Currently prepare my for my first tour leader trip to Korea, having a mixture of feeling, counting down to 10 more days and I got to prepare myself! Doing some own research right now, yes I believe I can do it!
 
Important things to prepare for winter season:
 
Long sleeves shirt/shirts (MUST LAYERS)
long thick sweater
jacket
scarf
ear muffs
socks; two pairs
heat pack
inside the pants, wear leggings
hats - I want my beanie
gloves
Toothpaste and toothbrush
Shampoo and soap
Clenser
Umbrella
Medical survival kits
***Bath towels (Ski resort)
**Swimwear and caps
**Own medication
Travel adaptor
How to buy their calling card/portable wifi at airport?

TOTAL 5 HOTELS, 1 LUNCH AT SKI N HAV, 1 DINNER SEOUL NO HAV)
 
travel insurance!!!

- Where are the best places in the itinerary to shop?
- How much shall one person bring for the trip to spend?
-Coach got heater or just off the air-con?
-Luggage are placed underneath?
-Which is the longest journey in the itinerary?
-Breakfast are all outside the hotels? Is it far? What if some don't wish to have breakfast?
-For children, will there definitely be non spicy food?
-What time normally is the morning call and what time will reach back hotel? Any earliest morning call time?
-Always 4 to a table for all meals?
-What are the things that I have to do if flight are delayed due to weather?
-Normally all hotel rooms got free wifi?
 
EXCHANGE RATE: SGD1 EQUALS TO KRW856

03DEC - SQ - 8D7N KOREA SKI ESCAPADE

03dec - Flight is around 6hrs +/- and check in to Seoul hotel and rest, dinner at own, hotel location ok to have dinner around the vicinity? (1N SEOUL)
 
04dec- SEOUL TO JEJU (1N JEJU) - ALL MEALS PROVIDED

- Normally what time depart from hotel, early morning?
-how long from Seoul hotel to Gimpo Airport?
- Taking which airline (ASIANA/KOREAN AIRLINES) to jeju, check in is 40minutes before only?
- How to check in the luggages?
- How much weight can be the luggages for one person?
- Need to take shuttle bus to the flight?
- The seats confirm is scattered around for the domestic flight?
 
Visit Changdeok Palace - Korean pajeong session - Bukchon Hanok Village - check in Jeju hotel

05dec- JEJU (1N JEJU) - ALL MEALS PROVIDED
 
Youngdaum Rock - Teseum Safari - Jeju Folk Village - local fruit farm - ATV ride
- Trick Art Museum - Top Dong underground street

-Teseum Safari - Can passengers buy any bear?

-Local fruit farm - Can they buy fruit back? Do they keep all the fruits that they pick?

-Is it only tangerines and strawberry during winter? Is there any replacement if the weather is too bad?

-ATV ride is confirmed? Only can two in one car? If pax do not know how to drive or do not wish to play? Got guide?

Is there any replacement if the weather is too bad?

-Normally how long for the trick art museum as passengers may wish to take photo?

 

 

06dec- JEJU TO DAEGU (1N DAEGU) - ALL MEALS PROVIDED

 

- Normally what time depart from hotel, early morning?
-how long from Seoul hotel to Daegu Airport?

- Taking which airline (ASIANA/KOREAN AIRLINES) to jeju, check in is 40minutes before only?
- How to check in the luggages?
- How much weight can be the luggages for one person?
- Need to take shuttle bus to the flight?
- The seats confirm is scattered around for the domestic flight?

***Swim wear and caps for water park

Donghwasa Temple - Elybaden Water Park

-If pa don't wish to bring swimwear to play, is that possible? There is also jjimjibang there.
What else can they do? And it is going to be cold?
-Can buy the swim cap there? Is it compulsory for a cap?

SUPHUR HOTSPRING

 JJIMJIBANG IS FREE FOR WATER PARK TKTS HOLDERS, BUT NEED BUY THE JJIMJILBANG CLOTHES FOR 1000W ($1.20)
Floor Guide

1F: Water Zone

2F: Sunbed zone

3F: Jjimjilbang

4F: Massage Zone

5F: Fitness Zone

07dec - DAEGU TO YONGPYONG/ALPENSIA RESORT - ALL MEALS PROVIDED (1N SKI RESORT)

 

-How long is the bus journey from Daegu to both resort? 3 to 4 hours? Got any rest stop?
-What time they will reach the resort? This day can pax start to play ski? What time does the Ski amenities closed?
-What kind of category of hotel will we stay in, condo or hotels?

