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December 1, 2019

[ Korea ] 济州岛 x 首尔蜜月旅 . 行前准备篇 | Korea Trip Preparation



在筹备婚礼的时候我们也决定了蜜月旅行要去韩国,很多人都会选择去欧美国家蜜月旅行,但我们就觉得韩国很适合我俩;
而且济州岛本来就是一个非常适合蜜月的地方啊,也许是默契,我们当时一起说出的国家就是韩国了!
本来我们是打算要顺道去釜山,但过后又觉得行程上有点赶,所以就只好先放弃釜山了,来个深度游玩首尔和济州岛吧。

在还没有分享总行程或攻略之前,让我先来分享行前我们怎么安排这趟旅游的吧。


| 机票 . F L I G H T |
摈城  首尔(仁川国际机场)
因为每一年五月Cathay Pacific(国泰航空)都会有优惠,所以我们本来是想要等五月才买飞往首尔的机票,
结果王先生的同事通知我们Singapore Airline(新加坡航空)也有优惠噢,票价跟国泰的差不远而且抵达首尔的时间更美!
当下直接决定购买机票,反正我们也没搭乘过新航;加了手续费一个人的来回机票是RM1519。
这价格是包括转机到新加坡的,而且还包括了30KG的寄舱行李和飞机餐,个人觉得这个票价真的真的很值得!

首尔(金浦国际机场) ► 济州岛
要从首尔去济州岛的方法有很多,最容易的就是搭乘国内飞机啦,一天共有不少于100趟的航班飞往济州岛。
Asiana Airlines | Eastar Jet | T'way Air | Jeju Air | Air Busan
这些都是可以飞往济州岛的航空公司,可以对比了价格再来决定购买哪一家的机票噢,在Skyscanner做对比是最方便的了。
我们是在出发前五个月买票的,当时Asiana Airlines的票价是最便宜的,来回一个人是KRW 91,000(大约RM323)。
寄舱行李有20KG,大致上是足够的,所以这里建议大家去了济州岛才回去首尔扫货。


| 住宿 . A C C O M M O D A T I O N |
住宿方面,我们本来是想说住饭店的,但后来对比价格后我们就决定在Airbnb找住宿会比较便宜,把那钱花在吃或玩比较好。
济州岛主要分了两个比较热闹的部分 - 济州市中心和西归浦;为了省时间我们在济州岛就住了两个地方。
而首尔呢我们就决定只待在一个地方,首尔有几个热门的地方,我就觉得弘大地区是非常适合年轻人的,这地方很热闹。
这里想要注明一下的是,如果在Airbnb里看到里头有写说他们提供Dryer,在韩国这绝对不是代表烘干机噢,
而是他们是有提供让你们晾衣服的架子,哈哈哈!

济州岛 - 济州市中心
因为我们在济州岛是自驾的,所以住宿我觉得一定要有停车位,本来想选靠海的Airbnb但价格不便宜,我们就作罢。
我们找到了StayN的住宿,是在Stay 290 Residence,缺点就是他们没有电话号码,所以很难用车子的导航找到定位。
如果你是搭乘巴士到这里,他们会教你搭乘什么号码的巴士,再怎么走到这个地方,是蛮方便的。
还好我们车子除了用电话号码来定位,也可以直接用地方名字或地址来定位,所以就不会有太大的问题。
这住宿比较小一间,但该有的还是有,只是你就不能把行李都摊开来放,不然就没有位子了。
这里的停车位除了大楼前的几个位子,他们还有底下停车库,超方便的,但停车库只能停小辆的车子,这点要注意噢!
住宿链接可以点这里

济州岛 - 西归浦
我们无意间在Airbnb里找到了Pino Hotel这家饭店,看了照片就直接决定租这家饭店了。
到了那里发现到它的地理位置非常好啊,离西归浦的旅游景点非常近,而且那附近还有很多家餐厅,是在很热闹的市区。
饭店里偏离了主要道路,所以不会很吵;最棒的地方就是从我们的露台可以直接看到大海啊,CP值很高!
饭店里该有的它也有,又很干净,算是无可挑剔的饭店了,重点是饭店对面就有一家小七店。
我是很推荐这家饭店啊,而且柜台人员的英文不错噢,有什么问题都可以帮我们解决。
住宿链接可以点这里

