day1
fam left, i took a train to Jamsil, to get to my airbnb apartment. it was real cheap, like 15SGD and decent enough for me (hot water, towel, clean bed, wifi) so yeah not too bad i guess. the host was pretty easy to talk to. nice lady, very helpful. just pretty much chilled this day. some peace away from my fam.
day2
woke to met Sam at Anam station. quite far, but so great to meet him!!! very happy. he showed me his campus, really fun to catch up with him. oh man miss him!! then we chilled, had bingsu. already blogged about it.
day3
took bus to Daegu
the first apartment's cat. the apartment with the crying girl *LOL*.
if u check out the tree, you can see it's half withered half full of leaves. very interesting to me.
already blogged about day 3 and day 4 and day 5.
Dalseong Park photos. i love this place!
day6
stayed at some stupid hostel near Busan station. quite dirty leh but cheap lor like SGD18 or smth. it's called cube guesthouse. i do not recommend. woke and roamed around before going to another hostel. THIS I RECOMMEND. 100% recommend. it's called May's house. google.
it's amazing. the host couple are super helpful, very hipster indie feel. HAHA. and they speak really good english and friendly and so nice. ok the hostel is near so it's really super clean i love it. breakfast provided (toast) and they help me do my laundry and settle my ferry tickets thing. SO HELPFUL OMG. i highly recommend. it's also... SGD11 a night. it's real nice bed, blankets are damn comfortable, super clean i love it. pls stay here. went to Seomyeon area, did some major shopping *LOL* also checked out Gwangalli beach. recommended by Claud, as it's less crowded than Haeundae beach. i just sat at starbucks, did my QT and enjoyed the view. oh a lovely family sat beside and asked me to get them a photo. afterwards, we chatted for a bit. they picked up on me being a foreigner (duh) and asked where i was from. i said Singapore, and they were like oh i've been there. blah blah. how do i like Busan, etc. was i alone, how old. so friendly. awww. had 2 kids. so cute. omg. so friendly.
(please click on this to check it out..... really v pretty)
day7
shifted into this motel near Busan station. pretty good like SGD40++ a night. just chilled mostly. went shopping/exploring at night. walked from my motel to .... BIFF area and explored. headed back for an early night but i didn't get much sleep. sighs.
day8
woke early to get the ferry to Tsushima. pretty simple to check in etc. but just rly early **lol**. like i checked in 7.15 or smth. boarding 745, ferry left at 8am. OK SO THIS FERRy is like the best transportation i've ever ridden. i got a single seat by the window. like single seat meaning no other seats beside me. haha. and i had a lot of space loads of legroom, so i dumped my mega backpack on the floor and propped my legs on it. and the seat you can recline it really far back, so super comfy. and the tv was just infant of me, and it was playing return of superman!!!! omg best ever super happy hahahahaha. i didn't dare move at all like stand up and walk because i'm prone to seasickness. but i was very comfortable in my chair, so no need to move.
i think the ride took 1.5 hours. docked at Tsushima. customs was fairly simple though, but most (if not all) tourists are Koreans, so i think that's why they decided to screen me a little longer a the customs. **lol**. like i was singled out and had to do a longer customs check, but they were real polite and friendly so it's cool. got out of customs with no clue where i was *LOL* got a map next building and walked to my accommodation.
i booked 2 nights at Seizanji temple. it's a temple, but also a hostel so they claim. more like a ryokan IMO. i got a ten tatami mat room. like private room. i LOVE IT OMG I LOVE TATAMI ROOMS. shared bath, toilets but there was always nobody there. like the whole time i was there i really didn't see much ppl be it the monks there or other guests. but i like this place it's comfortable, clean and nice. stay here if you do go. yup i walked to here from Izuhara harbour. ok so i dumped my bag at the temple (there was nobody at 11am... idk why. so i dumped my bag and wrote a small note *LOL*) then went to explore. and even more *lol* because i finished exploring by like 2pm. like i already almost walked the whole town by 2pm. it's THAT small. so ok i just hung around for a bit and checked in at 3plus. just chilled in room, then went out for dinner at 5plus. had some Tsushima burger, not bad! came back and had an early night. about 6pm, it was completely dark already.
