Annyong ha se yo!! ^_^

I just came back from Korea last month, having stayed there for a total of 11 days.  Long, rite? =p

I went to Korea 10+ years ago with tour group. The impression then was not fantastic, as communication was really difficult.  I still remember I tried to buy a T-shirt at the international airport, however because the staff did not understand the size that I wanted, eventually I gave up on the purchase. 

So frankly speaking, I was a little uncertain of going Korea again, and 'worse', on a free & easy trip.  But the temptation of super cheap beauty products, accessories and dresses was really too overwhelming, whack lor. Not to mention that the Cathay Pacific air tickets were a steal, just $600+ (inclusive taxes) and with a little top up (less than $50), I even extended my trip to Hongkong.  Remember to check out zuji.com for the cheapest airfares!

Remember I said that I did tailoring at Shenzhen? Well, here are my designs - the left side is the tailored one & the right side is the design that I googled online. I printed out the designs and brought it along to pass it to the tailor.

Not all turned out alike but for the price, I suppose still okay lah. I think the workmanship is good (especially, all these were done in just 3 days)  but then the fabric material also matters a lot on the outcome. For example, the third design should be nicer if I have chosen a stiffer material. So do allow ample time to choose the material and communicate to the tailor when you are there. =)

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I'm on MC today.  Oh well, instead of lying on the bed the whole day, I decided to do some blogging! Growing "rusty" liao, so let me start off with the easier part - Hongkong & Shenzhen.  ^_^

After Korea, I continued my trip in HK for another 4 days, which was good enough for me to do shopping and eating. No sight seeing since this was like my fourth or fifth time to HK? And still my Cantonese sulks like anything. Compared to years ago, I think now you can communicate with mandarin and english. I even saw one HK cafe offering a specially made menu - pictures of the food with english & japanese wordings for the foreigners. Pretty tourist friendly, I must say. Anyway, if you wanna read about sight seeing in HK, can read my previous posts.

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From the airport to the town area, you can take the Airport Express which has stops at Tsing Yi, Kowloon and HongKong (there's this MTR stop called HongKong station, I dont mean the country hor). Currently, there's this "Buy One Get One Free Offer on the Airport Express Single Journey Ticket for Visa Infinite and Visa Signature Cardholder".  The website also offers other tourist cards, so depending on the duration of your trip, you may want to compare to see which card will help you save the most on transport fees. =)

For me, the single journey airport express works best and I just need to "loan" the octopus (MTR) card with a HK$9 fee, and I was good to go anywhere, including to Shenzhen. Simply, just pay HK$150, consists of HK$100 stored value and  HK$50 refundable deposit, at the Customer Service Centre available at all MTR stations.  

I've started collecting the figurine, have you?