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Seoul Day 3

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Our Etude House trip officially ended the 3rd day, with most of the other girls leaving to go back to their respective countries! Stella & I however had both wanted to extend our trip so we happened to liaise with each other before it (she found me on Facebook) & decided to stay on together!

So we booked a hotel in another part of Seoul (quite near Gangnam haha) & went over, put down our luggages & headed out nearby for lunch! Technically we both decided to extend our trip & room with a total stranger since we didn't know each other hahaha. But Stella was a good travel companion!

And our hotel was semi-love-hotel-ish! A lot of love hotels are actually very nice & affordable, the only difference from normal hotels are touches like the bathtubs having jets & some bathrooms not having doors hahaha. But our bathroom had a door thankfully. And two single beds! So it's not meant for couples. Think the hotel wanted to diversify its clientele hahaha.


Ate at a noodle shop near our hotel!


Etude House nail polish that another girl (Grace) gave me & insisted I try on hahaha.

Not sure what it's called :X
But I remember it sounds like la mian! Basically ramen, la mian & ____ (insert name for Korean one) are pretty much just variations of each other that sound similar haha. Was quite good!

Stella showing me up with her bigass DSLR lol.

After lunch we headed to a shopping area outside Ewha Women's University!
Omg imagine a shopping street right outside your school wahahaha sure die money bye bye $_$


:S :X :X :X :S
Kind of weird...


Hahaha "Kopitiam Singapore Toast Cafe"! Would have been amusing to try it!


This is the Ewha University! Looks pretty nice!

Find it quite odd to have an all-women's university though! Kind of used to the idea (in Singapore) that higher institutions (Junior College, Polytechnic & University) are all mixed because... you're "mature" enough to handle your hormones while juggling schoolwork? Hahaha. Of course the results are debatable, but basically an all-women's university sounds a bit boring, albeit more conducive.

Shopping street! Anyway I think it's a place worth visiting; shopping here is quite reasonably priced & more diverse compared to Myeong-Dong. Stella & I bought the most stuff here!

Lots of small shops on either side of the road as well as in some small alleys.








This shop exemplifies the typical style in Seoul... Chiffon, frills, pastels...
Which is a style I'm fine with, but not all the time! Gets a bit boring :( 
And I feel like everyone stared at us cause we were in shorts O.O


Metro stop!

The previous time I came to Seoul (in 2011, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) I had a translator, Shin! 
Haha we made friends the previous time so he came to meet Stella & I to bring us for dinner.

Wahahaha he looks so different from his student card hahahaha major uncool


After dinner he brought us to Han River to meet some of his friends; it seems pretty common for them to go down by the river to hang out. You can see lots of teens & families alike down by the river!




This day's post is a relatively short one! But the next day we went to Seoul's outdoor theme park (they also have a famous indoor one at Lotte World), Everland, so I have loads more photos there O.O
Too bad we couldn't cover both Lotte World & Everland! (separate places)

It's just a few days more to Christmas! Happy holidays everyone! :)

Seoul Day 2

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The second day was reserved for Etude House activities, in particular the Pink Play Concert!

To start the day they brought us to a special room in the hotel decorated by Etude House.





With Thai beauty blogger Porsche!



Next we headed to one of the Etude House stores nearby!
Of which there are a godzillion haha.







So cute!

Etude House packaging is so adorable I felt like buying so much stuff T_T


#OOTD

With Porsche & Stella in front of the Etude House shop :)

Next they brought us to the Etude House office building itself!

Showcase room of Etude House products along with some of their other makeup brands under the same company (forgot the name of the other brand :x but it's also a French word haha).


Snacks prepared for us! Ate so many Dunkin' Donuts :D


With Stella!

And this is their reception area!
Super girly!

Bow frocks chandelier

Haha so cute!




(Sorry I found a spot with good lighting hahaha)


Then it was off to an early dinner before the concert!

Some of the little dishes (?) served at the start of every meal. Quite liked the mashed potato & veggie!

That veggie dish was weird :x
You're meant to just eat them like that, plain & without any garnishing :x
Mehhh...



Thank goodness for gyoza *phew*



Stella taking a picture with Grace (GraciousGlamours - she does YouTube videos)

Then it was off to the concert!
This is the 3rd year running of the concert; basically organised by Etude House for its fans/customers & featuring very popular KPOP bands/singers! To get tickets you need to make a purchase & then dunno what; can't just buy them normally!

I saw quite a lot of foreigners at the concert, some flew down to Seoul just for it O.O
Like there was a whole group of French girls holding up the French flag O.O
LOL


Cute photo-taking area!



So yep it's called the Pink Play Concert!

Etude House's tagline is "Wanna be sweet? Play Etude!"
Comes with a hand gesture hahaha we were filmed doing it LOL

And Etude House actually set up a makeup counter for girls to touch up their makeup/try products!
:O
There's totally no one there, all the items are brand new & clean & free for use!
Like omg this would never work in Singapore!

Ugly Singaporeans would steal stuff or wreck them by being inconsiderate (like using the product directly on their face instead of the applicators provided for hygiene purposes) & overall make a big mess out of everything!
:(


Items displayed neatly & put back neatly by users!
Went to try a few items too haha.

Seated at the concert!

Some of the artists that performed that night include:
Ailee, TEEN TOP, SHINee & 2NE1

If you're not interested in KPO you can skim the next few photos hahaha.
Or you can observe the concert lighting :x
Photos taken by my iPhone actually! Came out much better then when taken with a semipro camera...


The crowd! All gaggles of screaming, hysterical fans.


Didn't know who she was but thought she was pretty good actually; had a good voice!



SHINee singing their song Lucifer


2NE1!




Confetti at the end! Pretty ~


After that it was back to the hotel; felt quite tired actually so I fell asleep on the bus back haha.

I've actually seen more KPOP artists than I have of... English ones (which is like one only, Avril Lavigne's hahahaha - went for it because I was sort of babysitting this girl who was a big fan).

And if you wonder how I look like with spectacles...
(I have 600 degree myopia + astigmatism)


But quite #cheat because I still have makeup on lololol.

Ok I'm off to explore Munich! :D
I really have visited a lot of cities this year & I hope to keep increasing the number :D
Happy holidays!