what you possibly needed when you come to Korea

hello! \@.@/

I'm sorry I post this a little bit too late than I expected.

I came back from South Korea on 19th of May.
I did my trip from 8th-19th of May. I got my flight arrived in Busan, cause it was cheaper than the one that arrived in Seoul. we rode KTX from Busan to Seoul and just did the trip like anyone else. I'll post a lot of my experiences in Korea later ;)


so hm. i hope this post will help you a little bit if you get a plan to go to South Korea.
these are probably things that you'll need when you go to South Korea.

1. enough clothes. actually.. minimalize it. it would be much better for you if you look up for a hostel or a guest house that provide the washing machine, detergent, and an iron. it doesn't really matter if you wear on the same clothe just like 2 days before, noone knows you there anyway. and your luggage will be much lighter. so you'll get extra space for another important things.

2. camera. you should take pictures there. take as many as you can. really.

3. umbrella. noone can predict exactly when will the rain fall down. just bring the small one. rather than buy it in South Korea, use your money for another things.

4. passport. bring your passport everywhere you go. don't you leave it at your guest house or hostel. you don't know what will happen to you there. so you should be prepare because passport is like your ID card when you go aboard.

5. water bottle. dispenser in South Korea is really easy to find. if you go into a mall, you'll find it and it's free. water in the restaurants is free too.

6. subway map. you can get this in the airport, and this is an important thing to have. the subway is really convenience. and the first time you see the map, you'll get confused but that's okay. this is a tip, the subway doesn't always show the next station or  your destination. but look for the final station or the furthest station there. they always put it in the board. or maybe the big transit station that get a lot of lines there. like City Hall. they put it there too.

7. bring your own toiletries. minimalize them too. like shampoo or toothpaste. but maybe you don't have to bring your own soap because most of the guesthouse provide it. they also provide a shampoo. but in case it doesn't suit your hair or will damage your hair, you should bring your own shampoo.

8. Phone and sim card. you can change your simcard and buy the new one in the airport, or in GS25, the convenience store. I got mine in GS25 and it costs 30.000won. and I used it for 11 days. and it's easy to use too. but, if your phone is locked by a provider, like if you come from US, you can buy a pocket wifi in the airport.

9. chilli sauce. if you love spicy things, and especially those who come from the Southeast Asia like me, we got sambal right? or when we eat at McDonald, we got the sachet one? we will not get those delicious things in Korea. Chilli is expensive in Korea. we should pay extra like 500won for the sachet one in Lotteria. so if you love sambal, bring them.

10. massage cream. we will use our feet like A LOT. your feet will stiff every night if you don't usually use your feet. so the massage cream will help you a little bit.

11. Language. we will be much appriciated if we can talk their language, even just a bit. not to say generally, but still, some people in Korea are racist. but a lot of people are generous so don't be worry.

12. learn their culture. like hand gesture when you recieve money from others, give money to others use your two hands. and when you give your greeting to someone older than you, you should bow. and still, smile is the best weapon. be nice to other people, and greet them alot.

13. be open minded. you should stick up to their culture as you learn about it because you stay in another country. you got your own law and so do they. at least try to be polite and humble :)

14. be brave. gather up your courage, really. when you're lost and you don't know where to go, you can just ask somebody and they will try to help you. and don't forget to say thank you (:

15. last but not least, a complete itinerary. where do you wanna go, how to get there, how much it will cost you, and how long it will take you. it is important to make it as detail as possible so you wouldn't make a big mistake and waste your time there.

here are the things that I think are important :3

hope it will help you, goodluck!

whitney.

Madness

Hey!

longtimenosee~
I'm really sorry I abandoned you, again. ;_;

I just finished my National Exams and waiting for the result on May 20th.
and I definitely will be going to pass MUAHAHA.

I came back from Surakarta and Yogyakarta yesterday. 4 days 3 nights trip. a short one but yeah, we were having fun. and because of that trip, I made a big decision. really big. and... bad. for other people. and maybe for me? I don't know. this thing scares me. a lot. because I'm gonna hurt the ones that I love, and care about. and even myself don't know this is a right thing to do or not.

