#i have been having tons of fun with my diff friend groups lately and i will not let dumb shit get me down š¤š
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caught up with one of my old irls not too long ago and we got to fangirling about a lot of stuff, as one does, and she hmu again this week... to tell me that she ended up diving balls deep into some of the games i mentioned that i played/liked and rec'd for her. had a feeling tears of themis would be up her alley, and wouldn't you know it? she's obsessed now š also apparently binged tf out of obey me this weekend so now I'm just sitting here like omgggg what have I doooneee š¤£ but anyway apparently we have the same taste in tot (she loves marius and luke's crawling up as her 2nd atm hahaha- SHE GOT AN SSR FOR EACH OF EM ALR WITH THAT NEWBIE STANDARD BANNER GUARANTEE AT THAT- even got the luke one ive never gotten kfjdjfjf lowkey jelly but also like so so happy for her bc it'll help her out in catching up on the content smš). and is all over the place with obey me, which is painfully relatable... funniest part is she got to looking around into the cards and is now āØ excited āØ for 1st anniv rerun and 2nd anniv cards. she really truly has become one of us in so short an amount of time šš¤£ just a funny little tidbit i thought I'd share bc I'm not used to irls playing any of these games. one of my best friends also plays a bit of switch otomes, but hates moving games, but our tastes don't overlap. but hey, at least we can still geek out together š¤š hehe
said friend is also curious abt twst and was very sad ayakoi rr had shut down.. the struggle is real.. i still haven't played it on my switch bc my heart weeps for my lost acct, all the updates, and the dusk faction.. will we ever get them?š
#aerin.txt#.misc#abt; irl#abt; tot#abt; obey me#my post š«#.personal#...kinda lol. still abt otome stuff technically hahaha#brief ments of twst & ayakoi rr#tldr; irl ended up getting into some of the more vn type of mobages#hehehehehe#you can debate my usage of otome in this post but like i didn't wanna vary the phrase per every game & shit + that was my og blog thing#but like just covering my bases before someone uhm akshually's me over a fun lil post about fun with friends lol#i have been having tons of fun with my diff friend groups lately and i will not let dumb shit get me down š¤š#that being said#hope you lovelies are doing well as always or that things get better asap#love you all dearly miss you all dearly and sincerely nothing but the best for you all and your loved ones#xoxo aerin <3
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Tag thing, wanted to do it for some time but now im at my comp and stuff so uh yeah anyways
Rules: once youāve been tagged youāre supposed to write a post with eighty-two truths and then tag twenty-five people
I was tagged by @fluffyliontae
Name: tsu (just call me that, or susu or smth yknow)
Blood type: A-
Nickname(s): susu, mym
R/s: single
Zodiac Sign: libra
Pronouns: eh whatever, on some days its he > she > they but it can also be a diff order so yeah seriously whatever floats your boat
Favorite TV Shows: W - Two Worlds (same), a Persona 5 anime could be one of them but thereās none
Long or short hair: long
Height: 162cm or so
Do you have a crush on someone: romantic none, aesthetic ones? squishes? hoo boy
What do you like about yourself: my eyes, that cute scar on my hand
Right or left handed: right
List of three favorite colors: too many, i mostly like colour combos, but light blue, black and #540003 i guess
RIGHT NOW
Eating: nothing, i had brownie ritter sport a bit earlier tho
Drinking: water
Iām about to: draw
Listening to: Believer - Imagine Dragons
Kids: 0
Get married: nah
Career: I want money
MOST RECENT
Drink: water
Phone call: i think my uncle??
Song you listened to: before Believer thereās Bonfire on my spotify playlist but rn its Queen by History
HAVE YOU EVER
Dated someone twice: nah
Been cheated on: thats a long story
Kissed someone and regretted it: dont think so
Lost someone special: hmm
Been depressed: yeah
Been drunk and thrown up: never drunk alcohol
Kissed a stranger: nope
Had glasses or contacts: yeah
Had sex on the first date: nope
Broken someoneās heart: not that im aware of it
Turned someone down: kinda??
