[BLOGGER POST] D-13 in Seoul, Korea

Today is the last day I am in Seoul. Since today's weather forecast is rainy, I went to Woohyun's family restaurant. It is called 먹&삼 생고기집. It was actually opened by his brother, Boo-hyun and he is a chef! The restaurant is located quite far away from where I stay but it was really easy to find. The restaurant is actually quite huge, compared to Hoya and Sungyeol's restaurant. When I arrived there, the restaurant was empty and I was starting to doubt that is was an off-day. My sister took a pee pinside and Woohyun's mom looked shocked. She said she thought there was nobody but suddenly somebody was standing there.

The signboard outside the restaurant

She invited us in and asked where are we from. She wasreally speechless and excited when we say we were from Malaysia. She was even shocked when she knew we were twins. She was like, "MALAYSIA? wahhh (in disbelief)". She then introduced herself and said this is Woohyun's "house" and she is Woohyun's mom. OMG His mom is a total beauty! She looked so young. Then, she saw the file my sister was carrying and the front page was actually the address and directions to the restaurant. She was overwhelmed. 

Grilling samgyupsal and mushrooms

She then gave us the menu and served us the food. I was really really nice! We had the samgyupsal and makchang (pork intestines). If you are dining with your friend (2 person), one portion of samgyupsal and one portion of makchang is enough. You can order rice to go with the grilled food. While Woohyun's mom was cutting the samgyupsal and grilling it, she kept on saying, "Wah Malaysia...(in speechless mode)". Then she asked if we were Woohyun's fan. I nodded and she asked whether are we Infinite's fans. My sister said yes. And she asked if Woohyun is cute, is Woohyun handsome? and of course, we said yes! The restaurant was filled with poster and pictures of Woohyun. *I felt bad for Boohyun LOL*

The decorations beside the counter

The interior of the restaurant

After eating, I took a photo with Woohyun's mom. She said ok and was trying to tell all the fans who were dining there that we were twins and we are from Malaysia. She asked one of the Korean fan to take a picture of the three of us.Then I took a selca with her too. She was trying to adjust the lightning and she wanted Woohyun's poster to be seen at the background. What a proud mom!

A selca with the beautiful mom

A selca while waiting for the food

When I was planning to leave, it was drizzling outside. Woohyun's mom kept asking do we have umbrella but we didn't bring it that time. She was so worried and she kept on asking if we know the direction back to the subway station and asked where are we planning to head to after this. She asked us to run to the station too! Anyways, the food was so nice, I shall be back again!

Laughed out loud when I saw these 2 little cute Woohyuns hanging on the wall, laughing.

Boyfriend came here before!

I've decided to visit Myeongdong once again. We didn't buy anything for ourselves except for some snacks and socks! We had a hotdog which costed 3,000\. It was really nice. They had 4 different flavours of hotdog in halves on a stick. I like the one with ddeokbokki inside. It tasted good. Oh and I went to a CD shop to buy NU'EST slogan towel. SinceI have so many snacks to bring back, I've asked the cashier whether do they have any unwanted empty boxes.

I went back to the hostel and started to pack my luggages and seal all the boxes. I will be taking the KTX back to Busan at 6:40AM so I guess it is goodnight for now.

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Posted at 11:00 PM |  by Colene Hyori

[BLOGGER POST] D-12 in Seoul, Korea

I woke up early today because I've planned to visit Lotte World! I've been dreaming to visit this place for ages. The last time I came to Korea in 2008, Lotte World was under construction so I went to Everland instead. Today is the second last day I'll be in Seoul (extended my Seoul stay for 2 days). It is the 1st of May in Korea and it is actually Children's Day. Yup, me visiting theme park on Children's Day...

At the entrance lining up to buy tickets

It was really sad because it was packed with tourist, students and children. The rides were pretty exciting but the queues for the rides were insane. It was really sunny, must be a fun day to be out in the sun, riding roller coasters. Instead, I went to the indoor theme park and play. They have nice indoor facilities too. I've only managed to ride a few rides which I don't remember the name. Yeah, visiting theme park during holiday season was a bad choice. Tsk.

Standing on the bridge I've wanted to stand for so long :)

Taadaa, the ice rink!

