한국에 도착했어요~

1^st day (25/8)

Took airport limousine bus to Daejeon after hot choco at airport’s kfc.

Went to e guys’ hall first, split into two groups for taxi and the other grp got lost =-= Had a lot of trouble with the admin staff in trying to help change rooms for the guys so they could be roomies with each other and not strangers, kept getting directed to wrong places (e uncle said that we should go to N21 when the dorm we were at is N21, in e end from N21 à E21 à E11 haiz n e correct location was only realised after we asked a student). Got there then was told that they needed to come back with e roommate ie must get their permission too, must be a mutual thing, sian max.

Finally got to my dorm but they were useless as guys cldnt even enter haiz so ownself lug up, e elevator was so far away that I think it doesn’t make sense =-= anw met my roomie and went to eat a super late lunch (think it was near 4pm le) with e guys at burger king on campus n much later went out for dinner tgt with roomie n guys.

Frigging depressed n embarrassed at e dinner as I cldnt understand e auntie at all T^T issit so hard to order bbq? Ohmien n im gonna take topik soon, GG. Think she said something like the meat cannot mix and will put separately something liddat. Aft dinner we went to nearby mart to buy stuff, think it was homeplus express. Aft buying stuff we stopped for dessert at cold stone creamery, they v sweet helped me buy an icecream cake to properly celebrate haha =)

2^nd day (26/8)

Had an uber cheap yet filling breakfast n met an exchange student from mexico, he said he went SG not too long ago n was told he looked lik a malay. When I asked him if he felt offended or anything, he said he din even noe wad a malay was >< nice…

Lunch was at e school cafeteria, cheap not bad haha shopped at e sch bookshop thingy for necessities then went to orientation, just went to listen to briefing on admin stuff n fell asleep haha n had pizza for dinner (dinnoe it was e first of many times ill be eating pizza in korea O.o)

3^rd day (27/8)

Saturday was here n we set off to seoul, us 5 tgt with roomie n e other guy total 7 ppl. Took mugunghwa instead of KTX cuz booking fail, no space le. Booking of accommodation also FAIL end up had to lug around our luggage for whole day T^T. whole day was quite a blur, confused regarding where we went too haha =-= had to refer to e pics I took ><

we went to try to find e theatre showing “ballerina who loves b-boy” only to find out that e map we were referring to was updated only in 2003 n e theatre was showing some kiddy show somemore hahaha then we wanted to try Nanta n went to e nearby Gangbuk Jeongdong Nanta theatre that we walked past but was quite ex so din watch. Went to deoksugung palace to take a look at the changing of guards ceremony n also took a tour of e palace with two cute little girls aged 13 n 15 as tour guides. It was some free service to foreign tourists =) then we walked to sme river thingy n stopped by a tourist info centre where I made a free call back home! =D awesome ahha then we went namsan tower, attempted to find khuntoria’s lock but I din watch e episode so no idea man =-= n my camera battery was already really quite dead zzz. Din go all e way up n also din manage to see e water fountain show thingy as it was sorta like cancelled or sth. Apparently went myeongdong or somewhere (still v blur) n window shop ard, saw masks selling frigging cheap but considered tt we have one more day to lug stuff ard so din buy T^T. ended e day at dragon hill jimjilbang, played saboteur then attempted to sleep but it was really too frigging cold on e floor with no mattress (saw ppl have those + pillows but duno where they got it or if need extra $$) so end up like no sleep ><

jimjilbang experience: wah this deserves a whole new paragraph, its really unique ahem. Given tt ive only known my roomie for like less than 2 days, this was weird haha but we covered up real well XD we both brought our own towels too so cld use a lot to cover woots but was still disturbing to see so much skin walking ard just liddat. Their hot soaking bath with all e different uses was quite shuangs but we felt uneasy so din enjoy all of them nor follow e “steps” that they suggested we follow. Only soaked in one after bathing n then rinse before going to e common area to meet e guys then play games then sleep in common area. Since it was too cold on e floor, roomie n me attempted to go into sauna room to sleep but it was also quite warm. I actually fell asleep but awoke in sweat n noticed my roomie not beside me le >,< she was already buay tahan outside le haha end up e longest period we could sleep was like on some arcade game thingy de sofa material backrest, sad notz…

