HaPiJa Autumn Seoul Trip (30 OCT - 5 NOV 2018)

Assalamualaikum dan annyeonghaseyo yeorobun-deul ^^

Entry kali ni menceritakan pengalaman dan pengetahuan mengenai negara yang terkenal dengan KIMCHI iaitu KOREA especially SEOUL (author akan tulis dalam mix langs okay baru la feeling~~). Antara input-input yang menarik bakal disajikan termasuklah:

• Pengenalan mengenai author, team member, trip dan SEOUL
• Survival Tips and Info
• Itinerary sepanjang trip
• Direction ke destinasi (lengkap beserta subway, bus dan pengangkutan yang terlibat)
• Aktiviti menarik
• Kos sepanjang holiday
• Author's special photos
• Belajar bahasa korea (dialog yang penting untuk tujuan travel)

"Travelling - It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller" - IBN BATTUTA

Biodata Author

Author ialah seorang "Community Pharmacist" berasal dari Sabah yang sangat cintakan bahasa termasuklah bahasa asing dan beliau gelarkan diri sebagai Ha Pi Ja ^^ (author la tu). Mempelajari bahasa korea secara sendirian berhad selama lebih dari 5 tahun untuk sebutan dan tulisan. Pendek kata author boleh bertutur dalam bahasa korea dan menulis hangul. Trip ke Seoul Korea ini merupakan trip yang julung-julung kalinya dilakukan oleh author. Tujuan author menulis entry ini adalah untuk berkongsi pengetahuan sebagai panduan untuk para bakpackers yang ingin menerokai negara kimchi ini tanpa bantuan Tour Guide. Kalau author boleh, anda pun pasti boleh!

Untuk trip yang pertama kalinya ini, kami memilih musim Autumn tetapi secara terperincinya musim ini telah melalui fasa permulaan late autumn dimana daun Maple sedikit sebanyak telah mulai gugur (tapi pemandangan Alhamdullillah tetap juga breathtaking!). Team trip ini terdiri daripada 4 orang yang saya lebih selesa gelarkan mereka bibie (cousin) dan rakan seperjuangan beliau seperti kak siti dan kak sue.

Dari kiri: Kak Siti, Kak Bibie, Ha Pija dan Kak Sue

SURVIVAL TIPS AND INFOS

Tips yang dikongsi oleh author ni at least kena buat 2-3 bulan sebelum travel or else sampai sana nanti bingung dan panik..tak payah kena study sampai culture, sejarah atau bahasa, cukuplah kena tau perkara yang penting seperti pengangkutan but if u do have a knowledge about the language, seriously it would be such a huge credits for u ^^

~Pengangkutan

Selain daripada kereta sendiri, koreans biasanya menggunakan train dan bas untuk pergerakan seharian. Jadi pengetahuan mengenai subway dan nombor bas sangat penting untuk sampai ke destinasi yang dirancang. Alhamdullilah selama author berada di Korea, tidak ada insiden salah naik line subway ataupun sesat. Subway train di Korea dibahagikan kepada beberapa line mengikut kawasan. Apa yang penting, kenali line subway yang menghubungkan anda kepada destinasi tersebut. Kadang-kadang kena transit dari satu line ke line subway yang lain. InsyaAllah kalau pandai tengok map subway anda tidak akan sesekali sesat. 

Jika tempat yang dituju tidak boleh dihubungkan melalui subway, jangan risau, bas dan teksi tetap boleh digunakan. Jikalau anda ingin mengurang kos, bus is the best option!

Haaa jangan terkejut dan panik apabila tengok map ni. Study line subway ke destinasi impian, bila dah sampai sana nanti, semua akan menjadi lebih senang ^^

~T-Money

Tips survival yang kedua yang mesti backpackers wajib tau ialah T-Money ni. Actually T-Money ialah satu kad yang menyimpan duit untuk pelbagai kegunaan macam kad bank. Kad ini boleh digunakan sebagai tambang pengangkutan subway train dan bas (standard tambang untuk adult ialah 1250won sahaja), dan boleh juga digunakan untuk  membeli barang di Convenient Store seperti 7Eleven, Emart, CU dan mart lain. Bila sampai airport, benda pertama kena beli lepas keluar dari gate ialah T-Money kad. Jangan risau, kad ni boleh dibeli di Mart seperti yang di atas. Beli kad dalam harga 2500 won tetapi belum ada kredit di dalam okay. Kena topup lagi, amaun terpulang pada individu tetapi disarankan jangan melebihi 50000 won sebab kredit dalam kad ni boleh refund. Kalau topup melebihi 50000 won, urusan refund akan menjadi complicated (author tak buat refund sebab next time kalau ke Korea lagi, kad masih boleh digunakan ^^)

P/s: Author kepilkan sekali link mengenai T-Money sebagai rujukan - https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TRP/TP_ENG_8_1_1.jsp

~Halal Food

Perkara ini juga penting jika kamu seorang muslim^^. Pastikan sedikit sebanyak makanan dari Malaysia dibawa bersama kalau tak nak kebuluran. Rata-rata makanan di Korea tidak halal termasuklah ayam (urusan penyembelihan tidak mengikuti cara penyembelihan muslim). Namun begitu, jangan bimbang. Memandangkan Korea menjadi negara tumpuan bagi orang muslim, terdapat beberapa restoran halal. Antaranya ialah:

• Eid Halal Korean Food (Itaewon)
• Makan Halal Korean Restaurant (Itaewon)
• Busan Jib Restaurant (Myeondong)
• Boa guesthouse - Halal Korean Dosirak (Hongdae)
• Namisum Kkokko Chunheon (Nami Island)
• Dongmun (Nami Island)
• Yang Good BBQ - Yeoksam (Gangnam)
• Osegyehyang Vegetarian Restaurant (Insadong)
• Halal Kitchen Korea (Bukchon)

P/s: Kalau nak berjimat boleh singgah any two or three sahaja sebab makanan quite pricey, unless kalau memang dah bajet nak try makanan Korea. (Author sempat singgah Busan Jib, Dongmun dan Halal Kitchen Korea, komen author, Busan Jib lagi murah dari dua tempat tu^^)

Kalau nak try street food pula, boleh try roasted seafood yang tidak menggunakan minyak, Bungeoppang, kimbab dan kebab (area myeongdong ada), hotteok, Tteokbokki dan fishcake yang menggunakan broth seafood. (author sempat try bungeoppang, kimbab dan kebab sahaja di myeongdong ^^)

inilah makanan setiap malam author: korean instant rice (boleh beli dengan T-Money di mart), seaweed, sambal bilis dan rendang kering^^ oh ya, banana milk pun halal dan sedap!

