Happy birthday(for 29th dec) Clarrie darl! ♥

Hope you enjoyed your day, and it's great to have many people celebrating with you :)
Shan't say much to you here, since all my wishes for you are in the sms already (same goes for most people).

The korea posts would be later, have to make way for this post first!

We celebrated darl's birthday a day in advance as she has to work the next day.
Went bottle tree park with the clique to catch fishes :D It's pretty fun, but tiring too, having to squat, bend, walk on stones, put the net suddenly in the water to catch etc. Damn tiring and hot.
We arranged for the guys to come bottle tree park later with a cake to surprise her.
Anyway, i caught alot of fish very quickly :D And the rest hated me. Hahaha :P

Washed up, ate ice cream and waited for the shower to stop, then headed to darl's neighbourhood for bbq. Darl's family and relatives were there too, and i thank them for doing all the cooking! :D
Since we didn't wanna bring the fishes home (and wake up next morning to find all of them dead), we poured them out into a drain (fang4 sheng1). Did a good deed okay!


The bbq was great! :D Seems like everyone enjoyed themselves. And laogong/laopo's hyper-active little brother was certainly the center of attention. Haha. Willy's playfulness seems to never end, and his sister's scolding never seems to work. Lucky there's the guys to entertain him and put up with his antics. ;D At night, shiyun, dearie, and i even played beyblades and catching at the playground with him :D We girls played at another playground too.


After the bbq was over, everyone sat there to watch Willy go around kissing all the guys, LOL. The more the guys resisted him, the more he forced kisses on them, on the hands, shoulder, lips etc. Lucky we girls didn't really attract him, other than his sister. We pitied his future girlfriend =x And we took group photos.


He attacked..
Qiang2 wen3 Jadrien & Jiale!


Pardon me for the lousy photos, my camera's lousy :( There's probably no better camera there though, so no choice. Hahs. At the end of the day, we girls were scratching our legs that had been a feast for the mosquitoes =/
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Happy belated birthday to Tracy special! Got to keep in touch, okay?

& btw, Zingo would be appearing on tv! Channel U, Thursday 9.30pm ;D Go watch!
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Pool session with Qm, Sherman, Bryan and dearie at AMK ytd after dental appointment :)

Thanks alot x100000 pbso for helping me record The Little Nyonya while i was away! :D

My clique plans to go sun tanning at sentosa, and shiyun and i plan to go ice skating! :D Those 2 outings, please come soon!

Korea posts will be out soon!

Love Story - Rain. Featuring Ha Ji Won from Hwang Jin-i(chio-ness)!

Beautiful sunset! I forgot to turn off macro mode, and before i could take again the air stewardess asked me not to stand there =/

The toddlers are sooo cute when wrapped up in winter wear :D

We relied mainly on this book for everything; places to go, train system map, what food to try, common korean phrases etc. The book's great!

The food we bought back.

These are love! Provided by the airlines.

We went with 2 luggages, and we came back with 5 bags! LOL.
I'm Back!
Missed me?! If your answer is no, stop lying to yourself :P
Haha, just kidding. Anyway, i missed you guys :)

Since there are really too many photos i took during the 7 days at Korea, i shall blog in separate posts; first about my overall experience and random photos, next about the first 3 days, and lastly about the last 4 days (might subject to changes luh). So stay tuned okay!

Overall:
1. Weather
- Whenever people ask me how Korea was, the first thing i'll say is: COLD!!!
It's below freezing point there okay! The day i reached, it was -4°C :O
Despite the many layers of clothes, the hands and face are vulnerable as they are the most exposed parts of the body. I can wear gloves, but i have to take photos etc, so i have to remove them sometimes.
It's okay when there's no wind. But when there is, it's quite torturous =/
Sometimes my hands would be so cold that they turn numb, even a little painful. Hence, even when i accidentally scratched my hand, i'll only realise it after i reach the hotel. Lol. Same goes for the feet.
Sometimes in the extreme coldness, when i touched my numb ear which felt like stone, i feared that it would drop off, seriously. Then, when i try to wear my ear muffs, they are so difficult to untwist and my hands are so numb that i gave up wearing it.

I've experienced how fortunate you'll feel when you buy warm food from the roadside stalls when you're out there freezing in the cold, or when you are served a bowl of piping hot noodles after entering the restaurant.

