SUMMER IN SEOUL: DAY 21

15 August is Independence Day in S. Korea, so it was a public holiday!! No school!!!!! n__n 

I was really happy because I had to go to school on 9 Aug (Singapore's National Day), so 15 Aug kind of made up for it! But.........

IT RAINED THE ENTIRE DAY.

Original plan was to head somewhere with ze classmates but the rain wasn't stopping so we kinda just nua-ed in our respective dorms/goshiwons.

The best part??!!?!? I had no food at home. At all. I was starving but I didn't want to head out to buy food. Poor me. Hahaha.

I forgot what time it was, but the rain didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon, so the classmates and I decided to just set a time to have dinner together. Only 3 of us met up in the end. My other Singaporean (but working in Japan) classmate, Indonesian (but working in Singapore) classmate and I. The Singapore clan? \o/ 

Gloomy day. 

3/4 of the day was already gone, and the rain really dampened our mood. Couldn't decide where to go, or what to eat. Walked around 서울대입구(Seoul National University station), and settled down at a small restaurant. 

For some 보쌈(bo-ssam)!!!!!! Don't know what it's called in English. It was my first time eating it!! Nomnomnomz. You basically wrap the meat in the kimchi, and add whatever you want inside your wrap. 

Also ordered kimchi soup for 2. We ended up adding ramen into it. Hehe. 

While eating and talking, they found out that I haven't tried 막걸리(rice wine) before, so we ordered a bottle!

The ahjumma was pretty surprised when we asked for a bottle. Gave us this flavoured one and said the girls will like it. I don't know how the original 막걸리 tastes like, but this wasn't so bad! :3

After filling our stomachs, we decided to head to D-CUBE to check out the Pororo Park.

Just take the subway to 신도림(Sindorim) station!

We walked around, shopped at Eight Seconds before we went up to Pororo Park. Lo & Behold........

IT WAS CLOSED..............

Talk about bad luck -__- 

Still managed to take a few photos because they have a viewing area! 

When I heard we were going to the Pororo Park, I expected it to be a theme park kind of thing. Turned out to be a children's play zone. Mm. Don't bother if you don't like Pororo. 

On a funnier note, Pororo's supposed to be the iconic cartoon of Korea but ask someone. 3 out of 4 wouldn't know what the hell Pororo is. Lol.