~Ticketing

Ada beberapa tiket yang lebih mudah jika dibeli melalui online untuk memudahkan perjalanan setibanya di Korea, antaranya:

• Tiket Arex pergi dan balik ke Seoul Station
• Ticket everland beserta shuttle bus untuk ke sana (sometimes ianya pakej)
• Tiket ke pulau Nami, Morning of Calm Garden, Petite France, Garosugil beserta shuttle bus (optional)

P/s: semuanya boleh dibeli melalui KLOOK!

ITINERARY TRIP

Day 1: 30 Oct 2018 (Selasa) - to the Star Hostel Myeongdong Family

• Tiba di Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 (Jikalau anda menaiki AirAsia, pasti akan mendarat di Terminal 1).
• Setelah selesai mengambil bagasi masing-masing, sebaiknya singgah ke any of the Mart mentioned before untuk beli T-Money card, in case kalau tak dapat isi terus, jangan bimbang, anda masih boleh topup di Seoul Station (author topup di Seoul Station)
• Jikalau anda telah menempah tiket AREX melalui klook, masih juga kena ke kaunter AREX untuk menukarkan kepada kad untuk melalui gate (deposit 500won dikenakan untuk kad dan akan direfund setelah keluar daripada gate di Seoul Station, take note that availability AREX ialah setiap sejam)
• Destinasi seterusnya ialah tempat penginapan (author memilih Star Hostel Myeongdong Family, so untuk sampai ke sana, kami menaiki subway line 4 yang menuju ke arah Danggogae dan turun di station Chungmuro, exit 1). 
• Tips untuk membaca arah subway di dalam map: perhatikan lokasi terakhir setiap subway, sentiasa alert kepada anak panah yang tertera di papan tanda di atas siling, double check laluan station yang tertera di dinding pintu subway.
• Setiba di Chungmuro Station, ikut laluan exit no yang tertera di papan tanda.

Author dan kawan-kawan menginap di sini selama seminggu dan antara kemudahan yang ada dalam bilik: tandas sendiri, microwave, washing machine dan dapur^^ selain itu, hostel ni juga dekat dengan subway, Namsangol Hanok Village dan laluan ke Namsan Tower.

Day 2: 31 Oct 2018 (Rabu)

Pagi: To Nami Island

• Bergerak keluar dari hostel seawal jam 6.30 pagi dan menuju ke station subway Chungmuro 
• Menaiki subway line 4 yang menuju ke arah Oido, dan berhenti di station Ichon
• Tiba di Ichon, transfer ke line Gyeongui-Jungang yang menuju ke arah Munsan, dan berhenti di Station Yongsan
• Tiba di Yongsan, tiket Korail perlu dibeli di mesin atau kaunter tiket (5600 won)
• Ambil line Jungang-Gyeongchun yang menuju ke arah Chuncheon dan berhenti di station Gapyeong
• Keluar daripada station untuk mengambil shuttle bus (Gapyeong Tour Bus: 6000 won, wholeday ticket) yang akan membawa ke setiap destinasi berikut: Jarasum-Gapyeong Rail Bike-Nami Island-Geumdaeri Hall-Bokjangri Samgeori-Petite France-Homyeongri-Cheongpyeong Terminal-Imchogyo Ap-Morning Calm Arboretum. (tips: pastikan anda mengambil panduan perjalanan di pondok informasi dan be alert dengan announcement yang dibuat oleh konduktor bus sebab konduktor tidak akan announce dalam dwibahasa^^")
• Setiba di pondok feri, beli tiket untuk masuk ke Pulau Nami (13000 won) dan tiket ni akan cover tambang feri untuk ke Pulau Nami (Tips: jangan lupa ambil map untuk memudahkan anda explore Nami Island, map boleh didapati di kaunter tiket. Be alert on bus schedule okay^^)

Author dan kawan-kawan posing depan Gapyeong Station masa balik dari Pulau Nami^^

Author posing blessed di bawah pokok Maple^^

• Untuk perjalanan pulang ke tempat penginapan, laluan yang sama mesti diikut untuk mengelakkan anda sesat. (tips: bezanya laluan pergi dan pulang ialah arah laluan subway, kalau nak pulang kena vice versa dengan laluan pergi^^)

Malam: To Myeongdong Night Market

• Untuk ke Myeongdong tidak anda berada di lokasi mana sekali pun, anda kena menaiki subway line 4 yang menuju ke arah Danggogae ataupun Oido
• Keluar melalui exit no 4, apabila anda melihat bangunan Uniqlo, perjalanan memasuki ke kawasan market bermula 
• Tips shopping di myeongdong: bagi mereka yang suka barangan kosmetik tempat ni sangat recommended sebab terlalu banyak kedai-kedai kosmetik famous seperti Nature Republic, Holika Holika, Etude house, Faceshop dan banyak lagi. Tetapi untuk barangan souvenir, dicadangkan untuk shopping di Namdaemun Market

Antara kedai kosmetik terkenal di sepanjang jalan Myeongdong market dan menawarkan pembelian Face Mask  secara bundle

Day 3: 1 Nov 2018 (Khamis)

