Solo Korea Trip - Happy Birthday Unnie!

Travelogue

Hi! Sorry everyone that I went MIA again. Was really busy and I don't even have much time to rest. Like now, my head hurts like hell. I have been having this horrible headache for the past 2 days. Never did it stop hurting at all.

Anyways, back to my Korea trip!

14th of April, 2014! The 3rd day of the solo trip to Korea and it was my sister's 30th birthday!

Started my day out alone with a packet of White Grape Yogurt Drink while waiting for the train to Hongdae! And yes, the hotel I was staying at is in this wulu station Dapsimni.

Guess I'll do a separate post on the hotel I stayed at another time.

I personally feel that it's a good place to stay at and budget enough, too!

Anyways, so yes I made my way to Hongdae in the morning for a little shopping! 

If you see this shop, you know you're near...

See the sign up there?

TADA!!! The MAIN store of Style Nanda!

Ok. I'm still not exactly a fan of Korean fashion. The main reason why I wanted to go there is go get 3CE cosmetics. LOL!

Look! There's even Style Nanda vending machine! LOL~

Ok. I can't really show you how is it inside but here's a short video that I sneakily shot. *oops!*

Next! I headed to Sogang University to meet my sister who was studying Korean there that time!

Seriously, I've always wish that my school has such a place for students to just laze around in between lessons. But no~ we do not have such a place in campus here in Singapore. *sobs*

Lunch with my sister, Jeffrey (my sis's friend in Secondary School) and her classmates in Sogang!

So multi-nation! There's Singaporeans, Malaysian, Japanese, Swedish and... what's the last one. Australian if I didn't remember wrongly.  

And yes! I LOVE ddeokbokki!!!

Order all your favourite ingredients and there you have it in a pot!

And that's not all!

When you're done, ask the ajuma to add in fried rice! Super delicious!!!

Even if you're full with all the goodness from ddeokbokki, you will sure still eat the rice! Just too yummy to miss!

Next! The birthday girl decided to bring us to the best jimjilbang in Yongsan!

Looks so high class ya?

It's actually really affordable for just the entrance fee to enjoy all the different types of baths.

Massages and other services are kinda expensive but still affordable.

Just entrance fee alone is 11,000 won which is around SGD 11-12 only?! And you can actually spend a good half a day there!

First is to get changed!

Camwhore with my sister!

Blurred the background just in case...

Us and our goat hats!

Yes, my sis and I made Jeffrey do this with us! LOL!!!

At the Jade room!

Traditional room!

It's just way too hot for my sister so she just stood outside to help us take photo.

And after a hot room, the ice cold room!!!

Jeffrey and the small snowman

My sis and the big snowman!

And me? Of course the big snowman! HAHA!!

Time for some snacks! Got sikhye and charcoal eggs!

Sikhye is super yummy!!

And like in dramas, we play scissors, paper, stone and the winner gets to hit the egg onto the loser's forehead to crack the egg!

YEAH!!! The birthday girl wins!!!

Look at my sister's evil face!

Poor Jeffrey. The egg didn't break at all!

After that, we split up to go and enjoy the different baths before heading to dinner with my sister's Korean friends!

Dinner with Jake and Su Bin!

Ok. I don't know Jake's Korean name and Su Bin does not have a English name. 

And YEA!!! Super fresh fish from the fish market just beside! 

After dinner, we spotted Gongcha cafe before heading home and the poor girl who have been living in Korea for one and a half months miss bubble tea so we stopped by for bubble tea.

A little cake as the birthday cake!

I must say Gongcha in Korea has more flavours and feels healthier. 

Less sweet and they have more "healthier" flavours like Ginger Milk Tea that I had.

Found this little cutie at the train station to accompany you while you wait for train. So cute right?!

So yup! We headed "home".

Relax after a long day watching We Got Married Global Edition 2 on TV that day with the ridiculously huge TV in my room.

Seriously, it takes up almost that entire wall it is on! Just look at my small jacket hanging in the background!

Oki! That's all for the 3rd day of my solo trip in Korea in April!

See you soon!

Glam My Hair Session

Hi everyone!

2 weeks back I was invited by Coleen to Shunji Matsuo's Glam My Hair Session where we got to learn about the current trends in Japan and also tips and stuff on hairstyling.



However, first up! Fooooood!!!





I didn't eat the salad(s) as I already had a BIG bowl of unagi salad earlier that day.



Tamago!!! おいしい～



Fried Salmon



Takoyaki



CHICKEN CHICKEN!!!

No.1 recommended by Himeko and I!!!

Ok~ We're 2 crazy mad lovers for chicken!
Heehee~



California Maki





Assorted Maki!!!

Oh man~ Blogging this is a torture!
I'm hungry and craving for sushi, again!!!



And yes! Here's my fooood!!!

After food, now for the presentation by Shunji-san!



Introducing some of the trends and also what hairstyle suits what face shape.

If you wanna know more, check out Michiyo's, Himeko's, Domo's blogs!
Their post like super detailed.



Hair 'tools' needed for hairstylying

And followed by demo!



By Shunji-san



By Kaoru-san





Sad that you have short hair and think that you are not able to create any interesting hairstyle?

Haha... Shunji-san just proved your wrong!!!





Pretty girly style by Kaoru-san

And next, we broke up into our 'groups' where we got a hairdo makeover by our assigned hair stylist.



My hairstylist for the evening was Yamahita-san, or rather known as Yamapi.



First she tonged my hair as a base



Reminds me of Nic helping me to tong for hair for the filming of Tokyo Kawaii TV back in January. Lol~

So I asked Yamapi-san to teach me simple hairdos that I can achieve myself!

Girly Style No. 1





So simple I'm gonna wear this when I'm on hoilday or something. Lol

Girly Style No. 2





Nice and neat and pretty and sweet!

Suitable for everyday wear!

Now for the last hairdo, I asked Yamapi-san for a more cool or rather called kakkoii-kei hairstyle



Yamapi-san @ work, photo taken by Nadnut





Love the detail lots!



With the fringe inspired by Namie Amuro! Lol~



With Shunji-san and Yamapi-san



And of course, a group photo to end it all off!

I just LOVE going for events where I practically know everyone!
Won't feel all awkard or what-so-ever!

And from our faces, I'm sure all of you could see that we all had real fun that evening!

Ya I know my roots are growing out and stuff but I don't intend of getting them dyed again that soon. It's only been a month!
But then again, I can't wait to see Juno again for my hair treatment! Lalala~

Stay pretty everyone!

XOXO Tsuriki