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yrthr · 11 months

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☾ COLD SHOULDERS ; PARK GUNWOOK

gunwook masterlist / zb1 masterlist ; wc 0.975k

➛ genre ; angst - fluff ➛ warning ; cursing , mentions of food

🎧— sorry this took so long anddd i think i also got carried away with this one..

the tension in the living room was intolerable. the rectangle room which was once considered a safe haven turned into some kind of war-zone.

snarky remarks with raised voices and the added passive aggressiveness bounced off the four brick walls and into the emotions of the couple sitting on the couch.

“ it’s not my fault you were scolded today. “

“ and ? how does that play into this right now , you clearly knew i was in a bad mood and you still couldn’t let me cool off. “

“ i just asked you to eat the dinner i prepared. i literally spoke three words. “

gunwook let out an annoyed ‘ tsk ‘ , rolling his eyes and he stared holes into the electronic device he was suddenly so interested in.

“ no one asked you to prepare it , god you’re so naggy. “

as if his actions weren’t enough to full the bubbling anger in you , the absolute ungratefulness was the breaking point.

“ …fuck you. “

leaving the couch in a huff you grabbed the necessities for the night and threw them in the guest room , slamming the door shut.

the next day rolled around after a rather unsettling sleep. out of habit you reached out your hand to the other side of the bed before realising the person that usually greets you every morning was no where in sight.

you sighed out of frustration and a slight hint of embarrassment as well.

ding !

the rectangular device vibrated on the white sink , which almost caused it to fall off the curved edge. somehow the spidy sense in you managed to catch it in time , a sigh of relief escaping your lips.

with a toothbrush half sticking out of you mouth and toothpaste smothered around your lips you smiled at the silly conversation with your friend.

‘ y/n bbg wna watch the little mermaid today ? my treat. ‘

‘ now ? ‘

‘ starts in 3 hours , meet me for lunch at coex. ‘

‘ ight thanks sugar mommy. ‘

after putting on a comfortable outfit for the day and one last quick comb of your hair you begrudgingly opened the door dreading the thought of seeing the culprit of all your anger from the previous night.

‘ out the door at last , ‘ you thought , ‘ never have i ever been this happy to get out of the house. ‘

the day out definitely cheered boosted the once sour mood and took your mind off the problem. movie , arcade games and even a spontaneous aquarium trip also ripped that bank account. [ me fr ]

“ are you sure you don’t want me to drop you off at your apartment lobby ? “

“ nah i wanna hit the convenience store anyways , see you at school. “

“ see you , and do your homework. “

“ bye mother. “

you watched as the silver car drove off leaving you walking towards the said convenience store.

picking up the ramen package and a drink you considered getting a snack for gunwook as well.

‘ he can get his own shit. ‘ the little devil sitting on your shoulder whispered into your ear.

click click click !

ah… home sweet home.

the empty bundled up plastic bag served as a coaster for the cold drink , the seasoning scattered across the counter and the open packet of noodles , together with its consumer , waited rather impatiently for the water to boil.

“ where did you go ? “

a voice came from the hallway which its owner came crawling out of the darkness right after.

he walked into the light of the kitchen with disheveled hair and hands behind his back staring at the floor.

a spark of annoyance rushed through your veins as you fought an internal battle to not roll your eyes at the sheer sound of his voice.

ding !

saved.

saved by the water boiler of all things.

you turned your back to him suddenly being extremely invested into the process of preparing ramen.

a few shuffles were heard behind you and a small ‘ sorry ‘ before the soft sound of the door closing caused a surge of relief.

you did feel bad for ignoring him but the small grudge you held against him plus the added pettiness constantly persuaded you that ignorance was the best solution.

the next few days played out about the same way.

to you it was an internal conflict of whether to forgive him now or carry on with this silence.

but to gunwook this was his version of hell.

arguments rarely happen.

small ones , sure but they were solved in about five minutes he couldn’t bare to see you upset over his actions. [ even if it wasn’t his fault ]

he’s tried almost everything he could think of , trying to strike up conversations with dumb questions , leaving food on the table for you after a long day of school which he’d hide in the hallway and take a quick glance or two to see if you’d eat it.

bringing you water while you’re locked up in your room even organising the mess on your desk hoping you’d notice and say something.

but you were still ignoring him.

gunwook was at his breaking point.

and so once again today you came back home from a tiring day of school ready to retreat into the guest room for some much needed youtube when you were suddenly engulfed into a warm embrace.

one at you shared with a certain someone.

“ im sorry.. please stop ignoring me. “

he muttered and muzzled himself into your collarbone while practically squeezing you against himself.

“ sorry too i should’ve just let you cooled off before saying anything. “

he shook his head and you felt tears trickle down.

“ its my fault… im sorryy “

you felt his grip tighten which made you instinctively chuckle and ruffle his hair.

“ don’t cry you big baby. “

“ im not ! “

he whined but made no effort to stop or wipe his tears away.

“ yeah yeah sure you aren’t babe. “

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coolkraay · 1 year

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Alright it's plushy time!

Here's a photo of all of them together! The only one not here is a little keychain bulbasaur on my bag. It's hard to see all of them well here so let's take a closer look for introductions!

From left to right: Adventurer Pepe, Ardenweald Pepe, IJsbeer (literally ice bear), Danny, Donna, Donny. Apart from Ardenweald Pepe these all stay next my pillow at all times. I've had IJsbeer and the ducklings since I was barely a toddler!

