Korea Trip 2015 (Day 2)

I am back with a new blog layout! Even simpler than the previous one omg am I really getting old and boring? (Yes I think so)

So continuing from my previous entry...

We woke up pretty early because we were on a tour and I was quite sleepy(zzz). Headed down to the breakfast place and horrible food greeted us omg. I guess we didn't really like it because it was quite different from SG style or rather typical hotel style? It was just (yuck). The variety was also bad and there were ZERO hot drinks. No coffee or tea....... only plain water and milk....

rice.. kimchi.. cabbage.. rice.. soup.. more rice..

First stop of the day: Teddy Bear Museum! Anyway I always thought only Jeju Island has this teddy bear thingy but apparently not! And our tour guide told us that this one was actually the first and original one in South Korea! I choose to trust her by the way (lol).

the whole place is not very big but everything was just cute inside!

omg look at them with the Korean costumes (SO CUTE)

my selfie attempts again

qtpie Abigail!! (I miss her so much sobs)

so cute so cute so cute I want to hug her rn

cuzzies! (lol had a hard time squeezing inside)

me mommy and ling!

so pretty!

hello qtpie!

master of poses a.k.a me celebrating my bday L O L

The tour guide brought us to some seafood market place after that (which I don't even know is some impromptu plan or we're really supposed to be there coz it was a super not touristy spot).

and we spotted this poor crab lol

my daily want - BANANA MILK!!!!!

really not touristy at all ah...

And up we went to Mt. Sorak~! Some touristy temple place but with super nice scenery! The whole place is pretty huge though so you gotta walk quite a bit and it's uphill. A plus point though was we went during spring and the weather was really cooling because I can't imagine climbing all these under the hot sun (ew).

so you pick a stone on the floor, make a wish and balance it on top of any of these...

group shot! (with abigail asleep lol)

we then climbed up some stairs for this great great view

climbing yet another set of steep stairs to see...

this

and it was back to our hotel! (omg it was like a 3 hours ride up the mountain and I needed to pee real badly cries)

dinner time!!! :-)

mushroom hotpot! super nice tho there wasn't much meat and we were deprived :-(

I super love!

At night my cousins and I went to the hotel hotspring and we had to strip naked (omg huge barrier over here) but we decided to do it anyway with my mom staying in the hotel room herself hahaha.

It was a great experience though because once you're inside nobody really cares anymore and no one will be staring at you, people (mostly ajummas) just wanna relax!

The eye-opener was that the ajummas were so dedicated to scrubbing their bodies.. and they all had really nice complexion! When we were washing up before stepping into the hotspring, we got scolded by them for not scrubbing enough, omg embarrassing much lol.

Anyway the hot spring water was sooo comfortable I really wanna experience that right now again. Everyone should just go try it at least once(even if you're super shy to strip naked)!!

And that marked the end of Day 2!! Bye!

Korea Trip 2015 (Day 1)

Finally! I have time to do some proper blogging in front of my laptop now! I've been busy working and earning some bucks for my upcoming trips (yay!!).

As I age I definitely blog a lot lesser now as compared to when I was younger. In the past, I used to write about a lot of nonsensical stuff (e.g. what homework I have, what lessons I attended every single day despite having the same timetable for a whole semester wtf) and describe in full detail my feelings toward every single shit that happened in my life. Looking back at it, I think people should remain like their childlike selves forever. Having the ability to describe how you truly feel is a blessing ok and I really hate how I am unable to do that anymore now. It's just..really hard to even say how I feel now. Am I really an adult already? (sigh)

Anyway, I digressed.

My first overseas trip this year! I went to South Korea with my mom, elder sis, cousin and her mother-in-law. A little weird combination because in the beginning it was just my mom and my sis. After that my cousin decided to join and wanted to bring her mother-in-law too so tadaah we went! When planning for the trip I was still under the internship program with Giamso Tours so (in order to accommodate my mom) we booked a tour under them for 5D4N.

