tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61733628241599370002024-03-14T19:19:10.114+08:00GIGGLEWATTSYihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822232354785585553noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173362824159937000.post-87483934252441090192016-06-24T18:00:00.000+08:002016-06-24T19:57:05.394+08:00Pagi di Jakarta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span><i style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Selamat Datang di Jakarta</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">," the billboard greets you as you scramble out of the plane. Welcome to Jakarta. The arrival hall was spacious and homely - I always like that Indonesia injects its culture in forms of batik or wood carvings around instead of modernizing too much into the wonted aesthetics of an International airport. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the hall, the sultry weather hits you. Much like the heavy humidity of nearby cities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We stayed in a quiet neighbourhood the subdistrict of Kelapa Gading, right across of Mal Kelapa Gading. Navigation in a <i>taksi </i>is uncomplicated</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><i style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">lurus, lurus, lurus, kiri ini, kanan itu</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. When traffic sl</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ows, the <i>taksi pak </i>looks up into the rear-view mirror, </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">smiles, and says, "</span><i style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">macet</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">". When y</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ou get off, he stops his meter, he counts the bills and we all go "<i>terima kasih</i>" before closing the door.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the first of a story series of my time in the cities of Jakarta & Yogyakarta over the past weeks. Some times were sleepy, some times were fun - in the various categories of fully unadulterated fun, panicky spur of the moment thrills, and completely horrifying experiences that didn't go wrong. I'm not a consistent writer and I know that, but as much as I can, I want to keep my eternize my adventures through an amalgamation of words and pictures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>lurus: </i>straight</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>kiri:</i> left</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>kanan: </i>right</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>itu: </i>there</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>macet: </i>traffic jam</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>terima kasih</i>: thank you</span></span></div>
Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822232354785585553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173362824159937000.post-66296948207656986252015-07-27T20:00:00.000+08:002015-07-27T20:00:12.022+08:00Vid'o Vancouver<div style="text-align: center;">
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If you're looking to gain a Wilderness Explorer badge, I would highly recommend Vancouver for a head start in the finest boy scout trails. With the luxury of having friends from the city, we went further north up of Vancouver and were spared the supposed horror of taking public transport (from what we had heard, at least!) during our time in the city. Though... it wasn't like we were within Vancouver city itself, or did much exploring of the downtown region. We were close to nature at all times, even staying opposite a baseball park and blowing the seeds off all of its daffodils.<br />
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If you like to drink water off a stream, learn about native history, marvel at the many shades of mountain blue and start daffodil-destruction wars with a pal, we explored <a href="http://www.hellobc.com/squamish.aspx" target="_blank">Squamish mountain</a>, beautiful <a href="http://www.whistler.com/" target="_blank">Whistler</a>, and took an accidental 2 hour hike around the Simon Fraser University campus. If you're very game for extreme sports like mountain biking and kayak down a waterfall (or if you're really just there to check out hot people do thrilling stuff) - head to Whistler and Squamish again.</div>
Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822232354785585553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173362824159937000.post-79692501524813437692015-07-16T20:00:00.000+08:002015-07-16T20:00:02.645+08:00Bridge of Brooklyn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a coupl'a times now, we've always had to make the awful final-minute decision of dropping of planned items on the itinerary. It is heartbreaking, and I always get that feeling of "now how am I going to tell people I've been to New York, if I haven't seen ________?" Clearly, all the nooks, crannies and crowd favourites of the city can't be seen in a span of 5 days of less. </div>
