Korea!

And so we went to Seoul to attend a dear friend's wedding. :) It was, to sum up in one word, AWESOME! To further describe Seoul, it was safe, it was clean, it was affordable, it was a great city! Efficient metros, immaculately dressed people, wonderful weather etc. I will need to find more time to blog about this :)

Life Changing

Someone changed my life on Friday, completely! How do we go on now?

Travelling

My idea of travelling is the ability to experience different cultures which I absolutely enjoy. I love seeing different types of people, living in different types of cities and doing the different things these different people do. For instance, when I went to France, it was an absolute joy to just walk around. Although we stayed in one of the shabby arrondisements with its dodgy alleys and dark pathways, it was nevertheless fun. I remember popping into a Chinese restaurant on one of these dark paths and having a really good dinner on our first day there. It was absolute joy to enjoy something so familiar in an unfamiliar place and setting.

Even going to Mcdonalds was so much fun. :)

I'm making it a point to fill my life with travels. I will not buy a house in my lifetime but instead spend that money putting it towards travelling and perhaps someday fulfilling the ultimate dream of retiring in a cozy quiet French town.

Star Trek Exhibition at Pusat Sains Negara or National Science Centre Malaysia

There were some clever puns at play

And so the Star Trek exhibition is here in Malaysia, it has been for quite awhile now. Astro subscribers get free entry by presenting their Astro bill (valid only for bills from January - March 2013) and for one account per free ticket. I also  understand there's a free Touch N Go redemption but not sure how it works.

As a Star Trek fan, I must say I have been pretty disappointed with the Exhibition. I understand that it has come all the way from the United States but it is housed in our very sad National Science Centre that is poorly maintained and feels like a very kitsch-y, North Korean-stuck-in-time thing. Oh well nevertheless, its RM20.00nett per entry if you do not redeem the free ticket. 

The bridge. Every Captain's dream

The moment you enter, there are some movie posters and some transcripts as well as some sketches. Then some explanations and you also get to see some of the props they use like the captain's room, his uniforms etc. Some phasers, some Pads (Startrek themed Ipads) and more uniforms and some ships. There's also a bridge where you can sit and have your photos taken. And that's it, at the end there's a little souvenir corner with ovepriced souvenirs and the option to have your photo printed in 3D or 2D at a hefty fee.

In the TV show, these could be pressed :P and it made beeping sounds.

To be honest, it was disappointing. The venue and how it was so poorly put together (like someone just decided to move everything and plonk it there). Although I still do very much like Star Trek, I believe that more could have been done for the Kuala Lumpur leg of the exhibition. Oh well! :)

The pee smelling National Science Centre with its fair share of village kids is not interesting at all :) So skip all of that. Plus the little aquarium with lots of Patin fish @_@ Like, so dumb? :)

Saigon Hot Pot

During my trip to Saigon, I engaged in a free, student run tour by the name of Saigon Hot Pot. All it took was for me to email them and they reverted promptly with a confirmation and on the day of the tour, I met my friendly guide, Phuong. We went to all sorts of places where he told me all sorts and it was really good to have a local guide you through the wonders of Saigon. We even had a delicious lunch & even had time for Ice cream which was his favourite.

I think I couldn't have enjoyed Saigon better without my guide. The free tours offered by Saigon Hotpot are really free & Phuong refused my tip, so instead I bought him ice cream :) It was a really good experience too meeting someone, a complete stranger about your age, to show you the wonders of his country. I think KL should have something like this too :)

OHHH GODDD.

Life is such a bore now. The CNY holidays are over, next holidays to look forward to is my Seoul trip in April. Gosh, feels so far away (65 days!!). Work is piling up, emails coming in everyday, so many weddings this year I doubt I can get any Xmas leave. T_T

Sigh!!!!! Just waiting waiting for so many things...

Hello Seoul!!

I'm stoked for my 5D4N trip to Seoul in April! :) 69 days to go..woohoo!!

Have no idea what the temperatures are gonna be like etc, so very excited