Handphone

Sooner than I expected, I got a handphone.

Went to Yongsan in the afternoon with 3 other friends. One of them were planning to get a second hand phone, and having the thought of buying one myself soon, I decided to follow them and see what's the price and options.

So after dropping by 3 shops, I finally decided on getting an LG Cyon phone. It's not a new model, has been around for more than a year, and the phone itself has been used for about 6 months.
But as I'm not the type who care so much about fashion, and the purpose of owning a phone is plainly for communication purposes, I bought it after some consideration.

Now the only information I'm looking for is how on earth do I send an international sms!!!?

Mask Dance

Photos with my mask dance friends.

The two girls are from Japan while the other guy is from Germany.

Went out for dinner on friday evening with the black hair Japanese girl, German guy and our teacher as our German friend, Schilling was going back on saturday. The dinner was great, had a few glass of beer(actually it's the most I've taken one go, but I think I can handle more than that).

Millionaire

...at least nearly. Just received my February and book allowance, accounting to 840 thousand all in all^^

Frankly I might have bought a com right away if my March allowance was given as well. But, according to the embassy, they forgot about it!! What a joker. Not likely for someone to forget about 70 million won(460thousand*150students)!!

Well, anyway, though I'm not planning to get a com so soon, I doubt there'll be much money left after the first week of March.

I'm having piano classes; planning to take up swimming lesson next month, which means I need to buy my swimming equipment; planning to register for the Spring Semester Pronunciation Clinic to improve my Korean pronunciation; going to Jejudo Island at the end of March.......
Moreover, I plan to get a handphone soon if there is a good bargain. Didn't think I'll need one so soon, but like what my friend told me: Handphone is a necessity in Korea.
Though I don't fully agree with him, but having one will surely be more convenient. What's more? I can send sms back to my beloved Malaysia as well^^

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Chap Goh Mei (15th Day of Chinese New Year)

Went to 국립국악원, The National Center for Korean traditional Performing Arts with Kai Rou, Lelong and Jie Ying.

There was a Royal Performance, bringing to live the scene in the king's court in the olden days. We had free admission as my mask dance teacher who works there gave us free ticket^^
After the Royal Performance there were some outdoor performances: Samullori, campfire and Lion dance.
The whole thing was really interesting, worth skipping my homework:P

But as usual, I forgot to bring my cam along!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the point of having a digi cam if I keep forgetting to bring it with me every time I go out?!!

But yet again it's something to cherish in my memory. If it were captured by a photo then we won't have much space to elaborate isn't?

A Series of Fortunate Events

Last Saturday, Hadi, my housemate, and I were walking home from the market after getting some stuff.
Just as we turned into the alley in front of our house, a middle age woman came up from behind and tugged my friend's jacket. She took out a packet of strawberries from a plastic bag she was carrying, and presenting it to us saying :"Take this."
The two of us were quite surprised, but we took it and thanked her for the gift.

Last night my housemate, Faisal, who rarely goes out window shopping, suddenly suggested that we go to a shopping centre in Yeongdengpo. I was quite reluctant to go as my backside and leg were still hurting due to a fall I had before the performance yesterday morning.
But after being persuaded and wanting to look for a pair of swimming trunks, eventually I went with him and Hadi.
We went to Yeongdengpo, but weren't able to find what we wanted, so on the way back I suggested dropping by at Guro Station to see whether the stores are still open. But to our disappointment, the stores were all closed. To make the stop worthwhile I brought the two of them to CGV theatre as they've never been to the one in Guro before.
After walking around the food court, arcade and applied for a CGV card, we decided to go back. But just before we went downstairs, I thought it'll be good to check out what movie is being screen at the cinema.
And ta ta! As we were looking at the timetable, a lady approaches us and asked whether we were planning to buy movie tickets. She then presented us with four movie tickets for the movie "Red Eye" and asked whether we want to watch it. She further explains that she bought the tickets but wasn't able to watch it and would willingly give it away for free.
Though Hadi and I don't like horror movie , we decided to watch it anyway as the ticket was given to us for free.