4^th day (28/8)

next day was lotte world! Heng not so shag although actl only slept like 3 hours max bah. n we actl forgot to go to star avenue omg but I think it shld be sian too rite…since its lik standees T.T ohmien shopped at lotte mart haha weird but our shopping mostly lik at shopping marts =-=

5^th day (29/8)

Had medical checkup, mistakenly thought some banana milk the counter had on it was for those who had finished their checkup n nearly took to drink. End up was for their own students who went for checkup le so paiseh haha. Aftnn omma (大哥) n appa (二哥) went to fetch omma’s fren who he has never met before haha so left us 4 wander on our own. went emart to stock up on breakfast at night heh.

6^th day (30/8)

Morning had another info session before lunch n it was frigging pizza, from e nearby DDDN pizza =-= That fren is an international student frm msia n she helped us get phones w/o requiring alien card n it was cheap! Cuz put a refundable deposit only n the phone is pretty decent, rates considered same same as in SG. 1^ST time we got to go west gate woots~ broke my bottle at hp shop (arghs shld have brought ntu bottle) n had to help clean up e floor T.T then aft tt WALKED to the nearest homeplus to shop, haiz see e kinda places we always go? Haiz n at night AFTER bathing, appa 아빠/二哥n me tried to teach 四哥 n roomie to cycle since the next day was city n campus tour n they said tt we were supposed to ride bicycles for campus tour n so happens these two duno how to ride haha. Roomie tried learning in SG n came to korea with lotsa bruises. Aft running ard with them n sweating a little went to sleep liddat haiz shagged.

7^th day (31/8)

City n campus tour! Our grp had e city tour before campus tour. Went to some donut place called Krispy Kreme. Seriously, Koreans love donuts or sth de, dunkin donuts is lik everywhere. So is baskin robbins O.o I still rmb e one in clem mall haha. Aft tt, main highlights we went to would be cinus ba, some movie theatre n then homeplus =-= go shopping agn haha n the tidbits we were supposed to buy got used as snacks during the dinner they had at night diaoz, nice…use us to help buy stuff rawr.

Aft tt was campus tour~ they said had to ride bikes but those who din noe how to ride could ride in e campus police car. Total only used the bike quite little leh, spent more time on completing missions, but I realized tt kaist really is quite hilly n I cld cycle w/o pedaling for quite a while when I go downhill. Uphill is killer must use push de =-=

dinner was pizza AGAIN =-= but this time was healthier not so oily, called wad pizza maru haha n e wrap up party after tt had free flow beer, stupid la, they wrote unlimited free beer, sundae etc etc in e email n e “unlimited free” happens to apply only to the first item. WTH. I dun drink can =-= wasted, went just for e sundae but need money grr. E whole place was made into a clubby area, not tt ive been to a club but yea its dark n noisy, fits e description of a club. N there was this Korean lady walking ard with a very thin piece of cloth as her TOP. N nothing else inside =-= it’s quite unsightly can, even er ge/appa commented. Anw we left early to go drink coffee ourselves, super shag le.

Laddaland movie preview~

laddaland…

preview on 6 June thanks to omy.sg =D
releases tomorrow in Singapore WATCH IT WATCH IT!!!

at first I seriously thought it was lalaland =-=, thus I tot it was a dreamland haha well mebe im not far from it, since laddaland is e name of some property area, e dream of e lead, but turns out to be a nightmare. Its all landed property but its overall guarded by a security guard in a guardhouse with carpark barriers, tis becomes a joke later as e guard is shown manually lifting up e barrier HAHAH, n as if voicing out my thoughts someone at e back of e theatre commented in chinese "wah, ownself do de wor?" XD

ok synopsis first..
Supposedly, this guy, Thee, is too poor to afford own housing for the family and has been living in rented homes with his wife n a young frigging cute son. He has a teenage daughter but due to his mother-in-law's objection of him not being able to afford their own house/feed themselves/etc etc, e girl is separated from them since god noes when, so their relationship is pretty strained. dun ask mi why e boy was left with them haha, mebe there's a reversal n people now like girls more than guys woots! ahem ok, so, Thee found sme job (tt totally looks lik those job tt turns n cheat u back right frm e start =-= duno y he so trusting) which supposedly pays better n he found this landed property tts more affordable too, n e whole family can stay together, happy rite?
NO. cuz sme maid is terribly mutilated n stuffed in a fridge in his neighbourhood n so got some haunting going on~ haha n they see things etc, e basic scares, shldnt spoil it, tho there's nothing much to spoil abt scares, reading it wun scare u =-= BOO!


