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Three months after the release, Noona is still enjoying IU's latest album called "23". IU is of course busy doing the promotional activities for her album up to now by doing a lot of show performances all around Seoul (Noona wishes IU to come to Singapore too but oh well). Noona wishes IU well from afar here. But in the meantime, let's check out what Noona is wearing for one of her stage performances in South Korea. IU is spotted wearing black floral lacey top and she pairs it with pink skater skirt. Now, this will make a good cute #ootd.

Steal IU's Look: Floral Lace Top and Pink Skirt

Closer look at IU's ensemble. Omo, IU is so pretty. Saranghae IU...<3

For a start, let's look for the floral lace top. Warehouse's all over lace t-shirt looks comfortable and stylish. The top is currently on sale at www.houseoffraser.co.uk with the reduced price of USD37.

The next top that Noona found is her favorite so far but it does not come cheap. The 'Slim Signature" short sleeve lace shirt from Equipment is currently sold at Nordstrom at the price of USD278. There is no Christmas sale on this item too. =(

If you don't want to tuck in your top into your skirt, you may choose the crop top instead. Forever 21 sells this sheer lace top at the price of USD14.90.

Now that we are done with the top, let's moving on right along to the bottom part, shall we? There are not so many alternatives to the pink skirt that IU is wearing. Noona wonders if this is because of the season. Pretty pink skirt is usually easier to buy in spring. But that does not mean there is none available on the market now. The first pink (or rose red?) skirt is sold at www.whitchic.com. The skirt is asymmetric and it comes with a belt. The skirt costs USD25 at the moment.

Whitchic rose red asymmetric flounce skirt

The next pink skirt is available for sale at ASOS. The A line pink skirt costs USD57.33 after being reduced from USD93.16. The A line pink skirt comes with a pleat.

The last skirt is actually not really a plain pink skirt but somehow it looks like it fits the concept of IU's latest album, 23, very much. So Noona decided to just include the print skirt in this post after all. The floral-print crepe mini skirt comes from a brand called MSGM. It is currently sold at www.net-a-porter.com at the price of USD195.50.

Do you feel like 23 again when you are wearing the above clothes? =P

When Noona was walking around in Hongdae area, she saw a very cute cafe known as Hello Kitty Cafe. This was not the first time Noona dined in Hello Kitty Cafe as apparently Hello Kitty is such a rich kitty (she did claim she is not a cat) and she has a lot of cafes across the countries. Noona had dined in at Hello Kitty Cafe in Taipei before and she loved the experience so much. Up to the point she was willing to re-enact that experience here in Hongdae.

Since we visited the cafe quite late at night, there was no queue line spotted and we managed to enter the restaurant immediately. Pretty amazed by the design of the cafe.

Entering Hello Kitty Cafe in Hongdae Seoul

The cashier and the kitchen looks quite similar to the Hello Kitty Cafe in Taipei. Basically, you feel like you enter kitchen belonged to Hello Kitty herself.

The cashier and cake display at Hello Kitty Cafe Hongdae

After you made your order at the cashier, you will receive a buzzer. It will buzz when your order is ready for collection. You just need to wait patiently at your Hello Kitty table while taking a hundred over photos of your cute surrounding.

Food buzzer at Hello Kitty Cafe in Hongdae Seoul

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None of us dared to order a cup of coffee late at night because we were scared of being owls after that. So we ordered hot chocolate instead. Thankfully, they come with Hello Kitty art on it. Let's call it hot chocolate art. LOL.

Hot Chocolate at Hello Kitty Cafe Hongdae Seoul

We are seriously glutton. Instead of sharing, we order one waffle for each of us. Hahaha. Noona feels gaining weight in South Korea is inevitable because the country is simply filled with yummy food. The waffle on the left has mangoes and vanilla ice cream while the waffle on the right side has cinnamon and caramel and a dollop of whip cream at the side. Noona prefer the fruit waffles but both taste quite tasty as they are served warm. Fluffy warm waffles kind of feeling.

Waffles at Hello Kitty Cafe in Hongdae Seoul

Whenever you visit Hello Kitty Cafe in any country, don't forget to pop by the washroom as their toilet is simply too cute to miss.

Do visit them for a dose of cuteness when you are in Hongdae area. =)

Korea has a lot of theatrical performances and some of the shows are really really fun to watch. So far, Noona knows the show called Jump and Nanta. But she has watched Nanta before when the show was shown in Marina Bay Sands theater in Singapore. So, when she visited Seoul she decided to give Jump show a try.

