Visit to Seoul, Korea

We went on a tour to Seoul on 28 Mar for 11days… Sad without hubby for the first 8days of our tour …But he joined us for our extension for 4days… Yay Yay!!!  

The flight was crowded and it has been a real chore packing our winter clothing. It’s freezing! Long-johns, sweater and bubble jacket…. It’s our first time in Korea, and I must say, We Love it!  

We visited the War Memorial Park, and along the way, we hand-pick local strawberries that grow in the orchard farm, hands-on to make kimchi(which I did not), and of cos not missing out the opportunity to take photos of ourselves dressed in the Korean Traditional costume called Hanbok. And alas, our first night stay at Yongpyong Dragon Valley was not bad with great view where we are able to see the ski resort from our room….    

Cleo love the strawberries...

blurry

a view from our hotel room

Us with my parents

a nice view from cable car...

Everland theme park was nice and big! We took a water ride which was fun, its flower season so we managed to see beautiful tulips in colors… We queued for the Safari styled Zoo where we hopped on a bus to view where animals roamed freely… The main attraction of the Zoo was to see “Liger”, a mixed breed of a Tiger and Lion…. Interesting!  

Liger

Beautiful Tulips...

  

There were lots of farming activities during this tour. Calf feeding,  Cow Milking, and hand-made korean ice-cream…  

 

Waiting for her breakfast

Jeju Island  

We took a domestic flight out to Jeju for 2days… the place is also known as “Honeymoon Island”.. Visits to traditional houses during the olden days.. *bleah* It rained for the whole day in Jeju which makes road very muddy, yuckzzz… Took a cruise on our 2nd day to view the spectacle Sunrise Peak by the coast, an experience… ride was a little bumpy and I was feeling a little dizzy!  I didn’t get a chance to watch “Nanta” as Cleo was napping so I give it a missed while the rest continue… what a waste as I heard they are really good! (next time then)… The Teddy Bear Museum was damn boring…  

Aiyo, damn troublesome, raincoat, umbrella... muddy ground!

olden time houses...

  

Not forgetting highlight of this trip… we enjoyed a view of whole stretch of Cherry Blossoms.  

  

  

Rapeseeds

Back to Seoul  

Visited the Ginseng Monopoly Showroom… Wow Wow… Parents spent a bomb there… Well they say it’s good for health… Majiam world ‘s best ancient tonic elixir!!! Amethyst factory la…  and one more don’t know what Cordyceps showroom… For us to spend $$$ places lah…   

Exciting part… Myongdong Street, Nandaemum, Dongdaemum Market… Lotte World – so so… Indoor/Outdoor theme park… 

Dongdaemum

LotteWorld Adventure Park... The indoor ice-skating ring

So finally Daddy arrived on the day we ended our tour with the group. We meet him at Prince Hotel where we will be staying for 3 nights… hooray!!! 

We went to have our names sewed on our “mama-san” bags, my beco… and bought quite a no. of luggage tags as souveniers… The place we did our bags is in Itaewon… a place where most crews will visit… 

Dinner at Nolboo Resturant in Myongdong where they served nice Budae Jiggae

Beef Budae Jiggae

Day 9 

We visited a temple in Insadong. 

tired me... resting our feet

Palace tour

Cleo was mesmerised by the change of guard ceremony

getting excited... like cheering for them!

and Hooray!!!

and HAPPY!

Boring la this place....

This pushcart sells nice Strawberry juice and Pancake

Day 10 

Nandaemum Market in the late morning…. followed by Namsan Park – Seoul Tower 

outside Shinsegae

I like this pic but a pity that Cleos sleeping!

I looked funny in this... Its a baby warmer apron to protect Cleo.. Cos its really cold!

Yummy churros

the city view from the top, the tower stands at 236m!

Mum & I

Its US again with "Love Locks" behind....

Hubby & I took a 2 hours off pass on our last night from my mum... Cleos sleeping under her care...

LAST DAY with Last minute shopping always…. That’s where you buy without given second thought cos NO TIME!!! 

CLEO is always HAPPY with DADDY!!! YEAH!!!

HAPPY with MUMMY TOO!!! *hee hee*

OH WELL…. We had loads of fun this trip and Daddy says WE WILL Be BACK during CNY next year, YAY YAY….

Co-Sleeping

Well… too huge a topic to talk about…

Cleo or I should say Babies are space hoggers… I’m sure most of my mummies’ friend out there would know what I mean! Cleo loves snuggling with me as I sleep in between Daddy and her… it means she love sleeping so closely till her head on my arm, my face, my “tummy”… and more…

And sometimes in the middle of the night, Cleo just sit up and look at me as if I am not giving her any space to FliP!!! urghhh….

*shy* Poor Daddy shifting as close to the edge as if anytime he is gonna fall off the bed!!! haha..

We love having Cleo on our bed as much as she love being on our bed But our back doesn’t like it so much.. Waking up in the morning with a back, neck, arms pain problem…

We gonna solve this soon…hopefully….

Considering buying an additional mattress? Another bed? Hmmm… Room are too small for another bed.

Second child…

Relax, I’m not pregnant… Although I am considering one …. Hmmm..

1. A rabbit or A dragon??? Doesn’t really matters…

2. Caregiver??? *Big headache*

3. Continue to work, Part-time or Be a SAHM (sounds coolz isn’t it, Babes out there)???

OOoooo…. not so easy as 123!!! So…

Daddy’s Girl

There’s just something about girls and their fathers… hmmm.. I know exactly what it’s like cos I was once Daddy’s girl too!

Cleo lights up when Daddy’s around, wherever she is at home, she will goes into her “where’s my Daddy mode” all day…She called out for her DAD like 200 times a day??? *bleah* the moment she hears daddy’s voice, she will rush(run) into Daddy’s arms… Wanting Daddy to carry her. Well, I don’t really mind though… Cos she does that to me too but not really calling out for me lah… sounds more like MUM MUM!!!