I like their unique designs. Singapore has nice accessories but there's a tendency for designs to look similar. It's like all the buyers in Singapore are friends who have similar tastes and went shopping together in the same places.
Though, by my limited experience in Seoul, I realise that what is so-called "freaking cheap" to me, could actually really be even cheaper. For example, I purchased a top in Migilore, Myeong Dong by bargaining it down to what I thought was a good price. Then about half-an-hour later, walked over to a free-standing store in Myeong Dong and found the same top at an even cheaper price! I almost bought the same top in another colour, but the store is cash-only, so I just bought something else instead (I didn't bring enough cash! <<< *dumbo* Haha!)
I would have bought more accessories if I brought more cash. I also would have bought all the yummy cheap earrings (they have tonnes!!!) if only I didn't have bad allergic reactions to costume jewellery (my ears and cheeks itch, turn red and swell into huge lumps with some metals if I'm not careful).
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Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Accessories from Seoul
I love these accessories I bought in Seoul. They are what you can call FREAKING CHEAP! They are of varying prices but range from S$3 to S$6 each. The quality actually looks quite good for something so cheap. LOL!
I like their unique designs. Singapore has nice accessories but there's a tendency for designs to look similar. It's like all the buyers in Singapore are friends who have similar tastes and went shopping together in the same places.
Though, by my limited experience in Seoul, I realise that what is so-called "freaking cheap" to me, could actually really be even cheaper. For example, I purchased a top in Migilore, Myeong Dong by bargaining it down to what I thought was a good price. Then about half-an-hour later, walked over to a free-standing store in Myeong Dong and found the same top at an even cheaper price! I almost bought the same top in another colour, but the store is cash-only, so I just bought something else instead (I didn't bring enough cash! <<< *dumbo* Haha!)
I would have bought more accessories if I brought more cash. I also would have bought all the yummy cheap earrings (they have tonnes!!!) if only I didn't have bad allergic reactions to costume jewellery (my ears and cheeks itch, turn red and swell into huge lumps with some metals if I'm not careful).
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I like their unique designs. Singapore has nice accessories but there's a tendency for designs to look similar. It's like all the buyers in Singapore are friends who have similar tastes and went shopping together in the same places.
Though, by my limited experience in Seoul, I realise that what is so-called "freaking cheap" to me, could actually really be even cheaper. For example, I purchased a top in Migilore, Myeong Dong by bargaining it down to what I thought was a good price. Then about half-an-hour later, walked over to a free-standing store in Myeong Dong and found the same top at an even cheaper price! I almost bought the same top in another colour, but the store is cash-only, so I just bought something else instead (I didn't bring enough cash! <<< *dumbo* Haha!)
I would have bought more accessories if I brought more cash. I also would have bought all the yummy cheap earrings (they have tonnes!!!) if only I didn't have bad allergic reactions to costume jewellery (my ears and cheeks itch, turn red and swell into huge lumps with some metals if I'm not careful).
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Sunday, 3 May 2009
Seoul Pow Wow & Other Random Stuff
You know sometimes, people make rude comments and you wonder why they say such hurtful things? Especially when you take care not to hurt their feelings or say anything rude to them, even though they live a lifestyle or pursue an activity that is different from yours?
I came to the conclusion that these people are so rude, because I'm really NOTHING to them actually! They really don't think they need to care, spare a thought for my feelings or take time to understand me at all. And so, you know what? If I'm nothing to them, they are also nothing to me.
I've learnt recently that besides letting these remarks go, sometimes, I should just also give it back as good as I get them. Recently, I received some rude comments from some people about my hobbies, just like those random remarks from people who say I am "aunty".
I know now after much self-examination and assurances from friends, that I am not what they say I am. And even if they are right, these people and remarks do not deserve my attention or concern and I don't have to care!
I'm just glad that despite these people I still have good friends who do care and make an effort to understand my point of view, and that is what is most important. And I will only listen to these friends when they say something out of concern for me.
Well, moving on to nicer topics. On one of the days when I was in Seoul, I met up with sweet MiuMiu and beautiful Beauty Addict. It was a lovely day out, even though it was raining, because it was really nice chatting with them.
They brought me to the Makeup Forever counter in Lotte department store. Even though the store is right opposite my hotel, I didn't find the counter! LOL. Thanks to them, I got to try the Makeup Forever eyeliner, which I used that night and then went back to buy more the next day. It's now my go-to eyeliner for tight-lining. Very smooth, very rich, intense and doesn't smudge on me at all. This is my loot!
One thing: No wonder the SA kept asking me if I needed a sharpener. My sharpeners don't work well with the pencils at all!
