Korea Supermarket

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival #3: Foreign Food Finds

After I was few weeks staying in Daejeon, everyday taking the meals in the cafeteria, I think me and my friends should try to cook something by ourself and learning some Korean recipe. However, where should we go to shop for grocery? where is the best place to shop? 

HOME PLUS is one of the best Korea Supermarket to shop for grocery. As for the nearest Homeplus from Daejeon University is Tambang-dong. So, firstly we take a bus to Dae-dong subway station and take the subway to the Tambang station. After we arrive we can see the building of HOMEPLUS.  

Well, inside the homeplus have varieties of grocery to shop.

Apples

Bananas

Grapes

Different kind Vegetables too.

Chillis

Mushrooms

Meat Section : 

Beef

Big Squids

Shell Fish

This is special, it is cut squid with sweet and a little spicy source.  Customer allow to freely taste it before decided to buy. What a good service!  

As for us, we taste non-stop because it is delicious! yummy! There also different kind of side dishes can be taste before any purchase. 

The Chef is making the side dishes, they seem really expert.  

Haha! this is noodle with sup! But is cold x_x This was my 1st time to taste the cold noodles. It taste really weird for me. But at least we get to know this noodles for cold style cook. 

Breads

Snacks

This one are some of our favourite, soju!! The Korean alcohol drink. It selling cheap in Homeplus!   

Finally, Ice-cream ; )

By comparing the Korea Supermarket to Malaysia Supermarket, some of the grocery is more expensive and some are more cheaper. Especially, Banana in Korea is very expensive ; alcohol drink in Malaysia is very expensive. Korea Supermarket is more bigger as for the grocery section, its also offer more choice. Particularly, more taste testing for Korea supermarket. 

Anyway if you interested about the Homeplus Korea Supermarket  please browse it ; ) 

For more interesting stuff about Foreign Grocery Market,
Please visit Jennifer Lo Prete at OrangePolkaDot.com   

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival #3: Foreign Food Finds


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Coming up event in Korea !! Boryeong Mud Festival 2010 !!

Boryeong Mud Festival is one of the most famous attraction event in South Korea! The festival itself attract the largest number of international visitors annually. This year 2010, it will be held on 07.17.2010 ~ 07.25.2010 at Daecheon Beach. 

During the festival period, tourists flock to the area to experience the beneficial properties of the Boryeong mud around the beach, and also to have lots of fun. Fully immersed in the both the mud and the festival’s great atmosphere, visitors can enjoy many activities like mud wrestling, mud sliding and even swimming in the mud mega tub!!  

The nature of Mud aura, visitors feeling particularly energetic can try the marine mud-training course, whilst those looking for something more chilled can relax in the mud massage zone. You wouldn't feel bore because in the evening, music and fireworks continue the party on the beach!!

The list of the Program: 

- Street Parade

- Yacht Parade

- Mud Showroom

- Local Specialties Exhibition & Sale

- Mud Super Slide

- Mud Wrestling Competition

- Mud Marathon

- Mud Painting

- Mud Massage

and many more! 

How you going to reach there? 

- Bus

From the Seoul Nambu Terminal, Take the bus towards Daecheon  

Operating Hour from 9:20am to 6:40pm, take approximately 2hr 10min and only 4 times a day

- Train

From Yeongdengpo to Daecheon

Operating Hour from 5:48am to 8:28pm, departs every 1 hour and take approximately 2hr 30min 

After arrive Daecheon station, take a local bus for Daecheon Beach. It should take about 20 minutes.

As for my past experience in this festival, 

please visit my previous post here

Or you can visit its official website here .

Contact detail: 

+82-41-930-3820 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            +82-41-930-3820      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 3822, 3872 in English 

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The horrible experience end up nicely in South Korea !

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival: 
Travel Safely

One night, I am so desperately going with my ASEAN friends to taste the best Indonesian cuisine in Daejeon downtown. My feeling was so happy and exciting because I love to taste various kinds of delicious dishes. We went there by bus overwhelmingly and walk fast to the restaurant!

The name of the restaurant call "CINTAKU" mean "my love" and we step into the place then order the Indonesian dishes! SUDDENLY! I feel there is something missing at my back of my pant pocket!!! What! My wallet is gone!! @#$%^& My friends were shock with the drastic change of my expression!!

That time I have no ideas what to do, my mind went blank and only the words of "Search for it now!!" pop up in my mind! I went out the restaurant and search along the route I passed by, my friends help me as well... we went to bus stop ask people around with sign language (that time Korean not really good), but no one saw it. I am so scared! Then I realize it might drop in the bus, then my Korean friends call the bus station officers to check for my wallet when the bus off service. 

After few hours, the officer calls and told that nothing has been found. I am so sad... Because all the important documents inside my wallet are important, not only Korean ID card and others Korean documents but the Malaysian documents as well, it included Malaysian ID card, driving license, bank card, medical card, membership card and some others important stuff. I am totally freaky out! I can't really sleep well all night long and keep worrying! 