首尔 - 弘大区
弘大满满都是Airbnb啊,要文青风,摩登风,zakka风什么都有啊,要选一家真的蛮困难的。
我们也考虑了好几个地方才决定要住在James的住宿,因为他的住客评语非常好,全都说地点非常好,又方便。
到了之后,我们就明白为什么大家都这么说了。从弘大站一号出口一出来,左转走10-15步就到住宿大厦了,何等方便。
弘大站呢不是每个出口都有手扶电梯的,一号出口刚好就有了,领着大行李都不用担心啊。
虽然这栋大厦看起来是有点年纪了,但James的家真的什么都有啊,连电脑,打印机,直板夹,WiFi Egg都有啊!
住宿链接可以点这里


| 国际驾照 . I N T E R N A T I O N A L   D R I V I N G   L I C E N S E |
济州岛的交通有几种:出租车,巴士和自驾;如果要比较方便当然就是自驾咯,时间方面可以自行安排嘛。
既然要自驾就一定要申请国际驾照,在网上租借车子的时候也要输入国际驾照的号码。
在马来西亚申请国际驾照其实很简单,只需要携带以下的证件到JPJ,填个表格再付RM150就可以拿到国际驾照了:
1. 驾照和一份副本(前后双面)
2. 身份证和一份副本(前后双面)
3. 一张护照照片(要贴在国际驾照上的)
4. 填写好了的JPJ L1表格(可以点击这里下载表格)
付钱后再等一下(大约15-20分钟)就可以拿到国际驾照了,非常简单;这驾照的有效期限只有一年。


| 租借车子 . C A R   R E N T A L |
看了很多攻略,Lotte Rent-A-Car的评论是最好的,所以我们直接决定跟他们租借车子。
要租车的朋友们记得要先登记成为会员,因为会员可以享有回扣配套,价格是跟非会员的差很多噢~
可以在出发前三个月开始在网站租借理想的车子,过后可以选择要直接付款或是过后付款。
因为只有我们两个人,所以我们租借的车款是Kia Morning(就是我们这里的Kia Picanto),小巧可爱,停车又方便!
在租车的时候记得注明说要英语的导航噢,个人觉得会比较方便。
在这里要导航是要用电话号码的,可有些地方就不会有电话号码,还好我们车子的导航也可以直接输入地方名字。
在租车的时候,他们是给你满油的车子,所以在归还车子的时候也需要打满油噢,车子中心的附近就有家油站,不用担心。


| 租借WiFi . W I F I   R E N T A L |
做了些功课发现如果在韩国买无限量上网的电话卡其实没有特别便宜,电话卡有效期又没有我们要的天数。
购买两张电话卡的价格其实可以去租借WiFi分享器了,而且还更便宜。
我们最后决定跟Roaming Man租借WiFi分享器,我们是在要出发的前一个月才在网上租借的。
如果你是在KL出发的话,Roaming Man是非常方便的,直接在机场就可以提取WiFi分享器(KLIA和KLIA2都有柜台噢)。
Roaming Man目前为止也有提供递送服务到槟城柔佛,我们就是在出发前几天收到的,
而且在包裹里还会附上回邮费,最重要的是只要你是大马公民,他们都不会跟你们收取抵押金,是不是很贴心呢?
旅游后,可以根据包裹里的回邮指示联络递送公司就可以了,整个过程都非常容易。


| 韩国观光公社免费赠品 . F R E E B I E S   F R O M   K O R E A   T O U R I S M   O R G A N I Z A T I O N |

其实韩国观光公社(KTO)每一年都有在送出各种优惠券给即将出发到韩国游玩的大马公民,其中还包括了T-Money卡。
要领取Discover Korea Your Way的优惠本(每一年会有一本)其实很简单,这里就简单教学一下吧:
1. 通过KTO的网站(链接点这里)免费注册成为Kaki Korea Club的会员(要注册点击这里
2. 在KTO网站选择想领取的优惠本(链接点这里)然后完成里头的Survey Form
3. 上载你们购买的机票证明后就可以拿到领取优惠本的Survey Code啦,一个Survey Code只可以领取一本优惠本噢
4. 可以通过亲自上门或者邮寄的方式来领取优惠本
我们是透过邮寄方式来领取优惠本的,你需要把邮件地址,Kaki Korea Club会员号码和Survey Code的资料写在一张纸上,
准备一张身份证副本还有快递回邮信封寄到以下的地址就可以了:
Korea Plaza
Ground Floor, Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur.

