SMTOWN 2023 Live SMCU Palace Jakarta

 Finally, after 11 years, SMTOWN Concert is back in Jakarta.

As SM stan, of course i didn't want to miss this chance. Still a little bit sad coz EXO didn't join the concert, but still happy and got excited to meet other SM Artists, especially NCT and Super Junior.

The concert is held at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium Jakarta. It's huge stadium and so many options about where to sit but you should win the ticket war if you want to get the front seat and of course with more expensive price. As for me, I got the ticket at around IDR 1.700.000 (already include tax), well it's quite worth because even though i sat in the GBK tribune, I sat in the front row, so it's good enough to see the stage and the big screen in front of me. Here are some fancams and photos that I got from SMTOWN 2023 Concert Jakarta:

Our ticket

The stage

My NCT Lightstick

Entering the concert venue

Adios. See you at the next concert :)

How to Watch Dream Concert in Korea (Dream Concert 2017, My First Ever Kpop Concert in Korea)

Dream Concert,

It is a very big Kpop Concert in Korea, with so many idols and artists. The performers are boy groups, girl groups, and solo singers. And with all that performers, you only have to pay cheap cheap cheap price. That's why I love watching concert in Korea because it's super cheap. If I compare it to watching Kpop concert in my country, of course the price of ticket is more expensive when you watch Kpop concert in your own country (because maybe they have to pay for the accommodation, they need to pay for like hotel, flight, and everything). 

So, this 2017 Dream Concert is the very first Kpop concert I've ever had in Korea. I watch with my friend, Mbak Risa, she is my friend in graduate school who also fond of  Kpop like me. I still remember we bought the ticket for only 50.000 KRW (It's actually considered cheap if you compare when you watch it in your own country). But you know, actually the real price is much much cheaper than that, only 10.000 KRW. We bought at that price because you know the competition of getting the concert ticket in Korea is super super super difficult. Just for a few seconds, and the the tickets are all sold out. At that time me and my friend actually already tried to buy the tickets by our self in their website. We even sat at the computer lab just to get the super fast access of wifi. But still we didn't get it. So yeah we bought it from the Korean seller who wants to sell their ticket at higher price (It's worth it though). 

I watched because of BTOB, gladly we got a seat in the area where Melody sat. Super super amazing experiences because I can sing and do the fanchant together with other Melody. 

But you know, other than BTOB, there are many more artists and idol groups performed at Dream concert. That's why I guarantee you that it's super worthy to watch a Dream Concert.

Me and my friend, the first dream concert for both of us

The venue, Seoul World Cup Stadium

We were queuing to enter the venue

The ticket

I didn't have official lightstick at that time,
so just bought this one

The situation on stage at afternoon

The situation on stage at night

How to Go to Super Junior Kyuhyun Cafe, "Mom House" Cafe

Here is another blog to guide you to "Idol" Cafe, "MOM HOUSE" Cafe. 

Super Junior has always been one of my favorite Kpop groups ever. Me and most of my friends at my age, we all mostly know Super Junior, and we really like their song. Now you know my age lol.  And especially for me, Super Junior is one of groups that brought me to fall into Kpop music. When I lived in Korea, I went to three cafes owned by Super Junior families, first cafe is  Donghae cafe (I already made post about it here), then I continue the journey to Kyuhyun Cafe (Mom House), and the last but not least there is Yesung Cafe (Maybe I will make a post about this cafe later). 

I wonder why the name of this cafe is Mom House, maybe because this cafe is owned by Kyuhyun's mom??? (If anyone knows behind story about the name of this cafe, please just comment below hehe). 

Anyway, in this cafe, like the other cafes, you can order cake and coffee, and hang out with your friends here. Because they provide many tables and wifi. But there is other service that they provide, that is a guest house. If someday you travel to Korea, this "Mom" Guest House can be one of your options to stay because it's really near to Myeongdong, favorite shopping area for tourist and everyone's destinations when they visit Seoul.  

coffee that I ordered

I believe that I still keep the tissue lol

Inside the cafe you can find many photos, pictures, and gifts from fans for Kyuhyun. They put those things in cafe as the decoration. Here they are.

So, here is the direction to go there:

- You can take the subway, get off at Myeongdong Station, and get out from the Exit number 2.

Exit Number 2, in front of the north face store, I wonder in 2022 the store still there or not, pic source: Google map

- After that, just keep going straight a little bit (only around 50 meters), and then you will find the Hotel Prince and the shop "Alpha" located between the alley, you turn right to that alley.

  turn right to that alley, pic source: Google map

                                                   

- And just keep your eyes on your left side, because the cafe will be on left side, you just need to walk a little bit along the alley (maybe around 50 meters walk only, p.s. the road is a bit uphill), and then you will find the cafe on your left side. No need to worry to find it, because they put a large sign "MOM House" in front of the cafe.

Taraaaa, we arrive safely

Exploring Daejeon City in A Day

Hi friends, this time I want to share about one of my favorite cities in South Korea, Daejeon. 

You know, when I was living in Sejong , the city is still new (because it's really a brand new city built especially for government complex), that's why many things are still on progress and many buildings were still under construction. 

Of course there are cafes and shopping mall in our beloved city Sejong hehe, but at that time the city is still kind of empty. As for me, it's good, because i especially love the calm atmosphere. But sometimes when I really need such a festive atmosphere, I tend to come to more populated city with more entertainment things hehe. But Seoul is quite far from my city (of course i like to visit Seoul too but it can be done only on weekend or when there was no class), so Daejeon is definitely the best option.  

