| DAY 3 ... Korea/Japan 2008 |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|03:34 pm] |
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so i thought i was gonna start working again sometime during the week but it seems i don't start until this Friday... my usual nightly shifts i can't wait to tell Dave and Juan EVERYTHING ^_^
DAY 3 - June 28, 2008 경복궁 ... National Museum of Korea ... 용산
it was another new day, and this time we woke up to head off to another palace this time it was 경복궁 [Gyeongbokgung] it was one of the largest palaces... and it surely is cause there was so much to see, but before we entered the palace there was some sort of performance/cultural display of traditional guards marching and playing instruments... and since we had time before all of that we headed to a museum that was right next door to the palace: National Palace Museum of Korea
within the museum we basically saw the different arts and objects collected from the palace of the Joseon Dynasty

the whole atmosphere within the museum reminded me of the korean drama: Goong [Princess Hours] the clothing and setting... now i understood that feeling
at the exit of the museum they had water [korea's never ending supply~~] with folding paper cups... pretty nifty as soon as we were done exploring the museum we went back outside to head over to the outside palace area to watch the many guards march in with instruments playing [i recorded a good portion of it... check it out on youtube ;)]
after watching an entrance march and seeing some joyful children next to us we went to purchase the tickets for the palace while standing around, a group of kids waved hello, and were super excited to see us young kids were everywhere afterwards, there was a stand to try out the clothing guards wore so of course, all the males had to do it it was like they became celebrities with constant photos being taken of them at each moment Kise went first then Ryan followed and soon the whole gang came together with various poses and being in Korea, we had to complete it with THE GINYU FORCE~~ =P


we finally entered the palace, but i didn't want to wait for anybody so i just cruised on my own traveling through each part, taking awe at the beautiful surrounds everything felt so amazing and fresh


i eventually had Kise follow me and just tag along since i had no way of knowing time, i just assumed we ended up leaving the palace (us two) earlier than expected, but we got some drinks to quench our thirst from the terrible heat POCARI SWEAT~~ <3
we ended up returning inside to just chill and relax we eventually exited the palace again after sitting down for a while we encountered everyone outside ready to go
as a treat, Proff Jun bought us all these delicious milkshakes in a pouch of course, i had to grab my favorite flavor of cookies & cream i had to keep thawing it cause it was completely frozen in the pouch

we ended up walking out of the palace entrance/grounds and out into the streets to find some dinner at this point, rain was slowly coming down and people needed to buy umbrellas we kept walking until we turned some corner and reached a quaint restaurant where i first had my delicious bowl of 짜짱면~~!! while i ate, i enjoyed watching some Happy Together on the tv~~ of course, Minah kept bugging me that i had a good view of 승진 (yes... my temporary crush until i met my cute dorky bf)
after dinner, we did the same routine of walking subway, but our next destination lead us to 용산 [side note: walks were quite hilarious where heated discussions arose about Bump Patrol, which a story in itself, and tv shows, music etc] at this point... it was a debate over how good spongebob is
용산 electronics is pretty much a hugeee mall (mainly electronics) with floors upon floors of games, movies, equipment etc. connected to restaurants, shops, and even a movie theater next door with a stage/courtyard type setting in between the connecting buildings
upon entrance is a huge escalator bringing you to the top Mel decide to check out some bootlegged DVDs and bought some apparently, they have awesome quality and we also took out cash before we entered at the atm, we met a mother, either american or european, can't remember who has been in korea for a while after these ordeals, we finally went outside to the entrance and clearly there was a mission for everybody else but me to get 승진 closer to me i clearly wasn't up for it cause i already knew how he felt and it didn't feel quite right but when i saw him sitting i had a sudden urge to just run up to him and like tap down his baseball cap... something i like to do ><
i started to feel heated and embarrased but that quickly went away as soon as we entered "electronics heaven" we mainly walked about checking out games, equipment etc. i stopped at tv screens seeing that star golden bell was on and SHINee were guests~~! as well as Wonder Girls mvs too~! at one point Mel was asking 승진 a question where they were showing or doing something on the cellphone that i was encouraged to give him a kiss on the cheek, while he wasn't looking i didn't do such a thing... too embarrassing
since i knew we were at an electronics mall, might as well find a music store i had to buy Katie her DBSK CDs and i wanted to see all the goodies i can possibly want [but too much money to waste] we went all over the place trying to find this store and we finally found it i was the one oogling and cruising through the store for hours, while everyone else seemed uninterested [just Me and Minah] it was actually quite small, but i found everything i love from DBSK, Big Bang, SHINee, Super Junior, Clazziquai, Alex etc. it feels like a wonderland

i eventually did grab all CDs possible minus 'rising sun' cause it was out and luckily the guys at the counter could see i like DBSK so they gave me a free poster, which ended up getting beat up badly along the plane ride back, but still gonna laminate and hang up in my room
we decided to check out the theater next door because we wanted to see "Wanted" but at this point we were quite tired, exhausted, and hungry to return to 용산 to watch a movie and my feet were killing me~~
since the movies ended up as a no-go and people were hungry, two ventured off to a McDs to get food, but since i wasn't into getting any 'american' type food while in korea... i just lounged about in the outside area while they tried to find the McDs Mel went along with the two dudes to find it, and us three [Minah, Steve, and Me] ended up getting more hungry so we went to find Mel, but wasn't at McDs when we arrived, but eventually we found each other time was ticking until we had to meet up back outside with the whole group so we entered a restaurant to grab a quick eat, but once again i ended up not being really hungry and we shared some quality time together before we had to rush back outside to met up with Jun and the crew
they were surprised and shocked to see my bad of DBSK CDs ^^ we went walking back to the subway line and Sue encouraged 승진 to carry my bag and stuff for me i was okay, but he instead and he did carried my bag and stuff for me we rode the subway, walked back to the hotel, and ended our night and our 3rd day in Korea... with smiles ^___________^
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