B O R A C A Y 2 0 1 4 // G R A D T R I P W I T H T H E H A P P Y P I L L S

First trip with the fav bunch from uni! Grad trip for most of us, but for those not graduating at the same time, break a leg for the last sem and no more da bao! 

So the whole part travelling to Boracay was the most tedious part. 3.5hrs flight to Kalibo Airport, 1.5hrs bus ride to the jetty, 15min boat ride to Boracay Island, and then 15min large tutu to the place we stay (Cohiba Resort). Luckily we had each other for entertainment throughout the whole travelling. The shuttle ride to the jetty was a killer, everyone was feeling super hot and shagged out and restless already plus we had to squeeze in a 12 seater with 14 of us including the driver AND our luggages! :/ But still we made it like FINALLY!! 

At the airport before departing

Arrived at the airport

Finally on Boracay Island

The pretty view from our room

So the first "day" spent there was just dinner and crazy dancing jumping self-ing and what not at night! GIRLS NIGHT YO~! All the crazy things we do together, so fun!

Then comes the second day where we had a full day of sea activities! ATV, helmet diving, parasailing, flying fish, island hopping, snorkeling, and just ending all the activities with enjoying the sunset by the poolside. 

The Chingu 

 The beginning of the second day where everyone was still in high spirits and excited!

Started off with ATV, which was a first time experience for a few of us including me. Fun and exciting but would have been better if we were riding in real dirt track kind. But still the whole route was disgusting cause there were many big frogs squashed all along the way. :/

Half way through we were brought up to this tower where we had a total 360 view of the whole Boracay Island. Yes it was pretty but it was too hot so it was a quick trip up and down. Haha!

After ATV was a quick trip to the nearby trick eye museum. Nothing much, just normal. Haha!

Then begin the sea activities! Started off with helmet diving but I didn't go for it cause I was still scared of going underwater into the sea. It's just different from going under in the swimming pool and the sea. After that was parailsailing! SO MUCH FUN! I rather go up into the skies than go down into the seas. The view up there is so picture perfect! I paired with Jan to go up! A dear friend whom I never thought we would have SO MUCH in common. Haha!

Selfie 500feet in the skies!

Then come the most exciting sea sport and only 4 of us dared to try. It was crazy I say! Look at the photos how we were at the beginning and at the end. Gosh. Their aim is just to make us all flip into the sea. I almost died. Really. Just a short 15min and it got us screaming like mad for the girls and laughing all the way for Gerald. -.- I cried and shouted like mad when I dropped in and they just kept driving on cause the boat driver didn't know that I was thrown over already. :/ But still i continued to the end. Muscles aching by the end of the night. HA!

Waiting for our turn

Ready for it to begin

Look how shagged we were at the end

 Lunch break after that then time for island hopping! This is where the walking, selfie-ing, and perspiring like mad begins!

This was at the swimming pool where we tried to do stuns and all! HAHAHA! 

 After the whole day of activities, dinner and drinking session for the win! Hehehe~ Well maybe drinking session didn't go as well as I thought but still on the brighter note it was well spent with my lovelies! Keep the good memories and throw the bad ones away.

Dinner

Oh oh, and not to forget! This guy always being adventurous on exotic food. So he tried the local 'delicacy' Balut. Which is actually pre-matured duck. Goodness... :/ But he said it tasted normal, so, good for him. 

With the blink of an eye, it's the day where we head back home. Morning selfies before we checkout is a must! HEEHEEEE~ doing them the high fashion way! Well, cause the guys are so slow and took their time, we didn't had time for selfish with them so it's just pretty girls and the pretty view :)

Love this whole bunch of people. 

K O R E A 2 0 1 4

WELCOME MYSELF BACK TO BLOGGING!

By now, I have finished my final exams and got back the results, and apparently I did better than what I had expected! So I'm officially a graduate now! Wheeee~

Anyway, went on my long awaited Korea trip with the few of my fav people from uni. Too many photos to be posted so you can go to my Facebook to check them out. I'm sure you few of my readers have my FB too. HAHA!

So I was in Korea trip technically lasted from 12th to 27th May. Both to and fro Korea were overnight flights, reached Korea on the 13th early morning and we managed to find our way to the guesthouse! Felt as if I'm back at a very familiar place. Hehe.

Basically, we went to all the tourist attractions and shopping district. This post will not be in order of the event that happen, rather it'll be posted about on each destination. There are 11 tourist attractions and 5 shopping districts that we went to. 

