Besides The Face Shop, Skin Food, Etude House, Missha and Laneige, i found another Korean beauty brand available here in Malaysia...
Korean brand Baviphat is available at Parkson Pavilion! At first all i wanted to buy was the "Kiss Scandal" - a dual tint and gloss stick which is a cheaper copycat version of Benefit's Benetint and gloss stick. However, i ended up buying more than that and even became a member! Check out the items i brought home with me...
Front (from left): Mango Magic Brightening Mask,Kiss Scandal lip tint & gloss, Peach All-in-one Peeling GelBack (from left): Tomato Juicy Mask Sheet, Lemon Juicy Mask SheetWoori Gokmul Nut Mask Sheet
Price is pretty affordable, kinda like the prices you get at The Face Shop and Skin Food. Packaging of the products are extremely cute as they come in fruit-shaped colourful plastic jars.
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Yo people, fashion brands under Korean label The Basic House are available in Malaysia!
Mosey your way to Robinsons at The Gardens and you’ll soon be dressing up like Yoon Eun-hye and Kim Hyun-joong (SS501 & Boys Over Flowers)! Just select what you’re comfortable with from Basic House and you’ll soon be looking like the popular pair.
Keepin' it casual: Kim Hyun-joong (left) and Yoon Eun-hye hang out
If you need to dress up for the workplace, how about letting
Gong Yoo and
Lee Min-jung show you a thing or two about stylish office wear? Uh huh,
Mind Bridge is also available.
Office wear: Gong Yoo (right) and Lee Min-jung
dress up for work
Meanwhile, if you’re going for the prep school look, put on
The Class. I’m sure you’ll get lots of ideas from actor
Kim Nam-gil ;-).
Preppy: Kim Nam-gil shows you the prep
school look
Source: Robinsons MalaysiaRelated:
Yoon Eun-hye and Kim Hyun-joong model for Basic House
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In the mood to shop online? Check out the Boys Before Flowers products you could buy.
- Boys over Flowers OST Part 2 (US$13.99)
- Junpyo - Jandi Moon Star Necklace (US$10.99)
- Moon Star Earrings
- Kim Bum's round black earrings (US$7.99)
Although what i really want is the drama boxset - which is not released yet!Also check out:Boys Before Flowers OST
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SIGHTS OF SEOUL
Dongdaemun Gate is also known as the Great Eastern Gate.
The historical gate was built in the Joseon Dynasty.
We still have so much to share from our trip to Korea. On Pepero Day last year, K-popped! Trio ventured to Dongdaemun in Seoul. Dongdaemun means "Great East Gate" and it was so named because it was a major eastern gate in the wall that surrounded Seoul way back in the Joseon Dynasty. Dongdaemun is a.k.a. Heunginhimun (Gate of Rising Benevolence). We were there at Dongdaemun one sunny autumn morning.Besides being a major landmark in Central Seoul, Dongdaemun Market is also located here. You will find large wholesale market for shoes and textile in this area. The wholesale shoe market is a huge
attraction at Dongdaemun Market
On one side of Dongdaemun Station is a long row of shoe shops. Shoes ranging from women's pumps and stilettos, men's leather shoes, sport shoes to bright pink furry boots can be found here. The shoes are mostly made in Korea or China and are not the branded kind you find in high end department stores.
Price is reasonable and could be a steal if you have good bargaining skills. We didn't dare try to bargain nor did we walk away with a single pair between the three of us. Although there were thousands of pairs displayed (or piled up in some cases), we didn't find any that caught our attention.The other side of Dongdaemun Station houses shops selling textile ranging from towels, quilts, blankets, bed sheets, hair accessories, yarn, ribbons, buttons etc. We also saw many stores selling fake fur in the shape of round furry balls or long fur stoles.Liz and Rooster checking out the fake fur shop
At the Dongdaemun Underground Shopping Center, you will find more shops. This is the place to order your tailor-made hanbok (Korean traditional dress) if you so feel inclined to bring it home with you. 
Order your hanbok from Dongdaemun Underground Shopping Center.Many seamstresses wait to serve you at their little shops.