Cried when someone died: yeah
Fallen for a friend: im aro, that doesnt work
IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU
Made a new friend: yes
Fallen out of love: no
Laughed until you cried: yes
Met someone who changed you: mhhh dont think so?
Found out who your true friends were: kinda (Iām sorry that Iām always answering like this omg)
Found out someone was talking about you: cant remember
Kissed someone on your fb list: i dont use fb
WHICH IS BETTER
Lips or eyes: eyes
Hugs or kisses: hugs
Shorter or taller: taller
Romantic or spontaneous: platonic
Sensitive or loud: sensitive
Hookup or relationship: friendship
Troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant
FIRST
Best friend: have conatct with both or them but weāre not as close? although I still donāt mind lying/rolling around on his floor
Surgery: does removing my wisdom teeth count? (does it?)
Sport: swimming (I wish I hadnāt stopped)
Vacation: Turkey
DO YOU BELIEVE IN
Yourself: depends on the day (same)
Miracles: yeah
Love at first sight: i dont rly believe in romantic love, but other than that yeah has flashbacks to when x impulse bought a ps vita
Heaven: i want to
EXTRAS
How many people from your fb list do you know irl: i still dont use fb
Do you have any pets: i used to have a duck
Do you want to change your name: yeah kinda iād prefer something gender neutral
What did you do for your last birthday: i played video games at home bc i have no friends
What time did you wake up today: idk, fell asleep again
What were you doing last night at midnight: internet
Something you canāt wait for: when i move out
Last time you saw your mom: some minutes ago
What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: how my brain is sometimes
Have you ever talked to a person named tom: yeah, had a classmate with that name
Whatās getting on your nerves: loud noises in the morning, often ppl i dont consider as friends
instructions: You can tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. No skipping.
(should i do the whole thing?? ok lemme get my phone pls note that i havent gotten the p5 ost yet)
Obtained a Berry! - DP OST
actually there comes some more Nintendo OST
Awake -BTS
Young Forever (unplugged ver) - BTS
crow tit (jpn) - bts
Mein Block - Sido
We donāt talk anymore - Jungkook
a song i do not remember what it was
Faint - Linkin Park
La la La - naughty boy
i think its time to make a new playlist bc i dont listen to some pop songs anymore
so uh yeah the whole thing it is
5 things youād find in my bag:
tissues, a shit ton
wallet
probably some paper
charger
phone
5 things youād find in my bedroom:
desk
clothes
stuffed animals
bed
my computer
5 things i always wanted to do in life:
Travelmore
Get a job i love
Own a cat
Get a life I like
Have ppl Iām close with that are not far away
5 things iām currently into:
video games
persona 5, fire emblem heroes (they deserve their own point)
kpop
art
ummm edgesthetic?
5 things on my to do list:
go to a BTS concert
get a part time job
learn Japanese and perhaps Korean and get better at French
visit all the countries I still want to go to
get better at drawing
5 things people may not know about me:
I would love to study video game development but Iām too scared of whatās after that plus thereās no way Iāll get accepted hahaha
i love min yoongi and his mixtape bc he idk he helped me think that maybe not everything in my life will be shitty later and that maybe Iāll be able to be happy one day
Iām currently in a more down phase
i have problems with my sense of reality
i have a cute scar on my hand
Top 10 BTS Songs Tag:
Ā House Of Cards (Full Length Edition)
Ā House Of Cards [OUTRO]
Ā Good Day
No order from here on
4. I NEED U (Japanese Ver.) 5. FOR YOU 6. ģ©ģ“ (Dope) 7. ė±ź³Øėøė ģ“ģ»¤ (Spine breaker) 8. 24/7 = Heaven 9. Blood Sweat & Tears 10. Not Today
I have time
10 groups/artists you like besides Kpop/liked before Kpop:
nqrse ā¤ļø ā¤ļø ā¤ļø ā¤ļø
Fall Out Boy
Panic! at the Disco
DAOKO ā¤ļø ā¤ļø ā¤ļø ā¤ļø
Casper
Die Ćrzte
I think thatās it
DAT ADAM
uhh I liked Abingdon Boys School at some point
idk the old Sido songs aint bad?
