안녀어엉 영재 오빠~~~ 저 또 왔어요~~~
Didn't expect to be writing here again so soon but heyyyy haha 😆 How are youuuu! The week's finally coming to an end (yes, Friday's technically the end of the loooong school days T_T) but at the same time I end up always worrying about the next Monday hahaha a step closer to the weekends means a step closer to Monday too 😭
Anyway, I wonder how your work's going so far? Of course, hoping things have been working out for you. 아니면은 일케 힘을 줄게요
> 🔥 힘 🔥 <
잘 지내고 있어도 힘을 주겠슴다 ㅎㅎㅎ
아니 근데 정말 화이팅하세요!!!
아무튼 요새 여행에 많이 생각하고 있었거든요? 저는
더보이즈 멤버들은 이렇게 여행을 갔다는 거 들었을 때 너무 부럽단 말이에요 ㅠ 하하 저는 여행을 가기는 너어어어무 좋거든요? 되게 신나고 그냥 제일 재밌어요 ㅠㅠ 그래도 이렇게 대학 때문에 잠깐이라도 여행할 시간이 별로 없음 그래서 집만... 있음... 힝ㅠ
ㅋㅋ 집 더비로그 할까? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
저는 제일 최근에 갔던 여행은 사실 한국이였거든요?
좀 얘길할게요 히힣
P.S. 좀 길어요 ㅠ 죄송🙏
6월에 갔는데
이건 딱 시험 후에 갔었어요 ㅎㅎ
일단...
첫번째날!!
6/14: day (night) 1
Actually, it was technically the 1st night because we arrived there at night time :D So just a short story of that night, haha. Since we arrived at around 9pm, I think? in Korean time, we decided to just stay at a nearby place from the airport so it wouldn't be too hassle once we arrived. But apparently the place my mom booked was like in an isolated area in Incheon. 😭 진짜 앞에 있는 세븐일레븐밖에 아무것도 없었어요 ㅎㅎ and there were a lot of buildings around us but they were somewhat run-down and not used anymore. We also kinda got lost going there so we arrived at the accommodation around 11pm? Then we unpacked our stuff and everything. Afterwards, we were SOOO hungry. I remembered seeing the 7/11 store nearby so I suggested it but apparently they close at 12am and we went there at 12:07 am. 🙂 Then I thought, "oh maybe we could still order online if ever someone still delivers at this time" so I tried even if the sites were all in Korean 😭 but none could deliver to our address because it was outside the coverage area... 😭😭😭 So we then ended up being crazy hungry that night, and since we couldn't find any food to eat, we just endured the hunger for the next day.
6/15: day 2
드뎌 서울로 가는길!! 근데 그전에 in the morning, while waiting for the rest of my family members to get pack up and prepare, I finished early so I took a small walk by myself around the area. The breeze was cool and I really liked it especially since there was not much sun that time, but it was just sad because all the buildings were all run-down, lol.
For breakfast, we went to a nearby cafe: Cafe Layered, and the food was really good! I really liked how they baked the pastries—crisp on the outside but veeery soft and sooo good in the inside. I'd love to try eating there again.
We took a taxi to Seoul because our luggage was kinda a lot and just the walk to the station was a bit far, so that's what we did~ Although my mom kinda regretted it when she realized how much cheaper trains/buses were, haha. Much of our morning was taken going to Seoul and when we finally went to our next accomodation, which was a few steps away from 충무로역, we went to go eat lunch~
진짜 너어어무 맛있어요 I chose it because it was HOT and I was also kinda craving for that kinda flavor. I already forgot the name but my mom ordered something and it was a bit too spicy for her so I ended up eating a lot of it. 🤣 (저는 매운 거 아주좋아여 히힣)
After that, we decided to go to our next destination. Which was spontaneously COEX Mall, haha. We didn't even do much there, just full of walking around. 😭
Went to the Ktown4u physical store and I was tempted to get the tbz lightstick especially since your concert in Manila was on July 15, but I ended up not doing so which I regret. 😭 That's why I wasn't able to go bring any during the con... 💔 Anyway, I was really surprised to see the entire Slam Dunk series at the library 😂 I took a photo and sent it to my older sister who's a huge fan because she couldn't come with us on that trip. I looove Slam Dunk, too. Haha.
So after Coex, I was gonna go to 뚝섬! For a S*Z pop-up store event 😂😂 I was supposed to go by myself but my two other siblings wanted to tag along so we separated from our parents and headed there.
After the pop-up store, we went to 서울숲 which was just a few minute walk from it. And I really liked it! I wanted to stay longer, actually :( I liked the air around the park and everything in there. Overall my impression on 뚝섬 was good, so I would love to go there again, haha.
Around 5pm, we started heading back to our accommodation to meet up with our parents. We then went to Myeongdong to eat food and shop~ To be honest I didn't really do much because we already went there before, lol. My mom shopped a lot though.