Wholeday: Everland Park

• Naik subway line 3 yang menuju ke arah Ogeum dan turun di station Seoul National University of Education ataupun dalam romanized korean GYODAE (Tips: Untuk mendapatkan bas awal, kalau boleh kena awal keluar dari kediaman anda^^)
• Tiba di station Gyodae, transfer ke line 2 yang menuju ke arah Jamsil dan turun di station Gangnam
• Ikut laluan ke exit 10 untuk menaiki bus yang bernombor 5002 ke Jeondae, Everland (Tips: Lepas keluar dari tangga exit, kena jalan straight ke depan sehingga nampak bus stop dan berbaris di laluan no bus. No bus boleh didapati apabila anda melihat nombor yang tertera di lantai dekat bus stop dan setiap bas akan memaparkan no bus didepan cermin bas)
• Perjalanan ke Everland akan mengambil masa dalam 55 minit 
• Setiba di Terminal bus Jeondae Everland, jalan straight ke depan sehinggalah anda nampak Shuttle bus ke Everland Park (shuttle bus akan selalu available dan free, tetapi be alert on bus yang balik ke Seoul!)
• Everland Park dibuka pada jam10 pagi (Tips: A. seperti yang author sarankan, kalau boleh beli tiket masuk dari web KLOOK, harga lebih murah berbanding beli dikaunter. lepas beli online, print dan on the day, crew cuma akan scan barcode yang tertera dr kertas yang anda print^^ B. kalau nak lagi less hassle, beli sekali tiket shuttle bus ke Everland dari KLOOK sbb anda boleh naik bus dari Seoul lagi^^ C. dari segi pemilihan game mana nak try dulu, try la game yang famous sebab barisan akan sangat sangat panjang seperti T-EXPRESS rollercoaster dan jangan lupa ambil map Everland di kawasan Entrance^^ D. kalau nak pulang ke Seoul semula, sila tunggu di tempat yang anda sampai mula-mula^^ )

Laluan bus 5002 yang menuju ke Jeondae, Everland

                       

Pastikan anda berdiri di bawah no bus yang menuju ke destinasi idaman anda ^^

                 

Seawal jam 9.30 pagi pun orang dah ramai berbaris untuk masuk (Ini bukan berbaris untuk beli tiket okay! Jam 10 pagi baru dibuka^^ 

Author sempat ambil gambar Ferris Wheel ni bila ternampak ada rainbow terbentuk (tapi masa ni sampailah waktu petang Ferris Wheel ni tak buka T-T)

Day 4: 2 Nov 2018 (Jumaat)

Pagi: Gyeongbokgung Palace & Bukchon Hanok Village

• Untuk sampai ke lokasi ini, anda kena menaiki subway line 3 yang menuju Daehwa dan berhenti di station Gyeongbokgung
• Setiba di station, keluar mengikut tangga exit 5 (sepanjang perjalanan menuju keluar ke exit 5, feeling historical tu sudah terasa dengan pembinaan dinding dan lantai yanag bercirikan sejarah zaman lampau masyarakat Korea)
• Sampai di pintu besar yang juga dikenali sebagai Gwanghamun Gate, masuk dan belok ke kiri untuk beli tiket masuk yang berharga 3000 won (Tips: jangan lupa dapatkan map di kaunter untuk memudahkan tour^^) 
• Sebelum masuk ke pintu istana, anda boleh menuju ke kedai-kedai yang menyediakan pakaian traditional iaitu HANBOK dan harga sewa mengikut jam (Tips: keluar dari pintu sebelah kaunter tiket dan jalan terus ke depan sehingga anda terjumpa T-junction dan lampu isyarat. Kedai sewa Hanbok terletak di seberang jalan raya. Author sewa Hanbok dengan harga 25000 won untuk 2 jam)
• Pintu masuk akan dibuka tepat pada jam 9.00 pagi (Tips: 10 minit sebelum pintu istana dibuka, upacara masuk Guard-on-duty akan dilaksanakan di sekitar Gwanghwamun Gate^^)  

Gate yang anda akan nampak bila mengikut laluan subway tapi ini bukan  Gwanghwamun Gate

Upacara masuk oleh Guard (masa ni author baru siap berpakaian Hanbok dan tidak dibenarkan masuk dahulu disebabkan upacara tersebut^^)

Bergambar di hadapan istana dengan pakaian Hanbok^^

Bergambar bersama Guard di depan Gwanghwamun Gate^^

• Manakala untuk ke Bukchon Hanok Village pula, anda kena keluar dari pintu istana sebelah kiri (Pintu yang anda gunakan untuk ke kedai Hanbok) dan jalan terus ke depan sehinggalah anda terjumpa Information centre bergerak (crew memakai vest berwarna kuning atau purple dan memegang map Bukchon)
• Apabila anda melihat pada map yang disediakan, setiap lokasi akan diberikan no dan laluan (Tips: Be alert on what shop or building surrounding you untuk memudahkan perjalanan anda ke lokasi tersebut dan terdapat rules and ettiques yang harus dipatuhi sepanjang kawasan Bukchon Hanok Village^^)
• Untuk pulang semula ke penginapan anda, gunakan subway line yang sama tetapi arah yang bertentangan

Antara salah satu lokasi di Bukchon Hanok Village yang menjadi tumpuan untuk bergambar^^

Author tertarik untuk bergambar di depan pintu rumah yang klasik^^

Laluan di sepanjang Bukchon Hanok Village

Boleh menikmati pemandangan dari atas

Sepanjang jalan di Bukchon Hanok Village

Author sempat singgah makan di Halal Kitchen (Owner orang korea muslim tapi makanan yang disediakan cuma ada dua jenis sahaja iaitu Samgyetang dan Bulgogi, makanan quite pricey dan mengikut custom di Korea yang membenarkan 1 serving untuk seorang, tak boleh kongsi tapi author tetap bersyukur sebab ada tempat yang halal untuk rasa makanan Korea^^)

Petang: Namdaemun Market

• Untuk ke sini, naik subway line 4 yang menuju ke Oido dan turun di station Hoehyeon (Tips: selain daripada subway, anda boleh ke sini dengan menaiki bus, boleh rujuk dalam apps Visit Korea)
• Sampai di station, ambil exit 5 dan anda telah pun tiba di Namdaemun Market
• Pelbagai barang boleh dibeli di sini termasuklah utensil yang digunakan oleh masyarakat Korea (Tips: anda boleh bargain sehabis-habisnya sebab kebanyakan peniaga akan memberikan diskaun yang terbaik dan sesetengah peniaga boleh faham bahasa Malaysia. Author dan kawan-kawan sempat borong utensils dan pakaian di sini^^)

Suasana di sekitar Namdaemun Market (Masa ni kawan-kawan tengah baigained pakaian dengan ajumma^^)

Day 5: 3 Nov 2018 (Sabtu)

