A short rant

I know I really should be working on that paper...but since I can't stand holding this in anymore, I'm gonna write up a short rant before I start working again.

Recently, I have been feeling dissatisfied and unhappy most of the time. There were times when I was able to see and talk to my friends, and laugh too - but those times were only a small part of a day, and most of the time I was being brought down by my own depressing thoughts.

I'm assuming all this unhappiness and dissatisfaction is coming from my dissatisfaction with myself. Every time I'm given an opportunity to reevaluate myself, I'm always so disappointed. I found myself always thinking, "What's wrong with me. Why can't I be like her. Why can't I be like him. Why am I me." And whenever I catch myself thinking like this, I then get mad at myself for not accepting myself for who I am. Then I try to tell myself I should probably change my personality if I dislike who I am right now. But then again, changing your personality unfortunately isn't as easy as it sounds.

I'm also not very motivated these days - for example, even right now, although I have a midterm in two days, I still haven't started studying for it. If it was the old me, at least the me 3 months ago, I probably would've been frantically studying for it by now. But I'm nowhere near being frantic; I am feeling a small burden which is growing by the minute though - I keep telling myself that I should start studying, but I end up leaving my responsibilities aside and going to sleep or just doing something else to escape reality.

My dad has said that I should think about what my dream is - and then once I do know what it is, then I should be able to work hard to achieve it. The thing is, I still have no idea what I want to do in the future, and I'm still not sure if I chose the right major so...whenever I have to work, I always think to myself, "Is this worth my time?" and then I end up doing the assignment right before class starts.

Whenever I end up doing my assignments last minute, I always look at other kids in my classes, and think to myself, "I bet she finished that assignment early and went to bed confident about getting a good grade," "I bet she pulled two all nighters in a row to study for that midterm," "I bet he is really smart and hardworking, unlike me." ...etc. I end up comparing myself to others and feeling so disappointed in myself.

Or whenever I have an awkward social encounter with someone, I always look at my friends and think to myself, "Why can't I be social butterflies like them. Or at least, be confident when I'm saying hi to those I know, like they are." 

I feel like crying, but I can't cry here, because there's no such thing as privacy here; I can't cry without being seen - I'm always surrounded by people regardless of whether I know them or not, and I really need time to myself to cry out all these emotions I've been feeling lately. But since I can't do that without some privacy - I will just hold the tears in. As of now, I'm just really confused and I don't know what to do to get myself out of this frustrating state.

INFINITE H - Fly High - Mini Album Vol. 1

Ugh sorry for the late post! I was planning on writing this after I survived through the 1st round of midterms, but then I got lazy and...yeah. So I finally present to whoever bothers to read this, the review of INFINITE H's Fly High album~

Note: My translations might sound weird as I'm just directly translating off the lyrics...I'm too lazy tired to translate properly, and the translations are mainly for references, so...forgive me XD

INFINITE H - Special Girl MV

I was completely obsessed with this MV for a while. There were just so many aspects of this MV I loved. The variety of colors, the CEO's cameo as the floor sweeper (ahaha), Hoya's cute awkwardness when the girl is in front of him, Dong Woo's skinship with the girl and his expressions...the list goes on.

Maybe it's because not a lot of KPOP MVs follow the lyrics, but I always immediately approve of a MV if it actually follows the lyrics of the song. And already in about...the first minute? of the MV, I was like, "Awww yeah this MV is already looking good." For example, when Hoya has to hug the girl at the end of the movie scene, he stops awkwardly in front of her and is unable to hug her - the lyrics in that scene goes like this: "Why does my body freeze once you're in front of me."

INFINITE H - Without You MV

Not much to say about this MV, except that Dong Woo makes me sad as he does not exist in my life ;___; stop being so perfect ok you life ruiner OTL. Overall, it's a visually appealing MV, although the switch between scenes do get hectic at times during the chorus.


