Thursday, December 29, 2005
[A Memory Untainted]
ahhhh. i've returned from korea! (: how has everyone been? i've missed loads of people. esp NAD (who im talking to now) hhahaha.
yeah izz was telling me to blog bout my holiday. so i thought. yeah i should. photos of it will only be shown to some people. HAHHAh. i detest winter clothes ):
anyway, let me start in point form so i can jolt my memory.
//FIRST/SECOND DAY
horrible plane flight. which lasted 6hrs. i REALLY HATE FLIGHTS. tho i watched sky high in the plane etc. played blackjack. hahahahha. then i couldnt sleep at all and the flight was from 11pm to 5am in the morning. clearing customs at korea and stuff.. it was alr 6am. temperature at the internation airport was -7 degrees celsius. took a bus to seoul. one hr ride. then took a domestic flight to this island. I HATE FLIGHTS. reached the island at 8am or so. flight was an hour. then immediately started the tour. tour guide's some guy called billy. he was bringing us to catch scenery and stuff. brought us to mountains. me, my bro, sis and cousin sean looked like the only people who climbed the mountains. tiring considering we didnt sleep at all! temp's really cold and you feel like your face is cracking. WORSE OF ALL. we were at an ISLAND. so its surrounded by sea! and with the sea comes STROND WINDS. which literally blew one third my life away. hahhah. after more sightseeing, waterfalls, shenanigans. we went for dinner (remember no rest at all) dinner was some 10 dishes. billy treated us to SOJU (23% alcohol) to keep warm. food was only alright.. average. we dint see no beef. so was disappointed. went to hotel. bellboy was EXTREMELY adorable. they all are. opens lifts and stuff. offered to help carry luggages. so when i TRIED my korean and him he was giggling away. CUTE. went to hotel room. was excited to see bed. dragged myself to bathe and fell on the bed unconscious. hahahah.
// THIRD DAY
rushed in the morning. had american breakfast. took off from the hotal. said BYE to bellboy. had to catch the morning flight to seoul. so we FLEW. slept on the plane. on touchdown, we met our NEW tourguide. this lady we called "dao you", this photographer who's a punk and this driver who's really COOL. hahahh. had a four hour bus ride to this ski resort. sight seeing along the way. went to some more mountains. attempted MORE mountain climbing. according to "dao you" 70% of korea is mountains. hahhah. then after all that. we reached the ski resort and slept in for the night. dinner was NOT favourable at all. again we saw KIMCHI everywhere. it was a living nightmare i swear. then there were this genetically radioactive bean sprouts that were REALLY SCARY everywhere (the four of us my bro, me, sis and sean discovered that) left the hotel in the night to get food. hahaha. then slept well. BTW it wasnt beds we were sleeping on. it was the TRADITIONAL korean way of sleeping. on the floor. tatami style. floor was heated. we were too tired to complain.
// FOURTH DAY
went to get ski stuff from ski shop. ski guys are REALLY cute. extremely funny. snowboarders too. trying hard to communicate wit each other tho. hahah. VERY LITTLE ENGLISH. and they thought that my bro and me were a couple. OH PLEASE. i was puking hella lot. shouting NO NO NO. hahahha. they said that singaporean girls are pretty ('cept that i thought korean girls look a fifillion times better. and the guys too) went for skiing lessons after that. skiied all the way till evening. then walked around the resort. brother decided korea's food is TOO sucky. so he bought olive oil, sausages, spaghetti and COOKED in the hotel room ala apartment. hahaha. then he invited the tour people to come over. there's this guy in my tour group. he's really hilarious. always carrying this jack daniels of his around to keep warm. hahaha. he's the funnyman of the group. always oversleeping. his wife is really nice! (:
// FIFTH DAY
free day for us. bro and sean went skiing. me and sis slept in. EXHAUSTION PLEASE. went to go sleigh riding. went to ice sculpture exhibition. hahha. then bro cooked again. hung around the resort. went to cybercafe. went bowling. went to arcade. went more grocery shopping.
// SIXTH DAY
left the ski resort. journey back to seoul. went to everland. their HUGE outdoor amusement park. sat some crazy rides. then hung around. it was so cold we dint dare sit the rollercoaster. i imagined not being able to survive the ride you see. frozen stiff. then the usual stuff. horrible dinner again. arghhh. just horrible food.
// SEVENTH DAY
went to the stairway to heaven INDOOR amusement park. we only had a few others there and food was on our own. so we managed to take only two rides. waiting time for a ride is over an hour. we took this hot air balloon thing and the viking. I HATE WAITING K. hhAHAHH. then had dinner. viking's really high k. like 40m! and the swing was almost vertical. screamed like crap. ride lasted 4mins. waiting time over an hour. ahhahaha.
// LAST DAY/ EIGHTH
woke up early. took photos wit bus driver. went for lunch. STILL NO BEEF. went to this war memorial place. everywhere was freezing. then went to DFS shop to buy snacks and stuff. and off to the airport at 3pm korean time. then reached singapore late. yep! that's the trip.
I left out alot of stuff. darn lazy. hahhaahha. well. maybe i'll tell more if i see ya all. PHOTOS EVERYONE. heeeee (:
on the whole. trip was great. skiing's awesome. food LOUSY to the point of extinction. PWAHHHHHHHH! haahha.
Thy sang her last verse at coffin 12:05 PM