Miumiu and Beauty Addict also showed me where Kosney was. I walked past it several times but didn't realise it was there, because I saw the big Zara sign and thought it was only Zara there.
I bought a bunch of stuff from Kosney like journals and stickers. I love Alice stuff so much it's not funny. I had been eyeing those journals on Gmarket and I'm glad I got them finally! And stickers which I'm going to use for journaling and scrapbooking. I don't know and don't care if they are not acid-free, haha they are lovely and cheap!
MiuMiu also brought us some gifts. Thank you so much!! I can't wait to try those masks out!
In my hurry to leave the hotel, I forgot to bring my gifts for them! So sorry!
These were the food we ate that day. Yummsss. I tried looking for that mandoo-noodle shop again, but I couldn't find it. I wanted to eat those cold noodles and wanted to try some mandoo too. Maybe next time when I return to Seoul for another visit. Beware of their kimchee though, they are lovely but very very spicy! Which means something because I can eat very spicy things.
Some random hotel talk. I love the views from my hotels during my trip. This is the view from my second stay in Tokyo at Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku. It started to get sunnier and warmer in the last few days of my trip in Tokyo.
I was given the top floor on both of my stays in Tokyo, and the rooms were very clean, well-lit and rather spacious for Japanese business hotel rooms. The non-smoking rooms really had no smoke smells at all and the hotel is directly opposite Takashimaya Square, so I highly recommend it to anyone. It's very close to Shinjuku station, several other subway lines and there's a combini nearby too, to pick up your bottled water and other combini stuff you might need. The hotel also provides coffee at the business centre, free printing, free internet both in the room and at the business centre. :D That are all real plus points for me.
In Seoul, I stayed at Hotel Ibis Myeong Dong. It's directly opposite Lotte department stores. Also, I just walk out and turn left, it's Myeong Dong already! Right outside the hotel are the subway lines 1 & 2. So it's a really convenient hotel. It has free internet in the rooms and free internet at the business centre but I was kind of pissed I had to pay for paper to print my boarding pass after doing internet check-in for my plane tickets. I'd go back there to stay next time too, though it is not as nice as my hotel in Tokyo. There's a public hotbath in the hotel, but I didn't dare use it! LOL.
I know some of you are curious about the stuff I bought during my holiday. I'm slowly taking them out to use them, little by little so rest assured I'll randomly post about some of those items in the next few posts. ^__^
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One thing: No wonder the SA kept asking me if I needed a sharpener. My sharpeners don't work well with the pencils at all!
Miumiu and Beauty Addict also showed me where Kosney was. I walked past it several times but didn't realise it was there, because I saw the big Zara sign and thought it was only Zara there.
I bought a bunch of stuff from Kosney like journals and stickers. I love Alice stuff so much it's not funny. I had been eyeing those journals on Gmarket and I'm glad I got them finally! And stickers which I'm going to use for journaling and scrapbooking. I don't know and don't care if they are not acid-free, haha they are lovely and cheap!
MiuMiu also brought us some gifts. Thank you so much!! I can't wait to try those masks out!
In my hurry to leave the hotel, I forgot to bring my gifts for them! So sorry!
These were the food we ate that day. Yummsss. I tried looking for that mandoo-noodle shop again, but I couldn't find it. I wanted to eat those cold noodles and wanted to try some mandoo too. Maybe next time when I return to Seoul for another visit. Beware of their kimchee though, they are lovely but very very spicy! Which means something because I can eat very spicy things.
Some random hotel talk. I love the views from my hotels during my trip. This is the view from my second stay in Tokyo at Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku. It started to get sunnier and warmer in the last few days of my trip in Tokyo.
I was given the top floor on both of my stays in Tokyo, and the rooms were very clean, well-lit and rather spacious for Japanese business hotel rooms. The non-smoking rooms really had no smoke smells at all and the hotel is directly opposite Takashimaya Square, so I highly recommend it to anyone. It's very close to Shinjuku station, several other subway lines and there's a combini nearby too, to pick up your bottled water and other combini stuff you might need. The hotel also provides coffee at the business centre, free printing, free internet both in the room and at the business centre. :D That are all real plus points for me.
In Seoul, I stayed at Hotel Ibis Myeong Dong. It's directly opposite Lotte department stores. Also, I just walk out and turn left, it's Myeong Dong already! Right outside the hotel are the subway lines 1 & 2. So it's a really convenient hotel. It has free internet in the rooms and free internet at the business centre but I was kind of pissed I had to pay for paper to print my boarding pass after doing internet check-in for my plane tickets. I'd go back there to stay next time too, though it is not as nice as my hotel in Tokyo. There's a public hotbath in the hotel, but I didn't dare use it! LOL.
