woke up at 630 am feeling very shag because i slept at 230 am.
dragged my tired body down to the restaurant for breakfast. have no appetite to eat because i am still very full from the crab and spicy seafood steamboat. :p
but i still force myself to eat a little so that i wun get very hungry later.
so this is the final day at korea. everybody was happy and sad. happy because we can go back to sg and see our loved ones. sad because korea is really an awesome place and all of us had really bonded. we initially feared that there will be clashes or some form of ostracisation among the 3 different groups, but thank goodness nothing of that sort happened. everybody got to know each other better throughout this 5 days.
let me show you the unity of everyone, on the bus:
this was taken on day 2. one hour before we reach the school i will play the cd for them in the bus to let them recap their steps for the performance.
and then on day 3, i played a cd that has all the national day songs including stand up for singapore, together, where i belong, etc etc. eudora brought it along and dun ask me why she brought it. its really cool to hear everyone singing all these songs together inside the bus. the atmosphere was really great. :)
the first place that we visited today is Gyeongbuk Palace. this is the main palace of ancient korea since 14th century, well-known home of korea's most beautiful pavilion and traditional garden.
next, we drove pass the Presidential Blue House, and visited the Presidential Museum.
i think i got see this fountain in the korean drama IRIS.
and then its lunch! grilled saba fish! very very nice! not forgetting the usual dosage of kimchi and assorted dishes. :)
after lunch is one hour of shopping at Shinchon University Streets. the shopping here is more for girls because located near this shopping street is Ewha Woman's University. i bought a wristlet and a pair of kawaii socks for darling over here. :)
and then we went to this supermarket to buy last min shopping of groceries. this is a place to go to on your last day when you haven get any local products for your friends and relatives. buy 5 packets get 1 free packet. packaging is FOC. but the prices are quite expensive. i strongly recommend NOT to buy. of course i din buy anthing.
finally we reach incheon airport to catch our flight back to sg. bid our last farewell to peter.
need to be so emo a not...
we went inside the departure transit area. i went to do some last min shopping and bought a box of the 白色恋人, korean version. hahaha.
and then, we saw something, or should i say somebody....
hahaha cool! i like!
immediately we went around to mingle with them and take photos with them. really very fun. :)
my special boys are really very sporting. hahahahaha.
after all the fun and drama we went to our departure gate for boarding. and while waiting the special boys took some more pics...
can really feel the strong bonding between them. haha.
ok lah so the post ends here.
this has been a really great trip. i will like to thank everyone - bus driver, tour guide, tour leader, teachers and students, for the wonderful memories. yes korea is a nice country to visit. but the company is what make the trip so memorable. i really enjoyed the great company, especially the special ones for entertaining me throughout this whole trip. its always i entertain pple but this time round i got entertained more. hahahahaha.
finally! no more sch visits! no more wearing blazers! for the past 3 days we can only spend money at convenience stores buying cup noodles and chewing gum! today is the day we can finally spend money on shopping! buy clothes for ourselves and gifts for loved ones! :)
we visited quite a number of places today.
1) World Cup Stadium
i am seriously happy to visit the world cup stadium. i saw the big big field and can imagine watching a live soccer match from the gallery. i went into the coaching room and can imagine the manager giving instructions to his coaches. i went into the changing room and can imagine park ji sung and the rest of the korean players changing into their match kit. i went into the toilets and shower rooms and can imagine the players taking a shower after their game (oops this is getting more nude). to sum it up, this is the best place in the itinery so far! the next stadium i will love to visit is old trafford (manchester united's home ground)!!!
2) DMC Pavilion.
this place promotes new products and technologies of IT companies in korea as well as allows visitors an opportunity to experience the competitiveness and development of the IT industry in korea. additional point to note: the guides here are quite pretty~
and i took jump shots with my special ones outside DMC Pavilion. :)
taking jump shot in every country that i visited is a must! haha.
after that is lunch. pork shabu shabu with stone pot rice! the muslims had saba fish in place of the pork.
after lunch is finally shopping! *girls screaming*
time to boost korea's economy! we went to 3 different shopping areas. the first place i forgot the name already. the second place is dongdaemun whole sale market. after dinner we went to the third place, which i also forgot the name, and is a bit similar to taipei's ximending. i did not take any photos of the shopping experience so i shall steal some photos from my students' facebook. haha.
this two ah... aiyohhhhh...
shopping is really not a thing for me. at the first shopping area i bought a few stuff. at the second and third shopping area i din buy anything at all... especially at the third shopping area i was so tired that i was really tempted to walk into a massage shop to do foot reflexology. -.-'''
and i had so much money left over that i can afford to change my korean currency with joel and a few students. haha.
dinner for today was ginseng chicken! the poor muslims can only eat vegetarian fried rice. can tell that the muslim kids were quite sian and frustrated. thank goodness we have liyana to pacify and coax them.
inside the ginseng chicken soup got one small piece of abalone, which i am holding with my chopsticks. the shop got give each person one cup of ginseng soju. you can either drink it or pour into the ginseng chicken soup. the muslims cant drink because of their religion. the kids cant drink because they still underage. so joel conveniently "confisgated" 32 cups of ginseng soju and shared among both of us. hahahahaha. i drank like ten cups of ginseng soju and poured the remaining cups into my soup. power lah!!! :D
after all the shopping, we went back to the hotel. its already the last night already. some of my kids came to tell me that they dun want to go back to sg. -.-'''
we did a final debrief and reflections writing. and then we brought some kids to a nearby supermarket that sells groceries at a very reasonable price. on the way to the supermarket, we saw this!!!
ultra big hokkaido crab!!! omg!!! got 3 sizes to choose. small, medium and large. we din bother asking about the small size. we were all aiming at either the medium and large. btw the we refer to the 4 adults. hahaha. the medium cost 30,000 won and the big cost 70,000 won. eudora, our bargain queen, managed to slash the price of the medium down to 20,000 won and the big to 60,000 won. in the end we bought the medium. hahahaha.
the guy put the medium size crab into this metal box and steam it!
wow... can smell the freshness of the crab from here...
the large size crab is really large!!! larger than my chest!!!
we hurriedly brought the crab back to our hotel room to eat! omg! the crab taste fabulous! very fresh and sweet!!! we regretted not buying the large size crab. and i regretted not taking photos of us eating the crab. because we were too occupied with peeling away the shells and savouring the flesh. nobody bothers to take out the camera to take photos. hahahaha.
after eating the crab we decided to go and eat at the homely restaurant again! because previous night only the 3 of us went, so this time we wanted to bring liyana along. we are really crazy. :p
the previous night we sat outside. this time round we sat inside. we had a really good meal, chatting and laughing. this marks a grand finale to our last night in korea. :)
by the time we reached our hotel room is 130 am. we still haven shower and pack our luggage! craziness~