Pokemon, part 1. The Hitmonlee with a Ditto face is called Chimken, the rest just go by there Pokemon names. The Meowth is a little fingerpuppet! All my pokemon plushies are a mix of official merch, stuff found at my local comic store, and older plushies I've had for a while and don't remember the origin of.

Pokemon, part 2. The bigger guys! The big Bulbasaur is called Squimnch. The Rayquaza is the oldest official pokeplush I have. The Celesteela is by far the most expensive plush I have in price, and it's also my tallest! I fricking love her! The Tepig has a fun gimmick where you can turn him inside out so it becomes a pokeball.

The remaining fun stuff! Left to right, top: Raven King, Copia, Asmund the plague doctor, Monji the dust cloud, Mothi the mothman

Bottom: Jerry the skull, Maantje the moon, Augustus Gustavus the Third aka Gus the snail, Pukkel the pimple, Nyangko the cat, Brian the brain, Reddi the robin.

Raven, Asmund and Mothi are all squishables, Reddi has a little sound thing in it that activates by squeezing her but it's loud so I never do. Gus, Nyangko and Monji are all from South Korea! Gus I got at the Coex aquarium. He was so ugly I loved it. Nyangko is actually meant to be a little wrist support thing for when you use the computer but I didn't like that feeling. Monji is special. Celesteela may have cost me the most in price but Monji was only available at a pop-up store in a mall just outside of Seoul for a short time and I happened to be there at the right time! He is technically the official mascot of the group Monsta X but they haben't really done much with that for the past few years.

Anyway that's all of my plushies! I rotate so I'm cuddling a different one every night ^^

#Kraay talks #Long post #Plushies #Pokemon #Warcraft #the band ghost #Squishables #Cute

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nebersgoeast · 7 months

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Da es nun anfing zu regnen gingen wir in die CEOX Mall. Die COEX Mall ist das größte unterirdische Einkaufszentrum in Asien. Es befindet sich im Keller des Korea World Trade Centers in Samseongdong im modernen Seoul. 165 000 Quadratmetern, mehr als 200 Shops und rund 90 Restaurants mit einem Kino und Aquarium. Davor gab es noch ein leckeres Eis 🍧.

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jaerontaemo · 1 year

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230115 — Taeyong bbl update

Have you been well ?

It's night again here.

Is it Sunday there? What time is it ?

Oh you're eating lunch.

This tour to keep you entertained I've been constantly taking pictures. Wherever I go, I take pictures of each scenery through my eyes.

Together

I think it would be nice to learn the different cultures of each other. Also to show, how to say, the latest news of what I've been doing. ㅎㅎ

Today l went to the aquarium

How do i put it, is it because it's friday here ? But there were

over 100000 people

Also i tried

cola ice cream

Its where vanilla ice cream meets with cola. How do i put it, it looks like it's a very strange foam ㅋㅋ…. Honestly … somehow shiny

Was it brownie pusher or pasher ….

I don't really remember but i wanted to eat it, but it was out of stock …

I shared it on my insta story but the fish tank was so pretty. It was so fascinating that I could see tropical fish so well.

There were a lot of marsh snails there too.

I remember the Amazon puffer fish ?

The piranha is amazing too. It's really big ...

The crocodile too, it was fascinating to see the crocodiles belly ㅎㅎ

The belugas were so beautiful and cute, how should i put it, the skin was very smooth and they suited mother nature best.

Spider crab was very big in the deep sea side also, it was scary there ㅋㅋ

I like the coex aquarium in Korea too ㅋㅋㅋ

I'm slowly going to sleep. I'll share a lot with you when I go here and there during the tour. Please look forward to it.

Fighting for the rest of the tour.

Passion, passion, passion !!!

#nct 127 #nct #lee taeyong #taeyong #nct taeyong #nct lee taeyong #tyongie #tyong #tyongf

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elaine-abroad · 9 months

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Volume 6

The Departure and Home

I’ve been home for almost a week now and everyone has been bothering me to finish this series off with one last volume.

Sunday was the last full day of peace we would all have before saying farewell to Ewha and Seoul. Grace and I decided to save going to Gangnam for last because of a very long awaited viewpoint we wanted to go to (I’ll reveal in a bit).

To start off the day, we headed to Hongdae for brunch. There we stopped at this place called Rachel’s Kitchen and had the cutest spread of souffle pancakes and drinks. I remember when Vivian and I along with our other friend went to a souffle pancake cafe during winter break. It was good, but not super worth the wait and price. These pancakes however were delicious and definitely deserved my money. I was also just excited to finally live out my dreams of having ice cream for breakfast.

I got melon pancakes with melon pieces, melon whipped cream, and vanilla ice cream, as well as a strawberry latte which was literally strawberries, milk, and strawberry ice cream.

With our bellies full of wonderfulness, we took the subway all the way to the Gangnam district. I was searching up what to do there and read about this street called Kpop Road. The website said it was in a dense shopping district and that sometimes idols stopped by. That sounded quite appealing to us so we decided to go.

It was pretty underwhelming and disappointing though. Kstar Road was basically a project to honor famous kpop groups through statues along the road. There were no kpop related stores or anything.

In fact, it was filled with all the high-end, designer stores instead. The exteriors of the buildings were very nice to look at, but there was nothing for us there which was saddening.

After deciding there was nothing to do in that area, we took the subway back to where the Starfield COEX mall was because apparently that was where the viewpoint we wanted to see was. It actually isn’t even a viewpoint, but Grace and I thought it would be funny to pay a visit to the infamous Gangnam Style Statue. Yes, there is an actual Gangnam Style Statue. Other people think it’s stupid, but I think it makes sense especially with all that Psy has done for the kpop industry. He walked so groups like BTS could run.

