Wantunn mee

Just realised that my pictures from HK are still IN-THE-CAMERA. It’s been like nearly a month .. how lazy is that

Last 2 days at my current workplace.
Doing some packing up and handing over…..boringg…..
On a brighter note. Will be going to HK next week…mmmm….dim summm
Too bad couldn’t scare up more time as the wife has to start work soon.
Otherwise could have gone for a longer (and further) trip.

Had a national day bbq at my sisters place. Ate too much as usual…. oooo…. unlimited satayy n chicken wings…..

Yayyy… I can almost taste the long weekend coming up….

Just realised that the pics are a bit too large. IE apparently doesn’t resize those images encapsulated in html.

Focusing on the 300D seems to be quite a bit of hit and miss. Noticed that quite a few of the pics are either out of focus or focused somewhere other then the focus point selected. hmm….

Another museum…this is the gift from Singapore to Korea (dunno for what). Is it me or does it look a lot like the pasar malam auction kind ha?

This type of tree seems fairly common in Korea. But I couldn’t be bothered to find out what it was anyway.

What else did you expect to find in Korea? The cars were mostly Hyundai, Kia, Daewoo, Saangyong etc. There was the occasional continental make as well, saw a few Mercs, BMWs, Peugeot, Chrysler et al. Did not see a single jap car though.

Lotte Theme Park (they pronounce it loh-teh). One of the amusement parks. There is another (bigger) one there if I’m not mistaken. Started by the Lotte company that originally dealt in Chewing Gum. Ironically, Chewing gum is not sold in the park to keep the place clean.

Another view of the outdoor area of the theme park. The indoor area is actually bigger.

There’s a parade in the park everyday at 8pm.

Anti-aircraft gun (I think) at the war museum.

A building used as a detention/execution etc ete centre when the North captured the South in the 40s(?)
The sign explains it all.
Those are REAL bullet holes in the wall
Another view of the building. I think it’s about one of the few times there was actually a blue sky while I was there.
Photographer in action. It’s a really long climb down to where he is.
Near the hotspring area where we stayed the night after visiting the DMZ
The view from a rest stop while heading back to the city. I think this is supposed to be the white tiger (bai2 hu3) mountain?
more to come…

As mentioned, here are some of the pics taken in Korea (or corea according to the tour guide )
Fertility Idol.  Hmm.. why is she touching it
Some herbs and stuff on display at one of the museums
One of the many palaces in Seoul
Where the China envoy stayed in olden times (when they controlled Korea)
Pillars in the palace
A typical street in Seoul.  Most of the cables seem to be above ground
more….

Finally made it back to SG from KR. Lessons learnt this trip:

1. Don’t take the redeye flight and start the tour the next morning after touchdown if you’re not the type to sleep on planes.
2. Don’t take a rush-rush 5 day (well, actually just 4) 3 night tour that makes you wake up at 6am (thats 5 am SG time) everyday
3. Don’t bring your 80-200/F2.8 when you’re going on an extended sightseeing tour.  Especially if you’re using a sling bag rather then a backpack
4. Bring a compact camera.  It’s no fun going shopping with your wife and carrying a few kilos of equipment and walking around for a few hours.
5. No 3 is especially relevant if you’re taking a 30 minute climb (one way) into some god forsaken ^%#&%*@ tunnel dug by north koreans to invade the south.
6. Don’t take the 5pm flight and touch down 11pm in SG
7. Especially take note not to arrange to start work the next day! Hopefully the large double shot expresso from McCafe works it’s magic.
8. P.S. Don’t take a haunted hotel room (according to wife) if you can help it

Bitching aside I’ll upload some of the photo’s later when I’m more awake.

Yeah… Finally managed to book a tour to Korea…will be there from Sat till Tues.
Any advise from the folks who have been there before?
Heard this is the worst time of the year to be there but what the hey.. any break is better then no break. And best of all, different telco network