South Korea Pt 15: A Roadtrip in Jeju

What happens when, in a company of three, two possess international driver’s licences — one of whom is an experienced driver, while the other may not be as experienced, but can act as a navigator – while the other one cannot drive, and cannot navigate worth a damn?

Well, this is what happens: the third one – the one who can’t drive and can’t navigate – will stay in the backseat, munching on Meiji dark chocos AND them delish Jeju Hallabongs, while tinkering with a Big Bang-filled tab, and catching some ZZZZ’s in between rides. And not feel at all guilty that the other two in front are doing all the work. Hey, I’ve a legitimate excuse!  Continue reading “South Korea Pt 15: A Roadtrip in Jeju” →

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South Korea Pt 14: Teddy Bear Museum, Jeju Pt 2

Under other circumstances, being surrounded with too many cuddly teddy bears would have been enough to send me gagging and running for the hills. But the presentation of the teddy bears in the Jeju Teddy Bear Museum kept that from happening, thank goodness. Whoever conceptualized this whole thing is a genius!

Picking up from where I left off in the last post, we continue exploring the Teddy Bear Museum. We wrapped up our visit by checking out the Elvis Theater where Elvis (a teddy bear one, of course) held a concert that lasted for about 10 minutes.

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South Korea Pt 13: Teddy Bear Museum, Jeju Pt 1

When I was but a wee kid, I spent most of my time with male cousins so playtime was summed up in four words/phrases: dirt, bruises, toy cars, climbing trees. No dolls, tea sets, or tiaras in sight, and playing dress-up was a foreign concept. As for teddy bears, well… they looked just like any toy made of “rags” to me. As I grew older, however, I finally “deigned to pay attention” to the teddy bear, although I never felt the need to own one. The few I received as presents stayed in an obscure corner of my room, gathering dust, until the son or daughter of a distant cousin or something decides to drop by and I’ll just give them away. (Because, really, these things deserve someone who cares. Or so I’ve been told.)

When a visit to the Teddy Be ar Museum was included in our Jeju itinerary, I thought this might be a way for me to have better appreciation for the doll. Did it happen? Well, scroll down and read on. Continue reading “South Korea Pt 13: Teddy Bear Museum, Jeju Pt 1” →

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Siem Reap ’14 pt 9: Ta Som, Neak Pean, & Preah Khan

We come to the last leg of our Temple Run, covering three temples. You would think by now we’d be fed up with seeing rocks, ruins, stones, and towers. Well, in a way, we were. But that did not mean we appreciated it any less. There’s still so many things to discover at every turn, I doubt anyone could fully explore all of them. For this post, we’ll zero in on Ta Som, Neak Pean, and Preah Khan.

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Siem Reap ’14 pt 8: Pre Rup, Banteay Srei & East Mebon

From some readings and word-of-mouth, I kinda had an idea that Angkor covers quite a large area. After all, it wouldn’t be called the world’s largest archaeological monument for nothing, right? But it was still overwhelming when you’re there and realize the scale of it.

The Grand Tour (or Big Circuit Tour, as some would call it) began with us heading for Banteay Srei. Before that, however, we passed by Pre Rup, or pronounced more often as “Pre Rub”.

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Siem Reap ’14 pt 4: Angkor Thom – Bayon

It’s not everyday that you get to “own” a temple. And an ancient one, at that. Often I escape to my world of make-believe, and this time, I kept telling myself that, yes, Bayon is my temple, since we share the same name, only mine is hyphenated. But that’s ok, because I also conveniently led myself to believe that the Khmer don’t really use hyphens much, so it doesn’t matter. It. Is. Mine. #DreamOn #feelinglang
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