Today is a very very very super tiring day.

Kim Sung Ryong 9p(金成龙), the korean pro who came singapore last year invited me, cindy and shuan to a lunch. I thought is just LUNCH nothing else because the meeting time was 12pm so I didnt get breakfast and wanted to eat as much as possible.

When we reach korea baduk association, he suddenly wanted to play teaching game with us and of course there is no way we can reject him. After the game we have to walk 20mins to the restaurant he suggested. Well, lunch is ok, no mood to describe now...

Then here comes our biggest nightmare. Just as we were about to part ways, he ask where we were going and we told him we were planning to go Myeongdong. And he asked the question of the day in korean. " you guys have time?" It must be the food we just ate that made us dumb to reply "YES". Then he said" ok, lets walk to myeongdong, is only an hour"

Seriously I think the 3 of us were in shocked when he said that. Before we can reply anything, he has already started walking towards our trekking trip of the day... During the whole trip we were behind him cursing and swearing and we almost lost sight of him a few times cause he walk so fast like no one's business.

He stopped randomly and told us that taking train to myeongdong is around 25 mins, walking is only 1hour, of course choose walking because we can save the SGD1 plus fare. When I heard him say that I really have an urge to push him into the river which was just beside us and shout "I DONT MIND PAYING SGD1 PLUS FARE!!. I really think he is playing prank on us..... In the end it took more than 1 hour to reach myeongdong.

When we reach myeongdong, we were half dead and thought that the nightmare was over..BUT he started showing us myeongdong as if it was our first time there. If he was a tour guide i think all his tourist would have landed in hospital after a day.

This is the most unforgettable day in my 9months here.

Morale of the story: After a free meal, never say yes when asked if you have any time.

After GO lesson on sat, the teacher invite us to his house for dinner. This is the biggest korean house I have been so far. Is like a 6-room HDB flat in Singapore and the balcony is really big, I suppose is for Kimchi fermentation purpose. Is not surprise to see that there are no bed only mattress , korean culture.

The teacher's wife cook dinner or us. Home cook food look indeed different from outside food. There are pork, korean pancake, kimchi (of course), potato, veg etc...

Autumn is gone and here comes winter, my worst nightmare. Is 1 degrees now and I just caught a flu due to the sudden change in temperature. I think the temperature is still ok but if there is wind, OMG... u should start to wear a hoodie or hide behind a tree.

Was going home and I saw this in school. Is suppose to be some election campaign for student president and they will shout stuff out randomly. Not sure what they are saying but I hope they are shouting stuff like "vote me and i will improve your canteen food". You will never get to see this scene in Singapore because before they even get to this particular spot, they will get arrested for illegal gathering, hahaha.

Dinner with Cindy and Shuan. This is where I have my first meal 9months ago when I first came korea. Cindy was telling me excitingly that this place have something like the bak kut teh we have in SG. When I saw the "bak kut teh" they serve me, i look at Cindy and the first thing that came to my mind is "YOU LIAR!!" haha.

This is like the bigger version of what I have 9 months ago. The reason I dont like to eat this is because the bone is bloody big and the meat is little and sometimes hard to find so you have to like fight with pig during the whole meal just to get the few meat.

Presenting korean's favorite food, ramen aka instant noodle. I have to say that the 2 kimchi bowl look like ash urns.... korea culture.

The season that every ahjuma in korea is waiting for is finally here!! The kimchi making season!! Suddenly E-mart have this section for kimchi making and they have all different kind of equipment including pail which is big enough to drown someone's baby.

Whenever I see these gloves I will think of my mum because before I came to korea we were watching a korean channel and they suddenly show this ahjuma making kimchi and she was wearing these pink gloves. And my mum was like " AIYO!! Y they use toilet gloves to make kimchi!!"

3 singapore kids are now in korea learning GO and sunday is the rest day so I brought them to myeongdong to shop. It has been quite a while since i last went myeongdong and the first thing I notice is that a lot of people are carrying this particular shop's paper bag.

