Saturday, January 19, 2013

hari3 berpagi-pagi di Seoul- Guyeongbokgung

Salam,

Hari ke3 kami di seoul. Bangun pagi dgn girang sekali. Bukak pintu guest house ja terus nampak snow banyak-banyak. Uitt banyak-banyak suka jugak :)



Agenda hari pertama bermula di korea tourism center. This center offer full assistance to tourist who are interested to experience korean culture by themselves. The center is located in the busy shopping street of Myeongdong. We pass by that street everyday but never ever realize it's existence! i never thought there will be such a place in the shopping area! There is very small poster showing their existence in front of the shop, next to Zara and Forever21. So, who ever want to spare sometimes learning korean culture (well, everyone has to go because it is free!!, you won't loose anything trust me), please visit myeongdong and keep your eyes open. It can be very tricky to find the center because they only put up small poster. But as i said, the center is located close to Zara and Forever21 and owh Daiso shop too.



Inside of the tourism center.

Great interior design that give very warm atmosphere and yes, indeed it was warm inside. Hehehe. The temperature out there was minus something, very very cold but sorry i can't really recall the exact number. Please excuse me for that. But, the owner of the guest house has reminded us a day before, that a day after heavy snow is going to be very cold. Owh yes, he was definitely right! It was cold on that day but alhamdulillah we managed to survive well. Luckily, seoul is not as windy and dry as tokyo. I don't fell any discomfort in my nose as i always experience in tokyo. No breathing difficulty and definitely no nose bleeding. Thanks Allah for that.



So, what did we do that day? Ehem2 we managed to get ourselves in korean traditional dress known as Hanbok. There are various patterns and colors available but i settled down with the red and green one :) the officer in charge help us to dress up complete with headband as an accessory, which i think look a bit funny on us. Hahahah. Oppss maybe just on me!



We are in a serious mode :) hahaha serius la sgt kan!

So, if anyone of you have any interest to try this traditional dress, make sure you wake up early in the morning and wait in front of the office. They usually open at 10 and bear in mind that this is free service. Everyone is looking forward for it and it can be very crowded. So, be sure to be there early and register as soon as you get into the office.



After having such a warm feeling dress up like a princess (hahahaha), we went straight to our next destination. Where is it? It is Gyeongbokgung. Literally translated to gyeongbok= greatly blessed by heaven, gung= palace. (Source: wikipedia o(^_-)O)



We were very excited, super duper excited as soon as we were out of the subway. Subhanallah, such a wonderful place! Especially when we can clearly see the ancient building more than 500 years old with very interesting details. According to wikipedia (again), the palace was first constructed in 1395, then in 1867 was reconstructed after was burned and abandoned for nearly three centuries.

To make it more stunning, the palace is located right in front of the mountain covered with snow. Ya Allah, that is so awesome!



















What do you think? Amazing right? Subhanallah, gembira tak terkata hari tu. walaupun cuaca sgt sejuk, tangan terketar-ketar ambik gambar kami tetap tabah, berhenti-henti sekejap main snow. HeheheHehe sempat gakla beberapa saat main-main tuju salji. Hahaha. Dan jugak duduk-duduk posing bergambar. Itu pasti wajib kan. Cumanya tak golek-golek sebab waktu tu pagi lagi dan tak nak basahkan seluar. Hari tu kami tak balik zohor di bilik tp kami dibawa utk solat di tempat solat 'prayer room' di satu bangunan yang berdekatan dengan palace yg kami p tu. tempat tu ala-ala tourist information center gitu dan diorg ada sediakan tempat solat. Masjid di seoul ni ada satu ja, tp alhamdulillah dengan adanya prayer room macam ni, secara automatik rasa lebih selesa. Saya terlupa plak nm bangunan tu. tmpt tu pun. Dah la tak ambil gambar langsung!! Haishh apalah kan. Takpalah, boleh google nanti iAllah. Yg pastinya tempat tu bersebelahan ja dgn satu tempat tumpuan pelancong di seoul, satu stream atau sungai yg dulunya kotor dan sekarang telah dibaik pulih hingga jadi cantik, banyak acara menarik diadakan di situ.

Tapi, saya sambung nanti-nanti ya cerita tu. oh, sebelum p solat tu kami p makan tengahari dulu. Hrmm, saya cerita lepas ni ya pasal makan tu. hehhehe excited!

Nak kena berhenti dulu.

Wassalam :)


View from daiba, tokyo

Salam.

I am now a resident of tiec, odaiba, tokyo :)

My third home sweet home in japan, and hopefully iAllah the final one. I am hoping and working hard to finish my study this year and graduate in early 2014.