10 favorite non-kpop songs:
ćć¤ć¹ć - DAOKO
BANG! - DAOKO
Das Grizzly Lied - Casper
ćć©ćµć¤ć(Parasite) - nqrse feat.ć¾ćµć¾ćµ,luz Ā
ECHO - ć¾ćµć¾ćµ (mafumafu) feat.nqrse
p much any song sung by nqrse im sorry im trash hmu and ill link you some good stuff
Believer - Imagine Dragons
Bonfire - Felix Jaehn, ALMA
Die Vergessenen 1/2 - Casper
omg i totally forgot about OSTs Toberu Mono from The Last Stiry, too much from Persona 5 liek Beneath the Mask, Last Surprise etc
10 favorite movies:
i donāt watch enough :c
10 favorite tv shows, including anime & cartoons:
W - Two Worlds
Acchi Kocchi
Psycho Pass
Iām giving up
10 things you enjoyed before kpop/enjoy besides kpop, that wonāt fit in the lists above:
music
art
video games
esp atlus n nintendo games!!
cute soft stuffed animals
flight rising
sarma
collecting cute key charms
collecting cute things in general
dancing
ten tag last movie you watched: i dont know
last song you listened to:Ā that one song mentioned above by Daoko
last show you watched: I Hear Your Voice
last book you read: Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink, donāt read it
last thing you ate: chocolate
if you could be anywhere in the world right now where would you be: Tokyo
when would you time travel to: itll be spontaneous
first thing you would do with lottery money: buy a loft
character you would hang out with for a day: P5 Protagonist
time right now: 23:52
the āorā tag
build a snowman with v OR have a snowball fight with j-hope
get coffee with suga OR get ice cream with suga
go to the cinema with jimin OR the amusement park with jungkook
do a dance cover with j-hope OR sing a duet with jin
kiss rap monster OR cuddle suga
babysit with jimin OR dogsit with v
meet j-hopeās family OR have v meet your family
film a commercial with j-hope OR film a sketch with v
hug jimin OR hold hands with jungkook
go to paris with jin OR go to london with suga (sorry been to paris already)
film a drama with jin OR do a photo shoot with rap monster
attend an award show with rap monster OR wear couple t-shirts at the airport with jungkook
spend a lazy day with suga OR explore a city with j-hope
fall asleep next to jimin OR wake up next to jungkook
make up a silly rap with v OR a silly choreography with jin
have a fun picnic with j-hope OR a fancy date with jin
have jungkook serenade you OR have v sing you to sleep
have a dance party with j-hope OR sing karaoke with suga
go camping with jimin and v OR go to the beach with rap monster and suga
cook with jin AND bake a cake with jimin
have a sleepover with the hyung line OR a birthday party with the maknae line
celebrate halloween with jungkook, suga, v and j-hope OR christmas with rap monster, jimin and j-hope
rules: answer the questions with the first letter of your name, then tag 10 people. If the person who tagged you has the same initial, you must use different answers. you cannot use the same word twice.
