#KOREA: Iwha Mural Village, Namsan Tower

It's almost June 2015 and I'm blogging bout my Korea trip last year coz I am bored HAHA. Today's destination will be Iwha Mural Village where they have a lot of street arts like we have in Penang, AND the very famous Namsan Tower!! 

Let's get started :D

So in the morning we went to have brunch as usual, I've forgotten where is this coz it was quite long ago you see. HAHA.

 THIS WAS SO AWESOME. 

Anyway, after having our brunch, we headed off to Iwha Mural Village! The weather is freaking freezing cold and we have to walk pass Naksan Park, which is quite far and cold T_T to the place. It was a looooonngggg walk and it would be better if it wasn't that cold :( It snowed a little too!!!

 This was taken when we were on the way up to the slope/mountain or whatever you call. 

IT WAS SO TIRING.

 Got to catch some really artistic street arts (?)! 

 and more roads.... 

They actually have a map to find all the street arts at Iwha Mural Village, but I didn't know until I saw a tourist holding it LOL! So I just asked her where are the few famous ones, to save our time haha :p and there were ice on the floor so it was quite slippery to climb all the way up there :( Nevertheless, we still took some pics as memories! :D

 One of the most famous street art of Iwha Mural Village :D There were a lot of people taking pics on it so... it was normally quite crowded.

Lol if you're wondering why did I put on my hoodie, COZ IT WAS SNOWING! 

and i don't wanna get sick heheh :p

We left in quite a hurry coz we wanted to go to Namsan Tower after that before sunsets! As you know during winter the sun sets quite early so... we wanted to take pics with the beautiful scenery before the sunsets so ya. HAHA

We board on a bus to Namsan Tower and thank God I've met some girls who speak in Chinese, apparently they're Taiwanese. and the girl's husband is a Korean so he kind of taught me how to go to Namsan Tower in a quicker way. :D

 Thank God we've reached the destination before sunsets!! LOL although it almost did xD

Have to climb all the way up again coz buses/cars/any other transports are not allowed to drive up till there :3

 It was Naksan Park just now, and Namsan Park now. HAHA

 areumdaun view ~~~ the view was so breathtakingly prettyyyy! :D

 the number of love locks was unbelievable!!! 

and there were MORE!

 hello Seoul~ :D

andddd a photo with Kim Soohyun :D 

up close of N Seoul Tower before sunsets! 

Finally going home coz it was too cold :( 

On the way home, we stopped by to a restaurant to have our dinner!! We always wanted to avoid BBQ meals as they'll make our clothes smelly af... Not forgetting to mention that we have 4-5 layers of clothes coz it's winter LOL. However, we took the wrong decision to step in the restaurant HAHA. oops :( We were quite smelly after done eating lol but nevertheless the food WAS AWESOME. worth it but i still feel smelly :(

yup, the typical korean food hehe :D 

Ok, i don't know how to end this but hope you've enjoyed reading this blog post! :D

I'll try to blog other days of my trip too when I'm bored, or I've finished my exam lolol.

semester 1 exam is in 9 days and i'm officially screwed coz I'm blogging instead of studying lol.

ok bye xxx

#KOREA: Planning your trip to Korea?

Hey! So as I thought of blogging about my itinerary when I went to Korea, I might as well blog some of the useful informations that I've used while planning my trip!

For people who don't know, my trip to Korea was the first time I planned it myself, and it was a free and easy tour. Before that, most of my trips were planned by my mother, and we always had a tour guide by then. But considering last year was my 2nd time visiting Korea, I wanted to try planning itineraries myself. It was ain't an easy task! You really have to get a lot of useful informations while planning your trip if you don't wanna end up wasting time wandering at the streets looking muddled. 

1. Air Tickets
Basically I took AirAsia X and I bought premium seats for MYR2,700+ round trip. My mom suggested me to get premium seats from AirAsia instead of economy seats for the other planes because the price difference is not big. Of course, buy early = more cheap (normally)! Don't buy tickets just before you leave, it's gonna cost a bomb! Unless you're really lucky to get cheap tickets.

2. Accommodation
I stayed in a guesthouse that was located in Chungjeongno! It was really convenient as it is located around 3-5 minutes from the subway station. Although the rooms are quite small, overall I had a pleasant stay with my family. The price isn't really pricey as well, but be sure to book EARLY. If you do bookings in the eleventh hour, normally the rooms are gonna be fully-booked.

When I was staying in their guesthouse, there was a guy working there. He was really friendly and helpful! Just head over to ask the directions or attractions, he will help you out! Mostly guesthouses are really tourist-friendly.

