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"Don't you see we're all hurting too? Don't you see that?" -Ho Seok, The Notes

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French Macarons

March 18, 2019

I made these myself. ☺️

I know these aren’t perfect but I am still so proud I finally did it. I’ve been wanting to make these for the longest time but I was scared and I lack some resources. Today is the day I finally pushed myself to just do it (despite the lack of resources. Oh well, just gotta improvise then) but TBVH It was really hard that I almost gave up. Some were overbaked, cracked and ugly or didn’t rise well but half of them were pretty okay and the most important thing is they taste good. Well not good good but not bad, I mean there’s always room for improvement huh. Okay whatever. Bottomline is I’m happy I did it 💗

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Travel: South, Korea

안녕 여러분!

Hello everyone! 

South Korea has been my dream destination since i was in 3rd grade so this trip was a dream come true. I am very lucky indeed. Imagine I’ve been dreaming of this moment since i was about 9-10 y.o. and it did finally happen 11 yrs later. Yeah! you’re right I’m a 21yo girl conquering the world. joke! haha actually this was my first out of the country trip ever. I’ve crossed so many items out of my life bucket list from this w(o)anderful experience. I still can’t believe it and it has been over a month. I think i could never get over it. huhu. anyway, let me share a brief rather long story of our winter ski tour in south, korea.

Let’s start at NAIA.

151226: We made sure to be at the airport much earlier than our flight since we don’t want to have any conflict in checking in. Thank God there were no traffic back then. It was a miracle. LOL. Btw, all my siblings really love korea as much as i do. (kpop/kdrama fans reprezents) haha! we took photos here and there hence the photos below.

If you read my previous posts or if you follow me on instagram you would know how much i adore air shots, clouds and stuff. This was taken at a different time on our 4 hour flight.

We finally arrived to the land of my dreams. I was actually overwhelmed and amaze how big and pretty Incheon Airport is. And as soon as we arrive we immediately met our tour guide, well not immediately but you know. haha. Then we had our first authentic Korean supper. It was so good and I was pleased by the service. I particularly want to share this quote from our tour guide’s assistant, he said “Don’t be Afraid” he meant that we shouldn’t be afraid talking to the locals for most of them were actually friendly so we can go and ask them every time. And that has been my mantra for that trip not only on talking to tha locals but also on trying stuff and exploring the cities. After dinner we went to our first hotel, Nest Hotel in ICN. it was pretty good. Of course there I am taking a selfie with my trip’s room mate, Jennifer, my pretty little sister. another selfie with the cutie baby boy who’s always clinging in our family. haha.

151227: First Morning in Korea and I’m so loving it. I couldn’t believe i could wake up so early just to keep with our itinerary. The breakfast at our hotel was really “mashita” delicious and the view was breath-taking. But I underestimated the coldness of winter, I almost got frozen taking photos outdoor without gloves and without sufficient clothes to keep me warm. But still i am so happy I experienced such thing 

on our first official day, we went to Petite France, Nami Island and Ansan light village. I will share more about it later on my next blog. At the end of the day we are always given a free time to explore on our own. this was one of my favorite part because we just do what we want to do without thinking of time and all. SoKor seems safe day or night so we just go on our way no matter what time it is. Suwon is the first city we explore since our next hotel was located there. Fun fact: Suwon is the capital city of Gyeongi-do. Okay, about Suwon, It was a pretty city full of lights and people and cars and shops and all.

We walk and walk to anywhere without any precise destination until we cannot bear the cold anymore. And so we went into a cafe. we chose caffe bene since it was the nearest and it looks cozy and cute. My sister, Jessa, and I posed like a twins since we have a matching outfit.

The crew i spent all my free nights with. Anyway I’m the eldest here so I really felt the freedom here. hahaha. we are just a buch of kids roaming around here and there. we stayed at SUWON Hotel

151228: The next day we’re supposed to SKI and visit the Everland. I will talk more about it on a separate blog post. But I have to say that it was AMAZING!!! <3 probably my favorite day!! haha.

later that night I was really really exhausted but we still want to enjoy the night since we’re on a different city again and it was SEOUL! So I gotta move those legs and seize the moment. We went street food hunting since last night we regretted not buying from SUWON. I really really wanted to try korean street food ever since. I was a big lover of korea and given the opportunity to try and experience what i only saw on dramas I really had to do this. haha. I would love to try drinking soju at an outdoor tent as well. maybe next time. hahaha. BTW the food were really good, esp the fish cake one. i love them all except for soondae, sorry but soondae is not my style. hahah. ttokbokki and fishcakes are!!! We actually had a hard time buying because the lady “ajjuma” can not speak english so we had trouble. Fortunately there was a young lady who “omygod life saver” speaks english and help us out. she even offered her food so we can try it for free. Saranghae Eonnie! haha. We bought candy and banana milk on our way back to our hotel. I’m sad that the candy broke before i could try cutting the shape out of it BUT I AM REALLY REALLY HAPPY we bought the BANANA MILK. Initially, we bought it since we really like its packaging and we couldn’t find any of those here in our country. and guess what. Someone fell in love. Actually we all love it and end up buying boxes of it to bring home.