Grace wanted a pic with the hands doing the hands in front of the hands doing the hands, but there were a lot of people there when we arrived. Unsurprisingly though, they were all foreigners. It was really cringe watching them take solo, couple, and family pictures especially since they would pose in a way that looked like mid dance, but funny at the same time. Eventually I got Grace to get up there. Fun fact, Gangnam Style plays on repeat in the area.

Eager to get out of the rain, we ventured back to the COEX mall and decided to pay the aquarium a visit since we didn’t get to go last time. Unfortunately it was extremely crowded and packed with screaming kids, so we decided to walk around and get dinner first. Before that though, we saw this vending machine that dispensed various ice cream bars. It looked cool so we treated ourselves.

I don’t know how we didn’t learn our lesson from the mall food last time, but we didn’t and sat down at this Middle Eastern place. I wanted this smoked salmon pita, but they said it wouldn’t be ready until thirty minutes later so I was forced to pick something else on the spot. Funnily enough though, they took so long that it reached the time the pita would’ve been done at which was kind of dumb. Grace was upset because she purposely picked this chickpea pasta because it didn’t say chicken or beef in front of it like the other menu options but still showed up with meat.

My meal was actually not bad, but the meat took more chewing than I would’ve liked.

We only had an hour after that until the aquarium closed so we rushed on over. I’m not sure how they managed to fit one inside a mall, but I guess it’s how they have the biggest underground mall in the world.

We were greeted with prairie dogs which were definitely the cutest animals inside. I’m also not sure how they thought prairie dogs fit the aquarium scene. They were super cute though.

We also saw turtles, otters, and various fish.

I wanted to see the penguins the most, but of course our mall food had very conveniently caught up with me and suddenly I didn’t feel so good. We barely got to look at the penguins before I suggested we go back home because I was also just tired. The instructions given by our Naver Map app were contradictory every time and it was getting annoying.

Monday rolled around and I had to meet up with my classmates from both classes before the farewell ceremony to set up our art pieces that were going to be displayed. I didn’t want to show my painting stuff especially since our teacher was making us show more than one thing and I just wanted to pack it all up. Here’s a pic with some of other people’s works though.

The farewell ceremony had a lot more happening than the welcoming. We had several performances from students who were taking Korean traditional music and dance. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures or videos. We were given certificates of completion though and I snapped this with all of our names in it.

We mostly went back to packing since most of us would be leaving the next day. Some people were even leaving that day so there weren’t many people walking around. Bianca, Grace, and I decided to have one more night to hang out and enjoy our time together so we first got dinner at this tteokbokki place.

We knew we wanted to do karaoke but we were pretty stuffed. Along the way we stopped at multiple photobooth stores to take a couple goofy pictures. I’m not kidding when I say there are more photobooth shops along the streets than anything else. Seoul is run by photobooths and cafes. And they’re not those janky booths they have in arcades in the US either. They have all sorts of accessories like headbands with animal ears, crowns, hats, funky glasses, and props. Some of them even have community hair straighteners, curlers, and perfume.

It was pretty fun taking dumb pics with them. We bought some drinks and snacks to enjoy before karaoke where we spent 2.5 hours. Grace carried for sure and seemed to be having a blast. She knew most of the kpop songs we picked and shouted confidently even though none of us knew a speck of Korean. I had to of course document every time we received a score 100 which was more than we expected.

We stayed out pretty late until midnight. I had to say bye to Bianca until school started because she was going back home to China for the first time in two years and was leaving through a different airport. Grace was going to my airport so I decided to tag along even if it meant we had to leave at the crack of dawn (her flight was at 10 something).

After an insane amount of time and struggle, we finally managed to get to her gate. Neither of us were happy at this point and wanted nothing more than to go home. I sat with her until she boarded the plane which was nice but also sad when I was alone and had to go to my own gate.

The plane food was pretty good this time too, but I don’t think it can top the treatment I got on the way to Korea. I noticed that the flight attendants this time were real skimpy with the drink portions. The cups were way smaller and filled very ungenerously so that kind of sucked. I was also not super eager to eat breakfast since the options were omelet and porridge. Eggs on planes are a big no-no for me, but I saw what the porridge option looked like. I did like that they gave me fresh fruit on the side. I’d been deprived of fresh produce. I love my nightly bowl of fruit and I wasn’t getting that in Seoul.

Everyone keeps asking me how my trip was and if I miss Korea. I’m going to be honest, I did really enjoy all my experiences, but I am very happy to come back. It feels so much more normal, but that’s probably just me not liking to go out of my comfort zone. I’m not saying Korea was uncomfortable in a bad way, but it definitely was not something I could’ve done without a lot of prep. So I’m proud of myself.

Anyways, I’m happy to be back because I get to see my silly dog and friends. I feel like I lost a lot of time to hang out with people I don’t get to see during the school year.

To make up for lost time, Vivian, our other friend, and I took it upon ourselves to watch the new Barbie movie. We even got the Barbie ice cream from Coldstone.

And just like that my normal schedule picked back up like nothing ever happened. I’m back doing slave work for my unpaid internship which is boring, but at least I get to have fun on the weekends at my museum job. We saw what seemed like a stray cat this time and went out to give it water and pets. It’s very cute and friendly.

