of church, work & more

i miss going to NCC.. miss the sermons, worship & everything.. somehow, its not the same here..
think i'll get myself a guitar soon.. so that i can play nice songs on it.. though i wonder how my neighbours will react to that.


received this bookmark together with my new book from bookdepository. wonder if its a sign that i shd get my guitar soon? :P

been so busy these days that i hardly had time for myself & church. felt a need to start attending services again.. n listening to more sermons.. guess i'll give ps cho's church a try once more..

might be going off to qingdao from 1st - 3rd May before heading to Taiwan from 4th-9th May for my short but well deserved break! can't wait!

a short break in btw

its been a whirlwind of a ride this april. what with my mum & aunts visiting, an impromptu business trip to shanghai, kaye, suz and debra visiting PLUS work on top of it all! it has really left me with no/minimal time to rest!

but i'm pretty much enjoying myself here at EY, so i'm not complaining. my team for my current job's really good & i've gotten a whole lot more exposure to how DD is done. i wouldn't say that i know it all, but i am definitely picking it up along the way. :) its been OT and more OT this week, but surprisingly, its been pretty ok despite the 12/1am hours. guess a good team really does make a whole lot of difference. :) my senior has been joking that the 'upper mgt' ppl like me a lot. well. i guess its gd if it does translate to more projects n stuff where i can learn. honestly, i wasn't too psyched up about the china job in the first place cause it was really last min & hello.. its china.. how exciting can that place be? but, i'm glad that i went.. cause i made new friends (EY HK colleagues) and got to know my own team ppl a whole lot better!

been having really good food for lunch + dinner these 3 days too.. let's take a look at my lunch/dinner menu:
Monday: Lunch - thai, Dinner - Pasta
Tues: Lunch - ginseng chicken, dinner - BBQ beef!
Wed: Lunch - bulgogi, dinner - burgers & fries

yums... and not to mention the coffee bean ice chocolate drink and lemon tea breaks in btw! i have to say that EY does make sure that we never starve! hahahaha. but of course, all things in moderation. too much of a good thing is not good. :)

my schedule appears to be free next week.. do hope that i can get in a short rest before i jet off to Taiwan in early may.. n i may get sent to china again in may, depending on how the mgrs arrange it. well, it beats not having to do i suppose.. though the food could be much better.

wanted to do a really detailed and in depth post abt everything, but i suppose that some things are better left unsaid..

pictures will be up if/when i remember..

요세... 어떻게 지냈어?

그냥 일하고 친구랑 만나 뿐이지..
근데 요즘 드라마 별로 재미없더라..
시가 끝난 후에 방송에 나오고 있는 것 다... 별로이야..
그래서 드라마 포기하고 예능 보고 있어.
영웅호걸 다 봤는데 지금 런닝맨 보고 있어.. ㅎㅎ
월요일 커플보다 송송 커플 맘 더 들어. ㅋㅋ
시가만큼 재밌는 드라마 있으면 좋을 텐데....

낼도 일찍 일어나야 돼.. ㅠㅠ
돼게 싫어.. 날씨 좀 쌀쌀하니까 자기 돼게 좋아..
담주에 진해에 벛꽃 보러 갈 거니까 좀 기대해.. 오래만에 여행.. ㅋㅋㅋ.

올해 시간 참 빨리 지냈어.
내가 한국에서 그래?
왠지 한국에서 시간 훨신 빠르게 지내는데..
나의 환성인가?
벌써 4월 올거야..
봄도 돼고..
계절의 변화 따라서 신간도 마찬까지야..

서래마을 - the french village of Seoul

visited seorae village (서래마을) yesterday with suyeon.. we got kinda tired of hanging ard myeongdong & doing the same 'ole thing so we decided to explore seoul. :)

Took a bus down to the Express Bus terminal from myeongdong.. though u can take lines 7/9/3 to the Express Bus terminal station and exit via exit 5 if i recall correctly.

we were greeted by a long bicycle track lined with bare trees. i imagine that it'll be really pretty in spring & autumn with all the leaves/flowers in full bloom. it was a 10 min walk or so along the path to the entrance of the 'village'.




we had to cross an overhead bridge to get to the opposite side of the road


Seorae Village is supposedly populated by the French, with a French school and French cafes/eateries. However, the people whom I saw along the way were mainly Koreans, save for a handful of French. at least, i assumed that they were French. They could have been Europeans for all i know.

wandered ard the rather tiny 'village' which only took us an hour or so on foot.