Pagi: Namsangol Hanok Village & Namsan Tower

• Okay, bagi tempat ni, memandangkan ianya cuma terletak di belakang hostel kami, so we just walk for about 5 min to reach the main gate. Tetapi jika anda bukan berada di kawasan Chungmuro, ambil subway line 4, turun di station Chungmuro dan ambil exit 1
• Apabila anda keluar daripada station, bangunan pertama yang anda akan lihat ialah Cinema. Sebelah kiri anda ialah Burger King dan sebelah kanan anda ialah Starbucks
• Ambil laluan jalan raya di sebelah Starbucks dan jalan straight sehingga anda melihat papan tanda arah menuju ke Namsangol Hanok Village
• Manakala untuk ke Namsan Tower dari Namsangol Hanok Village, anda boleh berjalan kaki sambil menikmati pemandangan di sekitar kawasan, cuma jarak agak jauh (lebih kurang > 2km) (Tips: Jika anda ingin berjalan kaki, pastikan membawa air secukupnya, buat senaman ringan dan pakai kasut yang selesa sebab jalan untuk sampai ke Namsan Tower merangkumi jalan raya berbukit dan tangga ^^), ataupun dengan menaiki bus

Main gate Namsangol Hanok Village

Author dan kawan-kawan sempat wefie di pintu utama

Salah satu tempat menarik di dalam kawasan Namsangol ini

Kawasan ini dijadikan tempat berlangsungnya perkahwinan (Author sempat melihat pengantin yang bakal disatukan di lokasi ini^^)

Pasu-pasu ini agaknya dijadikan tempat penyimpanan kimchi

Time Capsule rakyat Korea (Untuk info lebih lanjut, sebelum ke time capsule ini, mesin info disediakan^^)

Pengembaraan menaiki Namsan Tower bermula (Inilah rahsia kesihatan masyarakat Korea dimana mereka suka beriadah dari sini sehingga sampai ke tower^^)

Bukan setakat berjalan, menaiki tangga merupakan salah satu proses untuk sampai ke Tower

Dinding putih ini menjadi saksi kedatangan para pelancong dari seluruh dunia

Namsan tower yang boleh dilihat dari jauh (Tapi perjalanan masih jauh lagi^^)

Merupakan tangga yang tinggi yan perlu dinaiki

Look-up point yang menjanjikan pemandangan bandar Seoul

Namsan Tower

Pemandangan di bahagian hadapan Namsan Tower dan Seoul Tower Plaza (Masa ni author dan kawan-kawan turun ke bus stop untuk pulang ke Chungmuro)

Petang: Dongdaemun Plaza & Cheonggyecheon Stream

• Kedua-dua lokasi ini berdekatan, so kita akan naik subway ke arah dongdaemun sahaja 
• Untuk ke Dongdaemun, ambil subway line 4 yang menuju ke arah Danggogae, turun di station Dongdaemun History & Culture Park dan ambil exit 1  (masa ni author bergerak dari Chungmuro, so korang kena alert  lokasi masing dan arah tuju subway ^^)
• Tempat lain yang anda boleh lawat yang berdekatan dengan DPP ialah Dongdaemun Night Market, Migliore Mall, Doota Mall dan Dongdaemun Shopping Complex (author sempat singgah Doota Mall dan Dongdaemun Shopping Complex ^^)

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DPP) merupakan salah satu attraction dengan bentuk bangunannya yang sangat unik

Pemandangan DPP diwaktu malam diserikan dengan lampu disepanjang jalan (bukan tu sahaja, author perasan beberapa pintu masuk terdapat piano lama untuk mereka yang ingin menghiburkan orang ramai yang lalu lalang)

Pemandangan DPP di tingkat bawah pada waktu malam

Pemandangan setibanya di stream

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  Untuk ke Cheonggyecheon stream pula, anda cuma perlu berjalan kaki sahaja, tetapi jika anda menaiki subway, Line 1,2,3,4,5 boleh sampai ke destinasi ini (author dan kawan cuma berjalan kaki dari DPP dan mengambil masa 10min untuk sampai ke stream)

Pemandangan sekitar Cheonggyecheon Stream

Lokasi yang selalu dipilih oleh para pelancong untuk bergambar (author pun tidak mahu ketinggalan^^)

Uniknya lokasi ini bila wujud dikawasan bandar, air yang mengalir disepanjang laluan ini sangat jernih dan bebas dari sampah (author hadiahkan satu gambar sebagai tanda gembira dapat menikmati pemandangan Cheonggyechon Stream^^)

Day 6: 4 Nov 2018 (Ahad)

• Free & Easy schedule (author cuma singgah ke Myeongdong sekejap sebelum bergerak balik ke Incheon Airport)

Aiskrim panjang yang berharga 2000won ini juga makanan yang wajib dicuba bila anda di Myeongdong 

Pemandangan unik di Seoul Station Plaza (author masa ni tengah duduk berehat sebelum menaiki AREX ke Incheon Airport)

KOS DAN BAJET

Rasanya kita semua ingin bercuti dan perkara pertama yang perlu dititikberatkan ialah KOS & BAJET (author pun sama ^^). Akan tetapi, perbelanjaan tidak memerlukan kos yang besar dan sekaligus sebab ada juga kos-kos yang perlu dibayar sebelum ke Korea seperti tiket, penginapan, makanan dan tiket-tiket sampingan. Untuk bajet setiba di Korea pula, anda tidak perlulah menyediakan duit yang banyak jika tidak ingin membeli belah (author cuma bawa rm700 sebagai ground bajet di Korea^^ sebab author tak berniat nak shopping, cukuplah sekadar beli souvenir untuk family dan rakan-rakan terdekat). So disini author sertakan sekali kos sebelum dan semasa author berada di Korea.

