한국을 좋아해~!
resorts world
visit korea
big bang!
allkpop
the face shop
beauty credit
the skin food
etude house
나의 평생에 선하심과 인자하심이 정녕 나를 따르리니 내가 여호와의 집에 영원히 거하리로다.
=spiritual food=
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. - Hebrews 10:23
ok counting down! 5 days more at this time i'll be boarding the plane to korea! it is confirmed... FINALLY. but somehow, i dunno why i dun seem like uber-excited. i'm like "mmmmm ok sounds good". sheryl is still contemplating on whether anot to join me on my extension, hence i haven't been able to exactly plan what to do on each day. not like i wanna follow a strict itinerary, just that i hafta be more FOCUSED, not like last year got so distracted by the shopping and food and saw nothing else!
anyway, i've decided to stay in a guesthouse on mt namsan... that i'm not sure if it's confirmed. i decided that since i'm not gonna spend so much time in the room anyway, not worth paying double for a hotel room, might as well use it to buy more face masks! haha... it'll be good for me to experience it though, then i can better advise customers when i return to work! much as i'd hate to trade in the goose-down bedlinen for chalet-style sheets. sigh. well, at least i'll get to enjoy the nature on mt namsan! i shall take lotsa pics, hopefully got flowers still! and they have comps with free internet access too (i dun have a laptop to bring along... unfortunately.) so i can blog during the trip. just wondering how in the whole world am i gonna post photos...
마음아 그만하라고 하지만 오늘 그 사람을 보고 또 흔들렸어요... 나 한테 왜 이렇게 친절하고 착하고 나를 웃겼어요... 여기 남아 있을 건 알아서 기분이 물론 좋지만 그대로 친구만 있으면 좋을까요? 아니면... 난 원한 거 대체 뭐예요?
Friday, April 25, 2008
then much later on, we discovered teacakes sold in marks & spencer and fell in love with them. they are actually large round pieces of marshmallows with cake and then covered in chocolate.
then about 3 years ago, i watched my very first korean drama... 내 이름은 김삼순 (My Name is Kim Sam Soon). and then i fell in love with sam soon... or rather, fell in love with the oh-so-hot-and-hunky HYUN BIN~!
maybe the samsuni-momo piggy also did it... 아주 귀어워요! so anyway... i ended up watching the drama over 5 times. i think one of the most significant scenes in the whole drama was when hyun bin's character - jin heon, climbed up mt halla to look for sam soon. it was her birthday and she took the tedious hike alone up the mountain as a decision to stop her feelings for him. jin heon was then found waiting up there for her, complete with seaweed soup for her birthday, and also... CHOCOPIE!!
haha... that's according to hyun bin. so i've decided, for my trip to korea, i'm gonna skip jeju... bcos i'm only gonna climb mt halla when my oppa is with me to enjoy chocopies together! (heh. actually is cos i rather use budget on shopping lah...)
this is 선생님's fave way of eating chocopie, a great stress-reliever as i later found out! you take the chocopie packet that looks like this...
and then u tear a tiny hole to let out some of the air inside... and then u start squishing the chocopie! according to her, u need to mash it up into a lump, and it takes around 10mins to get it perfect!
i didn't really know how to do it the first time round, and 선생님 was so kind to offer me the one she had crushed while she took mine and continued crushing. mine ended up crumbly... anyway this morning at work, i tried again with another chocopie, and i got it right! haha... ideally, it should end up looking like a lump of cookie dough like this...
and then i realise why it is 선생님's fave method, cos it's really yummy! like i mentioned, it tastes like cookie dough. haha. i recommend this method to those who need to let off some steam.
method 2: layer-by-layer
ok this is quite brainless... the chocopie has layers. if u would like to try this method, then u just eat the cake first, then marshmallow, then cake again lor.
method 3: frozen chocopie
u can turn ur chocopie into a hardened lump of chocolate by putting it into the fridge for a long time.
well, actually i like eating chocopie straight out of the wrapper. i mean, u get to admire the beautiful brown and pink layers in their original shape! the crushed method is simply not pleasing to the eye... but it's very nice still. tastes quite different from if u eat it straight out.
ok looks like i'm gonna stock up on a lot of chocopie on this trip!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
alrighty... in 2 sundays time i will be flying off to korea again! woohoo! it's kinda weird thinking back on how it was almost EXACTLY one year ago since i stepped foot into my dream destination! i still rmbr how last year i went with linda from 29 april to 6 may, the week before i would terminate with CX... i did enjoy myself then, but i guess i carried a heavy heart throughout bcos of the retrenchment, and also cos i felt like it would be a LOOOONG time before i would get to travel to korea again...
indeed, God has poured out such favour and goodness into my life! the nights i spent dreaming about myeongdong is finally turning into reality again! sure, i hafta admit i was really disappointed when i didn't get to go last november... i had so much wanted to see the winter and snow. it's spring now but it's already getting quite warm early (like 22degrees?!), but nevertheless... i have so much favour! i will be joining a guided tour from 4-10 may covering the jeolla province and only returning to seoul on the second-last day, but i requested for an extension on my own, and ALL my korean bosses agreed to let me extend another week! muahahahaha... therefore, i will be returning on 16th may, then i get to rest for the long weekend (cos of vesak day) and return to work on the 20th!
i haven't exactly thought of how to fully utilise my additional 7D6N yet... but here's what tops my list!