It was a new operator my ex-colleague tried so I was like the guinea pig for them. However, I really enjoyed myself quite a lot for this trip!

1) the tour was small with only 8 people.
2) the itinerary was not very packed/rushed.
3) it focused more on the rural areas of South Korea instead of the city area
4) it was more of a sightseeing than shopping tour
5) there were some free time for us every night to do our own things!

while waiting for our tour bus (lol wtf another driver photobombed us)

along the way there were loads of cherry blossom trees!

The first stop was 63 Building. We were given time to explore the Sea Aquarium, Sky Art Gallery and the Wax Museum. (all entrance fees were already paid for)

these are real!

a look at Incheon (the buildings were all so alike!)

master of poses - me

the last supper!

trying my best at selfies with the wax figures

spiderman!

batman!

master of poses x2

After lunch we asked the tour guide for photo time on the streets because the cherry blossoms were too pretty! (perks of having a small tour group)

And we set off for Nami Island!

the ship we took to Nami Island - spot Singapore's flag!

on board the ship~

super yummy red bean buns steamed on charcoal stoves! plus points with the cold weather!

had to wait for a good opportunity when there was no one in the background hehe

the scenery was just superb every where!

vanilla soft serve for only 2000 won!! and super yummy

mailed out postcards to my baes hehe

authentic yoogane for dinner~

the view of our room that night! not in the city area so it was superb cold!

That's all for Day 1. Stay tuned for the rest of the trip~!

爱情

爱情。
Love.

爱情是什么？
What is Love?

爱情能带给我们的又是什么？
What can Love bring us?

爱情很深奥，很玄，很难懂，却没有一个人不向往拥有它。
Love is deep, mysterious and hard to understand, but every one of us yearns to own it.

或许爱情是你醒来时，一张开眼时，就想到他。
Maybe love is the thought of him when you wake up in the morning.

或许爱情是你在购物时，看到某件饰品就即刻想起他。
Maybe love is seeing something when you're shopping and thinking of him immediately.

或许爱情是你中乐透时第一时间想要打电话给他和他分享这个好消息。
Maybe love is immediately wanting to call him when you strike lottery.

或许爱情是你吃到一碗超好吃的鱼丸面然后在心里说着“下次一定要带他来吃！”
Maybe love is thinking to yourself "I must bring him here the next time!" after trying a delicious bowl of fish ball noodles.

或许爱情是看见下雨了所以带着伞立刻冲到巴士站接他。
Maybe love is rushing down to the bus stop with an umbrella to fetch him when it starts to rain.

或许爱情是你超级讨厌烹饪却愿意为他打开食谱网站。
Maybe love is your willingness to open a recipe website for him despite how much you hate to cook.

或许爱情是你超级爱干净却愿意忍受他的邋遢。
Maybe love is accepting his messiness despite your OCD.

或许爱情是看到他对着其他女孩子笑就想一巴掌赏过去，但其实只是想钻到他的怀抱里撒撒娇。
Maybe love is wanting to give him a slap on the face after seeing him smile at other girls but in reality, all you want to do is snuggle up his chest.

生活上的点点滴滴都足以让你相信你是很爱一个人的。
Little things in life can make you believe how much you love one person.

但人们常常还是很挫折，不知道自己对爱情是否掌握到了要点。
But humans are often frustrated, not knowing if one has fully grasped the meaning of love.

但其实，这有何难？因为爱情在你我眼中都不一样。
But what is so hard really? Because love is different to the eye of every single one of us.

所以，或许我们要找到的就是一个跟我们看见同一个摸样的爱情的人。
So, maybe all we have to find is that one person who sees love the same way as we do.

其实到头来，爱情只不过是无论几百万个帅气无比的男生为你神魂颠倒，你还是只看得见你的他。
All in all, love is probably just a hundred over charming men going after you but all you see in your eyes is him.