• In Seoul, Every Day is a Happy Day

    After EXO went to this restaurant called “School Food” in the variety “EXO Showtime”, I too tried it with some friends in Apgujeong. Surprisingly, the dishes taste good! Ever since, I’ve been to the restaurant multiple times. It’s a good venue to meet for meals since it’s at the entrance of Garosu-gil, coming from the subway station.

    Speaking of EXO, have you watched their new web drama called “EXO Next Door”? There’s English subtitles to the video from their official YouTube channel. It’s funny and there’s my ever-so-adorable Kyungsoo! Here’s episode 1.

    Oh, I got distracted. (Coughs) It doesn’t matter how much food I consume. I climb stairs like below everyday. Yes, this is what I tell myself daily to feel less guilty. Haha!


    To think I can still see Kyuhyun’s birthday congratulatory message at subway station in April. Lucky!

    Met up with my Korean friend for a simple dinner along Hongdae. We weren’t very hungry so some ddeokbokki and odeng is sufficient for us to call it a meal. Even a simple meal like this makes me feel blissful.

    There’s all these cute Kakao characters outside Kakao Talk cafe!


    Why is my friend so pretty~~~~~~~~ Cam whoring while waiting for the subway.


    And after much anticipation, the CNBlue concert in Seoul! Didn’t get a chance to catch Minhyuk’s drum sticks at the end of the concert. Didn’t manage to catch that in Singapore concert either. Forever in the wrong zone where Minhyuk chooses to throw. Pfft~ (Yes, I attended their “Can’t Stop” concert in Singapore too!)

    Ready with my light stick and wrist tag to enter the venue!


    Such a pleasant surprise to know Yesung is in Mouse Rabbit when the concert ended. We made a decision to cab down to Mouse Rabbit from the concert venue. Seeing my bias after a concert, is there any better way to end the night. (Smiles)

  • April Korea Trip Continues… …

    I recalled my trip to Korea last year April was actually the first time I went to Mouse Rabbit, the cafe opened by Super Junior member, Yesung. That’s right, my bias. Everyone has been raving about the cafe because Yesung was there most of the time, and the awesome fan service he gave by taking your orders over the counter. You get to talk to him and shake his hand even. Talk about up close and personal interaction!

    There at the nearest subway station, Konkuk University subway station, there was a banner congratulating another Super Junior member, Hyukjae’s birthday. Coincidentally it was his birthday month. Putting up advertisements in subway stations by fansites is actually a norm in Korea. It may be expensive, but it goes to show how much fans are willing to go for their idols.

    Mouse Rabbit exterior doesn’t look like this anymore, though. They removed the windows of the outdoor area you see below, and added railings. It’s going to be cold and chilling sitting out here in the winter. I recalled us talking to Yesung’s dad about our concern of sitting here during rainy season. He explained to us patiently that they had to remove the windows due to regulations, and nothing much they could do about it.


    Breakfast alone at the quiet Mouse Rabbit is pure bliss. Sweet potato cake and black tea latte. I miss these 2 items so much… … … Even the serviettes design has changed.

    Wearing my newly bought 574 New Balance that unfortunately gave me aching legs because I bought a size too small. I love this design so much and everywhere doesn’t have my size. Cries! This pair is now belonging to my mother. And so, my mum now has couple sneakers with my Yoseob my Beast! Humph!

    Chanced upon this advertisement at Myeongdong subway station. Couldn’t hide my excitement because I was going to be part of this.

    Attempted to get our SIM card in Hongdae and failed due to new regulations in place. Foreigners are no longer allowed to apply for SIM card from the 3 main telcos in Korea: SK Telecom, KT and LG U+. Bad news for us having to enter music broadcasting shows. Had to treat ourselves to a good lunch for the dejection we were feeling. Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles (Jajangmyeon) and spicy seafood noodle soup (Jjampong). The seafood noodle soup isn’t spicy at all!

    On the side, we also added sweet and sour pork (탕수육) but I’m too embarrassed to paste the photo in here. We poured the sweet and sour sauce over the pork. What were we thinking! We should have dipped the pork into the sauce to preserve the crunchiness of the meat. How could we make such a fatal mistake (shakes index finger).

    Craving for icy cold cider in this hot weather.

    And craving ever so badly for this grilled pork intestine (곱창구이). Chanced upon this shop (강남곱창이야기) in Myeongdong and it happened to be the filming site for drama Reply 1997!

