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Today is a special day, why? It’s 11st November 2011, in short it’s 11.11.11, which happen every 100 years, but do you know that today is also Pepero Day?

For those who don’t know, Pepero is cookie stick, dipped in a chocolate, much like Rocky, Pocky whatever ky you see in market nowadays.

Pepero is from Korea, and Pepero day is of course started in Korea, it’s equivalence to Valentine day. Here’s the definition of Pepero day quoted from Wikipedia:

Since the date “11/11” resembles four sticks of Pepero. The holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts.

So now you all know that, 11th November is not only special this year, it’s special every year.

Happy Pepero day to all of you, may the girls grow as tall and slender as a Pepero.

I should blog about this last week when I just back from Seoul, but I didn’t have much time to do so 😛 Anyway here are some updates regarding the vacation.

It was a one week visit, in which first three days I spent it with my friend, wandering around Seoul. The other days with my family, visiting few places such as Korean Folk Village.

The main purpose of the visit was actually for my brother’s graduation, it was on 25 February 2011 in Korea University.

Other than that, I mostly spent my time around Myeong-Dong, where I found out it had become my favorite place when I was in Seoul, been there a few time over a week! 😛 Actually, I only visited a few places this time, but no palace! As most of the places in Seoul I already visited when I was here last time.

The first is the Cat Cafe in Myeong-Dong, a cafe that full of cats!! Coffee + cats, suit me well! 🙂

I also had my first experience of skiing in Jisan Ski Resort, together with my friend dear Rebecca, not a very good experience though, as we didn’t get an instructor there, so most of the time we were just falling. ==

Other than that, I visited the Korean Folk Village, where you can experience the traditional Korean life style, I mean traditional Korean life style back in the old day.

Another place that worth mention is the Insa-Dong’s Stabucks. Yes I’m here again, in fact, this is the reason why me and Rebecca meetup, to have coffee in this special Starbucks coffee house. 🙂

Got this nice Stabucks logo metal box, inside is a chocolate actually, which only consist of three chocolates. ==

That pretty much round up my Seoul visit this time. For more photos, please head over to my photo gallery!

A header image with Korea ribbon!! That mean I’m visiting Seoul, again! ^^

But this time I’m going there for my brother’s graduation, plus a half family trip, I say it half is because I’ll be there with my brother and mom.

But actually, there are quite a lot of Malaysian going to Korea recently, thanks to AirAsia for opening their route to Korea, hopefully I will bump into someone I know during my stay in Seoul.

Well, there are still four more days to go!! Can’t wait for it! ^^

One of my favorite song when I was in Korea 🙂

Artist: 2NE1
Title: I Don’t Care

[CL]
Hey playboy
It’s about time
And your time’s up
I had to do this one for my girls you know
That’s the only way you boys learn

[Minji]
니 옷깃에 묻은 립스틱은 나는 절대로 용서못해
I can’t ever forgive you for that lipstick on your collar

매일 하루에 수십번 꺼져있는 핸드폰
Every day, your phone’s always off

변하지 않을것만 같아 oh oh
It doesn’t seem like you’re going to change oh oh

[Dara]
그저 친구라는 수많은 여자친구
All those girlfriends you call “friends”

날 똑같이 생각하지마 I won’t let it fly
Don’t think of me in the same way as them, I won’t let it fly

이제 니맘대로해 난 미련을 버릴래
From now on, do as you want, I’m going to stop caring

한때 정말 사랑했는데 oh
For some time I really loved you but oh

[CL]
가끔씩 술에 취해 전활걸어 지금은 새벽 다섯시반
Sometimes you get drunk, and call me, now it’s 5:30 am

넌 또 다른 여자의 이름을 불러 no
Again you say another girl’s name no

[Bom]
I don’t care 그만할래 니가 어디에서 뭘 하던
I don’t care, I’ll stop caring about what you’re doing wherever you are

