Trying to be healthy in the heat that is trying my patience...

An assortment of summertime goodies :)

The first is a "healthy" bento box menu they have at my work's cafeteria.

The problem is...after this nutritious option, one must indulge in some treats that contain the sugar/fat/carbs that one has missed out on by choosing this option. ><

Buckwheat noodles mmmmmm

 Tofu Salad

It's insanely hot; or perhaps a better description would be humid.
I'm from Aus, so should be used to the heat, but not when the humidity hits you like a sauna in the face ><

Must keep hydrated....Also, am so glad I get to leave the heat for a week next week as I make my way back home for vacance!!! weee :)

At Paris Baguette with friend, stuffing our faces with creamy and sugary medley of carbs! yum!

A necessity for a Tete a tete ?

Although after this afternoon treat, we both stocked up on sweet potatoes and cereal and vowed to stay away from refined carbs for the next week...whether we failed and how we did so is irrelevant!

What we should have had >< 

Sometimes I think...

I can't believe I will never see you again.
What was the point of all that?
You with your convincing, and getting your feeling supposedly hurt;
in the end, none of those things that were so important seemed to matter to you. As you'd take out the trash, you did so without any regret.


And why did I convince myself that it'd work out when odds were stacked against from the start.
Why did I try to become something I wasn't. Who did I think I was?

I hope it goes away soon, completely.
Maybe it's because I held back, was too cautious, too guarded...it doesn't matter now.
I wish I could stop thinking about it.....
I guess that's what happens when you're a grown-up: you are free to make choices and then you live with the consequences.


I'm sure years from now, I'll look back on these times and feel not a thing.
It's how everyone feels right?
Maybe I wasn't too different from everyone else after all....

To snap or not to snap pt.2.

After the market, we went for a stroll around the city!
And soon it turned into dusk.

In to the night.....

To snap or not to snap...that is the question Pt.1.

The problem with carrying around your camera, as you walk down the city is that when you are looking through the lens, you zoom-in, focus, and miss everything taking place around you.

I do love taking photos; sometimes I go somewhere just for the purpose of snapping away. But I can't deny that while I'm clicking away that sometimes stuff happens, and I generally tend to focus less on those I'm with.

It's a toss-up and sometimes, it's really worth leaving you camera behind.

On that note, I share with you Seoul: Gwangjang markets and beyond.

Gwangjang market

Mung bean pancakes. 

A bowl of maekgoli to wash it all down. 

Assortment of fried goodness. The seafood pancake is my  pick! 

This was my first Korean market experience and I loved it.
There's nothing fancy about this place; accordingly the "fashionistas" you see at Gangnam, coffee shops and everywhere else "trendy" are nowhere to be seen.

Just simple folks selling their wares, and to me this felt like the "Real Korea," provincial, dirty and all.

Loud and clear

If I had to sum up what I have learned in the last year, I think it boils down to this:

Don't listen to a person's words, rather, look at their actions....that's who they really are.

Who people profess to be and who they are can sometimes be miles apart.

People are so dramatic these days, throwing words around and pretending --and perhaps really believing themselves--that their word is their bond.....it's not.
The bible says it clear:

"As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead."James 2:26
"By their fruit you will recognize them"Matthew 7:16

But wait, 

Balzac said it too:

“It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.”

As a human being, you want to be able to believe what someone else says, especially those who are close to us, but we have to remember that some people genuinely believe that they are a marshmallow....or a good person or so on.
The closer the person, perhaps we owe it to ourselves and them to rethink their actions and words. That is how you truly know someone.

This goes for reflecting on ourselves too.
What do I say, but never actually deliver on? Does that perhaps really show that my words are empty? maybe I just want to believe that I am this way...but am I really?

What things in my life do I believe in, and are they worth  acting on?
And we know, taking action is hard. On the other hand, talk is cheap.

I hope you all act on things you believe in and also realize that if you haven't actually gotten around to something, perhaps, it means not much to you after all.

steppin' back in class

Last weekend's feast bonanza, as per usual; consisting of a stop at Cheil jemyunso: a noodle franchise owned by CJ....Is there anything they don't own? oh yeah, stuff owned by Samsung.

Lunch was followed by a charming cafe that was themed like a retro boutique hotel!

Caught up with and old friend from abroad, made some new ones; it's always fun getting to know people and also marvel at how much has changed, how much hasn't, and then wondering if everything is just all about perception (rather than changes) after all.

There are so many unique individuals out there and I'm truly honored to be living a life where there are constant streams of people coming in --and although sad as it may be-- out.

Spicy somyun noodles.

Chicken karrage was delish!

Udon.

Much needed coffee break at a hotel themed cafe.


Check-in your beverages :)