Daegu Cheese School - DIY cheese making, pizza making, puffed rice making

***Bring a bath towel for Ski Resort

08dec - YONGPYONG/ALPENSIA RESORT TO SEOUL (LUNCH IS AT OWN) (1N SEOUL)

-What are there for them to play?
-If pax don't want to ski, what else can they do?
-How/when do they get the complimentary chan brothers gloves and the ski equipments?
-Where can they get their lunch? Within the resort? Expensive?
-What ime will they roughly reached Seoul?

1 full day at Ski Resort - back to Seoul

09dec - SEOUL (1N SEOUL)

Beauty Academy - DIY FACIAL SESSION - Myeongdong - Lotte World

-How long in Myeongdong?
-Hw long is Lotte World? All rides can play cos it is indoor? is it a lot to play?
-What if pax don't wish to play?

10dec - SEOUL TO AIRPORT TO HOME

Sinchon ladies street - airport

-How long from Sinchon to airport?
-What time will be the morning call?
-Got things to buy?

SIMPLE KOREAN:

ahjumma , ahjushi,

ssa ge juseyo (Can I have a discount? )

예뻐요 (yeppoyo)

너무 귀여워 (neo mu gwi yeo weo)

03/04/11/13

A year has almost passed, and it's already November. Graduated since April, do not have the intention yet to study so work all the way. Went to work under SGP for the F1 event as a accreditation coordinator. It was really crazy, at the start it was so relax but when it is nearer to the date, I OT like mad and it was so stressful and suffocating that I even complained to my friends and even cried man. Probably it was because this year they changed to a new system, but the number of work is crazy, glad that I have ended the contract. Did not really make friends over there, perhaps is my personality, but never mind, most of the people I can say are just passer bys in my life who makes me gain experiences. 

Not forgetting my part time server job in fish and co, don't really have the intention to quit yet because of the "quite good" pay and the people there. Although no matter what Malay people are still more, but it is still fine because most of the people there are nice. Especially working with Rhiza, Steph and Charmaine and etc. And of course the reason that I stayed there is because I enjoy working in the customer service industry.

That is only a part time job. I have found a full time job at Chan Brothers with the help of my friend who expedite my resume to the Human Resource Department. As I just entered the company, my manager assigned  mostly admin job for me to do, like cashiering during the weekend and sending out emails and tax refund. My job position is actually a "Tour Coordinator" in the "Teamwork" department, to be professional. I believe as I learn more, they will give me more work to do. Actually it is not as easy as it seems it is. 

The reason why I want to work in a travel agency is because I want to gain experiences in this industry, to learn about what are the flight preparations and visa applications as I have never never travel before. i actually wanted to be a tour guide/ leader. Yes, I will have the opportunity to be one if I opt to learn counter in Chan Brothers (front line), but however I do not like to deal with stress when I do not have any experiences in travelling at all. So it's better to learn at the back end office, until I am really familiarize then maybe can put me as a counter because no matter what counter staff will have more opportunity to be a tour leader. But now let's just take one step at a time. 

At the same time, I am also studying Korean language in Daehan Educational Centre, it is located at Kenbangan Plaza. The school fee is not cheap but I heard it is pretty well-known. My teacher is a Korean and she is a nice amiable teacher, I believe I can learn a lot from her. Why I wanted to learn Korean is because I really love Korea such as their food, culture, songs and dramas. This very first country that I want to go is of course Korea. With the ability to speak Korean, it will be so much beneficial for me, and it is always good to learn an extra language. Therefore I will wish to get a cert through this school. 

I really don't mind that I have to work hard to pursue what I want. But what is always always hindering and affecting my mood is my family. I believed if you read my previous posts, most of them I will cover how much stress holding the responsibility as the eldest in the family. It is never easy and people who don't know me and still judge me, they can just fucked off. People who really knows me are only my few close friends who have always tried to encourage and keep me going, of course trying to understand how I feel. I feel so grateful to have them.