The mini-album

the cover

the back

the cover of the cd holder (? idk how to describe/call it)

the cd

the cover of the photo/lyrics book

2 photocards and 2 stickers
i got dong woo for both photocards muhahaha
it sort of made up for the fact that i got a hoya poster
and the poster is too big for me to put it up somewhere in my dorm
ugh
now it's rotting away below my desk hah

the tracklist page

dong woo~
yesasia is actually selling the bracelet he's wearing in the photo omg
not that it will ever look good on me haha
but it's a cool bracelet

and then um you have to flip the photobook over
i was really confused at first because the photos were suddenly upsidedown after i turned the "thanks to" page
i hope this was intentional

the before of the paint party

the after lol
i like the color of those sunglasses
dong woo looks silly as usual

The tracklist:

1) Victorious Way
2) Special Girl (ft. Bumkey) [Not sure why it says "Bumky" in my copy...uh oh woolim another typo?]
3) 니가 없을 때 (Without You) (ft. Zion T)
4) 못해 (I Can't) (ft. Gaeko of Dynamic Duo)
5) Fly High (ft. Baby Soul)

Comments on each of the tracks:

Victorious Way: I initially disliked this song because I found the part where the DJ plays with the CD? (I'm sorry if there's a correct term for this, but I don't know what to call it if there is one, so...yea forgive me) Annoying. But now this is one of the songs I listen to nowadays to cheer myself up. It's kind of weird because this song isn't in anyway particularly a cheery song, but it bursts with confidence and enthusiasm - things I need to get through every day. My favorite parts include the lyrics "the rule that when I get bigger the world gets smaller," and "we walking on the victorious way".

Special Girl (ft. Bumkey): This used to be my favorite track on the mini album...and now I don't know which is my favorite - probably Victorious Way? Anyway, I really liked this track because...well Bumkey's vocals are really soothing to listen to, plus the lyrics are really cute too. I especially like when Dong Woo raps "But why is reality different from my heart, you don't even know my name, I quietly pass by you again today". I can totally relate to those lyrics, as I'm really bad at confessing my feeling or even becoming friends with a person that I like. I usually just think, "Should I talk to him, should I talk to him, should I...oh well whatever it's ok"

Without You (ft. Zion T): I initially disliked this song (heck, I initially disliked this entire album lol), but now I like it enough to feel a small pang of happiness whenever it comes up on my iPod on shuffle. To point out a part I like in this song - when Dong Woo says "I want to hug you" and he emphasizes the "hug" part (which sounds like warak).

I Can't (ft. Gaeko of Dynamic Duo): The aspect I like the best about this song is Gaeko's singing. I knew that he could rap, but damn, his singing is really nice too.

Fly High (ft. Baby Soul): I really like Baby Soul's vocals here, but the lyrics are really what does justice for this song for me personally. Some of my favorite lines include: "바쁜 하루에 피로함이 쌓여가? 아냐 이건 피로 아닌 꿈꿔왔던 삶" which means "Am I getting more and more tired on a busy day? No this isn't tiredness but the life I dreamed of",  and "끝이 없어 우리 팀 이름처럼" which means "No limits like our team name", and finally "내가 모자랄 땐 멤버들이 got my back" which means "When I lack something my members got my back".


Overall, this turned out to be a really, really nice album. Although by now my obsession for this album has died down (which is a shame), I really did enjoy listening to all the songs while I was still obsessed with it. And although it does sound like I don't like this album that much because I didn't write enough comments regarding each track...but I only wrote so little because I have no idea how to accurately describe my feelings for the tracks. They're all just...amazing. This is an album I definitely recommend. And if those of you who aren't fans of hip hop don't feel like listening to it, I'm not sure if this will convince you to listen at all, but I'm not even close to an avid fan of hip hop, yet I managed to enjoy this album a lot. So yeah, listen to the album when you're bored and in need of new music~I apologize again for the late post, I need to stop being so lazy sometimes...haha xD

PHANTOM - Phantom Theory - Mini Album Vol. 2

I was pleasantly surprised when I heard that PHANTOM was making a comeback with a new mini album. I thought they would take it easy and be inactive until maybe the middle of this year, since they just officially debuted in August of last year...but I guess I was wrong on that.

