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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Annyong Korea - 1st Day (Part 1)

September, 25th, 2013

It was on Wednesday in the middle of the night, I had a flight from Cengkareng, Jakarta, Indonesia to Incheon, Seoul, South Korea. I got a free trip 5 days 3 nights to South Korea as a grand winner photo competition held by Nivea Indonesia (as told as my last post. Everything was prepared by the agency perfectly, start from Korean visa, return ticket, and also tour package whilst me and another winner named Gita stay in Seoul.
My ticket by using Garuda Indonesia 878
In plane, it was the first time I met another winner, Gita. We had a communication before by blackberry messenger yet we never met before. We checked in by ourselves but it was so accidentally she got the sitting number beside me. What a magic, doesn't it?

I was exhausted since I had work in a day. So I spent my night for sleeping whilst listening to the music until Gita woke me up for having a breakfast.

The menu offered were 2 kind of meals: fried rice with fish o omelette with sausage and hash brown potato. But, I heard when the Korean flight attendant offered the passenger before me the menu, she said that omelette was run out. Aaaaargh, I want to eat omellete actually. Yet luckily, another local flight attendant came and she asked me what kind of menu for my breakfast. I asked: "Do you have an omelette still?" She said "yes". Wow, God blessed me! Fortunately I was not be served by the Korean flight attendant.

However, in the menu, it written that tomato should be grilled, yet mine was not. It was fresh tomato. Hmmmm.. Anyway, I don't like tomato, whether fresh o grilled, so I will not eat it (and the important one, I did not complaint about it, lol).
Breakfast menu: Omelette natural, chicken sausage, hash brown potato and grilled tomato
Some hours before landing, flight attendants distributed 3 different kind of papers. One for arrival card,one for health questionnaire, and custom declaration.



 


















Landing position was announced. I looked at the window beside me. I still wondering myself, Oh my God, I couldn't believe I could go to South Korea. It was like a dream comes true.
Almost arrived
 Woohoo, this is it: Incheon Airport, South Korea.
Selamat Datang di Korea


After passed immigration, health, and custom session, we were picked up by tour guide named Lia Onti*. She is a tour guide from tour and travel has been prepared from Nivea Indonesia and 1atap agency. I felt so special. It was like I had when I had a business trip.
(* onti is like elder sister in Korean)

Want to know where is my first movement, I will write it on my next post.


Love,


Aditha


Saturday, October 5, 2013

Annyong Korea - Announcement Winner

July, 09th, 2013

It was on Tuesday, 09th July 2013 I read an official announcement on facebook about photo competition was held by Nivea Indonesia. An announcement noticed about who is the grand winner that will get free trip to South Korea. Well okay, I have to be frank that I knew some weeks earlier by phone that I've been chosen as one of two grand winners to go to South Korea. It felt so really amazing and unbelievable! By joining this competition, I honestly didn't expect that I'll be the first winner though. So I would like to say thank you so much to Nivea Indonesia and the agency to choose me to be a grand winner of this competition.
Official announcement by Nivea Indonesia
By winning this competition, definitely this would be my first experience to go to the country I used to wish to go. South Korea, finally! My Lord, your plans always amazing towards me. That's why I always believe in you.

As a winner, I got many privileges such as visa prepared by the agency, also for return ticket, booking hotel and tour package. Didn't it sounds so cool, huh?

So anyway I did not know exactly what's needed to apply Korean visa, because it was organized by the agency. I just prepared about my passport, copy of my bank account for 3 months, and also a statement letter from my company which is explaining that I am an employee of their company. That's all.

I got those visa about couple weeks prepared by the travel agent, I was not sure though about the fastest period to get visa but as I read some articles about Korean visa, if we want to prepare by ourselves,generally it needs 5 working days.

And this is it my Korean visa on my passport. It looked soooo cute.
My Korean Visa
The prizes as a grand winner were also including fresh money valued IDR 1.000.000,-. (not too bad to buy some Korean won) and a parcel of Nivea's products. I truly being spoiled as a winner!
All about Nivea's products
Many many thanks Nivea Indonesia and Satuatap Agency for preparing all of this trip. 한국 안녕, can't wait to see you.


Love,

Aditha