I know some of you are curious about the stuff I bought during my holiday. I'm slowly taking them out to use them, little by little so rest assured I'll randomly post about some of those items in the next few posts. ^__^
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Friday, 1 May 2009
Random Back-From-Holiday Post
Hiya'll!! I'm home finally!
Spent yesterday unpacking (basically just dumping everything into the cupboards and laundry baskets haha) and lazing at home.
I forgot to buy alot of stuff! I need to plan another holiday hahaha.
One of the things I missed out on buying was a Samantha Thavasa bag! I asked the girl at the shop in Shinjuku and she said she'll reserve the bag at Narita shop for me. It'll save me about a few hundred yen for duty free? But she failed to tell me the shop is at Terminal 2. So, when I arrived at Terminal 1, there was no shop nor bag for me! *SOB*
Fortunately, I bought the wallet. I bought 2, 1 for my mum for Mother's Day (she LOVED it .. keke.) The SA told me it's a design that's sold only in that shop in Tokyo, so it's a good thing! I didn't get the charms I wanted though, because I thought I wanted to look at them at the airport. *SOB again*
My cousin is back in Tokyo/Yokohama now, and will return home soon. Should I ask her to get the Thavasa bag for me? Another few hundred dollars would get me another LV bag though, so maybe I shouldn't, since I always prefer LV anyway. I do want some Thavasa Petite charms though. *Scatterbrain*
I can't post haul photos, it's too daunting haha. So I'll show you some random food I ate (I ate too much to show you everything lol!) I wasn't very diligent with photos on this trip though. I didn't photograph everything I ate nor everything I saw ... but you'll notice, I really love strawberry :p.
(Lalaport Toyosu, Tokyo)
(Myeong Dong, Seoul)
(Tokyo)
(Seoul)
And some random shots from Seoul and Tokyo.
(Seoul, some palace, I forgot the name haha)
(View from my hotel in Myeong Dong, Seoul. That LG sign in the middle? It's actually a huge LCD display that shows ads and tv programmes haha!)
(Tokyo)
I also had a mini "adventure" returning to Tokyo from Seoul. We were on a late night flight and I was stopped for a luggage check. The officer (guy) rummaged through my luggage and at some point, I think he continued looking because he was simply curious about the stuff I bought! He kept asking me, "What's this?" And I in turn reply, "Shampoo," or "face wash" or "makeup". And he said, "Souvenir? So much?" etc. I think initially I was stopped because I fit a profile, "Single female traveller, coming in on a late night flight" but after he looked in my luggage, he was just amazed that I could have bought so much stuff. He must have thought I was smuggling stuff in all the bottles and containers hahahaha!!!
Anyway, when I was returning home, I found my check-in luggage had another kilo or two to spare (before hitting the max allowance) and I heard myself saying, "Oh! I could have bought a few more bottles of this and that!" Hahaha, true blue shopping addict, am I not?
Ok, I'm off for lunch with a couple of old friends! One of them is back here visiting, from Melbourne where she now lives. See ya'll later!!
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(Lalaport Toyosu, Tokyo)
(Myeong Dong, Seoul)
(Tokyo)
(Seoul)
And some random shots from Seoul and Tokyo.
(Seoul, some palace, I forgot the name haha)
(View from my hotel in Myeong Dong, Seoul. That LG sign in the middle? It's actually a huge LCD display that shows ads and tv programmes haha!)
(Tokyo)
I also had a mini "adventure" returning to Tokyo from Seoul. We were on a late night flight and I was stopped for a luggage check. The officer (guy) rummaged through my luggage and at some point, I think he continued looking because he was simply curious about the stuff I bought! He kept asking me, "What's this?" And I in turn reply, "Shampoo," or "face wash" or "makeup". And he said, "Souvenir? So much?" etc. I think initially I was stopped because I fit a profile, "Single female traveller, coming in on a late night flight" but after he looked in my luggage, he was just amazed that I could have bought so much stuff. He must have thought I was smuggling stuff in all the bottles and containers hahahaha!!!
Anyway, when I was returning home, I found my check-in luggage had another kilo or two to spare (before hitting the max allowance) and I heard myself saying, "Oh! I could have bought a few more bottles of this and that!" Hahaha, true blue shopping addict, am I not?
Ok, I'm off for lunch with a couple of old friends! One of them is back here visiting, from Melbourne where she now lives. See ya'll later!!
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