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A White Christmas in Korea

The thrill of spending Christmas in a cold, winter piercing cold most of the time, as we sat i
land got 48 K S S members to spend 5 days, 4 cosy comfort of our bus - we were stuck in
nights in Seoul, Korea. jams most of the time! After the s " ' " "
experience, 1 began to appreciate K L
We wasted no time at all when we arrived at whatever it is! The horrendous jam which w^.'
Seoul on the crisp cold morning of 22nd made worse by the Christmas festive period le^f
December. Our tour guides immediately showed us with very little time to complete our itinerary
us around.
Skiing, which is said to be the King of wint^.
sports, was of course the highlight of the trip
All members, except for a few, enthusiastically
got into their skiing gears at the Yangji Ski Resor
and took a half day skiing lesson.

Christmas eve was spent on the hig^m
crawling to and fro Lotte World, the mos
beautiful indoor and outdoor Themepark
Korea. The next day, Christmas - which ii
Trying some Korean delicacies at the Korean Folk Village.
normally accompanied by some nostalgic feelinj
My first impression of Korea with its winter - was mostly spent at the airport, waiting for ou
brown, withered lands, was a far cry from those aircraft to be repaired! We were certainly gl
glitzy colourful travel brochures! to touch home, just before midnight, but not \
our luggages were brought back to us from beir
Korean food has always been known to appeal wrongly stored at the cargo! Things do have ;
to very few people. But, our tour guides almost domino-effect of going wrong at times!
had us drooling when each time he told us we
will be having cuisines such as Korean Ginseng It was a white, winter Christmas that
Chicken, Korean BBQ or Korean Steamboat for experienced and looking back, many vowed i
our next meal. Credits must be given to those get K S S to organise another trip to Korea ne>
wonderful sounding names which whet our year.
appetite. It was anti-climax though, for our Joyce Li
groaning stomachs as we stuffed ourselves with Sungei Way Managemer
Kimchi and cabbage, without fail every meal!

The weather - at below 5 degree Celcius - can K.K Wong <
be quite harsh, especially when the wind blew. PRK at
\ I a e wi
In a way, we were lucky to escape the bone- s hoppt
I disiricl.

"Skiers" Christind
Loo and Fanny Yap
at the Yangji Ski
KSS members, literally freezing up for a snap. .M^erA
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