What is your name? - Tsu
A four letter word? - text
A boyās name? - Tom
An occupation? - tailor
Something you wear? - t-shirt
A color? - turquoise
A food? - tomato
Something you find in the bathroom? - toilet
A place? - Tokyo
A reason for being late? - traffic
Something you shout? - yells
A movie title? - something that starts with ātheā
Something you drink? - tea
An animal? - turtle
A type of car? - tesla
Title of a song? - Tage wie diese - die toten hosen
Iām,,, maybe later @mama-kisu @metroid-fr (you can do the non kpop stuff) eh whoever wants i guess
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another crazy ass super late update w waaaay too much info
Hey yāalll... Iām kinda back? Sorry again for never being on this account. I want to be on it more but I get so consumed with my life and then I forget... not an excuse but an explanation.Ā
TW for all the usuals (drugs, etc) plus fun high school bs cropping up 2 1/2 years later :)
So last time I updated I was excited about going back to school and was feeling really lost and alone, as well as hopeless about my romantic life and my really intense cravings to smoke weed. A lot has changed since then... lol
My school decided to only do online schooling, understandably, but it sent me into a horrible spiral when they announced that. The idea that Iād be stuck at home for another 5 months... I just couldnāt take it. Thereās a reason I went to boarding school after treatment. My parents fucking suck!!!! So I was venting to one of my best friends (C) who lives in another country even though she goes to school in the US (we met in treatment) and she invited me to come stay with her and her family in that country for a few months just so I could get away from my family... and now Iām there! I have dual citizenship with that country and the US because one of my parents is originally from there, so she applied for me to get dual citizenship when I was born, and I still have family here. Anyways, Iām now starting week 2 of my quarantine (which ends on Sunday (sep 20th) but Iām so happy to be here. I needed to get away and COVID just isnāt as bad here and I feel less depressed and like life maybe isnāt that hopeless, which is exciting!!!
I have smoked a bit more recently but Iām trying to lessen it or make sure Iām only doing it when Iām interacting with friends (either in person or via facetime).Ā
So, since I got to this country, thereās been a couple slightly interesting things occurring, relationship-wise. C is dating this guy and has been for the last 2 months and I guess he has a friend (J) whoās single and got really hyped when he found out C had a friend coming into town. C told him if he wanted to even attempt to be with me in anyway whatsoever he had to be my friend first and take things hella slow, but apparently heās kinda a himbo so who knows if heāll heed that warning. He added me on snap and told me heās gonna take me out to a meal and later C told me he was bragging to her bf about how impressive it is that he said that (I think heās kinda a fuckboy but C said her bf was initially too). Idk how I feel about any of this. Iām trying to not pass any judgment until I meet him a few times.Ā
A few nights ago, I got a snapchat message from this dude (JB) I knew from junior/senior year of high school (after treatment). Now, when we were in high school we were best friends. I had a small group (A, M, JB, and myself) and we all hung out all the time and were super close. A and JB dated junior year and then almost dated again senior year but she kinda ghosted him last minute and started dating someone else. JB also dated two other girls our senior year (this info is all relevant I promise). JB and I were kinda like brother/sister- we got along really well and had similar sense of humor but there wasnāt any attraction between the 2 of us. He liked skinny, kinda crazy (in the whole āomg Iām so fucked up pay attention to meā obnoxious way where they arenāt actually mentally ill, just annoying) girls and I was overweight and even though Iām legitimately mentally ill, Iām stable and high-functioning, and also... heās short (well the same height as me but Iām tall) and skinny and just not my type... but anyways there was no attraction there. After high school, we all kinda stopped talking. M was a freshman while we were all seniors (I stayed in contact with him and still consider him to be like a little brother- I love him sm heās my lil baby), but I havenāt talked to JB or A much since. We all went off to college and started new lives... JB and I talked a bit over that summer between senior year of high school and freshman year of college and he did call me a few times throughout freshman year (holy fuck thatās when I started this acc......) but whenever heād call heād only talk about himself. Heād talk about how he was drinking too much and smoking too much and heād say kinda racist shit about his girlfriend at the timeās exes (since they were black... I guess that reflected poorly on her in his mind... fucked up mindset in my opinion) and heād never ask me about myself. I was in overwhelming, immense pain constantly because of my ankle... I was high all the time and drinking regularly too, while hiding it from everyone, including my therapist. I was in a dark place and there he was calling me to talk about himself for really long periods of time.Ā