Long story short, it was a fun trip and I won’t be forgetting it any time soon, but as with any trip I’ve gone on, home is the best place for me. Traveling as an introvert is challenging.

To end this series, I have a few thanks to give. Thanks to my parents for funding this trip because I make no money. Thanks to my boyfriend who suggested I blog even though I know he’s only read the first volume so far. Thanks to my best friend for telling me she read all of the updates and for existing. And thanks to everyone else who had to make a Tumblr account to read this because Tumblr is stupid like that.

That’s it from me. See you next time maybe.

-Elaine

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rumpikerzzzworld · 5 years

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Discovery Seoul Pass

Sebelumnya gue udah share mengenai apa kartu DSP ini dan fungsinya. Silakan dicek disini bagi yang belum baca.

Sesuai itinerary hari ini gue akan ke beberapa tempat yang free entry hanya dengan menunjukkan kartu DSP. So cekidot.

DAY 5 with DSP (16 November 2018)

Gyeongbokgung Palace

Buat penggemar drama saeguk, wajib banget ke history palace tempat shooting drama sejarah. Gyeongbokgung adalah salah satu istana yang sering dipakai untuk shooting drama tersebut. Tempatnya berlokasi di kota Seoul. Ke tempat ini bisa diakses menggunakan MRT ataupun bus.

Gue sampai di tempat ini tepat sebelum upacara pergantian guards istana. Dalam sehari ada dua kali penggantian shift buat guards nya, yaitu jam 10 pagi dan jam 2 siang. Gue memilih yang pagi karena banyak itinerary that need to be caught up too. Di gate masuk ke dalam halaman istana, dicek tiket masuknya. Dengan kartu sakti DSP, gue langsung dipersilakan masuk oleh petugasnya dan langsung menyaksikan upacara penggantian guardsnya. Setelah selesai, gue dkk langsung keluar dari tkp dan mulai hunting tempat penyewaan hanbok disekitaran istana. Di Korea, banyak tempat penyewaan Hanbok di beberapa titik tourism destinations. Dari awal, gue dkk sudah merencanakan untuk sewa baju tradisional Korea, hanbok, di daerah ini karena latar pemotretannya pas aja kalau di Istana.

Ada beberapa tempat, yang deket banget dari istana, tapi gue dkk lebih memilih yang agak jauhan jalannya. Akhirnya nemu a small store yang sewain hanbok. Alhamdulilah mereka bisa Bahasa inggris semua. Hanbok nya ada beragam pilihan dengan berbagai harga juga. Semakin modern modelnya atau semakin banyak ornamennya, semakin mahal harganya. Harganya per 2 jam berkisar dari KRW 15.000-30.000, belum termasuk hairdo dan tambahan aksesoris lainnya.

After we dressed in hanbok, langsung deh kita cuss balik lagi ke Istana. Semakin siang semakin rame pengunjung, jadi harus pinter-pinter cari spot yang bagus untuk foto. Sembari sightseeing the palace, kita ambil foto di halaman istana atau di teras istana. Tapi, karena diburu waktu, kita disana gak lebih dari satu jam langsung bergegas balikkin bajunya dan ambil barang-barang di loker penyimpanan. Agak menyesal gak eksplor lebih karena ternyata setelah kita liat di Instagram banyak spot-spot foto yang lebih menunjang lainnya. Tapi yasudahlah ya.

Running Man Thematic Experience

I was a big fan of Running Man in 2012. Dulu gue pengoleksi episode running man di laptop dan harddisk. Awalnya gara-gara nonton episodenya bigbang pas comeback di 2012, trus lanjut ketagihan nonton episode lainnya karena kocak banget buset ngakak mulu aing. But after a year later I started getting bored then I barely ever watched the show unless there were guests that I liked. Nah, orang Korea emang pintar memanfaatkan sikon untuk bisnis. Lahirlah Running Man Thematic Experience ini untuk para fans Running Man untuk merasakan beberapa games Running Man di studio ini. Beruntungnya DSP menjangkau tempat ini juga, so gue dkk bisa masuk tempat ini secara free.

Di tempatnya kita bakal dikasih gelang buat start permainan dengan cara di tap. Selama main di tempat ini, untuk lebih leluasa sangat disarankan untuk taruh tas dan barang lainnya di loker yang tersedia. Siap sedia koin kalau kesini karena lokernya gak gratis, bayar menggunakan koin dimasukkan ke dalam lokernya. Jadi barang yang mau dibawa seperti handphone dan uang, pastikan sudah diluar sebelum mengunci loker. Karena kalau mau ambil barang lagi dan buka lokernya lagi harus pake koin lagi.

Overall, studionya gak terlalu besar. Hanya ada beberapa permainan di dalamnya. Konsepnya kurang lebih kayak time zone but has different games and in form aja. It’s quite fun to be here, bisa main sekaligus foto-foto juga. Dari gelang yang kita gunain selama main, poin games ter-record di gelang itu. Jadi, setelah selesai main di Running Man Thematic, poinnya bisa ditukar dengan merchandise yang tersedia.

MBC World

Langsung ngebut ketempat ini dari Running Man Thematic. Pas selama di bis ternyata kita ngelewatin Yongsan Craft Museum, tempat TOP bigbang lagi menjalankan service duty nya. Huhu, pengen mampir but I was chased by the time. At least, gue udah liat dari depan tempat dia selama ini bekerja kayak apa.