PHANTOM - Like Cho Yong Pil MV(the one I linked is the English ver, there's also a Korean and a Japanese ver)

The plot of the MV is basically how the CEO ends the contract with PHANTOM, and them having to start over from square one. It's filmed like how a documentary of someone's life at the moment is filmed; it's a parody of the 인간극장 (directly translated, it should be something along the lines of..."Peoples' Theatre") program. The program usually - well at least from what I've seen - goes to the countryside, finds a particular family's daily life to document, and dedicates about 8 or so episodes to documenting the family's daily life.

So, with only themselves left to support their music careers, the three struggle to stay united as they try to prepare for an audition. As Kiggen stays home and composes the song the three are going to perform at the audition, Han Hae goes out in his free time to earn money by working as a waiter at a restaurant, and Sanchez can't help but feel sorry for being unable to buy his girlfriend something decent for her birthday. Eventually, Han Hae and Kiggen get sensitive, and Han Hae storms out, determined to go back to his home in Bu San. On the audition day, Kiggen and Sanchez wait for their turn as they hope for Han Hae to come back and join them. Han Hae does come back (yay!) and the three manage to pull off a great performance. The episode of PHANTOM's life ends there, and a preview of the next ep is shown. We get to know that PHANTOM does successfully land a contract with another company and debut.


I do like how the MV fits the mood and lyrics of the song, but I'm not a big fan of MVs longer than 3 minutes, so I can't say that I particularly like this MV. At the moment, I'm appreciating this song by watching their live performances.


The mini album

the front cover

the back
the track list is written in the top left corner

he track list page
all three of them look so good  d=(´▽｀)=b
like esp. han hae i like how the suit just shows off his body line
watch the live and you'll die at how perfect he looks OTL

sanchez~ (✿ ♥‿♥)

and a cute group picture

The mini album isn't anything special in terms of visuals, but I guess the most important thing for me here is that I bought it because I loved every single song they wrote for this album. And I don't know, it's nice to finally have some PHANTOM merchandise?  (*´・ｖ・)

And so the track list:
1) Hide & Chic (Feat. Microdot)
2) 조용필처럼 (Like Cho Yong Pil)
3) Dutch Pay
4) 할 수 있는게 (Nothing I Can Do)
5) 손톱 (Biting My Nails) (ft. HJ)
6) 말 놓을게 (Chit Chat)
7) 조용필처럼 (Like Cho Yong Pil) (Inst.)

My two cents on each of the songs:

Hide & Chic (ft. Microdot): I love it. It's really catchy, and I really like how they rap in this song too. To give a few examples I like: when Han Hae starts his part off with "그건 아니다 아이가" (geu geon ahnida ahyiga) which means "that's not it" in Korean dialect (I think it's the Bu San dialect?), and when Kiggen says "오빠 랩해도 되" (oppa raphaedo dweh?) which means "can oppa rap?" (which is in the form of Kiggen asking whether he's allowed to rap).

Like Cho Yong Pil: I initially didn't like this song, but now it's my current favorite song. I absolutely love the lyrics, they are so sweet. It basically portrays a man who feels sorry for not being able to do anything for his girlfriend due to his poor financial situation, but he is determined to work hard to continue his singing career and become a great singer like Cho Yong Pil. The song ends with Sanchez singing about how the man is waiting for the day when he sings on a huge stage with his girlfriend in the audience. Not only are the lyrics great, but the vocals and rapping are also impressive as usual.