이제 정말 상관 안할게 비켜줄래
From now on I really don’t care, I’ll get out of the way

이제와 울고불고 매달리지마
From now on don’t come to me and cry, and cling on

cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e

[Minji]
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
Boy I don’t care

[Minji]
다른 여자들의 다리를 훔쳐보는
Stealing glances at other girl’s legs

니가 너무너무 한심해
You’re so so hopeless

매일 빼놓는 커플링 나 몰래 한 소개팅
Everyday you take off your couple ring, and secretly go on a blind date

더이상 못참을것같아 oh oh oh
I don’t think that I’ll be able to take it anymore oh oh oh

[Dara]
넌 절대 아니라는 수많은 나의친구
My friends say that you’re not really worth it

넌 늑대란 친구들까지 타일렀지만
You even went to your wolf-like friends for advice but

차라리 홀가분해 너에게 난 과분해
I’d rather keep it simple, I’m too good for you

내 사랑이라 믿었는데 oh oh
I believed you were my love but oh oh

[CL]
오늘도 바쁘다고 말하는 너 혹시나 전화해봤지만
Today you said you were busy, I tried phoning you but

역시 뒤에선 여자 웃음소리가 들려 oh no
As expected, in the background I heard a girl’s laugh oh no

[Bom]
I don’t care 그만할래 니가 어디에서 뭘 하던
I don’t care, I’ll stop caring about what you’re doing wherever you are

이제 정말 상관 안할게 비켜줄래
From now on I really don’t care, I’ll get out of the way

이제와 울고불고 매달리지마
From now on don’t come to me and cry, and cling on

cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e

[Dara]
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
Boy I don’t care

[Minji]
난 너땜에 울며 지새던 밤을 기억해 boy
Because of you, I remember crying till dawn boy

더 후회할 널 생각하니 맘이 쉬웠네 boy
I regret every time I think about you when my heart was too easy, huh boy?

날 놓치긴 아깝고 갖기엔 시시하잖니
I’m too good to throw away and too boring to have

있을때 잘하지 너 왜 이제와 매달리니
You should have treated me better when we were together why are you clinging to me now

[CL]
속아준 거짓말만해도 수백번
You fooled me with your lies hundreds of times

오늘 이후로 난 남자 울리는 bad girl
From today on, I’ll be a bad girl who makes guys cry

이젠 눈물 한방울 없이 널 비웃어
Now without a single tear, I’ll laugh at you

사랑이란 게임 속 loser
Loser who’s inside a game called love

무릎꿇고 잡을 수 있니
Get on your knees and take me back

아님 눈 앞에서 당장 꺼져
If not, get out of my sight right now

[Bom]
I don’t care 그만할래 니가 어디에서 뭘 하던
I don’t care, I’ll stop caring about what you’re doing wherever you are

이제 정말 상관 안할게 비켜줄래
From now on I really don’t care, I’ll get out of the way

이제와 울고불고 매달리지마
From now on don’t come to me and cry, and cling on

cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
cause I don’t care e e e e e e
Boy I don’t care

For the pass 3 days I was staying in house due to I fallen sick and also resting at home.

But today is my last day in Seoul and I’m going to visit the Nami Island, or better known as the Winter Sonata place, because it’s the place where the famous Korean drama, Winter Sonata was filmed.

The journey to Nami Seom consist of taking the railway, ferry and also taxi, the journey took around 3 hours.

Nami Seom is an imaginary country, and to enter Nami Seom, you need to buy the passport issues from the Naminara, it cost around 5k won, around RM14.

The temperature in Nami Seom is more cooling than in Seoul, probably because here got more trees compare to Seoul.

Nami Seom is a very beautiful island, it’s full of natural habitat and also for it’s famous pine tree lined roads.

Other than that, animals here are running freely across the island, such as ostriches.

Yes! There are ostrich in this island, but of course it’s not native to here.

Other than ostrich there are squirrels which available all over the island!

The main attraction to this island is actually the environment and it’s beautiful scenery, for those who is a natural lover then this is the place that you definitely want to visit.

PS: Please head over to my Korea trip gallery for more photos!

Today is Hari Raya, the main festival for the our Muslim counterpart in Malaysia, but I’m now in Korea so I went to the Malaysia Embassy to celebrate the even.

