When in Seoul part 3

Hi guys,

as promised this post will be more vibrant.

Day 3. and I called it 'Wearing Hanbok Day'.

We went to two stops; Gyeongbokgung Palace and Bukchon Hanok Village.

We rent our hanbok at a place called Best Hanbok. I already lupa berapa $$. but we rent until 5:30pm and it was still affordable.

at Gyeongbokgung Palace you can visit the area outside for free. To enter the palace ground, you must pay an entrance fee. but if you wear Hanbok, you can enter for free.

We took so many pictures OR my friend took many pictures of me. LOL of course I took picture of her too but towards the end she was too cold to bother. but we still had so many pictures!

Lemme share some:

ALL MY DONG YI FEELS CAME TRUE!

I realized that in most pictures we weren't photobombed much. I think it was becoz people don't really go far into the palace like we did. So, it was nice taking picture when you go further inside the palace area. Yes, the area was so big that we didn't realize we were there for four hours.

Thus, on to the next stop.

We took the subway to Bukchon Hanok Village.

Ok, if you've been following my blog since forever, you know the reason behind wanting to visit this area.
That's right, SuJu 's Attack On The Pin-Up Boys movie.

This place was actually an actual residential area so signs like below was put up.

and this place were more crowded than at the palace. So, photobomed a lot but that can't be helped.

I like the surrounding area. I really like the traditional design. basically, I'm just a suckers for traditional feels.

Enjoy some of these photos:

 I mean, oops. 🤭

After Bukchon, we went back to Gyeongbukgung to return our hanbok.

the under ground was design to fit the atmosphere too.

I love it!

When we finished, we went looking for late lunch and dinner, Halal Kitchen.
and on the way there pun so much things to take picture of. I guess I was that kind of tourist. 

 Klinik Gigi. I don't know why I find this so amusing. 😆

this was the stairs to the restaurant. the restaurant is to the right after that first set of stairs.

I thought I took picture of the owner. rupanya inda. He looked like Siwon. and he is Korean Muslim. 

 A picture of the owner on the wall. I must be really tired to not even bother standing up or even zooming in for the picture. 

the view from our seat.

I took this food picture becoz he asked me too. His exact question was "Aren't you going to take picture?" LOL like, sir, aku kan enjoy my food saja ni. LOL

It was night time when we left his restaurant.

and we actually got lost. LOL and ended up going around the Gyeongbokgung Palace gates before we finally found a lift that would lead us to the underground subs. 

It's not an Az Nuur travel if she didn't get lost. LOL

but as always, tiring but worth it. 10/10

Yes, many pictures this time around. These photos are still on my phone.

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Guys, I was right, I'm going to be doing 5 parts for this. I have two more post to go.

I see then.

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Kdrama

Continuing on from my appreciation post towards Free Video

I would like to share my new kdrama that I just downloaded to my phone

The Flower in Prison

I do not know whose in it by name. I do recognize a few faces from other historical kdrama; Dong Yi and Horse Doctor to name a few. but still have no idea who the lead characters are.

Also have no idea what the story's gonna be about but from the first two episodes, I am intrigue!

right now, this drama is up to episode 13.

I downloaded them from the one and only dramacool.to with Eng Sub!

I know from DOTS, that there are other website which provides new kdrama with eng sub too. tapi lupa ku namanya. dramacool saja yg ku ingat. hehe

I forgot how I come across this drama in the first place.

I know i found it while i was busy browsing for things to download using the Clip Converter. hahaha lain yg kan di download, lain yg ku jumpa. typical.

best accidentally came across moment ever!

I don't know when the next episode will be uploaded. I guess, I have to check dramacool often.

I am darn sleepy at the moment, I should probably sleep but being me, I need to search for website yg masih ada provide uploads for DongYi. coz I love DongYi. best kdrama E.VER!