Dari Running Man Thematic Experience ke MBC World lumayan jauh jaraknya. Seturunnya dari bis pun kita jalan lagi ke tkp. Tapi, I didn’t complain at all karena sepanjang jalan kaki trotoarnya bagus banyak pohon-pohon yang daun kuningnya berguguran. Musim gugur indeed. Kalau jalanan di Jakarta kayak gini, mau deh jalan kaki terus.

Sesampainya di komplek MBC, I was in awe karena megah dan luas banget kompleknya. Gedungnya banyak dan sangat modern. Banyak stasiun tv lain yang gedungnya sebelahan. MBC ini kalau di Indonesia semacam TVRI tapi beda nasib. MBC bener-bener berkembang maju while TVRI stuck di masa lalu. I wish TVRI could be like that, leading Indonesian televion industry.

Back to MBC, setelah kebingungan masuknya di gedung yang mana, akhirnya kita diarahin masuk ke salah satu gedung dimana MBC World berlokasi. There were barely visitors, sepiiiiiiii bangettttt. Idk if it’s because weekdays or low-season, yang pasti kita jadi leluasa di tempat ini. Yang kita lakuin disini playing with g-dragon hologram, watching g-dragon’s hologram concert, wandering around MBC’s museum. Untungnya, kita masuk ketempat ini free karena pakai DSP, jadi ya gak nyesel-nyesel amet, walaupun kinda biasa aja sih hiburannya. Masih ada sekitar tiga atau empat tempat lagi yang harus kita sambangin. So, kita langsung cuss.

SM Town

Sesampainya di tempat ini udah menjelang magrib, udaranya makin semriwing biarpun di tengah kota. Daerah SM Town ini di daerah Gangnam, sekomplek dengan Coex Mall. Gue dkk milih ke Starfield Coex Library dulu walaupun kita lewatin tempat ini sebelum masuk ke Library yang berada gak jauh dari tempat ini. Pas kita lewat lagi ada rame-rame fans korea ngumpul di depan SM Town, liat sebentar, feeling gue mungkin mereka lagi nungguin Exo. Trus cuss langsung ke Library, yang nanti akan gue ceritain di bawah. Abis selesai dari library, kita balik lagi ke tempat ini dan fans-fans yang tadi masih pada berdiri nungguin siapa-entah-gerangan keluar dong. Padahal gue udah cukup lama di library dan malam itu dinginnya dibawah 5 derajat keknya. Karena kepo akhirnya kita ikutan ngumpul sama crowdnya wkwk. Trus tiba-tiba ada yang nyolek gue dari belakang speaking in Bahasa Melayu “Siape ini selebritinye?”, gue jawab “gak tahu, cuma ikut-ikutan aja” wkwkwkwk. Setelah mencari info ternyata fans-fans ini lagi nunggu NCT.

Okesip, karena udah cukup lama kita berdiri ngarep ngeliat NCT dan mereka belom keluar-keluar juga, yauds kita langsung caw ke gedung sebelah yang diperuntukkan untuk turis yang mau liat koleksi museum SM Ent atau hologram konser. Setelah cukup asik sama vibe di pintu masuk disuguhin lagu-lagu SM artists dan video-video mereka, kita naiklah keatas. Udah cukup antusias butttttt ternyata hari ini mereka lagi gak nayangin konser. Heoll. Kzl. Kata unnie-unnie nya kalau mau liat jadwalnya bisa di cek dulu di website. Kita pikir bakal kayak tempat lain yang everyday buka. So, kalo mau kesini mending research jadwal mereka dulu di website mereka. Yasudahlah belum rejeki, bye SM Town.

Starfield Coex Library

Salah satu tempat yang sering muncul di explore Instagram gue adalah Starfield Coex Library. Perpustakaanya megah banget dan very instagrammable. Kalau dibanding megah dan luasnya sih masih jauh luas perpustakaan UI ya, cuma untuk ukuran perpustakaan di dalam Mall, ini salah satu yang wow. Perpustakaan ini nyambung sama Coex Mall. Overall, tempatnya emang bagus, tapi buku-bukunya in Hangul kebanyakan. Yang bikin males kalau gue emang bener-bener jadi visitors nih perpus adalah gak bisa baca buku dengan tenang. Karena banyak banget turis yang foto-foto dan lalu lalang, terus di lantai atasnya ada kafe juga. So, instead of calling this place as a library, mungkin lebih cocok disebut books café kali ya. Mau foto yang di eskalatornya nunggu sepi dulu dan harus cepet-cepet karena kalo kelamaan keburu sampe bawah wkwkwk. Gak lama setelah dapetin foto, kita langsung cuss ke SM Town building seperti yang gue ceritain di atas.

Coex Aquarium

Setelah failed ke SM Town building dan gak dapet apa-apa di tempat itu, kita langsung cuss ke Coex Aquarium yang letaknya ada di dalam Coex Mall. Seumur-umur gw belum pernah ke Sea World yang di Jakarta, jadi first experience ngeliat aquarium besar ya di Coex Aquarium ini. Ke tempat ini lebih cocok sama anak kecil sembari kasih tau pengetahuan tentang dunia laut. Cukup okaylah tempatnya, cuma gue gak tahan sama bau amisnya aja. Gue gabisa buat perbandingan antara tempat ini dan Jakarta Aquarium karena belum pernah kesitu. So, ya kalau pakai DSP sih gak apa-apa ke tempat ini. Tapi, kalau bayar entrance fee nya yang kalo menurut gue quite expensive sih not really worth it.

