Seoul & Busan Trip - Day 3

Hello there again, assalamualaikum.

Macam function teruk kan this week post after post after post. Cause really, I'm being pushed by my lil group of friends to cepat cepat continue for next days in Korea macam lah diorang tak tengok insta story aku berjela panjang haritu. Boleh la sign up eh siapa nak join fan club 😝

Okay anyway, enough bluffing, let's continue on day 3! So day 3 we finally decided to utilize our Discover Seoul Pass which I have bebel long enough on this previous post - Seoul Day 1 and Pre Trip Booking. As what I mentioned, we bought the pass for 24hrs experience only and teramat sangatlah menyesal tak beli for at least 48hrs sebab Seoul tu bukan kecik, you cannot finish everything in a day especially when you're those type yang setiap inch berjalan weh gamba gamba weh gamba. YES IT IS NECESSARY TO DO SO. Pergi melaka pun gambar beratus takkan pergi korea 25 gambar je hello.

Okay so out of 34 free attractions we can enjoy, our initial list in itinerary was to go to these places:

• Gyeongbokgung Palace - RM10.95~
• HANBOKNAM - Hanbok rental - around RM90~ for 3hrs original price
• Running Man Thematic Experience - RM56~
• SMTOWN coexartium museum - RM63~
• SMTOWN Theatre - RM28
• MBC World - RM63
• 63 Building - RM37

Kalau ikutkan total cost for all these experiences would be around RM318. But we bought the pass to enjoy all these in Klook for only RM130. Good deal I would say termasuk one way AREX ticket which will cost you around RM20.

Tapi berangan lah tu semua, ending dia we only got to use the deal for Gyeongbokgung Palace, Hanboknam, SMTOWN museum and AREX only. Total used was RM194~ camtu je weh oh sedihnya but issokayy it's still a good deal jimat 60 hengget dah ahah. We didn't use the deal for SMTOWN theatre and Running Man thingy. Will tell you why later k.

Gyeongbokgung Palace | Hanboknam | Bukchon Hanok Village

Welcome to the palace in the city *music Goong*

Around Seoul ni ada banyak palace yang korang boleh visit but we decided to go to only 1 palace which is Gyeongbokgung sebab cam takyah la pergi semua, aku bukan into architecture ke history ke. Anyway, mari mulakan dengan tips to go to Korean palaces. Make sure kalau korang ada hajat nak rent hanbok (Korean traditional attire), please do so before korang pergi the palaces. Sebab for those wearing hanbok, entrance is FREE! But of course, the rental itself lagi mahal daripada tiket masuk palace. But takkan pergi Korea tak try hanbok en en en.

We rented hanbok from Hanboknam sebab yang ni included dalam Discover Seoul Pass. Location kedai dia senang je nak cari sebab dia dalam area Bukchon Hanok Village. Kalau korang tanya information counter Gyeongbokgung pun dia boleh guide korang. Situ memang banyak tempat hanbok rental, so kalau korang tak get the deal, boleh redah je any kedai. This one not nearest to the palace. So hanbok ni korang boleh pilih nak yang traditional/themed punya. Themed punya cam lawa lawa sikit tapi cam langsir rumah aku pun ada jugak. Cam lawa eh kain langsir buat baju rupanya. Package dia included with hair accessories and ada hairdresser braidkan rambut korang kalau freehair. Tudung takde eh jangan mimpi dia nak braid kan jadi Elsa pulak ewah ewah. So kalau korang nak add on handbag ke kasut ke, haa yang tu tak included dalam package, kena bayar additional rental. 

Playing princess

Betul kan macam langsir rumah aku kan

Spring can be all year round when you have artificial cherry blossom and me as props ahaks

Staff dia baik gila siap pakaikan baju and all, macam kalau mat saleh datang Malaysia nak pakai kain batik haa gituh and luckily we went there early morning kedai baru bukak. So kasih sayang yang diberi tu extra sikitlah staff pun semua cargasss lagi. Masa nak ciao tu ya Allah dah crowded dah kedai dia. Since kedai dia located in Bukchon Hanok Village, kitorang round the village dulu lah take photo and all (sebab tu itinerary kacau bilau afterwards wakaka). Dekat situ saje dah spent time lama gila. Boomerang lah slow mo lah banyak hal lah perempuan.

Okay so lepas dah sedar diri we were running out of time, we patah balik to the palace. Took few pictures here and there. Funny when we asked some ahjussi to help take picture, they took it so seriously siap ajar how we should pose haha. Kalau korang nak learn the culture and all, korang boleh join slot yang ada tour guide. Ada certain time ada parade, tapi masa kitorang pergi tu rushing kan jalan pun tak cukup tanah, ada hati eh nak tengok orang berkawad? Nope. But we did appreciate the architecture and the breezy surrounding including so many princess-like girls from different countries wearing hanbok. So pretty!

Ni kalau Melayu cam balairong seri la kot tempat raja dia

Lain level tourist ambikkan gambar, angle dia lain macam eh

On our way to hike that mountain over there. Nope.

Oh yes tak hujan, boleh wempitz leypak mamak

Member untuk dijual. DM for number.