From Sejong to Daejeon, it only takes around 30 minutes or maybe more (depend on which area you want to visit). There are actually many places you can visit in Daejeon, but in this blog, I will only list the places where I and my friends have been around. 

1. Daejeon Skyroad

The best place in Daejeon for me, almost similar like Myeongdong in Seoul. Me and my friends often went here just for eating, shopping, or maybe relaxing after had our exams lol ^^

There are many places for shopping, many restaurants, skincare stores (you can list it from nature republic, innisfree, and other skincare stores available here). Street food here is also one of the best. 

There is alo Daejeon underground shopping center which is located under/below daejeon skyroad. You can buy many clothes at cheap price there :)

2. UNIQLO Daejeon

Well, uniqlo is one of my favorite brands. It's not expensive yet the clothes are having good quality and super comfortable to wear. I love to go to uniqlo even if I didn't buy (or just window shopping lol).

There is also quite big stor of UNIQLO and it's still in the same area with Daejeon Skyroad, so it's actually super easy to be reached. 

3. Sung Sim Dang Bakery

The best bakery in Daejeon (and maybe in Korea). Not only people in Daejeon come to buy bread here, but people from other regions also often come here just for buying the bread. And you have to know the store of Sung Sim dang is always packed with people. Even when I invited a friend of mine who live in seoul to daejeon, she said that she will definitely go back to Daejon only for Sung Sim Dang bakery. 

There are actually several Sung Sim Dang bakeries in Korea, but I like to come to the bakery which is located around Daejeon Skyroad. 

4. Mokcheokgyo Bridge 

Mokcheokgyo bridge is the bridge I always walk on in Daejeon and is one of the daejeon landmarks. Next to the bridge, you can see the park area and if you continue to walk straight you can reach Daejeon Skyroad.

5. Daejeon Jungang Market

Just a regular market, where you can buy your necessities, foods, vegetables, fruits, meats, street foods, and etc. The street foods here are super cheap and many options available (from  tteokbokki, odeng, hotteok, pajeon, and etc.)

6. KAIST

Speaking about Daejeon, you can't forget this famous university from Daejeon, yes KAIST. This university is one of great universities in Korea, especially for students who want to be enrolled in engineering faculty. There are also many Indonesian students studying here. And I also came here for the Indonesian student community's event held here. And one of the best autumn view here in my opinion. 

7. Yuseong Hot Spring Public Foot Bath

You want to be health and relax, so this is one of the places you can visit. Yuseong Hot Spring is opened for public and it's free. The location is outdoor and you can only did the foot bath here. If you want to have sauna and hot spring for your body, you can go to the jjimjilbang (public bath house) around Daejeon. 

8. Daejeon world stadium 

I only came here once, and it's not for watching football matches, but for watching Kpop concert hehehe. Maybe I will tell about the story of my Daejeon Kpop concert  in another blog post. 

9. National science museum

Came here in my summer break with my roommate because my roommate likes to come to museum. In my opinion, museums here in South Korea is the best. They are well maintained and the museum is also made as attractive as possible so we can having fun while study. The National Science Museum in Daejeon is one of my favorite museums in Korea, and it's really a big museum.  There's a lot of things here (especially for science). The most favorite thing is when I visited the cinema-kind-of-thing to experience watching galaxy, planets, and etc. 

So that's all few places here in Daejeon that I recommend for you guys to visit. 

If I go back to South Korea, I will definitely come again to Daejeon. Wish my dreams come true *finger cross*

Lost in Chuncheon

Long time no see.....

As spring comes around, I want to post about one of my spring memories. 

This is, actually, I don't know whether this is a good or bad memory lol, but when you did something with your good friends, it's definitely a good memory, isn't it? :)

So, I and my friends actually planned to visit Nami Island. We were so excited at that time because it's actually the first time of us going to Nami Island. When we got off from the train, first we visited one of Chuncheon Dakgalbi restaurants and we visit the one that provided halal dakgalbi. It was delicious but sadly I forgot the name of the restaurant :(

After performing Dzuhur prayer there (great that prayer room is also provided by the restaurant), we were ready to continue our trip to Nami Island. But, but, but, the problem is started now LOL. We didn't aware that we went on such a long holiday in Korea, so the traffic was everywhere. There was no taxi that wanted to take us to Nami Island because the roads were full and jammed. 

At the end we didn't get any taxi, but luckily there is a tour group that offered us to go with them using their bus. We really grateful, even though we still didn't know where they would take us :') Long short story, we got off in chuncheon city (I believe). I also didn't know exactly where it was :(

From there, we didn't know how to go to Nami Island because no one of us knew the direction. And it's already afternoon so it's quite impossible to reach Nami Island. And we were tired as well. Sooooooooooo, we decided to not go to Nami Island. Later, we decided to search the google about the tourist attraction there and we found one near our location, that was Soyanggang Skywalk. Then, we went there right away. 

Soyanggang Skywalk is built above the Uiamho Lake. It is the walkway consists of a transparent glass floor and kind of looking like a bridge in my opinion (but it's not a bridge).  When you walk on the skywalk, you must use the special shoes cover provided so that the skywalk didn't get dirty. 

Last time before going back home, we spend our time by having banana milk tea lol.

It was all about lost in chuncheon, but because I did with it good friends and we had fun together, it turned out to be one of best memories in spring :)