I had my lunch at one of the restaurants in the indoor area. It is a food court called Arirang. Was expecting the pork cutlet rice to be as good as the one I've tried nearby N Seoul Tower but it wasn't good at all. They served it too cold. One portion costed 10,000₩ ㅠㅠ

The pork cutlet

The one and only thing that attracts me all along was the ice rink. I've seen two hit Kdramas filming here. First, Full House, Second, Stairway to Heaven. Sadly, the infamous painting that was featured in Stairway to Heaven that was supposed to be hanging on the wall beside the merry-go-round was removed. Anyways, NU'EST actually came to Lotte World for ice skating in one of their LOVE STORY episode. I was so excited to be there too. The good thing is that not many people are in the ice rink and it is cheaper to buy the ice rink entrance fee if you enter after 7PM.

My sister and I in the ice rink

In the ice rink by myself

Left Lotte World at around 9PM. I've bought coffee from Angel-In-Us because the weather was so cold and windy. Now I know why Koreans like to drink coffee or hold a cup of coffee. It's because the weather is so damn cold, a warm coffee is just nice to hold to keep your hands warm. I took the subway and travelled to Cheonggu to have the best ddeokbokki in town.

The best ddeokbokki ever!

I've done a few research on ddeokbokki and most of the bloggers recommended this particular restaurant called 마복림. It is opened 24 hours, just nice for me to spend my day in Lotte World and have some late night snack/dinner afterwards. Fyi, NU'EST also came here in the same episode where they went to Lotte World. I didn't planned exactly to follow them but it happened to be the same :) just that they visited the ddeokbokki restaurant before going to Lotte World and I went the other way round. The restaurant offers ddeokbokki in different portions and most of the people came in groups to eat together. I've order 2 portion of ddeokbokki and it costed 11,000₩. My sister and I could finish it. It would be just nice if 4 person sharing a portion of 3.

After finishing my late dinner, it was around 11:15PM. I went to the exact place where NU'EST sat and took pictures before leaving. Thank god the subway was still working (according to the web, most of them are closed after 10:30-11:00PM). 

Bye bye Lotte World, see ya next time!

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[BLOGGER POST] D-11 in Seoul, Korea

Woke up earlier today because I'm going to Arirang! :) Since I didn't manage to give any gifts to DJ Adrien on Monday, I've bought some Pepero for him. Aron is coming in today so I guess I can't go in empty handed. I've passed the gifts I bought earlier for him to a staff when I visited Pledis Entertainment so I've bought some Pepero for Aron too. So sad that I forgot to take pictures of the pepero with messages on it :(

I went to a Starbucks nearby before heading to Arirang because it was still early. Don't wanna be there so early looking like a despo when I really am a despo when it comes to NU'EST ;) haha

I didn't have any appetite to eat because I was so nervous knowing that I'm going to meet Aron. The producers said I won't be able to take photos when they were doing the live show nor taking pictures with Aron. Slightly disappointed but WHO CARES? Just the thought of meeting Aron made these few days unbearable. Anyways, my sister ordered a burrito.

It tasted really nice tho the ingredients were a bit weird. Or is it originally like that? I mean with rice in it?

Photo was taken few days ago when I visited Catch The Wave (wasn't allowed to take pictures when Music Access was doing it live) 

Arirang tower

Corridor in the studio

All of a sudden, Music Access asked me am I alright to do an interview with Aron. OMG YES *I can do it for no matter how long it takes* of course, I told them I can do it. They initially planned to ask 2 questions but when Aron briefed me through it, it was around 5-6 questions. I was so nervous I couldn't recall what I told Aron. But I remembered this cute conversation.

Aron: So you like NU'EST right? Which member do you like? (I told the producer I like NU'EST, apparently he told Aron)
Me: Actually I like all of them (it was true, I like all of you guys, Aron ㅠㅠ)
Aron: That's a lie haha Who do you like the most?
Me: erm....I like you...and JR
Aron: OK guys, she likes JR.

