• Ewha Womans University

    My trips to Korea mostly includes food, sight-seeing and most importantly shopping. When we speak of shopping, a place not to be missed is definitely Ewha Womans University (이대). The streets just outside this university is bustling with people and I could spend hours combing this place. If you’re taking subway, the stop to alight at is “Ewha Womans University” itself, exit 3.

    During my last trip, I went for a haircut and dye. You wouldn’t believe how awful the shape of my hair was in. So many times I suddenly realize I was holding on to the scissors, ready to snap off my hair because it was too irritating. Most of the times I was able to regain my senses in time and put down the scissors to stop myself from cutting and ruining my own fringe further. Yes, I mean ruining further. I didn’t manage to stop myself a couple of times. ㅠㅠ

    The moment I arrived at 이대, you were expecting me to charge to the hair salon? Nahhhhhhh~ I must satisfy tummy first. Studies have shown people are more stupid if they do not consume breakfast. Everyone, please eat your breakfast daily!

    Breakfast was at Hollys Coffee! Someone recommended the breakfast and said it is something we’d regret if we didn’t try.




    This is breakfast for two, I was sharing with my friend. If you ask me, I think sandwiches are alright but nothing fantastic. Drink wise, I find the ice chocolate too sweet. But then again, it would taste awful if chocolate drink is not sweet right? In summary, I am just not an ice chocolate drink person. (Shrugs) Of course you would probably love it if you have a sweet tooth.

    After breakfast, I did charge with full speed to the hair salon.

    Drinks and snacks while I enjoy the haircut services. The hairdressers were so hip! They used an iPad to display hairstyles and communicate with clients. After our communication, they even asked if I wanted to use the iPad to pass time. It is no longer holding big bulky female magazines!

    New hairstyle, new colour! I do find my hair more obedient when I was in Korea. The moment I stepped back into land of Singapore, it wouldn’t stay like this anymore. (Wails) I blame it on the humidity level in Singapore.

    With the new hairstyle, it is time to explore the campus of Ewha Womans University!


    Despite the pretty campus, I just had to put myself into the picture to ruin it. XD


    The sun was setting when I took a tour around the campus. You can see the sunlight glittering on the leaves. Such a beautiful sight~

    Mysterious staircase leading to…?

    The campus looks so different in summer, as compared to my last visit in winter. I did walk quite deep into the school and felt so surreal. Though it’s a female university, I do see quite a number of males there. Picking their girlfriends up? So those guys you see there are probably taken?

    Anyway, I guess it’s free for anyone to visit and take a walk around the school. Do make your way into the school if you are in the area for shopping or meals!

  • Hey Kurumi

    I recently completed a Korean drama called 이웃집 꽃미남 (The Flower Boy Next Door). I am so so attracted to this lead actor 윤시윤 (Yoon Shi Yoon). I simply love his single eyelids and boyish smile. He also recently appeared in the Gag Concert. KBS Entertainment doesn’t allow embed sharing of video, so please watch it on Youtube. He is sooooooo cute in there! No matter how you read his name forward or backward, it is still 윤시윤 (Yoon Shi Yoon)! XD

    This is not exactly what I wanna talk about. (Clears Throat) There is another character in the drama who is a webtoon artist. I was doing a search online and realised that in Korea, webtoon is actually very popular and there are massive readers. There is a daily schedule for when these webtoon is updated. If anyone is interested in the webtoon, there is link here.

    I was reading a very short webtoon series that only has 8 chapters the other day, called 꿈의 카페 Young 다방. I came across this conversation.


    This is briefly translated to: Do not give up hope. There is no reason to cry because you cannot solve your problem right now. Even if it is hard and you feel like giving up, as long as you still have hope, it is not over. Pull at it little by little, once you have constantly pulled at it, there will be something within you smiling at you.

    Isn’t that very motivational? Sometimes we get so lost and restless, but there’s always someone reminding us not to give up hope. I wasn’t expecting to get this encouragement through a webtoon. Reading this already gives me smiles.