这是我们收到的优惠本(我们领取了两本),优惠本里头满满都是不同地区的优惠券,还给了一张T-Money卡。
除了优惠本,KTO还给了我们一本韩国旅游指南还有韩国旅游地图(英文华语各一份)。
我们其实是看中了他们送的T-Money卡才去申请的,这样我们就不需要另外购买了,优惠券呢我们也有用了几张。


| 推荐旅游软件 . R E C O M M E N D E D   A P P S |

我们需要自己计划要怎么游玩济州岛和首尔,所以就下载了几个个人觉得还不错的旅游APP,有了它们真的完全没烦恼啊!

1. Google Translate
其实在韩国沟通问题不算大,服务员会说简单的英语,有些服务员还是中国人呢,华语也是没问题的。
但有些餐厅呢还是只有韩语的菜单,要求服务员一一跟你介绍也不对,这时用Google Translate就不成问题了!
我们可以使用拍照的方式将我们看不懂的韩语拍下来直接做翻译,非常方便噢。

2. KakaoMap
来到韩国你会觉得我们的Google Map变得很不好用,自驾游还是步行什么的Google Map直接跟你说:去不到!
所以我们就下载了KakaoMap,这是专门做给韩国人的地图,所以指示都非常精准。
除了KakaoMap,韩国还有Naver Map,但个人觉得KakaoMap比较好用;有时我们车子的导航不给力,我们也直接用APP的。

3. 韩国地铁
一开始还不习惯首尔的地铁图时会觉得很乱,所以我们就下载了这个APP。
这个APP很好用,只要输入起点和终点,它直接就配置路线,教你如何搭乘地铁,用时多少,价格多少,如何换站。
但这个APP就只有华语和韩文,但不是每个地铁站都会有华语的,只有几个比较著名的地铁站才会有。

4. Subway Korea
就因为韩国地铁没有英文,所以就下载了这个APP,完全就只有英文的,所以两个APP可以一起看。
这个APP也是一样会告知你要搭乘的地铁资料,更好的是还会跟你说这一站的地铁门是左边或右边开启的,还蛮方便的。

这大约就是我们的行前准备,其他的好像气候啊,交通什么的都很容易在网上找到,所以就不讲解咯。
过后就要开始分享我们在济州岛和首尔的行程了,敬请期待吧!
注:本来以为会拍很多的照片,结果还是一样爽就拍,不爽就不拍,所以可能有些天的行程分享可能会比较短噢~



