The Bucket List: 100 things to do before you die

Ending tuition tmr! Everytime during the period when tuition kids are stopping the tuition for the year cos of their year end examination, Ill always feel great for education job! Thats like preparing the kids for a battle! Helping them wearing their armour, polishing their boots, sharpening their sword... What we can do is to teach with our hearts... for tutor especially, we only serve as a supplement to them aside their daily school curriculum. Probably thats partly why I dont really like forcing them to do homework and feeding them with piles of homework from tuition... School has to be the main source. Elastic bands should stretch to a certain extent to maximise its efficiency. Then again, as much as we teach, the results ultimately lie on the kids themselves... Even though wielded with sharp sword and strong shield, if the warrior isnt courageous nor confident nor skilled to hold the weapons, they will be of no use.

Anyway... off that topic! Gotta do a post on the 100 things I wanna do before I die! (well... that is if I still have the time and opportunity to complete them!)

1. Visit the Seven wonders of the world!

2. Visit Korea!

3. Fly to Japan!

4. Go jeju island :( and Climb that Ilchulbong! (sunrise peak)

5. Visit the SGI HQ AT JAPAN!!

6. FIND IKEDA SENSEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Attend Japan kenshu! (Ive attended the one at Korea!)

8. BE FAMOUS

9. BE A SINGER

10. BE A TEACHER

11. BE AN ACTOR! LOL?

12. Upload Song covers to the Youtube!! (too shy to do so. too lazy to edit videos. tsktsktsk)

13. TO 45KG

14. FLY TO AFRICA! THAT WAS MY DREAM IN JC DAYS! 

15. VOLUNTEER FOR AT REFUGEE SHELTER

16. Visit Australia!

17. Visit the US

18. EUROPE TRIP!! FIND THE EIFFEL TOWER AND DO THAT STANDARD POSE!

19. LEANING TOWER OF PISA!!

20. I wanna swim for a few laps... ... ... (just learnt how to swim okeh... been visiting the pool twice a week!)

21. GET A JOB. STABLE JOB.

22. SING AT CAFES!

23. ENTER SINGING COMPETITION LEH~

24. I wanna visit the place where my ancestor lived in! Foochow, China!

25. I wanna go TAIWAN (next year!)

http://etylin.blogspot.sg/2013/10/preparation-for-taiwan-i.html

26. WANT TO EXPERIENCE, AUTUMN, WINTER AND SPRING! Dont need Summer la... Im already experiencing it for 20+years

27. Visit santorini

28. See cherry blossomssss :)) awww (TAIWAN DURING SPRING!)

29. SNOW! AND BUILD MY OWN SNOW WOMAN!

30. MEET MY IDOLS UPCLOSE

31. START MY OWN BUSINESS... someday...

32. Northern lights!! (Aurora Borealis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)

33. Master korean language!

34. Learn Malay!

35. Take really nice photos of the sceneries and people

36. Family harmoniously and healthy and loving

37. get a boyfriend... want? need?

38. Read the news consistently till I die...

39. shakubuku 50 friends!

40. BE A MP!

41. Be an environment activist! (Took the first step to join the Earth Charter Youth, supporting Environmentally activities at home, and brought in Environmental exhibitions to School!)

