just a simple recap of my korea trip. since i seriously can't post my awesome pictures onto facebook. screw you, inferior networking site!

day 1
arrived at singapore changi airport at around 7+, checked in & off we head for korea! flight was very tiring & plane was horribly small. stupid headache, and thus can't sleep for the whole flight.

day 2
reached incheon airport in korea at 5am, korea time. (which also means 4am singapore time) half awake, feeling bad. had breakfast at mcdonalds. that's when i realised the stupid communication barrier between us and the people in korea. waited till 6.30am, then met up with the rest of the tour group & the tour guide. headed out towards the bus. the weather was -5 degree celsius. annnnd i was wearing only my gap sweatshirt & jeans. man, i was freezing the heck out. went to the palace museum and checked out some exhibits. still very, very cold. got to the MBC 大長今 set to check out the place. was pretty cool, 'cause we got to see where it was filmed, even though i never really did watched the show. after we got back onto the bus & headed for the spa greenland. amazing place. loved the hot springs. checked out the herb garden where i tried some tea, which was very minty but tasted.. relaxing or something. dinner then back to the hotel.

day 3
morning call at 6am. went to some mountain park where we were supposed to view the mountains. awesome scenery and took the group photo here! (gah, too bad i can't show you guys) there was also this hugeeeee statue of the buddha & also a hidden temple kinda thing there. then back onto the bus and headed for lunch then to the teddy bear farm! ♥ that's one place that i love the most. there were so so many teddy bears & i even got a big one for myself! the bears were so cute & i took so many pictures! lastly, to the fish market before heading for dinner and went to rent the ski stuff before going back to the hotel. p/s hot chocolate on a cold, winter day is delicious.

day 4
today's the worst. morning call at 5am. it was time to ski! had breakfast then headed down to the snow park where we got our skis & stuff. took quite a long time to get things settled before started on skiing. the slope was kinda tame, but i have no idea why i was going at this super fast speed. oh well. things happened. after we returned everything, went for our lunch before heading for lotte world! the theme park was amazing. though, the queues were killer. each ride takes around half an hour to queue. there were alot of teenagers there too, and many cute guys! after lotte world, it ended up pretty late already so we headed for our dinner. which i guessed was some ginseng chicken thing. didn't liked it much. then back to the hotel.

day 5
today's the day of shopping. went to the ginseng place first where things costed a bomb. got some ginseng stuff, then next to the face shop! omg, that place is heaven. there were so so so many things to get! i swear, i'll fly over to korea again just to get to that place. bought so many things, and i didn't regret a bit. awesome place. after that was lunch. then went to the amethyst factory and also went to the ice gallery where we tried out carving our own ice cups! also went over to learn how to make kimchi and also to seven luck casino. since my sisters and i were too young to go into the casino, we went over to the hilton hotel, seoul which was the next building to get some bread. things were expensive there :( headed to some old street. pretty much tourists stuff there, though i did find a ss501 calendar there which i had to buy. then was dinner, which we ate korean bbq. delicious! finally, at night, went out to Dongdaemun Market which was really close to our hotel. shopped for bags & stuff. there was also this weird freaky guy. haha. back to hotel for our last night in korea!

day 6
we're finally leaving this interesting place. firstly to breakfast, where we got some more of gifts for our family and friends. then, towards this place where they sell wholesale local korean food products. then to Sinchon Ladies’ Street for more shopping! i feel so regretful for not being able to shop the whole of the street. i did get my pencil case from a really cool store there though! i wanna go back and shop through the streets throughly! there were so so many beautiful things there that i didn't get to see. also bought a red and black checkered vest which was THE SAME as kyujong's in intimate note 2! haha, i didn't know that until i came back to singapore and watched the show. finally, got to the airport & headed back to singapore.

ah, that's pretty much what happened in that six days. the trip was really.. interesting. i wanna go back to korea soon. probably i'll plan something to head over there with my friends next year after our o levels. p/s, i've embedded the video of kyujong wearing the same vest that i have below. haha. i feel like an obsessed idiot.