    Speaking of dreams, I do have some friends who went through so much to pursue their dreams. They had to face families and friends who didn’t support them initially, they took to the streets to share their dreams. I’m talking about a popular group called Katncandix2 here, and I’m very glad their hard work paid off. They were nominated best group in very well known music award ceremonies such as Golden Melody Awards. Some time last year, they visited Singapore to perform again.



    I don’t know why my face look so big beside them. Grrrrr~

    Sharing another song I love putting on repeat mode, Kurumi by Mr. Children. Hope everyone of you don’t lose hope and continue pursuing your dreams with every effort!

  • A Pleasant Surprise: Black Box

    I received a knock on my door a few weeks back and there was a parcel for me. I love receiving hand written letters and parcels! They are like surprises sent to me right to the doorstep. This parcel was from The Black Box.


    Look at how sleek and mysterious the box looks. I couldn’t wait to unveil the inside of this box.

    Items are nicely wrapped and carefully packed together. I like how they present the items in the box. I didn’t have to worry if the granola bars were in pieces. Boy I love Oats and Honey flavor granola bars. I know fruity granola bars taste good too but I prefer sweet and crunchy bars. They satisfy my hunger better.

    I unwrapped the items out and voila! There are so much vouchers! Teehee!

    Oh~ I have seen so much advertisements about the new Darlie Expert White toothpaste. My teeth is naturally born yellowish and no amount of washing at the dentist can bring out the white. This was told by my dentist. I still won’t give up and have been using whitening toothpaste ever since. Alright, my daily coffee dosage isn’t helping either. I’m so excited to try this!

    The contents of the box really covers your needs from body to health. There are granola bars to give you the energy you need, spa vouchers to let you relax your mind and body, shopping vouchers to pamper yourself with Sanrio products!

    I couldn’t wait for my next box!

    The Black Box is so sweet to be giving you the black box for free if you subscribe now. What are you waiting for? Visit their website and grab it!

  • 여자들이싫어하는남자행동 II

    Part 2 of article activities guys do that we females dislike continues.

    13. 여자한테자꾸사달라고하는남자
    Guys who keep wanting girlfriends to shower them with gifts. To me gifts is an indication of affection and love, with element of surprise. When it goes beyond all these and jumps straight to materialism, it defeats the purpose of gifts already. I was reading a piece of news online about a guy stealing a bicycle to present to girlfriend as a gift. Is this what you want? How about getting cards as gifts? They are so much more meaningful.

    14. 선물기념일생일에만주는남자
    Guys who only prepare presents during anniversaries and birthdays. I’m actually quite happy to be able to receive presents during these occasions. Guys in modern days are so busy too, with 101 things on their mind. For them to be able to remember all these dates is already an effort.

    I’m suddenly reminded of this couple from China. The story started by a girl relating how upset she was when her boyfriend of 4 years wanted to break up with her after a quarrel over family matters. The show invited the couple to the show and the guy started to shine light on the whole matter. The girl is totally ridiculous.

    One of the things she ask, for the guy to send her to the train station despite his mom sprained ankle and needs to go to the hospital. She managed to get her way by not letting her boyfriend off the car. After a few days, she stormed to the hospital and told his mother “Is there such a need? You’re not even dead!” Another requirement, for the guy to celebrate a form of Valentines every month for the past 4 years, in addition to anniversary days, birthdays… etc. Presents must be different and thoughtful.

    After looking at how demanding the girl is, I suddenly feel like I can be the best girlfriend in the world. (Self-acclaimed) So come mon’ guys!!! I’m available!!!!!! (The post is taking to a very weird turn XD)

    Anyway this woman has much much more requirements and too many to name. If you’re interested, click on the vid below. It’s in mandarin though.

    15. 여자가울면짜증내는남자
    Guys who get irritated whenever girlfriends cry. I am not a girl who cries in front of boyfriends. Usually I leave and disappear, cry and lick my wounds clean before I re-appear in front of boyfriend. I can understand why guys get irritated. They feel at a loss and don’t know where to put their hands when tears start flowing down girlfriends’ faces.  However there are times when tears just flow down uncontrollably, guys should also understand. I’m speaking for myself here, all I need is to stay quietly by my side and hold me in your arms. I’ll quieten down after a while.

