It has already been 3 weeks since I reached Korea! I'm sorry I didn't have time to update this blog because I was busy adapting to Korea, school and shopping. This blog is going to from the first week of my trip. On the 1st of July, I made a dinner appointment with my aunt and cousin at Dongdaemun. I was supposed to meet them at 7pm but I reached at 6 pm at Dongdaemun History & Cultural Park Station. Feeling adventurous, I took out my phone to take pictures, and began exploring the place.
It felt like a carnival at the entrance to this building. There were very interesting exhibits/ models/ standees carrying umbrellas when I walked passes this building.
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| Exhibit outside of Lotte Fittin |
I dismissed the thought of shopping at a shopping mall and chose to walk down to the underground shopping area instead of into the building.
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| Escalator down to the Underground Shopping Area |
When I went down 2 flights of escalator, this was the sight that greeted me. There was also an entrance to the mall from underground. The picture below shows the walkway facing away from the mall. The stalls there mostly sold office wear.
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| Underground Shopping Area |
When I walked further down, I realized that this underground shopping area was actually very big. The main items they sold, however were these:
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| Sport attire clothes |
Before going to this underground shopping mall, I was exploring the shop houses on the ground floor. I the shops there all sold sports equipments and attires. I should have known then that this area was designated to sell sports things but since the underground shopping areas that I have been to previously sold cosmetics, shoes and clothes, I was not expecting an entire sports attire underground shopping area! I walked past the entire stretch of stalls and back but I did not see anything that interested me.
It still wasn't time for me to meet my aunt therefore I succumbed to the lure of the new building Lotte Fitin. I went in through the basement entrance.
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| The main signboard of the building |
There was an electronic area in the basement with Suzy posing with a camera.
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| Suzy standee |
I felt that the lights on the escalator were very pretty so I took a picture of it too!
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| Escalator- Lotte Fitin |
The customer service personnel had such cute uniform! I wanted to walk closer to take a picture but I was afraid it would be rude for me to do that. She had a cute hat, scarf and dress combination! (Click on the picture for a clearer view!)
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| Information desk |
I felt that the concept of the interior of the building was rather unique. the shops had round areas instead of the square ones we usually wee.
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| Interior View 1 |
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| Interior View 2 |
I managed to spot a Charles & Keith store inside!
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| Charles & Keith Store |
This is a picture of the interior design of the washroom. I love how they have more space with mirror than sinks for us to touch up on our make up.
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| Female washroom |
This is supposedly the flush for the toilet. But being me, I did not know which buttons to press. (There was no button where the arrow is pointing at at the top of this device.) I tried pressing different combinations of the buttons on it but nothing happened.
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| Toilet device |
So, the caveman in me finally resorted to the traditional method of flushing…
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| Toilet- Lotte fitin |
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| Flush! |
The toilets are very conveniently located at one corner of the mall. They had water fountains on the way to the washrooms too!
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| Washroom walkway |
This is how the water fountain looks like. The slot on the top right is a disposable cup dispenser. You can fill up the disposable cup with water from the dispenser, and throw it away into the flap below the cup slot.
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| Water fountain- Lotte Fission |
This is the most expensive item I saw on display. This dress alone is W348,000! I came to a conclusion that this brand Bustier is probably a designer boutique.
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| Bustier Dress |
Remember how I said that the entrance to this building felt like a carnival? It was because it was the opening of the building. They hired balloon scepters, hosts, and street performers to attract people into the building.
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| Balloon Sculptor |
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| Balloon Sculptor 2 |
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| Gift Station and Balloon Sculptor |
There was also this lucky wheel/ prize wheel beside the prize booth. The host invited me to spin on it.
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| Prize Wheel |
I won this can of coffee from the spin!
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| Canned coffee |
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| Stilt Walker |
I forgot how I walked to this building from the exit I was at by the time I came out of the shopping mall. Luckily, there are always these maps around train stations to help pedestrians find their way!
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| Local Map |
Walking away from Lotte Fitin, I took one final shot of the building.
