no one go gangnam?

Anything interesting there? Anyway, I went to another Gangnam neighbourhood i.e near Seoulleong station, 1 or 2 statoopns after Gangnam to visit the Royal Tomb..& thereafter a short walk to COEX mall. The whole area looks modern & very new wth all nicely designed short skyscrappers (Probably <30 storeys high)

The Seonjeong Royal Tom looks nice from far. It was closed on Monday (Sigh) so I took the tomb picture from far:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.508245&lon=12...22&z=16&l=0&m=b

TOPIK? what if for example i graduated in msia with a degree then go korea look for job need sit for the TOPIK cert to get job? or is it just a plus in yr resume?

USD$1=RM3.3
USD$2k=RM6600

Which money changer you check? Last I checked from Wawasan website 2.82. And Atria maybe lower?

I live in Gangnam... not that I'm rich that is.
Honestly Gangnam has nothing much to see... mostly all posh places, expensive stuff every where.

If you just want to see nice cars and rich people, just pop by and look see.
Nothing to shop unless you got the moolah, which you basically can still get in KL anyways.


It all depends on what job mostly.
But whatever the job, the best is to have a TOPIK cert as it will serve as a plus.

Hmm... I see,there is one place where rich ppl all stay, where the celeb all stay near each other in the same neighbourhood. Is it gangnam?

Vivaldi Park is pretty expensive overnight.. I'm actually having 2nd thoughts of staying there overnight.

Here's the page

http://www.daemyungresort.com/asp/language...commodation.asp

Family A type - ￦210000 aprox. RM 588
Family B type - ￦280000 aprox. RM 784
Suite A type - ￦310000 aprox. RM 868
Suite B type - ￦390000 aprox. RM 1092

That's a shit load of money for one night unless of course you're splitting this up with several other ppl.


How to get to Vivaldi Park ?
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Head to Sports Complex Station, grab a shuttle bus towards Vivaldi Park.

*Fares
one way(member fee) adults: 9,000 won/children: 6,000 won round trip(member fee) adults: 16,000 won/ children: 9,000 won


For the skit rates, it's as follow :-
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* Lift Operating Hours & Prices
Morning + Evening (08:30~16:30): ￦55,000 aprox. RM 158
Afternoon + Evening (12:30~22:00): ￦70,000 aprox. RM 196
Morning + Afternoon+ Evening (08:30~22:00): ￦78,000 aprox. RM 218
Evening + Late-night (18:00~24:00): ￦53,000 aprox. RM 148
Late-night + Early Morning (22:00~05:00): ￦45,000 aprox. RM 126
Evening + Late-night + Early Morning (18:00~05:00): ￦65:000 aprox. RM 182
Morning (08:30~12:30): ￦39,000 aprox. RM 109.20
Afternoon (12:30~16:30): ￦43,000 aprox. RM 120
Evening (18:00~22:00): ￦43,000 aprox. RM 120
Late-night (22:00~24:00): ￦31,000 aprox. RM 86
Early Morning (24:00~05:00): ￦35,000 aprox. RM 98
Single Ticket: ￦9,000 aprox. RM 25.20

* Unlimited use of the gondola & lift during the lift ticket hours.

Ski Outfit is ￦17,000 aprox. RM 47.60
Gloves ranges from ￦10,000 to ￦100,000 aprox RM 28 to RM 280.



Sources :
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http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=309551
http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3....jsp?cid=266845




The Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival Details :-
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(http://www.narafestival.com/07_global/?f_code=02_01&lang=eng) <-- info on festival

How to get there :
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http://www.narafestival.com/07_global/?f_code=01_03&lang=eng

When coming from Seoul..
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Take Gyeongchun line from Cheongnyangni or Seongbuk Station.
Travel time: 1 hour 40 minutes~2 hours, Fare: 5,200 won
Korail homepage: http://www.korail.go.kr/

Get off at Chuncheon station and go to the bus stop next to the train station to catch a Hwacheon-bound bus that leaves the Chuncheon Express Bus Terminal every 30 minutes.
Round-trip train tickets to Chuncheon can get sold out on the weekends, so make sure to make reservations


From Vivaldi Park
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I believe you can get a shuttle from Vivaldi Park headed towards Chuncheon Station.

i got my ski outfit plus ski eq rentals for 60000 won then for glove need to buy cant rent about 15000 won. expensive huh!?

This post has been edited by sfwong1: Jan 2 2011, 10:18 AM

What about the job prospect in service sector like Hospitality ? Do you think a Malaysian degree holder + TOPIK who also speaks english and mandarin is well accepted to Korea service sector ?

Gosh.read the news..south korea strike with bird flu n food-mouth disease..
Gosh..another 2 weeks will be going there..
Should we get some vaccination?

http://www.spao.com/Style/CategoryMain.asp...Idx=1&SCtIdx=42

anyone heard of Spao ? The site kinda looks like uniqlo..

Emm for privacy purposes I obviously can' reveal where celebs stay.
What I can tell you is that not ALL stays in Gangnam.

It also depends on the parent company's HQ residing at which area.

Quite high chance you can get accepted.
A bonus plus is if you can learn more about their culture, the better your chances are.

Yea bring just incase.


Yes SPAO is quite a popular clothing brand in Korea.
Quite expensive also and alot of imitations as well, so beware on where you buy em'.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Jan 2 2011, 12:50 PM

Hi N00DL35,

Thanks for the detailed information..it helps a lot.
enjoy ur trip ya..

lucky i came back earlier before the bird flu news came out. if not later stranded at the airport.

Im going coming this Wednesday... Sigh.....!!! Why all bad news turn up suddenly..
One question : How to go Cheongyecheong Square from Namsan Seoul Tower.
My friend advised me take bus number402 from namsan llibrary bus station and pass the five station to go to ganghwamoon and take off at ganghwamoon square. it will take about 30min.

If took about 30min -- Then go by TAXI should be expensive right.

Any other transport advise pls???

I managed to changed Korean Won at 2.82 yesterday at WAWASAN Mid Valley .

if you can't speak korean, having 5 Ph.Ds won't get you a job.

but the cost of living there is also 3 times more than malaysia.

Hi,

I;m trying to fit the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival into my itinerary.
Should I put it the same day as Nami Island?
Half day for Nami island, half day for Hwacheon Sancheoneo ?
Is it enough?
Nami Island just sightseeing right?

can anyone advise me for dslr user..
for this winter season dun u think it will effect the dslr condition..
after we shoot the photos..we can not hold outside is it..i'm afraid my dslr "tak tahan sejuk"...

yup should be okay.. be sure to go go early though since it gets dark pretty quick.
i had a friend who came back with such dull pics of nami island as they went in the afternoon.