August 11, 2019

[ Penang ] WhatSaeb Boat Noodles @ Carnavon Street

We knew about this little Thai restaurant long ago but only managed to pay a visit recently, better late than never right?
WhatSaeb Boat Noodles re-inventing the traditional small dish serving on boat to a normal size noodle,
other than their signature boat noodles, they do serve a series of tantalising Thai dishes, which we are more interested with.
For filling meal, WhatSaeb provide a series of scrumptious noodles and rice set, you can even order their snacks for sharing.
One dish that we couldn't find from the menu is Tom Yam, it will be perfect if they include it in the menu.
Cha Khiew Nom Green Tea with milk | RM5.80 (regular) . Cha Yen Thai Milk Tea | RM5.80 (regular)
Thai milk tea is what you need to order whenever you are in a Thai restaurant,
both of the drink that we ordered are up to our liking, the milk tea is so thick, you can still get the taste even the ice melted. 
Green Curry Fried Rice | RM15.80
This green curry fried rice is one of their signature, and all rice set comes with omelette.
WhatSaeb indicates this under spicy category, I feel that the taste is just nice, not spicy; and you can get a lot of chicken cubes.
However the portion is rather small, but if you order some snacks together, this will be quite filling after-all.
Pad Kana Moo Krob Crispy Pork with Gai Lan | RM13.80
We always feel that the Thai style Gai Lan is way better than our Chinese style Gai Lan,
so we ordered one of the set rice with Gai Lan that cooked with crispy pork and we really like this dish to the max.
Although it is just a simple dish, it can tackle your taste-buds to the max.
Moo Krob Crispy Pork Platter | RM14.80
We always can't get enough crispy pork, so we ordered one of their signature snack, the pork platter.
Other than the crispy pork, they even give some fried pork skin in this platter!
Overall this is quite good, it will be even better if they can cut the crispy pork in smaller size, easier for us to chew.
The chili sauce is another plus point that enhance the taste of the crispy pork.
Deep Fried Moo Bing Grilled Pork | RM13.80
Moo Bing is made from succulent of pork meat with whole piece fat that skewered together and grilled on top of hot coals.
But I don't really like the big piece of fat that skewered together, I feel that it's too greasy to finish it.
The Moo Bing that served in WhatSaeb is different, you can't find the big piece of fat yet the pork meat is still so juicy!
I can eat a lot of these, just take all my money and serve me more, laugh

WhatSaeb Boat Noodles
Location: 173, Lebuh Carnavon, 10100 Gerogetown, Penang.
Business Hours: 12pm - 10pm, Closed on Tuesday
Contact Number: +6012-555 2033




July 27, 2019

[ Penang ] Birthday Celebration @ Hanjan Eatery Soju Bar

We went quite a lot of places before and after our wedding, I guess it is time to share some of them.
We always love Korean food, or I should say I'm the one who influence Mr.Ong, and we decided to explore new Korean restaurant during my birthday; a place which is nothing like other Korean restaurants. 
So we were here in Hanjan Eatery Soju Bar, unlike other Korean restaurants, this place is grandeur!
Once you step into the restaurant, you will see a wall with display of alcohols on your right, some murals on the other walls.
They offer a variety of alcohol including soju, more like a bar to me instead of Korean restaurant.
The drink menus are more extensive than the food menu, still you will get an array of Korean dishes in the menu. 
Flavored Soju | RM32
Our first time to try soju, we went for flavored soju as we thought the original soju might be too harsh for us.
They have only 2 flavored soju during our visit - Apple and Citrus, we chose the former one.
It only have 12% of alcohol content, and it has a very smooth taste, I kind of like it, it tastes better than beer! 
Jogae | RM22
We called it our starter, clams in soju, cooked together with some chilies and garlic, sprinkled with scallion.
We always love to eat clams, this is really up to our liking as the clams that they served is fresh and not overcooked.
Don't leave the dish aside when you finished the clams, you can actually drink the 'soju soup'.
Pajeon | RM18
Kimchi pancake is a must whenever we visit a Korean restaurant, it is the simplest dish among all.
We ordered one to share, the portion is quite petite compare to others, we feel that it is a little greasy but the taste is good!
Japchae | RM22
Mr.Ong's all time favorite among all the Korean dishes, that's why he couldn't miss the chance not to order this.
Normally I don't really fancy about this dish, but Hanjan changed my mind, this is quite good though,
you can taste the strong sesame oil in this dish, but it's not greasy at all, and they even sprinkle lots of fried shallots on top!
Meat Platter (for 2) | RM50
You will get to try 4 types of meat for this - pork belly, pork trotter, spicy Korean fried chicken and donkatsu.
Among all these, I thought I wouldn't like the pork trotter, but end up I feel that it's quite good with the sauce together.
This dish is definitely a perfect match with soju! 