Colourful accessories (scrunchie) for your hair. It was so cheap! 10 of these for a mere KRW1,000 (around USD1). Ten!In retrospect, i regret not bringing some back for family and friends.
Kitchen hand towels (designed in Korea, made in China) on the left.Fluffy bath towels on the right. You will find them aplenty at Dongdaemun.
Buttons of every size, design and colour...
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Rain's first album Bad Guy is difficult to find here in Malaysia
Being a Rain enthusiast, i wanted to own every single album he released (okay, the major ones). So prior to my trip to Seoul last November, i purposed in my heart to look for Rain's first album Bad Guy.
It is possible to buy one of his more recent albums from the music stores here in Malaysia. But i could not find the very first album anywhere!Here's a look at our (Liz and Orchid's) Rain CDs. Yes! We made our collection complete by buying Rainism (5th album) and Bad Guy (1st album) in Seoul. Our Rain Albums - clockwise from bottom left:
It's Raining, Bad Guy, Rainism, Running Away From the Sun,
Rain's World Special Edition, Rain's World
We bought Rainism at one of Seoul's largest and most popular bookstore. It is called Kyobo Book Center or Kyobo Moongo (Korean; 교보문고) and it is located in Kyobo Building at No. 1, Jong-ro 1 Street, Seoul. You can find most of the latest releases in this store and also a wide range of Korean music. We were so excited to see such a wide selection of Korean music at the store. We ended up purchasing JYP's Back to Stage album here as well. Rainism cost KRW15,500 while Back to Stage cost KRW13,500.
Now this other CD store that i will tell you about is really a gem which we discovered. Firstly, the CDs sold here were the cheapest we found! Yes, even cheaper than the CDs at Kyobo Book Center. This CD corner is located on the top floor of Migliore building in Myeongdong. The ajumma manning the store was really really friendly.
I was very excited to find Rain's first CD - Bad Guy here. As soon as i saw it, i grabbed it off the shelf and held the CD close to my chest and let out a huge happy sigh. The ajumma noticed this and asked Liz and myself if we were Rain fans. In our limited Korean, we said "네" (yes). She then went behind her cashier counter and popped in Rain's lastest CD Rainism and played it over the speakers for us. She was also enjoying the music and bobbed her head up and down to the beat.
Buying CDs at Migliore building, Myeongdong (Seoul)
At this store, Rainism cost KRW13,500 (the cheapest i'd seen)
If you know of a place near your area where you can purchase Korean music CDs, do share by adding a comment in this entry.
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My Coffee Prince and Lovely Samsoon box sets
Hey you can get cheap Korean drama DVD box sets in Singapore during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS).
Over dinner, I told Fraulein i have yet to see Coffee Prince because purchasing the box-set in Malaysia would cost me around RM149. So after dinner at Jang Shou Korean restaurant Fraulein took me to a place just across the street to buy Korean drama DVDs.
When we were crossing the street from Esplanade Mall to Marina Mall, we could see Ritz Carlton Hotel. Folks, that's where Rain and his crew stayed during the 2007 I'm Coming World Tour.
Ritz Carlton Hotel Singapore is the
one on the right of Mandarin Oriental
Fraulein brought me to TS at Marina Mall where among other things, they sell Korean movies and Korean drama DVDs! To my delight, Singapore has a really good selection. Since it was during the Great Singapore Sale (23 May - 20 July 2008), i bought the Coffee Prince original box set for S$20 (RM48.20). I also asked if they have My Lovely Sam-soon and ended up purchasing that for S$20 (USD14.70) too.
TS at Marina Mall
They also sell Korean movies at around S$16 - 18 per movie. Since the movies are not that cheap, i decided not to buy any. Although they do have some pretty good titles. At that time, they had a promotion where if you buy three movies, you get one free.I am very happy with my purchases because the quality of the DVD is very good. It's original and thus very clear plus (this is of utmost importance) the English subtitles are very accurate.
Love the packaging, here's part of the 4 disc Coffee Prince set
Packaging for My Lovely Samsoon
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Jang Shou - where Rain dined in Singapore
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