Every year there is an open house here, Malaysian from all over Korea will come and meet each other and enjoy local food here.

After visiting the Malaysia Embassy, I went to Cheong Gye Cheon. It was Sunday when I visited Cheong Gye Cheon, so there are quite a lot of people there, the river water is very clear, you can even see fishes swimming inside it, the river is very well kept and it’s very clean.

The Cheong Gye Cheon is located somewhere in the downtown of Seoul, it’s the result of urban renewal project of transforming a stream that was mainly for drainage system into one of the famous public recreation place in Seoul.

I believe before the restoration, Cheong Gye Cheon is more or less like Klang River in Malaysia, where the water is brown in color and rubbish everywhere. In fact, part of the Cheong Gye Cheon was covered with concretes and roads are build on top of it. But today, Cheong Gye Cheon has become one of the most successful urban renewal program in the world.

PS: Please head over to my Korea trip gallery for more photos!

It’s The 6th Asia Song Festival 2009!! An annual event where singers around the Asia continent are invited to perform on stage. This year the Asia Song Festival took place at World Cup Stadium in Seoul.

There are singers from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even Thailand are invited, popular groups like Big Bang, 2NE1 from Korea, Gackt from Japan and Ekin Cheng from Hong Kong.

We went there around 5pm to collect our ticket from the ticketing booth.

Lot’s of people there including foreigners are lining up to get their ticket.

I got my ticket free by registering my self at the official website.

Around 6pm we start walking into the stadium, because of the H1N1 influenza, there are sanitizer everywhere, even the one spray right to your whole body.

My sit was quite far away from the stage, it wasn’t a good view but the good thing is that there are at least 3 big screen showing the artist performing on stage.

The whole festival was actually very up beat, since the artists are from different country, we can see a lot of fans for different group shows their support.

But nothing beats the local fans here, especially the famous Korean group Big Bang and Girl’s Generation, people gone mad when the host announced their name. These 2 groups are among the last group to come out perform, after this there is an encore but it was Super Junior, I was hoping the Girl’s Generation or 2NE1 for encore though.

PS: Please head over to my Korea trip gallery for more photos!

Today I went to Jongmyo, it’s a royal shrine for placing the tablets of deceased kings and queens of the Korean Joseon Dynasty.

The shrine is a very nice place with beautiful scenery, a lot of senior members will go there and have a good walk while breathing in fresh air.

The Jongmyo is not as big as the other palace. There are 2 main hall here, the Jeongjeon and the Yeongnyeongjeon.

Jeongjeon is the first and main hall while Yeongnyeongjeon was build when Jeongjeon could no longer accommodate any more tablets.

At the northern part of Jongmyo there’s a overpass link to Chang Gyeong Gung, it’s a palace right next to Jongmyo, so we can go to Chang Gyeong Gung directly from Jongmyo.

The Chang Gyeong Gung is again another palace in Seoul, the Jongmyo was actually a part of the Chang Gyeong Gung, it was when the Japanese invaded and they build a road in between to separate both Chang Gyeong Gung and Jongmyo.

The main entrance of Chang Gyeong Gung is not as nice as the other palaces I visited before, mostly because there are renovation here, and there are no ceremony held in here also.

But there’s a very nice lake in this palace, there are ducks and Koi fish inside the lake also.

Some where at the palace there’s a very beautiful white greenhouse here.

At night me and my brother went to Gwang Hwa Mun for the Soul City Tour.

The Soul City Tour is a bus ride to bring us around the Seoul, drop us at the Seoul Tower for like 15 minutes, then start going back.

The tour is actually not very bad, you get to see Hangan and it beautiful bridge throughout the tour.

PS: Please head over to my Korea trip gallery for more photos!

I had been busy going out for the pass few days, today I’m staying at home, resting and regaining my energy back. Actually I’m just being lazy. 😛

Nothing much happen today as I’m staying at home, but at night something funny happened, some drunk old man came and collapse at stair case outside my house, so we took a picture of him, together!! 😀

It was fun!! 😀