Friday 18 August 2017

daehan minguk manse

Why do good things always have to come to an end?

This is my last post from my lovely home in Korea and ugh if you know me well, you know how much I hate goodbyes. I love it here way too much. I miss the people back home, but no I don't miss home that much. I enjoy being here so much more.

I spent my days in this lovely home for about 2 months. Sleeping here, bathing here. Late night talks with Azreena till 5 in the morning. Laughing, rolling.... basically everything. This is home, truly. I'm definitely gonna miss this place, this country a lot.

Life's been so great. I still can't believe some of the things that happened to me. 

I've been so blessed and I can never thank Allah SWT enough for all the good things that have happened so far. I met fun and loving people. I got to meet so many people I never thought I would really meet. You can read that as... meeting Jay Park and Sik-K while casually walking around. I got to know of so many good news from back home while I'm here. 

I'll update more once I'm back in Singapore. So many things that I need to blog about in case I'll forget them in future. 

Korea, you've been nothing but amazing.


Time to get back to reality.
Hoping to come back here soon so somebody please surprise me with a free holiday.

Monday 14 August 2017

please

To go on to the next phase.
That's all I want.

blessed, so blessed

I can say I've been really really blessed. Alhamdulillah.


If you're lucky enough, you would have seen my Instagram stories when I was dining at the same place as SNSD and some other SM artists.

Funny thing was that, earlier on that day, we were all walking around Hongdae and suddenly a Range Rover stopped right in front of me and a few cameramen starting running towards me.

I turned to my two friends and went like, "Siapa sak?"

Moments later, fans started crowding around me and BAM. It was Song Joong Ki. He was filming his Guerilla Date episode. I still have yet to watch that episode because it's blocked here ugh

 
I took a photo with SHINee's Jonghyun which btw, I didn't even know it was him at first. 😅  He looked sooooo different in real life. I only realized it was him when Nab told me. I just took a photo with him because.... all the staff in the restaurant were taking photos with him.



The toilet in the restaurant was really pretty! Aesthetics 💯

Now that Azreena is back in Singapore, I'm missing her presence at home a little bit. Like how we would laugh together at tweets and the things people post on the Internet.

I'm also missing sleeping with a lot of pillows around me 😭  But I'm definitely not THAT excited to be back in Singapore.

I mean I found the perfect pillow here....


Maybe let's change it to someone else.
Don't wanna be sleeping with someone's husband. 😂


I also squeezed in a little bit of time to make some friends in Korea. All thanks to Jae.

I had a great time hanging out with McKay and Reen.... and I owe them a dinner together oops 🙊

I hope I meet more of my favourite boys in the next few days.
Oh, and I hope I hear some good news soon. Just wanna hear good news from now on.

Monday 7 August 2017

train to busan, train to my habibi

I was expecting for zombies on the train to Busan.



But I guess... God really knows how much of a coward I really am.

Azreena and I went to Busan after weeks of postponing and all I can say is that... this is by far, the best impromptu trip I've ever made in my life!

So you see, I'm always doing things last minute. Not even kidding, we got our tickets an hour before the train arrives and booked our hotel room an hour before arriving in Busan.

And what can I expect from this? My hotel room looks nothing like it was supposed to.




It looks so... shady and old? 

And to make things get even more shocking...


Condoms and controversial-looking tissue boxes lying around the hotel room

To be honest, I didn't do much in Busan. I'm very easily pleased, so spending time by the beach is enough to make me feel so happy. People were staring at Azreena and I for laughing and smiling so much. We were looking way too happy. It's like as if Singapore has no beaches.


Rushed to the beach, right after settling all our luggages.



So... why is this the best impromptu trip ever?

If you're on my social media, you will know that I met 2 special people in my life. And one of them is REALLY special. I can't emphasize enough how special he is to me. I've been mentioning his name to my friends, everywhere I go... on my Instagram, my Twitter. Basically, everywhere. 