Anyways, I started avoiding his calls after awhile and then he stopped calling. He doesnāt know I had my ankle surgery. He doesnāt know I took a semester off of college to recover. He doesnāt know I met my genetic mom. He doesnāt know Iām struggling with some issues still. Then, in December 2019, the day after my mom had a heart attack, he started frantically messaging me on snapchat, begging me to talk. I told him that I couldnāt, that my mom was in the hospital and I was overwhelmed, that I had a ton of dr appointments and meetings and needed to make sure my mom was okay, but he wouldnāt lay off. I guess I felt some sort of loyalty towards him since we used to be so close, so I saidĀ āokay, you can call me anytime in the next 30 minutes, but thatās itā and he responded immediately, sayingĀ āIāll call you in 5 minutesā. He never fucking called. After that, I decided I was done. Heās no longer my friend. And we hadnāt spoken since until a couple weeks ago where he messaged me and told me he missed me and I responded with aĀ āyeah itās been awhileā and then left him on read after he responded back with some other bs.Ā
Then this past weekend, he messages me out of nowhere talking about how he misses me and again, I sayĀ āyeah, itās been awhileā. He says that thereās been something heās wanted to tell me for a long time and he wishes he wouldāve said something when we were in high school. I asked what the fuck he was talking about and he was likeĀ āI wish we couldāve dated. You were always so nice to me and we got along really well. I thought you were beautiful, caring, funny, and sweet. We had the sense sense of humor and enjoyed doing the same stuff. I liked you a lot and wish we could have dated.ā... I was like..Ā āUhhh... what made you realize this?ā and he saidĀ āIdk I just realized it nowā and I was likeĀ āyeah Iām just a little shocked because it never seemed like there was any type of relationship vibes thereā and he was likeĀ āreally?ā and I was likeĀ ādude... you literally dated 2 girls and almost dated a 3rd...ā and he was likeĀ āI feel like I knew I liked you thenā so at that point I facetimed my friend M and was likeĀ ādid JB like me in high schoolā and he was likeĀ ānah he liked A and those 2 other girlsā and I was likeĀ āyeah, heās saying some bs and I just need confirmation that I didnāt miss any signsā and he was likeĀ āyeah you guys were just really good friendsā so I messaged JB back and was likeĀ āso what motivated you to tell me thisā and he saidĀ āI donāt know I just felt like I should tell youā and I was likeĀ āwell where do we go through hereā... now, I said this knowing heād say he wanted to date. I didnāt want to date him but I did want to let him down easily. M had told me while we were facetiming that JB had dropped out of college and gone to rehab so he was obviously struggling. I think heās just super lonely during quarantine and heās reflecting on high school (when he last felt happy) and is creating something that wasnāt there in hopes that itād be reciprocated and heād feel less lonely. He and A both had relationship/intimacy issues and were both really hyperfocused on always being in a relationship, so Iām not surprised heās still like that. I am surprised itās gotten to a point where itās delusional...Ā
Anyways, he responded sayingĀ āwhere do you wanna go?ā and I saidĀ āI asked you firstā and he saidĀ āI want you wbuā and I saidĀ āI donāt know dude... Iām a super different person than I was 2 1/2 years ago and Iām sure you are too and Iām just not sure if weād be compatible now that all this time has passed... also I live in a diff country now so weād never actually see each other.ā I know saying I live in a diff country now is kinda lying because it makes it seem like I moved permanently but I think it was necessary to get my message across so I donāt feel bad. He responded and he was likeĀ āyeah I guess thatās trueā and I saidĀ āyeahhhhhā and he was likeĀ āI really want to be with youā and I saidĀ āI guess timing is everythingā and he saidĀ āyeah I guess :(ā and then I left him on read and that was the end of that conversation. I feel like a really good person for letting him down as nicely as I did because I felt like sayingĀ ānah Iām not fucking into youā especially since heās been such an awful and selfish friend since we left high school, but I decided to be the bigger person because I know heās struggling right now. And I feel sad that heās reached a point in his life where heās creating something that never existed because heās so lost and alone and confused. I wish I could be there for him but I just canāt...Ā
My therapist says I can be too loyal to people sometimes. Even when people hurt me, Iām still there and I feel like I owe it to them to stick around and support them. I pretend like Iāll drop anyone that hurts me, but itās obvious Iām loyal since Iām still willing to treat this dude with more kindness in this one interaction than heās given me in 2 1/2 years. I want to be a kind person but I donāt want to be loyal to a fault... I think itās harmful and self destructive. I need to work on it.Ā
Anyways, last night when I got out of the shower I had a towel wrapped around me and felt something weird and looked down and a giant spider was crawling around on my tiddy... I screamed so loud Iām surprised the family Iām staying with didnāt come running into the guesthouse from the main house to make sure Iām okay lol. I killed it with my textbook, which is now sitting in the corner of the room because Iām not in the right mental space to clean spider guts off a textbook after that whole ordeal.Ā
Cāest la vie...
