Korea 2019 - Day 2: Gyeongbokgung Palace 경복궁, Bukchon Hanok Village 북촌한옥마을, Insadong 인사동 & Dongdaemun 동대문

GONG XI YA GONG XI, FA YA FA DA CAI. Writing some parts of this post during a 7 hour train journey between Romania and Hungary so don't feel too happy that i'm taking precious time out of CNY to specially blog for you. I just have nothing better to do. Contrary to what you see from the title, Day 2's activity is actually a punishing route march because they never help to plan the itinerary.

After a quick 5bx and water parade, we were on our way. Sun was out so the weather was perfect, cold but with a blanket of gentle warmth that made my nipple erect just ever so slightly.



Although i may be a pervert, i am not a sadist so i allowed them to take the mrt as we had yet to have breakfast. One of SAF's seven core values is Care for Soldiers after all.


We headed to the ever popular Tosokchon for their legendary ginseng chicken. I've heard stories of their snaking lines all the way out onto the streets so abit 小 stun why today so empty.


In fact, we got ourselves a table immediately. Probably because they mistook us for BTS or something. But sian even Kpop superstars have to take off boots before entering the dining area. If only i had a zip on them so that i can take it off in 2 seconds sigh..


A whole chicken submerged in milky broth is served in a stone bowl along with a shot of ginseng liquor. We had a sip of the liquor and wakao alcohol content damn high feel like going Zouk yo ar yo. Pretty sure my penis stayed erect the full day after downing the shot, not that i need it of course..


Time to see what the hype is all about. Dismembered the chicken Luka Magnotta style to find glutinous rice stuffed inside. The rice converted it into a flavourful chicken congee and it was a good hearty dish. But the star of the show was actually the kimchi here. Damn spicy damn acidic damn shiok, it was the best kimchi we had during the trip.


Their traditional wooden setting got quite abit of feel too. A couple of Korean ahjummas who shared a table chatted us up but due to the language barrier, we weren't able to converse too much although i'm pretty sure they offered themselves to us.


Fall in fall in! We purchased some kimchi from the ginseng chicken place (which met with an unfortunate end), and marched over to Gwanghwamun Gate to indulge in some Korean history.


Constructed in 1395, it's surreal that we are looking at and touching the same exact walls that the...

Jjangkaman... this was restored in 2010?? Wtf the walls of Tampines Secondary School is older than this shit. *Cue Big Bang - Lies mv*

Oh well, that's not going to stop our platoon from enjoying ourselves.

Sometimes we depend on each other to fill the empty void in our hearts..

..but other times we just want to be alone and go somewhere far away...

The lone guard standing at the entrance was pretty crap at his job. We just strolled past him and conquered the castle with ease. No wonder until now they still cannot defeat N.Korea.


Once inside, we were met with a huge, sprawling empty space. Tbh I expected more buildings than just a parade square. Saw many people renting hanboks to cosplay the ancient days of having to walk 1km from the living room to the toilet. Seriously, imagine if the emperor had double mcspicy for lunch and needed to lao sai, the palace confirm got alot of shit stains.

After what seemed like days, we finally reached the emperor's throne room. So proud of ourselves that the dabs and logos were thrown out.


That's...it?.. Wtf is this? My Secretlab Titan chair resembles more of a throne than that red park bench. And what's with the simplistic design? Can some 奴才 go order some furniture from Ikea or Taobao to fill the place up?

Despite our disappointment, there were some positives as Jh rediscovered his long lost passion..

..of taking photos with tudungs. It's almost as if we went back in time..

** Flashback 8 years to Genting highlands **

Wew who dis skinny si ginna?

Letting everyone know who is no.1 in his heart.


Reluctantly saying goodbye to his first love. Just as we thought, he never really moved on from those hot minahs.

** Back to 2020 **


But since Th isn't abandoning soka and converting to muslim anytime soon, he will have to settle for watching 大长今 on Suria channel from afar.

Saying that the palace was underwhelming would be an understatement. To cheer ourselves up and warm our bodies, we hopped into a random cafe for a hot beverage.


Just a few Korean oppas, rejecting girls' advances while having our afternoon tea. 人生就是那么简单.

Yc's sweet potato latte almost looks as good as he does ;)

Which noob pcc till 手软 cannot pour cocoa powder properly?

Having defrosted our testicles, we continued on our determined trek towards Bukchon Hanok Village.

It was all of 2 minutes before we got distracted yet again, this time by the irresistible smell of grilled chicken skewers.


