It's only what, the second week into the new year and here I am feeling all dejected and unsettled. Maybe I managed to shelf these feelings away really well for the past few weeks because I honestly felt pretty good about myself. Until now.
I have some pretty huge decisions to make and really the moment I decide on which path to take my life is going to change. Two- omg it's going to be three now. Three years ago when I came to Japan I had the ultimate determination to make a name for myself. No one could stop me. I was on fire. I had just overcome a huge mountain, failing the MEXT scholarship exam twice; then finally passing the entrance examination of my now alma mater 専門学校 (specialised college - like our polytechnics in Singapore) with flying colours I even had a waive of my entrance fees! Thus I felt really motivated, and ready to take on whatever came at me. But as time ate itself away, it ate away at me too - I felt less and less sure about what I wanted to do... And then I met Le prince.
So that took away a lot of my time and energy - not that I'm complaining, he's become a big part of my life; a really important existence. But even when it is worth it, you can't deny - relationships keep you so occupied you can't think about anything else! If you are someone not affected by this, even when you're in the honeymoon phase... I sincerely salute you. Because I can't. I'm either a zero or a hundred, and I have such poor time management (hah the irony! When I am striving to be in the artist management industry) and basically that just made it even harder to manage myself. Because it's not just about me anymore. We're still in our first year+ and there is so much more that we have to get used to... I guess what I'm trying to say is it's really hard being around some one you care so much about when at the same time, it's the most crucial time for you as an individual as well.
If I get through this, it will be a huge step, yeah? Sigh.
Anyways, enough about that. Also wanted to blog about my trip to Korea (again) for a short escapade!
DAY ONE
The Skyliner train was abnormally crowded that day. Got cheated by the machine! It promised me a window seat but I got aisle! Tsk.
Another horrible OOTD shot! Sorry la was a bit kan cheong spider cause I wanted to fasterly go duty free shopping! I was wearing all black (was in gangster mood) anyway so you won't see the details unless I take a picture with flash.
Bought a lipstick from YSL for my mum and a night cream from Biotherm Homme for Le prince but I got scolded by him for that :( I thought it was cheap since they don't have any counters in Japan except the airports, so I guess I got sold at that point! It really was cheap. I got it at 3000+ yen for a 50ml tub? I don't know already la. *small voice*
No photos on the plane... I kept drifting in and out of sleep - haven't had a good night of rest prior to leaving because I keep getting wary about the sounds outside our house. I don't care when Le prince is at home of course but when I'm alone... It gets scary because my area is really dark and quiet! About the airline I flew with, Jeju Air, it exceeded my expectations of an LCC airline! The staff were really professional and courteous (they were also dressed in proper blazer and suit uniform); service was impeccable. I kept wondering to myself if they were readying themselves to move on to commercial airlines in the future? Because there really was no difference; minus the meals and in-flight entertainment, nothing about the flight experience made me feel like I was losing out! I was also grateful for the cups of water they gave out - it can get so dry in the air.
Landed at 2:30pm and reunited with Le prince, (with nothing but an Egg McMuffin since morning) yay! We were both hungry so off we quickly set off to the hotel. I was pretty excited since the booking came with free breakfast but I stupidly forgot to take pictures... More about that later. We arrived at 5+pm and had a quick fresh-up before we headed out to have food.
This:
is called 아구찜 (ah-gu-jjeem), ladies and gentleman. It's some sort of fish, steamed, with loads of veggies - kang kong! and loads of bean sprouts, which was so satisfying, cause I love bean sprouts! It was really spicy - but super addictive. Well. There goes my workout and eating clean, flying straight out the window.
And when you order a main, this comes complimentary:
감자탕 (Kamja Tang)! The best way I can explain this is like the Korean Ba Kut Teh? It's pork rib soup, spicy, and has (깻잎) potato leaves in it, which I also love!
Had a super satisfying dinner... But got a bit self-conscious after the nice aunty said 아가씨 진짜 잘먹네~! (You ate so well, or a lot, in this case) In my defense I only had breakfast and I was hungry! :(
I don't have the specific address for this restaurant but our hotel, Doulos Hotel was at the Jongno area, and there was a stretch of restaurants that specialises in 보쌈 (sliced pork belly to be eaten wrapped in lettuce).
After eating we went around Dongdaemun for a bit (no buys!) but we were tired so we headed back to the hotel for rest! And that was it for day one!
Okay shall continue in another post!
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