    16. 장난이라도여자한테살쪘다고하는남자
    It may be a joke, but guys who constantly ask girlfriend whether you have put on weight. Yes it could be a joke. I’m sorry, who’s laughing here? I certainly am not. Do you really find it so funny? Your jokes definitely need more polishing because all you’re getting is a pissed girlfriend.

    17. 여자의몸무게를궁금해하는남자
    Guys who are very curious about girlfriends’ weight.  Nope! It’s a secret I am bringing into my grave. I will not reveal no matter how many times you ask, so stop asking.

    18. 만날때졸리다하는남자
    Guys who keep saying they are very tired and feels like sleeping when they meet up with you. I guess this is similar to No. 9 in my previous post. The irritating level is definitely the same.

    19. 여자기죽이거나무시하는남자
    Guys who do not care what girlfriends think. I’m not a puppet, I have brain and thus, I have ideas too. If you are with me, respect what is running through my mind. I am not a nutshell nor a bimbo.

    20. 욱하는남자
    Guys who antagonize easily. It’s like having to deal with a time bomb all the time. You never know when the time bomb is going off. I’m sorry, I don’t think my frail heart can handle this suspense.

    21. 아는척,센척,잘난척하는남자
    Guys who keep going on as though he’s the most knowledgeable in the whole wide world.  I have a friend’s boyfriend in this style. I got irritated in about 5min of meeting the guy. He can take part in every conversation, very confident of his speech and constantly tries to tell you something he thought you don’t know. If there is something I do not know, it is probably I’m not interested. I would have found out the answer if I am so interested. So no thank you, smart aleck! It is even more infuriating that he thought he’s done very well blending into the group and sociable at the end of the day because he’s taken part in every single conversation and topic. These people just don’t get it!

    22. 여자보다애교를더부리는남자
    Guys who can do aegyo (being cute) better than girlfriends.


    Who can resist this!!! You tell meeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! If you can do aegyo cute like this, I would force you to replay this to me on a daily basis!

    If you’re far from this, then I suggest you leave aegyo to us girls. (Flings Hair)

    23. 주사가심한남자
    Guys who will die if they don’t drink (alcohol). I think guys who can hold a certain alcohol level is manly. I like guys who appreciates alcohol like wine tasting. I certainly have no tolerance of people addicted to alcohol or an alcoholic. If you start to gasp for air when you’ve not been drinking for some time. It’s time you get yourself into an alcohol rehabilitation program.

    24. 여자친구한테돈아끼는남자
    Guys who are very stingy when it comes to spending money on woman. It depends on how you define a stingy person. I for one, do not like it when a guy starts to whine and complain at how much your plate of rice cost in a hawker centre. If a plate of rice only costs $3, and he’s whining because it is higher  in price by $0.50. Well then, I suggest he go eat himself. However if a plate of steak costs $100 and he’s whining and complaining at how expensive it is for him. Then I guess it is something girlfriends should reflect on, isn’t it?

    Wow! This article has finally come to an end. I didn’t know it would take so long to translate and post initially. I mean, reading the article only took less than 5min for me. Yet posting took me forever. Now that I’ve gotten it out of my system, I can go back into procrastination. (?!)

    Nah… I have more posts coming up. Stay tuned! XD

  • 여자들이싫어하는남자행동 I

    There has been a post that is very popular with Korean nowadays. It’s called 여자들이싫어하는남자행동. It is translated to the activities guys do that we females dislike. I must assure you some of the activities are truly irritating!!!

    1. 춥다고하면자기도춥다고하는남자
    When girlfriend says “I’m cold”, the boyfriend echoes “Me too”. You’re a man, I expect you to behave like one. I’m not saying guys shouldn’t feel the chill too. It is rather when girlfriends express they are cold, they expect the boyfriends to cuddle them and shield them from the chilliness with their manly bodies. If the boyfriends also express they are cold, the direction of conversation will probably turn towards “Lets move to somewhere warm now”. Unromantic to the max… … …

    2. 먹고싶은거없다하면내숭떤다하는남자
    Guys who always say they have nothing in particular they want to eat but give a lot of ideas and suggestions. I’m trying to inject some positivity here using “ideas and suggestions” but the original text didn’t really imply such. Anyway I always believe that if you have so much ideas, then give a suggestion of place to eat. Don’t keep criticizing every suggestions we come up with, then say “I’m fine with this too.” No, if you’re really fine with it, you will keep those criticism to yourself.

