Mini Revamp with Ikea Expedit Shelving (Finally)

Personally, I've always love Ikea furniture. Not only their pricing is reasonable but they are stylish as well. Finally, after more than 4 years moving into my new place, I've finally gotten myself an Ikea Expedit Shelving. I find this shelving to be  practical...and it was high time I have some of my small cabinets replace which by the way it had been with me since I was still schooling in high school @.@

As you can see from the before picture...it was a mess...and cluttered. I'm amazed that I've not change it sooner...but then again I was still in Singapore quite a while back...thinking that I would be staying back Singapore..oh well...that will be another story. =p 

 On-Going: Clearing and removing my stuff away.

New Cabinet replaced. ^^

Finally....it's all done! Doesn't this look much neater and organised. There are boxes and baskets to choose from IKEA to suit your decor...but for now I'll let it be. I just love how this turn out...and I'm loving it!

If you're a big fan of Ikea, you should check out this website: Ikea Hackers. This website will show how some of the IKEA product goes through transformation...or in away modification. Defiantly worth visiting for those who would like to revamp some of their furniture with no or minimum cost, rather than buying a new furniture which cost loads of moo-la! 

Price Revised for International Shipment from Yours Truly....POS MALAYSIA

Sellers who run an online business or ship parcels internationally will be shock when they visit their local post office (POS Malaysia) and was informed that the revised rates for International Shipment increased drastically with affect of 15th May (Wednesday).  And what worst, it is a flat rate system for international postage rate! 

Just to give you an idea how much POS Malaysia have REVISED the rates, check out the following booklet that was given to us (=___=)

Imagine sending a small parcel weighing less than 150 grams and was told by the staff that it now cost RM60 (previously it only cost less than RM20). Imagine my stunned expression on my face when the staff informed me of the revised rate....I was like..."WHAT THE HELL"!!!! And mind you, I have yet to include the Registered mail tracking, which by the way it had increased from RM4.10 to RM4.60 for the international registered labels. (=.=)"""

Before You Travel: Things To Do & Bring To Korea

1. Research, Research & More Research

For those who is planning to travel to Korea, make sure you do loads of homework (research) before travelling. Trust me, it's loads of work but it will make your trip easier and smoothly. Most of the information I've obtained can easily be accessed via online and friend's recommendation whom had been to Korea. You just need to spare some time to do your homework. 

2, Booked Your Stay in Advance

If you have booked your air-ticket way earlier, please booked the hostel/guesthouse way advance. Some of the guesthouse which is reputable will be fully booked (even though I wanted to booked few of hostel recommended by friends 2 to 3 months earlier before the trip). Some booking only required you to put down a small percentage of deposit (or no deposit at all), such as www.booking.com. I find this website useful and you can compare prices with other guesthouse. If you ever decide to cancel your stay, just make sure you cancelled it within a period of time (1 or 2 weeks before) and there will be no charges. ^^

      

3. Print Out Addresses or Places in KOREAN

As most Korean do not speak English, it's important to print out addresses in 'KOREAN' because most local taxi driver do not understand English, which we have come to known. Thankfully, most of the time we traveled via subway so we do not have any issue, except when we were in Jeju Island. If you ever stay in a guesthouse, always bring the name card of the guesthouse you stayed because it will become handy when you need to take a cab back. 

4. International Adapter

If you have a smartphone/camera which required charging, remember to bring your international adapter. I've forgotten to bring mine but fortunately for me, two of the guesthouse we stayed provided us an adapted during our stay (free of charge). It's really handy to bring it with you so that you do not need to share it with others, as what we have experienced for our first night in Korea. Imagine four gals wanting to charge their handphone and camera battery at the same time. (0.o)

5. Medication/Supplement

Lastly, the most important things to bring in this trip is non other than your medication and supplements. Trust me, you'll need it because you'll never know you may catch a flu (which I really hate when I'm travelling).  Getting sick oversea is an expensive affair. Fortunately for us, all of us bought our own medication because all of us have gotten sick this trip (including myself) as the weather was a bit too cold for us (although it was spring). I guess partly it was due to our excessive walking and lack of sleep, which we have accumulated  during this trip (T.T) 

I think that's pretty much sum it up. It seems I am sounding more like my mum =p Do look out for my update on my Korea Trip. I still have loads of photo to edit before I put it up. 

Travel Blog: Korea Here We Come

In few days I'll be off to Korea. It's a trip that I have been looking forward to since my last trip with the gals (September 2012). Sadly, this round there will only be 4 gals, instead of our usual gang.

Nevertheless, I'm really excited and looking forward to this trip because there's a chance that we may get the chance to see cherry blossom!!! #Dancing to Paru Paru Sakura#

As always, all bookings including air-tickets to Jeju Island, accommodation and itinerary were all taken care by me #Proud of myself & patting my back# 

Hopefully the gals will approve with all the itinerary planned for this trip cause it took up a lot of my time to do all these research. It seems lately that all holidays trips are all planned by me...wished my friends would give some suggestion or help out with the itinerary #Hinting#. Looking at it....I think I should charge them commission #evil grin#.

Anyway, as you can see, I'm all packed and ready for my vacation. Looking at all my bags, one would think that I just came back from my trip!

The most important things to bring in this trip are: good old camera, tripod, passport, credit cards, cash (loads of them) and "can't live without" Iphone. (^__^) Actually, there is more to that but I'm just naming a few here (Do not forget medication, umbrella, raincoat, sunglasses, chargers and etc).

By the way, I'm a millionaire overnight!!! Actually....one million won is more like it. Oh well, one can only day dream right? #Shiok Sendiri#

What I'm really looking forward to this trip is non-stop shopping, eating, sightseeing, shopping and more eating. Hmm....hopefully I'll be able shed some weight since we'll be walking a lot in this trip. Btw....did I mentioned that shopping in Korea opens till 5am?!? @_@ 

Anyway, do look out for my update after my Korea trip. #CountingDown#