Meet up with RunningMan HAHA

Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is having 3 days event named “K Festival” to promote K culture, K food, K beauty, K medical and most important to encourage Malaysian to travel in Korea. There are different events that will be held which include HAHA and MBLAQ Fan Meet. I was so lucky that able to win the special zone pass for Running Man HAHA Fans Meet in Pavillion Shopping Mall.

The centre court was full when I arrived at 6.30pm. The crowds were waiting for HAHA which expected to show up at 8pm. After have a quick dinner at Subway, I joined the rest in the special zone and waited for HAHA.

It was opening ceremony at 7pm for this event, K Festival with some speeches giving by the VIPs. One of the attractive activities during opening ceremony was the Painter HERO. The painters form of a group of 4 people was so talented to be able to draw and dance at the same time.

HAHA was on the stage after the opening ceremony. The crowds were so excited especially when he throws out the merchandise to the crowds. HAHA was so friendly and wish to go near to the crowds. However, HAHA was not able to do that due to security issues. After greeting with the Fans, the autograph signing was started where HAHA will sign for 200 fans that had won the special zone pass.

Even though the management was not allow the fans take photo with HAHA, or sign on other items instead of the fan been provided by the organizer, friendly HAHA had fulfilled all his fans’ wish. I was so nervous on the stage when getting signature from him until I forgot to request hug from him. He was saying to his manager that his pen is getting no ink when signed on my fans. He signed a new one for me at the back of the fan when I said I want a clearer signature.I was super excited that able to be close with him and talk to him.

ABCDEFG – AlphaBAT

This weekend I was met up with a Korea Boy Group named AlphaBAT, consist of 9 members who are named according to the alphabet. AlphaBAT was having their second showcase plus audition to recruite their 10th member in Malaysia.

After the audition end, AlphaBAT had showed up on the stage with their first performance “Love In The Ice” by TVXQ. AlphaBAT had also performed three song from their latest album - “Always”, “AB City” and “Ttantara” and songs from INFINITE - “Nothing’s Over” and BEAST - “Friction”. I like “Ttantara” the most which had fully showcase their powerful dancing skills.

In that showcase, AlphaBAT had also played games with 9 of the lucky fans. The fans also received a handmade soap by AlphaBAT after the games session.  

There was a photo session with AlphaBAT for those who had won the photo pass. Lastly, AlphaBAT had a signature session for the fans. 

Truly giraffe - Lee Kwang Soo

RunningMan, Kwang Soo is coming to Malaysia.

In conjunction of the opening of Coffe Benne in Malaysia, Kwang Soo was here in Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia. 

The attraction of RunningMan in Malaysia was greater than i thought. Sunway Pyramid was full with Kwang Soo's fans in the early morning. Lucky me to able to stand at the front row of the crowd but it wasn't something easy. 

My standing location was not strategic as it was at a corner and had been blocked by the wall. Truly giraffe, Kwang Soo was really tall as giraffe that i can barely see his face among the crowd. Kwang Soo was only appear in public for a short time due to the huge crowds that hardly controlled by the security.

After the opening ceremony, autograph session was conducted outside of the shopping complex. However, due to the huge crowd, i have no chance at all to go nearer to him. T_T

Unexpected Meet Up with Hong Kong STARSSS

It was happened in NSK, Jalan Kuchai Lama; a place that no one will ever expect to have the chance to meet with stars.

I was walking out after my grocery shopping and wonder why there are people gather at the entrance. After asking around, I was told that there will be artists from Hong Kong coming to have dinner at the steamboat restaurant. I was not sure who are coming but I just decide to wait and have a look.

After a while, they are here, a big group of TVB well-known artists. 曾志伟, 洪天明, 謝天华laughing gor, 林家栋, 阮兆祥, Bobby欧阳振华, and some that i can’t really recognized. Laughing Gor even smile and wave at me.

洪天明 

Laughing Gor謝天华 

Bobby欧阳振华 

阮兆祥 

曾志伟 

After all of them went into the restaurant, the crowds start to leave and so do i. When walking out to the exit, there were 3 guys who look familiar, and they are 草蜢.This was truly a big surprise at the end that I can’t even take photo of them. It was truly unbelievable.

Kyung Hee University

This was my university campus!!!

I wasn't really a full time student there. I was a 1 month student there for the summer program (Global Collaborative Summer Program) in Kyung Hee University, Main Campus in Seoul in year 2013. I was never imagine that i will have a chance to study at this campus as it truly look amazing.

This is how my campus looks like. Is it looks great? The building in front is the University Administration Building while there is the Grand Auditorium at behind.

This building that look like church is actually the Grand Auditorium of the campus. There was a concert held in here on my first day in Korea.

This is Crown Hall named after it's outlook as the building itself look like the crown of a king. This was the place that the opening ceremony of the summer program was held.

This was the tennis court that i used to pass by everyday to reach my classroom. The building behind is where i spent my time with the lecturer and my coursemates every weekday.

This 3 photos were taken in the library. I had never seen any library like this. Yup, this is actually the central library and museum of Kyung Hee University. There is a statue at the entrance of the library which make me feel like i was in Europe more than Korea.

