Guo Han's Daily Mumbles....

Wednesday night is a fun but tiring night. One of my best buddies, Zx, participated in the College Icon competition and managed to get into the finals where the top 10 participants would compete each other for the title of College Icon. It was held at Life Center KL and me and a few more friends were there to watch the competition and support Zx....

One of my hamsap friends got bored while waiting for the competition to start and fooled with my cam... notice that the focus is beyond the hand and handphone... >.<



Zx lead sings a verse during the opening performance... He's the only guy to get to lead sing in that performance =.=



Its a long long wait till its Zx's turn, cause he's number 8, and each participant will have to perform 3 sections... but the performance he put in is while worth the wait.... Sorry about the video quality though :P

Part 1



Part 2



Talent Showcase.... Zx drawing a portrait of his Mum and Dad while singing....







All in all the performances by all participants are great. They are all very talented and we audiences are treated with a fun night of music and drama! Although in the end Zx only managed to get Consolation prize and Best Vocal award, I'll say its already a very good achievement considering the top 3 winners are participants from Performance Arts college ICOM.... All 10 particiapants are already winners when they get into the finals.

Zx receiving his Best Vocal Award....



Congratz Zx... Hope to see you in Astro Talent Quest next year and achieve more!

That's not all... below are some paparazzi shots catching Zx hugging and kissing with a female fan he picked up at the competition.... priceless!









That's all for this entry... till next time....

My 3rd day in Korea starts off with a trip to Herb Land, a large garden in which 550 of the world's 3000 herbs grow. Here we get to try out some edible herbs raw, including peppermint, lavender, a lots more. Some are said to be able to cure short temperness when u smell them and some are said to be able to help sleep better. More or less like aromatherapy i guess.



Two slightly more interesting hotspots in the park is the "Rock of Penis" (Yes that is its official name) and a thousand year old pine tree





The lunch we had at Herbland is a very special 1... Flower Rice. Its really beautiful but not really appealing for eating at its 1st looks I must admit.... who would imagine eating flower.... >.< But actually it tastes great and is really nutritioning and delicious.





After leaving Herbland we were brought to Korea's National Ginseng Outlet and also their National Purple Stone Outlet, where we can shop for ginseng and jewellery... spent about RM300 buying a purple gem necklace for my Mum... don't dare to touch the Ginseng products though... they were wayyyyy to expensive.

After that we head to Korea's own Petaling Street, Dongdaemun Market. Stalls were everywhere selling goods at affordable prices just like our Petaling Street. Bought quite some souvenirs here....





After few hours shopping at Dongdaemun we head to our dinner place and today's dinner is famous Korean BBQ. Its really really delicious compared to the copycat Korean BBQs here.



And here our gang had the 1st taste of SoJu, an alcoholic drink that Koreans normally take in just like our beer, except that it contains 20% of alcohol, which is almost 5 times more than normal beer... but it tastes quite nice though... not really choking although with its high alcohol content.



Staying in Seoul that night, we went out to have a dose of Korean nightlife, spending our time in a bar called ZuZu Bar, and managed to get the bartenders there to give us a free performance on wine mixing. Just too bad the video is still with my friend... managed to get a photo together with the beautiful bartender though...



On the morning of the 4th day we had a fairly traditional Chinese breakfast with Soya Bean, You Char Kueh and porridge....



before we take off to visit the presidential residence of Korea....



and managing to take a photo with Seoul's damn yeng policeman on Rollerblades...



After that we went to visit Kyongbok Palace, which is the biggest palace in Seoul area, built in 1394.



Spent quite a few hours here as its really big and will nid to spend time here to really look through the place, also visited their national folklore museum which is built beside the Palace.
Then its off to shopping at Myungdong, which is effectively Korean's Jalan Bukit Bintang. Lined up with famous brands' outlets, its mainly sightseeing for us as the things here are just too costly.

Took a photo at a memorial statue at the end of Myungdong...



