It was a routine to eat at the toast shop almost every morning before attending class but I realize I didnt have toast the whole of last week because is either I woke up late or I was busy. Then the owner of the shop ask cindy..

"why your friend stop buying toast, is it because he hate the taste."

Muhahahahaha!!

Had a good chat with my sis on facebook yesterday. Her new haircut made her look so Korean, doesnt look like the sis i know anymore, haha.

My lunch today. Chinese style friend rice. Even though is chinese style, you wont be able to find this anywhere in China so is more of Korean style friend rice. The black sauce is really good, is one thing I will miss if i return to Singapore.

Went to Korea Baduk Association with Cindy and the chinese gang for the annual university team tournament. There are 3 group, the Strong group which consist of ex-insei and tygem 9d players, the Normal group for players who are as noob as me and the Freshmen group.

This competition is fast game. 10min with 3 times 20seconds byo-yomi. But not every table has a clock so I was wondering how are they going to make it on time cause it starts at 2pm and need to end around 6. So when the time for the next match is reaching and if people are still playing, professional player will stop the game and decide who wins or lose. I think is quite a good idea and swa can consider this if we want to end competition on time.

Pro player practicing their signature on the fan.

This is really like celebrity autograph session, haha. Everyone of us will get a free fan and we can queue up for their signature.

Plastic surgery advertisement on the train. I was really surprise to see people selling stuff in train. Like they pull a trolley of raincoat into the center of 1 cabin and starts to advertise the coat. When no one respond or buy, he will sadly move to the next cabin. If this happens in SMRT, I think those terrorist police will drag the person out once the train stop. Oh, he will appear in STOMP first.

Defects in the goods were in my calculation but this is way too off.

Is like your opponent secretly move your stone during endgame, something you will never expect.

Competition tomorrow, hope I wont die too badly. Aiming for at least 1 win, haha

Went hospital yesterday to visit student club president because he was in an accident. That hospital he is staying in is totally different from those I have seen in Korean drama. I think is a small hospital, even smaller than polyclinic. What really surprise me is that the toilet is smaller than the one in my house (which is quite small already).

We had dinner after that in a place call uncle tomato.

My dinner. It taste better than it looks.

Here are some of the people who went along to visit the president. I am so shocked to hear that the girl on the far left is 22 years old, gosh it must be a very powerful family secret to maintain the young look. And she is a pro.

Meet Mikyung one last time today before she flies back to Singapore. We had duck for lunch and this is one of the healthier food I had in Korea. Is like shabu-shabu (sorry dont know how to spell, look weird here) and I really like it.

This is how Lee ChangHo looks like when he is young (mikyung's bro) and Mikyung's mum.

Quack Quack...duck in pumpkin. Is my first time eating pumpkin and I think is nicer than I thought.

There is a bungee jump (the structure on the left of course) near the restaurant and it looks quite cool. I will never try though, haha.

Bought MIDAS ost and the songs are great! Love all the songs except for 2. I think the actress (the lady at the bottom) in this drama is really pretty! The drama is good too.

Lunch in canteen yesterday was great! One of the best meal I have eaten in school especially the mash potato. The hot dog stick thing is not really nice but I think a lot of korean love it. I even saw one korean trying to take one extra but was scolded by the canteen aunty.

For someone like my age I think is time to eat healthier so I decided to cut own on snacks and eat healthier food.

I realize i am running out of space for my posters.

Today is the second time I have a hair cut in korea and I have reach a conclusion that in order for any hairdresser in korea to pass their graduation test, they have to cut a perfect mushroom hairstyle. OMG... seriously there is a mushroom on my head right now. I am super disappointed after the hair cut yet the hairdresser look so excited and happy as if she just won a hair cut competition ..yes i feel like slapping her, haha. I should hide in my room for the next whole week.

Every time in baduk english class, after the teacher marked attendance at least 5 student will go out of the class and never come back.

Today the same thing happen. But the teacher became smart. Just before we are about to end the class, the teacher decide to take another round of attendance. I could see how shocked some of the koreans look and some evil one was smiling and show the thumbs up sign (which i have no idea what is there to be happy about).

Next week there will be a inter uni team competition and it will be my first competition in Korea. Will be held in Korea Baduk Association. I think by the time I reach there I wont have the energy to think because is like a 2hours trip.

Today when I heard from Mikyung's mum that only 30% of Korean have their own flat, it really kept me thinking.

Because being born in a country where most family have their own house I really cant imagine how is it like for a family to move to a new home once every few years when the rent contract is finish.

