Spoiling Myself

Bought all these products recently. For some reason it made me giddy to be buying beauty products.

I’ve worked hard these past few years and it’s been a while since I pampered myself. Like I said at the start of the year, it’s time to take care of myself more.

What did I buy? Face masks (including face slimming ones), eye pads, nose blackhead removing tape, firming lotion…among other things. I plan to buy more as soon as I can afford them. I’m also planning to schedule an appointment for a facial and some other treatments as my schedule permits and my budget can afford.

I’m so excited about using these. I should have thought about pampering myself a long time ago.

I really need to pamper myself right now.  I’m depressed because Yoon Eun Hye is in the country on vacation and I have no way of meeting her.  I know where she’s staying but I don’t know for how long.  And with the rallies going on and roads closed all over, it’s next to impossible to catch her. 

[Insert Smile Here]

One important lesson learned with my new diet and regular workouts:

IT DOESN’T HURT TO REWARD YOURSELF ONCE IN A WHILE.

I believe I deserved this. Having it and taking in each and every bite made all the hard work worth it.

Bird Scare (Or Not)

I was sleepily entering the office rest room (why I call it “rest room” when I can’t rest there still puzzles me) when I was amused to see a maya bird coming from the top of the room and flying straight at me and the open door. In spite being sleepy, I immediately ducked out of its way as it went out the door and straight out of our building through an open window.

It was weird. I didn’t scream or wasn’t even surprised. I just ducked on instinct and went about my business. Maybe I was just too sleepy to care.

I don’t get how the bird got in there though. Creepy. It was like a scene from a dream — something you just want to get an interpretation of. Does it mean anything other than just a bird getting out of a room?

Privacy

…it’s so hard to get it as a single young woman living in a traditional Asian family.

You live with your family until you’re married. Living on your own is unheard of or — more often than not — considered too liberated.

It’s considered rude to leave your door locked when you live with my family and people come and go into your room as they please. Sometimes, I just think it would be nice if people learned to at least knock before they enter or ask if it’s OK to do so. It’s hard to work out when people keep barging in.

And reading my emails while standing behind me while I tinker with my laptop? So irritating! Absolutely no privacy, especially with my dad around! It’s like he has to know everything! And he isn’t even subtle about it!

Wannabe

After watching the 16 episodes of Vineyard Man and after seeing Coffee Prince in full, I have made a decision.

I want to be like Yoon Eun Hye.

I want to be as thin as she is. I want to be as pretty as she is. I want to be as feminine as she is and as cute/dainty/girly as she is.

It’s practically like saying I want to be like her when I grow up but then I’m grown up already.

She’s my style icon too. Love her!

Vineyard Man

Spent most of the day watching Yoon Eun Hye in Vineyard Man.

It’s not as good as Coffee Prince and her leading man is not as good-looking as Gong Yoo, but it still has a good story and Eun Hye is, as always, adorable/endearing in this one. I really think she’s a good actress because she is so different here from her Go Eun Chan character in Coffee Prince — to think that she shot this just a short time before that show.

I’m looking forward to rewatching Goong soon too. I know Eun Hye doesn’t plan on doing any TV shows for the first half of the year at least so her old shows would have to do.

I got myself a copy of her Escape from Charisma movie too. She looks really young there, but I’m curious to see what kind of movie it was that she did. I think it’s her only movie so far so I should really see it.

Language Lessons

I’ve been learning Korean from a couple of books I recently bought. I figured it would be good to learn a new language…it would help keep my brain sharp after the day-to-day routine at work.

Learning a new language is very useful. When I’m upset and I can’t vent out my frustrations because of my concern for other people’s feelings I have started using Korean words to vent. I get it off my chest and I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings.  Not bad right?

I used to study French and Mandarin but right now I’m really enjoying learning Korean.  For some reason it seems easier to learn than the other two.

I wonder when I can go to Korea to practice what I’ve learned so far.