Hanjan Eatery Soju Bar
Location: 56, Lebuh Campbell, 10200 Georgetown, Penang.
Business Hours: 11am - 1am, Closed on Monday
Contact Number: +6013-4570218 



May 31, 2019

♥ Our Wedding Day ♥

Now it's time to write about our wedding day, it's gonna be a lengthy post with all the photos I'm about to share.
At the end of this post, I'll list down the details of services we got on our wedding day.
We didn't go and compare with other services, we engaged the one we prefer and pricing was within our budget,
then we decided to get their services on our wedding, pretty easy right? Read on!

| M O R N I N G   C E R E M O N Y   &   L U N C H E O N |
We wanted to have morning ceremony, luncheon and dinner on the same day, yeah very rush we knew about it,
so we had everything done on the same venue for morning ceremony and luncheon, which is at E&O Hotel and we nailed it.
Everything went smoothly according to what we had planned, but we didn't stay long for our luncheon;
half way through the lunch, we departed to our dinner place to prepare for the next round.

| W E D D I N G   R E C E P T I O N |
Of so many garden wedding venues that available in Penang island, we decided to have ours at Botanica Mansion.
It is manage by JT group, our buffet dinner was also prepared by them, all of our guests commented that the food was good!
They prepared a room for us, so that we were able to get some rest and make up done before the dinner.
Many couples did their wedding ceremony and reception on the same place, we didn't make it as we were short of time.
Overall, it was a good night but we never expect the weather was killing hot that night.

| M A K E   U P   &   H A I R   D O   A R T I S T |
Every girl wants to look pretty on their wedding day, so looking for a good MUA is very important.
I'm glad that I found Wenxy from Xynderella Makeup Studio, she has a group of students, but I appointed her to be my MUA.
Before my wedding day, she liaised with me on the details: wedding gowns, hair color and preferable styles.
I do not have much request, so I just let her decide everything and she did a good job!
The hairstyle and make up on my wedding day suit me very well, for both morning ceremony and reception time.
She is such a lovely lady and we talked a lot, too bad I don't have a proper photo with her.

| E M C E E |
We did not hire any emcee or 送嫁娘 during morning ceremony, we go through everything ourselves since it was quite simple.
For reception, we thought that emcee is a must to drive the atmosphere else it will be quite boring.
Our emcee during that night was Henrrey Pang, he is another guy that fun to work with, and he did a good job that night too!
We wanted a simple reception flow, he was the one suggested the flow and game; we met him before wedding day to go through everything and brief him on how we first met, he then told the story to our guests before we march in.

| L I V E   B A N D |
A wedding reception is not complete without music, we had Phenomenon Entertainment & Event to do the job.
They have many teams under the company, depending on what style of music you prefer, then they will recommend accordingly.
We feel that jazz music (especially English songs) goes well with garden wedding,
so we chose 3pcs band from Phenomenon Band and the singers are Adam, Suzanne & one of their saxophonist.
Their voice is so good and soothing, towards the end of the dinner, they even sang the song I requested, without extra charges.

| W E D D I N G   D E C O R A T I O N |
When we decided to have garden wedding, we already expected to spare some budget on decoration.
Mr.Ong surveyed some event planners and we decided to get the wedding service or decoration from What A Bash.
If you are lazy to settle everything by your own, they can help you with that, of course with charges,
with our budget, we only get their services on overall decoration, reception & photo corner and infrastructure setup.
The team went through everything with us before the event to make sure the style or design is what we wanted,
we really in love with the decoration that did by What A Bash!

| P H O T O G R A P H Y |
I didn't get bored viewing all the photos that captured by Snap By Three on our wedding day repeatedly.
Our photographers were Junor and Charissa, thanks to both of them that captured so many memorable photos for us.
I really love the color tone of these photos, very warm and 'real' I would say, don't you think so?
What make me loves them more is the way they passed us the photos; they printed some of the photos for us, together with thumb drive (all soft copies) and packaged them in a customized box! I always in love with this kind of pretty thing.

" What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that's gone forever, impossible to reproduce "
- Karl Lagerfeld -

I think I have everything cover in this post, thanks to all the loves or wishes we get from our family, relatives and friends!
Here is the list of services we got during our wedding day, click the link to view their page or website.

Wedding Ceremony's Venue: Eastern & Oriental Hotel
Wedding Reception's Venue: Botanica Mansion
Wedding Gown & Suit: Winter December Bridal
Make Up & Hair Do Artist: Wenxy Xynderella Makeup Studio
Emcee: Henrrey Pang
Live Band: Phenomenon Entertainment & Event
Wedding Decoration: What A Bash
Photography: Snap By Three