Dutch Pay: I also like this song - it's catchy and I like how I can actually tell the frustration of having to pay for everything every time they go out to eat with friends from Sanchez's vocals, Kiggen's and Han Hae's rapping. I especially like the part where Kiggen raps "밥 사고 커피 사고 술 사고, 밥 사고 커피 사고 술 사고" which means "I pay for the meal, coffee, and alcohol; I pay for the meal, coffee, and alcohol". It's just a good example (I think) of how PHANTOM nicely portrays the frustration of a person having to pay for everything, and having to deal with friends and acquaintances that won't follow the customs of Dutch paying. Man if the three actually deals with that, it must be hard on them...I guess that's why they wrote a song about Dutch pay ahhaha

Nothing I Can Do: This song is my least favorite. I don't know, I just don't think it's as charming as the other songs in the mini-album are. It's not particularly special, but I still do like it thanks to Sanchez's vocals.

Biting My Nails: This is the first song in the album that I liked. The vocals and rapping are just really calming, and the guitar sounds in the background also contribute to the calming mood too. The song basically portrays a person who's so anxious about something that he keeps biting his nails. Near the end of the song, Kiggen raps: "I will just bite my nails again, they will grow again; I will just bite my nails again, they will grow again." That part just had a deep impression on me.

Chit Chat: This song is my second least favorite. I guess it's catchy, but it's the lyrics that do justice for the song. It's about how a guy wants to drop the honorifics and become closer to a certain woman who's older than he is. The interesting aspect of this song was how PHANTOM made a couple of references to songs of other artists. There's one part where they reference SHINee's Replay song (lol) and at the end, there's a reference to Lee Seung Gi's "She's My Girl" (not sure if that's the title the song is known as in English but whatever). I personally found the reference to Lee Seung Gi's funnier; I think it's Han Hae rapping this, and it goes along the lines of: "Noona, I've prepared something for you. I'll sing a song for you. *clears throat* Because noona's my girl!!!!" Where "because noona's my girl" is a line in LSG's song, and the funny thing about that part was that you're supposed to sing (or rather, shout, as LSG does) at an incredibly high note at the "girl" part. Since Han Hae can't sing the high note, the "girl" part in this song is autotuned a LOT LOL.

Like Cho Yong Pil (Inst.): I initially didn't see what was so great about the instrumental that PHANTOM had decided to include it in their album, but now whenever I listen to the actual song, I'm always noticing the instrumentals and how nice they sound along with the singing and the rapping.



Wow I wrote A LOT for this album...but I guess that shows how much I really like it. It's really difficult to like all of the songs in an album - I usually only like the title tracks of most albums, which is why I don't buy albums unless I really like the group.

I would write more to properly wrap up this post, but I've already spent more than half an hour trying to write up this post and take pictures of the album...it's time for me to go back to studying (Ｔ▽Ｔ); I have midterms coming up. Alright, bye for now~and I will be back to review INFINITE H's Fly High album soon.

New Year's Resolutions

I was initially hesitant on sharing this because I thought they would be boring from another person's point of view. But whatever, I'm just gonna share it:

• Start putting on make up - mainly just BB cream and eyeliner.
  
  Wherever I go, all the girls I see have some make up on. Being one of the select few who doesn't put on make up on just made me feel inferior to them, and I also felt my self esteem stoop low whenever I saw girls with such nice make up on. So I decided to start applying make up this year. I don't think I will be applying too much; I will mainly focus on eyeliner and BB cream when my skin condition isn't so bad.  I just started applying eyeliner the other day, although I'm being careful and only drawing it really thin, nevertheless it's still an accomplishment. I haven't gotten around the habit to applying it whenever I go out, so...yeah working on that.
  
• Work on taking good care of my skin.
  
  Specifically my face. I do apply facial lotion everyday, but my skin hasn't been really good lately :/. I recently started applying toner and a gel cream from Laneige; my mom did say my facial skin looks better now, but I frankly can't tell...I'm always getting pimples on my face despite my constant facial care...so the deal with this resolution is for me to continue to constantly follow my usual facial skin routine, and possibly find more tips to have healthy skin? Yup.
  
• Read the books I already have before buying more.
  