What?? Aron LOL I LOVE YOU TOO KAY? :)

The studio is actually quite warm. Not sure was it just me :o

Full credit goes to the person who screencap this. Do tell me if you are the one :)

Well, while we were not on air, Aron told me he remembered me since he have read quite a few of my messages from the message board cause I always tune in and leave him messages. Oh god, Aron you do remember me :)

Before leaving, Aron signed on my autograph book. He wrote my name with a ♥ beside *awww*

Ok, some facts about Aron when/after meeting him (A little fan girl section here please don't mind) :

1. His face is small. That explains why MinHyun's head is big. Haha. But seriously, Aron's face is really small. I've never thought his face could be that small judging from all the posters and photos. I wonder if other members' face is that small too.
2. Aron's height = my ideal height. I don't know how to express it in words, let's just call his height a BEAUTIFUL HEIGHT :)
3. Aron is skinny. Skinner than what I've imagined. Ok, where did the abs come from, Aron? *I think I can lift Aron up by piggybacking him & win the arm wrestling game*
4. He looks good even without make up. He still have that thick eyebrows and sexy eyes ;)
5. He is cute and he was happy when he saw the Pepero I gave him. He said YAY with the cutest smile on his face.
6. Aron asked me not to be nervous before the interview. Moments before we were on air, he was like "are you ready?". I swear he is the cutest thing ever, I'm gonna get diabetes because he is so sweet. Aron, you're gonna get ants all over you.
7. I did not know that one of the photo I took with Aron looked like he wanted to eat me until the producer sent it to me 3 hours later.
8. My mom asked if Aron was a wax figure when I sent her the photos.
9. Aron likes to adjust his hair from time to time. He took off his cap when songs were played and wear them on again when he is back on air.
10. Aron talks really fast but there were awkward pauses too. Oops Aronnie 
11. Aron's fingers are really beautiful!! And he has clean nails.

A photo with Aron! 

I prefer the upper photo :D

After leaving the studio, I went for some early dinner at Hoya's new family restaurant. It is not actually a restaurant they named it by themselves. It is a franchise restaurant called 돈수백. It sells pork soup and rice. Hoya's dad and mom are at the restaurant. His dad took my order and his mom served me the food. There are still quite some photos and calenders of Hoya sitting around the restaurant.

Oh and the food was nice! The pork soup and rice costed 6,000₩ while the boiled pork costed 9,000₩. Infinite fans do come and visit!

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[BLOGGER POST] D-10 in Seoul, Korea

View of the river under the bridge

Today was a bit colder. Woke up at around 11AM and went to Yeouido Hangang Park. According to my sister, Infinite was here when they were filming for 'This Is Infinite'. It was a really huge and clean park by the river. You can see many restaurant delivery stickers on the bench/stools under the bridge for people to call for delivery food while picnicking at the park. There are also special lanes for biker to ride their bikes.

People who wants to enjoy the breeze or ride their bikes can come here. You can see people exercising, playing, and picnicking here. During summer time, Koreans like to come here and dip their feet in the shallow pool to cool off. If you want to ride a bike but you don't have one, you can rent it at the park too. How cool is that?

People like to dip their feet in the shallow water in summer

A selca at the park 

There was a memorial park nearby where a few idol groups have their own memorial tree planted here. As far as I know, Girls' Generation, Shinhwa and Infinite have trees under their names here. Nothing special but you can see fan gifts and fan letter here. How weird.

Girls' Generation trees 

I also went to Woollim Entertainment today! It was not that hard to find but I walked a lot and my legs were sore. Woollim Entertainment is located in an apartment. You can't see any labels or signboards that says it is Woollim but if you follow the address, yeah you'll end up in front of an apartment. There was this girl who came out from the apartment, my sister then asked whether is this Woollim? She said yes. My sister handed her the fan letter she wrote for DongWoo. The girl said she will pass it to DongWoo for her.

Woollim Entertainment

Anyways, since Infinite's old dorm is nearby, I've decided to drop by and dine in the restaurant where L admitted he ate kimchi jjigae everyday during his trainee time. The restaurant was located right beside the dorm. I took a picture in front of the dorm bit across the street. I heard there are people living there now so it is better not to get to close for pictures. After that, I went to the restaurant called 행복한 마당. As soon as I walked in, the ahjumma asked whether are we Infinite's fans. She asked who we liked and escorted us to the table and told us which member sat where. I sat on L's place while my sister sat on Hoya's place.

Kimchi jjigae L ate for a few months

A selca in front of Infinite's old dorm

I've ordered kimchi jjigae, just to try out and figure why Myungsoo liked it so much. The kimchi jjigae wasn't as fancy as other restaurant with lots tofu/meat/spring onions. But the taste was really good. I like the sourness and the spiciness of the soup. The weird thing is that it costed more than the other restaurants I have went to. Normally it costs 5,000₩ or 5,500₩ at most but this costed 6,500₩. Myungsoo, I thought you are still a trainee that time. Why are you so loaded? Or did the ahjumma increased the price? Hehe

The menu

The seats Infinite used to sit according to the ahjumma

Well, after that, I went to Hongdae. There is this cute Hello Kitty Cafe that I've always wanted to visit. It is nearby Hongik University station. The cafe is not really big but there are 2 floors. The food and beverages sold are waffles, cakes, coffee etc. Coffee costed around 5,000₩ while whole cakes costed around 11,000₩. I ordered hot cafe mocha and kitty tiramisu cake. The whipped cream was really really sweet while the tiramisu cake tasted good. Hello Kitty lovers, do visit the shop! You won't want to leave. It is all pink and cute.