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I don't know why I had my plans made for visiting the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn side - it could be because it is the <i>Brooklyn </i>Bridge after all, but we had wanted to get up the bridge while at the <a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2015/06/couple-of-bridges.html" target="_blank">Brooklyn Bridge Park</a> - but while navigating from <a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2015/07/coney-island.html" target="_blank">Coney Island</a> to the heart of Manhattan, we found it possible to visit the bridge after all, just from its opposite end.</div>
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You would think Coney Island would be on an island given its name, but it's actually the southernmost part of Brooklyn. Amusement parks by the beach along Surf Av, injecting a bit of childhood flair into the otherwise more adult-suitable New York City. There on an ultra breezy morning, we were even earlier than the opening of most of the stores. Coney Island is known for quite a few things - the boardwalk, <a href="http://www.wonderwheel.com/" target="_blank">Deno's Wonder Wheel</a>, <a href="http://lunaparknyc.com/" target="_blank">Luna Park</a>, <a href="http://www.nathansfamous.com/" target="_blank">Nathan's Famous hot dogs</a>, <a href="http://www.candytreats.com/" target="_blank">William's Candy</a> and Pete's Clam Stop being a few of those.</div>
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It was very disappointing to learn that I had braved the killer winds (in a dress, no less) to make it to Luna Park all for nought. As it had turned out, the park was closed to public as it had been booked for a private group of Jewish school kids. While they made merry in there, we stopped by <a href="http://coneyscones.com/" target="_blank">Coney's Cones</a> for some italian ice and explored Deno's amusement park next door instead.</div>
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If all roads lead to rome, all city tower views give you the same bang for the buck. Your first tower gives you the most value for money - it's your first time up high towering over the city you're in, you feel giddy with excitement. Your second tower reminds you of that wonderful time you had the first time round, you enjoy yourself. Three, four, five towers in, you start to get bored of the similar views, even though you're in different cities.<br />
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I've been to Marina Bay Sands SkyPark, I've been to the Tokyo Tower, I've been to Namsan Tower in Seoul to name a few cities. Every city is clearly distinct, but when you're up there, everywhere feels the same. I wasn't that thrilled to be going up another tower in NYC, just to see something I've seen everywhere else. There are 2 main buildings where you get to do this - the Empire State Building (which I learnt from Ted from HIMYM) and the Top of the Rock. We went with the <a href="http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/" target="_blank">Top of the Rock</a> - it was cheaper, and we could see the Empire State Building by not being on the building's deck.<br />
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I was completely overwhelmed when we got up to the top. You're packed into lines and into elevators like fishes in sardine cans, but when you're up there, the crowd doesn't matter anymore. We planned well before going - we made sure to hit the tower about 6 in the evening, so we could catch New York City in the day and as it transits into night time, all while just holding one ticket in hand. There's the sun and stars ticket offered by the TotR, but this was a much better choice as you'll get to save some cash (for more shopping or eats!) while overlooking NYC as the golden hour passes. </div>
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An early morning, we cut through streams of busy salaried workers (and a bull bronzed in its privates) in the financial district to get to our treasure map's X - the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. What better way to get to see the Statue of Liberty, than free? In the courtyard of the ferry terminal, we were approached by 2 teams of "info desk employees" - except that they were definitely not anyone from the staten island ferry, but salesmen trying to promote paid trips to the Statue itself. Do not trust them - ready yourself with the knowledge that the staten island ferry is the only option to get to see the statue up close without turning your pockets inside out. We were there at a bad time - it was still early and it was a foggy day, but I still liked what I saw... the lady behind a wall of fog, over heads and arms extended with cameras in hand. Be sure to go on the right side of the ferry when heading to staten island, and on the left when returning.</div>
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2 trips on the ferry and a Columbus Circle later, we were in the middle of Sheep Meadow, Central Park. Armed with our picnic food (from <a href="http://www.flavorsnyc.com/" target="_blank">Flavors</a> - I love their everything) in hand, we hosted our pocket sized version of a fĂȘte champĂȘtre on a field shared with frisbee players and the cutest kid who entertained himself with his homemade drum kit. Do you know what the best ground for lying on is? Fluffy spring grass. There's no better choice.</div>
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My NYC borough to find a bed in has always been Brooklyn. It is more affordable, it is more homely. The very confusing (but satisfying, when you get it all sorted out) metro brings one from Brooklyn to Manhattan and in the other direction as easy as pie, and I always like to look out of the train's windows as we're crossing the bridge over to the next borough. Following our time in another part of Brooklyn (<a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2015/06/a-brooklynite.html" target="_blank">Williamsburg</a>) earlier in the day, we went to the Brooklyn Bridge Park area to catch the sun go down. From there, you'll get to see both the Manhattan Bridge - the bridge the metro travels on in between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and check out DUMBO too, for the classic view of the Manhattan Bridge - and the Brooklyn Bridge. Don't forget <a href="http://janescarousel.com/" target="_blank">Jane's Carousel</a>, a stunning piece behind glass doors that offers rides for $2. <a href="http://www.granelectrica.com/" target="_blank">Gran Electrica</a> is nearby and is great for its bar, outdoor patio and tapas.</div>
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It's impossible to put Brooklyn into word form. With every turn of head, there's always something pleasant that meets the eye and with every blink of eye, there's someone pleasant that walks by. I like Williamsburg especially - it's hipster heaven, and I like hipsters. </div>
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If you like food - like anyone still breathing - Smorgasburg will win you over. In the saddest turn of events, we were there on the wrong day so we missed out on the food fest. Can you see my tears falling? Note and remember in capital letters and bold font: Smorgasburg is on Saturday, Saturday, and only Saturdays! Since we were there on a Sunday, there was still the Brooklyn Flea to check out some blocks away. It's stocked with handmade furniture I badly wanted to furnish my home with, all sorts of knicknacks from everywhere, a cool melange of vintage clothing, photogenic storefronts and very few feasting options... but we had the best fries of my life there. There's no kidding here, I've been tasting them fries in all shapes and sizes for half a year in the states and nothing is close.</div>
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What would you choose to do in NYC, if you only had 3 hours to spare before night falls again? For our first time in the city, the answer was clear - of course we should be exploring a part easily traversable by foot that also gives us the option to tick must-sees off of the checklist. I won't pretend as if I'm not a tourist, but I try my best not to be a full fledged one; I don't like to make stops after stops to see things I might not even care about in a 5-second timeframe, but New York City is so well endowed - in terms of icons, that is - that you just can't say you've been here without being there yourself.<br />
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<b>Grand Central Terminal</b><br />
Marvel at the beauty of the ageless beauty of a train station and stop for Shake Shack and Junior's Cheesecake. Accessible by quite a number of metro trains.<br />
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<b>Urban Outfitters</b><br />
<i>521 5th Ave, New York, NY 10175</i><br />
I'm not going to lie: I have a huge crush on UO and it almost became a personal mission to hunt down all the outlets in North America.<br />
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<b>New York Public Library</b><br />
The façade in itself is so iconic it has been replicated to fit in the New York district in Universal Studios and I was floored by its - pardon the teenage lingo - cool as heck interior. Across the library on 43rd St there's a Zara and Chipotle. The library sits next to Bryant Park, which is converted into a skating rink in winter.<br />
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<b>Toys 'R' Us</b><br />
<i>1514 Broadway at 44th St, New York, NY 10036</i><br />
We were in and out of the store in minutes, but the ferris wheel was stately... enough for an indoor one.<br />
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<b>Forever 21 Flagship Store</b><br />
<i>1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036</i><br />
It is F21, the flagship is massive and it stays open till 2 in the morning. 'Nuff said.<br />
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<b>Times Square</b><br />
Once Toys 'R' Us comes into sight, you'll find yourself in Times Square already, but this little dot is the heart of it all - the billboards, the lights, the sounds, the people.<br />
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<b>M&M's World</b><br />
<i>1600 Broadway, New York, NY 10019</i><br />
Walking into the store, it almost seemed as if it wasn't just selling customizable M&Ms/merchandise (also read: cute things I don't need, I'm good with my 50g packs of chocolate) but very possibly tourists too.</div>
Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822232354785585553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173362824159937000.post-3544485434317236202015-06-10T20:00:00.000+08:002015-06-20T12:27:52.883+08:00New York livin'<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ok, so I know I'm the worst. A post after last Christmas and I've gone missing. 6 months later and here I am again. I had the most splendid time in the US, braving the knee-deep snow or new cities all by myself, making new friends and eating lots of potatoes - fried, mashed, however served. I wouldn't say that the most part of my exchange semester was fun; it wasn't, but the time I had out of the very boring university town was second to none.<br />
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Towards the end of my otherwise hugely solo trip, I was joined by the momma and my photo/videographer/sister/fellow scout for a 5 day adventure in the Big Apple, which I've compiled into the length of one of my favourite songs.<br />
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If anyone notices the misshapen blog layout... this is what I call work in progress. I'm in the midst of relearning HTML coding and I've been very determined to personalize something for myself from the earliest scratch, so it'll only get better from here!</div>
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While I'm up to my eyeballs in all my grand Connecticut escape planning, another holiday has come and gone. I'm a bit of a stickler for tradition and perfection - just as much as I like to plan my trips right down to the tiniest details in the same order, year after year Christmas is the day where I'll put on some festive colours and head out. </div>
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The thing about living on an island with a year-long summery climate is that the air is humid and sticky, very unlike the typical expectations of our Northern friends. What I like to think of how Christmas would be is also much like that of the upper hemisphere - snowy white, cold and full of Christmas trees lined with jolly decorations in hues of red, green, white and gold.</div>
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In less than a week we'll be ringing in the new year and with another 2 more weeks I'll be scooting off to the USA for a half-year worth of horsing around - studying, making new friendships and quite literally hanging out with actual horses on another continent. 2015, I'm welcoming you with the warmest hands!</div>
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If there's anything you ought to do before clicking that little confirmation button of your flight ticket booking, it is to check the weather of your travel destination. This is the golden rule - check, check, and check again because weather forecasts aren't entirely predictable and are subject to change. Being impossibly excited about going to South Korea in the summer and more focused on avoiding the holiday peak periods, I went on the local <a href="http://www.skyscanner.com.sg/" target="_blank">Skyscanner</a>, found the cheapest acceptable flight available and got 'em ticks. </div>
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It was a bad choice (can someone call <a href="http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/847/015/01a.jpg" target="_blank">Minor Mistake Marvin</a> for me, please?). Immediately after, when I set forth to plan the itinerary, I finally checked the weather and I saw squares of white clouds and a random square of sun speckled in grids of dark clouds. 2 weeks later, all I saw were clouds and they were mostly grey. My heart fell out. As it turns out, summer in Korea is not exactly the sunniest in July, in fact it is the peak of monsoon season.</div>
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On one of the nights in Seoul when we were having dinner with our incredibly hospitable friend and her family, we saw reports of billowing winds in Busan on the family TV. They told us, "You should cancel your plans to Busan, the monsoon is especially bad there and people have gotten injured". I was so dismayed - now the train tickets would go to waste and there goes some of the nicest sites I've been looking forward to. </div>
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Well, Lady Luck was particularly kind and we made it to beautiful Busan <i>sans probleme</i>. On a late afternoon, we set off to Yonggungsa Temple. I dare say that Yonggungsa is easily one of the most underrated attraction in Korea, which I suppose is due to the rather inaccessible area. If I do recall correctly, we spent an hour to get there and another one back on one of the worst bus rides possible and there is a (rather horrifying, which I am guessing is a kilometre) walking distance between the temple and the bus stop.</div>
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Anyhow, the costal temple was absolutely breathtaking and easily the most serene place I've ever been, and all the trouble we went through for it was completely worth it. </div>
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To get there: Take Bus 181 after coming out from Exit 7 of Haeundae Station and get off at Yonggungsa, which is one of the last stops where everyone gets off. The way I managed to keep track of which stops we were at and where we would be due was with the help of my minimal Korean reading abilities, which I found extremely helpful when taking Korean buses. </div>
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Sometimes I do like to take buses; long journeys in a just-right celsius offer a great time to people-watch while getting to your destination. At other times, I'm thankful to have gotten off my lazy ass to earn my driver's license midway through the year. Can you imagine taking a train, changing to a bus, then walking through blocks and blocks only to find that the café you're heading to is actually not open? Just a heads up here for the interested - Necessary Provisions will be closed till the 23rd of the month.</div>
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With no other cafés in mind to spend the afternoon, we opted to go to the nearby Carpenter & Cook, an old favourite along Lorong Kilat. I like to think that C&C is a great name; it embodies the specialties of the café that prestiges itself over its furnishings and its food. The pastries and quiches are delish and the place is off the wall and full of quirky furniture, which may be purchased if it catches your eye.</div>
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<a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2014/10/coffeehouse.html" target="_blank">If you recall</a>, not too long ago I crossed the borders on a summery Sunday and visited what would turn out to be my all-time preferred café - Bev C. As it turns out, they have expanded since then, turning their office space into an extended sitting area fit for bigger get-togethers and comfortable sprawls. Since we had reason to go over to Johor Bahru once again for general pampering over the weekend, we automatically found reason to head over to the Bev C Café again. </div>
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The café does not disappoint; it was our second time here and while trying out other stuff on the menu we now have a new favourite drink - the rose latte, along with the in-house special espresso. The coffee makers are the same folk; they were as friendly, as well-dressed and as skilled as usual. And just like always, we left in a haste to avoid long and possibly unending custom queues, the only difference being that this time we had ditched the car for the faster public bus. Unfortunately we still got caught in a <i>wait</i>athon because the factory buses had jammed up the bus queue, so we ended up with a 2 hour long waiting game at the both the Malaysian and Singapore customs. At least it was better than our first time here - we had spent 2 hours in the vehicle queue with a broken air conditioning unit on an exceptionally hot evening. Even so, Bev C remains on the top of my must-revisit lists, I'll definitely be back again, come what may for the journey home.</div>
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In the first stages of planning for the #sĆursinseoul trip, our initial idea was to go on <a href="https://www.airbnb.com.sg/" target="_blank"><i>Airbnb</i></a> to hunt around for a nice, comfortable accommodation. We had actually narrowed down to just a few choices when somehow, somewhen, we chanced upon <a href="http://www.126mansion.com/" target="_blank"><i>126Mansion</i></a> and it was love at first sight. </div>
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Travelling out on the days of our stay here were easy. Set somewhere in between the Gyeongbukgung and the Bukchon Hanok Maeul, in close proximity to the Blue House - South Korea's equivalent of the White House, it was not the nearest from the metro station yet still convenient enough for us to travel to multiple places all in one day. 126Mansion is so near to the Blue House that whenever we returned home we would pass by the policemen standing guard there who would, following procedures, question if we lived there. To assure you even further about the safety - there is a resident pup - Shiru the Shih Tzu, who I would say is a great dog, unless you approach to pet him while he's in his sanctuary that is his bed under the table.</div>
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126Mansion is a B&B, a cafe, a shop, a gallery and a hosting site for events all at the same time. On ground level is the shop and the cafe, on the second the rooms and on the third the rooftop. Run by a family of friendly ladies, the 2 sisters govern the overall managing of the B&B from bookings to queries, while mom prepares the traditional Korean breakfast every weekday morning and takes charge of the laundry. During our time there they were not hosting any events, but I learnt that they were preparing for guitar lessons the following week after.</div>
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The choice to stay here was one governed by the heart; it is pricier than other options we had in mind. There were some minor lags and gaps between the photo gallery offered online and what we saw for ourselves during our stay. The room was not as comfortable or bright as pictured and the rooftop - a place we thought could be a nice place to chill and have a beer or two, was mostly a site for doing the laundry. Even so, with so many of my favourite places surrounding it and with how serene the vicinity was, the neighbourhood 126M is set in is still one that I love dearly.</div>
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If you're starting to get bored by photographic evidence of me in the same navy stripes and pinafore, I'm here to tell you that this will be the last of the instalment. It's just that we covered so many places in a day! </div>