Over here i am sharing photos taken around Daiba. I was there with yani-chan. She came on that day to visit my new room and also to hand over my bag containing sourvenier from korea which i purposely left in her house. Hehehe gomenne yani-chan for the trouble.









Hari ke2 seoul part2

Salam,

Hari kedua di Seoul. Bahagian dua. Bab makanan :)


Gambar kat bawah ni saya ambil di salah satu kedai halal yg ada di Itaewon. Kalau nak tau, Itaewon ni kira mcm bandar internasional la di seoul ni. Bnyk sgt kedai internasional di sini dan kebanyakannya sediakan makanan halal. Siap ada sign halal besar-besar lagi. Senang sangat. Yg saya perasan ada makanan arab, indonesia, india dan tak lupa makanan korea. Memandgkan kami nak sangat rasa makanan korea, maka kami order la makanan korea berasaskan daging dan ayam utk dinner hari kedua di Seoul. Mana dapat kat tempat lain :) alhamdulillah, kedainya bagus dan selesa; makannya pula pastinya sedap. Hahaha semua makanan ckp sedap kan. Sejuk dan lapar agaknya, tu yg semua rasa sedap :)

Mcm biasalah yg side dish lauk percuma tu. kali ni kami dpt kimchi yg agak plain rasanya, fish cake yg bg sy sgt sedap, set ulaman cabai besaq yg tak pedas langsung, daun perilla adik beradik daun pudina, dan jugak pickles lain pelbagai rasa.
Saya order sup daging yg sgt natural rasanya, yani order daging goreng ala2 kicap berlada hitam dan lukman plak aayam goreng ala2 taktausebabtakrasapun. Nama makanan dlm bahasa korea? Maaflah saya lupa. Yg saya ingat cuma bibimbap sebab itu memanggg favourite saya! Bukan saja sedap tp jugak mudah! Susun2 bagi lawa bila ada tetamu atau bila ada org tengok; tapi bila masak dan makan sendiri boleh sja cmpak apa saja dalam mangkuk dan kacau! Mudah sgt! Hehehge

















Hari2, part2 seoul

Salam,

Hari kedua di Seoul. Bahagian dua. Bab jalan2 :)

Lepas asar, dlm pkul 3.30 gitu kami gerk ke tempt lawatan seterusnya iaitu Seoul Tower dan Teddy Bear Museum. Oh, masa keluar ja dr guest house tu, salji dah turun renyai2. Hehe suka, senyum meleret kami dua org. Yela, bukan selalu dpt rasa salji ni kan. Indah sangat pemandngan salji ciptaan Allah ni. Kami ke Seoul Tower dgn bas, senang sgt sebenarnya. Naik bas dekat dgn guest house dan berhenti dekt ja dgn tower tu. dr bus stand, kena jalan mendaki sikit sambil menikmati pemndngan salji yg dah bertimbun di ranting-ranting dan dahan-dahan pokok. Ya Allah, subhanallah cantik sgt!! Tak terungkap dgn kata2. Gambar yg saya ambil pun tak mampu nak tunjukkan betapa indahnya suasana pada waktu tu :)

Memandangkan hari kami p tu salji turun tak berhenti, makanya jarak penglihatan sangat la terhad. Jadi tak dpt la naik seoul tower tu. dpt amik gmbar dr bwh ja tupon mcm nmpk tak nmpk dah. Hrmmm tp sejujurnya tak rasa hampa pon sebabnya salji yg turun tu dah merawat rasa kecewa. Hehehe punya la suka salji kan.

Teddy bear museum plak kami dpt masuk. Yela, indoor kan. Muzium ni sebenarnya adalah satu muzium yg menceritakan tentang sejarah seoul khususnya dan korea secara amnya. Sejujurnya, saya rasa sangat 'impressed' atau kagum sbb apa tau, sebab depa guna teddy bear sbgai subjek! Bayangkanlah subjek sejarah yang sgt boring diceritakn dan dimodelkan oleh teddy bear yg sgt comel!
Masa kami masuk tu, ada sorg akak tu bawak 2 org anak dia sambil dok pong pang cerita kt anak dia. Untung betul anak dia dpt belajar sejarah dengan cara yang menyeronokkan!

again, abaikan tarikh yg salah cetak tu ya :(


























































bahagian akhir muzium, depa letak replika teddy bear yg mula2 dicipta.




replika 'teddy bear' Mr Bean pun ada :)


gambar yg diambil masa dalam perjalanan balik :) *super duper suka*