I'm back :D

Korea was really cold, minus 9 degrees at its coldest. And we had steamboat, rice and kimchi nearly every single day. I say, don't take tour packages from People's Park cause they provide really inconsistent hotels. The first one we went to had porn on TV. It wasn't even PayTV, and it was called SpiceTV. Horrible. The next hotel near the ski resort was really nice though. My sis and I tried out ice skiing and it is the funnest thing ever :) .After you get over the falling on your butt a gazillion times thing, it's really exhilarating standing at the edge of the (fake)snow covered slope and then skimming down all the way to the bottom. And you don't feel cold at all when you're skiing. We didn't get to shop a lot, cause our tour group had quite a few children and they only gave us an hour at the factory outlets so more time could be spent at Everland. My parents apparently brought my sis and I to Everland many many years ago when we still slung cartoon waterbottles around our neck, ha ha. The place pales in comparison to Disneyland though, the only ride we took wasn't exciting at all. And the Everland mascots are these mutated mice which i'm assuming are a failed effort to incorporate as many features of mickey and minnie as possible without infringing copyright. Nevertheless, the scenery was picturesque and we had a pretty good time on the gondolas. Other stuff we did was visiting the beach and traditional Korean places, visit the city, make kimchi, and try on hanboks (that big skirted costume which is their national costume). And we made friends with the photographer guy who's this really sweet korean boy; we conversed in a mish mash of chinese and english and many hand gestures, and played chopsticks and stuff. I didn't really like the tour guide though, with his thick chinese accent and tendency to repeat the same point over and over again.

And Hongkong, Hongkong was great :D .We only spent 2 days there compared to the 6 days in Korea, but it was a really pleasant change. The food there was gastronomic, enough said. And the shopping was way better than Korea. The weather was really nice too, like there's air-con on even when you're walking the streets.

And that was a summary of my holiday :)

ps: i want dates with the girls, steph and nic& co asapeeeee i hope i can get well quick though i've got the worst cold ever ):