Continued from previous post... The Korea trip was tonnes of fun. Went with my parents and uncle's family. 
Mum, Dad, Me 
Aunty Jenny, Brendan, Laetita, Uncle Charles (mum's brother) I honestly don't remember most of the names of places I've visited. Either the names are too complex or it's just me. I don't really bother remembering names of places I go to when I'm on tour. Tours being tours, they charge exhorbitant prices, yet at the same time, they bring us to all the best places and we obviously got to cover all of Korea's famous places. So it's a win-win situation. 
My parents. Look at the height difference. Mummy's really short and daddy's really tall. Thank goodness I'm tall like daddy. *cough cough* 
Up the mountains. Aunty Jenny, Uncle Charles and myself made it only halfway while the rest of the clan trottered all the way up to the peak to see the beautiful view of the whole of Cheju Island. Dae Jang Geum Palace 
Nami Island (where Winter Sonata was filmed) 
The trip obviously got me closer to my little cousins as the three of us shared a room. They're really adorable and I have no idea why, but all my young cousins seem to love me and look up to me alot. When we were at Lotte World, a theme park, both of them fought to sit with me on all the rides. Hahaha...so cuteee...Laetitia, who's only six, aspires to be a singer and dancer when she grows up. Or rather, she'd like to do it when she's still young. OMG...she's already attending singing lessons and ballet. Look at the way she poses in photos. She's like some glam kid! And her parents dress her up in RM500 jackets! I don't remember myself ever being this lucky. Buuhuuu... Since we were on tour, the most dreadful thing was to get up early every morning. We get morning calls at 7.30am!!! Not something I'd appreciate when I'm on a holiday but oh well, it's all worth it, 'cos we got to visit really nice places. Brendan was really cute one morning. He woke up while I was washing my face in the bathroom. He came to me and said: "Che...so weird la...I woke up on my own at night!". And I couldn't quite understand: "Huh? When did you wake up???" Then he brought me to the window, opened the curtains and pointed at the sky. "Look! It's still night time and I'm awake already!" And then I got what he meant. "No Brendan, it's already 7.45am!!! Go get yourself changed! The sky is still dark 'cos the sun hasn't come out" "How come?" "It comes out late in winter!" "No la...you must be kidding!!!" And he hurries back to the bed and I had to tickle him awake. So cute right? He reminded me of myself when I was younger. Morning to me was only when the sun was out and I would refuse to believe my maid when she said it was morning at 6.30am! How cute! He's only seven btw. And he speaks English with some angmoh slang. Must have got it from mixing with their Canadian childhood friends. Funny, I don't know how he would survive in a Chinese school when I haven't heard him speak a single sentence of Chinese! People in Korea really dress up wherever they go. They never leave their house even slightly ungroomed. In the cold winter of about 1 degree celcius, you can see girls walking around in skirts! Totally unbelieveable, the lengths at which they'd go through just to look good. That's why fashion there is classy to the nines and at the same time, trendy. According to my shopaholic aunt, Koreans and Japanese start trends which will later on be emulated in other parts of the world. They set the basics of what should be in style before the idea gets around. How cool! If only they were cheaper, I'd have bought so many more things. There's this place called Dongdaemun which sells all the nicest stuffs ever. But...so expensive! Grrrr...Their cheapest jacket could go up to RM1,500. Hmmm...so sad...this is why they say, when you're on holiday, you should never convert! In the end...I ended up with only four jackets which of course, were cheaper! I can't wait for winter in Melbourne to finally be able to wear them! In Korea, alot of Koreans mistook me for a Korean and it's so frustrating when all of them spoke to me in Korean. And I'd say I don't understand and they just brush me off rudely, thinking I'm a Korean who doesn't even know her own language. WTF! The only reason I blend in with them is because of my small eyes which are almost non-existent and probably the fair skin. Hmmm... Plastic surgery is something quite well-accepted in Korea. Usually, the girls get their first ever surgery once they turn 18, as a gift from their parents. And later on, they'd get another one, sponsored by their bf. Seems like a tradition there. How weird. And I must say, they really really look great! Haha... Mt. Sorak Ski Resort 
Some random old palace 
World Cup Stadium 
Miscellaneous 
World's best and tallest cone ice-cream. Super duper yummy! 
Revolutionary popcicles. Ice-cream which taste damn good and are fun to eat! The chocolate flavoured ones were so tasty I could finish two at once! Everytime my family travels, we make it a point to try all the ice-creams in foreign countries 'cos ice-creams everywhere taste different. like, in Japan, they had the famous mochi ice-cream. In Korea, they have famous wafered ice-creams. Taste so damn good. I love ice-creams! Which probably is why I've put on a couple of pounds of late. Ouch! 
We arrived back in Malaysia at around 12 am on Christmas day. The most amazing thing was watching some small scale fireworks from the plane. How funny that it seemed much lower when you're watching from the plane. Very memorable trip, thanks to the amazing company we had. Stay tuned for my Christmas and New Year posts! | 
