Mokmyeoksanbang 목멱산방

Who wants some bibimbap after hiking?

Mokmyeoksanbang is a hanok restaurant located under Namsan. I personally passed by there once and i didn’t even realize it was a restaurant as kids were playing badminton outside it. Mokmyeok was an ancient name of Namsan.

I like the way Korean always declare where their raw material comes from. In Mokmyeoksanbang, gochujang ( the sauce used to mix the rice and vegetables) is specially made from plum and organic red pepper flakes. They also explain most of their key raw materials source in details but i am not going to go into that. 🙂

Here’s the most important part of the post, FOOD!

For bibimbap, they have 3 choices, sanbang bibimbap ( without meat i supposed), bulgogi bibimbap and yukye bibimbap ( raw meat bibimbap) . Aside from that, they also offer quite a range of traditional tea .

Unlike usual Hanok restaurant ( maybe only for me, i think Hanok restaurant is kind of a high class, luxury restuarant) , the price is fairly affordable.

Do take note that this restaurant is self service  so you need to pay in advance when ordering your food , they will give you a electric bell(?) and it will vibrate once your dish is ready, you need to collect it yourself. Not to say that you should put your tray back on the shelf when you finish eating ( I like this practice !) .

 

Nearby station : Myeongdong

Operating Time : 11am – 9pm

Picking Up Again!

It has been ages since i last read a Korean book ( nah i don’t mean novel-kind of book, just a normal reading-practice type LOL).

I have missed my chance to register for the coming (Opps, it’s already over) Topik Test.

I bought few Korean grammar books and are all piling up there with dust.

It’s time for me to on the study mode again! I like learning it not for the sake of achieving anything but just purely because i like it! I like speaking in Korean and for me, learning a country language it’s like the best way to know, understand and experience the country’s culture.

It’s time for me to brush up my Korean again …these days i only watch Korean drama and frankly speaking it doesn’t really help because i watch it with sub. LOL

 

Thanks to Japanese…..

I have been learning Chinese since i was born, yet all my writing is in SIMPLIFIED CHINESE. Of course i do understand traditional Chinese ( which is still using in Taiwan) but i never could write it out as it is too complicated! and thanks to Japanese, now i have to practice to write it every day ( even though they are not all the same but traditional Chinese and Kanji are somewhat similar) ! I like traditional Chinese but it’s just difficult for me to memorize the Japanese pronunciation , character and at the same time memorizing the traditional Chinese character…

In case you don’t get what I’m talking about. Look (below) at yourself ! ( i can’t find a more complicated one LOL!)

     

I MISSED JPLT APPLICATION!!!!!

I am so sad! I’ve missed the JPLT N5 application on this coming Dec!

Unbelievable! How come i miss it?! The reason i sign up for the Japanese class was to make sure i got my N5 this year ( at least i am doing sth in this year before it ends! ) :,(

Okay, i just gonna remind myself (or probably those out there whom like me have missed the application date!) .

JLPT test is on July and December. July test application opens on end of March to April whereas for December the application of the test is open on 1st of Sept and ends on 13th Sept.. ( just 13 days! this is so short! )

I gonna take the test ! N4! (eventhough i am in a N5 class and only had lesson until like lesson 8 -,-) but i m gonna sit for N4 next July!!!!!

Parasyte 寄生獣 セイの格率

Thanks to my friend i found this amazing anime!

Like the story plot and how they arrange it!

The character, soundtrack, plot, drawing and of course Miggi!!!

Currently my favourite Japanese song !

If you’r learning Japanese, want to sing in kanji! please go to this website !

You can mouseover a kanji character and see how to read it! 🙂

http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/Kiseijuu/itstherighttime.jis

우리 tae woong!!! congratulations!!

I know this guy since i was in high school, when he was starring in delightful girl chun hyang…followed by some other dramas and last year in 2 days 1 night just made me like him even more~~ A cute shy guy yet funny sometimes especially in tweeter ;D. Now he is getting married~!!!! T.T I know you will be a wonderful dad and husband! Congratulations!!!

