1:55 pm
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sweet JESUS..
Another 12 more hours till we wait the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009!
I cannot help but think how fast 365 days come and go. Best part is, I don't really recall what I actually did that made time pass so quickly.

2008..2008...2008
Come to think of it, I din do much. Staying at home seemed to be the only thing I was doing. Until recently when I decided to further by studies by taking up Korean Language FULL TIME in Korea.
What was I thinking? I'm not regretting though..

Over the last few days, kinda spent time with two bunch of friends.
29th, met up with Angelia and Mariah first then waited for Vanessa. Had SAKAE SUSHI for lunch.. something I haven't had since I left Singapore 3 months ago. Then Van couldn't join us to town so we made our way there without her. Watched TWILIGHT for the second time. Did a little bit of shopping with the girls before taking the train back to the east.

The next day, woke up like freakin 6:30 in the morning for no good reason. Hung out till afternoon then made my to Parkway. Met Andrea on the bus 31.
Bought a pair of tights from COTTON ON, met Felicia who was late!.. Walked again to East Coast Park, sat at coffee bean and just chilled. That I like... =) Wesley came a while later. He looks like he lost weight. Poor boy.

He LOVINGLY droped us off at Bedok where we had our SCRUMPTIOUS dinner. Honestly lah, LOCAL food is the best. Better than all these western-fast-food outlets. No sense of ORIGINALITY.
Stupid things that people do nowadays, eating CARL'S JUNIOR at the bedok coffee shop. Like WTH? Buy from the outlet, EAT at the outlet lah... jesus.

Stomach full, walked to Felly's house. Din realise how much her place has changed. I think the last time I went there was High School years. Greeted her parents who were the only ones' at home during this festive season. Hung out again in Felly's room till it was time to go home.
Me and Andrea walked all the way to Tanah Merah staion where we parted ways.

Came home tired. But the day did not end there, mom was squabbling about me going to see the doctor. Too annoying to even mention here. I shall stop now.
Time to watch 'The Little Nonya.." on youtube. CHOA!
11:27 pm
Friday, December 26, 2008
So your 'probably' wondering why I haven't been updating my blog for a week now.
First of all, I wanted to mention something last week but couldn't so because it was suppose to be a BIG secret.
Now that the secret's out, I might as well mention it here right?!


I'M BACK IN SINGAPORE!


Yeap.. been planning my return with Dad for a week to surprise mom, Jackiee and the rest of the family as well as close friends.
And it totally pulled off! Haha.. the faces they made when they saw me, CLASSIC! Especially Jackiee, she burst out in tears. So now I know how much she's missed me. LOL

Took the morning SQ flight back to Singapore. Did I mention it was snowing when I got up that morning at 5.30am? Beautiful.
Anyway, 6 hours on Singapore Airlines was wonderful. Way better than Korean Air.. haha =)
I had countless screw-drivers as well as Bailey's on my way home. haha..
Arrived Changi Airport at 2pm, called dad up and he told me to take a cab home myself cause he was out with Mom and Jackiee ( it was part of the plan..) so I did that.

Found the key that dad left for me in the shoe box! haha =)
Came in, breathed in and out.. happy to be home after what seems like 1 year instead of 3 months. haha
Waited for the folks.. dad came in first then told me to get ready.. and then the other two came in and SURPRISE!! Totally freaked out.. haha
Mom took like 10 secs to figure out wad was going on and wasn't sure if i was real or an illussion.
But nonetheless, she was happy I came home for Christmas. Had dinner outside with the family and then met Van, Mariah, Angelia at Starbucks TM. Leeza and my sister joined us too.. It was just a really happy moment for me, being able to see my friends again. LOL

CHRISTMAS EVE
Evening, went for Mass at Trinity Church. Went over to Uncle Mike's place for supper. And yet another surprise to my other family members. No one knew I was coming home. hehe =)
My little cousin Marc was almost in tears too.. Love that kid.
Hung out, caught up with the aunts and uncles.. bla bla bla. Then came home before 2 am.

CHRISTMAS DAY!
The usual stuff.. Opened presents in the morning. I actually got presents from my family.. haha =) Guess they were thinking of sending them over to me in Korea. Apparently not!
Loved the gifts they got me and I hope they the ones I got them..
Towards afternoon, got ready to make our way to Jurong West for lunch at a family friend's place. Its like only once a year we get to meet each other so obviously it was good to see them.
Lunch was good! The usual Eurasian dishes.. I have a pic somewhere, will post some soon!
Hung out till evening, watchin CARS the disney movie with the kids.

