Korean Escapade. Day 1-arrival

Ola! I know I should have posted this long time ago, but because my husband is too lazy to convert our pictures from raw to .jpeg, I had a hard time uploading them. Anyway, let me divide it into a day by day fun holiday, since I want to share as much as I can and having it in one entry might be too boring.=P

Just a short intro: Our original plan is to have our honeymoon in Japan, but unfortunately, there are no sale flights available. Second option, Korea! We got our tickets for 14,5++ for two, and according to my friends, the price is just reasonable. We also planned to see cherry blossoms, but we prioritized the expenses of our wedding so we just had autumn instead.

On the day of our departure, we went to Trinoma just to have our peso changed into won, but to our luck, they don't have any won available! I was hesitant to change it to dollar so we just tried our luck in Korea. Thank goodness that my mother gave us some dollars, that helped us a lot!

Tried Cebupac's onboard meals, I ordered Kaldereta! It's soooo good! :) Oh and on our way to Korea, my husband had a small talk with his seatmate Mr. Choi, and guess what, he joined us in one of our day tours! (will tell more about that in my next entries)

 Hello Korea! This is how I looked like when we arrived at the airport. It's cold outside!! (that explains the scarf) My hello kitty luggage says hi! =P

 

It's a four hour flight so we got hungry. We arrived at the airport at around 8 or 9 in the evening. Plus we have to travel from Incheon to Seoul for an hour so we decided to eat after we dropped our things in our hotel. And since we do not have an idea on where and what to eat, we had spicy korean noodles from 711! Mine tasted better than John's this time! We tried to walk around the streets of Myeongdong but we're too tired so we went back to our hotel after 20 minutes.

That thing Called Tadhana.

I cannot not post anything about this movie! Okay, before sharing my thoughts about the movie, let me share my little adventure just to make it to the last screening.

My friend Michael sent me the movie poster last week. I said okay, we will watch the film, because I am a die hard fan of Filipino movies, not to mention that we have this somehow tradition of films like this every year. Anyway, I didn't realize that they will only be showing this until Monday! And since the movie won the Audience Choice Award, they had another showing day (which was last Tuesday) So I told Michael that I can never miss this, because of positive feedbacks of random people online. Our initial plan is to watch it in Greenhills. Screening time, 5 PM. Can't. Next option, 7 PM, Glorietta. Tickets sold out. Last option... FAIRVIEW TERRACES! 7:10. Where's Fairview again? I cannot remember the last time I went to Fairview. All I know is that there's a way somewhere from Sta. Maria Bulacan to Fairview via San Jose. Okay, the adventure starts here. I trusted Waze with all that I am, and it's all that I have so I have no choice. Haha. I kept on driving... and driving.. To make everything more exciting, my car's aircon is not working so I have to open my windows. Ang ineeet! But after an hour of driving... I arrived in Fairview Terraces at around 6:30! Yipee! I rushed into the ticket booth and bought our tickets. Michael said he'll be coming late so I have some alone time in the cinema again.

Okay, now the movie. What can I say about it? It's one light, HUGOT (with emphasis on hugot), funny and a movie full of lessons for you know, tatanga tanga people in love. :P I can relate to Mace character, because of her thing for One More Chance, sacrifices, and hope in love. I was once a Mace, who gave her everything just to win back the man of his life. But just like her too, I was led to my "tadhana" now. I was once singing "where do broken hearts go" in videoke, night after the break-up. And thanks to my friends who sang with me that night. I was one broken soul, who wanted to see the world. Someone who remembered everything about the ex. Oh Mace, love na love na talaga kita. :) I fell in love with the way Angelica portrayed Mace's character. It is as if she had this "been there done that" slate. She's helpless, but she's strong and determined to move on. As for JM de Guzman, oh my JM, I didn't realize how good looking he is until this movie. Ang sarap nyang i-hug! I also love his character. He's really perfect for Mace. 

And what's my favorite part of the movie? The Sagada scene where Mace let it all out. I saw myself in her! That was full of emotions, and heartaches, pain, everything! That hurts. So much. No wonder she won the best actress award. And I bet a lot of people can relate to how Mace handled pain. 

As what I've heard, they are trying their best to show the movie again due to insistent public demand. My best friend is one of those who are dying to see it and of course, I will watch it again, this time with her. :) We're keeping our fingers crossed.

I'm back!

Hello everyone! I just got back from our very memorable Korea trip yesterday with my husband and I must say that Korea is a destination to every traveler's book. I fell in love with everything in it. From food (mostly spicy), to people, and most especially the places we've been to. A week is just too short! I am still in the process of compiling all our photos 1,000+++! from my phone, to my husband's cameras. So now, I will just be sharing a few of our favorite photos. All by my hubby and his tripod. :P

Quality Time.

