namuneulbo

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and ninety one

i'm back in sweden and i'm so happy!

sotw: the sundays - summertime (yes, because of peter edits)

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and ninety

i met up with m for lunch. i had udong. i'm not quite sure what she had. afterwards she asked if i wanted to go for ice cream and i was down but on the way i mentioned how i need to take my pills for it and she kept insisting me to not get ice cream in that case. i thought it was sweet but like i was almost a bit disappointed because i really wanted ice cream MANNNNN. she bought me TWO ice teas instead though and she had a little gift for me and my roommate consisting of a poetry book, two keyrings, masking tape and a card. she's too nice TT

h graduated. he sent me lots of pictures and he seemed to have a good day <3

i tried baskin robbins for the first time on tuesday. it was nothing special but honestly i've been craving that mint chocolate chip baby ever since, might have to visit one last time.

on wednesday i met up with r. a girl i go to know through a language exchange board on campus. she had messaged me about liking mcr and we talked about it but then never ended up talking again. i had contacted her again last week asking if she was still down to meet up to which she said yes. we met up and had tteokbokki lunch and then went for coffee and shared a basque cake. we ended up going to the café near my place that i had been eyeing. it was really nice actually!

we ended up being almost crazily similar. our fav band is mcr, we both play a lot of games AND we play a lot of the same stuff, minecraft, stardew and horror games. we talked about silent hill quite a lot. her favorite movie is eternal sunshine, i love eternal sunshine. she likes stranger things, i like stranger things. we had so many things in common. it was so fun. i hope we keep in touch.

i had to rebook my flight. they had some operations happening at the airport on the day of my arrival and the best option ended up being pushing it forward multiple days so i'm staying a liiiittle longer. i'm pissed off though because 1) i'm going to a jpegmafia concert the same day i come home so i'm gonna be JETLAGGED most likely and 2) i need to move out of the dorm on a weekday so i have to move out before 5 pm on friday and then go to the airport and my flight leaves 9 PM THE NEXT DAY!!! so i'm sleeping AND spending the entire day at the airport :') if a god exists, they hate me. at least i don't need to stress that i'll miss my flight or get stuck in tax refund or something at the airport, i guess? no need to stress if i miss a train omw there or something like that.

saturday was pride. it was so fun but the homophobes are SO loud here. it really feels like a protest. more than back home. it was great though. i was there with h, j and j's friend. i even met the guy i got drunk with last week there, n. we had naengmyeon for dinner and then we went for drinks and clubbed but i didn't have it in me to stay out all night. n wanted to join us later because his friends were going home early so i felt a bit bad telling him i was gonna head home.

nowwwww i'm gonna go get mexican food YIPPEEEE!!!

sotw: my chemical romance - you know what they do to guys like us in prison

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty nine

this week was BUSYYY and next week's gonna be just as busy. maybe it's nice to get a busy kick out of these last few days. it's so weird to think i'll be back in stockholm in less than two weeks. i'm so excited but i'm so sad about leaving behind all the friends i've made here and the places i grew to love.

i went to the amusement part on monday with a, a, s and s. it was fun but GOD we were there for way too long. we got there right as it opened and we were done with pretty much everything by 5 pm which was the time we originally planned to leave but s really wanted to see the parade that started a little past 8. i was exhausted by the time the parade began and it was so extremely underwhelming too. the rides there were fun though and i copped a sloth keychain and mofusand keychain from a gacha machine.

i still think about the chocolate filled churro i had there. so good. i love churros.

tuesday i went thrifting with h. she ended up being quite late because of trains so i went for lunch by myself and had a fire poke bowl. the vintage store was so far away from my station. it took over an hour to get there. it was a giant success though. i got the coolest baggy jeans EVER! i've been looking for a nice pair of reallt baggy skater jeans and these were perfect AND i tried them on and they almost fit my waist without a belt so i don't even need to sew them or anything. i also got a long yellow acid wash denim skirt. i'm so happy with both of them and i've been wearing both a lot for the past week.

after thrifting we went to this café near hongdae that had swedish style cardamom buns. technically danish but they taste the same anyways so it tasted like home to me. first time eating one with a knife and fork though. it was so fucking good regardless though.

