I HEART SEOUL

Anyonghaseyyo!

Lama gila cik biskut tak update blog. Ke'busy'an melanda. Bukan buat2 ye.

As I metioned earlier in my previous post that cik biskut will be going to SEOUL. And now I'm back.

~view from our apartment M Chereville~

TADDDAAA

The trip to Seoul I guess is a great start for me in early 2011. Cik biskut n family was planning for winter trip somewhere around UK end of this year. Tapi alhamdulillah, rezeki datang awal and granted my son wish to play snow last year. Mission accomplished.

Cik biskut takde la berharap sangat nak pegi this time as I know my company very well. But finally its mine.

The trip was awesome. U saw my title:


I HEART SEOUL

Seoul welcomed us with snow the day we touchdown and also on our way back to Malaysia. Soooo nice!

What cik biskut attracted the most is the people & the transportation system. Despite the weather during our visit which claimed to be the coldest in 10 years (-17 deg C), everything was great to me. It will be nicer if we have a chance to go there again not during winter.

I missed the "Must Go" place for Malaysian - Nimi Island from the drama series Winter Sonata. Too bad. When travelling with kids you know what will happen. Jalan sekejap nak makan la, jalan sekejap nak buang air la, nak itu, nak ini. Well! It comes with the package rite. We also missed to visit Namdaemun Market, a place with famous Korean Silk and brooch (somebody told me that!). Anyhow this is supposed to be bussiness trip not a holiday trip. Huhu. So what do u expect kan.

Below are some of the places that we managed to go :

1. Itaewon
This is the first place we shoot after arrived. The reason being is because this place is where you can get your HALAL food supply. Everything is there and even halal restaurant for you to eat. Marvellous as cik biskut will normally cook when outstation knowing perut melayu en hubby and the kids. I only cook in oversea ... Not in my country (ayat sila lempang)


2. Seoul Land

This is where we can play snow as this place is a bit colder than other place. Its actually a themepark but during winter not many of the rides is open. So they create a place where we can SLEIGHT. Mak datuk bes gila ok. Cik biskut rasa maknya yang terover dari anak. Orang lain naik Sleight relax je, cik biskut punya jerit mak aihhh. Nasib baik takde org Malaysia tengok. Mengalahkan bebudak kecik korea tu.

The day we visited this place was the coldest day (-17 deg C). Horror ok. Jarak perjalanan from the Subway to the main entrance was few hundreds meters away. We ran as fast as we could just to reach the cofee shop to get warm. It was terrible I can say, I almost canceled the plan to go to this place. Dalam hati rugi la. I only have few days to spend here. So nak tak nak cik biskut gagahkan jua. Kesia kat my kenit2 kesejukan. But it was FUN.

3. Insadong

With kids together in this trip time management is very bad. And plus kesian jugak kat si kenit2 tu nak heret kesana sini. Half day hubby went to Itaewon again to buy more food. And after that we rushed to Insadong where we can get all type of souvenirs there. I'm a fridge magnet lover. So apa lagi kan. Rembat la apa yang patut.

4. Dongdaemun

This place is very special. some say that this place is very famous with shoe. But there also got other things as well like winter coat, woman clothing, and the what is so special bout this place is...

It open up to 5 am!

I've never seen any place like this before. It is so happening, got concert, people dance on stage, etc. Happening la!


5. Gangnam

Gangnam was very famous for youngster lepaking at night. So in night time the place is happening gila. Even some shop close at 12 pm. Nite life in Gangnam :

We stayed at one of the service apartment in Gangnam, M Chereville. The place was nice and the staff was very helpful.

~Our apartment in Gangnam M Chereville. Abaikan model sambilan di atas. Sorang tengah merajuk. Sorang excited~

We used to go to the Dunkin Donut here (kat malaysia tak masuk ok). But here the choice of food and beverages was different as in Malaysia. I love the hot cocoa, chaux and also bagel. Kids love them too as well as en hubby.

~Bagel with cream cheese~

~French Chaux or Cream Puff in Malaysia~

6. Samsung Office (Dogok)

Cik biskut can't barely remember where is exactly the Samsung office located. But what I can remember is the nearest Subway station is Dogok. It cost me about 1500KRW from my hotel in Gangnam (500KRW refund if u return the ticket). The offfice is nice with all the appliances is from Samsung brand (of course) and what I admire the most is.....

THE TOILET

Hahahahahaha... u know why? See below pic.

~Nampak tak button hijau tu... thats the DRIER~

There are so many buttons, which I don't really understand what does it means as it is in Korean. It looks like normal toilet but with a DRIER. You heard me.... with a DRIER. I loughed like mad whwn i pushed the button. But its cool. In Samsung office, i learn to drink aloe vera juice and it was awesome. I bring 2 bottle back to Malaysia. Haha.

~I like this~

Cik biskut also managed to have korean cuisine in one of the restaurant near office. Thanx to Zack and Mira my colleague in Seoul who brought me to this place. Its not that bad la. Boleh telan but sorry, not to my liking as I have tekak melayu. Sambal belacan is preferable than Kimchi.

~Chimchige korean food~

That is all the places that we manage to visit during the trip. I thank Seoul for their warmth people (even it is -ve 2 digits below 0 deg C) and the friendliness of their transportation system that can suit us with ms quinny. It is a very nice experience we have and will be nicer if we could come again some other time.

With that,

THANK YOU SEOUL. TILL WE MET AGAIN.

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