I can't tell you yet about it. like the detail of it. because I wanna make it clear first. I want everybody to know, and I wish they understand. It seems like all of you gonna think I'm a bad person. a reaaaaally bad bad person. and I'm sorry. but I couldn't lie about my feelings. I wish things get settle up really soon. and just moving foward to a better living.

bust btw, I will be going to South Korea from May 8th - 19th : D
I will post a lot of pictures and stories, and please pray for me that it's gonna be a fun, and save trip.

see you later,
love,

Whitney.

Garlic Cheese Bread

Hello Bloggers! :3

I finally made something today~

and it was Garlic Cheese Bread. \(^.^)/

I took the recipe from Laura Vitale :3
you definitely should try some of her recipes because they're awesome!

well, it turned out to be.. so-so ;_;
since I didn't have an Italian bread I used Baguette instead of it.
it's just less crispy and salty, but it's still tasty thou :9

and I just took 1 photo when it's done
here it is :3

Garlic Cheese Bread

when I make some of her recipes again, I'll show it to you guys :3

see ya Bloggers! *hugs

HELLO!

Hello Bloggers! \@.@/

so sorry I didn't post anything lately. ._.
my husband (a.k.a my laptop) died cause of the over capacity.
I lived without it for couple weeks until I got this new hubby. YAY!

well, everything happened so fast,
I passed the Hell Weeks even the Final Exams that been held so early -_-
I didn't do them really well.
just wishing I can pass all the exams and become a grade 12th student :3

I actually want to continue my study overseas,
but I re-thinked about it and I'll go with my country's univ.
the excellent one thou,  HAHA pray for me k ;;)

even though I already passed the final exams,
that doesn't mean that I can get the holiday.
I still go to school until the 14th of June if I'm not wrong.
and I don't really now what will I do -_-
for this week we do some trainings(?) *I don't know how to call it in english ;_;
the topics are Human Trafficking and Communication Skill.
and after that my school will do a Communication Festival (C-Fest)
and after that I don't know what will I do in school.

maybe some students (including me)
who got bad scores in some subject will do an extra study,
to raise our scores in our report card.
well that's the only possible thing I can think :'''D

heung~
I'm really bored these days,
I don't know what to do.
I want to cook, but I don't know who'll eat with me to finish up the dish.
I want to go to the mall but I don't know who'll go with me,
and I don't really like to waste my own money *sorry I'm stingy ._.

well, let's meet in another time,
maybe I'll do some post with pictures when I cook
I tell you the recipe and something~

see ya really soon bloggers :3

Welcome Hell Week

Hello Bloggers! \@.@/

let's talk in Bahasa~

udah selama 3 minggu ini gua kayak di PHP-in sama sekolah.
jadi ceritanya, sekolah gua ini (sekolah lain juga deh kayaknya) lagi banyak libur.
kemaren yang pas abis kita selesai libur Paskah itu,
terjadilah yang namanya Hell Week Round One.
Tiap hari ada yang namanya ulangan.
pernah sih free hari Jumat, tapi hari Jumat itu gua ada remed, jadi sama aja -,-
nah, sekarang ini mulai hari Rabu - Jumat,
akan terjadi Hell Week Round Two nya nih.

kalo di kelas temen gua besok(Rabu) mereka akan ulangan Ekonomi 2 bab, Fighting!
kalo di kelas gua, hari Rabu itu ulangan Biologi.
ya sebenernya sih nggak apa kalo ulangan doang.
tapi tugas-tugas yang harus diselesein sebelom ulangannya itu loh.
LKS 2 lembar, suru ngegambar bagian-bagian kulit, telinga sama mata,
disuru ngejelasin mekanisme mendengar dan melihat. HAHAHAHAK
sama ada presentasi KWn yang masi absurd.