• Tiket KL-Seoul AirAsia (pulang balik) - Rm 965.60
• Travel Insurance AXA (VIP package)  - Rm 39.00
• Pocket WIFI for 7 days - Rm 21.00
• Penginapan untuk seminggu (Star Hostel Myeondong Family) - Rm 400.00
• Group Food Money - Rm 37.00
• Everland online ticket (KLOOK) - Rm 110.00
• Arex Train Online Ticket pulang-balik (KLOOK) - Rm 43.00
• T-Money Card - Rm 10.00
• T-Money topup - Rm 185.00 (topup terpulang kepada individu tapi jangan lebih dari 50000 won sebab proses refund akan menjadi leceh)
• Gyeongbokgung Palace Entrance - Rm 11.10
• Korail Gapyeong-Yongsan pulang-balik - Rm 41.40
• Gapyeong Shuttle Bus Pulang-balik - Rm 28.20
• Namiseon Entrance with Ferry Ticket - Rm 48.10
• Makan at Halal Kitchen - Rm 32.40
• Makan at Namoo Restaurant - Rm 48.10
• Makan at Busan Jib - Rm 44.40
• Souvenirs at Namdaemun - Rm 74.00
• Souvenirs at Daiso Myeongdong - Rm 33.30

Total kos perbelanjaan: RM 2171.60 (tidak termasuk kos-kos persiapan sebelum ke Korea dan kos-kos ini berbeza bergantung kepada keperluan setiap individu)

BELAJAR BAHASA KOREA

Tujuan author menyediakan ruangan ini adalah untuk memberi ilmu dan pengetahuan kepada pembaca tentang sedikit sebanyak bahasa korea yang perlu semasa anda berada di Korea nanti dan Google Translator sangat membantu jika anda ingin berkomunikasi atau bertanya dengan orang Korea.

• Annyeonghaseyo - Hello (boleh digunakan untuk selamat pagi, petang atau malam)
• Eolmayeyo - How much
• Kamsahamnida/ Gomawoyo - Thank You
• Hwajangsil eodi isseoyo - Where is the toilet (kalau anda ingin bertanya tentang lokasi yang lain, cuma perlu tukar hwajangsil sahaja, yang lain kekalkan)
• Harin/kkakka jom juseyo - Please give a discount (penting digunakan semasa sesi tawar menawar ^^)
• Sillye Hamnida - Excuse me
• Gwaenchanayo - It is okay
• Urineun Gogi anmeogoyo - We don't eat meat (penting bagi muslim, kecuali tempat tersebut menyediakan daging halal)
• Yachegwa haemulman meogoyo We only eat seafood and vegetable
• Cheoncheonhi malseum haseyo/ cheoncheonhi malhae juseyo - Please speak slowly
• Manhi juseyo - Please give a lot
• Yeppeoyo - It is pretty
• Areumdawoyo - Beautiful
• Dowa juseyo/Dowa jom jusillaeyo - Please help/can you help
• Uri sajin jikgeo juseyo/jusillaeyo - Please take our photo
• Neomu bissayo - too expensive
• Geunyang gugyeong hago isseoyo - I just take a look (window shopping)
• Gyesanhae juseyo - Please give a bill (digunakan masa nak bayar makanan)

P/S: Jika anda ingin tahu perkataan atau ayat korea yang lain jangan segan untuk email atau komen blog ini ^_*

Cerita mengenai trip ini sudah sampai ke penghujungnya, sebelum itu, jom layan video gambar author sepanjang berada di Seoul (InsyaAllah, next year author akan ke Korea lagi tapi bukan lagi ke tempat yang author sudah pergi^^)

BEL AMI a.k.a PRETTY MAN

Peace be upon and annyeong haseyo everyone 😊. I wish everyone have a nice day ahead with your beloved one. Lately, I have been so busy with my work thus can't really keep myself updating with the new dramas. Today's post is about an old drama aired somewhere in 2014. But still, it was good to watch old dramas. Firstly, lets move to the casts of the drama.

Main cast:

* Jang Geun Suk - Dokgo Ma Te

* IU - Kim Bo Tong

* Lee Jang Woo - David Choi/Choi Joon Ha/Leader Choi

*Han Chae Yong - Hong Yu Ra

Strong women encountered by Dokgo Ma Te apart from Bo Tong and Hong Yu Ra:

* Soo Yoo Jin - Jaek Hee, Ma Te's rich girlfriend who loves money than guy

* Kim Ye Won - Electric Lady, a girl who work as a fortune teller who chase for money and somehow related to Jaek Hee and Na Hong Ran. However, she fell in love with Ma Te and decided to stop deceiving Ma Te.  

*Cha Hyun Jung - Kim In Joong, a woman who has so many connections with higher people but hates to get involved in scandal and gossip.

*Park Ji Yoon - Myo Mi, a famous actress who loves a woman (lesbian)

*Kim Bo Ra - Kwi Ji, a girl who has a rich parents and worst attitude but somehow changed when she met Ma Te

*Jung Sun Kyung - Yi Kim, an effective lawyer who knew Ma Te personal details, disappeared and coming back to save Ma Te's company

*Kim Min Joo - Yeo Mim, a top information seller who really knew who was Dokgo Ma Te, and his personal stories to the extent of the prediction of what will happen next

*Kim Bo Yeon - Na Hong Ran, a woman who gave birth to Dokgo Ma Te and live in hatred of her past lives

I will share a little bit introduction of what actually this drama was about. Well, from the title itself and the casts yes there should be one pretty man who chased by the women. When there is a pretty man, there must be a girl who follow the lead and that is Kim Bo Tong. She is one of the most women who love Ma Te but unfortunately at first Ma Te didn't see her as a woman yet to show affection towards her and somehow feels comfortable around Bo Tong. 

Hong Yu Ra is actually the wife of the CEO of MG company. Due to her evil mother in law, she has been kicked out from the family. So, in order to take revenge on them, she planned to search for the illegal son of the MG president which at first she thought Ma Te would be the person. Before that, a woman who took care of Ma Te are a good friend of the MG president and knew the stories behind the birth of Ma Te. In order for the president to accept him as a son, she has created a password for him to bring to the president but unfortunately she didn't managed to tell Ma Te due her stage 4 cancer. Perhaps, Hong Yu Ra has heard the password from the lady and use it to train Ma Te to take over the company. Along the journey, Dokgo Ma Te have to encounter with few women to learn something useful from them. However, the more deeper the journey, more secrets will be revealed to him until to the fact that he actually is the son of the evil lady, Na Hong Ran. 

On the other hand, while Ma Te enjoying his moments with the women, Bo Tong met a guy name David Choi who actually called by Bo Tong herself as Namja Bo Tong where he has the same character as Bo Tong. Eventually, he finally connected with Ma Te and became a team leader in Bo Tong company, who started as sock seller. Fast forward, Choi Team Jang is actually the real son of the president under a name of Choi Joon Ha.

