Enjoying Nami Island

Hey everyone, Shakira is back with adventurers stories. Here in South Korea we're having our Chuseok break. Which is also known as Korean Thanksgiving. So my family decided to have a trip to Nami Island. From my place to Nami Island takes about 2 hours with a little traffic jam. As we arrive there my parents and I were very hungry so we ate lunch at Nami-Ok. At that restaurant, there are several menu, but all of them sells something stir-fry or chicken ribs. My family chose chicken ribs because he chicken is halal and we were curious about the taste. After we stir and cook the food, it look really delicious but spicy too. In my opinion it was not bad, after all I was hungry so I had a big appetite. There are other restaurants, rather than Nami-Ok.

We need to use a ferry before going to Nami Island. But before that, we have to get tickets first. There are 2 different tickets for foreigners and local Korean people. It's 8,000₩ for adults foreigners, and 4,000₩ for children foreigners. But for local Korean people, it's 10,000₩ for adults, and 5,000₩ for children. When you arrive at Nami Island, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery, breezy air, and most of all wild animals! You can see a lot of squirrels, but seldom rabbits. Anyways, along your trip inside Nami Island you can either walk, ride a train, ride a car, or ride a bike. 

There are lots of activities for kids and also adults. We can create our own pottery, or even coloring mugs. You can also enjoy the cafés there. For children interest they can play at the playground. There is also a hotel at Nami Island if you would like to have a stay. From all of the above, I think Nami Island is place where it's an unforgettable memory.

This is the ferry that takes to Nami Island.

This is the halal dak galbi that I ate.

Kidzania trip in Jakarta

Hey folks how are you doing? I'm having my summer break and it's pretty awesome! I want to tell my adventure to Kidzania in Jakarta. Are you ready to read my adventure? Well, off we go!

If you've heard or been to Kidzania, you might understand that we will experience jobs and get salaries. My first stop was working in a hotel as a housekeeper. It was fun because I was accompanied  by my cousin, named Rama. She had the permission to have fun with me in Kidzania. After being a housekeeper me and my cousin made a small towel, and able to bring it home. Afterward, we went to a counseling meeting, where the judges work. 

After a few of jobs, we felt hungry and went to work in a nugget factory. We got 2 nuggets for free and it was delicious. Next, me and my cousin thought about being a pharmacists. We experience making medicine. when we were kind of confused which job we want to try next, then my cousin suggested to be a firefighter. first we rode fire fighter truck to the location. I saw pretend fire and we sprayed burned building with water. So, my last job was making a book. We got our book made by ourselves in the end. Overall we had lots of fun and lots of fake money too from our our jobs.

We were so exhausted after so many activities we did, mom suggested us to have a break and got lunch together. I had yummy combo fried chicken, salad and, rice. For Rama, she chose beef teriyaki with rice. She said it was delicious but I think the portion is to big for her, she barely finished her lunch. All of us got "Teh Kotak" as our beverage, a rare one at where I stay, so I enjoyed very much.

After we fill up our lovely tummy we decided to check out souvenirs shop at Kidzania. My happiness never ending, mom bought me a cute pinky t-shirt and she bought us kidzania's pens too. So I could share with Rama. We end our day at Kidzania after we bought some stuff at the souvenirs shop.    

Well fyi, Kidzania has breaks. So, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Kidzania open for morning session, and then they will have a break for 1 hour. They will open again for afternoon session at 3:00 pm and close at 8:00, for further information about their operation hours etc etc you can check it out at their website I will mentioned below. 

P.S: We need to get a bank card for our salary. 

Sincerely,

Shakira Kurniawan

Here some useful link:

http://www.kidzania.co.id/index.php?catid=30&artid=71&mnid=113&menu=115

http://www.kidzania.co.id/index.php?catid=30&artid=75&mnid=113&menu=115

Here some pictures my mom took while we're playing..

in front of  Kidzania's door

Playing role as a hotel house keeping

Mom can see us played from the monitor 

Our little towel..LOL

Ready to make chicken nugget...yummy

Rama written down the name of the medicine

My medicine are ready!!

Shower the building...yeaahhh

The cutest fire fighters

Look tired but happy...making a book...yaay

Finally a book  that I created...not bad..haha

Ilsan Aqua Planet

Hello guys! Are you ready for a fantastic adventure? In South Korea, there's an awesome aquarium and mini zoo unlike other aquarium and mini zoo you can find in South Korea. This awesome place called Ilsan Aqua Planet. 

There are many spectacular sights you can explore here. They provide a food court which serves deliciously mouth watering food. They sell hot dogs, Korean food and Gong Cha, you know that place right? It's place where you can pamper yourselves to a tealicious, yeah I'm fans of tea. In that place our family as usual enjoyed our bibimbap. Yeah you're right, it was a Korean food that we can eat while we are having outing and mom didn't provide homey (home made) food for us. Yeah I think once in a while mom needs to take her off from kitchen...LOL..

Inside the building you will explore different kind of sea creatures. The first exciting part is, after exploring these different animals, there's a big tank which is filled with sharks, stingray, and varied of fish from different species, they provide attractions too. You can use the stairs to go to the next attraction. I found this next attraction is fun! 

Next what it's more fascinating for me is a touch pool. Actually is kind of shallow pool that you can touch and feel star fish, and there's this fish which eats your dead skin. How awesome. I tried for a few minutes, it's kind of tickles but I enjoyed so much. 

By the way, there's a gift shop too and a horse drawn. They decorate the cart like a Cinderella cart wannabe. If you're curious about Ilsan's Aqua Planet, I highly recommend you to discover this aquarium and indoor zoo.

Exhibition poster of community service

Hello everyone! Shakira here. Look at the poster below. Have you ever volunteer in community service. I do really encourage you to volunteer help clean the environment. When your community help cleans the environment around you, it will become clean and you will avoid all harm.

All the best from South Korea!

-Shakira- 

My friend's birthday party

Hello blog readers! Are you ready to read my new and exciting adventure? Well, let's go! On Saturday the 21st, I went to my friend's birthday party. I was late because I went outing with my parents. But, I still had a wonderful time there. I met many of my friends. We played tag at the playground. I never get tagged and I didn't know why. After playing outside we went up to my friend's apartment and played bingo. Luckily, I got 2 prizes after playing bingo. Yay!👏 All of us became hungry and ate dinner. I ate Indian food. It was superbly delicious. But, I didn't know the name of the food. After eating the superbly delicious Indian dish, my friend's parents asked me if I would like to try Indian dessert. I tried it and it was awesomely delicious. It was filled with fruits and a sweet taste. Yum! Afterwards, we went up to the attic and played there. (My friend has an attic in his house) We also played pictionary. Overall, my day was a blast!

Exhibition Drawing Poster

Hello! Are you having a great time? Well, I hope so. I want to share something to you. Look at this poster below. If you have powerful glasses like this, would you wear it? I encourage you to wear it. If you wear these glasses, you can see what terrible things are going on. Maybe after you wear these glasses, you can make a difference to the world.

Exhibition Video

Hello everyone! I've made a video which is 3 minutes long. I hope you can make a difference after seeing this video. Thanks for watching.

All the best from south Korea.
by: Shakira Kurniawan

Be sure to click the link to see the video.

http://youtu.be/5Wg_1-qrz1A