BOO!

It's Halloween!! Not that it's anything big to me, I don't have any memories of Halloween.. Not something we celebrate here at all, maybe due to the fact that our parents have made every night Halloween for us when we were kids. The stories that my mom used to tell me about bad things that came out at night to punish naughty children was enough to scar me for life. For life I tell you.

NO joke..

But now that I am an adult, I realise that there are worse things in this world than the bad things that mom used to warn me about. So much so that my nightly Halloweenish scares don't seem that scary after all..

But this year, scary ole Halloween means something else all together..

It signifies the end of October... And the start of November.. And before I know it, December will roll right in and Christmas jingles will start playing all over the place. And then.. the inevitable.. It's the new year.. And I become ONE YEAR OLDER...

Now THAT's the scary thought..

*AAAHHHHHH!!!!*

Attack of the...

Run for your lives!!! Hide!! Dig a tunnel to escape!! The relatives are in town and we've been attacked!!

AAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I really wish I could do all those things, but aii.. I've got to be the brave general and stick around and protect my ground. They suddenly announced their arrival and I spent the whole of last night cleaning and tidying the house. That really annoyed me coz I was exhausted from my badminton game and wanted to just lie back and relax. But I had to clean! And I hate cleaning!

Grrr...

Anyways, they came over for a visit this morning, and have said that they will come again before they return home. Thank goodness they are staying at a hotel, I'd go mental if they wanted to stay here!

The silver lining, one must always look for the silver lining.

But I felt that something was amiss.. they kept on asking me if I could speak my native tongue, and if I could cook and all. Something tells me that those ajummas are bored and want to play matchmaker..

I pray that I am wrong. Everyone pray with me..

Or else, God, please give them something else to do with their time. Make them suddenly feel like planting rice in a paddy field or something. Or suddenly realise that their lifelong dream is to go excavating in Egypt! The further the better!

Anything's fine. Just get them off my case...

-_-"'

I have nothing to say.. except that best friends all share the same week of unfavorable luck.. Read and find out...

1) R's DSLite died on her after less than a month

2) L's pants incident at work and her horrible internet banking transaction failure.

3) My ATM card got eaten by the machine during the weekend and there's nothing I can do about it till Monday comes

4) K's been having work problems and got cheated over dinner (her Ceasar Salad was the size of a teacup!)

Maybe L and I should think about our local bank (we use the same one) coz they glitched on the both of us on the same day!! What were the chances??

Hmm... very high actually.. L and I are famous for having the same things happen to us at almost the same time. It's just a matter of what happened to whom first. But the other will definitely have a taste of the same experience. Eventually..

Sigh.. It's a sign.. Let's just hope that better luck follows us soon!! Fingers crossed!

Tagged?

I've been tagged for the first time in my life. Hmmm... I suppose I should do the quiz thingy, this being my first time and all. Oh well, here goes. Bits of information about me that really isn't that interesting but would give you something to do while you wait for your download to finish or for your streaming to load (which is what I'm doing now!)!!

Two names you go by:1. Ja 2. Woman (Does that count? That's what my friends and I call each other.. so it should count right?)
Two things you are wearing right now:1. Shorts 2. Sleeping shirt
Two things you would want (or have) in a relationship:1. Individuality 2. Bliss
Two things you like to do:1. Eat good food 2. Have coffee sessions with those I love
Two things you want very badly at the moment:1. A sense of direction 2. A white PSP
Two things you did last night:1. Went grocery shopping 2. Watched Ya Shim Man Man
Two things you ate today:1. Ramyun 2. Crackers
Two people you last talked to:1. K 2. My dad
Two things you’re doing tomorrow:1. Laundry 2. Swim? (Weather pending)
Favorite day of the week: Days that I have to do whatever I want
Two favorite holidays:1. Christmas 2. New Years
Two favorite beverages:1. Iced Latte 2. Green Tea
Two things about me!
Things you may not have known:1. I cannot sleep in total darkness, I have to have some light somewhere 2. I disappear from everyone for a few hours every once in a while- and when I do, don't bother trying to reach me, you won't be able to so just leave me alone and I'll emerge when I want to.
Two jobs I have had in my life:1. Teacher 2. Administration staff
Two movies I would watch over and over: (and do)1. Love Letter 2. Ever After
Two places I have lived:1. Home 2. New Zealand
Two of my favorite foods:1. Pizza 2. Sweet and Sour Pork (Tangsuyuk)
Two places I’d rather be right now:1. Seoul- for the food, glorious food 2. New Zealand- I miss my buddies over there
Two people I think will respond to this :Probably nobody, can't be bothered to pass this on

Urgh

..........URGH.....