2. People
- The korean ladies put alot of emphasis on their looks.
Most of them wear nicely and will put make up. Even the aunties that sell food at roadside stalls doll themselves up. To emphasize this point, when korean students fare well in their studies, many parents reward them with money for plastic surgery, in case you don't know.

- Lots of young people wear geek specs.

- There are lots of couples everywhere and i wonder why.
Whenever i look around, i'll see loving pairs, with arms hooked or teasing one another. At crowded places, i'll see guys holding their gf's hand, guiding them through the crowd. Some would be snuggling up to each other for warmth, and sometimes i'll see guys buying things like hairbands with reindeer's horns for their gf to wear on x'mas eve and x'mas. Somehow i can see that all of them will have a future together, unlike play play or fragile relationships that last for weeks or months in S'pore. I even saw a super compatible couple, of matching size, matching looks, matching handphone keychains (mickey & minnie), same hats, same shirts, same jackets, same socks, same shoes. They really looked like they were mean to be. *Envy*

- Most koreans can only speak very little english or chinese. They can understand a few basic english words.

- Their service are mainly better than Singapore, though not as good as Taiwan. People who tend to stalls or shops would greet you and ask you to buy their things when you walk past, unlike in Singapore where they don't give a damn.

- Koreans are very fast-paced. If i walk at a leisurely pace in a busy area, i'll feel a little pressurized and afraid that i'll be obstructing anyone's way. Lol. Can compete with Hong Kong i guess?

3. 遍体鳞伤
Aha. Alright, just being exaggerating. But i've really accumulated several small wounds and aches from the trip. Sorry to let down those who asked me to take lots of care during the trip :P
Let's start from head to toe.
I had some mild headaches in Korea, but it's nothing much.
My nose bled sometimes after i wake up in the morning.
The skin from my nose and below are dry like sand paper.
The area below my lower lip was itchy and had a little rash or something.
My gums at the left ceiling of my mouth are painful when i eat and brush teeth.
I have 2 small cuts on both my index fingers.
The skin under my thumb at the back of my hand cracked and was dry and red and quite painful.
My skin had a little allergy i guess, so there were mild rashes all over. They become itchy when i reach the hotel, and i'll scratch like crazy. My skin was flaky too.
I bought new shoes and wore them, and they sort of cut the behind of my feet. The big toe area of both my feet were aching from idk the new shoe or all the walking or the cold weather. And, they became a little swollen after i came back.

4. Songs
- Korean songs are nice! I fell in love with a few of them which i heard quite often playing in shops and some from the mtv channel.
My mum fell in love with one song, and after she heard it, she said "I'm going to buy korean cds!" We didn't know what's the singer's name and the song's title, so she just asked the sales assistant to recommend a few popular albums. And lucky enough, after listening to them after we reached home, there was the song she liked! She blasted it in the car =.=
This is the song:


Anyway, i bought Rain's album too :D I don't find him really handsome but his sexy voice + body can make up for it =x
And there's one cute song i fell in love with, but i don't know the name of the female group and title too =/ But i didn't give up, and searched for it half a day online, trying all means and ways, and succeeded! :D The good thing was i remembered that it was shown on the tv when they sang it during a concert, so i searched for the concert and found it. It's one of my new blog songs, My Style - Brown Eyed Girls, maybe you can keep refreshing to listen :)


5. Others
- Many people asked me whether it snowed. Yes it did, a drizzle for one night :) Lucky to have seen it, because it didn't snow for the other days i was there.


- The price of things there are reasonable, like Singapore.

- I like the korean language because i find it quite cute, words usually ending with 'yo' and 'da'.

- There's an english channel in Seoul which shows english movies. I watched X-men(very classic, when Wolverine had to kill Jean whom he loved because she lost control of her powers).
Jean said something like that when she was about to kill him: "What do you die for?"
Wolverine: "For you."
Then Jean's face went soft, back to her normal self, then begged him : "Kill me."
Wolverine: "I love you." Then his blades came out suddenly and stabbed her. He cried and screamed her name while holding her lifeless body. *weeps*

Watched Jumper(way cool! i wanna be a jumper too!), Nancy Drew(yay Emma Roberts!), and many other nice movies too.

- Korean airlines suck because there's no screen for you to do anything! No watching movie, tv, playing games etc, unlike Singapore airlines! Singapore airlines is still the best so far.

