BAAACCCKKKK!!!! :D

Finally got the time to blog..after a hectic 8 day trip to Seoul..weather was raining, we encountered mild typhoon-heavy rains, oh and one other thing I learnt; try not to go shopping with such a big group. And not with shopaholics. I thought I was a shopaholic (even if its mostly window shopping) but whoa...you're in a totally different league...I mean arriving at the hotel at 9+pm then go straight out for shopping right after checking in until 1 something am, spending 300k KRW, on the 1ST night itself, getting lost !!! I also won't mention the other 4 days of shopping 'till 3 30am then waking up for morning call 7.20am for the tour. Walau, damn "keng" eh..either that or you're full of energy. I salute you. Of course *blushing* I was also quite interested with the shopping lah...hehe so its not (entirely :) ) your fault that I'm writing this blog..

It was fun, really fun, everyone was great..visited a local Korean pub/club style, visited Sub_Zero Ice Bar where outside was a darn humid 24 deg n the pub was -10 deg C..imagine using Alaskan style winter clothes to visit a bar whose interior is carved out of ice, even the stools, bartop and drinks 'cups'..Kudo's to either our socio-communication skills or maybe our tour guide really thought we were giving him an easy time, that he paid for our (6 of us) dinner, and entrance fee (KRW15,000 each!) to the Ice Bar. Cool!! Eating out in Korea is not cheap. Case in Point: McD's Bacon Double Cheeseburger Meal KRW5500~B$9.00

Oh and by the way, all that hype about Korean girls being really as beautiful as they look on TV..well its 70% true. No offense to any ladies reading this post, but we all have to understand population dynamics (??)..its simple, there's just more of them in total, therefore there is a higher percentage chance of happening across the more beautiful 'normal' local ones.
And it didnt help that our tour guide whose a guy, half Taiwanese-half Korean, brought us to his local hangout which is situated smack-bang in the middle of 3 universities, one of which is the top women's university in S. Korea. You tell me lah, how not to be able to see them leh???!!!!

Oh and by the way, I have to say this lah...I couldnt help but notice, Korean guys really do look that good lor...I mean I only notice opposite sex but yeah, Korean guys do look good. That can be verified by my female tour counterparts as well..hehe..

Anyway...before I start sounding homosexual...
The tour was well worth the money spent, there were so many places in the itenary, the studio set of Jewel in the Palace which is about twice the size of our Royal Regalia Museum, historical palaces, war/traditional Korean culture museums, the many places of shopping, Seoul Tower where one of the Korean movie scenes was shot..pity the weather didnt permit us to visit Namiseon Island, scene of Winter Sonata shooting. Trust me we were in the bus on the way when the rain just poured down, flooding the roads and blowing signboards over, I would NOT want to be on a ferry at that moment en-route to Namiseon Island. Its not fun being stuck in traffic for 4 hrs. Oh and btw, I'm really sick of looking at 3 brands of Korean made motorcar, 90% of which are either in white, black or silver.

AND I can't believe my luck!!! We just got off the bus on one of the last days when we stumbled across a film shoot..live, with cameras rolling and crew-camera trucks. And I managed to take a few photos live, up close, paparazzi style, of a Korean Film Star!!! One thing I can say is: they are really stick thin. That is the most appropriate description I can give.

Well, thats it for now, pictures will be uploaded to my friendster site( http://www.friendster.com/garyviosblogspot ) soon, when I get the time and patience to sit down n upload them...stay tuned...

Wow I can't wait to see what Korea will look like in winter, or maybe I'll just go to Japan..hehehehe..