My first blog that got noticed

When my blog was first promoted on the skku facebook page and NTUKID.com 

, I was quite surprised.. I was quite resistant about showing my face in the photos then, which is why all the photos here are mostly taken without my face, with my handy Samsung Galaxy Tab... surprisingly the photos in that tablet is much nicer than the higher end camera phone photos...  

7July Gyeongpo Beach

 7July Gangneung Gyeongpo Beach (강릉 경포해변)

This is the biggest adventure so far in Korea, where I am 3 hours away from Seoul and omg.. I have come back alive!!! Taking a bus is always a huge problem when you don't understand Korean, when they can't understand English. However, I pushed through, wasted 5000 krw on an unnecessary bus ticket, but it was worth it. The learning experience. I would be lying if I say i was calm and understood what i was doing throughout the whole time. It was a challenge to use sign language to communicate, but I learnt patience and keep cool. I am very thankful for the bus driver in trying his best to communicate with me in English and delaying the bus trip just to find me.

Directions: Shown below
Bus fare to and fro: 31600krw , inclusive of 1000krw for the bus fare.
Things to take note:

There may be many soldiers on the bus but don't be alarmed that you are on the wrong bus to the army site.

The bus will stop at a bus terminal where passengers will get off for a toilet break or to purchase food, please return to the bus as soon as possible so that the driver can continue on its journey to the final bus terminal in Gyeongpo (it is not near Ganbnam subway station). From there, you can look for the information centre outside the terminal for more information or you can take bus 202 (at nearby bus stop without crossing the road) to the last station where everyone gets off or where the driver changes the sign '202' to '202-1'.

I reached the beach at around 6pm. It was a long 3 hours ride. The sky was still quite bright as the sun only set at around 8pm in Korea. Below was the beautiful sunset at Gyeungpo beach.

The bright lights that kept me and the ship safe

 The shadow I left on the sand at the beach that night

6July Reiki meetup and Itaewon

6July Reiki meetup and Itaewon

I was quite nervous before the meetup session as I didn't know what to expect and I was worried about all the what ifs. It was a special experience :) 

After that, I went to tour around Itaewon. Before going there, my first impression was that it was full of Caucasians and pubs and expensive stuff so it is not worth going. However, this is the best city I have been to in Korea, because it is so different from the normal shopping streets in Korea, because it feels so unKorea. Also, the greenery in Itaewon was great.

All You Can Eat Buffet opened by casAntonio. Feels like a nice place with Western food. I suppose with a nice environment and atmosphere, I am be enjoy the Reiki session with my friends.

Cute looking bags and caps. Itaewon has many stores selling caps, maybe Caucasians like caps ? I suppose its cool to wear caps even for girls. I have a later post which I wrote a cap. I definitely look cool and sexy :)

Leeum Samsung Art Museum. Fine touches of art makes me feel and appreciate life more with meaning.

This is a artistic bubble like structure with a nice water pool. It is pretty unique in my opinion. Usually in my limited understand of art structures, it is grass patches and with structures on top. This has a mini pool which I think has a pretty peaceful and serenity feel mixed with a nice bubble like structure.

Solar concentrator Waa.. so big. I suppose it comes to a stage of the space age. I mean initially I naughtily used a stick to "touch" and ensure that it is safe to really touch it. I touched it and signed up for trouble, it is hot. There is a sign of caution saying no touching because it is hot. In the end, I am curious like a cat that got her paws burned. Luckily I am okay. Phew and Meow.

A beautiful mental piture, like I say I like hopping from stone to stone.. A security guy came over when I climbed on to the stone step, eh, am I not supposed to do that?

That's me.. I like the patchwork horse.. different styles and skin colour all in one horse. I realise that I like a variety and bright colours things but I don't like such things on me. I prefer to be look soft yet unique and blend in with the surroundings but able to pop out and bring a light to others' eyes when I want to. I like the ability to choose.

This is a great place for photo taking

Your comfort is our business, but your business is none of our business

Wa what a strange looking building

Islamic cultural centre. I know, we also have such things at Kampong Glam, yet I never really appreciate the diversity in Singapore until I come to Korea

Uphill slopes again

Hello Kitty Fan

I bought the below pudding from this turkish bakery. Ok  maybe pudding is not a turkish dish... I realise that it seems so easy to open a shop in Korea, this explains the millions of shops in Korea which sells industrial things like drills and clothes in Dongdaemun

Great pudding, not too sweet, yet very full even though it is my only meal after my curry cutlet meal in the morning.

Do we really need special food for our skin that cost so much? I am in no position to judge. I hate it when people ask, "do u really need this? because we ourselves don't do this" it's so arrogant. 

The forest... green trail

Picture taken over a bridge. I doubt the view from N Seoul tower looks prettier than this... and it is free here!

Innocent Mee :) 

My first Meetup started from Korea. Meetup opened my eyes to so much more.

5July Ehwa Women University Station, Hongdae

5July Ehwa Women University Station, Hongdae

According to Wikipedia, Flee market and Hope market are held in Hongdae in the weekend so i decided to visit the place on a Saturday. However, it was quite empty in the morning and early afternoon, the fun was only starting in the late evening. It was as crowded as Orchard Road which, I hated it.. I struggled and squeezed my way out

I wonder what it meant

Singapore's famous kaya toast as breakfast. It was quite interesting to know about different breakfast style from my roomates of different nationalities :) Taiwan, Germany, New York, Russia, apparently none of them have rice and porridge for breakfast, which was what I had during childhood. Oven heated rice with sausages or fishcake or chicken nugget. Singaporeans were used to having kaya toast, coffee or milo, and 2 half boiled eggs, and i didn't realise this until I was 20 years old.

There was this store that sold different instant packet food. 3800 krw for curry chicken cutlet. I felt quite full and I realised that I missed curry!! so I was quite relieved when I found this curry rice.. Yes, it's a comfort food.

There is a lot of hot steaming curry.

Free water and paper cup that's just a piece of paper folded into a pocket. Innovative. 

Korea has many stores selling pots of plants and they were really pretty. I feel like buying one home.

I want a garden like this

Look out for the red sign

Wow a nice looking church

Yes I agree. No this is not a coincidence. The universe is trying to tell me something.

Am I at the beach? no just sand from a construction site

 

Hongdae

Lucky Strike... Be happy, go lucky .. Explore or Explode

Welcoming cafe :) but I have no money to spend on coffee ... I realise that I like stepping and hopping from stone to stone? Playful and random energy?  Or I like having small manageable and short term goals to work on?

Abstract art alley. Very interesting... and abstract

It reminds me of Twins's song 我们之间

The performances, great voice. I want to be the one standing there one day. I did.. but I was holding a camera instead of a guitar.

Ooo an artist.. now I know the secret.. sequence... Why did I want someone else to draw me when I should know myself better than the others? I don't believe that I can't draw my face.. hee hee..

Yes I will do so, with a real life that is worth living

A beautiful drain.. why are drains in Korea filled with so many plants unlike Singapore?