'Hwaseong Fortress' is located in Suwon... King Jeongjo which is the 22nd King of the Joseon Dynasty... The King ordered construction to begin in January 1794 in order to honor and move the remains of his father, Crown Prince Jangheon from Yangju to Suwon...

'Hwahongmun'...

Hmmm... It looks kinda familiar... Ish, is the famous 'Da Chang Jing'!!! The drama is apparently film here... Don't blame me for not recognizing them because I didn't watch the drama!!!

A super duper BIG pad lock... I'm wondering what's the point of making the pad lock soooo BIG???

Some reenactment of the past... They are of course motionless!!!

WOW!!! I'm enjoying the life of being a paparazzi!!! Youngster nowadays!!!

Wondering what's all those things hanging by the line...

Hmm... It looks like some very important things that belong to guys... Eunuch anyone??? Looks a like right...

To be continue...

Finally Sony revealed the much awaited NEX camera yesterday... Currently there are two models to choose from... The NEX-5 and NEX-3... The only difference between these two models is the former can support 1080i AVCHD video recording while the latter is limited to 720p only... Currently there are only a few manufacturers that produces mirrorless interchangeable lens camera... The most famous two are Panasonic and Olympus which is the pioneer for Micro Four Third whereas Sony NEX system is different because it uses a 14.2 megapixel APS HD CMOS sensor

Front view of the camera with the standard 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens... Too bad Sony decided to use a different mount for the NEX... The new mount is call E-mount instead of the A-mount use for all the Alpha's camera... But fret not because an adapter is being develop... The adapter enables the NEX to use normal A-mount Sony or Minolta lens... Thinking about the NEX with Carl Zeiss or G-lens is enough to make my knees weak!!!

Back view of the camera... The design is very clean but I prefer my camera to have more shortcut buttons to ease usage...

Top view of the camera with the standard kit lens... The lens is a real beauty...

The NEX-5 with the 16mm F2.8 pancake lens...

Currently only two lens will be available... The 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 and 16mm F2.8 pancake lens... The 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 lens will be available later this year...

The Sony NEX-5 compare to Panasonic Lumix GF-1... See how much smaller the Sony is...

The top view of both cameras... I prefer the GF-1 because of the mode dial... I like camera with mode dial!!! It makes life so much easier...

The Sony NEX-5 compare to the latest Olympus E-PL1...

All pictures taken from Imaging Resource...

Very nice 'Phun Choi'... But I'm not a BIG fans of it because in my opinion, all the ingredients inside tasted the same!!! But this is one of the nicest that I've ever eaten...

Fuyoh, we finish the whole pot!!!

The prawns are really nice as well...

Overall, the food is not bad and I think is better compare to my last visit... The only problem is the bill... It cost us RM444 for this meal... We are not complaining about the price BUT the number... DIE DIE DIE!!! Hahaha just joking about it... In fact, number 4 is my favourite number!!!

Overall Rating - 3.5/5

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What can I say about 'Iron Man 2'??? Guess I'm a bit disappointed... Frankly speaking I have really high hopes for this movie looking at the brilliantly made predecessor... I believe that the reason is they set the bar much too high with the first installment and to me, 'Iron Man 2' cannot replicate what the first movie did...

The storyline is ok but the whole movie seems really boring without any hint of excitement until nearing the end where all hell starts to break loose... 5 of us went for the movie and 3 ended up sleeping!!!

Now I'm struggling whether to include 'Iron Man 2' into my 'Top 10 Movies of 2010' or not... Currently 'Ip Man 2' is still sitting pretty comfortable in the TOP!!! Trying to dethrone 'Ip Man 2' will be nigh on impossible I guess...

Move over Lady Gaga... Just listen to this and you know why... I really like this version a lot... In my opinion, it is so much better compare to the original version... I know the original version got MORE things to see whereas this got nothing besides a dude's butt!!! Enjoy the song and also the video...

This movie falls under my 'Most Anticipated Movie of 2010' category... As soon as I know that it will be screen in late April, I've been counting down the days till last Saturday which is 1th of May (my Labour Day gift???)

