So I am back from a month full of holidays, and im having severe post holiday blues right now. Served my notice in my previous company at the beginning of April, and I hopped onto a plane to Korea to catch the cherry blossoms. It is the sixth time I am in Korea, but the first time I am visiting during Spring season. Haha I can never get sick of Korea, really. It is a place that holds special memories for me, and I feel so comfortable there it really kinda feels like second home.
Anyway, the cherry blossoms were beautiful, but not breathtaking enough for me to want to see it again. Maybe it was because I caught the cherry blossoms nearing the end of its bloom, so the flowers had already lost its vibrant colors and were just a dull pink shade. But I count my blessings, at least I was fortunate to be able to see this sight once in my life.
That was the highlight of the trip. The rest of my trip was spent shopping and eating in Seoul, which, as boring as it sounds, it really isn't. I went to Korea with my exchange friends, so we pretty much knew our way around and knew where all the good food and shopping were at. Seoul is a shopping and food haven, so if you do want to know where to go in Seoul to get the best deals, hit me up and I will be glad to share them with you! :)
After a week, I was off to Hokkaido to meet my family. We decided on a family trip at the last minute because we realised there was a extended weekend due to Good Friday. I had always dreamt of visiting Hokkaido because of the unbelievable scenery pictures I saw on the internet. True enough, Hokkaido's scenery was nothing short of amazing. The sights I saw were simply indescribable in words, so I shall let my pictures do the talking.
That was the highlight of the trip. The rest of my trip was spent shopping and eating in Seoul, which, as boring as it sounds, it really isn't. I went to Korea with my exchange friends, so we pretty much knew our way around and knew where all the good food and shopping were at. Seoul is a shopping and food haven, so if you do want to know where to go in Seoul to get the best deals, hit me up and I will be glad to share them with you! :)
After a week, I was off to Hokkaido to meet my family. We decided on a family trip at the last minute because we realised there was a extended weekend due to Good Friday. I had always dreamt of visiting Hokkaido because of the unbelievable scenery pictures I saw on the internet. True enough, Hokkaido's scenery was nothing short of amazing. The sights I saw were simply indescribable in words, so I shall let my pictures do the talking.
Mt Tengu, Otaru
Noboribetsu, Hell Valley
Shirahige Waterfalls, Biei
Blue Pond, Biei
Of course, I had some pretty good seafood and chirashi rice bowls there as well!
Ikura Hotate don
Oh, to add on to my already awesome holiday, I met some of my favourite Kpop idols there haha. Yes, I was a secret Kpop fan. Okay I mean I do still listen to Kpop songs now, but I don't think I am as idol crazy as I was last time. I think its really true that you will grow out of these stuff once you get older. I just kind of gradually stopped following the new bands when I started University. Now I only listen to songs from the older bands that I used to listen to when I was fervently following Kpop. And I happened to meet the band that I used to listen to in my teenage days!! So it was really a surprise for me, and I was definitely excited to meet them. Haha I took a photo with them, but I shall not post it here cos I think my face was pretty cui there LOL. So to save my ass, I will just keep them for myself hehehe. Unless you really want to see them. I might oblige and show it to you if you ask, but maybe only after I mosaic out my face hahaha.
Hokkaido was pretty awesome also because I got to spend time with my family. I can't even remember when was the last time we all went on a holiday together. So it was great spending time together and having fun! :)
I was back in Singapore for a week before I left for another short getaway, this time to Batam. I was there over the Labour Day long weekend with my closest clique of friends, and we went to a kelong to stay, to experience life as it was back in the old days. I admit I was initially skeptical if i will enjoy the trip, because how fun can doing nothing at a kelong be right? To a city kid like me, no wifi/internet = no fun. I kept worrying about how I am going to contact my friends and family when I am there, how am I going to update my instagram story etc.
Luckily, my worries were all for naught because doing nothing can really be so fun. And I don't mean it sarcastically. The three days there passed in a blink of an eye because we were having so much fun just playing board games, lying on hammocks, playing frisbee, talking about life, chilling and star gazing. Some of my friends even tried their hands at fishing there. And it felt really, really good just disconnecting with the outside world for that three days, with no worries about job hunting, no stress about errands to run and emails to reply.
And contrary to what most people think, the kelong was very clean and comfortable to stay in. There was no aircon and only limited hot water everyday, but that wasn't really a problem to me since I am not very reliant on aircon anyway.
My friends brought their boyfriends along as well, so it was really nice getting to know all of them better through this trip! Hopefully in our next trip together everyone can bring along their boyfriends hahaha! (stress for the single gals to quickly find a partner haha)
So with that, I am finally back in Singapore after a long period of travel. The month of April just flew by like that because I was having so much fun traveling the world. How nice will it be to just travel for the rest of my life haha. And because I was away for most of the month having fun, I am now having severe withdrawal symptoms and am finding it hard to get back to reality. Everyday I just feel like lazing in bed and not doing anything. Haha but I am slowly getting back on track! I think writing this blog post is a good start and progress. Cos at least I am exercising my brain and fingers instead of spamming dramas in bed. Next step will be to start planning my fitness and diet schedule and get back to a healthy lifestyle. All that feasting in the past month had some detrimental effect on my waistline, so I better stop procrastinating or I might just end up having to revamp my wardrobe with larger sized clothes haha. Oh, and time to find a job too. I really hope I can find a job that I will really love and be passionate about.
Okay I should probably stop chattering away and get some real work done. Till the next post! :)