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My Trip to S. Korea (5/25/16 - 6/2/16)
Hello, friends!! I am back! Ahaha I have several posts that Iāve been wanting to make, but this one in particular has been fueling my interest more than ever these days. Rather than a review or a rant, this post is simply.. a log? :)
On May 25th of last year, I had the opportunity to travel to Korea as a 16 year old junior.Ā I left school a week and a half earlier than everyone else, but it wasnāt just for fun. I was a part of IVSBP, the Interact Vietnam Soccer Ball Project (s/o to my wonderful team: Rotarians Nick, Marriane, Avis, and Sue, Roteractor Oliver, & fellow Interactors Gina and Abdul), a service project that aimed to bring the power of play to less fortunate children in Vietnam. In 2016, the Rotary International Convention (RICON) was being held in Korea, and I was blessed enough to be a part of the team that represented IVSBP with its very own booth at RICON. In this place, over 45,000 Rotarians from all over the world would gather for several special days.Ā
Each and every day, I documented my journey by quickly (and messily) scribbling each entry onto a currency conversion diagram paper that was partially cut up for reasons I cannot recall. Here is my 7-day ādiaryā, as transcribed word for word from the paper itself, with extra commentary below each entry:
Day 1
Arrive in Seoul Incheon + struggle tremendously to find driver. Astounded/fascinated/freaked out by tons of tall apts. Notes smog. Eat funky dinner w/ ppl, walked late at night.
Yes, I was admittedly spooked by the massive apartments that stretched on and on for as long as the eye could see LOL. The drive from Incheon to Seoul was one that I will never forget. That foreign feeling of being in a country that I dreamed about so many times makes my heart bulge with longing excitement. Also, our lodging was an Airbnb located in the heart of Gangnam. And so, our first night-walk was one that I wished could last forever.
Day 2
Wake at 6:45 am. Go to convention to set up. Kintex was rly cool. Cooler empty. Ate lunch (self-service). slow business. Went home to rest. Took metro home b/c no shuttles running. Took a long ass time & struggled little bit but managed to get it down. Went to COEX. Good shops, not enough time. Son Hoyoung fansigning + mini stage. Ate kbbq alone + did well even though scary. Home @ 11:30. 1:30 am sleep.
RICON was not held in Seoul, but rather in Goyang, which is a city about an hour away from Seoul. Kintex is the convention center, a massive two-structure building, with its own restaurants inside. To this day, I have spotted several shows / dramas / music videos that were filmed at Kintex as well. The Korean metro system is hands down my favorite part about Korea. It is very affordable, convenient, & easy to use once you get the hang of it. My team and I struggled a little bit at first because we were confused by the questionable red/green colors for some stops & routes, but I quickly realized it simply meant express versusĀ āall-stopā. Myself and two others managed to go to the COEX Mall by metro, which was about a mile from our own apartment. One of my goals for Korea was to see a celebrity randomly, and it just so happened on our first full day! I was shopping in Aland with my friend when she suddenly ran up to me and saidĀ āVanessa, Vanessa come look over here, come with me, there is someone singing outside!!ā. We hurried outside, and there was Son Hoyoung, promoting his solo album with a mini fansigning event! After shopping, we wandered the streets of Gangnam once again, settling on a random bbq place for dinner. We were just 3 measly American high schoolers in a foreign country, but we ordered, ate, and paid for everything with ease. It was quite an exhilarating experience.
