1st 2 nights, we stayed at seoul guesthouse - a quaint korean traditional house guarded by 2 big fluffy, pepper haired doggies.
nops. they are nt the same dogs tho they are related and oh so cute. watched Nanta on wed afternoon! its a percussion-drama-comedy spectacular. and the percussion performances made me miss playing long teng and gun he tao with the gals!
At night, we met up with a couple of my sis's frens for some delish bbq pork! i had LOTSA shots of soju and stuffed myself with all the pork. 0_o after a very full dinner, we went on for round 2 at this pretty nice bar. More drinks!! but i had kahlua so it was pretty harmless. Eric'd actually puked when we alighted from the cab. =S
Thur night, we headed to Millenium Seoul Hilton for a National Day Dinner. =S The ppl there were mostly tais tais and businessmen but i din care and just went straight for the foood. The satays werent very nice and the bah kut teh does not look like bah kut teh. (Err.. wheres the bah kut??) My favorite dish was a very non-Singaporean food - smoked salmon roll. it was YUMM! i stuffed my mouth full with it!
Since we were at the hotel, we went to the casino! My first legal, official visit to a casino! hurhur. unfortunately, it din look like anything i'd watched on Las Vegas (the TV show). it wasnt that glam and it was full of HK/PRCs. No dress code too. The next night, we went to another casino operated by the same gang. At the roulette/ blackjack tables were all the high rollers. Its scary how many chips they had! i don't think i have the heart and soul (and guts and money) to gamble like this. So, no gambling for me! After our casino experience, we ate dinner and was just in time to catch the start of the olympics opening! yea, i saw the fake fireworks, giant scroll, dancers painting calligraphy and the "cute" girl singing in that half hour. So i guess i din miss out much! =x din stay long enough to see li jia wei dragging our flag on the ground tho.
Saturday was the long awaited trip to Everland! There was slight drizzling when we reached but the gods showed their mercy and the skies cleared. it was actually pretty sunny! I think we were very lucky bcos most of the popular rides (aka roller coasters) warranted only a 15 min wait for us! the longest wait was 40 min for some water based boat ride thingy. And though it was a Saturday, it wasnt hideously packed. i'd actually just went to Everland the year before so memories of the rides were still clear. But at least i had the time to see different things, walk at different areas and join the Summer Splash Parade! Being splashed with water on a hot summer's day is just sooo fun! And we had a very good dinner at Gangnam! BBQ pork again! i can nvr get sick of it! For dessert, we had it at Red Mango. Ive been wanting to try their stuff! All in all, it was a good good day! :) Too bad my sis fell ill and couldnt join us. =S
Random notes:
- Their thumb drives are GORGEOUS! So many different styles. There's bling bling, metallic, etc. Even the normal looking ones are better looking than the ones sold in singapore (boring Sandisk, Imation, Toshiba)! I'm not sure if they are of good quality but at least they look nice. I've been trying to find such styles in sg to no avail. Anw, if u wanna buy electronics, just go Yongsan! Best if you can speak Korean. hurhur. Eric bought a Samsung mp3 there for cheaps~
It's summer time so everyone is pretty dressed down, like how we do in singapore. Sure, there are a few fashionable ppl here and there but majority arent dressed very well IMHO. Their summer fashion sense is a little too kiddy and weird for my liking. BUT they do love wearing their HIGH heels. EVEN IN EVERLAND! Impractical to the max!
Koreans LURRRVE cam-whoring! ANY TIME ANY PLACE. everyone brings a cam when they go out i think. in everland, i witnessed 2 girls snapping away separately. and they're not very good looking. if i were ugly, i wouldnt bother with cam whoring in public. make me more sad only. >.< (which is the case for me now)
So there, we survived 7 days in Seoul. More honeymoons to come please!
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