DAY 6 with DSP (17 November 2018)

N Seoul Tower

Di hari sebelumnya, setelah dari Coex Mall, kita berangkat ke tempat ini karena mau ambil suasana malemnya di N Seoul Tower yang keliatannya romantis karena banyak lampu-lampu dan ornamen-ornamen lainnya yang mendukung. Tapi karena malam, kita jadi nyasar gitu pas turun dari bus. Google map nya ngasih tau rute turun bus nya kejauhan. Literally jauh banget untuk jalan ke atas N Seoul Tower karena letaknya diatas bukit gitu. Kita sampai lewat perkampungan korea, berasa lagi shooting drama korea Fight For My Way, karena perkampungannya mirip sama kost-an nya Ae Aa dan Dongman yang banyak tangga-tangga. Alhamdulilah, tidak terjadi apa-apa walaupun kita orang asing lewatin jalanan itu dan sepi banget. Sesampainya keluar gang dan nemuin jalan raya, kita akhirnya nyebrang dan nemuin plang untuk jalan menanjak ke N Seoul Tower kek ngelewatin hutan-hutan dalam kota gitu dan gak ada penerangan di jalan itu. Karena ngeri udah malem, kita gak mau ambil risiko, so kita memutuskan balik ke guest house dan melanjutkan ke tempat ini esok hari karena DSP kita masih aktif sampai tanggal 17 November jam 11 siang.

Akhirnya, kita balik lagi ke destinasi ini dengan rute mrt dan bus yang cukup menjelimet. Untuk sampai ketempat ini kita ke Seoul Square dulu trus naik bus warna kuning nomor 03. Busnya sampai ke atas berhenti di halte N Seoul Tower. Thank God kita naik bus, jadi gak perlu nanjak jalan jauh ke atas kayak rute semalam yang hampir kita tempuh. Karena tempatnya tinggi banget. Dari tempat ini keliatan pemandangan dibawah. Konsepnya 11 12 sama Monas, naik ke towernya cuma untuk liat pemandangan dari atas aja. Nothing special sih di atas towernya kalo menurut gue. Di bagian bawah area N Seoul Tower ada tempat untuk ngunci gembok cinta, eyaaa. Banyak couple maupun bestfriends beli gembok ditempat ini atau bawa sendiri terus tulis nama mereka, dan kunci gemboknya di tempat yang disediakan. Gue sama temen-temen gue sih cuma sight seeing aja di tempat ini. Trus langsung cuss untuk belanja oleh-oleh yang belum kebeli.

Namdaemun Market

Salah satu pasar yang terkenal dengan harganya yang murah dan barangnya yang lengkap adalah Namdaemun Market. Masih sedaerah sama Myeongdong Market, tinggal jalan sedikit. Tempat ini mungkin kayak tanah abang yang jual segala macam rupa produk. Niat gue kesini adalah untuk beli oleh-oleh kayak gantungan kunci, kaos, tempelan kulkas, dan pajangan. Harganya emang cukup murah sih kalo menurut gue. Mungkin karena banyak orang Indonesia yang cari oleh-oleh di tempat ini, jadi banyak pedagang yang ngeliat muka orang indo kek gue, langsung manggil pakai Bahasa Indonesia nawarin barangnya. Mereka biasanya teriak-teriak “murah, murah. Harga lima ribu” sort of like that. Kocak juga sih, karena bukan cuma dua atau tiga pedagang yang menerapkan strategi serupa untuk menggaet turis Indonesia.

Setelah borong pernak-pernik dan tambahan snack, gue menunaikan misi terakhir belanja yaitu beliin titipan tas find Kapoor which is kalau pakai jastip harganya lumayan mahal. Belinya di Lotte Department Store yang masih satu komplek sama Namdaemun dan Myeongdong Market. Terus selanjutnya tinggal itinerary yang santai-santai kek di pantai. Kuy!

Ossuloc Tea House

Temen-temen gue pada kepingin ke tempat ini gegara banyak selebgram especially beauty influencers yang nongki di tempat ini kalau mereka trip ke Seoul dan mereka rekomen banget tempat ini karena matchanya yang super enak. Ada beberapa cabang dari kafe ini, dan kita milih untuk ke cabang yang ada di Hongdae Market karena deket dari guesthouse kita. So, pas banget sama cuaca yang dingin untuk minum hot green tea ditempat ini. Harga makanan dan minumannya cukup mahal bagi gue, tapi karena udah hari-hari terakhir yaudslah ya hajar aja.

Tapi, kita disini cuma minum matchanya aja, gak beli cake nya yang keliatan sangat menggoda karena mehong (ngemeng hajar tapi cuma beli minum doang wkwk). Tapi, karena tujuan kita abis dari tempat ini masih mau makan dua makanan dari dua resto yang berbeda jadi kita hold keinginan beli cake. My opinion about the hot matcha, it’s indeed good. Rasanya agak bitter dikit, jadi original flavournya masih berasa. Sembari nunggu minumannya jadi, gue cobain tester produk teh lainnya yang disediain. Rasanya enak-enak semua dong, padahal gak pakai gula alias teh plain doang. Pengen beli tapi mehong sekalihhh. Dibanding teh-teh di Indo, gue rasa teh di Korea lebih flavourful dan wanginya enak. Kalau ke Korea harus cobain tehnya deh. Beli aja yang di mart-nya, yang satu kotak isi 4 biji juga udah enak kok, dan harganya lebih bersahabat.