Watching JUMP and Eating Andong Chicken in Seoul

Noona bought her tickets online but as you can see, she watched this show back in 2012. Turns out Jump is now shown at another theater located near Seodaemun Station. You can check out the direction to the theater here.

Jump is comedy performance involving a mix of martial arts (including Korea's traditional military martial arts of taekwondo and taekkyeon) and high-flying acrobatic stunts. You don't have to worry about not being able to understand Korean because the show is totally non-verbal performance and yet, you will not get lost. Noona supposes that's why it has been named Korea's most representative non-verbal performance.

Jump Comic Martial Arts Performance in Seoul

The show involved a story about a family in which every member has the martial art skill. As there are so many performers involved for Jump, the theater will show a picture of the casts who will play the role for that particular timing.

The cast of Korean non verbal performance called Jump

If you really take into a liking to the cast, you can buy the poster and ask them to sign on the poster. You can see that all of them have nice muscles. Ahem.

Signing Session with the casts of Jump in Seoul

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Once we had enough fun, we were now ready to have dinner. We went back to Myeong-dong area which is near our hotel and stumbled into a restaurant which sells Andong Jjimdak, one of the famous local delicacies in Korea. Without further ado, we found ourselves inside the restaurant. XD

Andong Jjimdak is basically a steamed chicken dish marinated in ganjang (Korean soy sauce). It is actually very spicy and hence, that's probably the reason why the Koreans are eating it with rice (even though it already has vermicelli in it).

One thing to take note when ordering Andong Jjimdak in Korea is its portion. This is basically a standard portion of Andong Jjimdak served in every restaurant in South Korea. We personally feel that this portion is enough to feed 3-4 persons. Noona immediately feel hot (and fat) after consuming this spicy Andong Jjimdak. If you really like spicy food, you should never give this dish a miss.

Changdeokgung Palace is the most well-preserved palace amongst the five royal palaces left behind by the Joseon Dynasty in Seoul. Known as a place of rest for the kings (royal villa), this is the only palace which have a garden called Huwon (re: Secret Garden). There were not many people yet when Noona visited Changdeokgung Palace around 9.30AM in the morning. There is an admission fee of 3,000 KRW to enter Changdeokgung Palace. The weather was pretty cold but thankfully, there is sunshine. =)

One Cold Morning at Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul

The main square of the palace is similar to the one Noona spotted at Gyeongbokgung Palace and Deoksugung Palace. Supposedly all palaces in the Joseon era must have main square for ceremony (or death penalty for traitor) purpose.

If you are an officer of the palace who is living in Joseon area, you must stand according to your rank at every morning assembly. The lower rank you are, the further you have to stand from your king.

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The unique part of Changdeokgung Palace is its secret garden (Huwon). Both Changdeokgung Palace and Huwon are recognized as a World Cultural Heritage site by the UNESCO. The garden was kept as natural as possible and was touched by human hands only when absolutely necessary.

Secret Garden (Huwon) UNESCO Heritage Site

The weather was pretty cold that day, you can see the ground is all covered in white snow. The garden served as the resting place for the royals who live in Changdeokgung Palace back then. It must feel pretty good to be able to walk into the garden when you are getting tired from all the administrative work. After all, managing a country is sure not an easy job for everybody from any different period in the world.

A tree inside Huwon in Changdeokgung Palace Seoul

There are so many pavilions like this one inside Huwon. Oh right, I nearly forget. You can only enter Huwon with the tour guide. So you have to check out the tour timings before coming to Changdeokgung Palace. There is an additional admission fee of 5,000 KRW to pay before you can join the tour and enter Huwon.

Pavilion in Secret Garden of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul

Things to take note for Huwon tour:

1. The duration of the tour is 90 minutes.

2. Children (age 6 and below) and people with disabilities are not required to pay admission BUT seniors are required to pay admission fee.

3. Timing of the tours (subject to change)

English: 11:30, 13:30, 15:30 (Feb-Oct) / 11:30, 13:30 (Nov-Jan)
Japanese: 10:30, 14:30
Chinese: 12:30

4. Route (subject to weather condition)

Hamnyangmun - Buyongji - Bullomun, Aeryeonji - Gwallamji - Ongnyucheon - Yeongyeongdang - Bingcheon-gil - Donhwamun

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Anyeong Noona

Steal IU's Look: Floral Lace Top and Pink Skirt

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Watching JUMP and Eating Andong Chicken in Seoul

One Cold Morning at Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul