Black Witch World: Black Witch - The start of the journey

Had been talking about going to Seoul to study (even if it is for a short period) for sometimes already. But i don't have the courage to do so... Until good friends around me told me that "It is now or never"... "Just Do It".. sound like an advertisement for Nike... So plans was made, $$ paid and registration done.. The day finally arrived for me to set off towards this journey that i know i will never regret.. (^^)

Feeling way too excited when i board the plane to Seoul.. Kim Lian (my Korean Language course classmate) and i boarded -01 March 2010, SQ0602, 11.50pm.. the start of our 3 month life there... Had planned to sleep on board so that we would not feel too tired when we reached Seoul.. but i was just too excited to do so... it was 4am in the morning when breakfast is served.. after eating.. Worse.. i felt totally awake.. so i end up watching like 3 movie.. Kim Lian wake up and feel asleep many times..Did not sleep well either!! Then again... who can sleep well in a plane, right???

Finally after 6 hours of flight.. we arrived in Seoul ,02 March 2010,7.06am (Seoul time), Singapore time should be 6.06am.. (1 hour difference).. Totally in love with the COLD weather...

i REALLY tried hard not too bring too much .. but still 30kg.. :(.. the pink polka dot and red luggage is mine..

We collected our luggage and was sitting at the corner, somewhere in Incheon airport waiting for Mr.Park (Kim Lian's Korean friend from Busan who helped us a lot in arranging our trip).. Thankful.. this is my first meeting with him...

Mr.Park is coming all the way from Busan to Seoul to welcome us and to show us to the apartment which he had found for us and also at the same time attend to his work, apparently he work in the aviation field which required him to fly around Korean pretty often..

We took a bus from Incheon and stop somewhere around Cheongyangni station (청량리) and took a cab to where we are going to stay.. an apartment nearby Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (외대얖).. We arrived at the apartment and the owner came and greeted us.. a friendly and pretty looking Korean lady.. her name is Kate or 영경. We were introduced to her mum.. ** sorry but for Korean culture we do not asked for the name of a much older person so i only address her by 어머님 (a respective way of calling someone's mother).. Unlike us,Singaporean, who address everyone as Auntie... and also we meet Kate's auntie and i addressed her as 이머...

The apartment that we are going to stay...

After a short while Mr.Park have to leave for work. We too was hungry by then, so we went out to a nearby place to have our lunch.. Our very 1st meal in Seoul.. Yummy.. and i must say that the side dishes (반찬) served was really nice ..I only paid 4,000won (estimate SGD$5) for my Dumpling Soup (만두국)..

After the hearty lunch,we came home to "settled down",unpacked our stuff and to make our self feel home, we each got our own room.. How nice.. kekekeke i can't complained much about my room.. was small but cosy and best of all.. Totally Korean style.. we get to sleep in Ondol (온돌).. ***(Today’s Korean heating system, Ondol, uses a system of pipes that transport hot water underneath each room in a house. Most Korean families prefer this kind of heating system because the warmth generated upwards from below the floor not only heats every room during cold winters, but also symbolizes the coziness and camaraderie within the family. A Korean home lacking ondol means the warmth is missing in that family. .

Some picture of my room..

Living room..

Kitchen..

Before we know it.. it was time for dinner again.. But Kim Lian told me that Mr.Park is meeting us for supper, so we better not eat too much.. so we went out and had a simple dinner..

Korean Rice Cake(떡붂이) & Cuttlefish Rice(오징어 덮밥) & of course the side dishes