Trip to South Korea

Looking forward to the activities coming up these few months! I will be heading to 3 countries in a time span of 2 months and I can't wait for the trip. First, I will be heading to Korea for a holiday with my friend Marcus and I will be meeting the Football Freestylers and Panna Players during my stay there. For the next trip, right after touching down in Singapore I will be heading straight to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur for a panna competiton. The final trip will be to Denmark for the PannaHouse Invitational where I will be competing in the most prestigious Panna competition.

During my stay in Korea, the weather was colder than I expected but I had a great time with my friend. We went around enjoying good food and took many nice photos. We also went to Everland which is a theme park and the rides were so fun. I haven have the opportunity to get on a roller coaster ride for a long time so I was really excited. The funny thing during the trip was that as I scroll through my Instagram, I realize so many of my friends are all in Korea too HAHA!

During the weekend, I met up with the Freestylers there and they were all so friendly. I made friends with some of them and got to know a Japanese freestyler who was there too. I got some opportunity to play panna with the guys and it was great to have a session with such amazing and wonderful people. There was something about their community that made the experience so enjoyable and bonded. I felt that it was something positive that our Singapore community should learn and adopt.

A day later I met up with 5 other Panna players near the Han river. Turns out that was the coldest day during the trip and my legs and hand even got numb when I was playing panna. The guys was amazing and so friendly too, they really took care of me and I am really grateful for their hospitality. They set up a Panna Arena where we played some matches and learn some moves from one another. It was a great experience to play against them as they have a slightly different style of play compared to Singapore and it was good that I had the opportunity to be able to play with players with a unique style. After playing, we took some videos and made a groundmoves chain video which turned out great. After the session we went to have dinner where we chat about the panna community in Korea, future competitions, Football academy and many other topics. It was a fun dinner and I really hope to meet them again soon!