Hou mai these juicy barbecued beauties beats ginseng chicken any day of the week.

Navigated through a maze of footpaths, but eventually we noticed the herd of people taking selfies and found that we had indeed stumbled upon our destination.


Must be quite dulan staying here cause everyday the cb tourists come take photo with your house then you cannot hang your teh kor out to dry.


But the real landmark around these parts is Egg Drop, not to be confused with Egg Stop, the halal knock off at Paya Lebar Square.


Have you ever seen a more aesthetically pleasing toast? The bulgogi with egg yolk may look impressive, but that bacon and egg toast was truly amazing. My only question is why the fuck did we share and not get 1 sandwich each?

Sacrificing our egg yolk for the gram. This person squeezing the egg don't have what we call cum control.

So good that we deemed it worthy to take group photo with this place, but not at the traditional village.


We were confused when a troupe of clown afro wearing musicians marched passed us. RIP Ronald Mcdonald 一路好走,南無阿彌陀佛。

Jl's sweet potato ice cream came with a flower, the only one she has ever received since she stead with Reagan.


We crossed over to the lively pedestrian street of Insadong, where youths such as ourselves love to hangout and shop.


The highlight of Insadong is Ssamziegil complex, a hipster place full of stores selling clothes, accessories and things that we can totally appreciate.


Like these cute little poo shaped pancakes. Kl and Yc channeling their inner Yu Zhi and taking jiak sai too literally.


Instead of escalators, there's a winding walkway that gradually leads you to the top floor. Cool concept that our tired feet were unable to appreciate.


We gave up and ducked into a cafe to rest our legs. Ordered a tiramisu because sit down never order anything very xia suay. The food gods smiled on me that day and the cake was actually lovely.

Since our body condition all PES E, we decided to take a train to our final stop, Dongdaemun. Can't think of any other function of these mirrors in the subway other than to upskirt girls.


Apologies for not warning you about this explicit food porn image in advance. We had dinner at Manjok Ohyang Jokbal where they serve lovely pork trotters that are tender, fatty and well braised in five spice.

Hais ownself not alert miss chio bu pose but kenna oi. The fatty pieces of pork were so Q that your body naturally bounces along with the chewing rhythm. Hen sinful hen unhealthy but hen hao chi.

I don't know what got over us but right after the porky meal, we were enticed by a random mandu restaurant.


Judging by the number of locals gobbling down dumplings, we were convinced that this place is legit and then ordered a dozen pieces without second thought.


When these fist sized, dumplings on steroids were brought out, we immediately realised we fucked up. These motherfuckers are like the Ming Han of dumplings sibei dua liap.


To make matters worse, we had also ordered a bowl of jjampong (seafood soup noodles) to share in our semi-stuffed state. Shamefully, we conceded defeat and left them half finished since both dishes didn't taste great anyway.

Time to work off all those calories with a little exercise. We transported to the year 2120 with the most advanced arcade i have ever seen. Baseball batting, VR soccer stations, but just a little dismayed that the VR porn stations were nowhere to be found.

Couple having a blast while the single guy here watches in the corner enviously, masturbating and having my own lonely 'blast'.

KPOP SONG OF THE DAY dedicated to my fucking self:
Not gonna lie, this was just an excuse to watch this sexay music video.

Naturally, the macho guys of mse were all distracted by the kiap kiap machines, desperate to win tiny, adorable soft toys for ourselves. Gaaaaaaay.

Haven't seen Kl look so intense since he facepalmed at Changi Airport customs. After yielding no loots and clocking 20k steps for the day, we decided to stop wasting money and head back home.

Safety officer calls for a mandatory water parade before falling out. I will meticulously inspect all of your urine. Target is 100% transparent pee. Any tinge of yellow will not be tolerated.


Since i spent too much money at the arcade, i resorted to desperate measures to earn some pocket money for the rest of the trip. Here's a customer visiting my bed for "special services", while my pimp Jh handles the payment.


Favourite time of the day is when everyone is done with their respective duties and gathers at the dining table for supper.


The dumplings in our tummies were not really digested, but i had to try Mcdonald's Shanghai burger which is the Korean version of mcspicy. There was hardly any spice in it and it doesn't ooze chili oil when you squeeze it. Lousy rendition of the best chicken burger of all time i give 2/10. But eat up, my comrades and have a good rest, because a mountainous challenge awaits us the next morning.. 💪💪


- End of Day 2 -

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