Coincident? Luck? Whatever it may be I believe we met few of the nicest Koreans in town^^

Barbecue Chicken and Draft Beer (with butterfly larvae as well...)

Went out with my piano teacher, her friend (who's also learning and teaching at the centre), her daughter and Chiam Yu.

Actually my teacher and her friend were planning to go alone after lesson because my two Malay friend who are taking lessons there can't eat the non-halal chicken.
But, today they so happen to go back half an hour earlier rather than wait for me and Chiam Yu.
Thus, the two of us were able to follow our teacher out for dinner.

We went to a eating outlet near Dong Yang Technical College, which specializes in barbecue chicken. Ordered two chicken for the five of us and 3 glass of draft beer for Chiam Yu, our teacher's friend and me.
One thing about Korean is that due to the limited amount of land they have, they do not have garden to organize outdoor barbecue.
This is my second time having barbecue, first time was at Mt Seoraksan, and first time finishing one whole glass of beer by myself. Well, once you get use to it, it's quite ok.

And ya, tried butterfly eggs for the first time as well. The smell is still too strong for me, so didn't really eat much. But it is said that it is high in protein and good for men's health^^

Photos

Some photos of Everland uploaded.
Though it's 2 months late, but drop by and have a look here or at the sidebar under Memory Lane.

Valentines Day

     Happy Valentines Day to all the couples arond the world. May you cherish the love that you now have. And to those who are still single, just tag along...
      Well, this may be the first year I didn't receive any angpow during Chinese New Year, but it's also the first time receiving so much chocolate (or is it the first time) on Valentines Day      

      Strangely in Korea, most of the people who gives chocolates on Valentines Day are the females. Heard that there is another day when it's the guys turn to give away chocolate instead, but not so sure when it is. will update on it. 

      The pictures show all the chocs that I received, except the one that my piano teacher gave to me. Didn't cross my mind to take a photo of it before digesting it with my enzymes. Anyway, it was a mini ice-cream shape chocolate.

      All the ones listed are given by my friends, except the packet in the middle (ate a few from it) which was given by the church. And ya, talking about church, I  advanced from the »õ°¡Á· (New family Group) and am currently attending the normal group. Their discussion wasn't that diffucult to understand, at least compared to the sermon. Anyway will give more deatail about it next week. 

Chinese New Year

Summary of my first Chinese New Year being away from my beloved family.

New Year Eve
Went for a movie entitled "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Jim Carrey with 2 of my church members in the morning. This is my 3rd time watching a movie in a cineplex after coming to Korea.
Went out with 3 other friends accompanying 2 guy from Malaysia. Brought them for skating at City Hall and after that to Myeongdong and tried out the squid burger at Lotteria.
Dropped by at Home Plus on my way back to buy my new year's clothes. After shopping for half an hour, got a pair of jeans and a shirt. Broke my record by buying the least new year clothes since my birth(?).
Lepak at a cyber cafe having Starcraft tournament with my friends till 2 in the morning then overnight at friend's house.

Da Nian Chu Yi (1st Day of Chinese New Year)
Woke up at ten and came back home.
The four Chinese girls came to visit and we chit chatted till late afternoon before watching a ghost story (The Grudge?) on my friend's computer.
Went to the girl's place at Gocheok for a combined Chinese New Year and Awal Muharram (Islamic New year) celebration.
Made a few calls back to Malaysia to give my friends some surprise^^
Went again to cyber cafe and came back at 1am.

Da Nian Chu Er (2nd Day of Chinese New Year)
Stayed at home all morning, then played a round of Generals before watching Spy Kids 2(dubbed into Korean) on the TV.
Went to the girls place in Daerim at 5pm. Their place have more of a Chinese New Year "flavor", mainly due to the cookies and keropok sent all the way from Malaysia.
Played cards, ate and talked till 10pm before I came back.

Thus ends my 3 days of holidays and New Year celebration. Well, hopefully it'll be better next year.... ",