결혼 축하합니다! ❤ 좋은 아빠 그리고 넘편 될겁니다. ^^

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Brunch @ Chez Dre

Here we are!!! Finally finished our exams ( even though just 2 subject ;D). Now we are totally in holiday mode! Many plansss waiting for us!! one of them is to have brunch together!! woohoo!! It has been a long time since the last time i had brunch..so i am glad that finally i have a chance to drink my coffee and have some delicious brunch!! so HAPPPPYYYY~ We went there at around 11ish..( no longer brunch but lunch i guess..;P) It was saturday therefore waiting time was expected (30mins!!!) The last time i came here there was no waiting room in this place but now..seem like they had expanded their place.

The waiting room ..also for those just wanna get coffee. =) Nice decor

Mine Mine Mine! This is my Madame! Ham, cheese, bread and fried egg on top~! ❤ a bit too salty for me but I am satisfied.

Funny girl ordered a breakfast platter! hahah!

One of the today’s special. can’t remember what it was but it’s yummy! I think they’re planning to include this is their menu soon.

Another one of the today’s special.

Besides brunch, they also famous for their pastries!!! I had one, but want MOREEEEE~!!!

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Went to south melbourne market after brunch. Happy Satruday!! =)

2011 Korean trip

 

 

 

Due to many reasons ( part of it is because i believe 2012 will be the end of the world ^^) so i decided to go korea on 2011 with my friends. I am very thankful and sorry at the same time to my friend as they always follow me to here to there since i am the tour guide but in fact i dont know where the hell i am ….so many times we were lost in seoul. haha! and luckily we followed a tour which included many places out of seoul and we met a good tour guide and a cameraman =)

1. Yeoju shopping outlet. Nothing special for me since i dont fancy branded stuff but my friends said some but not all were quite cheap compare to other shopping places.

2. Mt Sorak . This was the second time i came here. The first time was fall with pretty maple leaves and this time is winter with lots of not that pure but a bit muddy snow. =,=

3. Skiing!! I dont like it at all.. =( well ..maybe a bit. All i remember from this was that there were a bunch of kids who were also learning  how to ski at the beginner level and i guess all the see this big onni did was just fall down and fall down n scream =,=! good thing happened at this place was our cameraman oppa bought me a warm coffee and just me~! Muahahahah even though he isnt good looking at all but im still happy with this. At the end i realized it was because that day was my birthday. = ) Ooohhh~ =,=

4. Everland. Typical place that a tour will bring you to. Compare to lotte world it is huge! but i somehow still prefer lotte world. I just gotta admit that i am too old for this kind of stuff….riding this (pic below) for 2/3 times just made me feel like vomitting. =,= so i ended up playing dancing machine.

Cute lil kid~ *.*

5. Suwon city. nothing special just sightseeing. For those who watch running man…theree is one ep that film at this place. I think one of the guests were chunhee..

6.Cheongwadae. The tour guide was saying sth of the mountain with this place but i wasn’t listening… =(

7. Gyungbuk palace. 이 사긴 예쁘지?? i like this photo very much! look who is the photographer~ 😉

8. Bukchon Hanok village. We were lost when trying to find this place and realized that many tourists were lost too. haha. The traditional korean houses…

9. Somewhere at University street ( dahangno).. just wanted to find this street art but after i came back from korea i realized that the place that i wanted to go was not here =,(

10. In sadong ssamjigil mall. In sa dong is a place full of traditional and artistic thingy.

11. Hello kitty cafe at Hongdae. Nothing really special to me about this place ( sry to hello kitty fans =,=). Food was okay as well as the coffee. The good thing here is that you can take many photoss..i mean only if you like hello kitty. =)

12. Beansbin at insadong. I read from some blogs saying that this place serves great waffles and indeed they’re! =) and great coffee too! But for me the price is a lil expensive which is about $17-18 for a waffle and an americano.

13. Traditional korean dessert house. I saw in one of the blogs recommended people to try this one but we didn’t try it cuz we’re too full   after eating beansbin. =(

14. dooksamshidae. korean bbq wrap with pickle leaves or radish ( the colourful thingy). Food was yummy~ *.* n i really like my cold noodle very very mucccch! We ordered at set em…i think because it comes with bean sprout and other vegetables which make the pork portion smaller…luckily we were not that hungry at that time.

