Friday, 24 June 2016

Korea's trip : Expenses part

Before I continue the details storyline of my Korea's trip, I would like to share the gross expenses for the whole trip.

For our trip to Korea (4 of us), we had traveled Jeju island, Seoul and Busan.
Here is the expenses throughout our 13 days 12 nights journey.

Transportation:
- Flight (Pg-KL-Pg includes baggage) : RM 112.00
- Flight (KL-Busan-KL) : RM 541.00
  Baggage + Food           : RM 202.50
- Flight (Busan-Jeju-Seoul) :RM 200.00
- Car rental (5days in Jeju) : RM 153.77
- International license : RM 75.00
- KTX (Seoul- Busan) : RM 181.52
- T money : RM 107
- Others (Taxi+bus+parking etc.)
Total: RM 1704.00

Lodging:
- JEJU
Sum guesthouse : RM 63.06
Seogwipo : RM 134.13 (3 nights)
Sum guesthouse : RM 63.57
- SEOUL
Hongdae (Oh's House) : RM126.84 (3 nights)
Mapo gu : RM 81.00
- BUSAN
Souji's House : RM194.97 (3 nights)
Total: RM 664.00

Entrance's Fee: RM 300.00
including :-
Majanggul cave
Teddy bear museum
Glass castle
Cheonjiyeon fall
Ilchubong
Canola
Jeongbang
Hallasan mount
Love land
Everland
Namsan tower

Food: RM 672.00
* We are food lovers. So, we did enjoyed korean bbq, abalone, seafood, samygetang, dakgalbi etc. 
Street food as well. Not restriction!

Wifi egg (for 12 days) : RM 75.00

The currency rate we using was RM1:280KRW
The above expenses are the equal share amount per person in a group of four.

If it's just for experiencing Korea's culture, enjoy Korean food and sightseeing, you can make a trip to Korea for 13 days with less than RM3500.
For girls who want to shop through the trip, kindly bring as much cash and credit as you can! =DD

We bought the return flight ticket from AirAsia during the promotion period. For the domestic flight in Korea, we took JejuAir which cost us just 200 bucks for two trips! It's really easy to book the flight ticket online and you not even required to fill in your passport ID!

Before the trip, I and a friend of mine applied for International Driving Permit in JPJ. The cost for IDP is RM150 per person and it took less than an hour to get it. I'm impressed.

Next, I rented a car from AJ car rental through rentalcars.com. Or you can choose to download the rentalcars apps from google playstore which is much more convenient. The car we reserved was Hyundai Avante. It was very spacious for 4 of us including our 4 big luggage.

For the KTX, we bought the day before we left Seoul to Busan from the counter in Seoul Station. It is just a two hours ride and the train is very comfortable. If you have four in a group, they will ask you to choose either 4 seats that facing each other or the one parallel. (For us, we choose to face each other so that we can chit chatting throughout the journey! XD It is more spacious compared to the parallel seat as well. )

For lodging, we mainly use Airbnb. The hosts we met are very nice to us and helpful. The rooms are all so well equipped, clean and comfortable. Besides, the locations are so strategic especially the loft house we stayed in Busan! I really love the loft house!!!

We had applied free T-money card, discount coupons, and voucher as well as maps from visit korea .
It helps us to save a little amount of T-money and entrance fee as well.

We reserved the wiyo wifi egg and collected it in KLIA 2. Although the charging cable they provided was spoilt, we manage to charge it with our own cable. The wifi egg gets handy when we trying to figure our way in a foreign city.

Last but not least, the apps we used throughout our trip.
- VisitKorea
- Rentalcars
- Subway Korea (able to calculate the cost according to fastest and least transit, very useful!!)
- 韩巢 (konest)
They are very useful for us to make sure we didn't get lost in this beautiful foreign city~

To get free credit for your first Airbnb trip, kindly register using this link: www.airbnb.com/c/lteo159.
Kamsahamnida!

4 pretty + silly girls in action~!!!





Sunday, 12 June 2016

Korea Trip! *Throwback*

It's almost two and a half month since I back from South Korea. Finally, I able to sit down and write about my adventurous yet relaxing trip to the Kimchi land. (After I got photos from my pretty friend as well~!)

We traveled  in a group of four, 2 Penang girls, a Terengganu girl, and a KL girl. From Penang to KL, we took firefly flight to Subang then spent a night in Loo's place. Technically it's just a few hours in Puchong before we headed to KLIA 2 for our flight to Busan.

4am woke up. 5am to the airport. 8am boarding. 8.30am took off.
The flight took around 6 hours in the sky before we landed at Gimhae International Airport, Busan.

Holidays, begun!

Hi, Korea! *the national flag behind us*

After arriving at Gimhae International Airport, firstly we had to pass through the immigration. There was a big crowd arrived at the same time as us. The immigration in S.Korea was really efficient, we able to pass through the immigration then collected our baggage in quite a short time.

Since we had another flight to catch, we had to search for the domestic departure to Jeju Island. The information counter is always there to help, we eventually found our way to the domestic airport. It was just a short distance away from the international airport, but we had to walk there outdoor, which means in a cold weather! 15-degree celsius was just nice for us, though the strong wind would bring the temperature even lower! *We loved the cold weather as we came from a super hot country!!*

Luggage checked in! It's time for good food! Since the domestic airport didn't have many choices of food, we walked our way back to the international airport for food hunt!