ok from here on, major plot SPOILERS + review COMBINED~

thing is there's arguments between Thee n Nan (his teenage daughter with a rebellious streak n disrespect for her dad due to her grannys nice teachings abt how useless n poor a dad he is). e arguments are mainly abt seeing ghosts n whether or not she is lying abt them. end up, she gets called back to her granny's n Thee is left devastated as he is trying so hard to keep e 4 of them together.

now add in e fact tt his job is going down e drain (lik it wasnt obvs at e start haiz, so easy to cheat) n his salary is getting delayed while his bills for e hse keeps coming in; his direct neighbour is weird, there's 4 members (dad, mom, granny, son), n later they DIE n add onto e haunting lik fuel to fire haha; his son is playing with e neighbour's son with an interesting name GOLF haha n note, even AFTER e boy is dead; his wife is trying to help out with the family finances n is thinking of going back to work but he suspects an affair with her ex-boss. i think all these shld be enuff reason for him to go bonkers or at least suffer from depression n delusion, which all eventually leads to e very sad (IMO) ending.

pic of Thee, standing out looking ard at his currently v eerie neighbourhood during one of his morning runs

ok, so in e midst of all these mess, Thee buys a gun. Though it wasn't cuz of him being depressed yet. He bought it cuz it was right aft it was discovered tt e maid at one of houses has been brutally murdered n disfigured, n some burglar wearing a disfigured-face mask broke into his hse =-= (it was actl sme kid, i think his daughter, carn see properly tho stature seems to suggest her + i tot i saw e "burglar" ran up e stairs aftwards haha) Out of fear n for self-protection, he bought e gun.

Haha it was actl quite scary then suddenly frigging farnie here haha cuz at first we were introduced to sme new technology of e aircon where there's this "magic eye" tt senses n follows e person, blowing cold air. so one night, he was sitting there n e magic eye refuses to turn to him indefinitely, so there was someone/something in e room with him *cue: oohhh~* he turns n he gets frightened by a glimpse of a disfigured face (so do we). he chases IT into dead end of e kitchen n IT turns n points a small knife at him, Thee picks up a larger knife n taunts before IT grabs a sauce bottle n throw it against his forehead, totally pwning him

ok paiseh, back to e gun. so we hear nothing of e gun for a while, while there were a few trips into e haunted hse, where e maid was killed, by both Nan n her frens n Thee, perhaps Nat too, tho it wasnt shown. Nan's frens taunt her n they go into e hse n then lure her in, pranking her, but in e end, all of them run out screaming aft one of e fren supposedly saw something. This happened late at nite, aft Nan's supposed "project" with her frens n her frens were sending her back home. So Nan runs back home scared, n e next day tells Thee tt she saw a ghost, he doesnt believe her, n then later tries to force her into e haunted hse agn, aft which we get some scares n then Nan's granny demands to have her stay with her during e weekdays. During this period, Thee lost his job as his employee fled, not paying him n he starts to lose his mind, n he actl killed e neighbour's cat by catching it running out e back door n squishing it by closing e door HARD, which i found extremely disgusting omg, isnt this animal cruelty? e flattened shape reminded mi of e rabbit tt got killed by tt hideous woman in e widely circulated vid rawr...plus his wife's ex-boss comes to find her to ask her to go back to work (actl tt boss is a pervert n def is juz trying to get her back to him), Thee notices tt but he misinterprets signs in e hse n thinks tt his wife is having an affair. so he briefly entertains e thought of killing her by shooting her in e head (which got mi believing it was real at first wakao) aft which it was shown tt its all in his head, but it shows one thing man. he is def v v close to MENTAL ohmiens

