In the morning, our coach pass-by The Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae), which is the presidential residence of the Republic of Korea. We had a brief stop around there for photo-shoot at a phoenix sculpture. This morning was veri boring as we spent hours at Ginseng & Cordyceps specialty shops. This actually lasted till noon time! Omg! Among us, we were actually complaining time wasted at these places, where we shld be shopping downtown.
Lunch was Sulphur duck in tonic soup - our separately paid meal. The duck was not tt good, but the soup was the saviour lah! Many side dishes were thrown in too.
In the afternoon, we were chauffered to The Face Shop outlet...we quickly got off the bus & my eyes were roving around the store to see wat prdts they have. I sensed something not rite, when a few salesgirls hard-sell us a diff brand of skincare. I also questioned their limited range. Well, bef long... i knew this was a place where our tour guide earns commission lah.
Finally, we reached Nandaemun & MyeongDong area ard 3pm! Gosh! That's veri late. We were given Only 2 hours to shop. No choice, we could only cover a stretch of MyeongDong. This time, i saw the real Face Shop. Competition was so fierce that their salesgals stood on the street dishing out small shopping basket containing freebie to tempt shoppers. We strolled down the street & saw many lovely winter wear... We were disappointed that our F&E shopping time was so rushed, haiz! 
Slightly bef 8pm, we were ushered to the JUMP theatre to watch tis renowned performance. JUMP is a non-verbal performance that fuse Tae-kwan-do & martial arts, complete wif exaggerating actions. It's like a play & I enjoyed watching the 90mins show. The performers all hv 功夫 training as can be seen fr their toned muscles. The popularity of JUMP had certaintly attracted an international audience. 
Tonite, our hotel was 6*Grande Sheraton Walker-Hill Casino. We were dismayed the room was not that big & ppl could easily climb in if we open the window. In this cold season, we needed to open our windows for ventilation as no air-con. Aft our laments, we went to check-out the casino. Me & ruby lost W2000 each at the jackpot machines. Not fun leh! Cos in other countries, i still gotto hear the clinking of coins when i hit the jackpot! We met our grp's 2 couples in the casino. B suggested we muz go up the Sky Lounge to enjoy the nite scene. So we went up & chatted till the lounge closed at 2 am. As it's the last nite liao, we din really sleep & went back to shower + pack luaggage till 5am! Right:This Star Rice Crackers is really yummy! Dunno why korea's snacks r so nice? No MSG somemore!
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