we ended the evening with drinks in hongdae. i don't fuck with hongdae. itaewon for the win.

oh my god, i'm craving a sweet treat so bad right now.

wednesday was a flop day.

thursday! i went on a hunt for glasses. couldn't find any frames i liked though. need to try again sometime this incoming week so i can get new glasses here because it's so much cheaper than in sweden.

met h again for drinks in the evening and BRO i had a subway sandwich before i met up with her and it was probably the most perfect one. like... it's the same i always get but they COOKED with it. could've cried it was so perfect.

we went to one of our fav places and then to some rooftop bar. at the bus stop later when i was waiting for my bus some guy came up and tried talking to me. or i mean, we did end up having a conversation. took him a while to leave me the fuck alone though. he tried once and i pretended to not hear him trying to initiate conversation but then he tried a while after and i gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe he just wants to ask about the bus or something because it was quite behind schedule but no, of course he just wanted to be weird. he asked all the usual shit, where i'm from, what brings me here, where i'm going, what i do... when i replied he was like "wooow, finland? a country of beauty!" and then when he asked me where i was going i just lied saying i was going to a friend's place and that i don't really know what the place is called, i'm just following the maps to not have to reveal where i'm headed. he even tried to look over my phone to see my phone to see the map route. literally STOP!!! men are so weird. he continued and asked if i had ever dated a korean guy and i told him no and he asked why and i said i had a boyfriend back home. that finally made him leave.

ALSO!!!

i got into the music school i applied to :') even after having all the odds against me. I'M SO EXCITED! this year is so crazy for me.

friday! my fav pub were playing fall out boy and panic! at the disco for the first half of the evening so i went there right when it started at 6 pm. sat by myself and had a beer, a baileys and a pina colada (i don't know how to make the squiggly n on my laptop SORRY!) and watched the music videos as they were projected. they played mostly new stuff which was a bit disappointing but you know... i still mess with some of it. also, totally forgot how good pina coladas are. a, l and l joined around 8 pm though and we stayed there until the theme ended and then we went to another bar and had fries and non-alcoholic drinks hahaha.

saturday! i had been making flashcards of hanja all night. still had some left to do in the morning. i slept for nine hours. i was still so tired. i thought i'd be stuck doing flashcards all day but i finished them up quicker than expected so i got ready and went out for a bit. i went to the nintendo store. i had been wanting to go for a while and thought i'd check it out now. came home with a tom nook and blathers hihi. it was located in a mall so on the way back i stopped by lush to get a body lotion. of course, going into a lush requires time because even though i knew what i was getting they obviously wanted me to try a whole routine. the guy helping me out was the sweetest though and i appreciated that he spoke korean to me even though i spoke back in such bad korean. i have no idea why i was so bad lmao. i just ended up getting the same lotion he used when instructing me through the entire hand wash routine. it was called keep it fluffy. smells like roses. he said it'll pair well with my sakura body mist so i'm sold. i have no idea how to pair smells. i just wear whatever smells good.

had a crazy night out sunday to monday. there was an emo night so i met with my friends there and their other friend joined after a bit and then i was left alone with her. she was fun though and she was also finnish! a guy came up to her asking if she prefers rum or gin. she answered gin and after a while he came back with a giant gin and tonic for us all to share. like literally with three straws. after a while the music got so loud we had to walk out for a bit and then we went to get ear plugs and then on the way back we got offered a whole bottle of vodka for free at one club and like... can't say no to that. i got absolutely shitfaced. like i had one single thought in my head and that was that i was feeling great. my new friend's twin brother joined us too after a bit. he's studying here as well which is why his twin was here in the first place.

the bartender recognized my knocked loose shirt which was fun. it was quite funny though because she asked it like "do you know what you're wearing?" and at first i got scared she was offended by the fact that my tee had a bunch of crosses on it but then she showed the band profile and i was like YES!!!!!! sweet interaction!!

we went back to the emo club for a bit before we all were feeling too sick and then went for pizza. e seemed super out of it and her brother had lost his phone. it was a mess. i was feeling great however, her brother eventually found his phone and when i texted e this morning she said she was feeling better <3

i got home at 6 am. after a busride filled with hiccups.

sotw: my chemical romance - dead!