What I feel about people nowadays is that most of the people seems to like to take things for granted. Because they seems to have everything, they will start to not appreciate them. I believe there are still people who are appreciative but really not much I think. 

I just want my life to be simple and of course be happy, who does not freaking wants to be happy in their life? But will always so much worries, it is pretty hard but you have to tell yourself to move on, and keep smiling to tell yourself that everything is okay. Although I know that my family financial is not good, I will still pamper myself with good food sometimes because it makes me feel better by eating whenever I feel upset, it is my remedy. At least I don't choose to end my life, drink or even smoke. 

I believe outside there, some people might be even worse than me or like me, I salute you that you can be still strong and hang on there. If I have also friends that their situation like me, I think we can really understand each other fully, but I believe most of the people nowadays are just so blessed already, do cherish if you have a happy family and is popular around your friends, and just learn to be appreciative of what you have in life. And cherish. 

People always regret when things/ people are really gone, it's of no point already.

Life for me is seriously going on a cranky way. Never got once that i am truly happy.

Have anyone ever spared a thought and try to understand me? Siblings are like that, when they need you, they will talk to you nicely. When I need them, they are no where to be seen.Housework all i do myself and they don't even play their part to keep the house clean and tidy.

 Both of them always quarrel quarrel, even go out together also cannot go out happily. Once a time, sister told me that she is damn sad that my brother is treating her like one stranger, but in the first place are you even treating him like a brother?

Family already like that, yet with my friends I also don't seems to be much happy either. Exclude sharon and yenni, the rest is just ... Only yenni and Sharon truly understand me, care for me, REALLY CARE FOR ME. 

Even though I have made friends in fish and co with Zeke, Tim Stanley. But I realized we are not that close after all. Maybe it's because I am not brotherly enough with them. Even if I go out with them, I realized that we do not have much things to talk about though. 

With my poly mates, I also find that I seems like the quiet one. Don't really talk in the whatapps group, I can tell you normally it is either that I am busy with work, or they talk at night and I am usually asleep. Or the conversation wasn't directed to me. As my closer friends in poly is actually xin ying, she is the one who can get along with guys and guys like to hang out with her, probably she is friendly enough i guess. Then in turn, my clique of friends will think that why Carolyn is so quiet ah? I mean like when someone is quiet, did you ever ask why? Sometimes when you don't know about the topic, you will say things ma? I will just keep quiet and listen right, is there a problem with that?

Or maybe sometimes when a person is quiet, he or she is probably just tired. As for me, i don't really talk much is honestly, I would say, is because there are too many troubles that is within me already that is affecting my mood. 

Sometimes I really will think is that I am really a boring person that whoever hangs out with me will feel very boring. It's true, I am a very simple person. My daily routine is just working, doing housework, baking and listening to more k-pop, hence I feel that to find people with the same hobbies as me, it's pretty hard though. 

Fish and co was my last and present part time job, I do enjoy working there. The people there are nice too, but there is seriously too much Malay colleagues already, so therefore whenever after work I don't really hang out with them because they speak and laugh around in their own language so what for?

So to me, my really friends in fish and co are just that few which I have mention earlier on. 

In secondary school, i came to know a guy. In the past I was really quiet so when I came to know this guy, I really cherish him as a really good friends. He is a popular guy, because of his looks and personality, a lot of people like to make friends with him. He is very sporty also. I know what passed has passed, but sometimes I will just think back. If we are studying in the same poly, will we still stay in contact and be close friends? I pretty sad that the friendship between me and him is not like the past anymore ever since we went to different poly, no longer used to tease one another, no longer hanging out already, no longer showing sharing and concerning about my troubles. 

He has made a lot of new friends from his cca and course I guess, and it seems that he is living a happening and happy life, probably that will be just enough for me already to know that he is fine. 