hari Kamisnya horror.
pelajaran ke 2 itu Fisika, dan itu ulangan.
Bapak guru gua ini nyelesein materi bab yang bakal diulangan-in cuman dengan,
2x45 menit(2xpertemuan) dan yang dia jelaskan adalah penurunan rumusnya.
"bab ini cuman main rumus doang kok~"
di kamus gua, gaada yang namanya main-main sama rumus,
udah cukup. gua nggak temenan sama rumus manapun, dan gua gak mau kenalan.
dia emang ngasih sih latihan soal. bagusnya gua les, kalo nggak bisa keburu mati duluan.
terus sambung pelajaran ke 3 itu Matematika, ya dan itu ulangan juga.
Matematika di SMA gua itu dibagi jadi 2.
di kelas 10 sih dibaginya Trigonometri sama Aljabar.
tapi sekarang sesuka guru yang ngajar. gua nggak paham pembagiannya.
nah yang bakal ulangan ini tentang suku banyak dan gurunya tuh.. hem.
untuk pass diulangan dia adalah suatu mukzijat yang gua harap akan menjadi kenyataan.
diantara otak gua yang belum menemukan jalannya, ato emang susah materinya.
dan biasanya ulangannya kan 60 menit, berati jam istirahat gua,
yang harusnya setelah jam ke 3 akan diundur. *elusperut*

hari Jumatnya ulangan Matematika yang satu lagi.
tentang ah. gua lupa. yang gua inget dari materi ini cuman,
kita bisa bikin pola batik. tentang garis singgung gitu-gitu deh.
kalo kalian juga udah lupa, mending jangan diinget.
ato kalo kalian belomtau, jangan cari tau dulu. biarkan saja.

hari Sabtunya sih harusnya ada yang namanya Vocational Test.
yah sebenernya sih ini lebih cocok buat anak-anak yang masi galau gitu ya.
yang masih absurd sama masa depan mereka, yang belom tau mau jadi apa.
berhubung harganya cukup menguras kantong celana bokap gua,
dan gua udah tau mau jadi apa ketika gua besar nanti*amin*
jadi ya ngapain ngikut lah. cape juga ngikut gituan.
tapi.. gantinya pelajaran Matematika hiks. HIKS

sebenernya, masi ada 3 ulangan yang udah nunggu sih.
Kimia, Bahasa Indonesia, sama KWn. mungkin Sejarah juga?
Kalo Kimia, kelas udah nge lobby Wali Kelas gua,
yang sekaligus guru Kimia buat ngundur ulangannya.
untungnya Wali Kelas gua cukup perhatian dan nyenengin abis,
jadi dia ngerti perasaan kita yea, terus ulangannya dijadiin pas hari Jumat,
abis anak-anak kelas 12 selesai UAN hari Kamisnya.
nah Bahasa Indonesia kali ini ulangannya cukup (tidak) penting (?)
kata tidak baku sama kata serapan. dari A-Z dari KBBI.
belom tau kapan. begitu juga sama KWn.
tapi gua punya feeling paling juga minggu setelah libur UAN,
yang bakal jadi Hell Week Round Three.

ya... liat aja nanti siapa tau Hell Week nya bisa sampe Round ke - 100.
disaat yang bersamaan juga, helai rambut gua tinggal 100. *ini jayus ohok*

doain ya semoga gua dan anak-anak sekolah gua yang laen bisa selamat minggu ini!

see you soon! :3

what's wrong with the Language Class?

Hey Bloggers :3

I'm back~

heung~ there's a problem with my school's Language Class.
in my country, usually when you're already in the first year of High School,
you have to choose the class you want to take for the second and last year of High School.
and usually, there are 3 optional classes,
there are Social Class, Science Class, and Language Class.
For several years, the Language Class (in my country) hem.. you can say ..
like reduced in number. Because students think that Language Class is not very important.
But there's still a Language Class in my school.
I am in my Second year of High School and I took a Science Class.
and you can say that I took the wrong path.
Actually,
I want to take the Language Class because I want to go to the Tourism Department in univ,
but, back then I was still confused between tourism and biotechnology.
and.. my dad seemed to subtly forcing me to go to the Science Class.
well, I take things too lightly and that's why I'm in Science Class now.
and because of that, all of my hard works from now on till I graduate will be useless.
I struggle everyday for NOTHING.
Who the hell will use Physics and Chemistry when they want to take the Tourism Department?

