Renew Passport 2023

The long journey to renew my son’s passport.

Day 1

Reach the immigration office UTC at 10:30am

Officer: Number dah habis, esok datang awal la, pagi tadi orang pukul 6:30am dah datang.

Me: Datang pukul 6:30 dapat ambil number terus ka?

Officer: Tak, number buka pukul 8am, tapi diorang dah beratur di luar.

Me: ok.

Day 2

Reach UTC before 7am, at 7:40am..

Officer: Buku passport dah habis, di Simpang Tiga ada lebih 100 buku tinggal, di Miri ada xx, di KL ada xx.

Ehhhh

Ke Simpang Tiga lah kita.

Berjaya dapat number dalam pukul 10am.

Selepas pembayaran pukul 1:30pm

Pukul 2:30pm saya datang seorang konon nak collect passport yang dah siap. 

Officer: Kena bawa anak sekali, dia kena sign.

Adoi, what was I thinking, lost betul.

Day 3

Pukul 7:10am dah sampai Simpang Tiga office, notice board cakap counter buka pukul 7:30am, tetap kena tunggu sampai pukul 8am juga.

Dah pukul 8am, terus ke kaunter penyerahan, Eugene signed, siap, boleh pergi Korea sudah.

Seoul, Korea | Itinerary & Budget

Our Actual Itinerary 

Day 1 

Kch -> KK

What a day. Almost couldn’t make it to Korea.

Minor error on Eugene’s K-eta.

Nasib baik sempat re-apply and got the approval in 1 hour. Thank you to the helpful staff at Jeju-air.

Nerve-wracking moment between the 1st email to the 2nd email. I lost count of how many times I refreshed my email in that period.

Day 2

KK -> Seoul

Incheon Airport

Myeong-dong Kyoja

Savoy Hotel

Myeong-dong shopping street

Shinsegae Department Store

Lotte Young Plaza, Myeong-dong

BBQ chicken & beer

Day 3

Gwangjang market

Starfield Libary, COEX mall, Gangnam

Hongdae

Korean BBQ, Myeongdong

Day 4

Noryangjin fish market

Myeongdong Cathedral

Myeongdong Street

Lotte Town

Dongdaemun Design Plaza DDP

Cheonggyecheon stream

Heunginjimun gate

Day 5

Bukchon Hanok Village

Kkongsimyeongwan Restaurant 꽁시면관 본점

Shopping at Dongdaemun

Korean BBQ buffet

Myeongdong night market

Day 6

Our last day in Seoul, so we repeat:

Myeongdong Kyoja

BBQ chicken n beer

Incheon Airport

Our vlog travelling from Myeongdong to Incheon Airport by train.

Day 7

Stopover in KK for another round of food hunt.

fish noodles for breakfast

seafood for dinner

Our planned itinerary, but we had to make some changes due to rain on the 1st day and 2nd day of our arrival. 

Day 1 Saturday

1. Myeongdong Kyoja

2. Myeongdong Cathedral

3. Shopping at Myeongdong
4. Namdaemun

 

Day 2 Sunday

1. Gwangjang market - soy crab, mung bean 

2. Namdaemun/Hongdae

3. Bukchon hanok village

4. Cheonggyecheon Stream - evening walk

 

Day 3 Monday

1.Noryangjin fish market - crab, urchin, scallop

2.Library COEX

3. Goto Mall

 

Day 4 Tuesday 

1. Deoksugung - I seoul u 

2. Seoul Tower - pm

 

Day 5 Wednesday

1. Sungnyemun - am

2. Namdaemun

3. To the airport

 

KIV

Yonsei university

Hongdae

Bbq buffet dinner

Dongdaemun market

 

Budget for 4pax

Hotels for 5 nights: RM5,000 +

Flights KCH -> KK-> Incheon -> KK - >KCH: RM8000 +

Ground transfers and food for 4 pax: RM7000 + all meals were dine-out.