anw his neighbours got killed (e father committed suicide aft killing e mother, son n granny by shooting their heads off, or rather parts of their heads off, which we sorta get to see whn their spirits walk ard lik nobody's business scaring others haha). thing is, Thee&family only realise their deaths whn e police arrives (neighbours were dead for a while le but they still "saw" them just the past few days, meaning its either in their imagination or something). We were already shown e brutal nature of e father as Parn has noticed bruise marks on e wife's neck n e cruel way he treats his son n wife. it is ltr made known tt e guy was losing big money in his business while his mum oso needed treatment, n his wife borrowed frm ppl in e neighbourhood. finally he cldnt take it n bang bang.

Parn cannot take it n so she wans to move out while Thee is still self-delusional n intends to stay put where he thinks he can make things right n have his family together tho its making him go insane with e $$ issue. then its e weekends n Nan comes back home from her granny's only to be told by her mum to pack her things fully so they can leave. Nan collects her laundry n her handkerchief flew to e neighbour's so she goes to pick it up n meets face to face with e neighbour mum (dead rmb) aft a lil hide n seek. she goes crazy n is brought to e hospital where she carn calm down. n im amazed with her lung power haha scream n scream wakao. Parn is v angry with Thee for still loving e hse so much even aft all e haunting so Thee leaves dejectedly carrying lil Nat home.

Here we come to e near end le!!! Nat has been playing with Golf (not e game, but e neighbour's son) all this time n he still plays with him altho Golf is D.E.A.D haiz cute boy, not so smart brains, n v v troublesome haha n without him, i think many stuff cld be prevented haiz

pic of Parn (Thee's wife) n her oh-so-cute son Nat

So while sleeping with Nat at night, Thee suddenly wakes up to find him missing.He goes bonkers trying to find him n end up in e neighbour's hse. here we get a glimpse of where on e face e neighbour shot his family hahaha one super duper farnie scene was where Thee came face to face with Golf n attempts to ask him whether or not Nat is in his house n where. I was seriously wondering how e poor dead kid answer him as most prob his mouth has been blown off haha i think e scene was scary but e screenwriter totally made it hilarious. We learnt tt it was Golfs bdae or sth cuz we see a half-eaten cake n a drawing happy birthday kinda thing. tho im confused as to whether it was his bdae when he died, or tt actual day was his bdae n e cake we see is a ghost cake HAHAH =-= im getting delirious...ok ahem so Thee was looking at e drawing when Golf magically appears lik all ghosts tt r supposed to b scary do. He is terrified n doesnt dare to put down e drawing, using it to cover e face haha then he asks e first qn "Golf, is Nat here?" *ghost Golf nods head* then e stoopid second qn ahha "Golf, where?" then e little ghost raises his hand n starts to tear e drawing frm e middle, attempting to show his face to answer (see so kind, but Thee is scared to death n e audience in e theatre were laughing lik mad). In e end, we see only a bloody mess which is quite blurred, not mosaic but blur. Thee goes crazy screaming before he answers (which i bet he carn haha) n runs off.

Now e climax sia...Thee is facing e father who appears whole (god noes where he shot himself to suicide) n e whole scene is recreated with e other family members lying dead ard in one of e rooms. e father has a gun, while Thee also has one, he grabbed it frm his hse before running to e neighbour's (good sense, u have a gun, ure facing ghosts =-=, i suppose they are invincible? tho they are not transparent). we see Parn reaching e hse aft getting Thee's call previously when Nat was first found lost, n then making her way to neighbour's hse aft seeing Thee in tt hse through their window. we also see little Nat playing hide n seek or something in e closet. nw e thing is, Thee is super duper stressed aft he attempts to shoot e father who flies towards him n disappears, n now he hears sounds on e stairs (his wife Parn running up), n he oso hears stuff frm e closet (Nat). He starts pointing e gun at both places n e audience is kept on our toes as we are lik OH SHIT NO NO n oso at e same time wondering exactly who he will hit.