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty eight

caught a cold but i'm all good now.

lots and lots of calls with h.

been playing around with makeup and having fun.

put some more red in my hair.

lots of cat pics from h <3

tried a monster american (yuck).

third lobe is rejecting again for the third time.

sims build mode is bugged and i wanna build so bad TT

sotw: buck-tick - cosmos

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty seven

it feels like i've done sm yet so little this week. i went shopping on monday and i finally found the keyrings i've been looking for. a poppy playtime one and a gengar one. i haven't even played poppy playtime but the blue guys too cute, i had to. i like creepy things.

i tried a new curl routine on tuesday and my hair turned out better than usual so i think i'll be trying that one for a while now and see how i like it. it's just a bit annoying bc my hair already takes a while to dry but with this technique it takes even longer which is bad bc i'm a morning showerer by heart. i should maybe invest in a diffuser.

in the evening i went on dinner with one of my professors and my student councelor from my home uni as well as a few alumnis from my major. all the exchange students were invited but i was the only one who came LMAO. it was nice though. it was a barbeque place so i did tell my student councelor beforehand that i might not be able to eat that much there but she contacted one of the alumnis who happened to work there and he was then able to guarantee me some vegetarian options! he was kinda cute not gonna lie but i'm also married to h. i feel bad for thinking other people are cute but is that not just human? i don't want to date them, i want to date h.

anyways, it was still good even though most of my food was just plain grilled vegetables and garlic rice. afterwards we walked to itaewon and went for a beer. i left first along with two others because i couldn't be bothered catching a bus.

our university festival started on tuesday and went on until thursday. i only really went out on thursday. i briefly went out on wednesday and watched a band play for a bit and then tried getting into the aespa concert but the queue was so long. people had been queueing since i woke up and i ended up just straight up not getting into the area. not even close enough to see a screen. it's quite dumb of them to hold the concert in such a secluded and small area. i watched another band play on thursday. they played some bangers. starlight by muse and high noon by thornapple. approved by me! in the evening h came to walk around the festival with me. later we walked to seongsu to eat pasta. we ordered the same thing, a carbonara, but i asked for them to remove the bacon and they did BUT APPARENTLY IT HAD SHRIMP TOO??? i swear to god... no matter how well i think i've thought it through and ordered accordingly so i will be able to eat it, there WILL be meat in there somewhere. i was so hungry i just gave the shrimp to h and ate it anyways. i mean... the damage has already been done? i still dont enjoy eating meat but i'm mostly vegetarian because i hate the meat industry. you know, back home in sweden i'm basically vegan because of how accessible it is. here i basically can't be.

friday was NOT my day. i was meeting j to go to an escape room BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE MEETING AN HOUR LATER??? so i just noticed when she texted me like "let me know when you're here" AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO START GOING THERE TT i ended up paying for everything that night to even out the cost for the escape room. i felt so bad dude :( but we ended up having a nice evening out anyways. we went for dinner and had chive pancakes and an omelette with makgeolli. so like the most korean meal ever LMAO! it was sooooo good though and we got so many different types of kimchis with it too. it was great. it was my first time trying makgeolli and it's not really my thing but i got quite fucking drunk from it.

we then went to a bar for somaek and oh my god. we were talking like normal and then j went to the bathroom and while she was gone, two girls at the table next to us started talking to me. the first girl just asked for my insta and did a bunch of hearts with her hands and kept telling me she wanted to be friends. so we all exchanged instagrams and when j came back they spoke to her in korean and told her they thought it was cool how we spoke in a mix of korean and english. we decided to move to a bigger table to sit together and the two girls kept flirting with me and asking what my type was. one of them was 31 and she worked as a webtoon designer which i thought was super cool and the other girl was 25 but i don't remember what she worked as but they had worked at the same office at some point so maybe she also works with webtoons? i can't even remember that well all the flirting they did but they were proper love triangle fighting over me and trying to win me over. the older one would go smoke sometimes and always ask me to join and then grab my hand to bring me down. the younger would join and she was CONFIDENT when she flirted with me and like smugged an everything and they both would like hold me and stuff like at some point i had to tell them i'm talking to someone TT it was honestly hard to tell if they were flirting or just being nice in the beginning which is why i let it go on for so long before i said anything. my friend agreed too that she couldn't really tell until later. they just seemed like very typically korean in a way, you know? so many people are touchy here and i really like it because i love being touchy with people but i think for me as a finn, it's seen more romantic than it needs to be.

