Friday, December 26, 2014

[Korea,Seoul] Lonely but not lonely Christmas~!

24 Dec 2014

Christmas Eve~

Flying alone again!
 


As usual, took airport limousine 6015 from Incheon Airport to Sejong Hotel station (myeongdong).

Hello Zaza Backpacker! Long time no stay! Hahas~

Am i staying in this 2 bunk bed room just me alone???
Answer = YES!!
WHY THE HELL DO I NEED SO MUCH BEDS?!

Anyway, the very first place to visit after putting down luggage - Myeongdong CGV!
Know what? Today KimWooBin movie 기술자들 (Criminal Designer) just officially release in cinemas!
The very 100% Singaporean kiasu me quickly went down and grab the movie ticket and i really don't mind watching it alone in theater HAHA!!
You know, my Christmas eve ain't lonely with woobin! 
Oh yaa totally no problem watching it without subtitle!

Sinsa-dong, Garosu-gil~
The famous atas shopping streets!

It's freaking -5°C and no problem eating my Softree Honeycomb Ice Cream! 

미스공 떡볶이 (Miss Gong Tteokbokki)
Whoever watched High School : Love On should highly know this place!
I took subway to Hakdong station and went out at exit 10. I would be good if you have GPS with you while getting your way here. If not, do a lot of research before heading out. It's quite easy but difficult to locate as we have to walk through the small alley..

Take note of the address:
60-11 Nonhyeon-dong (13 Nonhyeon-ro 150-gil)
서울시 강남구 논현동 60-11번지

If you are here, of course you won't want to miss out to try this famous tteokbokki!
However is FREAKING DAMN SPICY to me. 

Heading towards Gangnam and the crowd is so scary that i almost can't get out from the subway due to Christmas eve!

Towards a little quiet place - Agreable Flowers & Cafe

Address:
강남구 역삼로 110 Yeoksam-Dong, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Exiting from Gangnam Station exit 4, go straight till the intersection (yeoksam-ro) cross the road and make a left turn. Go straight and the first lane on your right (yeoksam-ro 2-gil) and there you are!
Agreable Flower & Cafe will be just right in front of you.

The hot hibiscus tea warm up my cold christmas eve.

Lastly event of the day!
Sinchon for Christmas COUNTDOWN!!!!
메리크리스마스~!





25 Dec 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS~!!

Moved to the another room! 
Going to welcome my dear Eviltan & Momoko to join me tonight!

Woollim NIT Coffee

Address: 
서울 마포구 성산동 월드컵북로 23길 13
13, World Cup Buk-ro 23-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

Take subway to Hongik station and get out from Exit 1. 
Upon exiting exit 1, you would see an busstop on the left. 
Take any of these buses: 7711,7016,7737. That goes to "성산2교".
Alight at 성산2교, cross at the traffic light in front of you and turn right. 
Go straight down until you see the road sign 월드컵북로23길 (Worldcupbuk-ro 23-gil) and turn left and walk straight in. 
NIT coffee will be on your left and Woollim on the right.
(Sorry i'm not quite sure about Woollim Kitchen as when that time of visit Woollim Kitchen isn't ready yet.)
 

I am NOT expecting to see any Infinite members this day as i know that they went to KBS for recording. 
So casually enjoying my coffee and cheesecake.

Suddenly someone look super familiar stepped into the cafe!
Guess who?
LeeSeongYeol?!!!
아니!
LeeDaeYeol!!!!!!
Hahhahhahahaha no sungyeol, daeyeol also good!
But i'm not here as a fangirl, so didn't stand up and approach him. I can't imagine the awkwardness that i would face if i talk to him. 
"Hi, i'm your brother fan, not you" HAHAHA!!


Dango House (단고@홍대)
This is so surprising super delicious! Especially the one with sweet soy sauce!
This Dango house is perfect for ladies who have sweet tooth! But you will defiantly be bloated after eating all of them.

청계천 (Cheonggyecheon Stream)
Need some exercise walking time to digest all the sweet food that i've ate early in the morning.

This is my first time walking this stream during winter.
Previously was during summer where the number of mosquitoes are horrible that i gave up walking halfway.
  Everything seems pretty clean and white during winter!

Walked to Gwanghwamun Square and crossed the road to Gyeongbokgung.
All these are not in my itinerary as this is already my xxx times coming here hahaha!
Just purely passed by as im trying to exercise by not taking subway!

Finally arrived at Tongin Market to take a look at the items that they are selling, as i'm planning to come back here again during my last day to buy some kimchi back home!

Went to Seoul Station and collect our Busan KTX ticket in advance so that we don't have to be so rush tomorrow morning.

Do some LITTLE shopping in Myeongdong while waiting for Eviltan & Momoko flight to arrive at Incheon from Taipei. 
Why do i say little shopping? Because basically i just think that Myeongdong is a place to cheat tourist money!!
It is true that it's convenient if you wanna do your skincare/cosmetic shopping, however if you are a very "gei gao" person like me, go other place buy instead!!
Myeongdong staffs will get you to buy until certain amount eg.₩100,000 in order to get a big amount of freebies that makes your heart itchy. However at other place, u might just need ₩40,000 and you can get the exact same amount of freebies!

The night is getting later and later, but still i don't receive any message from the girls that is supposed to have be touched down.

Went to A Twosome Place for a cup of hot brewed tea with nice sofa seat while continue to wait for them.

Finally the message come in telling me that they are late because of the flight delay earlier on. 

The girls finally arrived and i went to fetch them from the bus stop and up we go to our Zaza Backpacker.

Before the Christmas ends, we had our gift exchange and went out for some BBQ!!!