ellen gsy: 2013

✰ PENANG ✰

This post will be about another spontaneous trip, remember the last trip I had to LEGOLAND with my friends? this time with more people including my sisters and more friends hehe :D YAY!

I am sure that most of us have heard the quote "things are better unplanned". In my opinion, this quote is so true for most of the times! Like the trips that I had... I think its more fun and exciting? Don't you agree? So let's start!

There were 8 of us in total so we drove 2 cars and we left the house around 3.30 a.m I think and reached Penang at 8 something in the morning. *WOOTS WOOTS*

Didn't book any hotel the night before as I said it was a spontaneous trip, lucky that we got rooms to stay. Its not a hotel, its more like a resident house : "Transfer Lodge & Mushroom Cafe"

This lodge is really artistic and its comfy, but we stayed there for only one night though, how I wish we could stay longer!

So after putting our stuffs we planned out head out right away to get some food BUT it did not happened that way hahaha all of us were tired so we took nap instead...after about an hour or two then only we headed out. Actually, we didn't really know where we were going, so we ask Uncle Google :P

anyway we ended up having our lunch by the street…here’s some of the food we had :D

Duck meat noodle

Laksa

Then, the next destination, we went to eat CENDOL! It was just perfect for the hot and scorching weather! This cendol is knows as the most famous cendol, as you can see the pictures below, it was quite crowded and the queue was long. OM NOM NOM. Oh well, it was good! :D

After having the yummy cendol, finally we got to have some fun! I’m sure everyone who went or planned to go to Penang, had been or will go to George Town, Armenian Street. The street art, wall paintings were all awesome! Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see all of it. We rented some bikes and the bike rental costs RM10/each. We went around the street for 2 and half hour, it was tiring need not to say. But but but, we had real good fun riding the bikes around the place!

Le girls ❤

Le sisters ❤

We’ll definitely come here again next time! :D

Guess what’s next??…Its time for dinner! We had our dinner at Soon Lai Seafood. IT’S HEAVEN HERE loll The food was so GOOD, YUMMY, DELICIOUS! Very very satisfying! We ordered 3 sevings of kangkong belacan, a plate of buttered shrimps, a plate of fish (I don’t remember what it is called), and then 2 plates of chilli crabs (this was for 13 people! It was small crabs tho)

See how much we all ate? Hahaha must be wondering how much it costs us right? With these much food, the total was RM 261.20. Cheap? Yes! Satisfied? Of course! So people, when you visit Penang, you have to come here. Definitely worth it!

The next morning, the day for us to head back to PJ :(
but before that, we had our breakfast at Transfer Road Roti Canai and this place is famous for its delicious roti canai! It is opposite the lodge we stayed, so good huh? :D

Roti canai with chicken curry. NICE!!!

After breakfast, we went to the BEACHHHHH!

The beaches weren’t all pretty but it comes nice on the pictures right? :P
This was at Batu Ferringhi Beach. It took us some time to find which beach to go and it was hard finding the entry to the beach. Anyway, we played at the beach for almost an hour :)

Who doesn't love playing at the beach? Look at my happy faces :P

Last destination we went was to get some gifts for our family and friends. It was “Gartien” which is famous for its pineapple cake. A box costs RM 38 and 10 pieces inside the box. Pretty packaging don't you think? :)

So that’s all for my Penang trip with my sisters and friends. Would definitely come visit here again!

For more pictures, please check my facebook :D

Thank you for reading! ❤♡❤

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♡ Kim Jong Kook First Malaysia Showcase ♡

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In this post I will share everything I remember from yesterday’s showcase, you can tell from the post’s title so without further due…

Kim Jong Kook a.k.a Sparta, the Commander, Tiger, 꾹이 (kookie), Coach Kook, Kookminator, One Man (what do I miss?) finally flew to Malaysia and held his first showcase here on the 14^th June 2013. It was held at HGH Convention Centre, Sentul KL and scheduled to start at 8 p.m. but the hall will be opened by 6.30 p.m.

I went there with my eldest sis, younger brother and three friends (Tami, Stefani and Michael). We set off at 3.30p.m from our place, estimating that there would be traffic jam and since we have never been there, reaching early was probably better and we reached there around 5.30 p.m. We were so lucky, since we reached early we got to park the car in which the opposite of the HGH convention Centre building there is a house with big yard and we saw quite many cars were parked there, remember I was saying we were so lucky? We got the last parking spot! Hooray!

We got off from the car and thought that we should get some food before entering the venue. Then we found a Chinese restaurant and food that we ordered: Wan tan mee, mee hoon, kway teow and chicken porridge. The area seems pretty old to me so there were no many shops around so we get anything we could. And you know what, in the restaurant I saw and met many people, which I assume, are attending the event as well. Outside the building, there were people selling unofficial goods like running man t shirts with Kim Jong Kook’s nametags, banners, as well as Song Ji Hyo’s trademark hats that she wore on running man. We got “It’s Kim Jong Kook” banners for free, from RunnersRun, thank you!

Suddenly out of nowhere my friend spotted Jong Kook’s manager, Kim Gap Jin, we saw him coming down the stairs and we quickly rushed to the hall. I was really excited seeing him up close, as he often appeared on running man, and got to take a picture with him!

