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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51507 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 17:02:07
July 16 2012 12:17 GMT
#1


Alright, I'll do this quickly since I'm really tired and it's been a long day.
Woke up at 3:30am, took a shower, ate some soup, drank a coffee and finished packing my stuff up. Left home at around 4:50am to walk to the train station to get to the airport.

Get to the train station at around 5:20am, catch the train to the airport. Do all the check-in and all that boring stuff, and meet up with kjwcj. Unfortunately our flight was delayed by around half an hour. Bought myself a digital camera which I'm probably never going to use (as I have my phone on me), but I'll probably take it for events like OSL/PL.

Flight was good. Korean Air stewardesses are god tier. Food was blegh, but I made up for it by watching Flash-Fantasy on my iPad (Bigfile MSL Semi's).

Got to Korea about 5:30. fuck it was humid and sticky. Took about half an hour to get through customs/immigration and another 40 minutes to get to where I'll be staying by taxi. Took another 10 minutes to even find the place because our driver sucked.

After unpacking, we decided to skip going to Yongsan for the SC2 Dual Tournament games, as it was pretty late, to meet up with MrHoon and have dinner. How ironic that the first meal we have in Korea is... Japanese.

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We go into this place. A fact I did not know about Korea, pretty much every restaurant allows smoking indoors. As someone who lives in Australia (and smoking is banned indoors), this was a surprise to me, but it didn't bother me. We ordered sake, Kirin, sashimi and good old AMERICAN fries.

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[i]despite me wanting the fries the waiter gave it to kjwcj, typical[i]

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Got home at around 1am, went to the Family Mart, bought some Shin Ramen and Pocari Sweat, while kjwcj got peach tea, kimchi ramen and super super cheap cigarettes. A dollar for 1.25L of Pocari Sweat is a bargain in my book.

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Now it's 2am, and I should head off to bed, I have a big day tomorrow with Proleague and OSL semi's.


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Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
July 16 2012 12:33 GMT
#2
Not bad, looks a little small for two people :o
How much are you guys paying?
Looking forward to pics and some FvF coverage.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
July 16 2012 13:31 GMT
#3
Looking forward to pics and especially FvF coverage as well ;__;

You better be having some major fun over there.
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
July 16 2012 13:46 GMT
#4
You guys are lucky. It wasn't too hot today. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO START UP AGAIN YEA!
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 14:26:20
July 16 2012 14:25 GMT
#5
LIVING THE DREAM!

It's awesome that you finally made it out there. If I could make a suggestion about videos tho... Set that thing up on a tripod or a stack of books or something so that your face isn't taking up the whole screen and the thing isn't shaking wildly.

Have fun~ I wish I could be in Korea for the last OSL.

On July 16 2012 22:46 Chaggi wrote:
You guys are lucky. It wasn't too hot today. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO START UP AGAIN YEA!

Jangbi's storms amirite?
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
Rustug
Profile Joined October 2010
1488 Posts
July 16 2012 14:34 GMT
#6
Good stuff. I will be keeping an-eye-out for your next contribution.
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. 파이팅! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ"
leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
July 16 2012 14:34 GMT
#7
dude you have huge eyebrows

good luck ! enjoy your time as you are witnessing history
banelings
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17732 Posts
July 16 2012 14:48 GMT
#8
probably missed it, but who are you staying with?
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
July 16 2012 16:15 GMT
#9
moar pics gtr moar
have fun in korea, are you going to stay long enough for the FvJ finals?
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 16:56:12
July 16 2012 16:54 GMT
#10
possibly the least flattering preview image possible. lol Well done the only weird face you make the entire time, and thats the preview. like the vlog though.
fold
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia665 Posts
July 16 2012 18:19 GMT
#11
Sounds like you're having a good time already. I'm very jelly.
t.t
MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
July 16 2012 18:19 GMT
#12
On July 16 2012 23:48 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
probably missed it, but who are you staying with?

Assuming its kjwcj since he mentioned him only like 5 times in his blog
|LoL & SC2 IGN both my username| Just livin' the baylife| Hearthstone ID: MooMooMugi#1544| Dank Memer since 2011
LasTLiE
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States428 Posts
July 16 2012 21:05 GMT
#13
Siqq jelly of you guys. Next vlog need to get some of the kjwcjqt on camera.
"[21:01] kjwcj: i wanna put an aftermarket heatsink on your northbridge, lastlie" http://twitter.com/ThatGuyLastly
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
July 16 2012 22:00 GMT
#14
that pocari sweat looks delicious.
also for the next vlog move the camera way from your face a bit :O
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17732 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:35:26
July 17 2012 00:08 GMT
#15
On July 17 2012 03:19 MooMooMugi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2012 23:48 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
probably missed it, but who are you staying with?

Assuming its kjwcj since he mentioned him only like 5 times in his blog

Skimmed too fast...
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 01:40:15
July 17 2012 01:37 GMT
#16
Tip: never go into a big restaurant in Korea. They're expensive and probably shitty as fuck compared to the alleyway places.

If you need help, ask a taxi driver to take you to a good place (maybe you might have to be more specific with the food, like for instance Jeonju is the originator of bibimbap and stuffs so you want to ask them for that if you were in Jeonju) and they will.
Come motivate me to be cynical about animus at http://infinityandone.blogspot.com/ // Stork proxy gates are beautiful.
chaosTheory_14cc
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1270 Posts
July 17 2012 05:06 GMT
#17
Nice pics, dat pocari sweat. Wish I could be there for the semi-finals.

I'm looking forward to the coverage of FvF.
klibrt
Profile Joined August 2010
United States533 Posts
July 17 2012 08:05 GMT
#18
All I saw was the Pocari Sweat........ . . .. . . next time get the 2% peach drink thing ^_______^


And hope ya have fun at ProLeague~!
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
July 17 2012 08:33 GMT
#19
super cute~~~
|BW>Everything|Add me on star2 KR server TheMuTaL.675 for practice games :)|NEX clan| https://www.dotabuff.com/players/183104694
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