Coming to the ending, as like the other dramas, of course Ma Te will be finally with Bo Tong, Hong Yu Ra are back to her family, Choi Team Jang is till work with them even though his heart was broken by the fact that he can't have Bo Tong, Ma Te's real mother, Na Hong Ran stepped down from MG and taking care of the president after she got to know that the president can't proceed the surgery. Overall, it is indeed a happy ending.

Coming to my review, honestly at first I think this drama would be bored because it is just same as the other dramas and the story development is quite slow. However, there is one thing I like with this drama that is when Ma Te encountered with each of the woman. How he won their heart by studying their characters, how he changed their bad attitude and at the same time he changed his. And of course I felt the 2nd lead withdrawal syndrome😝. I don't have any longer words to say as this drama was easily predicted and best part the only kissing scene was the truly ending! So, lastly, I would recommend this drama if you guys like to watch drama with beautiful ladies and pretty man.

Oh yeah, I also wanted to share the OSTs from this drama, after you finish watching it, makesure to download the songs okay!

*Poor sense of direction - Lunafly

*Going to you - LedApple

*I have a person that I love - Melody Day

*Only a day - Jung Joon Young

*Pastel crayon - IU

*Lonely girl - 5live

*Perfect - Dear cloud

*Saying I love you - Lee Jang Woo

*Though I say I love you - Seo Ji An

*Beautiful day - Jang Geun Suk

*Fever - Hwan Hee

So guys, I have reach the very last of the line. Until next time, take care and annyeong haseyo~~

The Heirs (2013) Review

Casts:
Kim Tan - Lee Min Ho, Jung Chan Woo (young)
Cha Eun Sang - Park Shin Hye
Choi Young Do (second lead) - Kim  Woo Bin
Yoo Rachel (Kim Tan's fiancee) - Kim Ji Won
Yoon Chan Young ( Eun Sang's best friend since childhood) - Kang Min Hyuk (CN Blue)
Lee Bo Na (Chan Young's GF) - Krystal Jung (f(x))
Kim Won ( Kim Tan's Brother from a different Mother) - Choi Jin Hyuk
Lee Hyo Sin (Senior) - Kim Ha Neul
Jo Myung Soo (Young Do's friend) - Park Hyung Sik

Peace be upon and annyeonghaseyo everyone! here I come with another review and this time from 2013 drama "The Heirs/The Inheritors/SangSog-deul". I was kinda regret for not watching this drama much earlier and actually it took me about 5 years later. Still I would like to share my thoughts on this drama. Well, this drama is about a love-story happening in school where it started from oversea. The concept is much similar with "Boys over flower" but the chaebol kids are not close at all. The romance started from America where Kim Tan who is a 2nd child of the Jeguk Company was send by his brother due to his unsecured feeling about him to take over the company later on. Meanwhile, Kim Tan who confused why did his brother do that to him was actually love and like his brother. So when in America, Kim Tan was trying to enjoy as much as he can with his friends through surfing. Later on, Eun Sang who came to look for her sister and Yoo Rachel joined the love triangle. Gladly, Kim Tan met Eun Sang first than Yoo Rachel. I admit that, when Kim Tan is the main lead, the chaebol kind of romance is always there since "Boys before flower". The act of protecting his girl was something that impressed me a lot.

When they all back to Korea, while the romance is going between them, Young Do heated the love triangle. One thing I dislike when Young Do was trying to win Eun Sang's heart is when he was trying to hard until actually it hurt Eun Sang. It makes me wonder, do guys really have to hurt the girl's feeling when actually they have a heart for the girl? But seems, it's because Young Do is lonely. But when he was trying to protect Eun Sang, I do think that was cool!! To be honest, I don't really prefer giving my opinion other than their love-story...hahaha...But it really took sometimes for Eun Sang to accept Kim Tan's love and take his hands although she actually liked him long before.

Besides that, there are few funny and cute scenes happened among them, such as Lee Bo Na and Chan Young. When it comes to antagonist characters, just relate it with Yoo Rachel and Young Do. They both almost becoming a sibling through their parents business relationship. Meanwhile Hyo Sin sunbae and Kim Tan's brother, Kim Won are fell in love with a same girl but at the end none of them were actually together.

Anyway, the ending of the drama is really satisfying. Finally, Kim Won is the one who take over the company while his father recover from the illness. However, it seems that Kim Won have to sacrifice his love life for the sake of his desire. Kim Tan finally walk together with Eun Sang and live their life with full of love. Young Do found his courage to meet his long lost mother. Yoo Rachel slowly opened her heart for Hyo Sin Sunbae. And of course, Bo Na is with her all time favorite boyfie, Chan Young. I think I should end this review before I started to talk about my imagination. Before that, I manage to noted down sweet exchange quotes between Kim Tan and Eun Sang.

"But we will remember how painful it was when we were 18, how we cried and broke down, how forcely we lived" - Cha Eun Sang

"When we were 18, we fell in love, liked each other, cried, ran away, knelt down and turned our backs at each other countless of time" - Kim Tan

"Nevertheless, when we were 18, we ran into each other's arms, held each other's hands and held each other tightly against each other" - Cha Eun Sang

"We may fall again and we may get on our knees but no matter what, go for it" - Cha Eun Sang

Here are the list of songs you can listen from this drama;
- Two people
- Story (Park Shin Hye)
- Bromance ( Park Jang Hyeon & Park Hyeon Gyu)
- Only with my heart (Lena Park)
- Love Hurts (Lee Min Ho) - very nice song, never imagine Lee Min Ho's voice will be this sweet...Melting~~
- Moment (Lee Chang Min from 2AM)
- Still (Lee Hong Ki from FT Island)
- What we used to be (Big baby driver)
- Here for you (Big baby driver)
- In the name of love (VIXX Ken)

Thanks for reading, I'll see you in my next drama review, until then Jal Isseuseyo~~

AGE of YOUTH Part 1 (Review)

Cast:
Yoon Jin Myung (Han Ye Ri)
Jung Ye Eun (Han Seung Yeon)
Song Ji Won (Park Eun Bin)
Kang Yi Na (Ryu Hwa Young)
Yoo Eun Jae (Park Hye Soo)
Park Jae Wan, a guy who is a chef and has interest in Jin Myung (Yoon Park)
Oh Jong Gyu, a mystery man, who accompanied Yi Na and actually the father of a kid whom saved Yi Na (Choi Deok Moon)
Go Doo Young, a guy who became Ye Eun ex- boyfriend (Ji Il Joo)
Yoon Jong Yeol, a guy who became Eun Jae boyfriend (Shin Hyun Soo)
Im Sung Min, a guy who worked as a writer and editor with Ji Won (Son Seung Won)
Seo Dong Joo, a guy who actually had a crush with Yi Na and trying his best to give a hint but Unfortunately Yi Na only think him as her male friend

Annyeong-haseyo and peace be upon to yeorobun-deul!!!

