Today is the three years marked since I arrived here in Korea. I can still vividly remembers my first flight alone, nervous and excitement. My husband fetch me at the airport and the feeling of being reunited and being strange with the surrounding around me is glittery.

My first few days are are not that bad and not that good, I hate the smell of gim I barely eat gimbap. The gimbap that my husband bought for me while we are in the subway stays in the fridge until it was already too hard to eat and your guess is right as mine I have to throw it.

I didn’t even appreciate the taste of kimchi it is too salty and hot for me, same thing with their noodles I felt like I ate a whole bunch of chilli peppers so what I did those time is pour a lot of water in my cup and use a little amount of seasoning so I can eat without a problem. And there comes the instant ottogi meal I only eat few of them like the meat balls, barbecue chicken and etc., but the rest are wasted.

My husband buy a lot of food for me but most of them are wasted so week by week my food supplies declined and I only eat eggs and noodles, I lose weight and that’s for sure but when my husband’s contract in Seoul ended after few months and we moved on where we are now, everything changed.

I started to love kimchi, being addicted to gimbap, bibimbap and other Korean food. I appreciate the food and eat without hesitation I have been in love with the gim I can even eat gim alone. Oh well in short period of time I have adjusted on the food here, the place and everything and it is hard to believed it is already three years since I arrived here.

I didn’t buy a lot of food when we shopped for our weekly supplies because I am planning to cook  and eat the old stocked  before buying more. One of the old food I have is the fish cake or eomook in the freezer so I made a soup from it. For me it tasted good even though it doesn’t taste like the fish cake soup they have in the street.

This is my menu for today, I sauteed  a pork with  carrots and cabbage. It is simple but yummylicious because I used Ginisa Mix on it. I sauteed garlic and onion then add the pork and cook it until brown, add water, the carrots, cabbage, salt  and ginisa mix and cook until tender.

Who said that a cat and a dog wouldn’t be happy together? It is an old saying, belief that cat and dog wouldn’t work together but I guess it depends, look how comfortable Jihoo with his cat friend.  It looks like they’re having a conversation eh, dunno what they are talking about.

Family picnic, barbecue party is very popular in Korea during spring and summer season that’s why when winter was finally over Lotte Super immediately had this barbecue corner where you can buy picnic and barbecue utensils to accessories like barbecue grill, mats, fans, ice and soft drinks box, colorful hats, slippers and etc.,

This is the first thing you will see when you enter the supermarket that’s why you wouldn’t really forget to have a barbecue party in your home.

These past few weeks I have been eating chicken adobo and feeling tired from it I cooked soup last night using the remaining pieces of chicken and the remaining pack of misua noodles. I also drop few macaroni on my soup and use magic sarap to add more flavor on it.

My ingredients:

• chicken strips, misua, zucchini, garlic, onion, pepper, magic sarap, macaroni, water

This is what we bought on my husband’s birthday, Tiramisu Cake from Tous Les Jours. We usually buy cake in Paris Baguette but since I have a point card and buying cakes or baked goods in Tous Les Jours can help me gain points we are now buying  from them.

And the good thing too the point card I have is also good to use in VIP’s Steakhouse one more reason to choose these steak house when Outback is not around.

Tiramisu  is an Italian cake and dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with liquor and cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of puddings, cakes and other desserts.

There are times that you are required to travel it is either work related or for leisure. Everything is set but there’s one thing stopping you and that is your pet, no one will took care of your dog while you are away especially if you are living alone. The good thing now a days there are dog kennels where you can place your dogs temporarily for a free. They provide priceless service and provide safe and friendly environment for dogs.

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Dog kennels establishments are can be ordinarily found in key cities, mostly in downtown areas and many of them also offer grooming and training services in addition to boarding, there are also some where you can buy accessories and clothes for your dog. Your dog might felt unfamiliar with the kennel surroundings so you should bring him for a walk before deciding to left your dog for short period of time.

Today is public holiday in Korea, it is Hyeonchung-il or Memorial Day it commemorates the men and women who died while in military service or in the independence movement. A national commemoration ceremony is held in Seoul National Cemetery on this day.

The gym is also closed during public holiday dunno what’s the connection but they are really closed. Unlike in our country private sector are usually open on this kind of holiday but here I guess they’re not.

The other night as I felt so hungry and so lazy to cook something I went to GS25 and bought instant meal and when I am paying in the counter the sales clerk told me that there’s a free drink so I went up to the fridge to look for the drink featured in the meal but no matter how I tried I can’t find it so I return to the counter bringing nothing.

It turns out it is is the different fridge just where I get the meal but the sales clerk pointed the two big fridge to me, lol. Anyway the drink is also different from the drink shown in the meal coupon. Until now the drink is still  in the fridge so I can’t tell what flavor is it but based on the color it looks like cherry.