...........NOT........ IN......... THE .......... MOOD.......... TO......... BLOG................


.....I'll say hello another day when I'm not feeling so blah...


...GAH....

Feeling healthy

K and I went for a session of badminton today!! Had a full two hour game before going into the jimjilbang for a while then cooling off with a nice shower.. Ahhh, it was great!!! We decided that we would try do this every week, it's really a fantastic way to unwind. The both of us were gossiping while playing (which means that we didn't really have much of a game, but it's still a workout, no??) and relaxing in the shower room was great.... Nice..

Anyways, by the time we were done, it was nearly 3 p.m. We were starving and hunting for places to eat, but *0* was closed for the day and Kim's was closed for good!! They serve the best kimchi chige in town and they're closed for good!!! I was so miserable when I saw the dark, empty restaurant and called K to tell her that we needed to find someplace else to eat. It was also raining heavily, the heavens were sharing our sorrow..

We settled for *l*p*a*t and had roast for lunch instead! I was being healthy so I had a salad and roast chicken, minus the skin!! Good for me right??? Muahahahaha!!

Anyways, we're going walking tomorrow at the park, then out for dinner. I think we'll have *o*a* tomorrow night, or maybe somewhere else. SG sounds good too. Anything as long as it's healthy!

I love feeling healthy!!

*GRIN*

There are good people in this world

Man, I've been wanting to blog for ages, but Blogspot's been all temperamental on me again. Ai.. Anyways, it's up and working for me again, lets just hope that it'll stay that way. Fingers crossed.

You know, for a while, I was beginning to think that there were no honest people in the world anymore. I mean apart from your friends, who do occasionally cheat you sometimes, but we shall put that aside. If you pick at everything your friends do, then you just WON'T have any. I'm lucky that my set of friends are all pretty trustworthy, at least with me!

Anyways, back to what I wanted to say. I went out for dinner and coffee with my friends, and we spent the better half of the night just hanging out and laughing our heads off. Then we decided to head back home, and I walked out. I didn't realise that I had dropped my phone on the sofa we were sitting at, having put it in my pocket after transferring Shin Hye Sung's latest songs to L (Yes! I finally got his latest album thanks to A! Love you!) till I was about to reach home. L and I were in the car, and I wanted to call my dad to tell him that I was on my way home when I discovered that my phone was missing! MISSING!!

Using L's phone, I called my number and this guy picked it up, telling me that he was at Coffee Bean and would wait for me to go pick it up. We rushed back and there he was, on the couch, waiting for me to pick my phone up, the kind soul. I took my phone, thanking him profusely, before L reminded me that I should get him a cake or something to thank him. I asked him what he wanted, and he refused anything, saying that it was his friend who found the phone and all he did was wait for me to pick it up. I just told him to sit for a while, and I went in line to pick out a cake when he came up to me after a while, and told me not to wait in line coz the line was too long. He was really nice and friendly and HONEST! I thanked him again before leaving Coffee Bean, grateful that he returned my phone to me.

So this entry is dedicated to him, the kind stranger who gave me back my phone. Thank you!! The world needs more people like you!!

*GRIN*

Jjajangmyun

I have the biggest craving ever for jjajangmyun..

And mandu..

With a huge steaming pot of kimchi chige..

And my plate of jab chae..

But I will have to make do with Shin Ramyun.. Plus egg..

You know things are miserable when the skies are gloomy and you can't even have your comfort food.

BUT!!

I have my comfort drink! Lovely milky tea!

Things aren't THAT bad after all!

It's a miracle!

I tried to blog yesterday, but for some strange reason Blogspot just refused me access to new posts! It was super frustrating, especially when you try like 1000 times.. But today Blogspot decided to love me again and allowed me (finally!) to post again!!

The news I wanted to share with you all...

It's a miracle!

