Day 71 in Korea.

Countdown: 44 days.
Currency exchange: SGD 1 to 831 won.
Temperature reading: 8 degree celsius.

No wonder today feels so good to sleep; it's raining man (hallelujah) and it is ultra cold in here. I am freezing my butts off over here and I was late for Movie and Society class. I came late cuz I missed the earlier bus (Hwaam dormitory sucks) and heard lots of murmuring!! Darn it. They are watching a French film with Korean subtitles. Great~! I can't understand both language and throughout the entire 1.5 hours, I just sat down and enjoy the motion pictures. Without fail, the show is filled with sex scenes. The lecturer is a really horny guy!! 3 films I watched in his class are all sex-filled. Gosh. After class, I chiong to Jeonmin-dong for Isaac's MVP Toast and bought myself a Halloween mask, which I will wear for the partay later. There is this new Coffeeteria opening today so I went in and ordered a cuppa caramel Latte. Price is reasonably cheap; 3,300.

So now I return back to school to help setup the haunted maze as sort of like a pre-event appetizer for those who are anticipating the party. Fortunately, I have 3 able-bodied men to work alongside me. Tae Su, Muugii and Farhad. We had a tough time setting up the maze with just plastic thrash bags, but we did it anyway. I ran a little late for Intro to Communication class, but was forgiven when I gave a thorough presentation on the topic given me. As promised to the class, I finished 1 hour early (duh she only gave me 8 slides and how slow can I possible go?). So we were given an early dismissal. Farhad and I rushed back to work on the maze and prepare our costume for the night. My theme was on Scream trilogy, so I had to put on the mask and made my costume out of cheap plastic bags *lol* Cost saving and effective.

The clock hit 7pm and the crowd started coming in through the haunted maze. It was a great turnout; I am quite surprised to see so many students turned up and in their respective costumes. We also screened the movie - The Corpse Bride for them to enjoy since it is Halloween. Time to unwind and get in touch with your wild side. Oops, I saw Hye Ji!! Wah, heart pumping too fast I almost got choked. She came and enjoyed the party too, but as usual, I am too shy to talk to her. Oh I forgot to mention that the ICU Mixer Club agreed to help us out with the party by providing booze (of course it ain't free cuz they have to buy the drinks and stuffs). I had a cup of screwdriver + white Russian. They mix pretty well and they gave us a performance with liquor flame art. Impressive.

San-In entered the Pumpkin craving contest and his group got 2nd. Australian Outback Voucher worth USD $100!! What the?? The event spans from 7pm all the way till 12 midnight. It was really fun and interactive, but the cleaning up is definitely not fun @ all. It took us an hour to finish clearing up all the rubbish and dirt!! The SAFE club president then took us (the helpers) out to Dasarang in Jeonmin-dong for a sumptuous supper treat with Hite beer. We talked and laughed and played silly games and drink ourselves to the fullest. Finally, I am back in my dormitory showered, cleaned up and ready to hit the sack.

This has gotta be the most fruitful day in my entire period in ICU. I am so gonna miss SAFE meetings.

Day 70 in Korea.

Countdown: 45 days.
Currency exchange: SGD 1 to 991 won.
Temperature reading: 7 degree celsius.

Thursday is siong day for me. Game Theory in the morning, followed by Computer Animation in the noon and evening time. Wah, cui. Today for Game Theory, we going through chapter 8 - Mixed Strategies II in Simultaneous Move Games. This course is really good because it helps me to analyze economic situations, as well as many other scenarios where I could employ weighted probability average to second guess my competitors and to measure my payoff against theirs. Of course, to speak in such term is too simplified, much information would still be required to make sound analysis. This is so exciting. I never felt more interested in class than this before. After class, I went for lunch with Emily, Melodie and Anne. I forgotten my lunch appointment with UnI peepz. Darn. We went for SAFE meeting after lunch and we had to complete our work plan for tomorrow halloween party. We will be joined by the ICU Cocktail Club to host the party in school. I am gonna do the planning of the entrance maze. Time for some trick or treat!!

Then it was Computer Animation class and we went through some Advanced Modelling Technique. I was given a little present cuz I scored well for the so-called "Golden Bell" quiz in class last week. First time I am feeling so smart. The animations that the lecturer showed us was amazing. A simple fractal could be utilized to make some much complex stuffs for modeling. Awesome!!

