Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Mansion

Me, dad, baby together with yaya decided to go home this weekend to have some relaxation.
We went to Nueva Ecija because there is where good food and fresh air are free.
We visited Tita Myrna's house and I was super fascinated how her house looks like in the outside as well as in the inside. Soooo clean and so mahal!!!
I will share pictures of some parts of the house. Take note SOME haha! So this was like less than a half of the whole house. From her Italian collection to high end furniture and materials. Air conditioned kitchen and remote controlled gate! All I can say is stupendous! very sosyal!





















Soon I will have a house like this! I'm claiming it now!!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Higher Level



-Sometimes it's hard to see things when your too close, you need to have a perspective in a higher level-

I 1st heard this when I watched the Soul Surfer movie. It's a true story of Bethany Hamilton who loves to surf and been engaged to different contest, until she was bitten by a shark and lost her left arm.
Despite of her situation, she still pursue her dream as a surfer and find the answer to all her questions. Truly when something happened to us, we ask questions such as "why this is happening to me?"
No one can give us an answer and no one can put an end to the story. Only Him who knows the reason and all we have to do is believe and hold on.
I've been to that situation many times, I have not bitten by shark but life has bitten me, And as time goes by I am seeing a clearer picture of beautiful life can be than the dark shadowy image I have before.
I don't pretend to have all the answers to why bad things happen to people, but I do know that God knows all those answers, and He will let you know in right time...in God's time..
Always keep in our mind that God has something bigger plan for us!

Funny how coincidence work. The next day I decided to go to church with baby and yaya at New Day Las Pinas branch. The message of the pastor is with regards to perspective and how will you see things.
It focused on higher level people who see things at a higher perspective.
Who's willing to die for the country.
Just like Ninoy's famous line "The Filipino's are worth dying for".
Just like Jesus who died on the cross for us.

-This is really worth sharing for
-Soul Surfer a must movie to watch
-God Bless!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Seoul Searching

Anneyeong!

Oh yeah the first word I learned in Korea!
Got my Visa and excited on what to do in Korea. The first thing in mind is shopping!Common Who doesn't want it???
Shops that came to my mind at once were Faceshop, Skin food, Tony Moly, Etude etc.
Cosmetics are every girls bestfriend =)

Day 1:
My first day isn't that good. Heavy rains welcomes me from the airport.
They call mid June to July as monsoon. So i went straight to the hostel that I am booked and just take a nap since walking around isn't a good idea.
I woke up around lunch time so I decided to look for a restaurant and I end up going to Coffee Prince shop and had a coffee instead of a full meal.







After having a walk at Hong dae I decided to avail of their City Tour that can be found at Seoul Station to be familiarized of the place. My fist stop was at the National Museum.




I went to Myeong Dong and shopped bags and bags of skin food products etc. It hurts my feet and legs but it dodn't matter since I have just in my hands all the things I need for my beautification ; }

It was a looongg day and my body needs to rest for a while,,

Day 2:
I decided to eat at a nearby restaurant. Since I can't read the menu the manager just gave me a plate of beef and rice. I asked him to take a picture of me and luckily he just took another shot using his polaroid camera, he gave one copy for me and the other one was posted on their wall wink wink*
; )



Me at the wall of fame LOL!

The nice manager

Since my stomach was full and my body just had enough rest, I am now ready for my journey..
I went to Deuksugung Palace and missed the changing of guards due to weather condition.





Again, I headed to the best part of my trip........ shopping! I went to Namdaemun and bought anything that I think is nice. It's not easy to get there so I have to ask and look at the map every now and then.
Bought accessories that are intended for sale and some pasalubong as well. It didn't stop me there so I went all the way to Namsan Tower. I don't think it's a good idea to go Namsan alone. The place is so romantic and love birds are everywhere. They have this promise of love and will seal and lock it in with a pad lock. haha yes litereally! but i found it very cute. I wish to bring my family next time here. To get to the Namsan I had to ride a cable car for approximately 5 minutes.
The Namsan Tower




Overlooking from the tower.

It's been a looonng and tiring day so my mind is set to have a goodnight sleep once I arrive at the hostel. But big NO! This will be my last night at Seoul so I said yes for the invite of my roommates to have a soju and go clubbin. I am not really prepared for the night and no high heeled shoes to wear.
We first went to the other Kimchi hostel and saw that everyone was already sober so we just headed to the clubs named Mama beer and Papa beer(not so sure if it's beer or bear). Named just after the famous Koreanovela Full house I guess. Will not go into details but here are some crazy pics of crazy but nice people I met. This is not part of my itinerary but this was the highlights of my entire trip so far! =)



We partied till dawn! it was fun meeting new people and making friends without having a second thought. Though there are some differences with our colors still it doesnt matter at all as long as we are enjoying the night.
Here comes the last part of my stay... Packing up for my flight.
Before I leave Seoul I had a walk around Hongik University and bought last minute pasalubong.
I took a rest and then went to the airport to wait for my 6am flight.


My tired feet!



Now I understand why a friend of mine keeps coming back to Korea. There are so many reasons why based on my own experience. Let me have a quick list of it.

1. People are nice.
2. The place is clean.
3. I love skin food and faceshop. LOL!
4. I love their fashion statement.
5. There are so many tourist spots around Seoul.
6. and if you are a Koreanovela fan you will enjoy every corners of Seoul!

I wanna go back cause I miss a lot of Spots like Lotte World, Everland, Banpo Bridge etc.

So many spots but so little time.... as they say! Kamsamnida! xoxoxo

Important Note: Excuse me with my grammar =)