After checking the price in the restaurant, we decided to feast in a Korean restaurant. We ordered tebbokki seafood and kimchi stew, total cost us 17500 krw. The octopus tebbokki was really nice, DAEBAK!! Never had tebbokki with such a big octopus before. *Satisfied meal*

Kimchi stew with side dishes

Octopus tebbokki

Before this, I heard others complained that the food in Korea different from the Korean food we had back in Malaysia. They claimed the food in Korea is tasteless compared to Malaysia. What I felt was totally the opposite. The food here was delicious and savoury. My taste buds were really satisfied with our first meal! *Longing for the food now!! *

After treating our stomach, we went back to the domestic airport and waited for our flight. One thing I amazed with the airport in Korea is they have free coway water! They even prepare that in the shopping mall!

Wefie while waiting for next flight!


Touched down at Jeju Intl Airport around 8 something in the evening. We straightly went to the car rental counter (AJ Rental) which I have made the reservation online earlier. Hyundai Avante was chosen since it has bigger bonnet > for our luggage!

Thanks for brought us to a lot of places!


The first day we stayed in Sum Guesthouse which is quite near to the airport. The room we took was meant for 4 persons, it's just nice for us. After settled our stuff, we started our driving trip with food hunting game. Since we don't know any places around for good food, we decided to search from Foursquare and just go.

Guess what, we found treasure!!

Chi Mc Zip in Jeju Island!! 
We randomly pick a fried chicken restaurant after our failed attempt for KyoChon . The restaurant was crowded with local. Everyone has fried chicken, chips and beer on their table. Since we were in Korea, we should just do what others did! Here our's dinner! Chi Mc Zip!! (Oops! Supper I guess...and I miss it so much!!)

Enjoying nice food with great companions.

The waiter was so nice and friendly. Good looking as well~ =P
He introduced us the Kloud beer and keep reminding us to open the beer bottle after 2 minutes. When we failed to do so, he exchanges the new one for us and even came to open it after 2 minutes! XD

After the heavy meal, we went back hostel and grab some sleep.

The next day ---- our Jeju island exploration will begin!!












Friday, 8 April 2016

Pre Korea trip

I've been away for half of a month. Overseas vacation to somewhere further up to the north.
South Korea. Republic of Korea.
A place where I only able to watch from Korean drama before this; full of handsome and fashion guy, pretty and trendy ladies; with varieties of yummy yummy food and of course the cold weather. Nice!

This is my first all girls trip, also an overseas trip with Loo and Hui.I'm glad to have them (Loo, Hui, Sue) as my travel companion. They are really awesome, easy to travel with- partners, and we able to tolerate each other well. That's the main point.

Stay tuned for my next post for my Korea trip!
[ Have to wait for the photos from Loo!]

Travel not only able to open your mind and heart, it helps to cleanse your soul as well. =)



Friday, 18 March 2016

作者

当你开始阅读别人的故事时,其实你已经停止书写自己的故事。

过去,网络并不普遍。Facebook, Whatsapp 什么的也还未面世。我们总是忙着写自己的故事,偶尔谈谈他人的八卦,却从未像现在一样只要刷刷脸书,就能阅读其他人的人生。从前不是所有人都有手机,那可是奢侈品。现在人人手上一架机,只要灯闪一闪,铃声响一响,我们整个灵魂就像被吸入手机内,专注力大大降低。它,就像是一种病毒,我们等不得,手机太重要了,就算是无关紧要的讯息也要在第一时间阅读,要不然就心痒痒的,一直跟那灯一闪一闪的,多不痛快。

当所有人都染上了这种病毒,这病态就变得自然了。我们不再在日常生活中扩大圈子,只在手机里的交友,聊天,却从来不见面。我们变得疑心重重,所有刚认识的都好像是不怀好意,感觉只要相信就会被骗了。真诚的友谊,对彼此的信任,还真是买少见少了。当你没有真心的交友,这段友谊岂会长久;若你不敞开心房,又如何看见这世间有爱呢?

静看他人的人生,天天读着他人的故事,并不会让你像他们一样。家丑不向外扬,所有人都只会把最好的一面放上去,所以你看到的并不是他人生的全部。家家有本难念的经,他人的烦恼和问题,是我们一无所知的。总是活在他人的阴影下,终日羡慕他人的人生,倒不如好好的过自己的人生,倾力的写好自己的故事。

人生就像是一本书,只要未到末页,我们还可以改写故事。就算前面糟透了,我们还是有能力写好我们自己的完美结局。

你是想成为自己的原著作者,抑或是把他人的故事加载到自己的书中?

Monday, 18 January 2016

人生的意义

在这世上的每个人,都在摸索着留在这里的意义。

有的人觉得人生苦短,要做自己,尽情享受;有的人认为,若不在事业上干上辉煌的成绩,名留青史,那这一辈子算白过了;有的人却向往平淡人生,只想父母,爱人和自己陪伴,那就不枉此生了。

然而,却也有人迷失在这迷宫般的世界里,认为活在世上就是受苦,何不自我了断,得以解脱。

生命,原来真的很脆弱。抵不了压力,失恋,侮辱,耻笑和等等负面的情绪。了结。

是该责怪他们的冲动 ,抑或欣赏他们的勇气?
世人总认为,自我了结的人们,都在最后那一刻后悔了,却也太迟了。在高楼一跃而下,割腕后止不住的鲜血,上吊后无法把自己救下,走入海中溺毙,还有种种自我了结的方法,一般都是无法回头。但,你确定他们真的后悔了吗?真的希望有人来救救他们吗?

或许,他们认为只要忍一忍,一切就过去了。离开了这充满着痛苦的世界。替代着后悔的,也许是解脱。