Japanese shopping in Stjørdal

It's only 9 days left until I leave for my folk high-school!! My mother is going to drive me there, and I'm so grateful for that, because I seriously doubt that I would be able to carry all the stuff I have to bring through 3 different trains and one bus, then from the bus stop to the school which I have no idea where is. XD
And it will be a cozy trip with my mom~ ^_^

Today I went shopping in Stjørdal, the town nearby my mother's house, with my mother, my sister and my brother's girlfriend. I originally planned to buy just one thing, a bag that I can use for school stuff and for traveling(I'm going back to Korea in my autumn break). However, I couldn't find a bag I liked, but I found some other interesting things~

We went to an antique shop, and I found a Japanese handpainted teacup!! It only cost 40 NOK~







It was absolutely gorgeous! There were originally 4 plates, but I decided to just buy one, since there was only one cup. I collect teapots and teasets, and I especially love asian teasets, so this one was a great catch for me~ ;D

And I found some Japanese stickers in a Norwegian store! I was amazed to find it, and it cost only 10 NOK *_*




It says 大好き[daisuki], which means "I love you" ~ :D
I kind of collect stickers too, I just can't resist cute stickers like these!!! And, now I can write super cute letters~~~ ^_^


Then I bought some hair accessories. I figured I could need some more, because they are great for a casual look as well as a dressy look~ And in these pictures you can also see my new hair color ^_^





And here's how my circle lenses look after a day of shopping((lol, I had to do this. XD):

Leaving Korea

On June 1st, early in the morning, we left Korea.

We had spent almost the entire night packing and making everything ready to go, but still we managed to oversleep! It was just by half an hour, so we weren't really late for anything. lol

We gathered our things and left our room(in quite a mess, SORRY, LOVELY HOTEL STAFF T__T) and checked out. The minute we came out on the street, a taxi stopped beside us and the driver asked us if we were going to the airport(the huge suitcases must have given us away. LOL). We said yes and ge brought us to Incheon Airport within 45 minutes, so despite our slight delay because we overslept, we were at the airport two hours before our flight were supposed to take off! Creds to Korean taxi drivers.

The check in of our luggage and everything went smoothly, and soon we were on the plane. It felt a bit sad leaving Korea, because we had had such a wonderful time there!


The plane ride took ages. lol. But I kind of like flying, so it wasn't that bad, really. The worst part was that after the 17 hour long plane ride, I had to take the night train from Oslo Airport Gardermoen for 10 hours before arriving at my mother's house @__@;;
But finally, I was there. It was so nice to be back home with my family, and I was ho happy for taking this trip!!!

Korea - Day 9

This day was our last full day in Korea, and I think that we used it to the fullest!

We went to Apgujeong station as planned, then we called Block B's manager people back. After a bit of language problems, we finally got intructions on where to go further to meet Block B again. We caught a taxi, then had the taxi driver talk with the manager people, then the taxi driver drove us to the correct place. XDD
We had NO idea where we were. lol

It turned out that Block B were in a beauty salon, preparing for a photoshoot, and we werte supposed to meet them outside of the salon! So we stood outside of the salon and waited and talked a bit with some other fans who were also there. After a while the members emerged from the building one by one, and stopped and talked with the fans who had come to meet them. They recognized us from the MTV Show and a Korean fan helped us to talk with the manager because we wanted to ask him about the chances of Block B's promotion in Norway. We talked the most with Kyung, who seemed to be the one who spoke English best. He's such a charismatic guy! We even got a hug from hgim as he was leaving!!!! (>3<)

Afterwards, we realized that we hadn't eaten all day, so after talking more with the Korean fans there, we found a Burger King nearby. It turned out we were acutally in Gangnam, which is where SM Entertainment(the company which Super Junior, SHINee, DBSK, SNSD etc. are signed to), and we had planned to visit the building that day! What a funny coincidence! It was also the place where the celebrity restaurant were located, the one we got a free meal to with the Dream Concert ticket~! ;D

So after eating, we found the place of the celebrity restaurant, but decided to go there after we'd visited SM Entertainment, and then we went off to SM Entertainment~~ We camped outside of the building for 3 or 4 hours, hoping to see one of our idols. There were some Japanese and Chinese fans who were also waiting outside of the building, they were all so nice! :D

Our waiting paid off, because after a while, it started reaining really hard, so we ran over to stand under the building entrance to not get wet --- and as we stood there, Zhou Mi from Super Junior M came walking up to the entrance!!!!!!! We were so amazed! He even said hello to us! *w*
BEST DAY EVER.

Well, after this fantastic meeting, we went to cafe-t, to get our free meal and maybe see some celebrities. We didn't see anyone we knew who were, though, but the food was very good! :D

After that, we took a taxi to Hapjeong and found YG Entertainment --- The company which Bigbang, Se7en and 2NE1 are signed to, and decided to camp outside of that building too. We didn't see any of our idols, but we saw some of Taeyang's crew and some trainees~ And we danced Taeyang's dances and sang outside of the building in the pouring rain. XD We stayed there until 1 AM and there was even a huge thunderstorm! We were enduring fans!!! hahaha

Well, we took a taxi back to our hotel, since the last train had already gone. It was a very eventful last day in Korea!!!

Korea - Day 8

This day we got completely and uyterly lost in Dongdaemun. We couldn't find anything thst we were looking for and we had no clue where we were most of the time. It was so much fun lol


In the middle of a huge and very crowded building with a million super tiny shops, we found these tails, that are very popular in Gyaru fashion these days!

