Monday, January 25, 2010

can you read my mind?

i JUST found out that The Killers' concert which was supposed to happen tonight was cancelled about a week back due to unforseen circumstances.

in case you didnt know, i wanted to go to their concert really badly when i first found out about it, but i couldnt find anyone who was interested as well, and by the time i did, the tickets were already sold out. it was Coldplay 2006 all over again! sheer disappointment.

but now that i know that they didnt come at all, i feel sooooo much better. i actually grinned for about 3 minutes when i heard the news. i even told my mom about it, and she had to pretend to be interested (since i whined to her about not being able to attend the concert this afternoon). i know. my poor mom who's probably still wondering why anyone would ever call themselves "The Killers".

i feel really bad for the people who bought the tickets though. i can imagine how sucky they must've felt when they heard the news. i know i would've bitched about it. yikes.

well i'm getting the tickets the next time they come. i shall. :)

Friday, January 15, 2010

Good Riddance

it's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
i hope you had the time of your life.


Green Day's concert last night was absolutely BRILLIANT.


**this was not taken by me

i had the time of my life.

Seoul far, seoul good.

twenty-ten.
time for an update.

2009 ended on a pretty nice note for me. i guess, working the entire year paid off as the trip to Korea was nothing but fun and enjoyable for me. to put it simply, i had a blast.

my toes were frozen on most days, but i still loved the freezing weather despite that fact. it made the perfect excuse for a nice cup of hot cacao from dunkin donuts. plus, the layers of clothes helped to hide whatever extra weight i was putting on from all that chocolate. i know. i was self-convinced.

now i didnt(still dont) exactly know how to speak the Korean language. so i decided to throw in whatever i'd picked up from the variety shows that i had watched before. we started out feeling slightly embarrassed about it, but by the end of day one, we were throwing in words even if they didnt make sense. come on, at least ONE word had to, right? :)

from the beautiful nature on Jeju Island to the bright lights and tall buildings in Seoul city. walking to the macdonalds near our hotel in the evenings for ice cream and fries. entering every supermarket in sight to see what they were selling(even though they pretty much sold the same things). chatting with the grandmothers who were pulling dead grass off the ground. learning to make our very own kimchi and bukkumi. falling down about 16729345 times on the ski mountains and gaining about 6 bruises on my left leg after that. nodding our heads and saying "kamsahamnida" to everyone, everywhere. the discovery of Binggrae banana milk, fish sticks and Lotte throat candy.

the friendly tour group, the honest tour guide and most importantly, the crazy, whacky, fun and awesome companion i got to travel with. :)

i loved them all.

which was pretty much why i suffered from major post-holiday blues for about 2 1/2 weeks after i returned. uh-huh. that long.

well, you just wait for me, Korea. i'm definitely going back!