Now this very movie also falls under my other category which is my 'Top 10 Movies of 2010'!!! This movie is just plain awesome... After the movie I was left speechless... All the fight scenes were done perfectly without any hint of exaggeration... Well done Sammo Hung... A lot of people will say that Jackie Chan or Jet Li is the king of martial art but to me, I think Donnie Yen is the man!!! I've always like Donnie Yen over all the others... I like his fighting style more than anyone else... If Ip Man is still alive now, I'm sure he will be very proud of Donnie Yen and I will ask Ip Man to accept me as his disciple!!! ;)

As for the movie line, I find no fault at all... Love it from the beginning till the end... If you are a Chinese or Asian, please go and watch this movie... I'm not starting any racist issue here but............ Just see it for yourself... It makes me feel proud to be a Chinese and also an Asian!!!

So, watch this movie without any doubt because it is really that good... Now waiting for the right time to watch 'Iron Man 2'... Still finding a movie that can topple 'Ip Man 2' from the throne in my very own 'Top 10 Movies of 2010' and I know that it won't be an easy task!!!

"Enough is enough!!! Can't take it anymore"... All of us said to our tour guide... We told her that we needed to eat something else... Our poor stomach had grown sick of steamboat!!! WE WANTED SOMETHING ELSE!!! Anything will do other than STEAMBOAT!!!

So our poor little tour guide got no choice but to make other arrangement... So why 'zha jiang mian'??? 'Zha jiang mian' was suggested by one of our tour mate and ALL of us just agreed...

Wow... Something special here... This was one of the best side dishes ever...

For those who don't like their food full of dark sauce, I'm very sure that this does not looked appealing to you... But after mixing them together, it transfrom altogether just like an ugly worm turning into a beautiful butterfly...

Looked so much better... Looks aside, the mee was marvelous!!! I can see satisfaction in all my tour mate's eyes!!! Me included...

On our way to our next destination, the bus driver asked us to enlighten him because he really cannot understand what was going on... We actually gave up eating seafood which costed much more than a bowl of 'zha jiang mian'!!! This was the first time in his entire career that he encountered something like this, he said and all of us just laugh...


To be continue...

Watched this movie two weeks ago with my darling... Been a while since both of us went for a movie together... I'm a movie freak while she's more like a drama freak... Since her colleague recommended her this movie, she seems really keen to watch it... Apart from that, I heard a lot of good reviews about this movie also... Normally I don't really fancy watching cartoons but sometimes there is exception!!!

So cut the story short... I liked this movie... Funny with incredible 3D effect... In my opinion, cartoons have better 3D effect as oppose to conventional movies... As for the storyline, it was designed to cater for small children so there was no twist and turn in it... Very straight forward I must say...

Not the greatest movie for year 2010 but definitely worth watching... No wonder it got such good reviews everywhere!!!

Still waiting patiently for 'Iron Man 2' and 'Ip Man 2'...

Day 5 started with some really nice scenery... We reached the hotel really late yesterday so there was no chance for us to view the breathtaking scenery... See the mountain in the picture??? This was the magnificent Mount Sorak!!! Too bad the weather was really misty and the mountain was actually quite far away so pardon me for the bad picture quality...

'Chelsea Yeoju Premium Outlet' was our next stop... Obviously, this place was included in our itinerary all because of the LADIES!!! This was one of the shopping haven in Korea selling branded goods at a cheaper price... But according to our tour guide, it was better to buy branded stuff in the airport and it was much cheaper... So don't get cheated!!!

A panda bear made from Lego bricks!!!

I really like the concept of the shopping area... Something like 'Queen's Park' in Cheras... I prefer this kind of shopping environment as opposed to those more common one especially with the cold and chilly weather!!! A perfect combo I guessed!!!

But frankly speaking, the stuff over there was really really expensive... Cut throat price I must said!!! But it was nice for us to go and had a look at some of the stuff selling there... Most of the items were not found in Malaysia so it was quite an eye opener for us 'JAKUN' people...






To be continue...