A Shoulder to Cry On

Escaping myself from my daily-work-life and went to Seoul to meet friends. I've been so lucky to have them, they willingly come to meet me only for 1 hour in the middle very cold day.

Not waste my-1-hour-only time, we went to Mr. Holmes Bakehouse / 미스터홈즈베이크하우스. The best croissant bakery in town! Then we ordered Ferrero Rocher Croissant/ 페레로로쉐 크로와, Plain Croissant / 페라인 크로와상, Cruffin / 크로핀, Apple Bostuck / 애플 보스톡. I was grown up in bakery - factory family, so I definitely know about how's great bakery taste! And after 3 years living in Korea, Mr. Holmes Bake House is the best bakery I ever had. If you croissant-fans like me, you definitely need to come here and eat all of them! Wonderful!

How to get there :

Mr. Holmes Bakehouse / 미스터홈즈베이크하우스

서울특별시 강남구 압구정로10길 34 / 34, Apgujeong-ro 10-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 06028.

Seoul subway Line 3 to Sinsa station (신사역) get out to exit 8.

It was a very short time, escaped from my daily work life which is sometimes made you get a lot of pressure and stress. The hard thing here, as a foreigner, living and working in very different cultures and society, communicate with not-your-mother language, far away from your family and friends. You need to boost yourself with very positive things and surround yourself with the one you loved and friends whose always be there for you. Not even once they ever judge me or say bad things about me. People who's not only being there when you happy, but when you sad too. Sometimes, you just need someone by your side to heal your pain or just a shoulder to cry on.

Maybe it's not blood bonds that make us a family. Perhaps it's the people who know our secrets, and love us anyway.

And here I am, I got baked in Seoul in the middle of very cold winter day by my warm not-blood-bonds family. :) Keep fighting y'all!

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2016's Last Greetings

It's just another day in my life, and I'm starved of the fresh food. Then made an appointment with a friend and went to Gangnam for eating some salmon sashimi and Korean raw beef.

We found this restaurant called 연어상회 / Salmon Store. A buffet salmon restaurant, means you can eat non stop the salmon!!! Excited!

We ordered set buffet menu: fresh salmon, fresh Korean-style raw beef / 육회, Green Onion Pancake / 파전, And mix rice / 비빔밥. Overall, all of them was perfect, but because we ate all raw, we felt easier to full. Anyway, it's good!

How to get there :

연어상회 강남점 / Yeon-o Sanghwe Gangnam Branch

서울 강남구 강남대로106길 7

7, Gangnam-daero 106-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 06123.

Seoul Subway Line 2 to Gangnam Station (강남역) exit 11.

Then Dessert! We went to a cafe called Giolitti / 지올리띠. Ordered the Giolitti famous Ice cream and Tropical Dessert / 트로피칼. Spend evening with my friends and talked about life.

How to get there :

Giolitti / 지올리띠

서울 강남구 봉은사로 110

110, Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 06123

Seoul Subway Line 9 Sinnonhyeon (신논현역) exit 4.

And while writing this blog, I realized today was the last day of 2016. How are you? How's life takes you on 2016? How about your dreams? There are always up and down in our life, we human sometimes it feels sucks and unhappy, but no matter what happened with life, we need to keep standing tall and never give up. And if 2016 was good for you, keep it up, don't lose your guard and keep being happy.

Kindergarten, high school, university, and then work. It all leads to this moment. Some people can crack under the pressure. Others thrive. Either way, there's nothing left to do. No more studying, no more preparing. Like it or not, the moment has arrived. The only thing left for you to do is show up. Just show up. Show yourself. And keep fighting!

Goodbye 2016, and Goodbye for all pains and sorrows. 2017 will be a great year for me and you all! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Are You HAPPY?

Cold crazy day. Decided to just do culinary all day in the warmth and comfort place with friends. Lately been losing my weight and I don't know why. So is all about EAT!

Started the day with ate the worldwide chicken at a restaurant called Mexx / 맥스. This restaurant famous with variety chicken-cooking from all round the world. They even have a flag in every plating of the food. I ordered Tropical Teriyaki Chicken / 트로피칼 치킨 from the US, Green Union Salad Chicken / 청양조 파채 치킨 from South Korea and Crispy Cheese Quesadilla / 크리스피 치즈 퀘사디야. All of them were good, especially the Crispy Cheese Quesadilla! The price not that expensive if you compare with the taste of the foods. They have a good interior setting with the world map as a theme, with perfect Christmas ornaments.

How to get there:

Mexx / 맥쓰 세계치킨

Address : 역삼동 825-20 강남역 센트럴 푸르지오 시티 1층 113호, 맥쓰 세계치킨

825-20, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. First floor, building no 113.

Seoul Subway Line 2 to Gangnam Station (강남역) get out to exit 1.

Still not full yet, that's mean time for dessert! We went to Brownholic cafe / 브라운홀릭. Most the time Brownholic always full with the customer, the interior and atmosphere of cafe very cheerful and have a lot theme in every part of the room.

Happily ordered 브라우니범벅 / Ice cream Brownies and 쑥떡쑥떡 와플 / Green Tea Waffle Rice Cake. And everything was amazing! I truly like the waffle, the texture very different with usual waffle because the ingredient quite unique, they used Korean rice cake. So it's little bit chewy yet the taste of green tea very match well with the texture. One of the best desserts I've ever had. Definitely going back there and eat that again and again.

How to get there:

Brownholic / 브라운홀릭

Address : 서울 강남구 강남대로98길 25 역삼동 / 25, Gangnam-daero 98-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Seoul Subway Line 2 to Gangnam Station (강남역) get out to exit 12.

Once I red some words from the Blonote book (Korean version).

It said:

"살기 힘든 세상은 견딜 수 있어요.

살기 싫은 세상인 게 문제예요"

Meaning:

"We always can endure hard life,

but the life you hate to live with, that's the problem"

I keep reading and read when I saw this sentence. And I'm thinking about myself, do I now, right now, live in the life I want to do? Do I hate my life now? You know life always is hard, that's called life because that's hard, but we can always be endured that, continues that with a hope, knowing the hard time will be passing through time, the pain going to be gone with time, the happiness will be shining in the right place and time. That's what makes us human. But how about when you live in the world you hate the most? That's what the biggest problem in our life I think.

How about you? Are you happy? Are you living in the world you like? Or you hate that? And if you hate that, what must we do? CHANGE. We need to look for life we want to live, create your happiness. So even that's hard, we still not give up on hope. Because we are going to be fighting for that, for the life we deserve to live in. It's sounding to be hard for the first, but is that better to live in the hard life, but you know you will welcome a happiness and success later than live in the life you hate the most? Isn't it?

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