Tuesday, December 23, 2014

141223 Lotte Mall 2

had our lunch at a pork ribs place. it's kinda like the bahkutteh in singapore (except i prefer our local version).


they had the add-ons of the stew ribs for just 3000won each.. and it was seriously delicious. their store's specialty seems to be wrong - they should promote this instead!


after lunch, we caught a bus to jamsil station.

it was hard not to be curious about the new mall lotte built. there's a lot of natural disasters surrounding it - with sinkholes appearing around, and the structure having cracks here and there due to the bad building of the foundation. we were advised not to go there for fear of the building collapsing suddenly.

but what's the chances? so we went anyway!



as you can see it hasn't really finished building... they were advised to stop but the director insisted it was safe so they're still constructing it.

just stepping in, you can already feel the atmosphere of people avoiding the area. there's not a lot of crowd (prob cos it's so big, and it's a weekday). but the decors were amazing.



passed by a miyazaki shop for the fans~ look at the big fluffy cat car!




nearby, there was an icecream shop that looked irresistable. so i had to try. we ordered one of the big lanterns on the left, 2nd one from top. blowing up their menu and name because i received an unpleasant surprise....



but.... it turned out like this?!??!? looks so deflated. we felt cheated. am never gonna buy from them again. blowing up their menu super huge so you guys can avoid this softree also. the ice cream is nice, but it's just like the vanilla cone with caramel sauce at macdonalds. tchhhh. waste of stomach space and $$.


strolled around the central with a lot of xmas decor. just nice, a finnish santa claus paid a visit!





seems he's an authentic santa claus from the santa town! he gave everyone sweets and we received a polaroid of this pic. nice!


the bears walking around were pretty cute too :3

we strolled around all the levels.. and eevery level there's a little art exhibit contributed by a store. pretty neat.


the stores made up unique structures with different materials, and showcase their product together as well.


i really like this horse structure. the dresses were all made of paper! 




golden ship



namchin was very sleepy and fell asleep on one of the waiting benches outside the restaurant so i roamed around a bit while he dozed. the spiral staircase is nice eh!


passed by a posh indian restaurant. apparently all indian cuisines are priced highly and considered an expensive cuisine here....



just around the corner, there's a reaaaallly fancy toilet. it's made up of individual rooms!! and with their own washing basins.  can't capture the size but it's really comfortable and posh~



while walking around i accidentally strolled into an art exhibit... it seemed to be having a private event


there were food and drinks and i shamelessly went to kope 2. hohhohoo! there seem to be no one but that lone guy there is speaking so everyone is a little distance away so they don't block the view. when i went back a little after, namchin awakes.

we walked to the other wing~



and there's a retro street there with a performance at certain times. and i missed it jeeeeeeeeeeeee. see the agogo dancers!



there's a cooking studio too!


and a mini view of the whole new lotte 2 departmental store.


we decided to eat... dadddum daejang geum for dinner!!!




food served for a king!

that fruit salad is one of the best i've eaten. the sauce is like apple-kiwi.

the tofu jjige and dwaenjjang jjige is nice too~ but the side dishes are just so-so



and we rested in front of these moving screens.... whoa...




and darling namchin fell into a deep slumber on the way home...... kekekkkekekeke



Sunday, December 21, 2014

141221 Jongno Samgaetang

by right there's supposed to be a mass photoshoot going on at the CSL private event. but my costume was incomplete and it takes 2hrs to get there from yong in, so i didn't go in the end. what a waste, would have loved to see the studio T_T

so we went to jongno instead to shop at my favourite stall and have samgaetang at gyeongbukgong. there' some artsy display at gwanghwamun there~~



ahaha and the famous samgaetang at tosokchon. (see more at the URL i think other people will describe it better than me hahah) think the default one is still the nicest. ordered black chicken to try something new anyway~ so many tourists there!


went back to yongin to nua... was a short day~

Saturday, December 20, 2014

141220 Avenue France

made plans to meet lucy and mong the next day, but i had brunch with dear namchin first.

we took almost 2-3hrs to reach the cafe avenue because we took the slower bus, then realised we could take mrt, and missed our stop. =_=

well at least we reached the place.




balloon man walking around in the chilly weather.


after looking at all the restaurants we settled at porkook~ a little cozy corner




ordered the creamy pork and bbq cutlets. it's super nice at the first few bites but it slowly got a bit hard to finish later on... best to share with someone! still, it's not too bad - will eat it again xD



we had apple dessert anyway despite being full from the meal cos it looked so tantalizing...
i think this place is called chocolate factory or something.



they placed a cuddly bear at the corner.. so cute!


and our cheesecake apple~ i don't know how the apple is made.. it doesn't seem to have a core! still nice anyway!


we then took the train to meet the rest. we were at the end of the train!


and so i met mong first at dongdaemon~ went to look at the giant fancy dome. it's actually an artsy shopping mall and opened now~



some interesting things in the mall.


elsa just looks so muscular..

lucy arrived almost 2hrs late! =_= we went to eat octopus with roe for dinner after that~~ mussel soup provided too~ treat by lucy since she came late. oops!



see the mint leaf on the left with the yellow glob? that's actually yellow roe. i wished they'd give it without the leaf. uhh.


we went back to the dome again to see the white flowers at night~




mong brought along expensive tororo pudding and we found a place inside the mall to eat them. pretty!


and we headed home around 8+. was a great gathering!

Friday, December 19, 2014

141218-19 Arrival

i've been going korea so often i don't know where to visit anymore. but anyway here i am departing again right after work to the winter land!

one nice thing about changi airport is that they've totally filled the place with christmas mood. the decors were pretty awesome. you get this big house that sort of lights up at certain times as a show.



it also blows out 'snow' at the end. nice~~

some nice decors after i check in. so much disney!



vietnam airways is as good as usual. the food sort of improves. after the stopver at ho chih min, i even get to sit on a bigger plane with screens in front. and the food somehow improved heaps. beef stew is yummmyyyyy.

and i arrived in korea 730am in the morning, with my darling arriving in their company car. kyungmin drove over, together with skasha and ark. what a welcome! ..^_^..

and my first meal of the day... kimchi stew~~ seems they discovered a lot of nice foods around yongin while i was away for 2 months. heh. even the side dishes are yummmmmy.


we headed over to dongdaemon to shop afterwards. shoppinggggggggggggggg

Friday, December 12, 2014

141212 McCann Xmas

mcCann has a retro theme for this year's christmas so some of us decided to dress in black, white, red and green. but it actually didn't look like we were very much synchronised. hoho.

the party began around 530pm~


and our m:untied group pic~ still some of us were missing but oh well it was hard to gather them all.


the girls had our very own selfies in the room. heh.





fooling around with the mac cam!

we also took home goodie bags sponsored by a lot of brands we work with including nestle, betadine etc. it was awesomeeeeee

the next day, our dashing creative director played santa and handed everyone their secret santa presents.



i got like 3 body shop hand creams. my santa must have known my hand is very dry. lolol.. still don't know who he/she is till now......