Day 3
Wake 6:45 am. Preconvention. Slow business. (BTW saw Music Works notice about Song yoo bin busking the night before --> day goal: leave & get to COEX by 6 pm) Talked to lotsa ppl. Managed to rush to shuttle station 9 @ 5 pm. Very late bus out of all 20 stations. Eventually wound up @ COEX at 7:20 pm w/ a very distraught heart. Went & finished COEX shopping. Struggled to eat stew at place w/o menu. Abdul + soju = dafuq is wrong w/ you; gtfo. 1:30 am sleep.
Ah yes, this day will go down as one of the most frustrating/ stressful/ depressing days I have ever experienced. RICON offers 20 different shuttle stations, each w/ their own buses & unique routes that run all throughout Seoul. The one that was crucial for me that day was Station 9, specifically at 5 pm. I remember stressing out the entire day about how we could get permission to leave early enough, which route to use, and simply making it to Song Yubinās event with ease. And yes, I was able to successfully figure all that out throughout the dayās activities. It was just up to the bus to take us there. Unfortunately, although each station should have had buses running every 15 minutes starting from 5 pm & onward, Station 9ā²s bus was late to begin with. In fact, there was just one bus at first, but it filled quickly, and with only 3 seats left, we didnāt want to separate our group of 4, so we decided to wait for the next bus that would come inĀ ā5ā³ minutes. ThoseĀ ā5ā³ minutes trickled into the longest hour of my life. I remember standing in the burning sun, looking towards the end of the street the entire time, keeping my eyes peeled, standing on my tippie toes, my forehead sweating, my face twisting into distress as each minute passed. We finally made it onto the bus around 6:10. Yubinās event started at 6. I remember falling asleep on the bus ride there, but waking up every ten minutes or so, just to see if we could still make it. By the time we walked out into COEXās exhibition hall (the same one that Son Hoyoung was at the day before), it was completely empty. I didnāt cry because I wasnāt that petty, but.... I definitely felt extremely down. I had completely missed a once in a lifetime opportunity. To see one of my favorite, young & talented vocalists before he became popular and ventured into the kpop-idol scene. There was just some terrible kinda fate happening that day, in which the world just really didnāt want me to see him. For dinner, us 4 wandered around Gangnam again, but settled for something closer to our apt. It had no English menus nor pictures at all. And so once again (the other time would be the metro debacle), my handy dandy Korean-reading skills helped us out, and we barely managed to order various ... ingredients?? (only ones that I understood, though) that all went together in some sort of soup... To this day, Iām not really sure what we ate, but I remember it tasted delicious nonetheless.
Day 4
Same wake. Opening ceremony cool = k-tigers + Lena Park. Sleep-inducing speeches. Arrived back to booth @ 1 pm. Mango six yucky bubble tea. Left to Namsan. Actually used diff shuttle route + taxi to end up @ Namsan cable car. Went to tower. Managed to wander into Myeongdong. V cool. Metro home.
RICON officially begins! Lena Park performed and I was awestruck. At the convention, there are hundreds of different kind of volunteers, and some of them aid convention-goers with travels going to and from Kintex. We asked about getting to COEX the day before, and this time, we came back to ask about getting to Namsan, because my friend especially wanted to go there. I remember hearing the girls behind the table whisper about how we were just using them for our own personal, mini adventures, and I started to feel a bit embarrassed ahah. Regardless, the shuttle we took didnāt take us directly to the cable car site; we had to take a taxi after it dropped us off. I remember we struggled immensely with flagging it down and relaying our destination, but the driver thankfully understood perfectly, and took us right to the cable cars. From there, it was smooth sailing to the tower. It was very dreamlike, arriving at the top as the sun was setting, and leaving when the night had settled in completely. I remember taking a panoramic picture of the view, which I later used (and still use) as my facebook cover photo LOL. Wandering to Myeongdong was also quite the adventure, for we tried asking a civilian about āMyeongdong marketā or something, but could not receive any helpful advice. If anything, I think we simply wandered farther into the city around Namsan, and *poof* there we stood in the middle of all the stores. And of course, we conveniently used the metro to make our way back home from there.
