Little Miss Lazy Bum

Thursday, June 28, 2007

guess what?! i got HIVES. first... what is hives...

from wikipedia.org.

Urticaria or hives is a relatively common form of allergic reaction that causes raised red skin welts. Urticaria is also known as nettle rash or uredo. These welts can appear anywhere on the body including the face, lips, tongue, throat, or ears. Welts may vary in size from about 5 mm (0.2 inches) in diameter or more (as large as a dinner plate), itch severely, sting, or burn, and often have a pale border. Urticaria is generally caused by direct contact with an allergenic substance, or an immune response to food or some other allergen, or for other reasons.
sounds disgusting?

it is.

so i went to bed last night like any other night and then after 5 mins i started feeling hot and prickly like there were many ants biting me.. my first thought was.. OMG. bed bugs.. so i turned on the lights and nothing.. so i just went back to sleep scratching every so often.. i think i even scratched in my sleep.. hmmm.. then i woke up around 4 cuz it was reallllllly tooo itchy to bear.. so i turned on the lights and to my horror there were sooooooooooo many mosquito bite looking things ALL OVER MY BODY! and there was a freaking 3D red world map on my thigh!!! and i started panicking and freaking out and all woke my parents up and then took meds and then freaked out some more...

so i decided to go online to research what could be the cause and what to do about it.. (charm you reallllly should be sleeping at 4am in the morning.. hahaa.. =) ) and so i came to the conclusion. it must be the soap i used. bah. stupid soap.

anyhow.. here are some pics.. warning.. its kind freaky.. i get itchy just looking at it..

the world map on my left thigh

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my inner arm.. its discusting i tell you..

my right knee..they look like mosquito bites right?

my right arm

my left arm

feeling itchy already? hahaa.. btw.. have any of you been bitten by one of those "grass mosquitoes"? the kind where the bite becomes reaaally red and about 2.5 cm in diameter? i don't know what they are called.. my mom calls them "cao bang" literally meaning grass mosquito... its those with the really long legs.. i had this uuuuultra big bite before i went to korea.. so i was really itching all the time! oh and when it heals it becomes a bruise.. its really horrid..

oh.. and im all better now.. the swelling went down and everything.. saw the doc.. =)

i sure hope they don't reappear!

8:24 PM

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Day Seven

Day seven was our last day in Korea... all of us were feeling kind gloomy for some reason... =S

We first headed to the Amethyst shop where all the purple, glittery but way toooo expensive bling blings were staring right back at us.. kinda boring though.. honestly.. but i guess the ah mas in our tour liked it... hmm...

We went on to have our brunch after that.. we had Sulfur Duck.. remember in Da Chang Jing she cooked the sulfur duck and then something happened to the king? yah.. that sulfur duck.. but honestly........ it just tastes like duck........... hahaha.. nothing unusual.. but at least we can say we've tried.. =)

next we headed to some provision shop where we could buy seaweed and other Korean food stuff.. my parents ended up buying 6 packs of seaweed and one bottle of Korean honey citrus drink.. i like!!! =) its really effective for colds and sore throats.. you can get it here in S'pore too!

the morning was quite relaxed we did everything at our own pace.. and still managed to reach the airport early.. =) so while we were waiting to check in we realised we forgot it was father's day!!!!! hahahahhaa! so we bought ice cream for daddy.. hahaa..

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

we had to wait quite awhile.. so when you are bored what should you do?

CAM WHORE!!!

all this while daddy was stock taking!!

we had seven boxes!!!

and before we knew it we were saying bye to Michael and bye to Korea... after a 6 hour boring flight.. we were back in S'pore...

the only bad thing about holidays is coming back to S'pore.. well.. its not really S'pore.. but rather coming back to reality.... for one week all my troubles were gone i felt so light and carefree.. and when i returned to S'pore all the work and responsibilities started hitting me one by one.. sigh...

well anyway.. I had SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH fun in Korea!!!!! next destination... JAPAN.. =)

12:15 PM

Day Six

Day Six we were basically just sight seeing around Seoul.. everything was a stone's throw away..

We drove around Seoul and passed by the palace which is under renovation cuz it got distroyed by the Japs i think.. hmm.. too bad we didn't get to see it.. but we did get to see the president's home tho! hahaaa.. but the main attraction wasn't the presidents home.. rather it was the police men!!

This is a police man.. can you believe it?!

The president's house.. i think.. haha

After that we headed to the Namsangol Traditional Garden which wasn't too far away.. this time when we were there, they were holding a traditional ceremony of some sort.. there were those big swings where your legs are tied to the wooden part at the bottom and you get pushed vvvvery very high up.. looked like fun! and there was a traditional performance as well.. all this is for Duan Wu Jie ( the dumpling festival.. remember?) heh.. there were many TV stations there as well so we might have been on Korean national tv!!! hahahhaaa!!!

The performance

This garden is actually a replica of a traditional Korean village.. =) it shows the way they lived in the olden days.. quite interesting!

Ooo! a princess used to live here!

This is where they cook!

The sauces they made..

aparently this was their answer for a fridge in the olden days.. they would dig a hole in the ground and put these jars in..

Next, we headed for lunch! GINSENG CHICKEN. its a spring chicken with its cavity dug out and filled with glutonous rice, red dates and ginseng..and you have to pour ginseng wine on the chicken before you split it apat.. mmmmm..... it was quite nice.. not bad.. =)

Ginseng Chicken

The Ginseng wine was quite strong.. hahaa..

After lunch, we went to Nandaemoon and this other street.. i forgot the name.. but its like Orchard road.. Branded stuff all over the place... but we went to this really busy street where there were many road side carts.. it was really bustling with activity.. guess what my sis and i attacked first?

ICE CREAM! its a 30+ cm tall ice cream!

Busy busy street!

after 2 hours of walking around we ended up all hot and sweaty! btw.. the Misscha and The Face Shop there are ULTRAAAA cheap! one nail polish is about $1.6 and the eye shadow about $2+... Cheap right?!?!

we headed for dinner at some chinese restaurant and then for a theatre show, JUMP. which is coming to S'pore soon! you should really go watch its a martial arts comic performance.. it was realllllllly funny! hahahaaaa!! and you should see how high they can jump! and when they jump you can really see that when they reach the highest point they remain there for a second or two!! go catch it!!

11:32 AM