151229: It’s SEOUL day on our third day. Good Morning from Shilla Stay Hotel. It’s still all Christmas-y and festive everywhere.

First of all we went to Changdeokgung, one of the palaces in korea and it was amazing and unbelievable. I’ll talk more about it on my next blog posts. Then We went to a Ginseng Museum, where all the good stuffs are. haha. I am so proud that there is a Filipino working there since it was hard to encounter foreign employee there. they are very strict and only wants the best. He’s so cute talking in tagalog and bisaya. BTW everything here is so expensive but they guarantee you  that their products are all effective and all worth it. “nakataya ang pangalan ng South Korea kung hindi epektibo” that’s how they say it.

What’s a trip to Korea if we can not meet our oppas? hahaha. We got so shameless when we saw these pictures and standees. haha! We went here to have our lunch after we shop from duty free.

sorry if the pictures got all messed up. haha. i just collage ‘em without thinking much. LOL. let’s go counter clock wise-  the first photo is when we had dinner at suwon, the next is when we roam around the city of suwon in our free time, then a photo of our family having breakfast on our last day and finally that is when we went shopping at myeongdong but with a very limited time. Myeongdong’s a heaven for me since there are a lot of beauty shops and kpop merch there with lots of promo and i regretted not buying there. i only bought a few and that makes me sad.

another messed up collage. lol. Let’s go counter clockwise again. First photo, duh! hand selfie.hahah. i was just bewitched by how pretty my amethyst ring is. it has a special meaning to me. 2nd is, okay don’t judge, a passpost selfie and it has a special meaning to me too. 3rd is a group photo of our bus. we were on bus 3 and the people there were awesome. i am sorry for all the trouble we caused and i am thankful for all the understandings you gave us. haha. I miss ‘em all :< 4th kpop heaven in myeongdong. we spent a lot of time looking for this. huhu but it’s all worth it 

this is a show that we almost skip because we want to stay at myeongdong a little bit longer. but boy oh boy, lo and behold, thankfully we didn’t! it was an amazing show and a must see in seoul. we had so much fun watching this. they are very talented and very entertaining. highly recommended!!!!!

1512230: On our last day! we briefly tour a little more around the city. We went to Namsan and that is the highlight of our last day . I will talk more about it on my next blog. since this is getting so long. i really want to cut this short. (fun fact: the first photo below is the blue house of S.Korea, it is well guaerded)

here are a random photos of some of the food we ate on tour. they are all yummy!

some of the random photos of the hotels we stayed in.

Photo shoot before we leave :( huhuhuhu. i don’t wanna go :(

second to the last stop before the airport. we stayed outside to feel the coldness one last time while the elders were having a free consultations from traditional doctors. we took this time to ask for a photo op with the koreans who stayed with us in the past few days- the driver, tour guide and her assistant.

it didn’t snow instead it just rained. it’s sad that we didn’t catch a snow fall in our short time there but i still love it. it was an emotional night hence the weather. it’s another goodbye but i will surely come back because i just can’t get enough.and i have lots of things i wanna do there. hopefully i could get back this spring. please mom and dad!!! let us jeballllllll! haha.

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of it. :) special thanks to my parents for sponsoring this trip. I’m really really thankful for this moment.

ciao! 

annyeong!

xoxo,

jesse-jen

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Starting Over AGAIN

Hi i'm Jesse! and this is my second blog/tumblr account. My main account is the dream-oasis.tumblr.com. I love love love tumblr. it's like my best friend ever or my happy place or my sweet escape or sometimes it's kinda like a B.I friend to me cause it keeps me up all night. hihi. oh well! moving on, i made this new account since i've got trouble keeping my personal blog/thoughts organized. i tried to keep my original account as it is but i'm a one little girl who posts random thought of the day/week/month/year/life once in a while and i like to read them back once in a while as well. But the problem is because i reblog too much from other blogs i lost track of my original posts. I try to keep a unique tags on my posts, I used #jrrr which is my initials, so when i search for that certain tag all my personal blog will show but i realized it doesn't work so well because sometimes tumblr can't handle it. lol. i mean ugh! nvm, it just don't work the way  wanted it to be. then i tried again doin' another method, i made a secondary account under my main account and again it didn't werk well. maybe because i started it with a very sad and depressing posts so whenever i open it, all i get is bad feelings. then again, i thought of a new idea to make link/section where all my personal posts is listed but it was hard to do as well or i'm just too lazy to do so. Whatever!i can't do my own theme/layout or whatsoever. i suck in computer related coding thingy. I'm such a loser. haha.whatevs!

Okay, I've been on tumblr since 2010 and as much as possible i don't wanna make a second account but i guess all the universe conspires to make me do this now. huehue!

nevertheless, this Blog will be all about my daily life, experience, thoughts, realizations, likes and dislikes, or whatever i wanna do. so in short it's all about me, me, me, me and ME!

Hope this would work well.  i'll try to be active tho. and oh! yes! summer is coming so i guess i would have more time for tumblr.

that's all. bye!

xoxo,

jesse-jen