I even jokingly told my friends that I will hunt him down in Korea. Thankfully, I didn't. Because if not, he's probably freaking out now.


Our special place.

So while on the train to Busan, my friends kept updating me that a few of the AOMG boys are in Busan. To which I replied, "Please pray that I meet them." I was honestly not expecting much. If we're fated to meet, then we will.

Alhamdulillah, God is probably so done with me praying to meet my fav boy so He had to answer the prayers.


I met Groovy Room's Gyujeong.

So funny thing is, I didn't know he is part of Groovy. I've been listening to all the "Groovy Everywhere" in some of my go-to songs and I didn't even know that I met the man behind all that. I even asked him if he was a singer. Thank God, he was nice enough to explain his job to me and didn't bother to slap me in the face. He even asked me if I wanted a photo with him. HE IS SO NICE.

And everyone probably know by now who I met while in Busan....


I met my Abang. I met my younghotyellow94. I met my habibi.
I met Sik-K.

Up till today, I still can't believe I bumped into him, took photos with him and even talked to him. I've said way too many times that I wanna hunt him down but let's be real. I have a life, and stalking idols are no longer my thing.

Ever since UMF 2016, I had heart palpitations whenever I drink any coffee or listen to loud music for a long period of time. But on that very Saturday I met this boy, I actually ordered Iced Vanilla Latte just because he was drinking that particular drink. This is what love does to you... it makes you dumb.

I swear I couldn't sleep that night, honestly because of the drink. But everyone thinks it was because I met my boy.


The next day I woke up early, still hoping that I bump into my boy at the beach or something.

Yes, Azreena and I woke up super early just to spend time at the beach. I mean, we gotta make full use of our time here.


The weather was great and all... but the water omg. The water was soooooo cold. Felt like iced water. 

So Azreena and I didn't really do much but just staring at people who could actually endure the cold water. I also got even tanner than I already am (thanks to Boryeong!) which is NOT cool at all. I don't even know how these Koreans are so fair when I'm getting darker here.




We headed to Gamcheon Cultural Village after checking out and settling our luggages.

Honestly, overhyped. Not as nice as expected... don't think I'll go back again for this.



I definitely need to share this.

So while I was waiting for my train to Seoul at the Busan Station, my phone slipped off my hands and got into the train tracks. Azreena and I screamed before I went down to the tracks to pick my phone up. Thank God the train was not there yet.

Few moments after the train arrived, I was searching for my pink pouch which contained my passport, my money, my credit cards and the train tickets. And I couldn't find it. Azreena and I started panicking. I mean, the train will only wait at the station for 20 minutes.

I ran back up and tried tracing back all the places that I went to with Azreena. Still, no pink pouch. So I decided to go to the lost and found counter which directed me to the police station since it involved my passport.

Now, it sucks being me because I couldn't even speak any Korean. The policemen couldn't understand what I was trying to say and I was also panicking because I only had 10 minutes left before the train leave the station. So I told Azreena to help me look around in our bags or the area near we last stood. 

I was still stuck with the policemen who tried every means and ways trying to understand what I was trying to say. I even called Geunwoo, my Korean friend, but sadly he didn't pick up. 

I swear by then, I was just praying for my passport. I was willing to lose everything else, but just give me my passport. I just wanted my passport. That red book is way more precious than everything else. I was also ready to miss the train which is also the last train back to Seoul on that day.

2 minutes before the train departs from the station, I received a text from Azreena telling me that she found my phone in between the tracks.

So I ran back down to the train tracks and we both made it into the train just in time before the train departs. Yes, we went down to pick that pink pouch up while the train was on the tracks. NO ONE STOPPED US EVEN WHEN THEY SAW EVERYTHING.

Everything was so crazy. Azreena and I just turned and looked at each other, lost for words... and we laughed.

Losing your valuables is scarier than being attacked by zombies. Trust me.