(Friday / 22:14)
3rd Oct
Woke up really early to go to Petite France because of the timing of the shuttle bus service from the train station.
Silent Comedy. Really good!
A lot of Little Prince statues! Other than that they also had some France-y things like old dolls and music instruments. Also cats. Why cats?! I cannot remember if cats appeared in Little Prince or not. And they got a lot of dolls! It may be creepy to many people but I think I like them quite a lot. Maybe cause I carry a doll to sleep when I am at home (imu!)
They also had a corner dedicated to the Korea drama Beethoven's Virus or something. And also some running man pictures. Other than just this attractions doing this, actually most places that had been on a drama/movie set before has posters or banners telling people about it. Even little restaurants that running man went to! A good marketing strategy eh. You can find drama set venues on official Korea tourism page too!
Visited Konkuk University Station after that. There was a long stretch of shops and it is crowded but I felt like the place was not as interesting as the other universities area? Bought doboki from the streetside and it was so spicy I could hardly finish haha And most people are sharing it while I am having it on my own.
4th Oct
Return to Seodaemun Prison again and went into the area. At first I was expecting the place to be really creepy but it was not.. Just a little.
A room filled with pictures of people who fought against the Japanese in order to gain freedom
One of the exhibition hall was about how the Japanese torture the people and they had a few wax figurine showing it 0.0 But the worst part of seeing how the survivors/ family member talked about the time they spent in the jail. I almost cried D:
While walking in the room I actually got thinking. How many of us, right now, will actually die for our own country? Will I? How hard will I actually fight for our own rights? Hm..
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Went to City Hall after that for the highly anticipated Psy's free concert. I was there pretty early because I wanted to look at the ground. It was huge! And free! Went around to look for dinner and tried Lotteria, Korea's own fast food restaurant. The cup has got Joongki's face on it hehehe Best cola ever.
Went back to the venue and tried to go towards the center but it was crazily packed. If you have experience the subway push, this is about ten times of it. People are pushing from all different directions and I could not stand still for even 5 seconds. I went to the side in the end because I was seriously afraid that there might be a stampede or I might die due to lack of oxygen (note: short).
As it was early I sat on the stairs to people watch. Then this drunk ahjusshi came and talk to me. -_- I am going to have phobia against drunk people soon. Especially if he can even utter a English word and thinks we are going to be best friends afterwards. I ignored him as much as I could and went he left I quickly got up and went to another place haha
In the end I watched the concert with a group of ahjummas. One of them tried to talk to me in Korean then later they really took good care of me. I told her I was from Singapore and she started telling almost every single person surrounding us. In the end she thought I flew to Seoul just to watch Psy because I am a fan and tried to ask the security guard to let me in nearer to the stage HAHA I was so embarrassed 1) I am not a fan 2) I am there because it's free 3) I just want to participate in something epic 4) I don't even like Gangnam Style although the tone is really addictive. She, and the other ahjummas, started feeding me with fruits and food and everything they have. It felt kind of rude if I decline so I ate everything, even the champagne grape (I think) that I hate and the weird tasting Tokk that made me almost puke.
Thankfully her son came afterwards and he was better in English. Like finally something I can really talk to! (same age chingu! until later I realized I have been telling people my international age not my korean age HAHA I never told anyone this)
Other than just fans there are also a lot of reporters! Cameras were set above the high rise buildings, people were watching from the hotel on the opposite side from the upper floors. Some people even climb up the movable toilet cubicles in order to have a better view but they got chased away by the police haha We who stood outside of the fence were actually chased away too but nobody budged. haha People are all screaming the lyrics of every song Psy sang and that moment I decided that they are really proud of him ^^
Left the concert before he ends the encore to beat the crowd. When I got back to the hostel, I realized that everyone went for his concert! Like wow.! I am part of something really epic!
5th Oct
To be honest I had no idea what I did for the day. All I had to refresh my memory is this photo
A really cool theme cupcake store along a hill near Itaewon. The cupcakes are all shaped like monsters and ghosts! I would had bought it if I weren't that full. I just had a bowl of 8,000won tom yum noodle that was freaking spicy yet delicious. Climbed the freaking steep hill because I wanted to exercise and then return to my hostel. I made a lot of wrong turns though. But the beautiful houses along the way were amazing. Must be really rich.
Before I got to the hill I past by a memorial place with fighter planes and ships for exhibition. Did not take a close look though because it was pretty dark. I also past by a area for US army I think? All of these happened in the evening and I really had no memory of what I did in the day. hahaha
Labels: South Korea, travel