This is a lion statue at the centre of the campus with me and my friends taking photo in front it. My friends told me that there is a rumor in the campus saying that making wish to the lion and your wish will come true. I was not too sure about that. =D

If you have nothing to do over the summer break and interested to participate in the Global Collaborative Summer Program can log into the website for more details.
http://gc.khu.ac.kr/?hpDom=seoul&mhp_cls_cd=001002

Delicious JjimDak

Normally people will go for fried chicken or Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken) when visits to Korea. Apart from these, JjimDak is something worth to try as well. My friends and I had found this when we are looking around for our dinner near to our hostel that located near to Kyung Hee Hospital. 

The restaurant name

JjimDak is actually chicken with various vegetables cooked in Korean Soy Sauce. There are 

potatoes, cucumber, carrot, and super lots of dried chili. For me that don’t take in spicy food, 

I removed all the dried chili when the food was served. =P 

People normally will order a quarter or half of the chicken for a small group of people. Some
even ordered whole chicken for people of 6. We only order half of the chicken but 6 of us were
so full after finish the chicken.

Based on what I observed, Korean will finish the chicken first, and then mix in the rice into the sauce. For me, I had ordered the white rice and eat together with the chicken. 

Namsan? NO, it's Naksan.

I was confused at first and wonder why I would not able to search the place. It is Naksan 

instead of Namsan.

p/s: I like the background of this photo very much cause the green grass and colourful flower.
Kindly ignore my presence there. =D

Glad that my Korean friend had brought me here, a place that will not get into my plan to visit. We are supposed to visit GyeongBukGong but only found out it was not open on Tuesday. Therefore, my Korean friend had brought us here, NakSan Park.

We had walked for quite a distance after reach Hyehwa Station. The way to reach Naksan Park was quite tiring as it is like walking up to the hill.

Even though it was tiring, we still have a lot fun while walking up to the park. There were a lot of creative and beautiful murals on the wall that we pass by on our way up to reach Naksan Park.

The view was truly amazing even though we are just at the entrance of the park. There is also a Naksan Gallery for the visitor to understand better about Naksan. 

We reach the top of Naksan by taking the staircase. Step by step we climbed up through the staircase surround by the green trees. 

Finally, here we are at the top of the Naksan. The view was truly great that the whole city was captured by my eyes.

Of course, we will never forget to take a photo of us up here as the memory.

How to reach there?

Take Seoul Subway line 4 to Hyehwa Station, Exit 2.

Tosokchon (토속촌) Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)

My friends brought me to Tosokchon (토속촌), one of the restaurants that famous with their Samgyetang (삼계탕) or also known as Chicken Ginseng Soup to have a try on it. 

We heard that there is always a super long queue of visitors every day. We were so lucky that the queue wasn’t that long during our visit. 

The interior of the restaurant was attractive as the restaurant was converted from a 

traditional Hanok. The restaurant was big with several different dining sections. Some are 

with low tables where customers will sit on the cushion on the floor, and some are with 

normal tables and chairs. 

We were shocked when the dishes were served. We had just ordered 4 chickens for 4 young ladies while 1 portion is enough to be shared by 2 people. The inner chicken was filled with glutinous rice, ginseng and other medical herbs and grains. 

They also served a small cup of Ginseng alcohol per customers and there are unlimited Kimchi 

and pickles on the dining table for the customers. 

How to reach there?

Gyeongbokgung Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 2.

Go straight about 170m and turn left onto Jahamun-ro 5-gil Road.

Tosokchon (토속촌) is located 10m ahead on the left.

Noryangjin Fish Market

Who will step into a fish market when they are traveling? I did that and I would really recommend this Noryangjin Fish Market to all who are going to visit Seoul. 

The seafood in Noryangjin Fish Market are for both wholesales and retails. There are a lot
of seafood choices for the customers to choose from. There are also restaurants in the market
that can cook the seafood on the spot.

 Not all the sellers there able to speak in fluent English but they will still understand the
basic English. I was lucky as some of them are actually speak Mandarin, make my trip in
Noryangjin much easier. 

The ahjumma (auntie) there were so enthusiastic to recommend seafood to us. After choose the seafood, the seller had recommend a restaurant for us and here we go for the seafood lunch. A steamed king crab, barbeque abalone and baby octopus shasimi is the menu for the day.

How to reach there?

688, Nodeul-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul.

Take Seoul Subway line 1 to Noryangjin Station, Exit 1. 

Cross the pedestrian bridge.

Oppa Dak 오빠닭

Korea is famous with the culture of Chicken & Beer where the working adults reward 

themselves with chicken and beer after the long working day. My Korean friends had brought 

me to Oppa Dak (오빠닭) / Oppa Chicken and experienced it. 

The logo of Oppa Dak

Oppa Dak is actually a short form formed by “오븐에 빠진 닭” which mean “Chicken that fell 

into the oven”. There are different type sauces that customers can choose from such as original, garlic, honey, sweet chilli, and others. 

My favourite chicken is this, *refer to photo below. I can’t recall what it’s name, but the chicken

is served together with salad and ice cream. It’s so tasty and healthy!

 

Garlic Flavour

Like it so much and so, I went back to eat again. Even though there are lot choices but still 

cant miss out my favourite.