Kyochon

Beberapa hari sebelumnya kita udah beli ayam Kyochon dan ketagihan dongggg karena ayamnya enak banget. Di Jakarta udah buka cabang dari beberapa tahun yang lalu dan gue pernah ke cabang yang di Gading tapi gak makan ayamnya karena menurut gue mehonggg. Sama aja sih di Korea juga mehong, tapi emang worth it karena mereka pakai minyak canola dan gak pakai MSG sama sekali. Heran deh gak pakai mecin tapi enak ngets gitu ayamnya.

Sebelum ke Korea, gue nonton videonya Hansol edisi makan ayam goreng. Banyak yang bilang kalau ayam lokal Korea lebih enak daripada KFC. Salah satu yang paling terkenal dan banyak cabangnya yaitu Kyochon. Alhamdulilah Hongdae lengkap banget, pajada disini. So, kita cuss beli disini. Pas beli pertama kali kita take away dan makan di guest house pakai nasi. Nah, pas terakhir ini kita pengen nyobain makan langsung di tempatnya. Seperti biasa, disini disediain air putih gratis. Tapi kebanyakanya pada minumnya pakai bir atau soju as orang Korea punya kebiasaan untuk makan ayam goreng ditemenin sama alcohol. They called the ritual as chimaek. First pic, itu waktu makan di guest house. Soju was just as a property. Temen-temen gue sok-sok an mau nyoba tapi pas nyium baunya gak enak langsung pada gak jadi nyoju wkwk. Harga ayam di Kyochon rate nya sekitar KRW 16000-19000 se-bucket dan ada tambahan Korean pickle radish. Mehong bingit, untung rasanya enak jadi gak nyesek-nyesek amet. Gue bakal nyobain yang di Jakarta dan bandingin lebih enak yang disana atau disini, atau mungkin rasanya sama. Let’s see!!

Niat awal abis makan Kyochon, kita orang mau cobain makan pizza hut nya Korea. Gara-gara Hansol sama Sunny Dahye ngereview Pizza Hut Korea dan mereka bilang enak banget, lebih enak dari yang di Indonesia. So, pasti kita mau nyobain juga. But, abis makan ayam Kyochon se-bucket kita malah kekenyangan. Jadi, skip dan sampai sekarang masih penasaran sama rasanya. Kapan-kapan kalau ke Korea lagi, I will try the pizza hut!!

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livekorean-blog · 7 years

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코엑스 아쿠아리움 & 남산타워 | COEX Aquarium & Namsan Tower

아쿠아리움을 좋아하는 편인데 한국에서 아쿠아리움에 간 적이 없어서 남친이랑 코엑스 아쿠아리움에 가기로 했어요. 다 이미 알겠지만, 한국에서 아주 잘 된 것 중에 하나는 엔터테인먼트에요. 아쿠아리움에서도 물고기를 보는 것일 뿐만아니라 즐거운 오락거리도 많아요

I love aquariums, and not having ever been to one in Korea, my boyfriend and I decided to go to COEX Aquarium. It's common knowledge now, but one thing Korea does really well is entertainment, and even this aquarium has far more to keep you entertained than just aquatic animals.

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kingofkate · 3 years

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I fucked up, yo. Saw someone the other day who was SUPER attractive. I rarely find people I am attracted to so this was big. And I didn't say anything! They were with a group of friends and I wanted SO BADLY to go up to them and say,

"Hey, I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but I wanted to let you know I think you are very attractive. Have a nice day."

And leave it at that, but I suddenly felt so ugly standing there next to this beautiful person that I just walked away. And I spent the rest of the day regretting not letting this person know I thought they were hot.

And it's not even that I thought something would come of it. I just think that persons day might have been made better by me saying so.

I can't stop thinking about this days later.

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#if you were a guy at the COEX aquarium on sunday with the dangly cross earings your style is amazing and i think you are super attractive!#im sorry if i made you uncomfortavle if i stared too much #i walked away after i realized i was staring because i think you deserve the respect of jot being stared at #not going to lie the fact you spoke english and were with foreigner friends made you nore attractive

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elyonsays · 4 years

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Ходили в Coex aquarium.

#seoul #south korea #coex #aquarium #русский тамблер #дневник #жизнь в корее #сеул #океанариум

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easykorean · 7 years

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Easy to Learn Korean 1486 – Gangnam’s COEX Aquarium.

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vress-shark · 3 years

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Hi there!

Two world meets.

you can watch the full sized art in Coex Aquarium in Seoul, Korea!

#vress #shark #cute #art #illustration #aquarium

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elaine-abroad · 9 months

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Volume 5 Part 1

Week 4

I definitely tried to fit as much as I could into this last week to ensure I didn’t leave Korea feeling like I missed something. It was a little tiring doing that and wrapping up classes with final projects, but I’m ready to come home.

To start off, Grace, Bianca, and I headed over to Itaewon on Sunday. To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what there was to do besides the club nightlife, but I thought that I can’t leave without paying at least one visit. The other two didn’t want to go to the famous street where the tragic crowd crushing incident occurred last Halloween so we ventured to the main streets and some smaller ones. We were feeling peckish after arrival so we went to a cafe that sold Western styled breakfast.

I got berry compote french toast, Bianca got egg's Benedict, and Grace got banana walnut pancakes

They weren’t really good at serving us at the same time so I got my dish a good while after the others. Grace also eats faster than my boyfriend so it felt a little weird eating when she was almost done but that’s pretty much how it’s been when hanging out with her.