I have friends from the Language Class,
their class is in trouble now,
because there are only 2 first graders (if I'm not wrong)
who chose to take the Language Class and it is not confirm yet.
our headmaster told them that if the Language Class consists of less than 10 students,
the school will dismiss the Language Class.

Well, I have no rights to force anyone to choose the Language Class.
but you should know that schools offer you options because of your future.
the class that you chose should help you when you're in the university later.
not because of your parents, or your pride,
or you'll make no friends if you take a different class from your close friends.
like if you want to be a Doctor, a Researcher, or somebody who works in a lab you take the Science Class.
or if you want to be an Accountant, a Politician, a Lawyer, or a Businessman, you take the Social Class.
if you want to be a Journalist, a Translator, or sb who works in a Foreign Ministry, you take the Language Class.

and a lot of people say that the Language Class is easy, oh really?
they learn Literature, Anthropology, and other languages than English (ofc they learn English too).
all of the 3 options have their own difficulty.
AND IT'S ALL THE SAME.

what things you can be proud of if you're in a Science Class?
you say that you're smart?
only in science.
do you know many things about Accounting and Sociology? or Literature and Anthropology?
you don't, do you?
it's all the same.
we learn different things, so they can support us in our future.

and if you take the Science Class,
only because you don't know what you want to be,
and to think it's an easy way out,
you better think about it twice or you'll live with remorse for 2 years.

I'm not convincing you to take the Language Class.
if you don't want to, I don't care.
because I believe you knew what you want to be in the future.
and the class that you chose will support you to whom you'll become later.

just let me tell you this once,
DON'T STRUGGLE FOR NOTHING. 

PS: here's a link to make sure you know why language is important. But sorry, the article is in Bahasa.

it hurts.

hey bloggie long time no see huh? 

so sorry for not posting anything lately. 

hum. just let's go straight into the main topic.

my boyfriend and I broke up and I can't forget him.

it's like.. it sucks. so damn fucking sucks. 

I don't know what should I do to make this kind of feelings gone. 

I just. I'm trying, ok? but then I realized, I can't do it. at the first time. 

I thought "it's alright. it will be just fine" but then it's not. 

well, it was just one month and a half I think. 

it's not like it was already one year or something, it's not like we had so much memories together or what. but why I can't forget him? 

being in this kind of relationship with him is also a kind of impossible for me. 

I never thought that I could be with him. 

I admired him, for such a long time. I'm just keep it shut. so noone know. HA. 

I also don't like being in such a long distance relationship. but wth I can do it if it's with him. ofc I missed him. I want to met him. but, even thou it was like that, I still love(d) him. up till now I guess. 

there was a time when we already broke up, he told me, 'I can't be with you' and when I knew that, I thought "this should be the reason I must start to let him go" but it didn't work. 

I asked him what should I do so I can forget you? 

but he replied, "I didn't say you should forget me" that's weird. 

he knows what I feel about him. 

ah! but maybe he doesn't know that I SUFFER from this feeling I have to him. 

It's not fair. he can be happy right now. 

and there is me, who still struggling to find a way to make this feeling stop. 

I don't the fucking know what the heck that I want. 

I don't know what the hell that I'm waiting for. 

I don't know anything that is wrong with my feelings. 

I just want this to stop. I just can't stand this kind of suffering anymore. It hurts me too much. 

 I can still be happy. 

but when I'm alone there's something wrong with me. there's something broken and it's permanent. 

I can forget about the hole in my chest, but it's not going to be disappear. 

and that's the reason why I'm still like this until now.

because I don't know what thing will make that hole disappear.