Divyan wanted me to play guitar for ICF, so I agreed to help him out. It was a great session but I had to leave early for dinner and then my Computer Animation lab. Woohoo, today we learnt how to make fire, explosion, smoke effect, fireworks etc. I am gonna need them for my final project on bomber man. So far, things are looking good for me. I need to keep my work consistent and I will be back to Singapore soon before I know it. I really miss the food, my friends and family. Coming to a strange land with loads of strange people makes me feel ultra strange. I wanna come home to sunny Singapore!!

Day 69 in Korea.

Countdown: 46 days.
Currency exchange: SGD 1 to 972 won.
Temperature reading: 7 degree celsius.

Today I got 2 calls in the morning - one from Emma and the other from Emily. Emma called me to asked if I can find the other French ladies cuz Melodie is sick and she needs her insurance number. Wah!! Sounds serious but I am in my room and they probably be in school and I don't have their number. How to contact them? So I told her I will call her if I have any lead. Emily called to tell me that we had to postpone lunch to next week cuz she needs to go fix her phone, so it is good news for me. Time to sleep!!

At about 1:30pm...

I woke up finally and went to Jeonmin-dong for Vero Espresso + Isaac's Toast. Hmm a warm and tasy lunch before I kick start the day. Since today is my free day, I shall do some catching up for my Game Theory lecture cuz I didn't really understand the concepts the lecturer went through yesterday. Time flies when you are revising and before I knew it, it is already 4pm. I got changed and head onto the field for soccer game. Today was quite fun cuz we managed to do more one touch passing and down-the-flank attack/crossing. That went on to about 6pm before we call it a day. I went back to computer room to wait for San-In and we went to Cafeteria for dinner with Steve and Yong Han. We were discussing on a plan to go to Seoul some time soon and visit Appujeong (the place flooded with pretty girls; mostly plastic I heard). After dinner, I chill out with San-In @ the Munji dormitory to play table tennis.

We left the place @ 8pm and I am back here in the computer room chilling, rotting and slacking!! Time for Heroes action - http://www.sidereel.com/Heroes/_watchlinkviewer/20777#

Day 68 in Korea

Countdown: 47 days.

Currency exchange: SGD 1 to won.

Temperature reading: 7 degree celsius.

*uGh* what a tiring day. I think my biological clock is constantly changing and sometimes I can sleep early, but other days, I just can't sleep till wee hours in the morning. I slept @ 4am and woke up @ 9:50am. Uber shagged and tired and fatigue is kicking in. I reached school @ 10:20am and bought myself a cup of coffee before attending Game Theory. We received our quiz result and shite~ I got 20 out of 100 points. Ultimate cui~

I went for lunch with Anne and Emilie in the cafeteria and discussed about our results and all of us are worried stiff. After lunch, I went to chill out @ my favourite hangout spot in school - the computer room. I spoke with this classmate that I haven't even spoke with since the start of our multimedia class till now and I only realized last Friday that he is also in my Movie and Soc class. His name is Paul Han. He looks a little metrosexual so girls definitely would like him alot. I met his friend Joo Yan, who is, in my honest opinion, a little too HOT to be an engineering student. We spoke a little about Seoul and its major shopping places cuz both of them are originally from Seoul. They recommended me some places to go to catch nice clothings and young ladies *lol*

Then, I went for the most boring and my last lecture for the day - Intro to Multimedia. The guy is a mumble fumble (he talks as though he is talking to himself). Darn! The lecture was supposed to be 1.5 hour but this incredible dude took 1 hour to explain JPEG Compression till everyone wanna koon already. He finally stopped the class in 1 hour time and let us have an early dismissal. So I went back to computer room to read up on the Game Theory lecture cuz a little chim and I want to try to understand it so I won't have difficulty for my final exam.

San-In came @ 6pm as usual and we head over to the cafeteria for dinner. Song Jin and Ha Mok joined us shortly after and we chit chatted a little, destress and joke about Chong Tak Chong (poor dude). I parted ways with them @ the pyramid and went off to buy my oreo ice cream. Now I am back in the computer room chilling and slacking and maybe, I will watch We Got Married Episode 29 now.

*YAWNZ*

Day 67 in Korea.

Countdown: 48 days.
Currency exchange: SGD 1 to 954 won.
Temperature reading: .

Yet another boring start to the new week. I woke up @ 4pm today and missed my morning soccer training due to my late night watching Liverpool beat Chelski and Arsenal munching on some West Ham.