IN THE END...
Thee dies, everyone survives. This is lik a totally unexpected ending cannot take it man!!!!! rawr!!! ok so wad happened was tt Thee shot Nat in e end, n aft seeing fresh blood coming out, he realises tt its his son. at e same time, Parn bursts into e room n she follows his line of sight n realises its Nat too as he falls out of e closet. She carries him n cry, while Thee is distraught into shock. Aft a bit of wailing n making mi feel super sad liaoz, Nat sheds a tear n chokes a bit, showing life. My hopes went up a bit (i believe e whole theatre held their breath too). Parn turns to tell Thee tt Nat is alive n tts when we see Thee raise e gun to his skull n then too late BANG. wakao damn it, frigging wasted. WHY MUST E FRIGGING GUN STILL BE LOADED AFT BEING SHOT SO MANY TIMES AT E GHOST ETC?!

haiz.....so then we see a life after Thee's death n Parn explains wad we knew little of. We heard much earlier in a convo betwn Parn n her mum tt she actl had a shotgun wedding. Here she explains tt she was in uni when she found out she was pregnant n so she told Thee tt she wanted an abortion but end up Thee went to her parents n asked for her hand in marriage. Parn tells Nan how much Thee actl loved her n wanted to keep her with them instead of her granny n Nan oso sheds tears, thinking back on how she rebelled against her father haiz...sad sad T.T

ok frigging long synopsis with lil review haha just felt tt e storyline was too good n rich tt details shldnt be left out. at all. n ive already left out details abt e cat n a webcam thingy it has ard its neck.

anw found tis movie GREAT GREAT GREAT minus a few stuff tt i carn figure out if it was a mistake or wad (r ghosts supposed to b able to change their features? apparently e ghost Golf looked normal once, when he was in Thee's house but then his face got disfigured once back in his own hse? =-=) The cast n all e staff did a great job mixing horror, comedy, family genres into one movie. i tot e movie took more than 2 hrs when actl it was lesser than tt. somehow e content seems heavy but then its well-acted n well planned such tt it isnt information overload n it din take up too much time either awesome!
e horror part was scary at times but i think its mostly due to e sound effects (yet again). it keeps giving mi e creeps n keeps mi on e edge of my seat lik seriously. n for e first time, i kept my hand close to my mouth to keep mi frm making those lil screams at unexpected parts haha. laugh at mi, but my first scare/jump of e movie was when a dog suddenly appeared n barked =-= n it was at e front zzz was wondering if minus sound, will b as scary or not those parts haha but then some seriously scary parts e director n cast rly made it uber farnie too lik i mentioned above haha n lik there was also another scene, where e black cat owned by e neighbours granny had its webcam thingy ard its neck lost on Thee's lawn n Thee just took it n start looking thru, discovering tt Nat n Golf r playing near e murdered maid's hse. He runs to find them n finds fresh blood dripping frm e fridge which is secured with tape. thinking it is Nat, he tears it only to receive a call frm Parn saying tt Nat is back home le, then he stun looking at e fridge tt has been untaped. audience oso stun. then e fridge door opens slightly n using his long legs he closes it back wakao ppl started laughing haha then aft tt he is shown simply screaming n running outta tt hse XD love tt e scary parts r neutralised by farnie parts at times =D

n also, there's alwaes a lesson learnt, even in horror movies...this one teaches abt depression n its effects. ppl rly go crazy, lik slowly, then they turn to violence whihc is scary. good thing singapore doesnt allow guns, legally. but there are still so many ways to die, n kill. n we r hearing news of families being killed liddat too by depressed family members who think that they wld all b better off dead haiz...we must learn to relac la~ easier said than done hors haha mi victim of tt too tsktsk

ok shld end post, getting draggy, fingers chou jing le...

exams r over!!!

