A Cold Cold Winter......

Hihi....

Guess where am I ?? Jingle Bell Jingle Bell.... Snow is falling down...

I'm in Korea!!! The first thing I stepped out of the tour coach was...WHAT the HELL...ITS DAMN &^R%#& COLD!!! It was -2 degrees lor...
My toes and fingers were freezing and almost numb despite the fact that I had gloves and wool socks.... Burrrrrrrrrrrrrr....I hate cold.....

Places where I went.... Da Chang Jin set studio..this was the first stop of my Korea tour. We took an overnight flight and reached there early morning... it was too early for our connecting flight to Jeju island...so we made a detour to the studio set .... I ate my first Dokkpoki there too! I saw it in Goong when Cai Jin always liked to eat with her girlfriends...It looked hot and spicy..but it fact it was not...

Next stop is Jeju island... we spent the first nite there... There was nothing much to shop there..but I tasted my first Korean lor Di there...YUM YUM!!

They even had samples for you to taste...I went bersek over there...heehee...;p

Our first Korean Dinner was also an advanture... we were walking up and down the streets..trying to figure out which shop sells "edible" stuff...those which we can figure and know what is it...We walked at least 3 times up down the street ..but couldnt find a shop that had pictures like noodles or rice where we can point and order. All the menus are in Korean..and I am totally lost... Finally decided in one small little shop beside a Karaoke... there were pictures of ramen ...and that was what we ordered... tasted like instant noodles...shld have bought instand cup noodles and ate . -_-

Nxt day we went mountain climbing...it was very windy...and a long climb up man!

But the scenery was very beautiful...we could see the whole of Jeju Island.

Nxt we went to see Teddy Bear Museum.... Haha..this is also another of my long waited upon destination. I had seen it in Goong...and all the teddy bears were so cute in the drama..
A pity was I couldn't buy Alfred...cos it was too ex... :(

Back to Seoul...we went up the mountains for Skiing! Hiak hiak..first lesson in skiing...

It was fun..but tedious learning process...first was the gear...the boots and board were very heavy...after wearing the boots..I was walking like Mr Mashmallow Man in GhostBuster....haha.

I admit I am not a natural in sports..so aft a few attempts where I "lang ga" into ppl...I gave up.. played with snow and look at ppl snow...hee...

After spending a nite @ the ski resort...we slept on the traditional Korean "kang"..which is on the floor..with mattress... Wah seh...couldnt zzz the whole nite man!! the floor and pillow were so hard...I really miss bed and mattress..

After saying bye bye to the Ski resort...we made our way down to Everland... Along the way...it starting snowing..... we were all going gaga over the snow...hee...moutain turtle ah..


Everland was fun.. but we didnt have time to take all the rides...Comparing Everland and Lotte World ( which we went later) I still think that Disney or Universal Studio Theme Parks are much better...in terms of the rides and attractions...

8 days in Korea....I think I had the most healthy meals of my life...Vege and vege every meal!

Not that I dont like vege...but it was like ..bean sprouts ,kimchi for every meal...

I am beginning to get sick of bean sprouts.... I am longing for sambal chilli and curry...wow....Prata here I come... slurrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppppp

Hmmm............looking back...I think I will still want to go back to Korea..perhaps in another season...Autumn ....where the leaves turn orange...I think it will even be more beautiful...

Nxt yr perhaps ba.... Ahh....I still have lots of places to go leh...Japan.... Taiwan...HK...

haha....$$ not enough ah...

Another Great Accomplishment for 2006!!!

Yo YO!! See this ...see this...what is this?? Haha....some of you may not have it.. some of you may have lots of it...but this is my one and only PRECIOUS one....

MY STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON 10KM RUN MEDAL!!!!

You must be thinkg....CHEY! what's so great abt this medal rite?

Hey!!!This means alot to me...cos this is the first time I ran such a long distance ....Ppl who know me will know that I HATE running...so to run 10KM is really a BIG thing for me...not to mention that I did not really train for this ....I only ran abt 20min everytime I hit the treadmill.

This time, I managed to run non-stop...only a few times for water stops...other than that....I did not even rest wor......so am I good a not? heehee..

Actually I need to thank my fellow runner and motivator...Winnie...without her giving me motivation..I would not have completed this run.. Thanks WInnie!!

Initially my target is to run 5km and walk and run for the rest of the journey....but seeing Winnie pushing herself through also gave me the drive to push through the rest of the journey.

Sooooooooooo..............with this ....I managed to complete my first 10km !!

So far...the furtherest I had ran is 2.4km..which had been 10 over years since my last fitness test....haha.... not bad for a first timer...

So...Another of my colleague...Ah Huang...was also a inspirator...he was the one who kept jioing us to go for the run...

So nxt yr...We shall continue ......perhaps build up the team.....anybody interested?

One disappointed thing is ..my ah lao did not really support me... he didnt seem interested in my medal or wanna hear my story of how I completed the run.....but nevermind...I still have my frens...who were happy for me... ;P