Grace is apparently a big Barbie fan, so much so that it’s been on her list of possible Halloween costumes for a couple of years now. It just so happens that there was a Barbie cafe in Itaewon so we tried going there. Unfortunately all the tables were full and we had to put down a number, but only Grace had a working number. We never got a call and it was probably because it was an American number or something.

We went to a bingsu place instead to combat the heat though. Bianca and I shared this injeolmi flavored one. Injeolmi is basically a sweet rice cake covered in roasted soybean powder. I’m not sure how to really describe it, but the powder is dry and tastes nutty. I’m pretty sure it’s the same powder used on Japanese raindrop cakes.

It was also raining that day so we kind of decided to head back. There wasn’t much that caught our attention in Itaewon, but it was nice to visit.

On Monday, our painting teacher made us paint outside. It was not the most ideal, but I ended up painting a view of campus.

After class, the three of us headed back to Myeongdong to see the nightlife and street food market. I was pretty dead set on coming back with cash. Before we got into the vendors, we did some shopping and got dinner.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get photos of the fruit mochi I bought, but it was seriously worth my money. It looked like this though.

I also got this honeycomb and ice cream taiyaki. You’ve probably seen taiyaki before – it’s that fish-shaped cake. They served it with a small chunk of honeycomb and that was the first time I tried actual honeycomb which was cool. It was fun chewing on the wax.

On Tuesday, Grace and I got to go to the Starfield COEX Mall for our visual journal field trip. It’s pretty awesome that we were able to go on so many field trips for that class and that we got to go to a mall of all places. The mall was absolutely enormous. There was only one floor for shops, but we literally kept getting lost because of its size. Other cool things were attached like this massive library, aquarium, and movie theater.

We sat down inside the mall for some food and got what was probably the most incorrect Indian food I’ve ever had. I say incorrect because the flavor was okay, but the execution and everything was wrong. I’m no Indian food expert, but I questioned a lot of the things. The drinks were wrong and had the wrong consistency, they used the wrong rice (we had to pay and it was such a small portion too) – things like that. I guess that’s what we get for trying to get Indian food inside of a mall in the middle of Korea.

That night’s food made up for it though. One of the girls I hung out with after the Everland trip was turning 21. That same group went out for dinner to celebrate. We got kbbq in Hongdae because we all wanted to experience getting kbbq in Korea at least once. To be completely honest, it was a little pricey for the amount of food, but that was probably because of the fact that we had to share. I guess I’ve been spoiled by the kbbq buffets back home.

In case you couldn’t tell, bingsu is a big deal here. And of course we ended the night with some. We shared some new flavors: tiramisu and mango apple cheese.

Wednesday was pretty uneventful. I had my painting final and we were given 2 hours to paint anything we wanted to, using the techniques we learned. It could be the plants we learned, something from Korea, or just anything we wanted. I painted the key parts of Korea for me which was basically Ewha’s ECC and all the field trips. I also included some flowers we learned.

For dinner Grace and I went to this place called Witch’s Kitchen. It’s a witch themed restaurant with a vibe crossed between Halloween and Harry Potter. Some of the food options were decorated in a way that made it all more fun.

We were most excited for the drinks. I heard that they served them in blood bags and that they did. Each table had one of those liquid IV stands they give people at the hospital and filled them with our drinks. We got to control how much we wanted in our cups and it was really fun.

I spent the rest of the night working hard on my visual journal project. I made a pop up book of where I’ve gone to in Seoul, basically the same thing as my painting final. It was a little bit of a risk since I’d never made a pop up book before. Albeit a little simple, it was a lot of fun. There was this lady that came into one of my classes in the second semester of freshman year who taught us the most basic techniques of pop up book making and I’ve wanted to give it a try ever since.

We had a mini exhibition within our class the next day and it was cool seeing what everyone else came up with.

Later that day, Bianca and I went out to check out the Gwangjang market, a traditional street market with lots of street vendors and mini restaurants. It was still light out when we got there so we got this white peach bingsu while we waited for the sun to set.

My friend Iris told me to go to Cheonggyecheon Stream which I’m pretty sure is the man-made stream my dad told me to check out as well. It stretched out for quite long. Here it is before the sunset.

Once we got back to the market, it was definitely a lot more lively. There were four main paths that we looked at.

We were looking for one thing to eat and luckily many of the restaurants there sold it. I’m serious when I say don’t knock it till you try it because multiple of my friends expressed their disgust, but it was actually pretty good. I’ve wanted to try this for the longest time ever and have always seen mukbangers and foodies eat this.

For those who haven’t been to guess it, it’s raw squid. This is often confused with live squid. To be fair, people here do actually eat live squid, but the raw squid we had was just raw, NOT alive. It’s only called live squid because the tentacle nerves continue to move after being chopped up.

Anyways, it was doused in sesame oil which made it good for me. I’m not a seafood girlie and don’t even know why I liked it, but it was fun to eat. We also got bibimbap with beef tartare (also raw) which was also good. This day was all about trying traditional things so instead of getting a basic drink, I opted for Sikhye, a traditional Korean fermented rice drink. I kept seeing it on the street there so I decided to try it out. I noted how it looked like something my mom had always made and Bianca said that was because Korea always steals stuff from China.

We also ordered bindaetteok, a mung bean pancake with bean sprouts in it. It was very very good.

We were quite full at the end of this so decided to get a snack that was truly authentic and worth it. I wanted Hotteok, a sweet filled pancake. My mom sometimes makes this for breakfast so it was cool to have it from the actual streets.

The stream was really nice to look at and walk along once dark. We spent a little more time there before going back.

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