day9
woke for breakfast at 8am. omg the breakfast was REALLY GOOD. i loved it! yummy. then went back to sleep HAHAHA until 10plus. also got my results. i'll do a post on that later. (i got the sms notification la. you think i on holiday will go website check results meh) then decided to go for a little hike, went to see some castle place. but i scared *LOL* coz there's like NOBODY there. (the island very small tourists not a lot) so i just hike a little and read my book there. nice. then went back down, go for a walk go back room and stone and had dinner then slept at 8pm. that's how bored i was. but mostly because... i didn't have the japanese adapter so i couldn't charge anything. macbook dying, phone dying. so i drained my macbook to charge my phone. and i couldn't use either because not enough battery...
day10
(this would be the worst day of my trip)
woke at 6plus to catch a 710am bus. it was a 2 hour bus ride to the other side of Tsushima island. i had to catch my return ferry from this side, Hitakatsu port. there was a 1000yen day pass for tourist. if not i had to pay 3000 plus yen... which i did not have. i was running out of yen. then got there, just chilled the port for 6-7 hours. no joke. then took a 1 hour ferry ride back to Busan. then took a 5 hour train back to seoul. i almost died i was SOO BORED coz my macbook and phone no battery since i hadn't charged it rmb. almost died when i got to Claud's place. it's funny coz her sister and the boyfriend was crashing also. HAHAh so rly like refugee camp ***lol***
day11
i went to Namdaemun in the morn for breakfast and made 3 pairs of specs there **LOL**. one pair cost about SGD60-70? really cheap IMO so i made for myself, and mom and sis. just needed their specifications like degree axis etc. then walked to Myeongdong. ate street food and shopped even more **LOL**. then went to seoul station lotte mart to shop somemore. headed back to claud's at around... 8plus pm. bathed packed, and her roomie Alicia came back and brought some friends too. all from NTU hahaha. then they bought drinks and so we played card games and drank soju. not too bad. quite interesting and fun HAHA.
day12 (i think it's christmas day...)
woke got ready, and headed with Claudia and Alicia to meet Claudia's friend at Gwangjang market. had the live octopus quite interesting. then headed to Hyehwa for a walk. then Sinchon for walk and dinner. quite fun. we also decided to come up with an impromptu gift exchange. we had half an hour to roam sinchon to find a gift, and meet back again. HAHA. had yoogane for dinner and bought a christmas cake!! it was quite cold at night. like i-need-to-get-out-of-the-cold kind of cold. headed back. bathe, did mask then christmas cake and gift exchange and soju. very fun.
then it snowed at night!! white christmas indeed HAHA. very fun night. like i didn't rly know the other 2 friends that well, but doesn't matter much. we just talked, shared some thoughts etc. very fun and interesting. i'm glad it happened, what more on christmas. wasn't expecting any of it, didn't planned it either. nice.
pretty cake box
day13
headed to Ewha with Claudia's friend (i wanted to go, she had nothing to do). shopped a bit, then decided to head to Hongdae. still crazy crowded but a little better. we could enjoy some street performances, street food. had bbq meat for dinner. then headed back to apartment. Claudia and Alicia came back and we had soju again. and finished our christmas cake. it was quite nice again.
day14(last day! flying at night)
headed to MyeongDong, all 4 of us. shopped, street food and had andong jjimdak at night for dinner! yay jjimdak for my last meal. i freaking love jjimdak omg. then went back around 6plus 7, to grab my bag and head to the airport. very fun and interesting.
overall summary:
it's fun and cold. got a chance to spend some much needed quality time with God, and really understanding much more about Grace, the true message of the gospel. great times, great fun. also, totally enjoying my alone time.
interesting theory i've never heard of:
claudia is afraid of animals. like no joke kind of afraid **LOL**. she has this theory about cats. she things they got scary eyes, and when bad ppl die, they are trapped in the eyes of cats that's why so scary. much interesting.
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