They only cost like 10000 won, which is really cheap in comparison to what some of them cost on online gyaru fashion stores!!! So obviously, I bought one. :D

We rested in a quiet oasis-like place by a river that went through Dongdaemun market.


When we returned to our hotel, we decided to call Block B's managers again and ask for another meeting before we left Korea! We had recieved instructions on what to say in Korean and such, so after gathering some courage, we called. Even though the managers didn't understand much English, and we didn't understand much Korean, they were kind and told us to come to Apgujeong station around 11 the following morning. WE WERE SO HYPED OMG.

Korea - Day 7

This day I went to a Korean Zoo!!! It's called Children's Grand Park and it's located in Gunja. It was the first time I went to a Zoo, so I was like a 4-year-old. XD

We saw elephants, tigers, lions, hyenas, zebras, monkeys, snakes, crocodiles, exotic birds~~~ And some animals that we have here in Norway, like otters, guinea pigs, deers, donkey etc.
It was so much fun!



The highlight for me was to see a REAL LION UP CLOSE!!!!!!!!




It was so much fun to watch all of the animals~ And the weather was amazing! Here's a picture of me:

Korea - Day 6

This was the day we went to see Dream Concert! I had barely managed to get tickets in time, I had to order the tickets from Japan together with a special course(which was a free meal at a celebrity restaurant in Korea called cafe-t) and they were super expensive because of it! Then I had to have the tickets sent from Japan to our hotel. But we got them without trouble!

Finding our way to Seoul World Cup Stadium was no problem(we even saw some cute SHINee fans on the train there~)
But when we got there, we spent at least one hour just to find our seats! Because we had special tickets purchased from Japan, we had to go to a special booth to get in. But the ticket staff were all Japanese, so I was able to talk with them and ask them where to go(and luckily, I could understand their instructions!) so in the end we managed to find our seats. It was so close to the stage!!! And thank god, we got SITTING SEATS, even though our tickets said "Standing seats". I had been so worried about having to STAND during the entire concert with my knee pains and all, but we got to sit all the while!!! I was so incredibly happy and relieved just because of that! :D



The concert was amazing! It was my first Kpop concert and I got to see so many of my favorite
Korean artists perform in one concert!!! SHINee, 2PM, U-KISS, B2ST, DBSK, f(x), F.T. Island, Miss A, and there was even a special performance by Kim Soo Hyun!!! He was in the drama Dream High together with 2PM, T-ara and Miss A members, and he performed two of the songs from that drama!! I followed that drama from its first episode which aired last year's winter, and I had no idea that he was going to be in that concert, so it was such a happy surprise for me!
And Heechul from Super Junior was one of the MCs! So awesome~

Cassies - DBSK fans and Shawols - SHINee fans


Primadonna - F.T. Island fans


Kim Soo Hyun and Suzy from Miss A~~~


Kim Soo Hyun, Suzy and Heechul~~~~


SHINee:


B2ST:


2PM:


SECRET:


F.T. Island:


And lastly, DBSK!!!!


There were many other artists who performed, but these are the pictures that were best.
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After the concert, we originally planned to take the train back to the hotel, but there were just too many people going on the train at the same time, that we only got to Hapjeong and decided to take a taxi from there. It took us over one hour to get a taxi, and when we finally managed to catch one, we were so worried about the price, concidering it was after midnight and our hotel was located over half an hour away from Hapjeong. But it only cost us 30 Norwegian Kroner!!! AMAZINGLY CHEAP.

I love Taxis in Asia. If it had been in Oslo on a saturday night... First of all, I would probably be harassed on the street before even finding a goddamn taxi, and then I'd have to pay from 300 to 600 Norwegian Kroner for the same distance. lol

Korea - Day 5

This day we stayed inside of the hotelroom the entire day, because I needed to rest my foot, as the day after was the day of the big concert!! 

I felt awful about my foot being like this, but my good friend Yuto talked to me and cheered me up all day (for once I was in his time zone, as Japan and Korea is is the same time zone. lol) 

Korea - Day 4

This day we went into Myungdong again for shopping, but I managed to wreck my knee in the middle of a Japanese style Idol shop! @___@ My knee slipped out of it's joint and then back again. It hurt like hell, but I've experienced it before. Luckily I was able to quickly find a drug store so I could get some bandages. But I kept thinking about how on earth I was going to be able to go to Dream Concert! T__T

However, after finding me some bandages and eating Bulgogi burger on McDonalds, we continued our shopping and found Rain and JYJ-members inside of Nature Republic!



I bought a lot of CDs in here~

Afterwards we took the train into Jamsil, and visited Lotte World, one of Korea's biggest amusement parks! It was so big! We only tried out one rise, the biggest rollercoaster called The French Revolution~ It was so freaking scary! OMG. But so fun XD







Then, after we had been inside of Lotte World for a while and cooled down with a delicious frappuccino (it was insanely hot in there @__@), we walked around in the huge shopping center that was Jamsil station. All of a sudden we found a life-size poster of Suzy from Miss A~ and inside of the store was a Norwegian clothing brand named SkoNo!!! We were so amazed to find Norwegian shoes in Korea of all places XD



Norwegian shoes!!







On our way back, we bought some food to have in the hotelroom as we desperately needed to rest! I found some Japanese snacks, I was really happy!

Takoyaki~~~~ My beloved takoyaki


I found Pizza-chips!! I had missed it so much from Japan last year XD