That conversation somehow motivates me to work hard and to earn enough money for a good life in future.

Anyway we went to Mikyung's house for lunch. Her mum cooked for us and is the first time I ate korean home cooked food. Of course is way way better than the "junk" food (except cindy's cooking) that I have been eating. Her brother looks like lee chang ho and Cindy was so fascinated by him, hahaha.

Today's class was special because the teacher decided to have the lesson outdoor. I am not very sure what is the name of this class, I think is Baduk and Games or something.

So each group is given some papers and we need to construct the game that most korea children play.

-___-" <--- this was my expression when I saw how the game was supposed to be played. You are suppose to fold paper into a square shape and slam another square shape paper on the floor and make sure it flip over. Why would children enjoy this game? Ok, actually children enjoy everything...

This is one picture I want to take. This is really korean style of casual foot wear. I was so shocked when I see people in this attire even in seoul!! The slipper in this pic is the nicest I have seen, the most common one is those kind where we wear in toilet and they actually wear in on the street!!!! If I wear like this in Singapore, I am sure I will appear in STOMP.

zoom in....................

Dinner... I cant believe I ate the same kind of junk food for 2 days (even same shop!!). One thing I dont understand is that korean eat pizza with pickles..

Besides pizza, we had chicken too. This is one of my favorite flavor in korea. I shall not be eating these stuff for a while...

Went SPAO to help xing wei get stuff and the payment part is really frustrating. I asked "do you accept visa" and the lady keep pointing to a sign and explain about the discount. OMG... and the worst part is she got angry because I dont understand.... bad customer service...

Anyway while I was waiting for my bus to go back home from Myeondong, an old granny (my grandma age) approach me and ask me for direction. So i told her in korean that I dont understand korean (my most fluent korean cause i use it all the time) then she ask where am I from (i also understand this because most people ask me this question). After telling her i am from Singapore she smile and walk away, then I said sorry in korean to her. The shocking thing is she stop, look back and say NO PROBLEM (in english), muhahahaha... i almost faint...

Before coming to Korea I have heard that plastic surgery is quite common here. I have seen advertisement in trains showing the before and after picture of PS. I have not seen personally how PS can transform a person though.

I mentioned before that there was a few pro in my orientation camp group I attended last month so I decided to check out their profile in korea baduk association website and i got really traumatized by one of the picture.

This is the pic in the korea baduk association website. When my friend told me this is that guy in my group, I ask him to check a few more times if he made a mistake or not. Because this person look totally different now... Cindy told me that he is now consider the best looking pro in korea. (she is not referring to this pic)

He is one of the guy in this pic. And the most shocking thing is that he didnt go for PS. Wah, can you imagine the kind of determination to change that much?

And I mention about the main actor in Secret Garden....

Seriously there is just something different about this 2 face but I just cant tell what is it. Is it the lighting or makeup?

Think 2 years later no one can recognize me when I go back Singapore. Muhahahahaha!!

Few days ago when I walk into the baduk department building I thought there was some poster pasting competition cause there was this poster in every corner of the building.... ok maybe not because I didnt see it in the toilet.

I thought it was strange because the notice board is not full yet and the way they paste the poster, even the blind can sense it...

Our department's notice board. At first glance I thought they put up Yusof Ishak's face...

Our locker. My locker was spare because it is the second row from the bottom, HENG AH....

Outside our classroom....

Apparently this fake Yusok Ishak looking guy embezzle around 2million plus of sch fund and thats why the school fees was increase and he is like the common enemy of the school now.

Morale of the story, never owe or steal money from Koreans because your picture (it may not look like u though) will appear everywhere! Yes, they are very powerful, haha.

Finished watching Secret Garden and is now one of my favorite korean drama. I seldom watch romance drama but the plot for this show is quite interesting even though is unrealistic. I came across the interview video of the stars in the show and omg!! they look so different especially the main actor..he look quite scary without makeup.

It has been 3 months in Korea and life is good so far. Weather is getting hotter day by day but the temperature at night is really good. Cindy say 5 more weeks and it will be holiday. Wah, time pass really fast.

So far I have not regret coming to Korea because I get to know more people and learn new stuff but most importantly I get to experience a different lifestyle and I get to see many things beyond Singapore, something that I will never know if I stay in Sinagpore. Hope that I still feel the same when the new sem starts, haha.

p.s. my dear monkey sis, if you see this please call mummy, she is worry about you, hope you are still alive. Remember to buy souvenir for me :)

Have started watching Secret Garden and is better than I thought, now I know why my sis keep watching it. The soundtrack is really good too and I even bought it!! hahahha.

