Sunday, 31 August 2014

Korea Day 6 (Trick Eye Museum & N Seoul Tower)

That morning I set off a little earlier to Hongdae than banana to look for my umbrella. After that I needed to look for a Wi-Fi hotspot to contact her, hence I decided to try my luck at Dunkin' Donuts.  
korea western breakfast light sandwich smoothie
 Light breakfast.
army stew ramen fish cakes topoki meat seafood
After meeting banana we walked into this random shop selling Budae Jjigae(army stew consisting of ramen, fish cakes, topokki, meat and seafood). It was surprisingly quite yummy and good for two person at a reasonable price.
artist portrait korea
  After lunch we visited Trick Eye Museum which was nearby. There was an artist drawing human faces in the form of cartoon at the entrance. See the resemblance? So talented!!
pretty hanbok korea
 Studio for taking hanbok photos.
trick eye museum

trick eye museum
They even do your hair and make up.
the scream
The Scream, banana version.
Entrance ticket is 15,000Won for adults and you can enter both Trick Eye Museum and Ice Museum.
We alighted at Hongik University Station Exit 9, and walked a distance before reaching Trick Ice Museum, which is in between TONYMOLY and Holika Holika.  
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I'm part of the painting!!
picnic
Picnic time.
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I love the fairytale setting!
witch
 The witch told me to pay ransom 1000 dollars to save banana.
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 I happily took her place instead lolol.
beer
Hangover. Big drunkard  酒鬼 heehee!
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Someone plucked a flower for me!
eaten by fish
Helpppp!
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Rain rain go away~
umbrella rain
Teehee!
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Puss in boots and Po in boots.
nutcracker on swing
Banana and the nutcrackers.
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Row row row a boat~ On a side note, my eye bags look horrible!!
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I would really love to bring this mirror home!!
ice museum trick eye museum
It was super cold inside the Ice Museum I almost froze to death I really don't know how banana could have run into the igloo still!!
ice museum slide trick eye museum
And she even took the slide made of ice ohmygod.
santorini picture
Photo of Greece, Santorini.
This is a place I've dreamt of going all my life. I really pray hard I can visit this place by next year.
best patbingsu
Café selling desserts, sandwiches and toasts.
As if it wasn't cold enough after coming out from the Ice Museum plus it was raining heavily outside, we decided to have...
patbingsu best in korea
TADAH! Patbingsu!! We had the traditional flavour with grounded peanuts and mocha. Very very delicious I wonder if I can ever find this in Singapore! This was a random café near Trick Eye Museum which was on the second storey. We knew they were selling patbingsu because they had this very big poster of the dessert on the building.   
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 Then we took the subway to Myeongdong Station to visit N Seoul Tower.
We walked towards Pacific Hotel and from there we asked a local who was kind enough to walk a distance with us and guided us up a pathway. The cable car boarding area is not at all near to Myeongdong Station so be prepared to walk! Or else you can take a bus up as well. The cable car ticket cost us 8,500Won each. We got the return ticket since it was more worth it than a one way ticket which easily cost 6,000Won already.
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Clear view of N Seoul Tower without obstructions.
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Pavilion.
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This was the view from the top. Really breathtaking!!
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The famous Lover's Locks.
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Awesome night view.
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And another photo of the city's lights.
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 They have a few cafes so you can grab a bite over there.
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Souvenir shop where you can get your locks if you didn't bring one.
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Then they have the teddy bear shop and an ice cream shop beside as well!
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More locks inside this structure. I think you need to have slightly longer hands to lock it inside haha!
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Where couples chill.
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Yea they look like Christmas trees but they are actually trees for people to hang their locks on.
pain au raisin danish english breakfast tea lee minho oppa
 While banana went up to the top of the tower for a look, I was sitting downstairs at some café eating a raisin danish and drinking English breakfast tea with Minho Oppa heehee!
restaurant near n seoul tower
Settled for a late night dinner at a random restaurant nearby before going back to our hostel. We were famished by then and luckily this restaurant was still opened. I took a quick photo using my phone and gobbled up the delicious grilled pork belly and beef stew! :D
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, 30 August 2014

NTU Fest, Night Picnic @ Marina Barrage and all good food!