    3. 지나가는여자들쳐다보는남자
    Guys who keep staring at every woman that walks past them. Seriously, are you a woman radar detector? Can’t you see me standing beside you? That woman you just turned your head for wasn’t even pretty! Look at me!

    Need I say more?

    4. 내가보고싶다고하기전에는먼저보고싶다고안하는남자
    Guys who wouldn’t say “I miss you” unless girlfriend says it first. Is this an indication of a male-chauvinist boyfriend? Why do we have to be so calculative being in a relationship? Saying it first doesn’t necessarily means I love you more, or I miss you more. This is not a game either. Saying it first doesn’t mean one loses. So what is the mentality here?!

    5. 내가연락하기전에는먼저연락안하는남자
    Guys who doesn’t initiate contact and only respond when girlfriends made contact. I don’t really get this either. The only reasonable explanation I can think of, is that boyfriend is afraid of disturbing the girlfriend. Yet everyone enjoys picking up the phone randomly and seeing your partner sending you a message, indicating he/she thought of you. The content of the message doesn’t really matter. It is the thought. So guys, stop being such a whiny calculative person. Pick up your phone and send a message to her NOW!

    6. 통화중에내가말이없다고같이말없는남자
    In the middle of a conversation, guys who keep quiet if the girlfriends stop talking. Frankly speaking, I am quite fine with this. I am a person who enjoys peace and quiet. I will feel comforted knowing the person I care is beside me, listening to what I’m listening, looking at what I’m looking. I even enjoy the quiet between two people when we’re on the phone, listening to each other people breathing. Weird I know XD

    7. 통화중에옆에있는사람과자주말하는남자
    Guys not whole heartedly talking with girlfriends, being distracted talking with other people at the same time. I agree with this!!!!!! It doesn’t apply only to boyfriends. I have friends who are engrossed with talking with friends on twitter rather than us human sitting right in front of them. Especially guys who usually have problems multi-tasking, I’d say this act is irritating enough.

    8. 전화를자주안하는남자
    Guys who rarely call girlfriends on the phone. I do not like talking on the phone. It’s either messages, or meet me in person. So I can live with this. LOL~

    9. 통화중에졸려보이는남자
    Guys who appear very tired when talking. Anyone wouldn’t like it when the person you are talking to keeps yawning. Is my topic boring you? Or my face is getting boring for you? I certainly am not bringing sleeping bugs out with me. So I’d suggest you go home and get a good sleep. We’ll meet when you’re more refresh and doesn’t look like you’re on drugs.

    10. 통화할때항상먼저끊을려는남자
    Guys hurrying to hang up the phone. Do you happen to be in a hurry? Or do you follow a very strict schedule like this guy in OH! Mikey?

    I have no idea why I keep watching this series. To be honest, I find it kinda stupid. But when one episode ends, I will instinctively click play for the next episode. This is so freaky XD

    11. 여자가비싼것만좋아한다고생각하는남자
    Guys who think that girlfriends will like the gifts as long as they’re expensive. Not all girls are superficial. I am sure expensive gifts come with a value and quality that we appreciates and delighted to receive. However handmade and thoughtful gifts goes beyond what any pricey gift can bring us.

    12. 비싼것만받고싶어하는남자
    Guys who wishes to only receive expensive gifts. Well, we are girlfriends, not ATMs. Where did the idea even come from? (Shrugs) Showering gifts could be an act of love, but it is definitely not the only way to display affection. If the girl doesn’t have the financial capability, this would be too demanding an expectation isn’t it?

    This is such a long long article and I’ve only gone through half of it! I think I’ve closed this draft and opened up at least 4 times before I could complete this post. The next post will have to wait… … … Teehee!