  I have a bad habit of buying books, leaving them on the bookshelf thinking to myself "I'll read it later," and then buying more books. Plus, when I could be reading the books in my free time, I'm always wasting time away on the Internet...so yeah I want to try and read more books this year. And I guess follow my mom's words and stop reading the books by the same author (what I've been doing with Keigo Higashino's books lately...)
  
• Learn how to use a DSLR (hopefully I'll have mastered all the functions by the end of 2013).
  
  So if you've read one of my recent posts, you'll know that I've recently purchased a DSLR. Ever since I've got it, I've been feeling this strong urge to make photography one of my main hobbies. I recently signed up for intro classes held by the photo club at my uni, so hopefully that will help me learn and "become a pro" (as my club leader says).
  
  Recently, I was down for a while, and although that definitely wasn't good for me, it did help me realize the things I could do to keep me going regardless of what obstacles were in my way; one of them making photography my hobbies. So I'm really looking forward to fulfilling this new year's resolution.
  
• Gain more interest in fashion.
  
  Not that I don't have any interest in fashion at all, but it's just that I think I really should try out different styles of clothing. I'm always constantly wearing the same clothes and the same style. I always tell myself, "No,  I've been wearing this too often, I should wear something else," but I always end up choosing the same clothes because I either cannot be fucked to think of different fashion statements, or I'm too scared that I won't be able to pull it off. But I do have a feeling that if I try and look out for different styles of clothing that could suit me, then my self esteem would rise. Not that my self esteem is dangerously low or anything, but it's just nice when you're feeling good despite all the work you have to do thanks to your professors and TAs.
  
• Explore LA more.
  
  Mainly due to time constraints and my lazy ass, I haven't been to a lot of places in LA yet. I know it's only my second quarter here and all, but I think I really should go to different places and get to know what kind of city I am currently residing in. A good place to start is Koreatown I guess - although I've been there the first time I came to LA, I still haven't gotten around to going there by myself and exploring the area.
  
• Learn how to cook.
  
  Definitely gotta learn this over the summer, as once my second year of college rolls around, I'm going to be in an apartment with a friend. I will no longer be relying on dining halls to fill up my stomach, so I better learn how to do basic dishes and some Korean dishes as well. I guess I could also learn as I attend college next year by reading off cookbooks.
  
• Stop being a bitch.
  
  Although I am nice most of the time, I do tend to let loose my negative side and start being a bitch. I'm trying to aim to be more understanding and caring. I'm also trying to be more tolerant.

Well that's it for my resolutions for now. I guess I'll add onto the list in another post or update the post with the new ones later, but I doubt that I would. I think I already have a decent amount of resolutions for this year, and adding any more would make it difficult for me to concentrate on each and every one equally. Alright, bye for now~

Just a quick update

...on my family in Korea. Haha. So my parents recently has kept me updated on how our new home in Korea is coming along. All of the stuff from HK has arrived, and they've put everything in place somehow; they said they will tell me once they're done cleaning up the house.

Nevertheless, I still wanted pictures of what our new home looked like now, so my mom kindly sent me pics of each of the rooms~ Feel free to compare the pics of the empty rooms from the previous post to the pics in this post XD

The study room
This is the room that needs the cleaning up, as you can tell
Because dad apparently just randomly shoved the books in, they have to reorganize the books on the bookshelves lol

my parents' bedroom
looks disappointing but I blame my mom for setting the focus of the pic to the bed lol

my room!  ＼（＾ ＾）／
apparently my room is big enough to fit a bookshelf in even after placing my piano and bed in the room
cool
they're still looking into what bookshelf to put in my room

the living room
now that looks much better than when we used to have to live on foldable seats haha

Now I can't wait until I go back home in the summer! >_< Hehe

And some other random stuff that includes an update on my current life:

When I was complaining to my mom about the workload from college,
she comforted me by cheering me on and also sending me a pic of my baby cousin
Isn't she the cutest thing ever ;__;
But looking at a pic of her also kind of made me sad because she's still at the age of not having to go through annoying crap while I currently am and...sigh