'menu' of a cafe?


entrance to a cafe

it was rather picturesque, but did not emit the 'frenchy' vibe that i had expected. it seemed to be just another upscale place that was reminiscent of samcheongdong and garosugil. we decided to have dinner @ O'Fete (오페뜨), a cafe along the main street of the village.

the exterior


the interior


our dinner - waffles with gelato & cranberry cheese bread

the waffles were really good! tasted kinda like butter cake though. hehe. but i think we OD-ed on carbs for the day though..

left at ard 9pm cause i was getting kinda tired.. guess it must have been work. haha.
its already sunday night! the weekend really flies by.. >_<

삼척 - 12월21일 ~ 22일

kinda late to be blogging abt my Samcheok trip 3 months later, but i guess its better late than never. :P

headed to samcheok over in gangwon-do for 2D1N with jieting, becky, kelvin, janet, weiling & zhengyu.. the entire bus journey took approx 3.5hrs?
i must say that travelling in winter is not v fun cause of all the excess baggage that u'll have to bring along.. n knowing me, i have loads of extra rubbish... >_<

anw, we stayed at this really quaint pension, Rose Valley which was the filming site for a few korean dramas/movies!


view from the front!

the girls stayed in 화목


while the guys stayed in 소망


we wanted to dump them in 사랑 or 낭만 or even 신혼 but they were so adamdant against it. Pity..

Anw, samcheok's a quaint little seaside town that's pretty near donghae. would have loved to check out the caves, but there wasn't enough time. >_<

We settled for a lovely bike ride along the ocean instead! The Samcheok Ocean Rail Bike! It cost 60,000won for a 4 seater. They do have 2 seater bikes as well! The view along the way was really lovely!


the entrance of the rail bike station!


rail bikes


view on the way


view inside the tunnel

i think we went thru 2-3 tunnels along the way & each tunnel had a different theme to it.. lovely dioramas though..

we took a stroll along the coastline after we were done!


the obligatory group photo on the beach (courtesy of my wonderful timer function)


welcome to rose valley!

i guess it was a pretty relaxing trip in all.. though it would have been nicer in either spring or autumn..

a bored blogger blogs

managed to get some aliteration in there.. ;) am free right now & its relaxing. compared with the hectic week(s) that i've had since end jan. hehehe.

have my eye on quite a few, ok.. MANY things.. but its economically impossible to get them all. 1st, the jeffrey campbell boots that cost USD$140,



a pair of floral shorts from F21 that cost USD$17.80,


a pair of heeled leather boots that cost ard 70,000won.

think i've been spending a little too much these days.. plus, i'm going for a musical next friday! its 천국의 눈물 & its been getting rave reviews. decided to watch it after listening to 들리나요 by 이해리.. :) friday's gonna be one of the days where she's acting, so that's gd. :)

its gonna be held at the 국입극장 near 총무로 on line 3.


can't wait. hehe. opted for the cheapest tickets that cost 30,000won though.. hopefully the view won't be that bad.. :P

my 1st musical in korea! nice. will update after i've watched it. heheh.

meanwhile, i'm still very sleepy. i can't wait to go home to sleep. hehe. we went for a walk by the Hangang after lunch today & oh boy, was the wind strong! i guess it was cause there were no trees/buildings to block the wind.. it just came on full blast!!! it sure was refreshing though...

but i'm sleepyyyyy..... n i still have 회식 tonight!

adding on to my library of books....

its past midnight & i'm still in the office. well done. its a very long story, one of which i shall not repeat here in case, by any chance, someone does come across it. let no evidence be found here.

anw, did research for my TW trip coming up in May + bought 5 books from Book Depository! yes. i know.. FIVE! haha. i've been devouring books at an alarming rate. i mean, who buys 11 books in the span of just 1 month? n i've already finished half of what i bought just cause the rest were pre orders...

there's something abt korea that makes me read even more. it must be the lack of english being spoken that i feel an innate need to retain my english speaking/writing capabilities somehow. n the best avenue is through reading.

i can't wait for the books to come though. hehehe. i love receiving presents in my mailbox. :) bought the following books:







hehehe. exciting.. and i'm eagerly waiting for this book to arrive..



its book 2 in a trilogy series on Jane Austen books. :) its gonna be published in 43 days, so i suppose it'll reach me 2 weeks after its been published! hopefully it arrives soon. hehehe.