Name of the guesthouse: Bangrang Hostel
Location: Chungjeongno (near to Chungjeongno subway station)
Website: (FB) // (WEB)

Other than this guesthouse, you can go find other more guesthouses from Agoda, or Bookings.com. Normally guesthouses don't cost that expensive compared to hotels. I strongly recommend to search for guesthouses that are located near to subway stations as it will be really convenient if you're having a free and easy tour. (You don't wanna carry all your shopping stuffs and walking a long way back to your guesthouse!)

3. Transport
Speaking about transport, I would definitely say Korea's subway is DA BOMB. Especially I live near the subway station, it was reallllyyyyy convenient taking the subway! The lines are a lot and complicated, but if you've downloaded this app and make use of it, I'm pretty sure everything will be fine!

Apps name: Korea Subway 

Just key in the stations of your choice and "Search". It'll come up with these, and they'll show you how many stations, and whether if you have to change the lines of the subway! It's really easy and convenient to use.

This is the T-Money that is needed to go on subways, buses, and a lot of public transports. I got mine from the airport's convenient store. It is actually available in any convenient store! It costed only 2,500won! Just simply reload the card using the machines at the subway station~

4. Food
For food, hmm, I'm not a good food hunter T_T I always wanted to eat something but ended up can't find the place, LOL! There are loads of good food in Korea, just simply hop in a restaurant and voila!

5. Planning your itinerary
I actually bought a travel guide book to plan my itinerary. Although I can't say it wasn't helpful at all, at least it gave me some directions on where to start! I also went to the Korea Tourism Organisation Malaysia which was located at Menara Hap Seng to ask for more informations about my trip.

You can get quite amount of brochures, maps of Korea, and the discount vouchers from them.

Address: Menara Hap Seng, Suite 7-03, 7th Floor, Jalan P Ramlee, WP 50250, Kuala Lumpur.
Contact: 03 - 2143 9000

Then, of course, read a lot of websites, and blogs about people's itinerary and try to create a new one for your own! Search for websites about Korea's top attractions, or maybe some famous and extraordinary cafes or places recommended by bloggers! ;) I'm pretty sure you'll get a lot of info from those! Coz I did! :D

6. Shopping in Korea
I would say if you're hunting for cosmetics, makeup and skincare products. Myeongdong will be definitely the best place to shop! Especially they have a lot of salesgirls who can speak in Chinese, compared to the other branches. Though I prefer Hongdae compared to Myeongdong when it comes to cafes, and chilling. For me Myeongdong is really packed! Especially on weekends or festive season!


That's all I thought it would come in handy if you're about to plan your trip to Korea! Just prepare an adventurous heart, and learn some Korean language before going there, ahaha! The people there will be pleased to hear you communicating in Korean with them! Lastly, enjoy! :)

#KOREA: Ski at Konjiam Ski Resort

Hello!! So after 1-2 months from my long awaited Korea trip, I decided to blog about my trip lolol. For some who don't know, I went to Korea last year December for 13 days 12 nights! Basically we went to stroll around Seoul, and went for ski which I will be blogging bout it today.

I planned to go for skiing on the 2nd day of our trip. Yep, so here we go!

Early in the morning, we went to a shop nearby our hostel which is located at Chungjeongno to have breakfast. It's called 할매순대국 (Halmae Sundaeguk). We didn't really ordered their "sundae" but we ordered another thing instead. BUT IT'S FREAKING YUMMY I AIN'T JOKING. Imagine slurping the hot soup under a freaking cold weather. Oh shiz this is so damn good.

Omg I freaking miss this right now :(

Anyway, after our breakfast, we went back to our hostel to grab our luggages and off we go to some subway station to get our bus. I've booked our seats for the bus beforehand, which is free of charge because it's kind of like a service provided for tourists from the ski resort. Which I think is really nice of them.

The outdoor subway is no joke man, no joke. Cold as fcuk.

Anyway, our bus boarding time is at 11am or 11:30am I guess? BUT, freaking but. WE WERE LATE. I mean, we reached the destined station but I can't find the place where we are gonna board the bus. So I used my broken Korean to ask for the people there.. And they said they DON'T KNOW. Oh my god, we waited outside for almost an hour and I decided we shouldn't wait anymore longer or else we are gonna freeze till death.

I asked the person working at the gas station to help me, and HE IS SO HELPFUL! He basically called and asked and searched everything for me (like how to go to the ski resort and all). Wow, just wow. I hope I can see him again and thank him forever.

