Korea Business Trip May'17

It has been a while

Since Mr. MinHo Chang visited ATM on May'16

To introduce an advanced software called CIMitar

Since then, request to pay a visit to Korea

To have a look on how CIMitar looks like

To have a look on how advance CIMitar is

is never stop

Requests by requests

Reports by reports

From May'16 to Sep'16

Again from Oct'16 to Dec'16

Until CIMitar successfully setup in ATM on Dec'16

The visit was never been realised

Time goes on

My boss Mr. Karuna never gave up

The fight continues

From MFG 1 to MFG 3 Department

From Jan'17 to Mar'17

From CIMitar to eCIM introduction

Reports by reports

Requests by requests

Yet the visit was never been realised

Disappointment goes on

We were getting lost

When we went deep into the projects

As we have no idea

What are we going to setup

Again

Mr. Karuna never gave up

The fight continues

From MFG 3 to IE Department

From Apr'17 to May'17

Reports by reports

Requests by requests

After 1 year of hard work

The visit finally approved by President Mr. Chim 

Under our IE Department Manager, Mr. JK So! 

Just by second week of May'17

The hard work paid finally

But the visit was approved only for two persons

That were me and my teammate Aida

The main hero behind this, Mr. Karuna

Was not approve for the visit

He visited Mr. Chim

Voiced out his intention to join us for the trip

To guide these young guys on their projects

But the reply from Mr. Chim was

"You this old guy please let the youngsters to learn!"

Sorry boss

Your hard work is appreciated

We will learn as much as we can

We won't let you disappointed then :-D

Preparation goes on

Here's my flight ticket

on 20th May 2017

Going to Incheon, Korea

As we walk
My wife watching us up there
Quietly
As her lovely husband
Going to away from her for 1 week

Aida and I

Say good bye to our group members

And my boss reply:

Here are we in Korea!

Here's the KTX Station

The bullet train moves at near 300km/h

Telling our group members

That we're safely reach

And my boss reply:

We were lucky at Gwangju

To have Mr. YunSun Kim

To bring us around Gwangju city

The 6th biggest city in Korea

However, this guy was moving so fast

From greeting to walk towards his car

It was just 10 seconds

Leaving us behind to say:

Chase him! 

We not able to take any photo

Near Gwangju Station there

Due to busy chasing our counterpart

He brought us to 官防堤林

Located at Damyang gun (潭陽郡,담양군)

To cycling around the beautiful place

We looks excited cycling

But the truth was

We were tired chasing our fast moving counterpart

Could you spot him at front there? 

Ah we don't care! 

You move yours, we take our photos!

We don't want to miss so many nice scene here~

Next we went to Juknokwon (竹绿宛, 죽녹원)

A bamboo park nearby

Next is Metasequoia Road (水杉路,메타세쿼이아길)

And finally i able to take a photo of you

Mr. YunSun Kim

Back to Gwangju City

Here's the Asia Culture Center

A memorial park of 518

And Geumnam-ro (금남로)

The underground shopping street

The next is Chungjang-ro (충장로) 

The downtown that is suitable for youngsters

Don't ask me why the photo has only Aida 

And where's Mr. YunSun Kim? :-D

Finally was my favourite place

Mudeungsan Gungnip Gongwon

(無等山國立公園,무등산국립공원)

The National Park of Mudeungsan

Here we take the photo of Gwangju city

And three of us together

After a tiring and fruitful 1 day trip

Here goes our hotel

Holiday inn, Gwangju

I got room number 916

And tonight must have a good night sleep

Now is time of 7am

It is already so hot there

Here's K4

Our first destination of the visit

The company's content need to be disclosed

So I won't show it here

Just taking chance to take a photo

At recreation area outside canteen

Tonight's dinner is Samgyetang (蔘鷄湯,삼계탕)

Or Ginseng Chicken Soup

It was so nice and big portion!

The night still young after dinner

And the second round was clubbing

Of course for me and Aida

There were non-alcohol cocktail

The Korean guys really eat a lot

After two rounds they still able to eat

And here's the third round of the night

Raw fish

I never been that full before

Eating three meals in a night

On Tuesday night we went to Lotte Mart

A famous shopping mall at Korea

Then we went for dinner at Chipyeong-dong

To eat octopus as dinner

Next is Owollu Tower (娄月, 오월루)

Located at 5.18 Memorial Park

From here to view Gwangju city at night

There is swimming pool at hotel actually

But we have no chance to enjoy it

Today is Wednesday

The final day at Gwangju

Really thanks to Mr. YunSun Kim

For bringing us around Gwangju these three days

And making our visit here an unforgettable one

Before leaving the city

Taking the final photo of K4

Here's Gwangju Station

We are leaving now

Heading to Seoul

Looking for another experience there

Bye Gwangju......

Here's my hotel at Seoul

Sheraton D-Cube City

A one night RM800++ hotel

We expecting something difference here

Here's my room - 3610

Room number 10 at 36th floor

It's Wow inside~ 

And here's the view from my room

There are thousands of restaurant out there

but all the meals were written in Korea language

And the people can't speak English

Aida is not allow to eat pork

And i not allow to eat beef

It making us so tough to look for food

The subway system is a bit confusing for newbie like us
We'll need to pay deposit of 500 Won
For each card that issue
Then refund at the exit
When returning the card

I think
Finally the only station that we can remember
Is only Sindorim (新道林,신도림)
Which is just under our hotel

Finally

We found one chicken meal

Named Hotsun Chicken

as our dinner on Wednesday night

Dinner with DaeHo Lee and JaeHyong Park on Thursday night

Then, we went to Han-gang (漢江,한강) ourselves

Han-gang, or Han River

Is a riverside nearby 

With many people jogging and exercise

With a beautiful scene 

Friday buffet lunch with K3 CIMitar team
They really eat a lot
Almost 3 times our part
Is all the Korean guys also eat that much? 
They are not fat at all... 


Really thanks to the team for your guidance these two days
You all are so friendly


Night time visiting to Namdaemun Market 
(南大門市場,남대문시장)


Here we find our souvenirs and gifts
Thanks to JaeHyong for bringing us there


Our dinner tonight
Seafood and vegetable cake


And Haddeok
Korean pancake


Saturday morning
Is time to check out




While waiting for Aida at lobby


The view at lobby
Located at 41th floor of the building


Again there is swimming pool
But just not for us...


Queuing at airport to check in
Hand phone on her hand never stops


Malaysia
Here I coming back


Here's my plane


Bye Korea


It's near 11pm now
When we reach Malaysia
Reporting to our boss
That we're safely reach


And here's what he reply

Is a short trip thought
But many that we have learned
And the friendship at Korea there
The enthusiasm that you all have
We will never forget

Special thanks to Mr. YunSun Kim
Mr. Daeho Lee
Mr. JaeHyong Park
For making our visit a memorable one