It's been a very long time since the last time I've been putting my review here. So I'm here to share my thoughts on this drama. First of all, basically this drama is all about the life of teenagers in their 20's. They are connected through a girl's dorm named Belle Epoque and the story started with Eun Jae first day in the dorm. As the story grows, one by one of the dorm's member with their own characters encountered with Eun Jae. Started with Ye Eun who likes to treat others stuff as hers and if I'm not mistaken, followed by Yi Na who is not a college student and act like a rich but the truth is she broke. Next to come in is Jin Myung which I think is the most independent girl and has a matured appearance. Perhaps, because she knew that she wasn't "chaebol" enough to live as what she wanted to be. Finally, the rest of the stories is continue when Ji Won appeared and starting her lies about what had happened in the dorm before right when all of them were drunk. The funniest part is, her intention was to make a joke but they took it very serious until they believed it has connection with their past and present live. That's how the episodes go. Each of the episode will focus on one by one character. Besides their own story, peoples around them will try to enter their live such as their man.

Even this drama is not presented by the famous actors and actresses, actually it was great enough to impressed me with their witty scenes and life lessons. Each of them presented their character well from strong to weak characters. Everyone will encountered a moment where they will actually met new peoples and eventually the relationship will be growing regardless closer or apart. When you become closer to someone, without knowing you will try you best to help them. That is what had been shown in this drama when all of them trying to save Ye Eun from her ex.

So based on my thought on this drama I guess you can have a gross imagination of what was this drama all about. Yes, I recommend everyone to watch this and my favorite character is Jin Myung, the independent student who also likes Jae Wan played by Yoon Park!!! So yeorobun-deul, I guess I have to end the review at this point and I hope that I can write as always as I can. Until that time, please take a good care of yourself.

Peace be upon and Dasi Mannayo

love, Ha Pi Ja

THAT WIND THE WINTER BLOW (REVIEW)

Annyeong Haseyo and peace be upon to yeorobundeul.. As usual, I am here to share my review on the posted title k-drama. This time, I watched a sad drama yet it has a happy ending. Before I proceed to my review, let us get familiar with the casts and synopsis of this drama. The main leads are someone who I really love their act. This story is about a blind girl (Oh Young/ Song Hye Kyo) has been trapped by a guy (Oh Soo) who she believed to be her biological brother. This is because her real brother had a same name with the guy. She was parted with her mother and brother since she was 6 years old. Since then, she lived with her father and her assistant (Secretary Wang). The cause of her blindness was due to the negligence of Secretary Wang to treat her eyes from R.P immediately thus lead to the brain tumor. The fate between Oh Young and Oh Soo happened when Oh Young went to the address in the letter mentioned by her brother and actually that where the guy Oh Soo live. She was hoping to meet with her brother but unfortunate events happened where both her brother and father died on the same day. However, she didn't know about the death of her real brother. After her father cremation, her family lawyer (Attorney Jang) went to find her brother at his place. Before that, the guy Oh Soo was jailed by his scandal for a year and involved in a huge debt (7.8 million) with the gangsters (Jo Moo Chul and Kim). By the time Attorney Jang reached to the brother's place, the guy Oh Soo was there with a blood and met with Attorney Jang. Somehow, Attorney Jang succeeds in bringing the guy Oh Soo into Oh Young's place thinking that the guy is the real brother. Meanwhile, the guy Oh Soo intended to get 7.8 million from Oh Young.  Afterward, lots of events, memories, lies, truths happened between them. However, the events will slowly change the guy Oh Soo's attitudes and character towards his trash life and the guy Oh Soo also actually change Oh Young's perception about blind people such as to receive helps from other people. After all, this drama ended with a good ending with the success of Oh Young's brain surgery, the guy Oh Soo's bright life.

Arang and the Magistrate (Arang Satto Jeon) Review

Annyeonghaseyo and peace be upon yeorobundeul~~ I'm back with another drama which I never imagined to watch it. This drama is actually released back in 2012 with the concept of historical drama and frankly speaking, I'm not a fan of historical-typed of drama. However, this drama has opened my heart and eyes to watch another historical drama. Let me introduce a lil' bit of this drama. As you can see the title, the main characters in the drama were Arang or Lee Suh Rim (Shin Min Ah) and the Kim Satto or Kim Eun Oh (Lee Jun Gi) where their fate are being connected by the Jade Emperor (Yoo Seung Ho). Earlier, Arang who was a ghost has been revived into a human in order for her to find out the truth behind of her death. Meanwhile, Kim Eun Ho who can see ghosts met Arang in an old house on his way to Miryang to find his mother. Somehow, Arang knew that Satto can see her and made him as Satto in order for him to help her to find out who killed her. At first, Satto seem reluctant to help Arang, but his intention changed when he saw her mother's hairpin (Mo Shim Ja) on Arang's hair. He thought by helping Arang it will lead him to his mother and yes indeed. Therefore, they promised to help each other. Through lots of accidents and events, eventually, Satto fell in love with Arang and yes his character also was changed after he met with Arang from someone who was never concerned for others to someone who willing to help even when the ghosts approached him. Unfortunately, the biggest enemy of this drama was Satto's mother who was being possessed by Moo Yeong (Han Jung Soo)'s sister, Moo Yeon and actually the person responsible for Arang's death was Arang herself. However, since they already opened their heart to each other and stay together, Satto successfully made a deal with The Jade Emperor to let Arang live and not taking her memories by sacrificing himself to replace Arang but lucky enough, The Jade Emperor let both of them to live and stay together as human on the earth. So, at the end, they still live happily ever after. Other casts would be as below:
- Young Master, the one who killed the girls for Moo Yeon, killed Arang for the 2nd time (Yeon Woo Jin)
- Dol Sae, Satto's slave, and Bang Gool's Namchin - (Kwon Oh-Joong)
- Bang Ui Ri or Bang Gool, the shaman who at first couldn't see ghost but helped Satto and Arang a lot in a mystic way - (Hwang Bo Ra)
- Lord Choi, a person who was very annoying and trying to sack Arang and Satto and the whole Miryang - (Kim Yeon Geon)

