Monday, 23 September 2013

Daegu: the sequel (bahahahaha)

I think I didn't mention this before, but this trip I went with Yeesee, two NUS friends, and two Taiwanese friends. So the main mode of communication kinda became Chinese hahaha also because in Daegu we met up with a Korean friend, HH who majors in Chinese in university! The Taiwanese friend who went on the trip with us used to be her buddy when HH went to Taiwan for exchange. HH ended up being our tour guide for the trip! She was super attentive and hospitable :')



Anyway! Part two of Daegu~

After we went to the polka dot exhibition, we decided to go to our hostel to drop stuff off and basically check in haha before going off for dinner.

Our mixed dorm with 3 double decked beds!

The hostel people are super friendly omg they just talk non-stop haha! And they're very very funny people. Oh, and most Koreans struggle with saying my name Hazel, they can't romanize it in their heads (same with saying my Chinese name lol seriously going through an identity crisis here) but in Daegu they got it right the first time LOL. I will normally tell them "Hazel, like hazelnut latte" etc but they managed to get the hazelnut latte themselves haha!

Went for dinner afterwards and wow finally saw shops and people and the place didn't seem like such a ghost town afterall hahaha. Had Japanese ramen (pretty authentic but I miss the Japanese ramen back home~ although if we do go to Japan - planning in the works - i would like to eat ramen for all 3 meals HAHAHA #fatdiehz)

THEN! We saw a Gongcha 2+1 deal!!!!!! Omgggg drinking Gongcha totally reminds me of home hahaha all those after training treats at Gongcha with our Suntec meals... memories~~ anyway 2+1 deal OF COURSE MUST BUY RIGHT so yesssss finally decent bbt at only 3000won #seoulcheapcancry

The rest went to have ice cream and afterwards we went to a noraebang hahaha i foresee this becoming one of our favourite hangouts with the must-sing songs being Bar Bar Bar and No No No lol what's with Korean song titles and repetition I have no idea


Day 2 

We wanted to climb a mountain 爬山 but it was too far and we didn't have enough time :'( so we went on a city walking tour which featured several old churches and also went past Daegu's medicinal street - pretty cool.

Breakfast for the champs (insert my fav bicep emoticon hahaha)



Morning flowers I whatsapped to a several people hehe (brighten up your mornings! bahaha)

Took this using the panorama function on my phone so it's a bit strange/distorted looking. But it was the only way to capture the entire church! Haha

This was another church overgrown with weeds because it isn't in use anymore.


Afterwards we met up with HH and went to the Daegu Arboretum! Basically, it's kinda like their botanic gardens hahaha lots of flowers and plants and even a bamboo forest!!

Baby's Breath! One of my fav flowers after sunflowers haha

Another one of my favourite flowers!! Daisies~

Bonus shot of me trying to be a flower even in Daegu, South Korea. Lolololol

Many families were gathered there and they were having picnics and stuff. Super chill place (except that it was pretty hot that day!)


Then we went to HH's house for lunch - super nice omg the house it's soooo HUGE and the design is really pretty. I mean like, there was a theme in the house design and stuff haha. In Singapore our houses are all about functionality. Yeah, some houses to have a theme and design but not mine lol so I really liked her house!

Panorama again hahaha currently one of my fav camera functions LOL

And her mom prepared so much food!! Authentic Korean food, plus food that Koreans eat during Chuseok only. Wowowow just thinking about the food makes my mouth water lol it was so good I ate so much haha. And there was desserts and fruits afterwards omg it was just never-ending cos HH's mom was worried we weren't eating enough. After finishing a platter of fruits she came back out with another platter :9 hahaha #fatdieus but fruits are so rare in Korea!


After lunch it was time for us to leave for the bus terminal where we would be taking a bus back to Seoul. The bus was scheduled to leave at 5.25pm and I don't know why but I had this feeling that we would be reaching Seoul at 12midnight so I was dreading the whole ride HAHA I tried sleeping but I woke up after an hour and started being restless lol so imagine my joy when we reached Seoul at around 9.30pm. There was still time for dinner even!! Wheeee no need for cup noodles ahahah


Ok abrupt end. I have to finish my religion readings and start on the review. And I also have to read about African history omg been playing and sleeping too much the past few days I've hardly done any work lol


But just another tiny bonus:

It was my grandma's birthday dinner back home on Saturday and my dad took an insta video of all my relatives at the table waving at me hehe and look @ that caption!! He called me "hz" lol usually only my friends do hahahahaha (plus my dad only got insta because I keep updating my whereabouts on instagram LOL so he basically made an account to "stalk" me HAHA kidding

Awwwwww missing everyone back home

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