Went over to Uncle Mel's place after that. Another feast awaits! And another group of people who have yet to realise that I was back in town. hhaaha =)
Uncle Mel freaked out of course.. then the cousins. haha
Found out later that my dear dear cousin DARREN, invited like 30 people over to his place. Imagine how cramp his house was! I just took shelter in his room, along with my two cousins and sister.
Dad was a little tipsy when we wanted to head home. Thankfully we got home in one piece.. haha

Tomorrow's the open house at my place.. Dad's started preparing some food this evening so we won't have to rush tomorrow. Long day awaits!
Cant wait to see andrea and felly.. =)

Till then, more updates soon!
Goodnight!
11:49 pm
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Main street to my place.. SINCHON!

Just outside INSA-DONG..





Gosh! Both my left arm and neck hurts from all shopping bags that I carried these past two days. HAHA!
Oh ya.. as well as that HEAVY box that I finally brought back from JL's place. Can strike that off from my "to-do" list.

Anyway, spent the whole day outside in the cold weather. I must be MAD seriously.. haha =)
Went over to JL's place first to collect my things, she accompanied me back to my place to drop the two boxes. After which, we made our way to the Theater nearby and got our tickets to watch "TWILIGHT". Jackiee and Andrea were absolutely right.. they cut out so many scenes from the book. What the hell lah, just seeing both Edward Cullen and Jacob Black on screen, totally satisfied me. LOL! Oh.. and not to mention the awesome music soundtracks. Well JL enjoyed it?! Cause she din even read the book..-___-

Movie ended at 7pm. We were'nt hungry cause of all the popcorn we had earlier.. so we took the bus to INSA-DONG. Been there the second time actually.. haha=)
Shopped around..bought some stuff then came back home. Too cold to hang out! LOL.. Cleaned up my room abit now that i've got everything back with me.. organised and all that. Looks pretty neat now than before, I ASSURE you.

Right..More updates tomorrow. I hope..

GOODNIGHT!
11:26 pm
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Introducing.. Korea's FIRST, "PASTA-HUT".
hahaha..


Caught in the middle of a "parade".

They really gave free hugs!

'Olivia' demanding a HEART Balloon for that clown.
LOL





Its been two days since I came back from Kunsan and today's weather was exceptionally COLD. I found out later that it was -2 degrees outside. Jesus..
So anyway, been out since afternoon with Ji-Yeon. She had her off day from work so we decided to run some errands first before making our way to Myeon-Dong to meet Olivia. My day started when I woke up late. haha. Dashed out to get ready and met Ji yeon at Mok-dong station..
Walked to the immigration office to settle my residency in Korea.. and after waiting almost 1 hr and 20 mins , it was FINALLY my turn.
But just as I sat down and handed the officer my documents, she told me I had to make my way to Incheon to get it done.
I was like "WHAT?! After all that waiting?". I was told by one of the staffs that i called yesterday, that I could do it at mok-dong. Like what the hell sia.. Piss me off only. Felt so bad for Ji Yeon at the same time..

So anyway, we took the subway to Myeong-Dong..met Olivia and later walked around the shopping streets. Another place I should take Mariah to when she EVER happens to come here..
The things there are seriously to DIE for man! haha =)
Bought a couple of stuff for peeps as well as myself. And I'm totally satisfied. Olivia later brought me and Ji Yeon to Insa-dong, a tourist attraction. Din stay long cause it was getting late and all.
Took the bus back to Sinchon with J.Y..
TIRED SIA. Feet pain some more.. tomorrow's another long day i think.
Gotta get up early and make my way to Incheon. Know hoe FAR that place is? its like Tampines to Woodlands man. Sickening..
Whatever, risk from getting arrested by the cops here.
Done. NIGHT!
























2:17 am
Wednesday, December 17, 2008




1:59 am










The Country Side..

















Shacks that people STILL live in..


















Little Cousins.. (left to right)
Kyeong Min & Seung Ah
















Grandma and Seung Ah
11:24 pm
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hi Hi Hi!
I'm finally back in Seoul.. after my one week stay at my grandma's. I would say that staying at the Country side kinda gave me new experiences. So now I can say, " Yeap.. I did get taste of living in country side..".