15. ms. lee pyeoldapang i just randomly dropped by this place since i like goguma couple ( in we got married) and this is one of the place they used to date at. Famous for their dosirak ( sth like bento) which you need to shake before you eat it. quite fun though. The dosirak is not specially nice but if you have time you can check out this place. =)

Tranditional tea => omija tea. Good for health ! and traditional snacks. My friends hate it though.

17. ojingo sundae 어징어 순대 fried rice stuff in the squid. Really really nice!! a must-try!!!

18. Samgyetang and bibimbap @ myeongdong.love it!

19. Dongdaemun. Saw girls dancing at dongdaemun, (in front of hello apm) mistaken they’re any girl group but i think they can dance just as good as the girl groups. 😉 Maybe they’re trainee of some companies..;P hwaiting!!  Instead of dota ( which is expensive cuz i think they target the tourists) , maybe you can try hello apm, at least i think will be better than dota.

20. Musical. Watched a musical that was included in the tour package. Fun, lively and memorable. My favorite guy in the musical also the lead of the musical. Forgot about the name of the musical but is sth related to dance and ppl that do not understand korean can also enjoy the show as they practically just dancing and most were like body language.

21. Random photo at Insadong. funny haha.

cute tour guide who taught us korea history and culture. seeing her i can feel how difficult to be a good tour guide as i personally not a caring style person. Oh! she told us her daughter who is just in primary school is started to use bb cream and this is very common in korea! @.@

Photographer of the tour. We used to call him wolfman. Haha. Similar age with us so we keep calling him oppa oppa.  And he sang birthday song to me ~ T.T ( eventhough i requested it) ㅋㅋㅋwe talked alot in korean (yeah~! ^^)

Thank you tour guide and photographer for buying me a birthday cake T.T It was a surprise ! T.T i wish i could have the same thing happen in this year. same thing for me means in korea! =P

 

28th Korean TOPIK test

Just finished my beginner test today at Wesley college,Melbourne. I was quite surprised to see only 7 participants in the beginner test but there are quite a lot of koreans taking intermediate and advanced level. I was late this morning (>.<) the test was at 9am but you need to be seated 20 min before the exam starts. I wanted to give up and go home since i couldn’t find the exam place but luckily i saw a korean girl wondering around like me, somehow tell me that I am not that late too~! haha! Eventhough i had been studying korean for the whole night before this, but speaking in Korean to me is still a big big challenge(T.T). I don’t know why but i just can’t speak in front people in korean unless i have no choice ( like if i were in korea? XD). When the korean girl started talking to me in korean i was like “em..neh (yes). neh,..neh..” (my awkward korean) and at the same time trying to find where the hell is my exam room. But i am happy anyway to have a chance to speak in korean …i guess that is my only chance to speak in korean as a self-leaner i don’t have a chance to speak in class or mingle with people who are learning korean. SAD~

There was a pretty little kid also taking this exam with us and since she is a korean so she always the first one to finish the exam ( browsing around when i had nth to do in the exam too …hehe ^^). I wanted to talk to her and other participants but em..i guess i am shy and they are shy too =( at then end i ended up talking to the exam invigilator(감독권) who is a korean sonsaengnim and she also taught math back in Korean. She came here because she was married and her husband is working in Melbourne now. So she quit her job in Korea and come to Melbourne. When i asked 여기 좋아 아니면 한국도 좋아요? ( is korea better or australia better to live in?) Her answer was..” it doesn’t matter where you live in as long as you’re with your loved ones.” O0ooohh~~ romantic teacher. or just bcause i didn’t think about that? =,= ? 

Anyway, my stomach keep grumbling during the exam while the room was so quiet that you can even hear the sound of the wind blowing and people breathing….the noise came from my stomach was just too loud ~ (T.T) and the sonsaengnim who was sitting right in front of me..even looking at me with a “that’s-alright” smile…arrgghh…창피해..

After this test, i realized how bad is my korean especially my speaking and writing part. Is time to improve~!! and i will be there April of next year for my intermediate topik test ~!!! Muahahaahahah If i can……(>.<) Hopefully..

The test result will be announced on 11 December..hope my result will be good. 

Here I am again XD

I have several blogs here and there which is why i always don’t remember  the password or usernames. I always stop halfway of blogging just b’cuz i am too lazy to wait for the picture to upload, thinking how should i arrange my sentences or topics….etc. But here i am again! MUAHAHAhahahahaah…hoping this one will last a bit longer.