Stay up late last night to watch the live telecast of the election. Results for the opposition is better than the previous election and I hope this change can push PAP to look at the low/average incoming family more (me of course!!!!). George Yeo is no longer a minister and to think I met him in the airport the day I came Korea, my mum still talked to him.

I attended the school carnival concert last week and I didnt manage to take any pictures because I forgot to bring camera. The concert was quite cool and is outdoor kind. But there was this performance that I cant forget. This girl sang poker face by lady gaga. I seriously think she read the wrong lyrics because she keep saying focus face and there is this part where the actual song is p-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face but this girl keep singing or maybe I heard her sing f-f-f-fu*ker face. Cindy heard the same thing too. I think the korean around us thought we were mad cause everyone was enjoying the song and the 2 of us were laughing like mad.

Weather in Korea is getting really good because is almost as hot as Singapore now! WOOO!!! Time to get a fan because my room will soon become an oven.

I went myeongdong today to walk around and is super crowded. I wanted to take some pictures of how scary the Christians are in korea but no chance, shall try the next time I go. Because they will carry banner with writing " believe jesus heaven, no jesus hell" Most of them are elderly and they will stand for long hours reading stuff from bible or sing christian songs. I mean what if everything in the bible is fake? Wont they be wasting their lives away? I just feel very sad every time I see them.

Giordano in Korea is so so hip compared to Singapore. Their designs are a lot better and I think the price is a few times more expensive than SG but still there are many korean buying Giordano stuff.

I saw some of the females in our department appear in Baduk TV playing some league competition and when I know their strength I got super shocked. I mean I know there are kyu, low dan and high dan female players in our department but those few whom I thought spend more time on make up than baduk and there is one whom I think is quite pretty are actually high-dan players. Seriously, never judge a book by its cover ESPECIALLY IN BADUK DEPARTMENT. I finally know the meaning of traumatize.......

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!! When i went emart this afternoon for lunch, I could see happy kids everywhere and most of them have a toy in their hand. But when I look at their parent's face, you can see their sian face... Of course, big hole in their pocket.

Just finish watching the movie Downfall. Is a movie about the final 10 days of Adolf Hitler before he committed suicide with his wife. Is sad to see that so many people die because of him. War is really horrible and yet being the smartest animal on this planet, why cant human figure this out? World domination yea?

Great... bridge class tmr :(

There was a sch carnival yesterday and our department got a stall to sell drinks and food.

Preparing food before the start of the carnival. I was a bit scared when I saw how they prepare the food. When you want to taste the soup you will take a new spoon and try right? But they drink from the ladle and put it back into the soup. And when you chop carrots into small pieces, you use your hand to remove those that stick onto your knife right? But they bring the knife to their mouth and lick the carrot off (to eat it). Well I am still alive and I have not call the ambulance, glad that my stomach enjoys korean culture.

Freshmen "forced" to help out in serving dish and taking orders. Is sad cause most of them will have no time to eat dinner and they need to help to pack up everything till 4am.

Our stall.

Menu. I have to say that the stuff we sell is super expensive.

While waiting for the carnival to start, I went to the dormitory canteen to have dinner with some korean friends. Is my first time there and the place is better than I thought.

Maybe because I was quite hungry at that time so this meal taste quite good to me.

Dormitory's convenience store. I think the dorm environment is quite good except for the curfew. The dormitory will be lock after 12am.

Do they have this flavor in Singapore?

Too many tress so cant take a nice pictures of the stalls. Is hard to find this kind of festival in Singapore because you have to apply so many permit and by the time is approve I think you wont have the mood to carry on.

Sometimes I wish singaporeans can be like koreans when it come to eating and drinking. Is very simple and there is lots of fun.

I should have wear more because is very cold at night thanks to the wind.

FOOD!!!! it taste not bad, not super delicious though.

This picture is not trying to say that female has to do all the pouring. But you are not suppose to pour beer or soju into your own cup. Someone has to help you pour. Korean culture.

Good business for our department. They even brought down a GO set, of course no one was in the mood to play. I am surprise that the image of GO is really good in korea. As in if you say u play GO in Singapore, people will think you are nerd but in korea the first thing that come to their mind is "wah u r so smart"

And guess what? Tmr is public holiday and it means no school!!!! And what public holiday is it??

CHILDREN'S DAY...