It was a bright and chirpy Saturday, after doing the routine marketing for the week's supplies of groceries, we detoured and headed to the toy department for a gift for our colleague's kid. 5th May in Japan is Children's Day and we thought we buy him a little gift as we are going on a short trip with him.
Okie, so we heard from his daddy this kiddo likes Thomas The Train, cranes and stuff. So after thronging through the whole toy department, it was just between a Thomas The Train toy or a Baby Shovel. Until ahem, my dear Lao Gong spotted something boys would like, a truck ..... and showed it to me. But i was thinking, but his daddy say he like Thomas the TRAIN, cranes, shovels etc lei...
Lao Gong says : Look at this truck, isn't it cool ? i can put my ChoroQ collection inside the truck !
Me: *faints* Huh ?!? We are shopping for the kiddo lei, focus focus...
So finally we decided to get the Baby Shovel for the kiddo, its real cool ! it looks exactly like the real one and even has the company name Kobelco on it ! (Wanted to take a pic of it but it was gift wrapped so too bad...)
I grabbed the Baby Shovel and was heading to the cashiee when my Lao Gong stopped me ...
Lao Gong says : What about MY truck ? (notice the MY...)
Me: *faints again* Huh ? u serious ah ?
Lao gong: Yeh, i can put my Mini cars inside ma...
Me: Ok lah Ok lah, & here i present to u the almighty truck !
It states its for ages 3 and over, so my hubby sure qualifies in that department.
The Real thing !
TADA.... with the press of a button, the sides open up and u can load your stuff.
* PS>> Inside sits another car my hubby bought the same day... boys boys.... Just like to add a random post...
Was feeling damn bored one day and this is what i did to my beloved Pooh "chan" (an affectionate way to call my bear... hehe)
He looked like he was turning panda so i decided to put the Kose Q10 Eye masks for him too ! Keke...
Look at him, so obediently lying down while masking !
Ok, gals who bought the eye masks, this is the CORRECT way of placing the eye masks, below the eyes.
NOT this way ! Get it ?!? Muahahahaha...
On my way to the train station, i spotted these colourful flowers (err.. i don't know what it's called.. oops will the teachers pls advise ?) and could'nt resist taking pics with em, ! One of the reasons loving spring is also, it really adds 
Final pic that made my day before i head to work, saw these 2 beagles waiting for their owner and yup they are tied to the bicycle. This is not the first time i saw these 2 doggies, the owner usually brings them on morning walks i think every morning, one tied to the left side of the bicycle and one to the right.. its a cute sight, the owner will then cycle, the dogs are pretty smart, they pace themself so that they will not clash into each other or the bicycle ! 
Japanese service is great and so is its packaging ! i love everything of it ! The packaging, the cute little candles and a Peko chan card.
Look at the yummiliious chocolately cake (Do not drool on your PC ! muahaha) The chocolate plate with ぺコちゃん（Peko chan） writes : お誕生日 おめでとう トレシー ちゃん Happy Birthday Tracy... hehe 
Me n Lao Gong posing with the cake... my last 2X birthday !! See so many candles !! The cake is FULL of candles, simply means.. well we all know it.. shhhh.. shhhh
After 5 minutes, this was what is left of the cake and a mess....
The minute we arrived in the nothing to rave about hotel, basically it had the bare essentials but my hubby was condemning it the minute we stepped it ! Well, cos it didn't have air-conditioning ,only have heater (lucky it was spring n it wasn't at all warm) the door couldn't close properly blah blah... the ironical thing was i didn't mind that much ! haa, as long have a bed can liao.. anyway, we spent less than 8 hrs in the hotel for the 2 nites we were there so ... Almost immediately, we dumped our luggage and headed straight to Dong Dae Mun ! 
My fave shopping complex in Dong Dae Mun (Migiliore-pronounced Mee-ryo-rei, taught by a Korean friend ) - A Must Go if you love what u see in K-Dramas, however, its not as cheap as what you would expect but quality is rather good !
Another shopping complex - Doota 
In the streets of Dong Dae Mun -shops lined on both sides of the alley(reminds me of Pasar Malam in Singapore) , selling lotsa fakes, shoes, tees, accessories. This place is probably the cheapest shopping place i found through my trip this time round ! Streets are heavily littered though..
Okie forget the yuckky stuff.. here is something yummie... Korean shui kao(dumplings) , they had kim-chi flavour but we pass for obvious reasons ! (Pardon my shack face & messy hair, its 4am for gods sake !)
Korean udon (See my hubby shack face)
my forced smile ! it is 5am as indicated, and we are still posing in Dong Dae Mun. 
The next day, after catching some 3hours(yes just 3hrs of sleep), we were up and about n headed to moi hubby highlight of the trip, THE Seoul World Cup Stadium. For the first time, his excitement overtook mine and we snapped pic after pic. Matches of the 2002 World Cup which were held in Seoul( co-hosted with Japan) were played in this stadium.
My hubby dreams is to play in a stadium like this to full capacity !
Random pic taken at a kindergarten, love its cheery look and bright colours .
Barging in !
Minutes later, munching away again, this time round tapioca chips !
The finale... mix rice with what's left and there you have it , Korean version of fried rice.
The waiter was so imaginative, made a heart shape out of the rice,sums up beautifully my memories of Seoul, i love it..... 