Sunday, September 18, 2011

Things that MooMoo Learnt at Kimchi-Land...

Things that MooMoo Learnt at Kimchi-Land...

(1) Must learn some Basic Korean for survival as very little Korean speaks English or Chinese, even at the tourist information counters. You can find more Korean speaking in Japanese than in English.

(2) Ignore the rudeness of people there as it is their culture. People there just bump or knock into you without any feeling, don't bother to stop and say sorry.

(3) If you're not interested to buy anything, please do not touch or don't even try to ask fo the price and bargain. Else, you will definitely get some scoldings. Even when you start checking on the goods you're buying, you will get 'unfriendly stares' and 'roll eyes'.

(4) People are talking or discussing but not quarrelling - they are only LOUD. LOL!

(5) Take pictures of the common food that you like to make your life easier when ordering food as most of the menus are in Korean without any pictures and English translation.

(6) It is wise to have names of the places you want to go, written on a piece of paper in Korean. It will be useful when you need to take public transport coz you can just flash them the note.

(7) Coffee Shops is everywhere on the streets. You can have access to Coffee anywhere at anytime. Sometimes, you can even find more than 3 Coffee Shops along the same street or next to each other. i.e. Starbucks, Coffine Gurunaru, Cafe Bene, Think Coffee, etc.

(8) Most of the eateries provide free plain water so you do not necessarily order any drinks when you order your food. Therefore, you can save some $$$ on drinks.

(9) Jeju-Island used to be Korean's Top Favourite destination for honeymoon as it is near and cost-saving. It is indeed a beautiful place to spend your holidays.

(10) Every single Korean dish will definitely comes with Kimchi and you can always top up the Kimchi and the rest of the small side dishes. Last time, MooMoo used to hate Kimchi... she can't recall when she started to get used to the dish and quite like it now. Weird huh?!? Haha.


* Each country always have their own unique culture and it is pretty interesting to learn all different cultures when you visit different countries. That reminds MooMoo of the culture in her company, which she is still trying to adapt after 4 years. LOL!!! At least, MooMoo is surviving very well. Anyway, things are starting to change due to her new CEO... starting a new Evolution culture. For better or worse, MooMoo will see... ^=^


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