After loads and loads of obstacles (which I don't think I'm able to type everything here), we finally reached the ski resort when it's almost evening! CRAZY RIGHT? We took numerous of subways and buses, and taxis, and walked for so much, carrying heavy luggages... I almost cried but I did not because if I break down, no one is able to do it because none of my family members can speak Korean :( BUT, being really honest here is that MOST OF THE KOREANS ARE REALLY HELPFUL. Without their generous help, I don't think I'm able to reach the ski resort that day. T_T

And yeahhhhh, WE FINALLY REACHED THE SKI RESORT =D

*shed tears of joy*

Skadi Ski House :)

We didn't went for skiing on the first day because we reached rather late and everyone's freaking exhausted. Thanks God the resort is damn nice and comfy! Really liked it there, and I don't feel like going back to stay at the guesthouse lolol.

We went to have our lunch+dinner at Kraze Burgers.

Then, dinner at some restaurant that sells Japanese food.

That's all for our first day at the ski resort! 

Then, on the 2nd day, we went to have our breakfast before heading to ski! 

Had STEFF HOTDOGS which is really yummy!

OFF WE GO TO SKI!

 There are a few different slopes for skiing, such as the beginner, beginner+intermediate, intermediate and of course the advanced slope. For me, I only went to the beginner one and beginner-intermediate slope HAHA. Because I ain't a pro :P Lucky me who didn't fall even once on the ski slope or else idk how to even stand up again hahah.

Anyway, quite disappointed because it didn't snowed in Korea that time :( And the snow is so hard and not puffy like marshmallows T_T So not nice to ski! Urghh.

Anyway, some photos I've taken at the top of the slope lolol. 

 Selfie on the way up to the beginner+intermediate slope! LOL BEAT THAT

 The buildings over there are the resorts where I stayed ;)

Btw can you see how rough was the snow?! 

 A random shot which I particularly liked!

 With my sister at the middle of the slope!

 Lol again.

 This was the lift for the beginner slope :)

And a decent photo of me with my ski stuffs lolllll

After 4 long hours of skiing, my dad decided that we could just spend more of our money on eating more expensive food at a fancy restaurant.

 Nothing can go wrong with PIZZA!

 I'm so sorry if you're reading this at night! :D

And this was how the Skadi Ski House looked at night!

There's ticket office selling just beside, if you're staying in the resort, you can get a 30% discount which I only knew it on the 2nd day wtf. Anyway I just love how Korea pampers their tourists with loads of discounts!

-End of 2nd day in Ski Resort-

On our 3rd day of ski, we woke up early as usual, ate breakfast, and went to buy our tickets again. 

I decided to just rest for some while because the ski boots is just freaking painnnnn and my legs damn sore!

 We went back to our room after that, and not long after, IT STARTED SNOWING!! It was the first time we've seen it snowing in Korea so we were so excited hahahaha

 Meet my cousie, Sinwei! 

 It's not obvious but you can see some snowflakes on our heads heheh :3

And believe it or not I just wore a tee and a jacket and I ran downstairs to witness the snow wtf. Cold like efff.

-End of 3rd day in Ski resort-

So, the 4th and the last day in the ski resort, we didn't went to ski because we certainly don't wanna miss our bus at 2pm again lolol. Instead, we went strolling around the ski resort, and packed our luggages and get ready to wait for the bus!

随意拍lol

It took us around 1-2 hours to reach Seoul from the ski resort! So we kinda reached Seoul at around evening, then we unloaded our luggages at our guesthouse and headed out to have dinner at Ewha University Street! We should take a glimpse of the university because it's really popular but too bad the sky was quite dark already :( *leave my regrets to my next trip to Korea lolol*

We had our dinner at this restaurant called 셰프의 국수전 (Chef's Guksuchon) which we thought it would be probably quite awesome since there's some SBS posters on it hahah!

Their restaurant's famous beef

Some kind of mee which is spicy af

 Everything is so yummy and I'm very satisfied with my dinner there haha! Anyway the price is reasonable as well because probably it's located at the University Street so they kinda have suitable prices for the students :D

Btw I've spotted something accidentally that there was a cafe located just upstairs of the restaurant! A tarot cards place where Adam couple (WGM season 2) came last time hahaha. Totally unexpected though!


So, yep here's the end of my ski experience and etc in one whole blogpost lol. Hope it isn't too long :x
Anyway, here are some photos I've taken of the ski resort! I really really fancy that place and I hope I can go back again :) Btw, most of the staffs in the resort could not speak in English because their visitors are mostly koreans as it's located quite near to Seoul :X It will be quite hard if you can't speak in Korean... Nevertheless I would say I had a pleasant stay in the resort, everything was so good, the staffs are so friendly as well!

Thanks for reading!

xx