Was eating in the chinese restaurant near my place and it took me a while to realise that they have put the heater out. I remember seeing these stuff everywhere when I first reach korea 9 months ago.

I saw a Hongkong restaurant near my GO school and I was so excited thinking that they will sell HK food so i went in to get a seat without looking at the menu. But when I saw the type of food they sell I almost faint. Is a shop thats sells only korean style spicy noodles (one of the korean food that I really hate!!!). In the end I order fried dumpling and white rice....

Finally ate baskins robins Halloween ice cream cake. It looks really nice but it taste normal. Very disappointed :(

Many leaves lying around the pavement and I cant imagine how headache the Banglad sweepers will be if we have Autumn in SG

There was a GO event in one of the train station after the Korea Prime Minister Cup. Is a team knockout tournament between the Asia, Europe and World team.

Is a live broadcast so they have all these fancy equipment. The guy look so shocked when I took a pic of their equipment, haha.

Zhang Xiang is on TV!!! He was one of the representative for Asia team. I suddenly realise that I never manage to have a conversation with zx that lasted for more than 20secs before.

The weather is getting cold and I have to start wearing cotton socks when I sleep. Cindy has been telling me that winter will be hell but actually i am quite looking forward to see how crazy the weather will be.

Leaves turning yellow everywhere and when there is strong wind you can see them flying around.

Road to school. The sun is really bright but it doesnt help in the temperature at all. Ok, maybe it does but i dun feel the difference, haha.

Had lunch with a few korean friends and they ordered korean version of Economic Rice where you choose a few side dishes and rice. It doesnt look as happening as sg version but it taste good.

Cindy with a LV bag!!! Man...look at how korea has transform cindy..

The theme for this blog entry: Moral of the story

Went to my favourite chinese restaurant few days ago to try a dish recommended by the chinese gang. I tried it once but it taste too burned but I decided to give it a second chance.

This is call Gan Zha Jiang Mian. When I first saw others eating this i thought it was quite silly. Because it cost more than the normal Zha Jiang Mian and the only difference is that the black sauce is separated and you have to pour in yourself. I am like HUH... does it cost more because the washing lady have to wash 1 extra bowl?? haha. Then people explain to me that they fry the black sauce in this dish and not for the normal one. Verdict after eating... Is Good!

Moral of the story: Everything deserves a second chance.

Lunch today in school canteen. If there is a title for this dish it will be:

Mr Beef Fried Rice and his pathetic side dish friends.

As usual it doesnt look very appealing. But the rice taste really good. I have to say is one of the best canteen food I have ever eaten.

Moral of the story: Never judge beef fried rice from its color.

Among the side dish this is one food I never understand why Korean and sooooo many of my Singapore friends love eating it. This is the famous RICECAKE!!! They say that the chewing "feel" is good but to me is like eating chewing gum and the worst part, IT IS TASTELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moral of the story: Friends may not have the same taste as you.

One of the chinese guy will be leaving our department cause he got an job offer in TOM, the chinese weiqi website. Even though he is halfway through this sem and he still got another sem next year to graduate however the GO department was really kind to let him graduate early using the job as internship as an excuse. So we have a farewell dinner for him and yes is BBQ PORK (the best and fastest way to get cancer).

Moral of the story: We need to choose healthier food for farewell.

Went to a cafe street 45mins away from my place last week with cindy and shuan. I have never seen Cindy so excited before, she must really love coffee and cafe a lot.

The cafe street. The atmosphere is really good and too bad sg doesnt have this kind of place. But even if there is, it will be filled with students studying. Come to think of it i have not seen the "study-in-restaurant" culture in Korea. I wonder how sg got this trend of studying in McDonalds or cafe.

Cindy bought us to this cafe for brunch because it was highly recommended in the net. Look at all the cars around the cafe, looks like the net review was right!

We ordered 2 set and share. Is around 30SGD for both dish. To my disappointment it look better than it taste. Is just average, nothing special.

Sheep theme cafe. I have not seen people eating mutton in Korea yet. Maybe sheep is too cute for them...but y they eat dog huh...

Not sure what is the theme for this cafe. Maybe is books because there is a huge and tall shelf filled with books.

This cafe may sound good in Korea but if is in SG, it will sound like a joke. hahaha

Went out with the chinese gang to myeongdong to do some visa stuff and shopping. During lunch we went to this chinese restaurant and had Zha Jiang Mian. If korean ask what is my favourite korean food, i will say is this. Not because it look like shit but it taste like shit. Just kidding.. Is really nice, even my sis and her friends love it. SG should sell this, it will be a big hit!