Hot cafe mocha and tiramisu cake

Tiramisu cake with Hello Kitty's face

The tables at Hello Kitty Cafe

2nd floor

After eating, we went for second round dessert! My sister wanted to try Natuur Pop ice cream. It was endorsed by Infinite but not it is Got7. She bought the flavour Hoya endorsed, which was Blueberry yogurt. It tasted quite good.

Natuur Pop ice cream, Blueberry Yogurt flavour

Going back to Arirang tomorrow, since I have gave the gifts and fan letter for Aron to the staff when I visited Pledis, I've bought some peperos for Aron. Not to forget, Adrien too!

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Posted at 11:00 PM |  by Colene Hyori

[BLOGGER POST] D-9 in Seoul, Korea

Woke up at 9:30AM today because I had to take the subway which took around 1 hour 15 minutes to reach Bupyeong. My sister wanted to dine at Hoya's new family restaurant. It was selling pork cutlet before but now they are selling Pork Soup Rice. They also changed their name from 돈까스타 to 돈수백. Left my hostel at around 10:15AM.

Unfortunately, the restaurant is yet to be opened. The grand opening will be on the 29/4. Too bad, she got misleading date from the staff working at the restaurant, saying that she would be able to come on the 28/4 and the restaurant will be ready by then. Anyways, we dined at a nearby restaurant, ate 보쌈. It tasted quite good. We ordered Soy Bean Paste soup (된장찌개) and Kimchi jjigae.

At around 1PM, we took the subway to Nambu. My sister and I was invited to be on Catch The Wave with DJ Adrien. I thought I could have a peep at Aron doing his live recording so I went there early. Sadly, Aron wasn't in today and it was pre recorded. Listening to his voice made my heart beats so damn fast. The voice was so clear I thought he was inside talking. Since I went there 3 hours earlier, I decided to stroll around first then back to the studio later.

Arirang tower

It was raining today, it was windy and very very cold. I stopped by at a nearby Starbucks and chilled there. Oh I went to the Seoul Art Museum too but nothing much to see, or maybe I went to the wrong floor. At around 6PM, I went back to Arirang. DJ Adrien was already in there and I was so nervous. It was fascinating to be in a live studio, seeing how the producers do their job and what does the behind the scenes looked like. Everything was so overwhelming.

Music Access time! but Aron was not in

Corridor with posters

DJ Adrien at work!

I have been listening to Catch The Wave for awhile now because I find Adrien very cute! I like how he laughs when reading the messages sent in by the listeners. Anyway, in the middle of watching Adrien, the producer came to me and did a small interview with me, asking me some basic personal questions and telling what Adrien is going to ask me on air. During the break between, Adrien came out and had a small talk with my sister and I. He was really really friendly. I didn't know he looked soooo good in person!

His voice is so nice to hear, just like how I've heard him on air. We had some interesting talk ;)
I'll skip the interview part cause I'll upload the mp3 version of it later.

NU'EST's picture appeared on the screen since I requested NU'EST - Hello 

Adrien took selcas with me after Catch The Wave ended. His face was so red and he said he was sick. How can someone be that good looking when one is sick?

Selca with DJ Adrien

It was so hard to leave the studio because Adrien was sooo cute and he kept waving goodbye. So cute ㅠㅠ

A selca in the toilet before leaving

After leaving the studio, I went to Seoul Station to change my train ticket date. I wanted to extend my stay in Seoul and shorten my Busan stay because it was raining in Seoul these few days, I've missed the chance to visit places I have to go before I leave.

It was so late by the time I finish settling the stuffs. I have planned to visit WooHyun's family restaurant but guess I'd have to delay visiting it.

That's all for today. *ok, today's post is mostly about Adrien ㅋㅋㅋ*

 A photo taken by the producer in the studio

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Posted at 11:00 PM |  by Colene Hyori