Macam minangkabau sikit kan architecture dia

It's clearly not spring yet cause you see all the pokok macam mintak I pergi hinggap ke dahan je jadi bunga kat situ

Halal Kitchen

After pulangkan hanbok, we headed for lunch! Yang ni funny story sebab actually Halal Kitchen tu walking distance je weh from where we were tapi dah gelabah mengejar masa, macam okay lah naik cab lah pulak tak penah naik cab kat Korea. Masalah dia bila naik cab, kau susah nak communicate sebab ahjussi can only speak hangul. So aku acah la navigate for him. Demmit navigator tu bawak patah balik from where we were dengan jalan yang super sempit which meant for pedestrian. Ko tak rasa ahjussi tu maki kitorang sampai bernanah telinga la kalau kau paham hangul. We were charged for 4000won tapi tak sampai destination. We just turun before ahjussi mengamuk takleh nak reverse teksi. It was first and last we took cab in Seoul hahahaha punyalah seram. So jalan punya jalan rupanya tak jumpa sebab Halal Kitchen tu located in the middle of buildings yang ada tangga kecik kau turun bawah tu kau jumpa la kedai dia. Haih. We wasted so much time just to get lost and kena marah hahaha.

Before pergi ada buat research sikit on Halal Kitchen ni. Tapi turned out all the menu yang ada kat blog rupanya dah takde. Diorang jual only 2 menu which are chicken samgyetang and beef bulgogi. Owner dia ramah gila okay lepastu dari awal visit sampai lah nak balik dia dok cerita Mizz Nina datang kedai dia buat rakaman for her vlog blablabla blablabla. And seperti biasa dalam kedai tu masa tu semua Malaysian hahahaha. The food was so good, and kedai dia ada surau but as per mentioned, harga dia takleh bincang gak la mahal. We puas hati anyway.

Beef bulgogi - RM62 per pax

Happy eh kau mas

Running Man Thematic Experience

Done makan laju laju kejar next itinerary. Excited weh exploring Seoul naik bas/subway jauh jauh, macam kalau dekat KL aku rasa aku dah pusing satu KL pastu sambung Damansara, pastu gi pulak Shah Alam, Putrajaya, Bangi and all. Faham tak all in a day penat dia cemana, naik public transport some more. Lepastu dah sampai RM Thematic Experience ni kitorang cam okay, what should we do here? Pusing tengok dalam tu all are parents with kids. Apaan nih aku kat Tabika Perpaduan kah? Sebab weekend kan, faham la parents bawak anak jalan jalan. Tapi the games pun macam memang meant for kids. Since it's crowded and nothing much to explore, we decided to leave. Macam sendu kan kau dah datang jauh jauh pastu kau blah camtu je sebab excitement kau macam tersekat di skala empat. Hahaha but I dunno it might be interesting if we tried but with the fact that we have 24hrs je to go to all the targeted places, we quite menyesal visited that place haha.

Song Ji Hyo Mas Idayu

SMTOWN Coex Artium

Screen dia ni kalau buat outdoor midnight movie perghhhh

Okay bagi mengubat hati yang lara, marilah bertemu oppa (not opah) di SMTOWN! Jaw drop weh sampai depan building dia, masa tu pulak tengah ada music video EXO. Omo omo gedik mode is activated! Hahahahaha masuk dalam double triple jakun cause kiri kanan gambar idol kelahiran SMTOWN darul ohsem. Haha korang cuba bukak blog ni tengok ada video inside it - SMTOWN Coex Artium Full Guide. Die hard fan kpop memang wajib lah ke sini ye sebab ada jual segala jenis merchandise yang korang dambakan. Lepastu ada satu section yang korang boleh duduk chill dengar lagu from all albums from SMTOWN recording artists.

Kad tu boleh pilih mana yang korang suka. Pilih EXO sebab ada member minat EXO so ending dia aku bagi tu je as souvenir wakakakaka 

We enjoyed the museum sebab dalam tu macam function lah siap ada dance room, recording room which korang boleh karok dalam tu, boleh main keyboard pastu ada changing room retis and ada AR experience which korang boleh virtually bergambar dengan kpopers like Super Junior, EXO, TVXQ and banyak lagi lah tak ingat dah banyak sangat. So gambar tu nanti korang boleh purchase and bawak balik as souvenir. Ohh and lagi satu yang korang boleh enjoy dalam ni is SMTOWN Theatre tapi make sure korang check dulu pukul berapa start sebab masa kitorang sampai baru je habis show wadehek. So burn lah another experience haih.

Hey don't touch me please

GG's new member

Till we meet again dear huge concrete building

So we were undecided whether to lajak lagi pergi 63 Building tapi we both wore wrong shoes which is equals to disaster when you need to walk a lot. So demi cinta dan kasihku pada kakiku yang nak pakai lama ni, we balik lah right away after that. Need to get full rest for Nami Island tomorrow! Ahhhh can't wait. Eh can't wait apenya kau dah pergi pun kan. Haha I mean, masa tu laaa cam ahhhh can't wait.

Oklah bye penat dah taip. Nanti sambung day 4 in Nami Island okay! Annyeong.