ashcrimson, work or study? I wasnt that excited when my boss told me about it. It was either Brisbane or Seoul. But I guess Seoul is better than Brisbane?! Oh well. Whats done is done. Everything is well-prepared. Just waiting for the time.

im travelling to korea this september...want to ask, is the food ther very expensive?

LOL. Never been to OZ, only NZ. So I'm not really sure if the place is ok or not. Sorry if I offended OZ fans, I'm not saying OZ is bad etc. What I meant was culture wise.
Been to US, UK, Neds etc. So being surrounded by white ppl is already a norm. Even my boss also a Kiwi-an, a rugby diehard fan.

So for me, going to Korea, Japan is like a breathe of fresh air. I'm not really an adventurers type of guy. I'm very much a geek.

im travelling to korea this september...want to ask, is the food ther very expensive?

Food is standard 3 times KL...Just minus 3 zero & X3.. For eg..A bowl of ramen = 4,000 won = RM12

If I'm not mistaken McD set is ~4000 won lah..anyway still cheaper than those traditional Korean food restaurant wth avg 5,000-6,000 won.. The 4,000 won Ramen only in one of the restaurant I frequented during my few days stay there in dec 2010 haha.. Hard to find anything at 4,000 won actually except McD or cheaper option, buy those cup ramen in 7-11, GS mart/Family Mart..that way cheaper or just eat kimbap...I see lotsa Korean just order Kimbap during lunch too..poor man food

If I'm not mistaken McD set is ~4000 won lah..anyway still cheaper than those traditional Korean food restaurant wth avg 5,000-6,000 won.. The 4,000 won Ramen only in one of the restaurant I frequented during my few days stay there in dec 2010 haha.. Hard to find anything at 4,000 won actually except McD or cheaper option, buy those cup ramen in 7-11, GS mart/Family Mart..that way cheaper or just eat kimbap...I see lotsa Korean just order Kimbap during lunch too..poor man food

OK since you're on budget similar to most of ppl here..My recent trip of 6D4N can be used as guideline. I EXCLUDE hotels & air ticket bcos already paid in advance. You can prebook hotels using the link on 1st page (innotel, hostelworld or agoda)

Wth the AAX tickets & hotel excluded, I changed ~RM2170 cash into Won (well to USD 1st thereafter won). Yesterday, I changed back the whole US$218 available and got back RM680  So total spending only ~RM1500  AND this was for 3 persons!!    (Avg exchange rate at 2.85)

Rough idea of how I spent my RM1300 there (for 3 pax)"

- T-Money 33,000w X3 but got back 3600w X3 at the end of the day. (~RM260)
- Daily food for 3 X3 (Brunch & dinner - some meal simple convenience shop kimbap & drinks  ) ~ 12,000w X2 X3 X 4 nites (~RM820)
- Souvenir, entrance tickets, Taxi & etc  ~180,000won (RM520)

Honestly after comparing this Seoul trip and my recent Beijing/Tianjin trip even worse. I spent RM1800 there! Brought in RM2K and only managed to changed back RM200..

beijing now cost of living get higher gua...anyway they heard your slang is not from local sure chop you ... =x

i miss korea... i wan go japan..but once i see the first page of the jp thread...10k budget... i better go buy full frame body with that money ... 

I just reposted..I found out why liao..Too much fake shoppings in Beijing   

Well for Japan, after I done my bit & piece of research, also will not cost much wan.. I'm thinking only bring in RM300K for 3 person bcos from my calculation, we only need ~ RM800 nia for whole duration of my nxt trip haha..I just posted my Japan budget at the spending RM10K for Holiday" thread. I still kenot brain why ppl can still spend so much but no matter how I try also kenot reach RM1K per pax wan