Celebrated my birthday there was the best thing. So grateful that this bunch of lovelies still made an effort to surprise me with a cake and the present brought all the way from Singapore from the rest of the clique. Happy much! s2

5 shopping district:

1. Myeong Dong

2. Dong Dae Mun

3. Ewah University

4. Nam Dae Mun

5. Insah Dong

The 11 tourist attractions:

1. KLive Bigbang Hologram

This was the done on the 2nd day of our trip, chosen by me as it was my birthday! Saw oppa hologram and was super high about it. Plus all the official merchandise there was so much cheaper as compared to buying them online! Grabbed all those I wanted!

2. Everland

My second time there but still I wasn't able to sit all the rides there. :/ The queues were terribly long! *faints* But if given the choice, I would want to go there again if I would go Korea with other friends again. I would rather go Everland again than to Lotte World cause Everland is more for the teenagers and young adults whereas Lotte World is more of a family theme park. 

3. Nami Island

This is where the Korean drama 'Winter Sonata' was filmed at and became such a tourist attraction ever since then. Also my second time here but it's different going there with different group of people. Spammed photos for obvious reasons cause it's just too pretty there!

4. Petite France

Yet another tourist attraction made famous cause of a drama. But I think we went at the wrong timing of the day cause there wasn't any activities going on when we were there. The previous time I was there and also as said by eliz, there were performance at the center theater area. Oh well. Don't go in the evening!

5. Trick Eye Museum

Much photos spammed here and the name says it all. 

6. Lotte World

Too lazy to add any more photos and since Lotte World was such a disappointment cause two of the main big thriller rides was down for maintenance. They just had to close both down at the same time. Which we are left with ONE main thriller ride and the queue was worst than that at the Everland. PLUS the tickets were more expensive than Everland. So. Ya. Not going to go back Lotte World. 

7. COEX Aquarium

Aquariums are always my fav and must go on trips. I don't know why but I just love spending hours walking around in the aquarium and not get bored. Love those that have the big screen and they have seats there for you to sit and admire the sea creatures swim by and all. So relaxing :)

8. Seoul Tower

It's a good choice to go in the evening as the scenery is too amazing! Witnessed the sunset and it was perfect except that part that it was over crowded. -.-

9. Noryangjin Fish Market

This is a must go for all sea food lovers. You can see from the picture the amount of LIVE FRESH sea food down there and it's just the tip of the whole market! HA! But the catch is to now which stalls to buy from so as to NOT be buying those at super marked-up prices. Somehow they can tell whether you're tourist or local or from China. -.- The amount of time we were being grouped together with the China people are like how many times you blink a day. -.- Well, almost there la! But still...!!! :/

10. Gyeong Bok Gung Palace

Another place which I enjoy going as they have pretty photo worth it shots too! Not advised for people who do not enjoy sight seeing.

11. Bukchon Hanok Village

Same goes for this. Not advised for those who do not like sight seeing. But of course I enjoyed it. Looking at the old Korean houses and snapping photos. :)

Yep, so that's about it! The rest of the time were either spent shopping, cafe-ing, or finding our way! Hahaha! 

Too Neoprints

Must have street food

Silly selfies in the neoprint machine

Must have 22cm tall icecream

KOREAN BBQ

Fried chicken and beer!

 For cafe lovers, here are the few cafes that I went to!

1. Banana Tree Cafe

Desserts and drink

2. ANDhere cafe. 

This is the cafe opened by SeungRi. Took such a hard time finding this as the first direction we found was totally misleading. -.- But still it was worth the trip. Good food we had :)

ANDhere Cafe

3. Twosome Studio

For YG fans, you would know this as this is the Twosome studio cafe opened by our Teddy oppa! It is located near the Ewah Women University. But I won't say the food is good, so advised to just drop by for a drink. HA!

So that marks the end of my Korea trip!

Counting Down

Once again it's the exam period and thus I've not been blogging as much. Want to do it, but don't have a good time, or just take it I'm lazy. HA!

Anyway, thank God for making my last semester projects get so wonderful results except for one. But still it was everyone's good effort and thank God for such wonderful group mates I have worked with over the 3 semester. Okay shall not say much in case I really don't grad smoothly. HA!

Counting down a week to the end of exams, coming week with 2 papers, and then D8 till I'm going to fly to Korea again! Yes, again. But this time round free and easy so I'm going to enjoy all I can! Whee~ Lord please keep us safe. :)