1) SHOPPING till the wee hours of the morning, and along the way savour all the yummy STREET FOOD!!!
couldn't find a better photo than this one i took in myeongdong last year... nothing like tteokbokki and sausages from the street vendors to start the pilgrimage into the shopping alleys!
not to forget dongdaemun... where there are more than 30,000 shops along the streets and in the shopping centres open till 5AM!!
2) Have a nice warm plate of waffles topped with fresh fruits together with a cuppa latte (with the art) at THE 1ST SHOP OF COFFEE PRINCE!
yes people... i shall make my way to the REAL 커피프린스1호점 just for the heck of being a fan of the drama. i mean, ok i've only watched it twice over... and gong yoo is serving in the army anyway... plus i already have the original mug from this shop which addy got an agent to buy... but well, i just wanna brag that i've been there, then see if the princes really so good-looking. anyway the hongdae area where it's located has many unique shops too. i just hope i'm brave enough to open my golden mouth n spew out some korean i've learnt to get a picture taken with the princes!
3) Do a touristy thing like ride the cable car up Mt Namsan to N Seoul Tower and go up to the observatory for a view from Seoul's tallest point!
the tower was right behind the hotel i stayed in last year... and the whole time i didn't get to step foot even on the grass around Mt Namsan where it's located. this time hopefully i get to stay at the same hotel again (5* sofitel ambassador! got discount no need consider guesthouse liao...), and i must climb the same steps and take the same cable car like hyun bin did in kim sam soon! haha...
hmm, lidat maybe i need to find time go visit 63 City (where "my girl" was filmed) also...
3) Walk along the banks of CHEONGGYECHEON in the evening and admire the fountains and litted stream!
for most of you who don't know... cheonggyecheon is the pride of modern day seoul. in the 60-70's, the stream was covered to make way for a highway, and surrounding it were slums, so it was a poor and polluted area. in a drastic move by the government, the stream was restored and now it's like a beautiful place for seoulites to relax...
i also didn't get to see it the previous time... well, this time since KTO HQ is located at the head of cheonggyecheon, i might just make a visit there and take a long stroll down the stream! plus eat and shop along the way of cos.
4) Visit a JJIMJILBANG and take a photo of myself in a ram's head towel!
actually this can be quite intimidating for me. koreans love their public bath houses and jjimjilbangs... hence they have no qualms of walking around stark naked nor sleeping (clothed in the case of jjimjilbangs) next to complete strangers in a crowded resting area. but i really wanna see what it's like, plus i need a good back massage...
5) Optional tour: JEJU 3D2N!
that's spring at jeju's seongsan sunrise peak. need i say more?
hoping i can stay at one of the pension houses (like this one pictured) near the coast... sigh. imagine waking up to a deep blue sea with the sun's rays reflecting over the golden sand... and i can just rent a bicycle to get around. maybe just pop by the teddy bear museum just for fun.
but flying to jeju costs $$, and also means i lose precious shopping time in seoul... so i'm really wondering if i should go.
there is a drawback though... quite minor. but... i will be travelling alone this time. :( no one seems free to join me. sheryl might be going for her internship, alastair has started school, michelle having exams... even 오빠 said he can go only in june... (haha). actually, with all that i do for my job, plus i think my level of korean now definitely can-make-it more than last year... i dun think i'll have much problems getting around. it's just waking up and not having someone to talk to, then buy krispy kreme doughnuts also cannot buy too many... and no one to cam whore with me. sigh. then with this stupid bird flu problem that's taking place in the jeolla region, exactly where i'm going... i'm not concerned abt it, bcos i know my protection is in my Jesus. but even though it's 2 weeks away, i'm not so sure and i don't even feel like the trip is for-real confirmed. well, now all i can do is PRAY and WAIT!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
ok. this is how we entertain ourselves again when we are bored/frustrated/desperate-for-some-laughs. today we decided to see how we compared to one of korea's greatest NATURAL beauties - kim tae hee. please see following instructional video:
kim tae hee's corn silk tea CF
well in case u do not know, beauty is defined by ur face size in korea. so if u have a small face like kim tae hee (smaller than 12cm wide), then u are in the ranks with korea's top CF queen...
then finally me (hiding under table at work to take the pic). if u look hard enough u will see i used the 200 pounds beauty dvd. get the pun? plus i tink my fringe does a great job at camouflaging my WIDE ROUND MOON face.
as we have proven, our faces are DEFINITELY bigger than a CD and therefore wider than 12cm also. i haven't been able to find an LD to try yet. but i'm sure in this aspect, i was born a winner. nothing to prove.
dun ask me why we make ourselves laugh our heads off cling-clanging our metal rulers at work to take such ridiculous and unproven measurements for aesthetics... only to end up proving what we already know. i mean like, we are so not CF queens. maybe CF jokers... haha.
oh well. ended the day with laughs. laughter does good like medicine.
"돼지" 오빠를 참 좋아해요~ 어떻게 해야 돼요?! 오빠, 꿈이 아니라고 말해줘요!
(언니, 너만 알아서 비밀을 지켜 주세요!)
Thursday, April 03, 2008
what else. look pretty lah.
but here's how we really are. zany...
for whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Romans 8:29-30