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Living in <a href="http://126mansion.com/" target="_blank"><i>126Mansion</i></a> gave us the super ability to jump from point A to B to C, D and E all in one day. If you can't remember me in this outfit, we started the day <a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2014/09/samcheong-dong-seoul.html" target="_blank">here in the main streets of <i>Samcheong-dong</i></a> and <a href="http://natiive.blogspot.sg/2014/11/bukchon-hanok-maeul-seoul.html" target="_blank">later here in <i>Bukchon Hanok Maeul</i></a>. When hunger finally kicked in and overpowered the wanderlust (because you can have that even while you're traveling), we went to the famed Tosokchon Samgyetang <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: 25%;">í ììŽ</span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: 25%;">ìŒêłí</span></span><span style="background-color: #f4f4f2; color: #296dc3; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"> </span>to have what its shop is named for - Ginseng Chicken! The family restaurant is housed in a traditional building, but spacious enough for separate dining rooms. We had lunch later than usual so we missed the insane queuing for the specialty, as recalled by several other blogs. Because we had lunch later than usual, we jumped straight into finishing the bowls of chicken soup that no one remembered to click the camera trigger.</div>
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While the sun started to set around 4 in the afternoon, giving us a nice and softer glow, we took the metro the Gyeongbukgung Station and stood amazed by the palace walls, outside of the main attraction itself. Back when I was 11 (a good 10 years ago!) we had come as a family with a tour group and paid for tickets to enter the palace, but most of the rooms as I remember were cordoned off to the public.</div>
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As the evening came we set out once again for Insa-dong, which is within walking distance. Insa-dong is a semi-traditional quarter with <a href="http://www.ssamzigil.co.kr/" target="_blank"><i>Ssamzigil mall</i></a> as its main attraction, being loved by the young Seoulites. The mall houses quirky local shops with rather pricey tags (apart from the poop bread <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ëëč”</span></span>; poop bread rules), with a open air top floor where couples hung out. Outside of Ssamzigil, Insa-dong remains to adhere to tradition, with shop signs in Korean Hangul instead of English, which is pretty cool to see when you're used to signs like Starbucks and Etude House, but here they appear in Korean instead.</div>
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<i><a href="http://www.kikki-k.com/bags-travel/books-organisers/leather-travel-doc-wallet-adventure-awaits" target="_blank">1. Leather travel wallet</a> </i></div>
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With the new freedom after an almost farewell to the schooling year, I spent some time perusing some of my favourite online sites in light of upcoming sales. Hello Black Friday, hey there Cyber Monday! We mustn't forget about the most commercialised event of the year - Christmas - the holiday cheer makes me happy; how premature or rooted in the interest of $$ the holiday may be is of no matter. If there's any best time to break the bank, it is undoubtably the year-end so go ahead and splurge!</div>
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We had a short getaway to Bintan over the weekend (weekends: also the only times I get anything done) and I've been up to nothing much apart from binge-eating at sumptuous buffet spreads at every meal, warily check the waters for jellyfish, and lounging on a float on the pool much to the chagrin of other envious pool-goers. In my defence, the float was rented at the beach house by the pool and not my ideal of an orca or a donut, much to <i>my</i> dismay. </div>
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We stayed at the Nirwana Resort Hotel and not the Mayang Sari Beach Resort (as pictured here), but we stopped by the second for lunch at The Spice - an Indian restaurant with a on-the-scene prata chef to boot. It was almost a dream come true for me - yet another buffet but specifically of Indian cuisine and a private chef all to ourselves, except that he kept forgetting my orders. As it turned out, I got way too full after only 2 pieces of prata and the remnants of the morning smorgasbord, so instead of tearfully forcing more of the best prata I've ever eaten down my throat we went to hang out at the distracting and adorably cow print patterned beach hut opposite the restaurant.</div>
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Tourists and travellers - there is always a distinction between the two, like rival campers at a summer camp. As if the tourist is at no point in time the traveller and the traveller, never the tourist! As much as how I'd love to label myself a traveller, I find myself drawn to tourist attractions at times. Sometimes it's because it's much easier to plan an itinerary based on tracks left by others, but often, these charming sites bewitch tourists and travellers alike. Bukchon Hanok Maeul (Maeul is Korean for Village) is certainly good-looking; I say this because I am extremely fond of brick and mortar and traditional pads, but judging from the massive crowd that filled the main stretch of the village, it sure as eggs appeals to many others.</div>