Besides him, in secondary days I have also made a really great friend. We have been really good friends since secondary 2 till we graduated together. However, it's really sad that we seldom contact anymore. She is a friend who don't really take the initiative, therefore it is quite tiring for me to keep being the one to plan things to ask her out. But I am just as grateful that she did remembered my birthday and did wished me. She is also quite popular and even now she does still hang out with her secondary school classmates that she had made in secondary 3. Probably is because ever since we are in different class since sec 3, therefore we don't really talk that much already. 

Now that I am working for F1 event, yes, I have made some friends. I mean colleagues. They are nice people. But however sometimes, I cannot seems to "blend" into the conversation. Maybe one thing is I choose to sit at the corner, therefore when they have conversation, it makes me feel left out. But that's my choice to sit at a corner. But sometimes even though not about this, whenever we go out for lunch or out for a spin on the buggy, they seems to be happy teasing around and most of the time I am the one who just listen. Is it really because of my personality? that I am really quiet? I really don't know. 

Even in relationship, it is also like ... I am not desperate for love. But after living 20 years of my life, I do want to experience the feeling of being loved by someone. I am a person who is already having a lot of troubles flooding in my mind, therefore, sometimes I really want to have a lending shoulder for me to lean on. But every time, it is either the person like me and I do not like that person or vice versa. Or it's just eye candy around me.

I do want to be happy, somewhat somehow. Who does not want to happy? I just hope people can just try to understand me more and DON'T ALWAYS THINK THAT I AM FREAKING QUIET. Because I am not.

eye candy yooo

OMG.

I feel that I am super strange to make him as my eye candy! Or maybe there's no one better good looking than him? 

Remember when I first enter this company, I first met him during the on site walk and I remembered I didn't really notice him that much, the most he only guided us about the map. I think I started to notice him only like after we have all move to the site office I guess? Because before that, although we are working in the same building but we are at different work stations which is quite far though. 

I also don't know since when did I started noticing him actually. He is really not my ideal type of guy that I will always look out for, REALLY! I think what attracts him to me is probably his tattoo (haha i think it's sounds stupid), and his overall built. And sometimes I do find that he has a really cute voice and smile. About his personalities, I don't know because I did not have a chance to even work with him actually. 

And there is there is the one thing I think that probably really attracts me is the sense of security that I feel that he can gives to people. Although I never work with him before, but in his department, his position is one of the highest, therefore most people actually goes to him for assistance. It's like he is the one even if storm or hurricane, he can still hold an 'big blanket' to protect you. HAHAHA what a crappy saying but ya!

As I say we did not talk, because you know in workplace unless you have working relationship or you are in the same department with the person, you can make conversation, but me and him is totally no. Although now we both are located at the same level in the site office, but there is still no way to start a conversation. We do know each other's name, ya but it's just I know you, you know me lor. You get what I mean.

Few weeks back, I'm was curious actually, went to just randomly search whether does he has any Facebook or Instagram, I found both luckily. I was contemplating whether should I add him on fb or insta? or should I just don't add. At the end, I went to follow him on instagram. And you know why? I was damn bu xiao xin, damn damn, I was just looking scrolling down looking at his photos in his profile, then suddenly WENT TO LIKE ONE PHOTO (the photo was damn long one that he is posted, so ya OBVIOUSLY HE KNOWS THAT I AM SCROLLING THROUGH HIS PROFILE!!!) At first I think don't care la, just dislike back, but then.. I seems to click "like" for a while and I was scared that it has already notified him that someone liked his photo and he might probably knows that me because of my username. Then in the end I added lorrr... 

And after I added.. there is good and bad sides i guess? Why good? Good thing is he just followed me back like nothing happen, and the bad thing is that.. NOW I FEEL MORE AWKWARD WHEN I SEE HIM, IS LIKE WE NEVER TALK SO WHY I GO ADD HIM IN INSTAGRAM!!!!!!!!! 

Oh, and I don't know is I think too much or what. I told my friends about this eye candy, and she was like he like not your type de leh, and I said YA RIGHT!! She also said, "...why will he go notice me?" There is a reason why she said that (or maybe it's just both of us who think too much i guess), few weeks back, I made some desserts and I posted the photos on instagram and to my surprise, he went to comment on my photo! Although he just said why he did not saw them in the pantry, but still why would he even bother to go comment when we don't even talk before, ya right?! I did comment back that saying that I did brought to the office, and he replied again say he hope to see them on Monday, and in my mind I was like does he really wanna try them? In the end, I didn't make them again but instead I went to bake mini muffin, NOT JUST FOR HIM, but because I really love baking and I would love to bake during the weekends. 

