June [ in pictures ]

 June was an awesomely amazing month! Well, it can't not be awesome when you are travelling right!

We took our first family vacation of the year and it was all done really last minute. Like literally, we were discussing when were the possible dates for Daddy Li to take leave, and it ended up being pretty last minute that the leave got approved and then it came to deciding where to go. Long story short, after doing some brief research and checking all the weather info and flight fares we ended up booking the flight and accommodation a week before we left. The last time we travelled as a family it was such a rush, and also when I left for my solo trip to BKK it was also super last minute that I swore to myself that I will never ever do last minute trips again and give myself ample time to plan. Cos I mean you are going on a holiday, who wants to stress with all the planning and have lack of sleep with no energy left for the actual holiday right. The time I travelled to BKK I was so tired from lack of sleep that I found myself struggling to keep my eyes open at certain times. So yes, that's how tired I was. And if planning a solo trip was already so time consuming, you can only imagine how much more planning is needed for a family vacay.

Well anyway, obviously, we did a last minute travel again. Because well a last minute vacation is better than no vacation at all right? And you know what, despite the rush in having to plan the itinerary and sorting out the logistics, I have no regrets that we made the family trip to Korea!

Honestly the travel destination itself was so random because we aren't like Kpop fans or K-drama crazy. We do watch a few dramas but honestly my first ever K-drama was DOTS. And I guess that kind of started me on the K-drama thing. Like hello, you are talking about someone who had not eaten Korean BBQ till 2015. Yes I know I have been living in a cave. We had wanted to go to Japan but the weather forecast wasn't good and it was the same for the other destinations we had in mind. In any case, we just decided to go Korea because..Korean food can't possibly disappoint esp since we've been pretty into eating Korean food recently, and..I had my own agenda of spamming the Korean skincare and cosmetic products.

Okay, I just realised I rambled a whole lot about the trip, which in fact should have a post of it's own. But I think that may not ever happen cos I'm quite lazy to do it. But you never know..heh.

Well anyway, in short, Korea was amazing. I love the country so so much like I actually already want to go back there. I wouldn't even mind staying there for a few years to experience what's life like there. Like blending in with the locals, exploring the places outside of Seoul, going to Jeju to explore nature and check out all the awesome sceneries and of course indulging in authentic Korean food and having easy access to all the great Korean skincare products :D But yes, such is life. We have to return back to reality. Making a trip back to that amazing country is definitely a must. I am already thinking of a girl's trip with the bub when she is a little older!

And..since it was the June school holidays, I took the opportunity that there weren't formal lessons at school to spend time with Kaitlin! I can't believe that very soon, she would be in primary school and with that comes a whole new set of challenges, for the bub and myself! Like homework, preparing for exams and waking up extra earls! But as usual, we'll cross the bridge when we get to it.

Just like every other year, we paid a visit to the the Geylang Serai Pasar Malam to get our fix of pasar malam noms! Every year the food offerings get more unique. Churros were so last year. This year, there were rainbow bagels and rainbow pudding drinks which made the unicorn lover in me slightly excited. Of course, we couldn't do without our usual pasar malam must-have, the Ramly burger!

July's already ending soon, and time really is passing by so fast! It's going to get a little busier on the home front, but more about that in the future posts! For now it's back to checking off more things on my list!