42. Foster many capable leaders!

43. Well grooming... like my hair, my face, my sense of fashion

44. Attend Media Event! (attended Media brief for the Chingay 2012... counted?)

45. Complete reading the HR! And do my HR!

46. Do the sky diving or is it Bungee Jump at Macau Tower!! (the one Jihyo jumped from!)

47. Do scuba-diving and finding Nemo!

48. Ride a horse!! (Target locked. Cingjing farm)

49. TO DRIVE. MANUAL.

50. Take cruise! 

51. See Great wall of China!

52. Run a half marathon ;/

53. A helicopter ride!! thats tough...

54. Shower in a waterfall!

55. Celebrate New year in another country!

56. Try the Sentosa iFly!

57. See Mona Lisa and other famous paintings!

58. To be able to read a paragraph full of Hangul characters and understand them!

59. Watch a baseball match!

60. Get first class honours!

61. Attain Masters in Economics! if not, MBA! if not, Management!

62. Ride in a limousine!

63. See Mount Fuji!

64. Participate in Running Man!!!!!!!!!!!!

65. Visit the Bermuda Triangle to self test if its true!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

66. Travel around the world for 6months!!

67. Take the polar express!!!!!!!

68. Visit Nepal! (Probably next year end!)

69. Speak up for something I believe in!

70. Ask the dream guy for a date! (That would be hard... my ideal is in Korea leh...)

71. Club! once will do =.=

72. Do a street performance!

73. Visit the desert!

74. Be sure of what I want in life

75. Be a bridesmaid!

76. Be a bride :P

77. Have my own home, decorated nicely like how I want it to be!

78. Raise my kids, giving him/her the best like how my parents did :')

79. To be independent.

80. To be happy. Absolute Happiness.

81. Watch thrilling movies marathon!

82. Ride in a sports car

83. Snap a photo of the lightning!

84. Snap a photo of the sun!!! BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT. BUT ITS TOO BRIGHT!

85. Hug a lamb/goat/sheep (Gonna fulfill this in Taiwan!)

86. See the shooting stars!!

87. Backpack trip!

88. Dip dye my hair! Bright colours!

89. Learn how to do makeup professionally

90. Try contact lenses!

91. Get free money HAHHA

92. Donate that free money! 

93. Train a bird!

94. Birds to answer whenever I call them, "Bird bird~~!"

95. Find someone I love.

96. Produce a movie

97. Be a producer/director for showbiz!

98. Be an Economist!

99. Be a senior manager!

100. Kosen Rufu

thats my 100 things to do! How about yours?

Ssikkek @ Novena Branch

101 Thomson Road, United Square

#B1-15/16/17

S307591

Tel: 6254 8123

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri: 1130am to 230pm (Lunch), 5pm to 11pm (Dinner)

Weekend/PH: 1130am to 11pm

Nearest MRT: Novena Station

Exit B, follow the underpass that leads you to the entrance at the first floor. Follow the shelter towards United Square. Enter the basement outside the mall.

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Ssikkek with the SIMSD TBZs! A simple session!

It was raining heavily! Thankfully for the shelters and underpass, otherwise even if umbrella I will prolly be drenched too!!

The branch is pretty clean and nice! However, cos it was raining then and its marble floor so... its very slippery... provided i wore a canvas shoes with rubber soles... Im like sliding lol

Kimchi, Lettuce, Bacon, Pork belly, Steak, spicy chicken

salt plus pepper, meat sauce and ssamjang!

and some ddeok!

I shouldnt tie up my hair =.=

The service sucks.

But then again, this outlet is kinda different! You may want to call in to reserve. They dont work by 2hours slot like Chinatown. We went in around 7pm and get to eat till about 10pm! so its really slow and steady! Hack their service, its buffet anyway! costs about 25 per person! cheaper too!

Seoul Day 32- Moving out day, a day before departing, Myeong Dong and exploring more of Hyehwa!

On the 31st day night, my roomie Sheryl moved out. And... Xiuhui moved out after lunch with us on the 31st as well... Its pretty sad... and the even sadder day comes, the MOVE OUT DAY. sigh... Thankfully friendship forge in Korea is with Singaporeans!! Also, we have a few friends whom we really cant bear to leave like MoA, Nara, Logan Dongsaeng, etc

Anyway before dwelling on that further, wenjing and I are staying in Seoul one more day after the Move out day... so that means we gotta find a place to sleep in for one night! Since our dorm and school and the nearest airport bus service bus stop are somewhere near Insider Backpackers... we went to settle the lodging before this day.

Below is the airport limousine service!

Before Moving Out! I took photos around my dorm for the last time :( *weeping silently*

Get this bottle if you need water!! There is a small bottle version! Guess how much this costs??? 500won I think! Even cheaper than other small bottles that costs at least 700won...

As seen on the tag, you can get it from Homemart! You know... if you needa find water source... get this! Its really a chore to boil water!