Yeah as the caption says, this quarter at college has been proving to be tough for me -_-;; The first week was absolute hell, because I'm not used to having to go to 3 lectures/discussions in a row without even a bit of time in between each of the classes, I would always end up exhausted by the end of the day. Plus, it didn't help it that my professors/TAs were piling homework on to my shoulders every time I went to a lecture/discussion. Plus I was suffering from jet lag that week too. So I ended up going out into the hall at 2am in the morning to call my mom to just talk about how I was feeling then. As soon as I heard my mom's voice though, I broke down and started crying. Then after that night, things started getting better as I got to spend some time with my friends. It turned out that everyone else was having a hard time adjusting to their new schedule as well.

Now that it's the second week, I'm feeling better and more confident that I can get through this quarter. But nevertheless, that doesn't change the fact that I do get exhausted by the time I'm finally free from classes at the end of the day.

Here's a selca that portrays my tiredness and inability to smile for a picture lol:

Alright, that's about it for now. Since it's past 2am, I should probably go to sleep haha bye!

Winter Break Part 2: Korea

So, as soon as we landed at Incheon Airport, we bought a cup of coffee and got into my dad's car and drove off to my grandma's house. We couldn't go to our new house right away because the family was still living there and they were to move out the next morning. Once we got to grandma's house, we basked in the awesomeness of indoor heating, ate some breakfast, then my parents dozed off while I just watched TV. That was pretty much it for that day. For dinner, we ordered jja jang myun and other good things that come with the dish. Props to the delivery man for delivering on such a cold night.

om nom nom
I was really full by the time I was done

Then the next day, we went to my dad's brother's house - because that's where my dad's family always meets up for new year's. Apparently though, they're going to change that location to our new home starting this year as on new year's day you're supposed to pay respects to elders (in our case, my grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-grandmother) that have passed away a long time ago and most of the responsibilities of carrying the actual ceremony out belongs to the eldest son of the family - my dad. My dad's brother has done it most of the time because my dad was in Hong Kong on new year's.

Ddol Ddol - my uncle's dog - sleeping
He's so adorable
My dad knows it and thus always gives him food
He says he wants Ddol Ddol to like him ahahha

So that day my mom worked with my uncle's wife to prepare the food for the ceremony on new year's day, while I just um sat on the couch and went on the Internet until the rest of the family had arrived. All of us sat in the living room at a huge table and ate dinner together. Afterwards, it was about time for the MBC Gayo Daejaejun to start, so I joined my older cousins in another room to watch it. Boy it was entertaining to see them unable to control themselves once INFINITE appeared on stage...XD Apparently one of them just recently got into the Chaser ahahha. And another good thing that was happening on another channel was that Joo Won had gotten himself two awards - one for popularity and one for his acting in Bridal Mask - I WAS SO HAPPY FOR HIM T^T CONGRATS MY BABY I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. And I was also really glad Park Ki Woong also got himself an award before he left the ceremony that day. Yay, you guys both deserve it!

Once the Daejaejun was over, and once the adults were done playing Go Stop late into the night, the house finally quietened down and everyone succumbed to sleep~.

The next day, after the ceremony was carried out, we ate a late breakfast, and then everyone left around lunch time. I finally got to see our new home. Here are some pics I took:

my parents' bedroom
there's also a bathroom in here which is not pictured

my room

the kitchen

the living room

dad's study room

the bathroom in the living room

the veranda

the view from the veranda
it's quite nice

um yeah since everyone does this with their dslrs
I wanted to do it too
so hah
yup I got my own dslr xd it's a canon eos 650d
still don't know too much about how to use it
gotta read through the manual sooner or later
(a not-so) fun fact: most of the pics in this post were taken using this dslr.

annnnnd pizza for lunch
om nom nom
we didn't have any cups so we just drank pepsi out of the 1.25 litre bottle
lol
my dad joined us later and drank pepsi from a bowl as if it was mak geo li or sth
lol

another view of our new home
it's actually a similar design as my uncle's home

dinner on...a cardboard box ;;;;;
using my dad's words, "we had dinner on a inhumane table"
lololol wut
but nevertheless, thank you grandma for the bulgogi! XD

