Day 15: 13 July 2009 Monday

Today, we (Yong Kang, Jeannie and I) went to Apgujeong 앞구정 where there are plastic surgery clinics almost everywhere. There are even plastic surgery advertisements in the subway station!

(*** some photos are taken from Yong Kang; thanks!)

Lunch at Bonjuk 본죽 where I had a mushroom porridge. It's my favourite! Everytime I go to a porridge eatery, I'll order the mushroom porridge. So far, the best one I've tried here is in Myeongdong 명동, followed by the one in Ewha 이대.

Texting with our Korean phones

Florist shop

We went to the Galleria

to use the pretty toilet.

Checking out the area, which was a bit of a disappointment actually because we expected it to be really really posh,  or perhaps, something similar to the area around Paragon and Takashimaya. But our expectations weren't met.

Cool carparks

My dream car (and what we were supposed to rent in Jeju-do 제주도)

A S600 Mercedes Benz outside LV

It's quite weird to see a golf range here. It's like having a golf range in Orchard Road? Haha.  But then again, you know you're in the richer part of Seoul because golf is an expensive sport and here, you see more European cars; whereas in other parts of Seoul, you see mainly Korean cars.

We found the jazz bar I was looking for! Once in a blue moon.

Rodeo Street

I found my favourite shop and finally got my ring in the correct size.

At Beans Bin

The Triple Chocolate Waffle 8,000원 that we shared was really delicious!

Taking the subway back to Ewha Womans University Street 이대 to meet Wan Ling, Enyi, Fatimah and the rest of the NUS Orchestra members.  Isn't it cool that they have big mirrors in the subway? Mel Huang, you'll love it :)

The 닭꼬치 chicken meat stick I had for 2,000원 was so spicy that it made me cry and perspire even though it was quite a cooling night.

It's the most spicy food that I've ever eaten and I'll never ever eat it again. I nearly died! It was so spicy that I had to get a kiwi juice for 1,500원 and a chocolate waffle with green tea ice cream for 3,000원. So much for wanting to save money! I told the ajumma that the 닭꼬치 was too spicy for me and that's why I was tearing when I placed my order. She laughed and said she would make my order as fast as she could.