During the exhange, we bought a kettle from Lotte Mart for about 20,000won. really cheap kind... then share it with our roomie! Cos we dont know how to use the stove... I brought my pot along though and some packets of Maggie Mee, but I suggest you dont bring those! Cos you wont be using the pot! Its hard to boil water using that too... and most of the time, you will probably be eating out with friends!

we got the blue wire from the common area laundry place and tied it in our balcony! Wenjing and my personal laundry place! haha

Packing luggage before moving out! hehhhh

Since move out time was slightly later... so we met up with yuxuan... (by then, yihui is already on her way to the airport lo...)

As you can see, our group decreased from 5 to 4 to 3... and to 2...

Rubbish at our void deck! First time man lol...

See how nicely our rubbish was placed!

Anyway, at our dorm area, or rather Korea as a whole, they are pretty waste conscious. In the sense that, they do separate their waste; paper, plastic, cans and toilet waste (for dorm)

The inner side of Hyehwa inside/along the ABC Mart side! (nearer to Naksan)

we had our breakfast at some brunch restaurant!

Back to dorm to shift out! Ok. last photo of my dorm! LOL

Clear table...

Byebye...

sigh... checked into Insiders Backpackers... They have 2 buildings! one for the backpackers and another building with private bathroom. we selected the private bathroom one! so its not the one we see (i.e. Main building) along the way to school! They will guide you over and help u with your luggages! No worries! At the main building, they have a weighing scale to weigh your luggages too! We carried the weighing scale (portable) down to the first floor to weigh our luggages and carry on!

After which, yuxuan deposited her luggage with us and went out with us while waiting for her friends to gather at SKKU area...

First and last try on the Banana Milk! Not bad for person who dont drink milk!

We went to Sindorim to visit our KSGI kaikan for the last time!

And I have no idea why we came here (Seoul station, lotte departmental store) but anyway, 10 pretty girls right! HAHA

KSGI HQ is opened!! yesh! Photo/video takings are prohibited in this exhibition hall!

The Garden!

The entrance!

No meeting = no glory hall (the hall with changing lights!)

From Sindorim station, take exit 2 (i think!) you should find yourself underground! spot E Mart sign board and you should be on the right track! Then you will see a lane of shopping stores like those in Express Bus Terminal... Get to the first floor! Its a Techno Mall (TM)!

Find this bus stop/taxi stand!

TM Building!

TM surrounding...

From the Bus stop you should board any bus that goes to KSGI. Note that their bus directory (like those you see in Singapore) its pretty confusing... people can remove the red arrow direction and stick it anyhow to confuse people... so i suggest taking a cab!

Some dubujigae at the underground of TM!

Back to Hyehwa since we are done with our tour in Kaikan and yuxuan's friends are reaching Hyehwa!

This is the guesthouse rooms with private bathroom! Fortunately, we stayed opposite of Anna! haha her room is so cute! you has laundry wires all over... aye, she stayed here for at least 30days leh.. cos no available dorms from SKKU

Insider Backpackers doesnt have electronic lock for the rooms. Only electronic lock for the main door. So... we found out that someone went into our room when we were out to Sindorim. damn pissed. I think our things were even touched by the people! Thus, I approached the cleaning lady if anyone went into our room. She said no. Then, I said, but the laptop is on! she then replied, "ah! yes! yes! cos wireless internet has some problem. we went in to check!" =.=

The room is pretty small! it has a small kitchen! But doesnt seem clean.

We had a dessert! yumz

Then we went to the Hyehwa New Balance Branch to get my darling NB Shoes!! 90,000won! aww loved :) was in a dilemma if i should get it... true enough, like what my mum said, buy la! No regrets!

After that, we explored a little in Hyehwa then... wenjing and I were deciding if we should head back to guesthouse already since its so unsafe... ended up, we decided to go Myeong Dong to do last minute shopping instead!

I only bought a few items and my beloved knit outerwear from Uniqlo! (a big white building near the station exit)

Back to Hyehwa's Lims Chicken for dinner! 7500won each for 2 people! so yummy please :( i miss leh