The day I left for Korea..

Finally.. my room has internet access..

the network personnel is realli good..

GOOD at DELAYING and COCKING UP!!

give him our MAC address for like a few days le and we still cant get our internet!!

and he realise that he copied the wrong one!!

ROAR!

oh well..

at least my port is up.

my IP is settled.

so now..

in this rainy day..

when i should start working on my hmk, i decide to at least finish my first day post for korea!

yeap. SO on the 8th.

I reached the airport at 830pm to meet Jieyin for check-in.

mymy..

huili was earlier than me..

(that's very sweet of you!! =) thanks for coming and thanks for the choco!! I haben touch it yet!)

hee..

and the check-in was a breeze..

we hang arnd till like 915pm? for Yongjie to arrive before we went in to the departure hall!

Thanks for coming!!! =)

I and boi were realli glad!

newae..

yup.. so we decide to hang arnd in dutyfree shop as we were REALLY early.

and we met boi's fren! Taitong!

such a coincidence!

and guess wad!

he and his fren from USP are going Korea too!

the conversation that he and boi had were so farnie..

apparently..

he got himself such a good deal from his prof whose networks are darn good.

there's a free 10 day korea trip porvided by korea embassy and Taitong knows the prof or smth and yeap.. he got himself a free trip! all fully PAID!

ROAR!!!

such good DEALS..

we were all so envy!!

but we took different airlines..

so we say goodbye after awhile..

went into our gate..

and saw the air stewardess..

gosh! got briefing somemore! and i cant realli understand the big clip on their head.

oh well..

but i must say..

they look realli good.

all of them!!

while waiting for us to go in!

i must say!

the plane is good!

i did not experience any discomfort

not like the noraml BUDGET plane that i took!

hahaha..

but boi was having discomfort with his wisdom..

but thank god it was fine already!

oh yah..

the plane food was quite okay..

and i did not catch a wink at all..

nt tired..

i do not know why..

so was talking with boi all the while..

when we are nearing Korea..

boi says we will see land when we leave the last layer of cloud..

damn..

but within seconds we heard jerking sound and the engine is weird..

diao.. scary ok..

tot we are doomed for..

but to our amazement.. it was landing..

so can u imagine the fog?! we cant see a thing! hahaha..

neway, the airport is simple and nice. sort of the same as stolkolm one

the airpot is way cool.

we found this there.

for the ppl to write their arrival form.

cool right! lao hua specs!

saw 2 students outside the arrival gate holding the ICU sign!

She is jicheon. Very pretty skin gal and the guy is jungha

apparently, Jicheon says that Jungil had given her a list that Joanna they all was reaching on tt day today! but we remember that Joanna are coming on the next day. we waited vainly and even made announcement. hahaha.. Jungil ah.. tsk tsk!!

left for university.

took the airport limousine!

gosh the weather is darn good!

aircon!! hohoho..

hope it stays on..

yes! i brought my bearie

outside the airport

boi in the bus..

the bus ride was like 3 hours..

and we replenish our sleep on the bus towards Daejeon!

along the road.. like HDB right?

stopover for toilet break.. like JB like tt..

we finally reached.. and we took a cab to the school..

it's like 5 min! but it cost 3200 won.

which is like er.. 4plus sing dollars.

carrying a 20 over kg of luggage is not fun at all..

we had so much trouble man!

off to the dorm after the admin!

sad..

we are allocated to a dorm at a far away place! hahaha..

this is ICU!

this is the beautiful dorm which is right beside campus..

but it is not for us..

OH WELL..

took a shuttle bus to the dorm..

the dorm is a nice place!

so european..

but inside..

it is er..

well.. to me.. i think it is okay..

but not tt good!

especially my lan port is spoil!

and no air con.. but lucky the weather in Korea now is better..

Oh yah..

they do have aircon..

but they do not on it..

Korea is a very environmental friendly country..

i must say..

and i salute them for it.

I hope Singapore is like tt.

NO plastic bags for u when u shop at the mall.

if u want.. u need to pay.

if not there are free cardbox for u to put your stuff.

the cardbox are old ones which is used for the packaging of previous stuff..

there are different types of bins.

u have to throw into the correct one!

all for recycling.

n in school.

aircon is not on.. if a certain temp is not reached.

and only for 2 hours.

this is stupid but they made sense..

they are not as hot as us!

giving men the freedom for the controller is harmful to the earth.

our desire is never enuff..

anyhow..

we got use to the no aircon days..

and we are cold for certain nights and days..

wheet!

Hwa Am Dorm

this is the entrance to the mini store and cafeteria.

the ppl there are realli great.

they are so trustful of the ppl in Korea.

the store do not have a storekeeper.

and money and foodstuff were just placed there.

if u want to buy..

just go to the kitchen where the auntie is cooking and pay them!

Koreans are realli great.

i feel ashamed of Singapore somehow..

the stores will always be supervised to prevent theft.

I wonder we are not trustworthy or the ppl doing business cant trust us.


this is jieyin's side of the room. I haben took mine..


the girl's block.. where only like 10 girls are residing?

the rest are males block.. I think 6 blocks cater to the guys!

after unpacking and clean up abit for our room.

we decide to go downtown to buy some stuff and to explore.

the only exciting place..

will be E-mart!

hahah.. it's just a big and expensive supermarket..

how i miss Walmart!!

this is the shuttle bus(inside)

outside ICU.. nice flowers!

from outside to inside

the busstop where only 2 buses frequent.

but it bring us to the main part of the town..

hahaha


busier part of Daejeon..

newae.. when u are in Korea..

Please beware of the vehicles..

the ppl here are great..

but somehow..

they are bad drivers!

went to Emart!!

woohoo!! not bad not bad..

we sort of see mac and decide to try their new dessert.

and for yr info..

there's no kimchi burger! hahaha..

afterwhich.. we decide to settle for korean food for dinner..

walk so long and dun see food.

or rather food that we understand.. and not so ex!

the food there are realli expensive!!

well.. somehow.. saw a shop that sells steamboat..

with much difficulty.. we settle in this restaurant.

i do not know whether we are lucky or wad..

one of the staffs knew chinese..

but she dun understand us..

o well..

dun care.. we are comfortably sitted in the restaurant le!

lots of side dishes!
they give us a bowl of rice.. with parsley and raw egg and seaweed

we were unsure of it..

and she kept saying we eat it last..

we realli dun get it.

when we secretly wanted to taste how's it like..

she caught us and say we shouldn't eat..

yup..

and finally we knew the answer..

the rice was used to cook in the remaining soup..

it smells realli good.

but too bad.. the parsley is there..

i and jieyin give it a miss..

boi happily finished it all.. :)

the menu inside! quite a spread!!

at the end of the dinner.. full full..

decide to went back to the hostel.. and we saw this cute cottage!
nice little place..

didnt went in to take pics..

cos we need to go back pack for our seoul trip for the next day!! woohoo..

we are realli tired.. =p