[Part 2] 026. 27 August 2010 Friday

There isn't a day whereby I can just stay in my room and slack or rot. KUBS decided to give us a hell of a night yesterday when we only got 4 out of the 6 modules we wanted: International Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Investments and Korean Intermediate 1. What about Consumer Behaviour and Management Strategy??? So, we had to wake up early to go to the Business School Main Hall to talk to Ms Woojin Rhee and register for the other modules that we want again. It was sooooo frustrating...seeing that all the classes we wanted are full and that we had to search for other modules to map back to NUS. Management strategy is definitely a course I want to take here and not back in NUS but there isn't any other module that can be mapped back to BSP3001, not even International Business. Thank you KU. For not giving me a place to stay in CJ House when I had already planned to do so since last August (in 2009) and for not giving me the classes I want when I had already planned what to take since June 2010. Our frantic search for alternative modules and calls back to NUS about module mapping resulted in us being late for our meeting with JeeHyun unni and her boyfriend. The fact that I had the wrong number for JeeHyun's handphone exacerbated the situation because I had smsed her at least half an hour in advance informing her that we would be late but she never received it because I sent it to the wrong number -_- As a result, we took a cab from Anam to Hongdae.

Bearing the heat and trudging to the Business School

Desperate search for other classes

We met JeeHyun unni and her boyfriend at the KFC by Exit 5 of Hongdae and they brought us to a pretty Italian restaurant "Bacio Baci" beside Banila & Co. It's quite a popular restaurant and we had to wait for quite some time before we were given seats upstairs. It was nice talking to JeeHyun and seeing her in person after I had last seen her in November last year when I sent her off at PGP. JeeHyun is Jeannie's Korean buddy in NUS in AY09/10 Semester 1. Her boyfriend's nice and I think they make a really cute couple!

Waiting for seats

Couple rings!

After lunch, we went in search for a Wii Cafe BUT unfortunately, the cafe didn't offer nice games such as Guitar Hero (actually, I don't play any games so I don't even know what Guitar Hero really is) so we went in search of a pretty cafe called Hoho Myoll which is quite near NB Club. When JeeHyun unni went to the toilet during lunch, her boyfriend told us that she actually did quite a bit of research to find out where to bring Jeannie and I to! Thank you, unni! She even gave Jeannie and I a Starbucks Korea cup each as gifts. I definitely had an enjoyable time with them :)

Cute couple take 1

Cute couple take 2

We found it!

Unfortunately, there isn't a photo of me with them because JeeHyun's bf didn't manage to take a photo :(  Oh wells, there's always a next time! 

I love this cafe!!! That's the food preparation area / kitchen.

Drinks preparation area 

The map to the places they wanted to bring us to

Our umbrellas

Filming in Hongdae area

Kim Jung Eun

After our tea session, JeeHyun and her bf sent us to the subway station before we went our separate ways. Jeannie and I went to Myeongdong to shop and we were subsequently joined by Zechy and Yuhong. I went back to H&M again and realised that I had bought the wrong size for my blouse and I have to go back to Myeongdong yet again to have my item changed before 30 days is up. The rain really marred everything and we had to seek shelter in American Apparel before heading towards Kraze Burgers where we had our dinner at and chatted until the rain stopped. Our conversation centralized on how scary life in the Business School is and how competitive it is to secure a good internship. I think it's better for us to rely on ourselves and not on the Career Centre...and to pull whatever strings we have (though I don't have many).

No other photos of me for the day :(

We had the Phillys set

Jeannie and Zechy

I had to rush back to buy a slice of cake from a bakery in the subway station and to skype with my family to celebrate my mother's birthday online. In the end, I was too late :( My family waited for me until the candles were half melted :( But at least, I was in time for the opening of my mother's birthday presents! And what a small world it is! My dad actually bought my mother's Lancome eye product from my primary school good friend, Sara Yeoh, who is currently working part time at Lancome! I hope my mother likes the Moony Orgel music box that I got from Insadong for her! Thank you Mel for bringing it back to Singapore for me :) If I still have enough money by the end of my trip here, I'll go back to buy one for myself. Also, my brother finally bought a nice birthday card for my mother (the first time he bought a card for someone) and he decided to be funny by showing me random stuff.

My way of celebrating with my family

Dearest mummy with her presents

The card my brother got

Crazy brother

Mummy with the music box

The aeroplane model box my dad put my mum's handbag in to fool her

After skyping with my family for half an hour, I joined Jeannie, Zechy and Yuhong in Samsung Chicken where they ate and drank. I'm on a self-imposed ban from eating fried chicken until my throat has cleared the sore throat danger zone!