I've fulfilled mom's as well as my wishes by spending time with grandma and my little cousins. Although the stay was a short one, I've made it a point to at least drop by to Kunsan TWICE a month.. maybe spend the weekend? LOL.
Definitely coming over again during LUNAR NEW YEAR.. for those of you who are smart enough to know why.. haha =)

So I got up at 8am. Had the last breakfast prepared by my ah-ma.. could tell she was sad cause she kept quiet the whole time and watch me eat. That is sooo unlike her..
I came to Kunsan with my backpack and luggage. After packing all my things, I'm left with 1 luggage, my backpack, my sling bag and a hand-carry luggage. Wonderful.

Said my goodbye's.. did i mention almost everyone (my granny's friends) came to send me off!
My uncle called a cab for me, granny accompanied me to the Bus terminal.
She told me what any grandparent would say.. "eat well, rest well, pray everyday, don't forget to study hard.. any problems, i'm only a phone call away..". The usual.

Trip back to Seoul was a real fast one. 2 and a half hours to be exact..
I took a cab back to my new place.. I've kinda settled in now, more or less. Room's kinda small but at least I don't have to share with another person!
Praise the Lord.. this is my ZONE now.. no one can barge in.
Left my place again to go meet JiYeon for dinner. When she saw me after 2 weeks, she immediately told me I LOST WEIGHT. Wow.. I hope so man.. haha =)

Had table BBQ for dinner. Sorry Mariah and Van, this was WAY better than Seoul Garden.. haha! sat there for two hours, catching up on what we've been doing. Then I found out she's currently on 3 month holiday. WOW! Lucky..
Did a little bit of shopping.. I was seriously in a shopping mood. haha. More shall be done tomorrow. Came back after having some coffee at Starbucks.. then the lady at homestay, explained the rules and regulations of the place.

I'm totally satisfied. No doubt about it.
Ok then.. Will be posting Pics of Kunsan as well as the room I'm living in for the next year or two. LOL.
Goodnight all!
7:14 pm
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Booya!

I'm all alone at home.. Grandma's out since this morning and if I remember correctly (cause I was still sleeping then..) she went to Church. Yea that's what I thought too.. on a Thursday? Probably doing her usual Charity work I guess.

So I got up at 12pm. Felt so hungry cause I din eat much last night. Just as I hoped my grandma cooked something different for a change, she didn't. haha =)
I've been eating Kimchi Soup for 4 days now.. not that I'm complaining. And now I'm craving for some fried chicken. haha

Din do much throughout the rest of the afternoon.. I mean what CAN I do right? haha =)
Bummed around my uncle's room where the computer is. Surfed the net, bought some stuff online.. watched a couple Taiwanese dramas.
And then I did the most RISKY thing of my life.. Its embarrasing for me to say this, but I DID'NT bathe the whole day yesterday cause it was too cold and the water was FREEZING. Trust me, I couldn't NOT bathe. So I decided to take a shower today.

WRONG MOVE! I was practically doing my little "dance" while showering cause it was kick-ass cold. After I got out of the bathroom.. immediately RAN to my room, changed and got under the blanket and stayed there till I was warm enough. COLD..
Soon after, two cousins came by after school. They tell me they do this everyday.. come here have dinner then walk back home.

Its almost 7.30pm.. Grandma's not back yet.. she went on a date or what? HAHA
Done lah.. gonna rummage through her fridge and see what edible food I can eat. Probably Lots and LOTS of Kimchi. Better than nothing right?
CHAO!
9:51 pm
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
HELLO!

To tell you the truth, I was able to get online these past few days but I couldn't understand why I could not access into my blogger. THUS, I've been missing out on updates. Haha.. =)



So I'm currently enjoying my first week of holidays at my granny's. Its so good to see her after so freakin long, 6 years to be exact. She literally "kicked" the main door open when I was outside, calling her name. Haha.. Still as powerful as before.

At first I thought I was gonna screw with the communication thing with my Grandma.. but apparently, all's pretty good. I sorta understand her and she totally understands what I'm saying cause half the time, I'm playing "Sherades". HAHA! Its true okay??



Didn't meet my cousins and their parents till the day after. My aunt and uncle were so happy to see me.. I was too of course. And don't get me started on my two little cousins. The boy's all grown up of course.. and the girl! So pretty.. mom was right.



Today, we celebrated 할머니's birthday..

