korea day two

Mt Namsan, Myeongdong

dear diary,

it's a beautiful cloudy day! the sun isn't out to make us black yay!!!

the railway system is a lot simplier than japan's so we aren't having any problem navagating around

this card is called a T money card! i insist you buy it if you ever go seoul. it saves you tons of hassle from buying tickets each time you ride the subway or bus. the card itself costs only 3000won then you can charge it up as much as you like. we ended up using 20000won for this 10day trip. plus i'm not really sure how it exactly works but - if you transfer to bus after using the subway with this card, the bus fare becomes free

most of the time the fare only and minimumly costs 900 won (rm2.4). and maybe plus another 200won if you travel super far.

so glad the guys like taking photos as much as we gals do ^^

our first stop - korean folk village

which personally i don't really find interesting since i don't care for heritage and old buildings. but i am aware it would be such a waste to come all the way to korea without visiting this kind of rich-of-heritage places so...

the place is actually very nice

but it's just not really my cup of tea

choi ah?! blekkk

busket 37 rubbins...hmmm

tasted very nice actually

a place called oh! zemidong which is why we are all doing the 'Oh!' look.

it's a small place where they have books, computers for you to surf net and tvs. all for free! it's being  mentioned as one of the interesting place around mt namsan. but honestly?.... nothing to see really. might appreciate the place if i live nearby though.

we gave up our original plan to hang around mt namsam till night falls for the seoul tower night view

and jumped into a taxi to go to myeongdong

 which is just the next station

its easier and cheaper to take taxi with the numbers of people we have when we travel short distance

myeongdong~~

zhong ing wins! the coolest among us all.

never came across my mind to reject rain

oh, diary myeongdong is so niceeeee!!!

it's a street with lots of lots of make-up shops!

to our suprise, most of the salesgirls are fluent in either chinese or japanese

didn't think i would be speaking japanese in another country other than japan

all the shops give out free samples like they're er.. free!

i was practically dragged off the street by the face shop salesgirl who pushed a small basket with a free mask onto my arms and bustled me into the shop.

i offered no resistance XD

bought masks and hanskin bb cream (supposedly famous bb cream brand in korea) for you sistas! (excluding ah bi of course). would like to pass you guys earlier but seems like it'd have to wait till next year

in the evening, we watched a non-verbal show called nanta which is expensive (50000won) but worth every single penny. it was the hightlight of our day, if not, our trip! it's a comedy story of 4 chefs preparing for a wedding reception as they performed music with kitchen utensils, brooms.

 AND the way they engage the audience was hilarious, absolutely hilarious! if you buy the front seats 60000won there's a chance you might be dragged onto the stage. i would definitely recommend anyone going to seoul to watch it!!

that's it for day 2. gnite diary.