Jerreen

When I say "2017 is such a fruitful year!", it doesn't mean that it has been a smooth-sailing year for me. This is the year when I stepped out from my comfort zone to have a job change. And this step I took also led me to many happy and sad moments as I tried adjusting to the new working environment, with new colleagues, new batch of students with different needs that I had never experienced before, and of course, new sets of job responsibilities. Amidst all the mixed emotions I experienced, I still thank God that He opened this door for me so I get to experience things I have always wanted. As 2017 comes to an end, I realised as we grow older, knowing how to count our blessing is one of the most important things we can do in our lives. The last 2 weeks of 2017 have also been nice and memorable as Jagi stayed over at my place for a few days when my family went to BKK and I was alone at home with Waffle (my 5years old Pomeranian).  My 5yo Pomeranian, Waffle! T...

We went on our first couple-korea-trip recently, back in end October. It was the first time we travel to Korea together as a couple. It was a 16D15N trip. Our itinerary: Singapore - Seoul (5D4N) - Daejeon (7D6N) - Busan (4D3N) - Daejeon (3D2N) - Singapore Seoul We went to mostly tourists places such as Myeongdong, Dongdaemum, Insadong and Everland theme park. As I usually shop online, so the beauty products and clothing there weren't exactly much cheaper. Some were even more expensive than what I bought online. In Seoul, we got to try quite a few nice food. Some of the nicer ones were the food at the famous Myeongdong Gyoza, 닭갈비 (dakgalbi) at Edae (Ewha Women's University Shopping District) and coffee at Paul Bassett. 닭갈비at Edae This store has been featured by TV stations like SBS Best one I ever had! It was cold since we went in end October but still bearable with some layerings. It was really a bad idea of mine to go Everland under that kind of weather...

I'm attached to this korean guy whom I call my Jagi (자기, endearment "honey" in korean) for slightly more than 1.5 years now. He is from Daejeon, and according to wikipedia, it is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis. Many questions asked by people around me when they first knew that Jagi is a korean. 1) Aren't korean guys a chauvinist? 2) How do you guys communicate? 3) How did you guys meet? 4) Will you move to Korea after getting married? (1) Being someone who tends to over-think, I have my doubts initially too. And that’s when I google a lot on things like “dating a korean man”, “korean man vs singaporean man”..... After this period of time together, I realised a person’s nationality really doesn’t define his/ her character. Not only Jagi is not a chauvinist, he’s actually one of the mildest person I’ve met so far. If we really want to put a “chauvinist” tag on korean men, perhaps we are referring to the men in the olden days when only men head out ...