Then we visited Walker's Hill Casino, which is Korea's 1st casino. It is claimed that even our Uncle Lim sent people there to learn from the casino before opening his own at Genting....
After a tiring day its finally time to have fun as we visit our 2nd theme park of the trip, LotteWorld. It's claimed as the world's largest full scale indoor Theme Park.



Notice the high pole beside the castle? Its a 100 metre tall free fall device... absolutely FUN!



We also get to catch the daily parade at the theme park....



Again we have to pay for our own dinner in the theme park and again we had burgers due to time constraint hahaha... but its the 1st time i had burger with a thick slice of deep fried cheese sandwiched between XD

After leaving the theme park we headed straight for the hotel and rested.... its our last night in Korea already... time really flies...

2nd morning, we headed straight for the airport area. After having breakfast and visiting a local product shop where we can buy souvenirs and local food and products, we were ready to leave Korea. T.T

Taken at the Incheon Airport Departure Hall with our cute photographer throughout the trip...



and leaving towards the departure gate.




So long, Korea. Hope to see you soon enough especially during winter months... where I could experience a totally different Korea.... SarangHeyo Korea!

Wow... it's been more than half a month since I last updated my blog... guess its time to put in some major updates about my life lately to my loyal readers. Well not exactly much has happened since I finished my final exams, the most significant 1 is my trip to Korea along with some friends which was really really fun. It was a 6 days 4 nights trip, taking off on a night flight on 3rd June. It was mainly an unhappening flight... until during breakfast when we got caught up in some turbulence while eating... nearly making me puke =.=

And so.... arriving in Korea



and getting impressed by Incheon International Airport's arrival hall



and their super high tech all in one public phone booth with internet access and webcam =.=



Our first stop after leaving the airport is to go on a cruiser to feed seagulls... wah 1st time i see so many seagulls at the same time... but kinda hard to get a nice close shot tho



My 1st meal in Korea is a highly appetizing and highly nutritious Ginseng Chicken Soup! Each of us get a whole chicken in a pot with soup and glutinous rice + noodles... damn filling... and not to mention its damn delicious! Only drawback is its a tiring meal cause 1st time using steel chopsticks =.= Would be using them for the rest of the trip.... they are heavy >.<



After lunch, we visited the factory of Korea's world renowned Kimchi and got the chance to lay our hands on making our own Kimchi! We can even bring back what we make... ahhhhh the fresh smell of Kimchi juz makes my saliva dribbles....



At the same place we get the chance to take some photos in traditional Korean costumes for free...



After that we head to Nam-I-Island, which is originally famous as a filming site for the Korean movie Winter Sonata... it has developed into a famous tourist spot since then....







Nam-I-Island would be our last stop for the 1st nite... and for our 1st dinner we had Bak Kut Teh Korean style... which I must admit our very own Bak Kut Teh is much nicer... although the Korean 1 also has its own taste.... but the pork they put in is in crazily big pieces.... >.<



We stayed at Vivaldi Park Resort that night, which is a big and full scale resort with its own 24 hour supermarket, Bowling Alley, Pool and Table Tennis and all facilities a Resort would have... not to mention their own Skiing park during the winter months...

2nd day's breakfast is a very common buffet breakfast at the resort which wasn't worth talking about much... the talking point is our 1st stop for the day... a theme park! Everland is a very large scale outdoor theme park with thrill rides, a big garden, a mini zoo and a safari and of course different style of food all in 1.





And also in Everland we get to see Polar Bear and Liger (A mixed child of Lion and Tiger)





Not many photos for Everland... sorry lolz... was busy enjoying the thrilling rides rather than taking photos XD Malaysia's theme parks totally can't match them... one of the highlights is a ride which is like the DNA Mixer in the Times Square Theme Park, the only difference is while spinning by itself it doesn't spin in a small circle like the Times Square 1... rather it spins in a 3 storey high circle.... SYOK!

