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Showing posts with label Madame Tussauds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madame Tussauds. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Dynamic BUsan (part 22) Ilike

Back to where I started: I Like Busan. Madame Tussauds Busan.

To make sure that I did take the picture correctly. ^^ Another see-through card...flashed on my camera. 

Even when I was already up the elevator...I did manage to take another shot of the venue.
crazy, eh?

Oh...^^ Angelina Jolie's picture was like ....gosh.
This one was randomly put on each elevator on different floor so as to make the visitors know that there is David Lachapelle's magical show at BEXCO. OH, this picture is surely seductively intentional...^^ (haha)

Rushed back to the WATER BAR...where I got my previous three bottles of water bottles.^^

Oh, I just realized that they did sell some juices as well. Well, juices contain water..so why not.
Anyway..I LIKE

the same bartender who served me earlier was not like...busy taking care of my other friends who just showed up...

They were like..what? can this be true? all of the water comes from over the countries? Well, you'd better believe your eyes. Now..choose and take one home.^^
I did mine. 
The bright lighting of the sky at the department store has somewhat helped the idea of Water Bar being the only place to take some beverages. 
The thing was...it was such a great experience to know that such WATER BAR ...does exist^^

Dynamic BUsan (part 21: still at Centum CIty)

CEntum City's Shinsagae Department Store Certificate from the Guinness World Records in acknowledgement of the store's achievement of being the largest store on earth.

I also took the real certificate--I mean took a pic. of it^^. I could've got myself into trouble had I taken it out of the bullet-proof glass protector.^^ (kidding)

Being one of the places in Busan where stars and entertainments and joys and splendor and fun and excitements meddle in....the area where people could just sit back and relax was surely available.


Just when we thought we did not have time to sneak into the forbidden place for us (because if we checked in...we were afraid that we would not want to get out^^): The SPALAND.

So, I checked out the brochure which says that it offers all kinds of themes of spas. Well..just like any land ..land....Disneyland or Everland...surely this SPALAND has its own varieties of themes to soothe the minds of its visitors. Roman spa, Bali spas, Korean spas...and I surely guess...milk spa....^^

OK..what do this Madagascar troupe do right here? I just spotted them on the wall on my way back to the meeting place..^^ Oh, just like any other cineplex in Korea, CGV being one of the biggest movie chains...was also present at the mall.

A quick snap of pic and off we went away...^^
Feel like being refreshed and rejuvenated after visiting ( I mean passing by) the spa. OH, dream on..Suray.

And...since I forgot to take the picture of Madame TUssauds with the I LOVE BUSAN and I LIKE BUSAN see-through card....I might as well come back up stairs and take the snap out of it.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Dynamic Busan: part 18 (Madame Tusauds)

Madame Tussauds' wax museum is right here in Busan during Summer 2012. I hope lots of people would flock into this exhibition so as this will be a permanent show on the peninsula. By having so, we do not need to go as far as Hong Kong or Bangkok or Jakarta to see one in Asia. 
Okey, this is supposed to be a good pic, but since we were kinda in a rush....I could not take my focus on the pictures. I got to cover the whole Shinsaegae dept. store to make a report. 

Anyhow, we managed to 'enjoy' the performances (silent ones) of each waxed figure. 
Madam Tussauds Busan-- I think-- is the one to be.

Jim Carrey's trademark of being fun. Gosh, I should have taken a photo session with him...^^

Who does not know this couple from Hollywood. In fact the two kinda perpetuate(?) the mere existence of this small exhibition. 
The small gallery was somewhat jammed packed with as many as 20 or so figurines from mostly the entertainment industry.

The Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Bruce Willis were the waxed figurines visible @ this alley. 
See those guys?

I would surely....definitely .....take my pic. with one of the living controversial idols at the outset of 21st century. Since I am not good in acting..I just might as well grab one of the furry and feather-made blue scarfs and tucked them round my head ..and voila...a pic.made in Gaga.^^

This one, too, I know that I kinda like MJ, but did not know why that I felt like not having a rush or necessity to take even one pic. with him. I guess...due to respect...I kinda felt like...leaving him in peace....even in his figurine. Not to scratch a tint on it..whatsoever.^^ (oh...come on Suray.....it's unnecessary to think this too much deep or sense out of it). Still, that's what happened though.

