Baby it's seoul cold outside: Day 7+8

I might not be a morning person, but I can handle waking up early pretty well (unless it's waking up for school la, then I'd be super grumpy). So I am always the first to wake up!! My morning routine includes waking my sister, whom I share the room with; and then going to knock on the door beside mine, in the cold winter weather, in shorts and tee. I hate people waking me up so I was always stuck with knocking the door like cray so that they jump out of their beds, or giving light knocks that would barely wake them up. 

So anyway, my sis and I were up pretty early on the 7th day, so we decided to go on an adventure to find the Stylenanda(스타일난다) flagship store in Hongdae(홍대). Check out the directions here. It took us awhile but after slipping on ice a couple of times, we found it.

This was taken after shopping in there. I was wearing Stylenanda's KKXX sweater I bought from the store in Lotte Young Plaza. Lol.

En route to the guesthouse, we decided to try Tapioca Factory. My sis ordered Taro Milk Tea, and according to her, it tasted really good. I don't really like taro so yeah. The interior is cute, so I'd most probably go back again? 

We headed out again with the girls after some rest at the guesthouse. Had lunch at Hongdae. 

& then we went to 성신여대(Sungshin Womens' University) again.

Can you guess where we were at? #capicapiloomloom lolol. 

I spent a lot of time there during my stay there last August. It brings back quite a lot of memories, especially the ones with my classmates! All of them love the cafe. I almost had a chance to meet Laurane when I went to Switzerland but couldn't in the end. I miss her so much?! :(

After chilling for awhile, we went to 가로수길(Garosu-gil). 

And had the forever-delicious Yeolbong. Again. :Q 

We shopped around and....... Us being US, 

Hahahahaha. 

The amount of food we eat when we're in Korea is C R A Z Y. My sis said that when my cousin asked her daughter if she wants to travel to Korea with us, she said no because we ate too much. Sobs ;;

Anyway, it was our second last day in Seoul, so we couldn't help but to visit Mug for Rabbit again.

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Day 8: Going home. 

Only my sis and I were going home, so we woke up early and called a cab. Slept throughout lol.

I had the BEST Caramel Machiatto at the airport by the way. From Paris Baguette. I was so fucking mindblown after taking the first sip. 

I guess this marks the end of yet another Seoul travelogue. Till the next time!!!!! (I'm hoping August, which is in 2 months keke)

Baby, it's seoul cold outside: DAY 2

DAY 2: Sungshin Women University, DDM, Garosu-gil

Got this flyer when we reached 성신여대(Sungshin Women University) so we decided to try it!

My fav girl and my sista.

Fooooood!!

Not sure what this is called but it had beansprouts(which i detest T_T), rice cakes, squids and meat. Not bad. Fried rice was actually included in the set but we were too full so we didn't have it, but the boss still charged us the normal price.... :c

Just had to re-visit Capicapiloomloom while we were there!

The layout of the cafe changed a bit~

After nua-ing there for about two hours or so, we headed to DDM!

Believe it or not, it was my first time at Doota lol. Didn't get to walk around much but managed to score some cute accessories from local designers!

I can't remember the name of this river!! T_T It was too cold that night so we snapped a few pictures then left. Our next stop was Garosu-gil!

We had 참치김치찌개(Tuna Kimchi Stew) for dinner before walking down Garosu-gil. And we of course, have to visit the famous Mug for Rabbit~ *~*

We were all pretty full from dinner so we ordered a cup of Caramel Machiatto, Milk Boy Latte and the very last piece of carrot cake in store ^^ I remember the last time my sis and I visited, we ordered the last piece of carrot cake too lol.

There is also another branch of Mug for Rabbit now. In fact, just a few steps from this main one! It's tucked in a corner on the street just before reaching the main branch! I should have snapped a picture but I forgot ㅠㅠ

Anyway, my loots!!

p/s: pictures are taken by me, my sis and some by my friends. i just stole their pix lol

SUMMER IN SEOUL: 마지막 인사(DAY 29,30)

DAY 29

The day started off with games in our own classroom. Quizzes related to Korea and stuff like that. We had to guess the korean titles of disney movies!!!! Was pretty fun. Then we went to another room for our graduation ceremony. Each class had a representative to talk about our 3 weeks as a class. Kotomi was forced to represent us because she got the highest score in class. She gave a really touching speech; I wanted to hug her that instance. She's a year younger than me but felt like an older sister to me. The Level 2 class seemed to have the most fun, and I kinda wished our class had more fun together. 

After the speeches, the teachers distributed our certificates, and treated us pizzas! 