I have been in Korea for more than 8 months and this is the first time I ate this kind of vegetable! Have not seen such green veg for a long time..haha

Saw this women practicing FALUN GONG outside the chinese embassy and she changes pose every few minute. If this happen in Sg, I think before she even finish setting up the 2 board beside her, she would be surrounded by cameras and of course hardcore STOMP fans.

Went to a restaurant for brunch today and the waiter lay these items in front of me. I almost thought i was "toa beh gong"

This is korean-western style food. Cream sauce and rice. Taste better than i thought.

Last but not least, one of my blog reader say i put too much food and she hope to see Autumn leaves. But these 2 pics are not really good, hahaha shall take more in future.

Few days back we have a gathering in a "chalet" 15mins away from the school. I think Koreans have this kind of gathering every new sem so they can play and most importantly DRINK...

When we reach the place I was quite shocked cause the bus dropped us in the middle of some ulu forest. I thought we have to pitch tent or something, haha. I think Cindy regretted coming when she saw the surrounding..

Good news is no need to pitch a tent but the building look like some scene in those "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER" kind of horror movie. I think we are the only souls in the whole building and is quite impossible to walk to the main road unless you have a vehicle.

Pool with no water.

Cindy and the chinese gang with the most senior student (in terms of age) in our department. I think is quite impossible to see student of this age in Singapore uni.

Lunch time! Bento set for everyone.

Professor Nam from our department. Sometimes I wonder if she is a Korean because she is so afraid of the cold. She will be coming SG next January and I hope to bring her around and maybe visit swa.

Party Time! Actually is just eating, drinking and talking cock with the professors. This room is only for the 3rd and 4th year student and I think Cindy will be the first to graduate among us.

Korean Culture. Professor pouring soju for every students. If this happen in SG, I wonder if it will appear on stomp with the headline "professor forcing student to drink" hahaha

Many cups for the different kind of drinks and they really have to clean this place up cause they will be sleeping here.

Just came back from a far far away city because I was there to watch the Samsung Cup!! At first i was still hesitating whether to go or not because it was far and I have to spend a night sleeping with blackie's dojang players but the whole event turn out better than I thought. Anyway blackie is the nickname for a 9p (金承俊)whom I am learning from.

The signboard at the main entrance of the competition venue. Since is a competition sponsor by Samsung it was held at one of their "chalet"

I really meant it when I say chalet because is for their company staff to have cohesion, meetings etc.. I really like this view.

Even the tress also "buay tong liao", cold until color change. Autumn is here!!

Banner for the samsung cup everywhere in the building.

I was really surprise to see 3 quarter of korean pros attending this event. They are not here to play GO but to play sports, games and everything else. I heard that this is a yearly event where they will take the chance to stay in the chalet to support the korean rep playing in the competition and to know each other better. Very good korean culture.

Because I have to stay there for a night, I was so worried about the accommodation especially after my school freshmen camp (a total nightmare and disaster for sleeping) . I am not a clean freak but when it comes to bed for sleeping, it better be good. And the room turns out to be chalet style which is good news!

The bed is not perfect but at least no need to sleep beside drunk dude who makes vomiting sound every min.

I was shocked to see this when I enter the room after watching some outdoor sports. The guy on the left is Cho Hanseung 9p (趙漢乘), the first pro player to stop NS halfway because of asian games gold medal. What really shock me is that for his age his belly is so obvious. Party too much after the gold medal, hahahaha

Because this particular day is a public holiday so no buffet :( Instead they got everyone bento and I think this is the most expensive bento set for this brand because they have this bento branch beside my school. Samsung is rich...haha

I was really impressed by this. This is actually the dustbin!! It is so neat and organize. If we have this bento "party" in swa, it will end up having mountain of boxes everywhere and people will start to pay uno stacko even if the dustbin is full. And sometimes u will hear "ohhhhh" and it means the mountain collapse....

GO players are indeed gambling addict! And these pros use GO stones as chips!! They lose hundred plus dollar every night....Scary..

The discussion room of the competition for pros that attend the chalet

It is quite crowded. I like the TV (on the right) showing the live telecast cause it really have Hikaru no Go feel.

During the discussion, everyone think that Lee Changho is leading and will win Gu Li for sure but in the end LCH lost by 0.5.

I think this is a very big blow for someone who is leading so much and made such a mistake during endgame. The reason why I say so is because after dinner we saw LCH and his wife (standing far away from him) in the dark field running like mad and started to kick the soccer ball around. (imaging is gu li's head i guess). Despite being one of the strongest player in the world, is still hard to accept when face with defeat.

Anyway I really wanna thank LCH for helping me even though he was in a terrible mood...

Even my teacher and another pro advise me not to approach him to do this because first he just lost his game and secondly he doesnt like to take pic. But... he agree!! muhahhahahaha