Well... next day after has report to international office, all of my Korean friends said " LeX, please don't expect your wallet will be back, almost impossible it will happen, cheer up man!" some said " LeX, I lost my wallet too, but as an advice please don't expect to be back!", my best buddy said " LeX, stay calm, you still have passport and the documents can be apply back! don't worry". So, it seem like I have to forget about my wallet, it will never return! It made me cannot really sleep well for a week. Is was horrible! !@#$^&*() 

Few days later I apply back my Korean ID card, bank card and others as well. As for Malaysian document, it needed to wait until I back to Malaysia and reapply again, so lame. Every night, I keep thinking how I drop my important item! Then I realize my wallet too thick due to too many documents inside it and not really fit into my pocket! Ah! Stupid mistake. 

My advices are, when you travel anywhere please!!  

- Keep your wallet as thin as possible.

- Put all un-relevant items out of your wallet or hand bag such as, (as of my case) Malaysian  
   cards or others  card which is not applicable in Korea.

- Put your wallet in zip pocket or zip hand bag. 

- Please don't expect to get it back if you lost your wallet! 

It was really terrible experience, and sad! However it ends very soon!

After one month, international relation officer call me “LeX, I have good news for you! An uncle found your wallet! You will receive it by next week!" then my responses is "Oh My God!! Oh My God!! My wallet is coming back!" it really surprises me! But I hope all the documents remain, as for the cash I don't mind if the he take all of it. 

When the week comes, I receive my wallet in a neat package. I quickly open it and check everything! You know what!!? Everything still there, even all the cash!! Oh my oh my! is miracle!! So, now I know why Korea recognizes as one of the safest country in the world. 

Anyway, this horrible experience end up with a nice memory and it was a lesson for me! Because this is the first time I lost my wallet!! and is last time!! So, anyone out there please take my advices! ^_^

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival: Travel Safely

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World Travel with Lonely Planet Blogger !!

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Lonely Planet's best world travel blogger provide precious advices, experience and guides for you to travel the world. Almost 100 members of them are working together as to make the best travel blogger group in the world.

All of them are expert in world travel. So, what are you waiting for? please make a cup of coffee, relax your mind and start to browse us in world travel.


LeX Paradise also one of the travel blog listed in the group and very proud to be one of them. In case, if you go to this page http://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-korea/chungcheongnam-do/daejeon , on the left hand side of the page you can see is the lonely planet favourite post from LeX Paradise.

So, let see what we can do to make you satisfied.

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Dream Concert Ticket will official release on 22th April 2010, Korea Time Zone 19:00 !!

Girl Generation, Dream Concert Korea

Wow !! Dream Concert 2010 ticket will be release soon on 22th April 2010, 7pm Korea time ( 1 hour advance compare to my blog time ) and the concert will be held on 22th May 2010, only one month period for fans to grab their ticket !! You can grab it in " Gmarket " It will be in Seoul World Cup Stadium!! Below is the layout of the stadium. 

  

The Dream Concert stage will be at North Wing and all the Spectator Seat will be at E, S and W wing. So, Standby on time to get the right seat for the best view ! 

Then, who will be on the stage? 
This 2010 the most amazing year!! 


Rain, Lee Hyo-ri, Wonder Girls, SNSD, SS501, Super Junior, 2PM, SHINee, Kara, yukijeu, Children of the Empire, Tiara, pominit, after-school, F (x), Da Vinci, ssien blue, pokeojeu, They're curious, Rainbow and Beast. 


All of them will be on 2010 Dream Concert Festival !! 


Please visit here official Dream Concert Homepage Here or you can take a look on Dream Concert 2009! 


Please leave some comments and I will answer it within 24 Hour ^_^


Stay tune for the instruction how to purchase the Dream Concert ticket through Gmarket !! 


Cheer! 

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Coming up event in Korea !! 11th Jeonju International Film Festival 2010!!

Jeonju International Film Festival

The 11th Jeonju International Film Festival will be held from 29th April to 7th May, 2010 in Jeonju, the most beautiful and traditional city of Korea. 

Not just an ordinary event, but features with a press conference after each movie screening and probably you will meet the Actors, Actress and Director of the movie! Hopefully All movie screening provided the press conference. 

Grab the ticket now! 

Is easy to grab, just register an account on its homepage and purchase through online. 

Don't wait more, click here to register.

Price list of the Screening movies: 

Opening Ceremony / Closing Ceremony 10,000Won Midnight Obsession (All-night screenings) Master Class General Screening 5,000Won Special Screening: Youth Voice Free Admission Outdoor Screening

- With the exception of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, 15% of the total number of seats for all  screenings are sold at the on-site box office. -Special Screening: Youth Voice is free, and tickets can be obtained online or on-site as with regular screenings.

International and Korean Film screening list can be find here .