- Some common korean phrases:
How are you? = an nyeong ha se yo
How much? (price) = ul ma ye yo?
thank you = gam sa hamnida
sorry = mi an hamnida

Read this book to kill my boredom on the plane and everynight when i got tired of PSP.
It's heartwarming and full of sarcastic humor(positive) :) And i cried near the end :(


Since there're quite a number of tags to reply while i'm away, shall reply in this post:
MY RUNWAY- Ohh. Maybe the email made it like that then. Send me via msn k! :) Love you too! ♥
sunnv- Haha. Alright, soon soon :)
passer-by!!- Lols. CCHY is okay i guess. The teachers are okay, the students not very obedient? Lol. Depends on which classes also what.
O- Adobe Photoshop CS2
Pbso- Haha, i'm back with your seaweed luh! But i'll eat all of them up myself :P Contradict yourself ah, curse me freeze to death then ask me tc. Haha.
WEISZE- Did you watch? How was the trip? I just came back (;
phyllan- Okay! :)
didi(:- I have to be free then can blog right? -.-


And a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! Especially to those who wished me :)
& Happy belated birthday to Clarlynn bf! Heheh, at least i was back on time to wish you that day :D Grats for your good results! Knew you can do it :) Loves ♥

Happy Birthday Yih Chyuan pbso!
Surprise! :D
I'm in korea now but i can still pop out to wish you without using computer and internet!
Okay, not much of a surprise i guess. Anyway, glad you like the present :)

Watched Twilight with clique on sunday at AMK hub. The movie is such a let down D: Or maybe because we've read the book so we have high expectations? I think that Carlisle is even more handsome than Edward lor. Lol =x
The movie skipped many details, and the plot proceeded quite quickly.
To those who have not read the book, i strongly advise that you invest in the book instead of the movie ticket.
Shopped at bugis, then far east.

Went simlim square to look for my Sony Cybershot T2 with Alvin duck egg on monday, but to no avail. An uncle even told me that there would not be anyone selling T2 in this world anymore, that i should give up. Traumatised, i kinda gave up looking for it :(
Walked around bugis after that.
And i realised that my camera's macro really sucks to the core! It's even worse than Alvin's Sony Ericsson C902 phone T.T A digital camera worse than a handphone! *commits suicide*
Seriously, i won't mind selling it at around $299, original price is $499 leh... Anyone wants to buy? =x


Outing with sweetie and dearie on tuesday! Went shaw house to catch the movie Wild Child. Quite typical, those of a teenage girl who had to move to somewhere new and adapt to the new environment, then realise that she belongs there more than anywhere else. But it's awesome overall!
Walked around at far east, and we planned to buy and wear geek specs on the day we take our o level results. Lol. Sweetie would most likely be there as the school would ask the sec 4s to witness the scene when we collect results.

We still had time after that, so we decided damn long for where to go next. We stood in front of the map of train stations, and sweetie and i kept waking to and fro, turning, anyhow point with our eyes closed xD When that didn't work, we decided to pick someone randomly in the mrt station and stalk the person ;D Kept changing targets etc, and went to a nice secret place (sweetie suggested we keep our discoveries secret ;D) finally. Nice place for taking pictures! :D
The place looked like some savannah in Africa! Hahaha. Sometimes there'll be a huge flock of birds flying above.
I wanted to venture in, but they persuaded me not to after seeing some wild dogs far ahead. =/
On the way home, we chatted about going overseas etc, and even planned to meet up often to play basketball and go gym, after i'm back :D


See the drastic difference:

For the following 4 pictures, i used sweetie's camera to take, but they're resized before she sent me =/ I'll post the original sizes in my flickr once i get them, if it's possible :)

Like a runway :D


Damn, i look weird in all the photos.

Wednesday, i did a good deed! Haha. Met Qimian at NP to help him choose glass bottle, buy straw, and taught him to fold straw stars at the library. It's the first time i went to that library, and i like it! I guess it's mainly because there wasn't alot of people so there's alot of places to sit :D Saw some classmates at interchange :)

Thanks darl for the souvenirs!

Thanks sweetie for the souvenirs too!


Weather's wonderful today, makes me wanna go out and embrace the sunny sun. But i'm home all day packing and blogging =/
I'll be going to Korea tonight, 10.45pm flight. I hope i'll not freeze to death there! Haha. Might be meeting some friends of our family there cause they're there for holiday too. Will be back on the 26th, night. Don't miss me too much! :D

You know I'm hoping you'll sing along
Though it's not your favorite song