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Most of these shots were taken from what I would call the outskirts of the village; from when we were first setting foot in and when exiting the main street. It's very tranquil here in the purlieus and we moseyed around here for a much longer time, away from the noise from the troops of tourists being utterly gobsmacked at the sight of their surroundings.</div>
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I don't know if I'm alone on this - all my friends said they prefer the converse - but old buildings charm my socks off. It's often the reason why I feel smothered in my metropolis motherland. As it turns out, every cloud has a silver lining. While driving around in the North, more specifically in the area of Woodlands, we came across this deserted yet beautiful car park. On arrival, it felt as though we've genuinely stepped into a woodland; one of urban beauty. It was only natural that we started dancing in this temporary wonderland, but we soon got back in reality when someone at the opposite block rather anti-climatically threw a roll of toilet paper down from the roof, like a flag flying in the breeze.</div>
Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822232354785585553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173362824159937000.post-3622338743614342032014-11-02T20:45:00.000+08:002014-11-02T20:45:26.269+08:00Hallo!ween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year we made a last minute decision (as always) to go trick or treating, so when I chanced upon the Halloween guide for the extreme procrastinator (thanks <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/author/connie-wang" target="_blank">Connie</a>!) I took the opportunity, made my sister fashion a costume real quick on Hallow's Eve and by the next day I was ready. It was a simple yet ridiculously adorable outfit, which I got a lot of compliments from... from an Ursula, a fellow box-trapped Sadako and a teenage boy in cookie monster pyjamas. </div>
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We didn't get any tricks the entire night; there weren't a lot of scary monsters unlike previous years. Instead, roaming the streets were troops of teenagers, either dressed identically in blood splattered white tees or not bothering with dressing up at all. On to what we did get as treats: 3 pieces of candy for 2 young adults (how are we to <i>survive</i>), and a whole night of running after 3 French-fry friends and 2 walking buckets of popcorn.</div>
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I don't know if it has to do with an acquired taste or not, but I'm turning into a huge monochrome lover. When I was young and wild and free I loved colours; in different phases of my life did I love shades of pink, a very specific blue (Pantone 292!) and at what I'd call the oddest phase: lime green and orange. I had a Creative MP3 player (popular back then) in orange which I matched with green earphones... A highly questionable choice, I know. Thankfully, though, I never had that combination of colours as a fashion choice.<br />
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En passant, German is such a tough language. The grammar rules are completely impeccable and I may want to cry about my upcoming oral test on Tuesday, so... <i>auf Wiedersehen </i>for now!</div>
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Time: shortly after noon. Scene: One hour in and out of a coffeehouse. On ground level is the brainchild label of fashion designers Beverly B and Cally C and upstairs, the coffee shop. The in house specialty? But of course the clothing (think light knits and monochromic tones) and the cubic espresso. The ambience? Pleasant, along with cute baristas. Company? Check. A scene of a quintessential day. </div>
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Hey. I'm still alive! Clearly the choice to take extra credits this semester is starting to show; I'm really lagging behind all things social. That said, I've been taking a couple of weekends off to just head out and enjoy some <i>me</i> time, but I just skipped all overly brain-stimulatory activity... including blogging. I even gave up on dressing up for school and I've turned to denims as my daily slacks. In essence, besides academic related work, I've let my brains go on holiday. Well we don't just (try to) earn our stripes by overworking the little guy, you know. </div>
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I'm sick again, for the second time in two weeks. What a bummer, especially now that we're on a one week break. Well who am I kidding, I never had the plans to slack off this recess week anyway. In view of birthday celebrations, I've been heading out for the past few weekends and on one of those days we stumbled on this little beach. It was unplanned for none of us had known that the sea was just there, even though quite honestly I should have known, being the Google Maps navigator for the day and noting that our destination is right at the Northernmost tip of Singapore. It's a small but cozy place; the green foliage and the sea water were distanced only by a small sandy pathway. The view isn't much - basically we got a panoramic view of Malaysia's export harbour, but I loved the big rocks that were scattered along the short beach and so I took the liberty to go all Little Mermaid style and just enjoyed the sea breeze and the sea's ever calming effect atop one of the stones.</div>
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