for quite long le actually...but i feel so empty haiz...has always felt empty aft exams since entering uni but then this sem is lik e worse cuz first of all, there isnt any work for mi to keep myself busy with n by work i mean lik the paying work + e hols r longer n i dread it even more arghz how m i to survive two more years so sian already...n sometimes while studying i start to think lik why e hell m i studying? as in like both studying n oso studying of this particular course, doesnt seem to interest mi much. but at times when i do well/understd/kai qiao on a topic all of a sudden, will have tt adrenaline rush n think tt wow i actl like it =-= so wad is this man...just aimlessly floating ard liddat

nw, yet agn, i feel like coming up with a list of to-do things, however, i did exactly tt last year, to no avail. i did lik NOTHING on tt list. so im thinking might as well bring the list to this year agn haha n see myself fail terribly =-= but...i have no reason to NOT do any of this stuff this yr, cuz im not working so i shldnt be THAT busy. but its alwaes hard to start. n once u start n gain the momentum u dun wanna stop. its lik aft exams then u start thinking tt shit i SOOOO wanna study, gives mi satisfaction haha but too late. n this time its worse cuz i did lik 6 papers in 7 days, no rest T.T n so even when my momentum starts kicking in haha too late le, exams ending already...

this sem...
is boring
is unmotivating (is there such a word?)
is stressful (for no reason or rather no good reason, ie stress i bring upon myself, which im starting to realise i do v v often)
is busy (yet agn, perhaps for all e wrong reasons)
is screwed (i dun rly wanna noe my results)

hopefully, i get a wakeup call, but not such a rude one. a slight one will do.

unforgettable dramas/movies

YAY!!! haha im so freaking happy that I finally managed to track down another one of those dramas/movies that I've seen a while back but din note down their title etc but the dramas/movies were so nice/memorable that the scenes/faces are still etched in my mind.

And the drama is no other than Heaven's coin 3!!! or 新・星の金貨, Shin Hoshi no Kinka. OMG i watched this drama on channel 8 i tink when i was still in sec sch n LX was still in singapore haha cuz i rmb discussing abt this drama with her...ohmien rmb the days...
anw recently watching taiyou no uta, abt some girl with disease called XP, cannot come into contact with the sun...lik vampire haha. then somehow link here n there n i searched more rigorously this time haha actl not really rigorously but i think either google's database expanded or i bothered to check through more links haha cuz i think i only searched for "mute japanese drama" something liddat, cuz i rmb the girl was mute...then i found heaven's coin 1, 2 blah link to 3...even the poster looks damn old =-= from so long ago man, longer than when i saw it on TV haha cuz it was in 2001 acc to mediawiki, while i watched it in approx 2004 ba...i rmb the lead looks ugly hahaha i mean the guy, altho the 2nd lead is hotter ahhaa but in the poster his face is =-= dark carn see a thing...when i saw death note i found the lead familiar to Light, but then i rmb last time i check lik cldnt find any drama he act in that had a mute girl in it. so i assumed all this time that they were just similar looking peeps...when actl they really are the same person OMG ahha

last time i was searching for a korean movie too, which i found out hmm a few months back i think, was a moment to remember or 내 머리 속의 지우개

this one is another elusive one. i rmb watching on channel U n the lead guy was shuai haha din rly search for this movie/guy but one day on allkpop i chanced upon Jo In Sung who looked quite like him too imo haha then i went research thinking it was the lead guy but cldnt find the title of that movie cuz i was obvs barking up the wrong tree...then with personal preference, i came across Son Yejin, the lead actress in that movie haha whom i previously ignored hahah then i went to search n found my Jung Woo Sung ahha who happens to be older than jo in sung T.T but still as shuai hahaha

Jung Woo Sung

Jo In Sung

and finally, another language de movie ahah english movie!! this one i din really try to find it cuz no recollection but i knew that ive seen it b4 when i saw snippets of it on entertainment tonight or duno some other entertainment show imported by channel 5. then i realise that the guy acting inside that movie was johnny depp my idol @.@ haha the movie is none other than Edward Scissorhands!!! =D

n i watched that ard the time that i first arrived in singapore n cld start watching TV so shld be ard 1995 on channel 5? haha only rmb snippets of it, remb being freaked out a bit by that guy (depp), dun think i watched the whole thing/understood more than 30% of it either...

actually still got one more movie that still bugs mi until now T.T i rmb watching it on channel 5 too. it was lik some children walking into a museum like place then got a centre portion its lik full of paintings around on the wall high up then end up somehow they got sucked into a painting or sth, that was the most memorable part of the movie for mi...english de...so sad omg i rmb its quite fantastical, my type haha haiz but until nw duno leh...haven really tried googling cuz the time that it was shown was still not really using internet period i think...help its killing me ahaha