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Spare Time

I bet you don't know that in my spare time,
I sometimes listen to documentaries on youtube.
I said 'listen' becoz that's what I normally do when I played a documentary video on youtube. Played the video, ignore the moving video and just listened to the audio.

this habit of playing documentary videos from youtube came when I was dead bored with the songs I have on my phone.

I've watched many documentaries including British Royal's jewelries, first and last Emperor of China, the Pharaohs, the Last Tsar of Russia, and most recent, French Revolution.

the most interesting videos I've ever watched were the eight episodes documentary named The Romanovs, the History of the Russian Dynasty. 



the above video is the trailer. you can click here for the first episode if you're interested.

I read somewhere in the comment box that this documentary have a Russian version. someone commented that once you finish the English version, you should watch the Russian version with Eng Sub. I haven't got the 'rajin-ness' to do that. since, you know, I mostly listen to this documentaries and its not convenient for me to be reading subtitles especially when I'm at work.

I don't know what I gained from listening to these documentaries. It's not like I'm going to sit in an exam for the Romanovs History. 

but I did learn some thing interesting.
this Russian royals kehabisan membagi nama to their anak2
and most females who converted to the Russian orthodox also so malas to pick new names.

example:
Alexander - there were 3 Alexander(s) that ruled Russia
Nicholas - there were 2 including the Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas the Second
Peter -  there were 3 including Peter (i) the Great.

there were also many Alexandra(s), Maria(s), Catherine(s), Olga(s), Anna(s)

apparently Alexander is for male and Alexandra is for female. See how lazy these name are??

here's another example of 'Kehabisan Nama':
Paul I sons - Alexander (i), Constantine, Nicholas (i)
Nicholas I sons - Alexander (ii), Constantine, Nicholas, Michael
Alexander II sons - Alexander (iii), Sergui, Paul, Vladamir Ok fine, this one is a bit original
Alexander III sons - Nicholas (ii), Michael

Maybe to them these are the names of the royals. you know, like the British royals with the name George.
I don't know.
Maybe its all the names they know back in the day. 
no Google to check.
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You all must be thinking I'm sharing something educational here.
maybe.
but really, the reason why this post was made was because of the name choice.
the moment i realized they used the same name over and over again, I just had to make a post out of it.
〜(^∇^〜）（〜^∇^)〜

I have one other documentary movie that I watched that made me go "what the hell did I just watch?!" when the movie finished.

I will share that in my next post.

for now, here's a list of Russia related movies that you need to watch if you haven't already:
1. Salt - Angelina Jolie
2. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol - Tom Cruise and that Hawkeye guy, Jeremy Renner
3. Anastasia (1997) - my absolute fav! 

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Jang Ok Jung

hello again.

I know. I'm so rajin now. let me be.

xD

Jang Ok Jung, Lives in Love. the new Korean historical drama that I'm currently obsessing with.

I first saw the trailer rah Astro and was so bummed when I learned that the drama was only aired on KBS HD channel. Kami mana ada periuk Astro utk HD tu. -__-

Skali, I told my sister about it and jeng jeng jeng. she heard about it too and was told to watch it online. which of course, ia pun suruh aku liat online. aku, apa lagi, memang malas lah part2 cematu tu.

TAPI!

since aku curious, aku liat tah online.

what got me hooked?

when I saw the name Choi SukBin

C DONGYI BAH TUUU!!

as you may know by now, 1. aku suka Korean historical drama more than aku suka yg modern, and 2. C DONGYI WAH TU!!

hahaha So, yeah, I'm hooked.

although this story is not about DongYi, I'm just curious about how life was once like for OkJung before she became Royal Concubine. kan she was so evil arah drama DongYi yatah I wana know what her character was like before that.

but due to the awesomeness of this internet connection, I'm a tat bit behind with the story.

and I only figured out  yg watching it via lappy is a lot more faster than watching it thru my phone. (smart phone tah apa boi. awesome jua masih pakai laptop :P)

So, yeah. I'm in episode 5 now. still have about 13 episodes to go.

hwaiting! 

image cr goes to respective owner(s)

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