I came to school to do up my class presentation for this Friday's Intro to Communication lecture. I am supposed to lead the class discussion as part of my final assessment. Hmm, 6pm came and I had dinner with San-In. He told me I could crash his place if I wanna head over to Seoul so I guess it is good news for me. Man, I am back to all these mugging stuffs again. Argh! Gonna quit em' now and chill with the dvd I rented - Step Up (featuring Mario Winans).

Laters~

Day 66 in Korea.

Countdown: 49 days.
Currency exchange: SGD 1 to 946 won.
Temperature reading: 13 degree celsius.

Sunday morning is a good day to go to church, especially since I am playing for the praise team for the first time ever and for the first time ever, Divyan is late *lol* We had a really good time in church and there is this backup singer, Jinny Park. She looks pleasant and I kinda glanced at her half the time, but she looks a little too old for me *sulks* Anyway, I managed to shake her hands before she left. Hmm, then I went over to Sanette's house (a South African lady) to help her fix her iBook G4 since I am supposed to the computer whiz but it seems like something is wrong with her hard disk so I don't dare to go anything beyond the surface. I left shortly after to E Mart where I had Popeye chicken for lunch *yum yum* I proceeded to the Galleria to shop for a nice thin layer jumper, as well as a cardigan. Just then, I met Sekwon, my Movie and Society classmate whom I alway see in school but never really spoke to. He invited me to have coffee with him @ Beans and Pieces, level 9. We have some friendly discussion on Singaporean and Korean cultures + a little men talk on women (like what's new right?). We head off to shop for Sekwon's 2000 days anniversary present for his girlfriend. I bet all you SG girls would be so jealous when you hear this - he bought a USD 300 tall boots for his gf + a couple sweater from Tate + flower delivery service + anniversary card!! This dude spent roughly about USD 500 just for the event!! Easily put Singaporean guys to shame.

We took bus 750 back to ICU and on the way, we are surrounded by tonnes upon tonnes of pretty girls (but sorry guys, they are ultra minors). I can't believe how Korean girls can look so beautifully mature @ such tender age? It is almost unbelievable. Anyway, I am back to ICU now and I am gonna watch Chelsea and Liverpool fight it out later. Arsenal FTW!!

Day 65 in Korea.

Countdown: 50 days.
Exchange rate: SGD 1 to 946 won.
Temperature reading: 9 degree celsius.

Iis finally the weekend and temperature is hitting below 9 degrees in the night. Today, I followed Divyan to this international event @ the Daejeon convention hall where there are cultural performances, different food stalls for all the international delicacies, accessories stall and used clothing sections for those who wanna get bang-for-bucks kind of winter wear and fashion apparels. I volunteered to help the Sae Ro Nam church sell hot dog buns since I got nothing much to do and 3 Korean ladies commented that I look handsome!!! *LOL* I know it is lil BHB and I refuted them, but I can sense my head exploding already. I didn't know that hot dog buns are the favourites of the locals and within half an hour, we cleared all the stock we have. Awesome. I had some time to roam about and so I went stall-hopping and ate my share of foodies and look @ some of the winter clothing. Nothing very fanciful though, so as I was walking back in the direction of the stall, I met Natasha, an Indonesian girl who is attending the same church as me. We chatted a little and I told her that I wanted to grab a trench coat (if there is any) but there isn't, so she suggested we go to Lotte Departmental Store and see cuz they got loads of stuffs there. We went there by the subway train and there it is, another whole new world waiting to be discover - Yong Mun (pronounced as Long Wen in Chinese *it is written on the wall*). I ate this pastry that looks like peanut cake on the outside, but there is an egg inside. Incredible and delicious. The whole entire place is like Galleria, but a little smaller and less poshier, but the usual stuffs are there. We went to the 8th storey - young plaza and started scouting for the trenchcoat. However, the price are crazy, so instead of getting a trenchcoat, I fixed my eyes upon a slim fit jeans in UniQlo (some Japanese brand). I tried, satisfied, requested for alteration and collected it 2 hours later. During that 2 hours, I had coffee with Natasha at Angel-in-us coffee place right across the street. Hmm, from the conversation, I learnt that she had been to Singapore before, so it is easy to talk to her about stuffs back home and she plans to come to NUS for graduate programme.

When we are done, I went back to UniQlo to collect my jeans before we head back to Dunsan-dong by subway. There we had duc-khal-be (again) at a different stall and it tasted great as well. The usual Bok-geum-bap right after we finish whacking the duc-khal-be. Then, being a gentlemen, I walked her to the entrance of station before heading to the nearest bus stop to hail a bus back to ICU. What a wonderful day.

Time to go back and watch EPL action. See you guys.