Update! Price in Korea.

Hari ini abis belanja di Homeplus. Mostly sayur mayur dan makanan. Kaget juga pas liat totalnya karena udah lama ga belanja sebanyak ini @@ total 23 items : 59,380 Won. Silahkan cek kurs korean won di internet. Berikut detail harganya yang mungkin bermanfaat buat yang akan tinggal di korea :)
Veggie ramyeon 4 bungkus 3200
toilet tissue 12 roll 4390
Bawang merah 1 pack (ga tau isinya berapa siung) 1040
pantyliners isi 48 4250
bayam 1 pack 1380
sabun cair cuci piring 500 ml 2300
hunts tomato paste 340 gr 2750
wortel 746 gr 4100
paprika 2 buah 2990
calcium fresh milk 930 ml 1940
tahu 1150
corn flake 500 gr 3580
telur 15 butir 3400
gula 1 kg 1680
daun bawang 1280
organic brocolli 4730 (jreeeng baru nyadar pas ngetik ini klo gw salah ambil brokoli. Haaaa :(( gile baru nyadar mahal banget harga yg organic. Salah beli, gw kira td gw ambil brokoli yg biasa)
bawang putih udah dikupas 980
seledri 1 pack 1180
jagung manis kalengan 1100
kentang 900 gr 1920
lemon 880
olive oil 900 ml 5950
bokchoy 1 pack 1180
*harga dalam mata uang korean won
kesimpulan: makin lama tinggal di sini, harga2 semakin mahal bo..

Homeplus Subway Virtual Store

Let me introduce you about homeplus. Homeplus is a South Korean/British discount retail chain jointly owned by Samsung and Tesco. It operates hypermarkets and also home delivery shopping service. Though it is the second largest retailer in South Korea after Shinsegae Group, homeplus is my favourite place to do grocery shopping because it is very convenient, cheap, and close to my house. I registered a free homeplus membership and got a lot of discounts from it.

I usually go to there twice a month to buy some foods, vegetables, drinks, and others. Few days ago I went there with my friend and found some machines that attracted my intention. Self-service checkout. It really amazed me! So after I got all of things that I wanted to buy, I didn't go to the ordinary checkout but I went to the new self-service checkout. Haha.. That was kinda new things in homeplus so many people tried those machines and still the store clerk helped and taught them how to use those. Very interesting! You just need to scan the barcode of products and the machine will automaticaly recognize the product. After you finish scanning, choose what kind of payment you want to use, and bring your shopping things home. At that time, I paid it by debit card. The store clerk helped me to insert the card into the slot provided. I was wondering how if I want to pay by cash and I found that there is a slot for inserting your money, just like in the vending machine. Wow! I was amazed. It is so easy and fast. I love it!

photo courtesy of travel-avenue.com

Just a moment ago, I found this video from my friend's facebook.



Korea.. I don't know what more to say.. you are just sooo hi-tech..!
This is what I imagined some years ago.. and now I see it directly, It really exists and I can't believe that I am living in this hi-tech country. Alhamdulillah...