Travel Tips to Exotic Quicks: Part 1

It's kinda random... No, I'm not influenced by Korean Propaganda... it's just something funny I made up... (Maybe, it's at lib)

ALL HAIL NORTH KOREA!!! MANSE!!!!

Nah, just kidding.

But seriously, are you bored of your life in Singapore? Wanna change of pace? Or even mindset? Well, try TRAVELLING TO NORTH KOREA!!!

Clearing misconceptions, North Korea isn't strictly "no one in, no one out" country. Tourists can enter, however, a few conditions:

1) You cannot be a North American (Aww... Better luck next life)
2) You cannot be a South Korea (Sorry, I know your lost twin sister is somewhere in there but... no)
3) You gotta have money, luggage and visa.

Simple enough? Oh, but one more thing, to make things easier, this guide is most suitable for actors. Because acting in North Korea is very important. Not to them, but to you, if you want to save your skin from being shot.

Now, after you got your money, your luggage, and visa (wherever you'll collect it), remember, you will always have a personal North Korean bodyguard. And he/she is not a person to trifle with, no matter how well built or nerd that person may be. Coz they are influenced by Korean Propaganda, and this guide is how to experience it: safely without being influenced.

I don't know whether they call that place "Land of Kim Jong Il" or "Land of the Great General" or something like that, but the leader is sure one heck of a messiah there. Check youtube "Kim Il Sung death" and you'll see that everyone in Korea is a fan of the leader. Perhaps even religious followers.

This is one tour trip that you cannot afford not to listen to your guide. Coz the guide is a North Korean. And North Koreans WANT to spread the word of their leader. At least, those that was appointed as tour guides do. If you're going one man trip it's good luck to you but try saying "Oohs" and "Aahs" along the way if you see something weird. Because 90% of the time you're looking at what they adore. If you got a pretty lady as a guid (for the guys) you can curry her favor by asking about the "prosperity" of the country. (You know what I mean, you tell her "prosperity" without the inverters, but the hidden meaning will be clear to the rest of us)

If you're a book fanatic and you read korean then this is book paradise. Because it's a monopoly of books in your hotel room: All by an author by the name of Kim Il Sung. If you're specifically crazy and want to test the limit of "tourist awe" then you can quote a sentence from one of the chapters and say it during dinner the next day, impressing your guide.

The metro system consists of 2 lines, the north line and the east line. However, basically only two stations operate. The blackouts don't give you more, and it would be too much of a hassle for tourists to go anywhere else.

Always act that you don't know or forget the fat guy you see in the statues. It may be damn funny seeing your guide telling you the same things all and all over again. Then again, if he's pissed then you better stop.

Lastly, before you leave, it may be actually kinda comical if you try mimicking propaganda by saluting the last statue or portrait of the leader. Perhaps recite that sentece you have in memory. You know why?

Coz you'll never see that chio guide again. Never.

Hi... Back... And it's 2009...

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!!! (And gals of course but that's self explanatory.)

Sorry for being on hiatus for SO DAMN LONG. Coz I was kinda slack, wanting to slack out the rest of the school holidays and my recent research on Propaganda and Cults, an extreme version of Perfectionism and Religion. I guess I have the interest at the right time, Sec 3 history has lots of communism in it, and North Korea is my primary interest. I can never imagine 4 million people crying for one dead person. But it was achieved. Go to youtube and search "Kim Il Sung death" and you'll see what I mean.

New year, new start. My new year's resolution is: Do your homework