WAIT for it.................





at freakin 7 IN THE MORNING!!
Wahlau, unbelieveable.. I slept at 3 in the morning, and had to get up at 7 for birthday breakfast. Obviously, I forgot to snap some pics cause I was still in the sleeping mode. I mean c'mon! SEVEN in the morning? I thought most people celebrate their birthday's at night or something? Over dinner perhaps? Guess its different here. haha =)

Okay.. gotta end this now. Grandma's calling me.
Goodnight all!

9:35 pm
Sunday, December 07, 2008
IT'S SNOWING!!
Like really HEAVY snow man.. and its beautiful!
Too bad I didn't take any pictures.. but even if I did, it wouldn't come out nice or even VISIBLE for the camera to capture cause it only started snowing at night when I got home from J.L's place.

YES.. I went there again this afternoon to drop off a huge box as well as a few shopping bags of my things. Finally that parts all over.. I'm now left with my small luggage and my backpack which I'm to bring along with me on my trip on my granny's place tomorrow morning.

Oh yeah.. Did I mention I've fallen sick again? The weather might have been to cold for my fragile body to take it. SO now i'm down with a cough and a blocked nose. Sickening..
THANK the LORD he send J.L to my aid.. she picked me up by a cab and brought me over to her place (along with my things of course..) then made me chicken soup for dinner. JUST WHAT I NEEDED. haha =) Besides, totally skipped lunch today so that soup totally satisfied me. LOL

Came home just before 8pm. Just as I got out of J.L's apartment building, it was already snowing.. I can't really describe it to you lah cause it wasn't the same as the first one i saw few weeks back. And I wasn't that COLD either? Weird but I guess that's how it is.

Right.. so I forgot to mention also that this might be my LAST post for the week. The whole of next two weeks, might not be able to update my blog. Cause I've got this damn gut feeling my granny doesn't have Internet connection at her place. But if there so happen to have an Internet Cafe, I'm more than willing to do it of couse.

Till then.. see you guys soon!
11:36 pm
Saturday, December 06, 2008

Paramore - Decode -



New favourite SONG now.. LOL!
Its so sad that I won't be able to watch 'TWILIGHT' till maybe during Christmas? It'll definitely be out in theaters here in Seoul, on the 10th. But I'll be at my Granny's place!
PLUS, since this has to happen.. i'm so bloody tempted to watch it online now. DANG.. Tolerance Cat.. =)

So anyway, woke up rather early this morning cause I suddenly felt so cold! Like I was practically shivering and my teeth clattering together. So I got up to check if the window was close and whether the heater's warm enough. APPARENTLY NOT. The windows were closed but the heater wasn't working at all man! WHY?! I have no idea cause it can only be controlled from downstairs where some dude is in-charge. So yes, throughout the whole afternoon, I felt like i was trapped in a HUGE storage freezer. I had like a jumper AND a jacket on the whole time. BUGGA!

Did laundry as well as the remaining packing of things. I'm more or less done.. then at around 6 plus, left my dorm.. along with my huge luggage as well as another bag and made my way to J.L's apartment. Left my stuff there for the time being.. had dinner with her of course!
Like I said, I seem to enjoy home-cooked food better than instant. haha!
Left her place at 10pm and I just came back to my room promptly at 11pm. TIRED.
More packing to do but it'll be totally done after that. NO MORE.

Gonna have to turn in early tonight. Gotta get up early and attend some mass in the campus itself. There's gonna be kids performing for EARLY Christmas.. might as well go watch it right?
THE NATIVITY.. must watch. haha =)

Right.. So GOODNIGHT ALL!
11:48 pm
Friday, December 05, 2008




TGIF!

But then again, even better.. its the LAST DAY of school! Yayness.. no more waking up at the crack of dawn.

So went to school in the morning as usual..didn't really do any studies though. We were just talking and talking and talking non-stop. The next thing I knew, we were up and about, snapping pictures here and there with classmates and teachers.

After we said our goodbyes to our 'hardworking' teachers, the rest of us.. gathered for the last time to have lunch at some INDIAN restaurant. Did I mention how freakin COLD the weather has seriously become. And by this, I don't mean 10 degree temperature.. we're talking about sub zero temperatures. CRAZY.. the strong wind was practically "biting" my face so thankfully I managed to buy myself a face-mask as well as ear-muffs for my precious ears. I think they might fall off if I don't protect them. Haha =)

Yea so after lunch, walked really quickly with J.L to Megabox cause we wanted to watch a movie. HOWEVER... there were'nt any nice ones showing and TWILIGHT had not been released yet. BUGGA. So in the end, we had coffee at Starbucks and did some photo printing later after that.
We decided to head home cause it was too cold to even do anything!
Came home.. started packing untill now.. haha =)

TIRED SIA.
More pictures will posted on FACEBOOK. haha =)

TAA-TAA for now..
11:56 pm
Thursday, December 04, 2008
YUKI sshi!.. one of the funniest people I know! haha =)

Jean-Baptist (classmate) looking as if,
he's about to give an important lecture. haha !