I did bring some to the workplace because it's really quite a lot, and I wanna let my colleagues in my department try also. And I was damn paisei during the lunch break! After having lunch, he came by, and I DON'T KNOW WHAT AM I DOING. I was like, hey.. come try my mini muffins. As if he is my friend like that, OMG. But in the end, I just try to stay calm and ask him how was it after he tried, he just said not bad which is actually fine uh because me and him also not that close though. And  But I was damn paisei and stupid lor, SHAGGED.

I don't know la, I just feel that I am very ridiculous to have him as my eye candy ;/ And I feel damn awkward..

Actually I just wanna make a friend with him la, but I think I shall just let him be my eye candy lor. Never mind  at least I can no come to work happily HAHAHA 

 

 

My brother

I really don't know what to do with my younger brother. Since the day when he was born, he is such a cute baby and I thought everything will be so beautiful with his presence in my life. Although we have a large age gap of 7 years old.

Unfortunately, he is a bit different from us, he has some learning disability that he cannot remember the words that he has learnt, he can speak English but if you were ask him to write it out, he cannot spell them out properly. During his primary school days, because of this, he often gets bully by his classmates that he is "stupid". He even hate going to the child care center after school  because he said the people there are not good to him. I know it can be quite tough for him, I understand. But even if he is like that, he didn't bother to buck up but still choose to play around and did not show any effort. My mum did brought him to see a therapist but did not make much improvement so we stop bringing him there. And the therapy is not cheap at all.

Since I say he loves to go out play around during his primary school days, he often make me very very upset, especially during the weekend. In the early morning, he will make a fuss by taking out plates and chopsticks and bang around. Just because he wants to go out (he does not have keys at that time). My mum does not allow him to go out every weekend, because after school sometimes he already go out to play instead of going to the child care center. Till I give in to him, he will keep making noise. My mum and dad works during weekend also, therefore I have to be at home to stop him from going out, if not if he and my sister are alone at home, they will confirm quarrel and fight. Day by day, i give in but crying and after that taking my keys out and let him go out but tell him to come back early.

As he does not have phone at that times, so when he goes out late, there's no way we can ask him where is he. Sometimes he promise that he will come back early but turns out he come back late. And I have to keep worrying and worrying and pray that he will come back as soon as possible. Life wasn't easy for me being the eldest.

Now that he is 13, he should be in secondary school studying but he is in Northlight now which is a special school that the student will learn "skills" more than english maths science all these. And he is turning more and more rebellious now.

My father was pretty fierce in the past and my brother is scared of him and don't dare to be disobedient. However, ever since my father suffered from a mild stroke. Everything literally changed. My brother don't even listen to him and even become rude to him just because he feels that he is useless and just keeps staying at home doing nothing. And also that my father once slap him and scolded him badly. He turns out to hate my father now.
How can? After all, he is still our father.

Not only this, during weekends, he will ask me for more money even though my mum has already give him allowance.And when he lent money from his friends or damaged his friends' things, he will come asking me for money to pay them back? You must be thinking why should I help him? But I help because he don't work so where will he get money to pay them when he don't even have any savings at all. I give, because I don't want him to lend money from outside. I don't know since when he started to know friends from outside that teaches him to smoke and all. He feels that the family cannot fufil his demands, we, are not rich, yes we cannot give him whatever he wants but, we have tried to do whatever we can to make him happy.
He wants a bicycle, I bought for him.
He wants money, I give him.
He wants a hand phone, my mum bought for him and he does not cherish it so we even changed a new one for him.

There's even a few times that principal even call back home and said that he almost fight in school, and said that she saw my brother having cigarettes with him. And gave him warning.

Not even so, there's even police case involved which did closed the case but there's will be still records.

Because of my brother being so rebellious, my parents really don't know what to do already, father cannot do anything, mother is already very tired being the sole breadwinner and yet she got so much endless troubles caused by my brother.

