2,620 ViewsNotice: Dear reader, please note that most of the photos in my blog are currently not available. They are currently held hostage by Photobucket (which requires me to pay $399USD/year). I am in the process of re-uploading the images on a different host and this will take some time. If you have any burning
Seoul
Day 1 out of 48 days [23rd June 2011]
2,078 ViewsDay 1, 23rd June 2011 Reached Incheon airport about 5pm after a 6 to 7 hours ride. It’s kind of funny because I expected some airport ambassadors to greet me in a certain way. Haha, like the one in taiwan, there was feilunhai standee.. But I can’t seem to find any to greet me
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Pre-Korea Planning
Counting down to Day 0.
2,117 ViewsRandom list of things to remember 1. Check Passport Expiry – more than 6 months. Visa won’t be required as my stay would be less than 90 days! I’ve just counted the dates – it will be 48 days! (I should have extend 1 more day right. hmm!) 2. Change Money! The exchange rate
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Asia
7D 5N Hokkaido (12th to 19th June 2011)
2,917 ViewsThis family trip had been great headache. From Free&Easy in Hokkaido, we changed to Turkey after the March 2011 nuclear problems in japan. Then, the Turkey trip cancelled as there was insufficient people (it was only a month before departure date). After that, parents went to travel fair and we ended up on a
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Featured
Guide to Entertainment Companies [completed]
11,576 ViewsIn this post I’m gonna feature the entertainment companies I hope to visit when I’m there. 1. SM Entertainment 2. JYP 3. Cube 4. YG Sometimes, you can just use the following website to get directions. Just copy and paste the address in Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps to be used in discretion. I got
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Pre-Planning Korea
Pre-Korea Plan 3: Choosing Accommodation
2,252 ViewsThere are 3 types of accommodation you can choose from in Korea. 1. Hotel (which i will not be talking about since i’m going on budget.) 2. Homestay (i wanted to try this out but decided not to since i’m only going to stay for 2 nights) However, I came across a website which
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Pre-Planning Korea
Pre-Korea Planning 2-1: Incheon Airport – Mobile Phone Services & Transportation
2,651 ViewsMobile Phone Guide http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/RE/RE_EN_1_2_4_1.jsp From what I have researched thus far, the mobile network in Korea seems to be ‘locked’ in a certain way. Such that, you are not able to use a korean sim card in a foreign phone, or a foreign sim card in a korean phone. (You could actually pay to
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Pre-Planning Korea
Pre-Korea Plan #1
2,667 ViewsSince tomorrow is Good Friday and despite me having 2 papers on Saturday, i’ve decided to give myself a break and do a pre-korea planning post! A prelude to this entry: I wanted to apply for Korean University Summer Program since last year when I found out that I was eligible for exchange-basis and