    Ending this post with a random selca taken during the same trip. One of those times I was alone in Mouse Rabbit, waiting for Yesung to arrive.

  • Onward to China

    Vacation has always been a form of escapade for myself. Ditching whatever I hold on my hands and take off in an air jet, travelling above 40,000ft in the air, barely containing myself in the seat for the unknown that is awaiting me.

    Whenever I return from a trip, I am reluctant to unpack my luggage. Removing every piece of item from my luggage is a road of reminiscing, revisiting every moment of my trip. Seeing my unpack luggage lying there out in the open is like a reminder that my trip was just over, and I still have ample of energy stored up within me, to prepare myself for reality.

    When the luggage is finally unpacked and stored high up above my wardrobe, it is finally the moment when reality hits me, that I have to make do with the amount of positivity left over from the trip to get me going until the next trip arrives.

    The same goes for photographs. Though luggage unpack warrants nagging from my mom, so it gets attended to far quicker than photographs. I finally got to photographs taken during a trip with my parents to China 2 years ago (Yes, this is how bad my procrastination can get. Which you probably are aware, seeing me post about Christmas 2014 four months later. Coughs…).

    A selfie at the first hotel we got to. Followed by selfies with my parents! Who do I look like?



    Wishing it wasn’t so cold and they’d fill the pool with water so I could jump in.




    Yes, the highlight of the trip was to Guilin, the hometown of our ancestors.



    Our entire tour group, and you could see that I was the youngest there.

    Since we were in the rural areas of China, there were a lot of boat rides, scenery views and a little mountain climbing.


    Interestingly, the family that live in the house below, only leave their house and make their way down the mountain once a month. They are getting older in age and legs are not as strong. Leaving their house only for purpose of grocery shopping, sufficient to last them for another month.

    Lighting from above is great for pictures!

    And more boat rides and scenery.








    Truth be told, I can’t recall where I was most of the times when I was looking through the photos. You see, that was a tour guided trip which I absolutely have no say in the itinerary. When people say move, I walk. When people say eat, I gobble the food in front of me.

    Though the scenery is beautiful in rural areas of China, I’m quite sure I wouldn’t want to go again. As China is developing, there were heavy construction going on everywhere we went. So much dust flying around and I got major breakout starting from the second day I got there. It got so bad that most of the time I was wearing a mask that almost covered my entire face.

    So apart from the first few days, I didn’t appear in pictures most of the time. Or when I do appear occasionally, the pictures look similar to above. After a while, I even gave up smiling for the camera. It doesn’t matter anyway, right? Travelling with my parents was a wonderful decision though. Just probably not China.

    Seeing the last trip with parents was 2 years ago, I sense it is time for another trip with them. But trip this year is already planned out for and none of them involve my parents. So I guess it would have to be early next year? (Bites fingers nervously)

    My post title is “Onward to China”. It felt more like “Backwards to China” since the trip was made so long ago. Ha!

  • Christmas 2014

    My friend and I decided to treat ourselves to good food on Christmas last year. This is after all a season to be jolly! With some cash on hand to spare, good food it shall be. Selfie while waiting for the restaurant to be opened. We were their first customer of the day! Heh~ Loving my hair colour in this picture. Gotten my hair dye in Korea during my trip in September last year. Colour still looks good!

    When I visited my hair stylist in March this year, I was considering another hair dye to cover up my white hair. He was against it. He said it wasn’t necessary because my colour still looks good on my head. It’s not like I’ve got a whole head of white hair either. I was just being paranoid by a few strands of white hair growing under my thick hair. Oopsie! In the end I just did a hair cut and treatment. Hee!

    My friend and I decided to throw in a little present exchange and I got something very useful: Diary! I was looking for a diary every year and have not gotten myself one for 2015. Those I found are either too expensive for my liking, or too much additional pages no use for me. My friend bought me a thick diary sufficient for 3 years usage. I guess I can skip my diary hunting these few years! Hooray!

    We were just aimlessly walking along Orchard Road to find Magnum giving out free ice-cream outside Orchard ION mall. It’s the Marc De Champagne flavour. Yums!

    A selfie shot with ice-cream to end this post.

    How I love Christmas. Maybe I should plan for Christmas 2015 to be spent in a cold country with snow this year. Yes, working hard has set me thinking of escape plans again. It is not a suitable time for me to leave for any vacation trip now, so I can only plan ahead. Make this my motivation to work hard. Besides, I haven’t seen snow in my life and I haven’t been to Korea this year either. Christmas in Korea in December… … … Should I?