BUT....BUT....BUT...when it comes to this famous Audrey Hepburn...^^ I could not help but making sure that I GOT TO BE on this ONE.
Sure.....I bet. I took one of the most memorable scenes or parts of my Busan trip..right here. 
There.
Taking a picture with AUDREY KATHLEEN RUSTON a.k.a. the beautifully gorgeous Audrey Hepburn...was like..a sheer dream.^^

Even the amazing Spiderman did not entice me to take a picture with him^^. HAHA. I just passed him by....and sorry..Mr. Spidey.^^ (I'd watch you on the big screen^^)


Just when I was about to go outside of the exhibition room and took a snap shot of Bruce Willis and Jackie Chan.....I'd rush back again..and take one last shot of Audrey Hepburn's eternal charms. 
Visit -Meter: ****** out of 5 ^^ (chuckles)


Sunday, July 15, 2012

Dynamic Busan: part 17: Centum City

This is NOT Centum City^^ as yet. No, I just want to post the lunch that I had at one of the luxurious restaurants on the 9th floor of CEntum CitY's Shinsaegae Dept. Store.
First, I am a vegetarian--so it was such a huge relief to have found all-veggies dish/meal/lunch at the time when I desperately needed. 
This Jeonju Bibimbab or mixed rice from Jeonju is the one I'd love to have once again.
See the colors? it was as delicious as its colors^^

Who could've imagined that this is on the 9th floor of the Shinsaegae Department Store. Yes, I meant it. 
It is called the Rooftop garden--I guess so. 
It was so lush green..even with those huge tress beyond. See?
Such a refreshing and eye-opener & jaw-dropping setting....considering that we just dash into this garden on top of the Department store.
Ok, some may joke about it as being trivial or usual, since there are countless of rooftop gardens just like this in other buildings all over the world. But, the point is that...this is...just....awesome.

I could not admiring the fact that this tree is on top of the 9th floor^^
LOVED every bit of it.

These purple flowers on the flowers beds put on hold on each side of the wooden sidewalks did enhance the  feeling of not being on the 9th floor. I was like walking down the alleys or a park just around the corner of my house. (wait, dream on, Suray^^)

To show how serious I am...^^ this is the picture I took from the 9th floor of Shinsagae Dept. Store. Down there...it was BIFF (Busan International Film Festival) venue. (read about it on my other post entries).
In fact, I got to take this picture as one of the requirements that I got. Oh, one more thing, the point of me...wandering around the world's largest department store..was to capture the images and endless possibilities that people could do and enjoy at this famous department store.

Another view I took while on top of the 9th floor, Shinsaegae Dept Store at Centum City, Busan
I imagined living on those apartment by the river banks must be so cool. A great view they must have.

See how things turn out? 
When we just pour our creativity and our perseverance in nurturing and blending modernity and environment, this is -- I am sure-- what we would get.
As a man of nature myself, I kinda enjoyed and treasured such a place.

Never got bored of taking one more snap of this beautiful rooftop garden.

Four statues of presumably a cast of family playing musical instruments together. 
Wished I had taken at least one picture with them, though.
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Now, back into the air conditioned Shinsaegae Dept. Store:..................

Being the world's largest, I kinda expected lots of fun and educational fun at the same time back there.
Lots, of course. But, one thing that caught my attention was the PSA or some sort of pre-school academy. 
This PSA IS @ the mall.^^
I kinda thought that their parents or notably moms were busy shopping or spa-ing while their children were also busy with themselves at this pre-school facilities.
-----then......

One thing that I could not turn down...or I would never say NO to the offer: undoubtedly...an invitation to Madame Tussauds exhibition in Busan.

Bae Young Joon's waxed other-half was right at the entrance. Being one of the prominent Hallyu stars, he deserved to be on display.
(more stories on this on my other blog entries)^^

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