UNIQLO!!! This is the biggest store in Korea which opens on 11/11/11, a global flagship store. I wanted to see what they have but the queue is unbelievable, worst than the queue for disney land rides...

Dinner with the kids. Yue heng change so much suddenly. When I saw him in Singapore he was still a chubby kid but now he look so different. The power of puberty.... The other 2 kids still look the same though, haha.

Chinese food for lunch. I think this pic can receive the "Most Appealing Lunch" award among my blog pictures. The taste is not bad, shall eat this once a week.

I still cant find a way to lighten up my mood after I lose a game. I will start to feel depress and sad like the end of the world and I really hate that feeling, is very 痛苦.Yes, I know is unhealthy. Really admire players who can smile and talk cock even after losing their games. I need some tips on this.

The downtown in my area. I used to complain that my area is ulu and nothing much but after going to gimpo and pohang, I think yongin is consider paradise, haha.There are a lot of cafes, cinema, facial shops, restaurants, McDonalds and many other shops including......

DOG MEAT SHOP!!!!! They should seriously close down these kind of shops.

This shop is also in my area. I thought they were selling ice cream but at a closer look, is a shop that sells pork. I think this is the most high class pork shop I have ever seen in wet market.

Went to a cafe with Cindy and Shuan today which is also near my school. I think the theme for this cafe is fruits cause there are lots of fruit desserts. But I personally think that the theme should be "old folks home"

This definitely looks like a wheelchair but is actually a rocking chair. Yes, like those chairs that old people like. If I bring my granny to this cafe I think I will get beaten by her because she will think that I am trying to curse her to get onto a wheelchair.

And if you are a person who get dizzy easily, you should never come to this cafe. The seats here are either rocking chair or swing...

But at least the desserts are good.

Went to Mr Pizza for dinner. This should be the best pizza I have ever eaten. They also have a salad buffet which I think is really good. Shall bring my SG friends to try if there is a chance in dec.

Few days back we went to a Brazil restaurant recommended by Cindy. Is quite a special restaurant because is buffet style steak so after you finish 1 piece they will "refill" the steak until you feel like vomiting.


The restaurant is kind of "jian" because they serve a lot of side dishes to let you eat while they take their time to cook the steak and if u are tempted to try all the side dishes, u will realize the boss is smiling behind the cashier. So Cindy was advising us not to eat too much and focus all energy on the steak buffet instead. Experience sia....

I am not a steak fan so it taste average to me. Xingwei, Alvin, if u guys love steak I can bring u guys here in dec.

Went to a food court for lunch today and when they serve me my food, it look so different from the picture!! The actual thing look as if the chef accidentally pour the whole bottle of chilli powder into the soup. Despite being here for 9months, i still find all these "red soup" spicy. Cant wait to go back sg to eat curry puff, chicken rice, satay, fried noodles and of course the food in my parents's stall.

Woke up early today for my bible study class which I have to attend on alternate weeks. It may sound good but when Cindy had her bible study class, her teacher told her that she dont have to attend, just have to submit some summary at the end of the semester. I am just too lucky to pick this particular timeslot :(

My teacher who apparently thinks that I am really into christianity (thanks to my english name Daniel) gives me handout to summarize every alternate weeks and I have to take a test regarding the handout. The latest one I got is about Baptism. The worst part is that I have to summarize a book she recommend (is not harry potter) and it is super duper boring!! I can still remember how enthusiastic she look when she told me about that book. Haiz, is like me talking about hikaru no go to my non GO friend. Must be retribution.....

Back to today.... even though i woke up early, i underestimated my ability to stone on my bed. When I look at the clock again I only had half an hour to lesson time, haha. So i have to practically run up the bukit timah hill slope (my adventure route to school) and somehow manage to reach the class just on time which I am still amazed how I did it. Then the teacher came to me, "oh Daniel, how are you, I thought we are meeting next week?" I was like what the *****!!

Today 2 person from my department ask me the same question "where are you from?" I totally stunned for a few seconds because we all met since I entered the school 9 months ago and they still dunno where I am from? I need to make more friends......