I thought I could have done better, but oh well.

Then it was photo-taking time!!!!! Introducing my lovely classmates♥♥

Laurane, fellow rilakkuma lover! Girl spent her entire summer holiday in Asia (Japan, then Korea). One of my closer classmates :3

Debbie! Her parents are from HK, but she was born and raised in York. I love her english accent *.* She is hopping from universities to universities taking up korean language programs. She's still in Korea as I type this, and I believe she will be there till July 2013. Jealous!!

Kotomi!! She was the first person to talk to me on the first day of school. I remember her telling me that she thought I was japanese. kekekeke 暗爽. I love how bubbly she is most of the time, and she is so friendly and kawaii! When we talk to each other, we use 3 languages - english, korean and japanese. Hahaha. 

Widya! Indonesian studying in China. A very quiet girl. She sits beside me in class but we didn't really hang out. :( 

Asako!! Japanese living in China. She teaches japanese there~ We only talked more during the last week of school. Told her I'd probably be in China in December, and we promised to meet up! I hope we can ^^

Annice! Indonesian working in Singapore. She is obsessed with the TV show - 2 Days 1 Night. Hahaha.

Daryl! Fellow Singaporean but working in Japan. I remember asking him "어느 나라 사람이에요?" (where are you from?), to which he replied "싱가폴 사람이에요" (i'm from singapore) and I went like "OMG I AM ALSO FROM SINGAPORE!!!!!!" & then there was a suddenly outburst of "leh/la/lor" in our convo. He is also my neighbour at our dorm! Felt more safe knowing that help is just a door knock away if I ever need any. Lol. Seriously, I always thought I was the only one living in that dorm because I didn't see anyone there during my first week. 

Pau! We didn't talk much but he was nice~

Ichiro! He is so funny hahahaha. Most of the time he comes into class looking like a walking zombie, and we'd be like "what happened to you?" and he'd say "I went drinking with my friends till late." He also thought I was Japanese! watashiwa singapore jin desu!!

Kyo-hyun!! Her oral presentation was on HK delicacies and omg......... Wanted to faint at all the good food. Only talked to her more towards the end of the program. :c But we will meet in HK!!!! Hopefully!!

Mark didn't come for the graduation ceremony so no pictureeee.

Lastly, a class photo of us at the entrance of SNU. 

I am so thankful to have such nice classmates during my stay in Korea. Most of us came alone, so we really depended on each other for company and help. They were like my family members in Korea; having meals together, looking out for one another, having fun together. This trip was such an eye opener because I got to meet people from all over the world, and got to learn so much about these countries. 

It was such a sad moment when we headed to the subway station together, and one by one, people left. I was never good at goodbyes, and it was even more heartbreaking to know that we might never meet again. People you saw almost everyday for the past 3 weeks, people you had lunches together, explored Korea together. After exchanging hugs and saying goodbyes for the last time, we will be returning to our own countries, connected only by the internet. At that moment, I wished we spent more time together :( Sigh, 너무 보고 싶어요 여러분!!!ㅠㅠ 

I met up with ze sister to have lunch at Hongdae before going to Gangnam to cancel my olleh wifi plan.

There were a lot of GD's advertisements (his 2nd solo album) in Hongdae done by fans. And the famous GD mural:

After walking around Gangnam, we went to Rilakkuma Cafe for another round of goodbyes. 

Talking to me must be hard but thank you still, for trying. Thank you for always giving us free food hahaha. Too bad I didn't have the chance to say goodbye to the others who work on other days. 

I was so tired I can't even remember what we did there except taking instax. Went back to the guesthouse to do our packing. 

Mess, mess, mess. Had to throw away lots of freebies because we could hardly squeeze our own things into the luggages.

DAY 30 (LAST DAY)

Original plan was to have Yeolbong for the last time, but while packing yesterday, we realised the metal tag was still on one of our clothes from H&M so we went all the way to Myeongdong to get it removed. Had a quick lunch there and went back to the guesthouse. 

Called a cab because we couldn't manage 4 luggages..... & a huge rilakkuma.

Can't decide if this is hiphop style or pyjamas style LOL.

We had to pay for the excess baggage because our luggages were...... overweight? Ugh. So fucking ex!!! Asiana shouldn't even charge us because both our flights (from SG > KR) were delayed for hours when we came. Should just waive off the charge as a form of compensation lor. Tsk.

Okay, this post marks the end of my adventure in Seoul. Looking back, I should have visited more places. Besides that, it was a wonderful experience. Met a lot of new friends, lived alone, etc. Can't seem to find the right words to express how I feel. I will never forget this summer.