In my opinion, maybe because I like to watch horror and scary kind of stories, so I really like this drama. Even they used a historical concept but the storyline was great. Historical only applicable to the culture, environment, language and costume but the storyline is the main dish for every drama. Another reason for me to watch this drama was, of course, the casts. I never know Lee Jun Gi is a playful type of actor at outside the scene. He is fun and outgoing type of guy and I admired him~~ As for Shin Min Ah, She is also one of my favorite actresses since Gumiho I guess. Overall, I really like the storyline of this drama.

Before I end up my synopsis and review, I got a chance to re-captured the monolog from Arang and Satto. Here we go~~
Arang's monolog:
Where a flower fell, another flower will bloom again and 
where the wind blew, another wind will come too
But, I'm going to hold on that first feeling forever,
If I go to the heaven, I will forget about you and,
If I go to hell, you will forget about me,
So anywhere, we would not recognize each other but still....

Continued by Satto's monolog:
With these feelings, I'm going to find you,
If you see a guy on a street who stops suddenly while brushing by,
When he sees you, when the tears well up, when the heart beats again then,
Please recognize it's me... Arang, Saranghanda~~~

See you guys in another drama. Until then, geonganghaseyo and haengbokhaeyo~~ annyeong ^_*

Twenty Again (Du Beonjjae Sumusal) Review

Peace be upon and annyeonghaseyo yeorobundeul~~~ I just finished watching this beautiful drama about how to live well at your 20's. First, let me introduce the casts for this drama:

~ Choi Ji Woo as Ha No Ra
~ Lee Sang Yoon as Cha Hyun Suk
~ Choi Won Young as Kim Woo Chul/ Husband of Ha No Ra
~ Kim Min Jae as Kim Min Soo/ Ha No Ra and Kim Woo Chul son
~ Son Na Eun (APink) as Oh Hye Mi
~ Jung Soo Young as Ra Yoon Young/ Ha No Ra Bestfriend
~ Choi Yoon So as Shin Sang Ye/ Cha Hyun Suk Assistant
~ Park Hyo Joo as Kim Yi Jin/Kim Woo Chul

Next I will share what this drama about and after that as usual my review. This drama is about a girl named Ha No Ra who dreamt as a dancer during her elementary school had to let go off her dream and her teenager's life when she was pregnant and got married to a guy named Kim Woo Chul. At that time, Kim Woo Chul has to go to Germany to continue his study in Psychology and so he brought Ha No Ra together. Before that, No Ra was a cheerful, diligent and talented person, she has a grandmother and the have a tteokbokki small restaurant. This drama slowly revealed the memories of No Ra before she got married. Moreover, she has a good friend named Yoon Young, Dong Chul and Hyun Suk. The conflicts began after 20 years when his husband decided to divorce her due to unable to communicate well with her. But actually that was only excuses for him to cheated on her and secretly dating Kim Yi Jin. Their marriage life had totally change her character from someone who cheerful to someone who talk slow, always keep her feelings inside and always look sad. Beside that, she's getting more emotional when she was falsely diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and she has been told to have only 6 months left. Therefore, she got scared when she has to divorce with her husband and separate with her son. So she plans to have a wishlist before she die and she was planning to tell her son after 3 months. One of her wishes is to study in the college and got in into Woo Cheon University. Unfortunately, she has to be in a same uni with her son and husband and at that time, she finally met Hyun Suk after 20 years. It seems that Hyun Suk was so angrily mad at her because she left Korea without saying anything to him, and leaving her gandmother behind alone. Even when her grandma died, she didn't come and pay a last respect. But actually the reason behind why she didn't come was more sad. However, slowly Hyun Suk and No Ra's character change back to what they used to be when they were together and accomplished No Ra's bucket list. No Ra also slowly change herself when she finally realized what she used to be and how she was once loved before. No Ra's faced lots of hardships when she started her study especially when she has been outcasted by her classmates. But finally good days slowly approached her when she did lots of good deeds to her friends and they finally realized that too. At last, before No Ra agreed to divorce with her husband, he received whatever he deserves to, such as two nice slaps from No Ra for the reason of lying her about the ticket to go back to korea. Finally, No Ra and Hyun Suk start their relationship for a good after getting into too many scenes and conflicts. That is the ending and simple summary of this drama.
I always like to give review for each of the drama I watched in order to encourage the viewers to go and experience this drama by themselves. So for this drama, I seriously recommend to go and watch because I feel that this drama have taught us about life a lots. As we know that, 20 years old is a peak age of our life where we are in the category of TEENAGER. It is truly wasted if we didn't spend well like what happened to Ha No Ra's life. One reason for me to watch this drama at a first place is because of Choi Ji Woo. I'm always her biggest fan eversince Winter Sonata, Stairway in Heaven, Strange Housekeeper and more. Besides that, I like Lee Sang Yoon for his dimples, charms and of course his acting itself eversince Take Care of Us Captain and Angel Eyes. But what made me fell in love with this drama is the storyline. It will be very pathetic if someone has never spent their teenager's life properly leaving behind none of the memories to be brought to the future. This drama has made me think about whether I have lived well when I was 20 years old because I also was a dancer during the olden days. So as a conclusion, this drama is worth to watch, even worth to smile and shed tears together with Ha No Ra, laughed with Hyun Suk and got angry with Kim Woo Chul. I guess that is all for now. I will be back with another drama next time. Until then, take care and annyeonghaseyo~~~

~ THE FUTURE IS NOT DETERMINED BY PAST EXPERIENCES, IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT DETERMINES THE FUTURE~ by Twenty Again