Day 5
6 am wake WTF?!?! Still left @ 7:30 anyway. V tired today. Kept falling asleep + lightheaded. Ate ė”ė³¶ģ“ & fell asleep disgustingly. Waited excruciatingly long for Nick to decide to go home. Left @ 5:30. Got back to station @ 7:15. Ate expensive bbq.Ā ģ so good. Ate the snow w/ signatures like ģ ģ ėÆø, ģøģģ“, ė°ģģ¤, ģ ģģø etc. 100% milk! Very nice lady :) . Gong cha jumbo. cool. Night @ 12 am for once.
By this time, the long days were getting to us, and we were thoroughly exhausted. However, dinner was quite fun, we ate with other convention-goers from the Bay Area as well. To this day, whenever I eat ģ(ssam), it never compares to the kind I ate in Korea, and I have immediate withdrawals. And im not sure why i decided to write those names in Korean, but yes, the bingsoo place we stopped by had various signatures of celebs plastered around the walls, like Jung Yoo Mi, Insooni, Park Seo Joon, Yoo Ah In, and more. TheĀ āiceā was made of 100% milk, which was the entire shopās selling point, & it was delish. Also, I, of course, had to get my pmt fix at the gong cha located near our apt. too.
Day 6
STOP waking us @ 6!!! Went about the usual day. Learned about fire w/ DC advisers :( . Ate frozen sticky dog for lunch. Fell asleep a lot still. Oliver felt much better: Myeongdong! The travel/transportation ladies seemed to dislike us so we managed to find proper shuttle. Shopped for a while. Felt rly sad that I couldnāt find good stuff for EZ. Going broke. Ate ź¹ģ¹ ė³¶ģė°„! Yummy! w/ cheeseee. So full; couldnāt finish. Store ppl are scary. Very late. Everyone exhausted except for me. Got home 12:30. Slept 2:15. *written on the side* Gina lost her phone :( .Ā
Not a super eventful day, but we went back to Myeongdong again because we felt like we didnāt have enough time to fully explore the first time we were there. Once again, whenever I eat some form of kimchi fried rice here in the states, it never ever ever compares to the kind we had that night. Literally the best fried rice I ever had. Cheap and generously filled, too. Our team was dead tired by the night, as in they kept falling asleep on the subway LOL. Except I stayed alert, out of duty, amusement, and just pure excitement for another deep night in Seoul.
Day 7
Leftovers for breakfast. Very slow day @ convention. Left later than usual. Fell asleep @ booth a lot. Closing ceremony PSY, but everyone else was p lame. Raviās speech was very sleep-inducing; Iām sorry :( . Went to shuttle + left @ 8 pm. Ate super expensive dinner beef ķģ° w/ M & N. They r weird. Service ģ§¬ė½! But too spicy. Large Gong cha @ 10 pm; only 5 bucks left :( . But Nick paid for the pmt. Its 1:30 am rn but we gotta wake at 3 am b/c flight @ 7:30 am. I GOT MY PERIOD, FUCK!!!
And that, is how I ended my last log in Korea LOL. The leftovers for breakfast refer to the kimchi fried rice leftovers ahaha. Getting to see PSY was also pretty cool. Iām not sure why I said ābeef ķģ°(hanwoo)ā, but yes, it was quite expensive, where like 1 of the slabs of meat costed about 50,000 won! But this restaurant was also where I finally got to experience the concept of āserviceā in which they gave us free food :ā) Also,Iām not sure why I said 5 bucks, but I meant 5,000 won ahaha. Having a flight late at night was quite exciting, for the Seoul nights were my favorite kind of memory overall. Or rather, they were all I really had since I spent all my days at RICON.
Welp, this ended up wayyyy longer than i anticipated, but it was honestly really refreshing to go over some memories that happened over a year ago. Although this trip was mainly for RICON, I had the amazing opportunity to delve into the culture that I had only seen countless times through a computer screen. As Oliver had said, we were volunteers by day, & tourists by night. I enjoyed my time more than I ever expected, and I have promised myself that I will go back. Soon.
Thank you, sk, for treating us so well.
#south korea#travel log#trip#the food was to die for honestly#i will go back to read this each time i feel like im forgetting parts of this trip#i have to go back i swear
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