Just touched down a few hours ago after 4 days in Hong Kong, and I am already missing the food there! :( Will blog about it soon heehee can't wait!
Meanwhile, a few weeks back half of the clique decided to head over to NTU Fest last minute because JY had 100 dollars worth of tickets to spend.  It was really chaotic and food were sold out so fast we almost had nothing to eat boohoo. We queued close to 1 hour for nachos and when we finally reached the front of the queue the nachos were all sold out. We ended up buying boxes of pre-packed spaghetti and fried noodles and Old Chang Kee.  
Nothing much really, I think the entire highlight of the fest was Kang Gary.
clique polaroid NTU Fest kang gary
 Polaroids with the clique.
tuna sandwiches toasted baguettes cherry tomatoes olives potatoes with bacon bits rocket salad
Homemade brunch(Tuna sandwiches, toasted baguettes with cherry tomatoes and olives, potatoes with bacon bits and rocket salad). 
Had a filling and delicious brunch prepared by the sister before making my way to NTU Fest heehee! Love the potatoes especially! <3
kfc delivery marina barrage
KFC delivery!
Friday night the uni mates decided to meet up since everyone was free, surprisingly haha! We went Marina Barrage for a night picnic and it was super fun!!! No frills dinner but who says you cannot enjoy especially when there is good companionships, good food and a good view? :D
Only thing was the wind was very strong and things fly around everywhere, which was why CY placed his cup in his shoes. We all thought it was disgusting lolol.  
Sorry for all the blurry photos, it was late at night and these photos were taken using my Note 3. 
marina barrage night picnic
 We decided to try taking photos using my selfie stick.
And it proved to be a great challenge because there was no light and everywhere was pitch black.
marina barrage night picnic
Finally we succeeded!!
marina barrage night picnic selfie stick
  And the best shot out of 40 over selfies.
The trick was to create your own light source and downloading the correct photography app to use. Cy and Marcus were both holding their handphone torches lol! And we used an app called Cameringo Lite. It's actually pretty fabulous for taking selfies in the dark. Iphone has no self timer function and while android has it, it doesn't have a front camera flash. Cameringo Lite solved all problems for us, it has both a self timer and a front camera virtual flash light. And it's not the kind of strong flash light available in all phone cameras that make photos ugly and create red eyes. Best of all it's free!
it's difficult to make a strawberry shortcake
The next day I decided to try making a strawberry shortcake for Jojo's belated birthday. But I think it's quite obvious I failed terribly lol. I rarely bake though, and don't like to bake because it's troublesome and I hardly have the patience. The cake turned out to be very moist and heavy and it was stuck to the bottom of the cake tin. I was harbouring high expectations though, as it was the first time I successfully whipped cream into whip cream and it didn't turn into water LOL.
failed strawberry shortcake
 The cake was the reason why I was moody and irritated the whole day. Then I started making these out of frustration and popped them one by one into my mouth.
smoked duck and cranberry sandwich smoked salmon sandwich
Dinner with Jojo at Teadot café Westgate.
She had the Smoked Duck & Cranberry Sandwich and I had the Smoked Salmon Sandwich. Not bad, and they have chips instead of fries which is pretty much unique!
We went to watch Lucy after dinner, and the movie was so far fetched and weird we came out of the cinema feeling strange and confused lolol.
salmon black pepper beef squid scallops asparagus mushrooms
Yaki Yaki Bo Teppanyaki Restaurant @ Jurong Point.
Sunday was dinner with the family. This restaurant is always crowded and seats are always filled up especially on weekends. I can see why, their food is really really good!! We had the salmon, black pepper beef, squid, scallops, asparagus and mushrooms and I love every single dish!
candy apple apple juice ribena sprite
We also ordered the candy apple drink, an interesting mix of apple juice, ribena and sprite.
dorayaki
After that we walked around and we saw this! Doraemon's favourite Dorayaki heehee! I bought the blueberry one to try and I love love love it!
mini beanies chilli crab dip nachos
Right after eating, we eat again.
Mr Bean at Jurong Point is selling mini beanies and you can even choose your own dipping sauce and top! We were immediately sold by the cute appearances of these mini beanies.
mini beanies chilli crab dip nacho chips
 And so we got a box of 8 mini beanies with chilli crab dip with nacho chips, along with some drinks and desserts! Yums!