and be thankful for each day –
Life is full of gifts, if we will only stop and notice.
If we choose to be thankful, and treasure all life’s gifts,
then we’ll find our lives are filled with joy and happiness –
and the hurts and disappointments won’t weigh us down as much.

IM BaCK!

I ve decided to start blogging again. So yeay to myself! haha