First of all, I want to express how excited I am for our autumn Korea trip this weekend. Been saving up and planning this trip since February, and now that we're three days away from our honeymoon part 2, I can't hide how elated I am knowing that I will delete one item in my growing bucket list. (which I plan to post again after this entry)

So, what's new? I am still in my TTC journey, but I have decided not to be that pressured like before, because, there's no point of stressing myself in something which I know will come on the right time. As a newly-wed couple (we're three months away from our first wedding anniversary so I still consider that as new, right?:P), we're still on our journey to save up for our own house and our future. I was trained to be independent, I always work hard for everything that I have right now. Believe it or not, I didn't have any jewelries before my engagement ring. Sure, my parents have their businesses, but I chose not to associate myself on what they have. So with the help of my ever frugal husband, we are saving up for our own little abode. It is also our mutual decision not to live with either of our families, because we are both raised to be on our own ever since.

Before marriage, our original plan is to try to have a baby a year after our wedding. Because it is a mutual decision to enjoy our time together before our little bundle of joy. But then the condition that I have right now made it difficult to proceed as planned, so as early as last month, I had my OB check up done. And now, we are exhausting our means to conceive. I can feel the pressure, from my family, friends, and everybody else except my husband. He had been very understanding and supportive. Now, I came to a realization that maybe, God is giving us enough time to enjoy as a couple before giving us our child. I still get to travel (which is one of my favorite things to do), shop for myself, and go out with my friends until the wee hours of the day. I still get to enjoy watching a movie with my husband whenever I want to.

I just want to share our most recent photo (excuse my haggard feslak) to remind me that I am still fortunate to have the luxury of time to share with my husband alone. We are fans of cheap thrills and inexpensive dinners, and last night, we we're able to spend time again together. We had a massage and cheap (yet yummy) dinner after. I know everything will change when God grants our wish, so instead of being too hard on myself, I will enjoy our time together and thank God for the most precious gift of time. :)

My favorite shobe! :)

I am not sure if I have posted anything about this little girl yet. She's John's niece, Kirsten. This little girl never fails to amaze me, because of her weird questions and out of this world answers to my simple wonders. Anyway, last Monday, I got the chance to bond with her. John fetched her from school because her mom is having a meeting that day. What a coincidence, we will be getting our visas that day. After we got our visas *yay* I went back to Maginhawa (where John works) and played with her. We had our little "date" in Burger Project!

She made this "card" for me. She said it's from Frozen. So sweet!

So I got her this huge serving of chili cheese fries. I heard her saying "wow!this is so yummy! It's a bit spicy, but it's awesome!" so cute!xx

I love this little girl to bits! She even asked some "intriga" questions about my past! I can't imagine a five year old kid can make me think about everything again while laughing at my misadventures!:P

 This little girl is a camwhore! She loves taking funny pictures of us, so I obliged. :) I said she's the boss today!:) And then she asked me, who is your favorite shobe? (My husband has chinese blood, that explains the "shobe") Of course I said Kirsten! And she's really happy! I didn't say that just to pacify her. She really is! :)

till my next adventure!

much love

Approved! Our visa was approved!! :)

Hello everyone! I am really giddy sharing you some bucket list worthy news that I have just this afternoon! And no, I am not preggers YET! I don't want to spill the beans because I believe in the jinx rule in life, so I am not sharing anything as long as it's not yet final. But now that I get to hold our passports...

We're going to Korea! Yahoo! This caused a lot of quarrels, because I always nag and ask John to prepare his requirements and all that. I got too scared that we might be wasting our money because I booked for our ticket since February. I asked some friends and researched online some tips on how to get approved, and thanks to everyone, I will be seeing the land of Kimchi two weeks from now! :) I know there are already a lot of blogs that can give you tips on how to get approved. But as for me, I can only tell you to complete the requirements and make sure that they can verify everything! In my case, Korean Embassy called our office a day after we submitted all our requirements. Our HR head answered that he approved our COE last September 19, but it was dated September 16! Sobrang kaba ko lang talaga! I even told some of my friends that I feel like throwing up because I know we will not be granted our tourist visas. But thank God, heaven and earth, it did not matter that much! So my tip is this, make sure to submit something that they can verify, it might be the hindrance to your korean dreams! :P mehehe. 

Now it's tour planning time! Need to save some bucks for our pocket money, and look for the best tour deals possible! :)

Till my next adventure!

much love,