Besides Movies, there are many activities going to happen there. So, when you are waiting for the movie, you can take a walk around and enjoy some concert, street activities and much more. Below are the event timetable, please take a look:

DATE	JIFF SPACE	JIFF SQUARE	CINEMA STREET	JIFF VISITORS LOUNGE
30 April(Fri)	19:00 W&Whale	13:30 Crossover Music Troupe MASIL	14:30 Kanin Bong Bong	15:30 Cosmos Hippie, 10cm
1 May (Sat)	19:00 CYON B BOY CHAMPIONSHIP 2010	13:00 Egypt Ahmed Belly Dance	17:00 ROYA-fi, Chook Chook Band	15:30 Cryim & Lazy Afternoon
				22:10 Blue an aiR
2 May(Sun)	19:00 Clazziquai	13:00 Bubble Show	17:00 Total Art	15:30 Siwa & Dalmoon
				21:30 Blue an aiR
3 May(Mon)	19:00 lice in Neverland	13:30 MaryJane , Dawn Clover		15:30 Soulites
4 May(Tue)	19:00 Rocktigers			15:30 Dry Flower
5 May(Wed)	19:00 Kang Huh Dallim Band	13:00 IRIS Flute Ensemble		15:30 Nabi
6 May(Thu)	19:00 La Ventana			15:30 Egypt Ahmed Belly Dance

Again please grab the ticket here ^_^


As for more information please log to JIFF homepage here. 

Please leave any comments and I will response  within 24 hour.

PM: please skip the AD. 

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Coming up event !! Gyeongju Liquor and Rice Cake Festival 2010 !!

This year marks the 13th anniversary of the ever-popular ‘Gyeongju Liquor and Rice Cake Festival,’ held in the Gyeongju region at Hwangseong Park and the nearby region in Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do. 

The festival (held this year from April 17th to 22nd) draws large numbers of tourists each year with its diversity of high quality programs. It has been so popular in previous years, that this year the ‘Gyeongju Liquor and Rice Cake Festival 2010’ earned a spot on the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s official list of ‘2010 Culture &Tour Festivals.’ 

During the festival period, the exhibition centers will present displays on the production method of traditional liquors, traditional rice cake vs. rice cake variations, and the liquors of the 

Three Kingdoms – Goguryeo (37 BC - 668 AD), Baekje (18 BC - 660 AD) and Silla (57 BC - 935 AD). Visitors can even make their own rice cakes, pound large slabs of rice cake with a mallet, or grill Garae Tteok (가래떡, a white, long plain rice cake). 

There are endless programs available for visitors while they are exploring the area’s exciting culinary traditions, including: a liquor car shaped like a huge traditional liquor bottle, a photo festival, OX Quiz Show based on the narrative legends of the Gyeongju region, and more. Throughout the festival period, visitors can also stop by open-run events such as Gilnori (street performances), and other stage performances. 

This year, the list of scheduled events has been expanded to include the Queen Seondeok Beauty Pageant and an even bigger showcase of Korean traditional liquor, including those from other regions in addition to Gyeongju’s specialties. There will even be a ‘sampling corner,’ where visitors can taste some of the side dishes/snacks (for example, Korean beef) that are traditionally served alongside these famous liquors. While you’re sipping your drink, take a look at the traditional market and its amazing array of quality folk items. Don’t forget to pick up a copy of the pamphlet titled ‘Liquor and Rice Cakes: 100 Times the Fun,’ handed out free to visitors of the festival.

As for more information please check here or about previous year summary here .

Feel free to leave some comments and it will be answer within 24 hour.

Thank you. ^_^

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Coming Up Event!! 2010 Lotus Lantern Making Festival in Korea !!

"Please attain Buddha-hood in your next lifetime by lighting a lantern in this life"


The lantern has the meaning of brightening and praying for the world. You can experience the making of a eight-sided lantern and pray for your wishes. Lotus lantern making will be held right next to the Buddhist Street Festival that will offer many, many more cultural experiences.

Please take the lantern you made with you and join the Grand Lantern Parade in that evening which starts at 7pm. at Tapgol Park in Jongro 3-ga. It will be a wonderful experience of Korea's essential spiritual tradition.

The Event will start on 12:00pm. Sunday, 16 May 2010 In front of Jo-Gye Temple (Jo-Gye Temple Street).

You locate the event easily by Subway No.3 (Orange Line) > An-guk station > Exit #6 > Way to Jo-Gye Temple
No.1 (Blue Line) > Jong-gak station > Exit #2 > Way to Jo-Gye Temple or click here for the map.

So, what are you waiting for? please apply now by send attached application form until Wed. 5 May via E-mail to us ( the application form can be obtain from the link below ).

Ask your friends and Come along and Enjoy the Festival, everything that You need is prepared and is Free of Charge!

For more information please visit the homepage or here or email to ipogyo@buddhism.or.kr

May You Be Enlightened!

Feel free to leave some comments and I will answer it within 24 hour... 


Thank you ^_^ 

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