The next day, my dad went to work, and my mom and I went to Gang Nam to do our hair and shop around :). My mom did some sort of straightening that kinda puffed her hair up a little, and I went for a big change and cut off my long hair for a short hairdo. I also straightened it a little too. Here's what I look like now:

I'm really digging this short hair
I think I will keep my hair short for a long time

After we were done with our hair, we then went to a skin care clinic and got my kind-of-visible "moustache" shaved...My mom was happy that I didn't look like a guy anymore omg I would also like to question why there's an unnecessary amount of testosterone at work in my body

Then we shopped and sat at a coffee shop and blah blah yeah

Gang Nam
I kind of didn't really want people staring at me as I took this shot
but screw it it was too pretty and I thought I would regret it if I didn't take it

Stuff I bought: face masks (two more for my wonderful roomie), face cream from Laneige (which I just gave it to my mom for another one because this one was too oily; I also got another one of the same thing for my roomie too), a set of cute magnetic bookmarks, a 2013 planner, cute post-its, face shavers, eyebrow shavers, and a free set of calendar stickers that I got when I bought the planner at Artbox

Stuff I bought (part 2): winter socks, a plastic basket for toiletries, and a multi-use mat (which I'm gonna use to place my food on when I get take-away or when I eat microwaveable food)

Oh hey and we got these chairs in place of our couch which is to arrive sooner or later
we also have a tea table now woot

Then the next day, my mom and I headed to COEX. As soon as we got there, we looked for something to eat. The food court was apparently under construction, so we just headed to a Korean restaurant.

om nom nom
I had bo ssam jung shik (●´∀｀●)

then after walking around and shopping for a bit (I didn't buy much this time around - bought some books and a shirt from ZARA)
we took a break at Dunkin Donuts
Oh my mom also got a haircut because she didn't like how her new hair turned out
I like her hair now better too :)
she looks really nice with shorter hair hehe

and then family dinner outside XD
han woo jung shik
om nom nom

pa jeo ri and beer
the lady thought I wasn't old enough so she initially only brought 2 glasses
then my mom asked for another one
she looked over me suspiciously but she eventually got me one
lol I guess I don't look old enough to be drinking
(in Korea the legal age to drink is 19 by Korean age - and now I'm 20 y/o in terms of Korean age)

kkak ddu gi fried rice
I would've enjoyed this a lot more only if I wasn't so full from all that meat hah

dessert at the shop across from the restaurant
my parents enjoyed some ice cream and coffee together
while I had iced milk tea
yes I purposely placed the book I'm currently reading next to the drink
because it looks nice ahahha

I'm getting better at playing Ovenbreak 2 hehe
this is my best score as of now
quite a noteworthy achievement over winter break

we finally got a tv
but it's pretty much temporary, as our tv from hk is coming soon~

on my last full day in korea, I just went to a department store with my mom
then before going back home, we went to a coffee shop to rest a little
I had green tea latte, it was really good :)

bossam jung shik again LOL
last meal in Korea before I left for the US
my grandma insisted on joining my parents to say good bye to me
although my parents both said no it's fine, my grandma kinda threatened my dad by saying she'll go to the airport herself by bus omg lol
so yeah we picked her up on our way to the airport :)
it's nice to know that my grandma cares enough about me to want to say good bye to me at the airport
(wow what a slightly depressing way to end a caption)

So yeah that's pretty much how my break in Korea went. Sorry for not putting all these pictures into collages, I wasn't really in the mood to take up the time to do that haha. So here, you've got a long post filled with pictures with long captions instead XD

Now I'm back in LA, and dreading the first day back in college...nooooooo I can't handle this

And an extra pic: the books I bought in Korea XD

all 3 by Keigo Higashino :)
yup I'm really digging his books now haha