Things I love about Korea (Part 1)

As some of you know, I went Korea middle of last month for about 10 days. Here's a list of things I **LOVE** about the country.

1) Public toilets

Yes, this is top on my list!

Korea's public toilets are impressively clean and well maintained. In Singapore, it is easy to find dirty toilets in parks, tourists' spots and even in some shopping centers. But in Korea, to find a dirty one is so rare. During our 10 days tour in the beautiful country, we went to tens of public toilets and so far, I only encountered one single toilet which I consider as dirty. This is truly amazing.

Someone once said the degree of cleanliness of the public toilets reflect the depth of a country's people. How true do you think of this?

2) Jeju Island



Jeju island is beautiful, especially the Sunrise Peak. If I ever visit that lovely island again, I would want to walk all the way up to the top of the peak. Love how the waves hit on the rocks and the sweet little flowers that grow on the hills.

I also love the Teddy Bear Museum because it showcases all the cute bears from the Korean drama serial "Gong" or "Princess Hour". I was so happy when I saw them and insisted hubby to take pictures of me with all these bears. Unfortunately, I didn't like the ones they sell in the souvenir shop. So that's a happy wallet at the end of the day.

3) BBQ


Ever tried Korean BBQ? Hubby suggested to try authentic Korean BBQ for dinner one night after our shopping. And it was soooo good! We sat on the floor before a large table and shortly after we ordered our food, we were served with lots of side dishes (lots of kimchis made of different vegetables). Then came the juicy yummy beef chunks and beef slices, mushrooms and more vegetables. WOW! The meal was not cheap but we were so happy and full.

Before I end Part 1 of my list, here are more pictures I took. =)

Bags and More on The Devil 마왕

Sharing some of the lovely handmade leather bags I found on etsy:-
1) MoxieandOliver

2) tmStudioDesigns


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Finished the Korean drama serial "Mawang" earlier. A meaningful show, full of suspense and mystery. I love this song "The Scent of Light" from the original soundtrack. This is the first drama serial that I didn't fast forward any part of the story. The whole serial was very nicely done (except the shaky images at some portions which I do not understand why the cameraman chose to do it that way). A fanmade mv taken from youtube below:-

If you have the chance, watch this show. It's really worth watching. =) Edited to add that the main story is not totally logical to me but the cast is fantastic - everyone acted very well. Overall, it is indeed worth the watch to me.

Just this video for today

I MUST post this lovely video clip. It's one of my favourite Korean shows (Mawang, "The Devil") . The beginning of the show is nicely done and I love it so much that I used my camera phone to shoot this when it was playing on my LCD monitor. **LOL** I'm not sure if I am making any sense. Anyway, here it is! Apologies for the bad quality.



That's all for today. Night night!

My MSN display pic and The Devil **LOL**

Out of context totally... I want to talk about my msn display picture. It's a photo of me and I have added the "browning" effect so it has an aged look. I was not smiling in the picture, perhaps I did, it was too small a smile to get noticed when I posted the thingy on msn.

I have feedback on my display picture soon after i put it on msn! All of them complained that I looked fierce. Some said I looked ghostly! I am not offended at all, just amazed that the picture disturbed them so much that they have to complain. One protested and told me not to send any messages to him if I don't take down the picture. Wow... what a reaction!

No picture to show here, it is stored in my office PC.

I guess I will take down my little photo tomorrow and replace it with something else... **sighz**

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Heard of "Mawang"/ The Devil? This is a Korean drama serial which was released last year (I think). I am watching it online now. Currently at Episode One. So far so good. =) Interested? Take a peep here.

swEeT DisTraCtioNs

Work work work - Something which I am rather loss in words these days. I don't even know how to describe it. I hope God gives me the serenity and strength.... please.

Beautiful things are my sweet distractions. They are a form of support to me - mentally and emotionally.

These are some of my personal favourites! More favourites can be found on my etsy site. First picture below shows the artwork of Ms Jodi (JodiStyle). She uses colourful painting style which is so artistic and cheery. This picture gives a feeling of hope and happiness... (Something which I am terribly lacking now)...

Next on the list:- Cute Owl Top. How much cuter can it get? This is so sweet! Found at KachingDesign

Lastly, for non-handmade stuff, *evil grin* it must be my favourite korean drama. Well, that's a bit off topic. Simply LOVE "Coffee Prince", it's every girl's dream to be the lead female cast in the story. Totally fun and romantic drama serial. I finished 9 episodes in less than 2 days' time. I was crazy. Here's the beautiful MTV, taken from YouTube:-