Sloppy Chic

Gosh it’s been almost 2 months and I am still blogging about my Korea trip. Tell me that late is better than never.

Our trip was supposed to be a spring trip, but the weather was crazy and spring came really late.  We were really excited thinking that we could see cherry blossoms (sakura) in Seoul. Sadly we could not wait longer.

So, we decided to hunt for sakura on our own – traveling to another town – Jinhae. Just a little background, Jinhae is a city in South Gyeongsang in South Korea. It is about 4 hours away from Seoul by bus.

This was an impromptu trip as we bumped into another couple friends from our wedding photos shooting trip in Everland. The 4 of us had no fear and decided to adventure.

The bus terminal was clean and neat. And definitely no foul smell!

It is a shame that everything in Korea is in Korean. We had trouble understanding the details, we could only count on the counter lady to give us the right bus to our destination.

Our bus tickets. Also in Korean!

Armed with only 2 buns from the Family Mart, we were on our way.

Our coach was quite comfy and almost brand new.  We took a midnight bus to save our time.

What greeted us was trees and trees of sakura!

And to our horror, when we reached at about 3.30 am in the morning, it was dead cold and windy! I was not expecting this and hence I was only wearing a thin jacket. It was blistering cold and wind was strong. And the bus station was closed!!!

The roads were so quiet, and 4 of us wandering on the road like lost souls in the middle of night.

We walked for more than an hour in the cold wind, and when we finally saw a MacDonalds, we thought God has come to our rescue!

I seriously could not have loved MacD’s more then.

Bliss! Hot coffee and bacon breakfast set.

We waited in MacDonald’s till the day turned bright at about 6.30am.

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Over the weekend, I was up in Genting Highlands for Jan Lamb Yes I Do Standup Comedy in Malaysia 2010.

If you have no idea who is he, here he is. Jan Lamb Hoi Fong is a DJ, pop singer, actor in Hong Kong.

Image taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lamb.

Armed with 2 tickets, I booked a room for a price of RM240 because it was a super peak season! Ouch!

And believe it or not, traffic was mad heavy started from Batu Caves.

Did you know that: Now, if you book your room online, you can just check in and the express check in kiosk! All you need to do is to insert your IC (if you booked the room), then a receipt will be printed. From there you can check your room number and do keep the receipt to claim your breakfast if you are entitled to.

The show started at 8pm and I did not know what to expect at all.

I watched some of his videos online and they were badly recorded, hence I could not see anything.

And to my surprise, the hall was full!!! I thought no one would bother watching a standup comedy, especially since he is only a Hong Kong star.

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Inspired by Sex and the City 2, the partnership between SKYY Vodka and the second edition of the Sex and the City film reached another city. We had the pleasure of attending the event of Skyy Vodka launch. It was a glamorous event held in Sultan Lounge of Mandarin Oriental as there were a couple of celebrities there as well!

The glamorously decorated Sultan Lounge for guests.

Soon, the lounge was packed with guests. Fingers food was served and there was free flow of cocktails.

The guys, from left to right > Bok, Sidney, Sunny and Chai.

The girls, from left to right > Witch, uLi, Me, and Esther.

Event started with a trailer of Sex and the City 2  and 4 sexy girls show-casing the new Skyy Vodka.

The hot chic with the Skyy Vodka!

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It’s been long since I last continued from my Korea trip, but here it is

On our 4th day in Korea, we decided to explore our way to Everland, it is a theme park, with the world’s largest wooden roller coaster!

Exiting from Gangnam Exit 6 (subway station), we began our journey finding our way to Everland.

The roads in Korea are huge and there are bus stops in the middle lane. Therefore it is really hard to find a certain bus stop unless you know the way in and out.

We had to ask some strangers for direction because we walked for 15 mins and still could not find the bus stop to Everland. It was tough as it was either most people did not understand us, or they did not know how to explain to us.

And finally 30 mins later we found it! The bus 5002 that goes Everland.

Hello bus 5002. We only waited for less than 5 mins for the bus to arrive.

As early as 11am in the morning on a week day, the road was packed and all the vehicles moved closely with each other.

After about an hour’s of bus ride, we finally reached our destination! Although it was sunny, it was also windy and quite cold.

We were excited to explore the place we have read so much in the booklet.

74,000 Korean Won for 2 persons (~ RM236) for a one-day pass.

What greeted us was a sea of tulips! Pretty! It felt so blissful to see colorful flowers at that moment, totally lightened up our day already.

Then we saw some stalls selling really cute hairbands. I didn’t get any though because it was quite useless..and not so cheap! (Don’t judge me!)

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