Joshua Kim! ( classmate)
Just where is he looking at?

Vietnamese Chick talking about her country.. she doesn't like KOREAN food!
Astonishing..

Mudh and Kristen! ( classmates..)

Some dude from Japan..



James and his story about his trip to JEJU-DO


Jonathan and his funny story about the dessert.

MC's for the day!

Japanese gal..and her story about her hometown.

A Wannabe SINGER. -__-

She sings WAY better than the one on Top!

Back up singers for the above gal..
(Guy in the red cap.. CUTE!!)

LUNCH! haha.. =)
11:50 pm
BOOYAH!

How's it going everyone? Good? Bad?
You know what.. I don't wanna know. haha =)

Anyway, it has definitely been an INTERESTING day today.. Reason being, its the second last day of school and the best part is, we STILL have to study from our textbooks.. both today and tomorrow. Seriously, does this make any sense at all? Haha..but then hor, i think its because there's two more chapters left in our textbooks and they want us to complete it.
BUT STILL!

During 3rd and 4th period, all 5 classes went down to the auditorium for the SPEAKING COMPETITION. There were some who were really good and others, either their B-O-R-I-N-G or I just don't understand a word that comes out of their mouths. haha =)
The winner of the competition was some MONGOLIAN dude but personally, I felt that Jonathan ( this fella from the States) should have won cause he's was really good. Don't ask me why they didn't choose him.

After school, took the subway to Express Bus Terminal Station. FINALLY found the terminal I was looking for. My second attempt was a success! So basically, I know where to head to when I leave Seoul to Kunsan on Monday.. which reminds me, I'm so "effing" nervous to meet my mom's side of the family. Its been what? Almost 10 years? PLUS, my Korean isn't so PERFECT so I'm afraid that I'll be making countless mistakes when I try to communicate with my Grandmother.
*sigh..
Well, let's hope for the best yea?

Came home after that. Rather early actually, temperature dropped like 5 degrees down when i came back. DANG.. another thing to anticipate. HEAVY Snow..
Heard that many places in Korea will be snowing tomorrow. But I'm not sure about here (seoul) though..They're what I call, UNPREDICTABLE weather.

Ok.. "Boring" pictures of today will be posted soon. I'll TRY to take more interesting ones tomorrow cause it'll be the last day. haha =)
Till then, GOODNIGHT!
11:55 pm
Tuesday, December 02, 2008


PICTURE PERFECT.


This is by far the most HILARIOUS thing I ever saw since I came to Korea..
The TREE needs IV drips.. hahaha!

Its suppose to be sunny.. but it turned out to be foggy. Did i mention it was COLD.
Ya I think I might have.. =P

Singapore's Christmas Decorations are
SO MUCH nicer than Sinchon.

See? Pathetic Right?


Okay first of all, I'm experiencing a HUGE headache now. I just popped some aspirin and waiting for myself to go drowsy, which I think will happen just after I complete this post.

So guess what?
I'm happy and relieved to say that I've completed my FINAL exams yesterday and amazingly received the results TODAY. How fast is that?? I LOVE IT. I don't have to wait and anticipate as to whether I pass or not. So the outcome of me sitting for this examination?
I PASSED! haha =)
Yayness! I'm so thrilled and happy and I wasn't even expecting it in the first place. LOL!
So I'm definitely on my way to the next Level during Winter Term which is in January. Holidays begin this Friday which means I have a months holiday!

Went out to lunch with J.L after school.. she did a little bit of shopping on the way. haha
Then I took that extremely LONG train ride to Incheon to get my bloody VISA done. Did I mention I had to wait an hour and 15 mins till it was MY turn? Ridiculous. And the officer was no better! Bloody rude B***h! She's definitely on my HATE LIST now..
Came back home after buying dinner. So tired.. and that's when my headache started.
Why is the aspirin not kicking in yet??!

Oh.. did some packing just now. Finally about to leave this dorm and live elsewhere.. I'm thrilled!
No more noisy constructions, irresponsible roomate to deal with anymore.
Ok done. more updates tomorrow!