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The Giant Rubber Duck is Coming to Seoul!
Do you know that cute little yellow rubber duck that kids usually play with? A Dutch artist named Florentjin Hofman created giant rubber duck as his art project. This rubber duck has visited several cities around the world: Saint-Nazaire (France), Osaka (Japan), Auckland (New Zealand), Los Angeles (US), Taoyuan (Taiwan), etc. And now it’s…
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Gyeongbokgung
After filling up my stomach in Tongin Market, I went to Gyeongbokgung Palace. Last time I was there, I didn’t go inside. This time, I kinda hesitant whether I should go inside or not. Then, I saw a big banner informing that there was no admission fee for that day. So, of course, I…
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Tongin Market
Tongin Market (통인시장) is famous for its Dosirak (Lunchbox) Cafe. I saw it for the first time on C-Clown KAN-ON Show. It also has appeared on some other shows and dramas such as Running Man and 1 Night 2 Days. The most recent one is in drama Plus Nine Boys. You can taste various korean…
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Changgyeonggung At Night
After visiting Yoseob’s Parents’ Restaurant, Kak Anda and I went to Changgyeonggung Palace which currently open at night until September 28th. We tried to buy the ticket online because we heard that ticket for foreigner is very limited. But we couldn’t buy it because the website only allows reservation for minimum D-3. So we…
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Yoseob’s Parents’ Restaurant, For The First and Last Time
BEAST Yoseob’s parents own a Naengmyeon (Cold Noodle) restaurant. A lot of B2UTIES (what BEAST’s fans called) come there. It’s located quite far from where I live. That’s why I’ve been postponing my visit to the restaurant. But on September 16th, Yoseob’s sister posted a tweet announcing that the contract of the place will…
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Seolchan’s School in Monstar: Gyeongbok High School
Imagine Your Korea. That is Korea Tourism Organization promotion tagline for this year. It wants you to imagine your Korea. As some of you may already know, I have a thing for k-pop, k-drama, and other form of k-entertainments. You probably think it’s childish whatsoever, but it has some influence on how I imagine…
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Chuseok Getaway: Around Gyeongbokgung
Gyeongbokgung (경복궁) adalah istana terbesar dari 5 istana di Seoul. Lokasinya tidak jauh dari Cheonggyecheon Stream. Hal yang pertama saya kagumi saat sampai di area ini adalah Gunung Bugak atau Bugaksan yang menjadi latar belakang Gyeongbokgung. Gerbang utama Gyeongbokgung adalah Gwanghwamun. Di depan gerbang inilah terdapat Gwanghwamun Plaza. Gwanghwamun Plaza (광화문광장) merupakan ruang terbuka…
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Cube Studio & Cafe
안녕하세요! Hi! Halooo! If you’re following me on instagram, you maybe already now that I’m currently in South Korea. Yup, I arrived last week. I’m here to attend graduate school. There are a lot of stories about it, but I’ll talk about it later. 😉 I’m a big fan of Korean boy band BEAST,…
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First Solo Trip Abroad: Kuala Lumpur
Jadi ceritanya gara-gara nggak kuat menahan godaan tiket murah, saya kalap beli tiket BDO-KUL. Ya gimana nggak kalap, pulang pergi 312ribu saja sodara-sodara. Karena waktu itu saya belinya bulan September sedangkan flight-nya masih bulan Maret, saya pede bisa ngajak sodara atau temen untuk diajak ngebolang bareng. Tapi nyatanya sampai hari-H saya nggak berhasil dan…
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Singapore Trip: Day 2
Yeay, it’s the 2nd day! Our main agenda was visiting Universal Studios Singapore. We had our breakfast at the hostel. The hostel gives free breakfast until 10 a.m. There were toast, jam, oat, milk, tea, and coffee. After breakfast, we went to Lavender Station. It was around 6.30 a.m and Singapore still so quiet.…