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Always wanted to go to Kimchi land and boy am I glad to be able to go there with my BAF travel buddies Amanda, Benny and Charmian.

It was so spontaneous that we decided within minutes on Xmas last year to book the tickets there as scoot had this 50% SALE. The flight there was good with incredible leg room as they gave us better seat as we bought the more expensive flybageat option. Even the food was not bad (but choose something different for all the meals though if not you would have to eat all 4 same meals).

We stayed in a place called Yeungdeungpo which is most famous for having Seoul Time Square which is one of the biggest shopping mall in Korea. In fact even though we went to a lot of famous shopping places like Dongdaemun and Myeongdong, it is the local place like the underground shopping mall at our place and at Seoul Time Square where we made the most of our purchases. Even for food, Seoul Time Square has many authentic and awesome Korean restaurants that are not too expensive but really good. Would definitely recommend everyone to stay in this area if visiting Seoul.

Over the 5D6N in Seoul, we visited the palaces, the hanok village, the shopping places, everland theme park, namsan tower, Ehwa university, Noryangjin Fish Market and Gangnam district. I also did a solo morning trip to skate along the Hangang river cycleway from Yeouido Park to the Olympic Park which is a 40km route. And of course I would never miss out on the Jjimjilbang (public bath houses) which I went with Benny on the last day.

What do I like the most of Seoul? The food, the weather, the cheap alcohol hahaha.

Enjoy the video made by my lovely friend Amanda Moey down here of our trip!


Seoul 2014 from Amanda Moey on Vimeo.

1st two grad trips has pass, 3 more to go??

I dunno if grad trips were supposed to be just one but did I mentioned I am going on not 1,2,3 or 4 but 5???

Wow...I didn't know how it escalated to so many but it just started to add up from the Seoul trip that the regular BAF holidayers spontaneously decided to buy on Xmas Scoot sale, then Phuket+Bangkok with JC friends was added, followed by Taiwan with the ME guys and Tioman with Tembusu Offtrek. And in May, I booked an extra surprise trip with my friend to Turkey. There is only one word to describe this two months of this year.

YOLO.

I am glad my parents are supportive and encourage me to travel so much before I step into the working world :)

So after graduating from Tembusu and NUS unofficially, (Officially still need to wait for results on the 2 June and commencement on the 15 July.) first is the trip to Tioman which was a really short trip as we only reached Pulau Tioman at about 530pm despite starting the day at 630am due to ferry timing issues. We played around by the beach that evening before having dinner and having a drink at the beach. The next day, we had a 3 hour trek to the next town that was quite hilly but not too difficult as we were not carrying any heavy equipment. Then it was quick lunch before a ferry trip back to our place where Zhimin and I went for a impromptu dive trip. Damn a shark was just like 5 metres away from me and I missed it....zzz... Oh well, at least I got to see the pretty corals and fishes and proved that I have not forgotten everything from Open Water Course 3 years back. Then we went back to find the others, where I snorkelled a bit at the sea near our living quarters. Some of the others spent the afternoon reading, or swimming or kayaking... then dinner time and more alcohol at the bar! The next day we had to take the 630AM ferry back and that was it.

Even though it was not a really long trip but it was action packed and quite fun to hang out with the Tembusu Offtrek peeps. The group was a little big so it was difficult to coordinate things to do for everyone so I'm glad it was free and easy and everyone had a great time there!

Pics by Gerald Mui. Kope from facebook haha

More on Seoul the next post!!!

Random crazy things to do before graduation.

1. Watch sunrise

2. Spray my hair red for formal dinner

3. Be an architect minion

4. Carve a watermelon shark

5. Help out my sister at her recital as a coolie and cameraman

6. Swim 100 laps in the utown infinity pool and run/walk around engineering faculty

7. Jumped over the river at Sapore

8. Sunrise Timelapse

9. Picnic in Town Green

Well that's all NUS, I will miss you definitely. You gave me the best times of my life, the best friends, the best experiences, some education and hopefully a step up into a better future. Thanks!