And that was the end of day 2!
6/16: day 3
My parents, especially my dad, really wanted to go to Itaewon to see and check where the incident took place. So that was where we went to in the morning. I think we ate breakfast in the same place we ate lunch the previous day. I didn't take a photo but I got 김치볶음밥! Anyway, we also ate our lunch at Itaewon. I've never been to Itaewon in our previous KR trips so I was really curious how it'd look like at night, especially since there were a lot of pubs and all those other kinds of stores and places 😂 I've always heard about Itaewon being more known for its nightlife so it was funny going there in the morning, haha. I really liked how the alleys looked like, there was a lot of color 💘
After searching around the area for a place to eat, we decided to eat lunch at this vietnamese restaurant there and the food was SO GOOD. Admittedly one of my favorites during the entire trip, hahaha. My favorite was the banh mi, but everything else was so good too!!! The waiter lady was also so kind and so accommodating, she even gave us some candy before we left.
Anyway, after this, I went to Olympic Park!!! Haha. I actually planned to go to the Lotte Duty Free concert that day~ with my younger brother. Before our trip, I was planning our itinerary but I didn't really know what to do because we've been to Korea twice before 😭 so I thought maybe I should go to an event there or something. Then I searched up the concerts that would happen during the trip, and the LDF concert was one of them~ of course I chose the 1st day, haha. Also I didn't know there was going to be a Bruno Mars concert in Korea during our trip T__T I would have considered that, too. 😓 so anyway I got tickets from someone online and the reason why I went to Olympic Park after lunch (by myself 😭) was to meet up with her and get the tickets, lol. My family went to Lotte World while I was doing that haha. But I really enjoyed going there by myself! Actually I've always wanted to travel alone before so even getting to do that small bit was really fun for me.
By the way, it was SO HOT. Good thing I brought a cap with me because when I lined up for the booths where you had to exchange the ticket for the wristbands, we were literally under the sun and there was no parasol whatsoever. 😭 But yeah, haha. I felt so awkward meeting with the one I bought tickets from because I was speaking to her in my broken Korean through chat and I just couldn't say anything in real life 😂 I also felt awkward asking staff around the area since I was by myself hahaha. But still, I loved the experience~
After claiming all of that, I went straight to Jamsil to join my family :D My mom offered to buy me passes to Lotte World but I think there was only a few hours left until the concert started when I arrived there and it felt like a waste if I didn't use the pass for the whole day so I just ended up going around the Lotte World Mall with my mom~ while my dad, sister and brother were in Lotte World. Because it was father's day on the 18th, we were also trying to look for gifts but we ended up not buying any and bought other things instead. 😂
And yes. Excuse me for this but I went there as a S*Z fan 😆 We were actually pretty far and I regret not buying closer tickets after hahaha. But still. I really enjoyed it! And it was my first concert outside the PH too~ But yeah I could barely see them except through the screen 😭 And oh right, I was amused to see the sky still not that dark by 7pm 😭 our skies turn dark by 6pm here so it was a strange feeling.
After the concert, my brother lost his tmoney 🙃 I tried looking everywhere for stores that sold any, and I couldn't find one so I just ended up buying him the one-way train tickets.
And I believe that was the end of our 3rd day 😆
6/17: day 4
We ate brunch in the Gwangjang market! :D Unfortunately I didn't like what I bought and ate hahaha. The lady from the first stall we bumped into was like inviting us into her stall and my mom went "okay" so we tried it out but I didn't like it. 😭 I got kimchi naengmyeon and it wasn't... that good... and my parents also ordered dumplings which I tasted, and it wasn't good either... I think it was in the borderline of being too salty, too. 😭 but anyway, we strolled around the area for a while~
So for the rest of the day, I somehow ended up allotting it to enjoying the event at 여의도한강공원 hahahaha. WHICH I REGRET 😭 I don't know. I did have fun, but I feel like I should have done other things too. 😭
Yes that was the event I went to ^ Hahahaha. I like a lot of artists so I ended up going to different ones sorry 😭😭 There was like this lucky draw thing that had a really long line so I tried it out, and waited for 2 hours... to get nothing!!! Haha. Pain. 😭 Also there was this grandma fan asking me in Korean what the line was for and I understood her but being too scared to form any sentences in Korean, I backed out and said I can only speak English 😭 she got flustered because of that but thankfully the guy behind me in the line noticed and explained to her lol 🥲 I was wearing a cap and a mask that time so she probably didn't realize I was a foreigner haha 😭
anyway, the firework show at night was sooo pretty. There was an insane number of people though! If you can see in the photos, there were a lot of people sitting by the stairs anticipating the fireworks and after everything was done, there were a looot of people in the train, too! But there were staff and enforcers who did a really great job in guiding everyone safely home~
Aside from the event, I also actually really wanted to go to any Hangang parks so I was glad I went, but next time I wanna go when there's not that much people haha :')
And yeah, that was the end of our day 4 already 😂 we kinda came home late so my mom just told us to get and buy some ramyeon from the convenience store LOL
I think my brother and I got 틈새라면 and my sister 신라면. I never tasted 틈새 and people said it was spicier than 신 so I decided to get it that time and I told my brother about that so he did, too. But I didn't know it was kimchi flavored, haha. I love kimchi but I'm not really a fan of kimchi ramyeon 😭 Nevertheless, I was able to confirm that it's spicier, at least. 😆 But I'm still team 신라면 😋 We ate the ramyeon while watching Netflix at the hotel~
6/18: day 5
Yay. This was technically our last day since we'd depart in the afternoon the next day, so we tried to go to as much places... at least we hoped.