I DIDN'T LEAVE HOME AFTER ALL!!

I had to cancel my flight due to certain circumstances and I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO!! I am still at home, in my room on my comfy bed with all my gadgets around me!

Isn't it wonderful??

*GRIN*

The time has come

Sigh.. I still haven't found a way to slow time down, and here I am. Dreading D-Day. Which is tomorrow.. I have less than 24 hours to stop time and I am NO way near finding a solution!! If only Da Vinci had figured that out before he conked out. If only...

SIGH...

Anyways, in my attempts to cheer myself up, I've been watching lots of K variety show episodes on youtube, most of them featuring Kim Hee Chul. Now, when I first saw Kim Hee Chul I was rather put off by him. He seemed really annoying with his weird outfits and hair and his constant patting himself on the back acts, saying "Na chal saengyo tta, Na chal saengyo tta". Geez, he looked downright scary, like one of those zombies that had walked off the sets of a really low budget horror flick. Gross.

One of the better pics of him that I could find..

And he was a member of SuJu, an SM creation comprising of thirteen, yes 13, members that really don't have much to offer when you compare them to the likes of Shinhwa, SG Wannabe or even DBSK. Seriously.

My all time favourite: Shinhwa!

DBSK boys

But I was watching an episode of Ya Shim Man Man one night and he was one of the guests featured. And I realised that he was rather amusing. In a yupki, bizarre sort of way. And I rather enjoyed his fast, witty retorts to everything that people said to him. He was weird and I was starting to appreciate his wit a lot more. It was rather refreshing to see someone acting like that on TV, someone who would say whatever he wanted whenever he wanted (within the accepted boundaries of free speech of course, it is TV after all) plus he was funny! Really funny!

Although I am no way near liking Suju or his weird outfits and hair, I must admit that Kim Hee Chul is now one of the Korean celebs that amuse me. And I don't cringe at his "Na chal saengyo tta" comments anymore. I have come to accept that that phrase comes with the yupki Kim Hee Chul package.

Hmmm.. I have no idea why I started to write about Kim Hee Chul..

But yea.. D Day.. Aii..

I shall write again before my flight tomorrow. My blogging days are bound to be cut in half. Or actually half of half. Or maybe even half of half of half..

I don't think I'm making any sense...

Facials and Cooking

I finally, after such a long time, had a facial today! It was one of those days when friend and I decided that it was about time that we did something for our faces, since we abuse it everyday by either exposing it to the sun for hours on end or by cooping ourselves up in air-conditioned rooms 24/7. That and we want to keep ourselves looking youthful and completely un-ajumma like for as long as we can.. The years are kicking in you know..

But I digress.

Anyways, we popped into one of the beauty parlours in the city and announced that we wanted facials done, but we only had like an hour to an hour and a half at most. The lady assured us that we would be done by an hour and a half, so we went in and subjected ourselves to much, much, much pain and suffering,all for the sake of looking fresh and young, as well as creating larger holes in our already very tattered purses.. Oh well.. Whatever it takes to keep the evil tell-tale signs of age away! But it really did hurt.. my nose looked like Rudolph's at the end of the whole facial, but the plus side was that my skin felt so soft and smooth!! Just for that feeling, I would gladly go for facials everyday! But too much of a good thing can be bad for you (and your purse!)!!

The lady cheated us! The entire facial took us two and a half hours!! I was lying in the same position for two and a half hours!! Can you imagine?? I was amazed that I had not turned to rock and could actually move to get up when the facial girl said that I was done..

Goodness.. Two and a half hours..

Then when I got home, I decided to play the role of a filial daughter and cooked dinner. And the end result was not too bad for someone who has not been cooking in ages! I'm super proud of myself for being able to whip up a decent meal and for not making porridge instead of rice!

Muahaha!!

Gosh

I can't believe it's October already! Where did time fly? It's almost the end of the year! Before I know it, I'll be OLD.. With wrinkles and liver spots and all those things that come in the being old package..

YIKES..

Anyways, I just found out that I am going to have to go away for work again.. AGAIN... Working sucks.. Especially working long hours in a place where you have very limited access to civilisation as one knows it.

*GROAN*

I am going to be an overworked ajumma with no social life whatsoever..

HELP ME!!!