We had to pay for our own lunch inside the theme park... and due to the time constraint we merely had hamburgers lolz... only upside is we had pork burgers... which isn't available in M'sia!

2nd stop of the day... Spavis Hot Spring in Onyang. Its a very big Hotspring with lots of pools including Ginseng pools and Strawberry pools.... highly health enriching! Its just too bad that cameras aren't allowed in there else I could really provide some really cun chicks in skimpy swimwear.... and also too bad their naked areas are separated.. male and female doesn't mix T.T



We had a very special steamboat for that day's dinner, mushroom steamboat! its shocking to see so many types of different mushrooms boiled together in 1 pot....



After that we retired for the night in Onyang... and its a really dead place with nothing much to talk about. Well this post is getting too long... I'll continue the next 2 days of trip in my next post i guess....

FReeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeDoM!!!!!

Well finally... completed my studies dy! Will be officially graduated by August (hopefully) lol.... Aih... now nothing to worry about already... only the results... but dunno why the brain really really blank. Can't really think of anything meaningful to blog about :X

Well to all the friends that I've known throughout my university life... Good luck to all of you for your future endeavours, it's really been a pleasure to have known you all... be it my coursemates, footiemates, clubmates, juniors, seniors etc.... Hopefully our paths will cross again in the future... best of lucks....

Another joke to share... finals starting next week for 2 weeks... guess I'll put in a major update entry for my blog after i finish my finals...

Little Johnny was 7 years old and like other boys his age rather curious. He had been hearing quite a bit about 'making out' from the older boys, and he wondered what it was and how it was done. One day he took his question to his mother, who became rather flustered. Instead of explaining things to Johnny, she told him to hide behind the curtains one night and watch his older sister and her boyfriend. This he did. The following morning, Johnny described EVERYTHING to his mother.

"Sis and her boyfriend sat and talked for a while, then he turned off most of the lights. Then he started kissing and hugging her. I figured 'Sis must be getting sick, because her face started looking funny. He must have thought so too, because he put his hand inside her blouse to feel her heart, just the way the doctor would. Except he's not as smart as the doctor because he seemed to have trouble finding her heart. I guess he was getting sick too, because pretty soon both of them started panting and getting all out of breath. His other hand must have been cold because he put it under her skirt. About this time 'Sis got worse and began to moan and sigh and squirm around and slide down toward the end of the couch. This was when her fever started. I knew it was a fever, because Sis told him she felt really hot.

Finally, I found out what was making them so sick...... -a big eel; had gotten inside his pants somehow. It just jumped out of his pants and stood there, about 10 inches long, honest, anyway he grabbed it in one hand to keep it from getting away.When Sis saw it, she got really scared -her eyes got big, and her mouth fell open, and she started calling out to God and stuff like that. She said itwas the biggest one she's ever seen; I should tell her about the ones down at the lake by our house! Anyway, Sis got brave and tried to kill the eel by biting its head off. All of a sudden she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while he took a muzzle out of his pocket and slipped it over the eel's head to keep it from biting again. Sis lay back and spread her legs so she could get a scissor-lock on it and he helped by lying on top of the eel. The eel put up a hell of a fight. Sis started groaning and squealing and her boyfriend almost upset the couch. I guess they wanted to kill the eel by squashing it between them.After a while they both quit moving and gave a great sigh. Her boyfriend got up, and sure enough, they killed the eel. I knew because it just hung there, limp, and some of its insides were hanging out.

Sis and her boyfriend were a little tired from the battle, but they went back to courting anyway. He started hugging and kissing her again. By golly, the eel wasn't dead! It jumped straight up and started to fight again. I guess eels are like cats- they have nine lives or something. This time, Sis jumped up and tried to kill it by sitting on it. After about a 35 minute struggle, they finally killed the eel. I knew it was dead, because I saw Sis's boyfriend peel its skin off and flush it down the toilet.