Our first stop was the National Museum :D
As a history enthusiast, I was veeeery ecstatic about the entire visit. 🥺 My parents limited us to 2 hours and I kinda wish we allotted maybe half a day to go around the area. It was fun to read all the pieces of information that built Korea to what it is now, and see all the artifacts that were collected from the past~ Too bad I had to rush :( It was also really fun to go around because of how they organized the displays chronologically from the Neolithic Period, the Bronze Age and all up to the modern times. It felt like a mini maze too, haha. I took a lot of photos of the texts and info since I was rushing because we had to go early haha so I could just read from the photos I took after lol 😆 After going around, we also bought some drinks at the cafe inside~ Didn't get to take a photo though.
Our next destination, was unfortunately, as opposed to plans, our last. HAHAHAHAHA.
It was none other than Hongdae 😂
Well but of course I could NOT not visit AKPlaza 😂😂😂
My inner otaku was so excited the moment I went to those floors with all the anime stores 😂 Especially my beloved Animate 🫶 I know you don't really watch anime but yeah I'm a huge anime and manga fan, and it was my biggest interest before getting into kpop so places like this are really so fun for me 🥲 My hauls for that day were 2 manga volumes in their Korean versions (Basara & Slam Dunk)! I was going to get 나혼자만레벨업 especially since it was technically in its original version (Korean) but I ended up trading it out for the Slam Dunk one I got which I now regret HAHAHA.
Anyway. I also went to the Withmuu store and got some albums and even trading cards from THEB Zone! Haha. If I remember correctly, my pulls were Hyunjae, Kevin, Haknyeon and you 😆 I will never not pull you hahahaha. (I tend to get you, Changmin or Younghoon in EVERYTHING haha)
After AKPlaza, we basically just strolled around Hongdae for the rest of the day. We ate at this resto for dinner called 신선화로 and their meat was good!
And yeah. My brother and I just ended up sitting and watching this dance team busk while my mom and sister went shopping. My dad just stayed at A Twosome Place lol. Sorry we had to spend father's day that way 😂
My brother was kinda dancing subtly while we were watching the buskers and it was sooo funny because there was a Korean guy that sat beside him and was talking to him in Korean so my brother was so confused 😭 I had to translate for my brother but they still ended up barely having any convo lol he just told my brother he dances well and they also kinda talked about the groups they liked and their biases 😂 it was so funny hahaha
Later on, we also joined our dad and grabbed some coffee then shopped for a bit then went back to our hotel! And that was how we spent the last day. 😭
A small clip of our way to the airport 🚖
Below are just some pictures from the airport and the flight on the last day~ haha. Don't mind the 쥬냥이 😆 but the sky was really pretty! It made me realize most of our flights have been during night time, and I missed seeing the sky above the clouds during the day 🥺
That's the end of my mini blog LOL sorry it became a little bit too long 😭 For the trip, I think my favorite places were the 서울숲 and the National Museum, hehe.
I wish I planned more... 🧎♀️ well I had exams a few days before this so I guess I didn't have much time either, haha.
But yeah, actually, we're going to Korea again in January 😭 and we're stuck on what to do then. HAHAHA. It's going to be our 4th time going and we don't where else we'll go to. Actually I suggested going outside Seoul but I don't know if it's feasible with my parents especially since it's going to be winter. Although I did suggest to go skiing haha. Because we went skiing the first time we went to Korea and I enjoyed it a lot even if I sucked at it 😂
My mom was suggesting going to an onsen/sauna because it's winter but 😭 I don't know 😭 hahahahaha.
Anyway, I'll probably write about that trip here when it happens 😁
Gonna cut this here now because it's already so long 😭
But I hope you sleep well tonight! Although it's technically already 4 in the morning there 😭
오늘의 소확행
- 이번 주 잘 끝났어
- 잠을 길게 잤어
- 아빠가 대학 후에 내가 좋아하는 칠리 바베큐 프렌치 프라이 사줬어🤤
- 더보이즈 콘텐츠 보기 시간이 생겼어 ㅎㅎ
늘 영재 오빠편 🤍 이제 갈게요~ take care!
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