Time is ticking (my watch showed 7.30 p.m.) so we hurriedly went to collect the photo passes (top up RM 100/person) and after that with much chit-chatting cause we were all so excited, we finally entered the hall. We were seated at the VIP area, row BC, which is in my opinion was okay, although it was quite far from the stage, but we were seated in the middle facing the stage so overall the view was decent and worthy.

The long awaited showcase has officially started at 8.15 p.m. (quite delayed) and the showcase was hosted by One Fm’s DJ Yoon J As promised, in the showcase Jong Kook will be singing live songs and play game with the fans, not to mention lucky fans. So DJ Yoon started with drawings random tickets to pick those lucky fans to play the first game. After that, two singers being the opening act for the showcase: Virus and Henley, they were good!

Then…..*drum rolls* FINALLY KJK SHOWED UP ON THE STAGE!!! He started his showcase by performing one of his hit songs (all his songs are nice, no doubt!) “Today more than yesterday”. Next the interview section, where he was asked these few questions:

1) What does he feel about running man? The emcee said about him bullying Gary and Kwangsoo. He said that he got angry because of Kwangsoo. KJK trusted him so much but Kwangsoo always betrays him and he is shocked every time. He also said that they are really close to each other, they go out 4 to 5 times a week and told the fans not too misunderstand: P

2) Any member from running man you wish not to be in the same team with? All the fans were shouting JI SUK JIN…then KJK said don’t tell him okay and he said JSJ hahaha

3) What is the most impressive memory that you have in your life? Prizes for the three broadcasting companies as a singer as being the first place. (I heard someone said Yoon Eun Hye hahaha)

4) Did you ever cry? He jokingly said when he was born. He then said that when he is drunk when he is upset. He also said he want to kill Cha Tae Hyun (his best friend) for revealing this

5) Do you ever expect that Running Man would be this big, very successful? No, he didn’t expect it at all. He is really grateful for not only Korean fans but fans all around the world.

6) Why do you think people gave you “SPARTA” as a nickname? He said cause of his body then he added that he is not the kind of “aggressive” and “tough” guy.

Then to end the interview, he said, “Just do whatever you want”, when Yoon asked him if there’s anything he want to tell or remind his fans before proceeding for the games.

(Oh oh. I was impressed, despite having a translator, KJK spoke mostly English throughout the showcase)

As for the games or activities:

The first game was flamingo/chicken fight: where KJK stood in the circle and a pair of two have to pushed him outside the circle and by holding one of their legs.

The second game was protecting the king and involved ripping nametags too. Fans were able to see KJK “fast-hand” and his technique in ripping the nametag.

The third game was about his so called “ideal/dream girl”: big eyes, round face, tan skin, like to wear skirts, wear sneakers, long hair etc. and guess what?.... OH MY GOD! I actually got pointed out and picked by him! It was unbelievable at the very moment and I was thrilled. I think I got picked because of the placard I made which said “PICK ME”, worth making it eh? :D so five girls were chosen and were asked why you think you should be KJK ideal girl something like that.. I stood on the stage and got to see his face real close, face-to-face…nervous. In the end I just said “Oppa, saranghaeyo.” On the stage, I covered my face with my palms and fidgeted so much (due to happiness and nervousness). Anyways, I got to hug him! Jealous much? :P as you know his body are built in muscles so when I hugged him it felt like I was hugging a rock, literally.

(TOO HAPPY THAT I GOT TO SAW HIM REAL CLOSE & HUGGED HIM ♡♡♡)

The fourth game was passing the hula hoop with linked arms and the players were not allowed to touch it and you will be eliminated if the music stops and the hula hoop was stuck on you. KJK got punished twice, not sure whether it was on purpose or not, but he showed his arm muscle and he did the gwiyomi player as well hehehe

The other songs that KJK performed were “ Men are all like that”, “Don’t be good to me”, “Sunshine and Love”, “Loveable”, Turbo’s “Twist King” and for the encore “That One Man”. The music video of “Letter” was shown during the break.

KJK also said, "It's okay if we do not understand the lyrics, but he tries to deliver the message of the songs by his emotions and he is singing with full of emotion so the fans will understand his feelings (aww) Overall he has a soft, sweet, soothing and unusually high pitched voice (mosquito voice :P) that creates “eargasm” when listening to his songs loll (sorry for being over here hehe)

After the event finished, we finally got to take two pictures with him! Unfortunately no personal cameras or anything allowed, but I can’t wait to see the official photos. The photo session was arranged by a group of 8 and KJK sitting in the middle. All of us got to handshake with him, yes my second time :P and when he saw me again he was like “Oh!” *smiles* (He remembers me!!)

This is absolutely a night to remember, one of the best night of my life cause you know why :P but of course I really enjoyed the whole event, DAEBAK! I am very grateful and would like to thank New Pro Star, PMP Entertainment and Running into the Sun for organizing this event and making it happen!

I think I have explained pretty much everything I experienced during the showcase & thank you for reading!

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For more photos please check my facebook :)

*OOTD*

Celine top from Fashioness Garden

Cotton On shorts

New Balance sneakers