My brother still feels that friends outside are better than family. He says friends can gives him whatever he wants but family cannot. He said friends can gives him happiness.

I really don't know as the eldest what can I do to make things better. I am not a super woman who can save the world. Me, myself is also very tired. Life is not easy. Probably most of my friends don't understand, because they are either only child or they are not the eldest.

Eldest child is not easy, moreover having this kinda of family. There's more to my family problems. Not just all this that I have said.

Hang on is only what I can do to keep me going.

Our tiny teenage miracle - The full story

I happen to see this little girl on channel 8 TV variety show on air at 8 pm on Tuesday past few weeks. It is a miracle of this little girl to be able to live happily together with her family despite having this very unusual disease.

http://www.tnp.sg/content/our-tiny-teenage-miracle-full-story

Life can be so unfair sometimes. Some people may be very rich and some may be very poor, poor until not able to even feed themselves and struggling with their life.

However I feel that in life, the most important thing is that, one must be healthy. If you are born with disease or illness, it will be forever with you. However, if you are healthy with no illness nothing, you can at least work to provide yourself. Even the pay is low, at least you can even work, right?

Recently, when I was on the way to work, I saw a blind man boarding the bus, and of course someone was helping him.From his expression, I see that he was very happy that he received help from others and he is not rejecting the offer. He was smiling all the way, just because he is blind, he still choose to live his life, smiling. This touches me from the bottom of my heart.

Life is unfair, but when you are born in the kind of life that you are gonna to be, you will have to face it no matter what. Because, It's life.

Bii 畢書盡 !!!

Today post is about: Bii 畢書盡 !!!

• Chinese Name: 畢書盡 (Bi Shu Jin)
  Korean Name: 필서진 (Pil Seo Jin)Stage Name: BiiBirth Date: July 7, 1989Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
  Nationality: Korean-Taiwanese 

He has debuting since 2010 in the entertainment industry. He has been in army for 2 years and now he is back in 2013! 

He has release his 2nd album "Come Back to Bii" !!! Recently, because of his new song "Come back to me", I started to notice him. The song is really awesome! The MV was well done too! After listening to this song, I also went to listen to his other songs in the album. As well as the songs that he has released before he went into army (He has released his 1st album and EP.)

Bii grown up in Korea, his mother is Korean and his father is a Taiwanese. Bii also has a younger brother. Since young, his father often travel overseas and he is closer with her mother. Therefore when he came to Taiwan to develop, he missed his mother a lot. Sometimes, because of stress and loneliness in Taiwan, he drinks to make himself feel better. To show that he really misses home a lot, he composed a song for her mum <<What can I do>> 

The song was really touching and nice. And it's really show that he really misses and love his mum a lot. 

He did not have a good time in Taiwan when he first went there. His "Teacher" send him to China for "training" (because Bii was very despair in life), and he was having some difficulties in communicating and some China guys even make fun of him sometimes. But still he overcome all the difficulties and became a stronger person and came back to Taiwan to release his album and continue his proper life as a singer. 

During his days in the army, he also have difficulties communicating with people and he has to learn Chinese well in order to perform in the navy section. But still he overcome them and now it's a new Bii COME BACK!!!

I find that he is really working hard for his life despite being alone in Taiwan, hope all of you can give him your fullest support! His songs are really nice and catchy. And his voice is really nice!!!! 

Track List:
1. Come back to me / 0:00 - 3:18
2. Feel Good / 3:20 - 7:29
3. 流星飛過 (Meteor That Flew By) / 7:32 - 10:48
4. 幸福無關 (Happiness Has Nothing to Do With It) / 10:51 - 14:47
5. 浮生未歇 (Bliss Doesn't Stop) / 14:50 - 19:01
6. 我會在你身邊 (I Will Be Around) / 19:04 - 23:43
7. 輕輕的 (Gently) / 23:46 - 27:09
8. I Know / 27:11 - 31:48
9. 再見再見 (Goodbye Goodbye) / 31:50 - 36:18
10. 你給我的愛 (The Love You Gave) / 36:21 - 40:04
11. Come back to me (Korean Version) / 40:06 - 43:25
12. 勢在必行 (Absolutely Necessary) / 43:27 - 47:31