they were fun people, i don't have anything against them at all. we actually all planned to go to seoul pride together so that's fun! i had earlier in the evening talked with j about going together so it was perfect.

i started feeling a little sick that evening and i am indeed back in a cold now. horrible timing with my music school audition coming up. maybe they're understanding? singers are always cooked if they happen to become sick. i've been resting a lot, avoiding talking and drinking lots and lots of hot tea.

sotw: muse - starlight

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty six

highlights:

finished the language classes and officially passed to level four!

got beerbongs & bentleys on cd.

monsta x 10th anniversary café!

sotw: kaj - bara bada bastu

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty five

both monday and tuesday was a holiday so me and h and j went out all night. literally. i got home at 6 am. AND!!! i did all of that with a stomach ache. one might say i was being brave about it. we went to pet sounds as always then went to take pictures at a photoism and then just walked around the club streets and got free drinks for a bit. lastly we went to get some food before catching the first subway. it was a lot of fun!!!

me and h went out again on friday. we went to a new pub in haebangchon and it was so nice??? we decided we definitely need to go there again. we then went for food at some shitty american style restaurant. never again.

on saturday i went to get my haircut. it went well and it went by so quick. im really happy with how it turned out. i just went to get a trim and get my layers touched up and stuff. i got complimented for my hair color so thats always fun. downside is i did not wear makeup and apparently she posted the pics she took of me and DUDE... she edited the shit out of me. i genuinely look ai-generated... i'm scared... i would've reposted it if i didn't look genuinely scary TT

after the haircut i went by the poké bowl place and also mammoth and got some coffee. might have to get more coffee... i'm feeling like drinking some now even though i just downed a monster.

ALSO... dreamt about gerard way last night and i was talking to him but i was so nervous i could barely talk but yeah let's do an mcr song as the song of the week.

sotw: my chemical romance - cemetery drive

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty four

MY TUMMY HURTS!

so... short entry.

first day with my legs out this season!

got a cute little gift from my fav teacher.

tried doing a cash withdrawal from like five different places and NONE OF THEM WORKED so i contacted my bank and they didn't know either.

krispy kreme are selling pokémon donuts right now so i had a slowpoke donut.

went to a school picnic event.

had some fire tacos with h.

sotw: flume & jpegmafia - ai girlfriend

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty three

highlights!

mcr pub.

talking to boy h.

i was constipated as shit (pun intended) but i'm all good now.

hung out with girl h again.

got two new track jackets.

got my ear pierced.

sotw: 2hollis - jeans

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty two

one talking stage is down. only h is left. it's weird. we talk everyday. not as crazy much as we used to back in the day. it's nice in a way i guess to not be AS stuck to my phone as i'd otherwise be. i like talking to him and stuff and he's very pretty and swag but it's weird. i was the reason we broke up last time mainly bc i felt like there things i were looking for that weren't there. i still see those things in him but i'm almost considering if it's worth it to become a fixer upper. he's nice at his core, i know that but sometimes his jokes go a little too far which sometimes just makes me a bit sad when he suddenly calls me ugly while we're playfully bullying. although he hasnt for a bit now. i think he's gotten the hint now after i've gotten a little angry at him whenever he did it.

i'm also a little confused. we're obviously not exclusive already but i think somehow considering we have been in the past, i feel weird knowing he talks to other people but like... so am i? double standard much? i'm a little frustrated because i'm so tired of whoring around and talking to a bunch of people at once. it's so draining but my one goal to come out of my whore phase was to fuck a girl but I'VE BARELY GONE ON DATES WITH GIRLS!!! i've tried. that's what i hate about it. I'VE TRIED! i've been swiping on so many girls and i barely get any matches and when i do they stop replying out of nowhere. then i'll be like "aw man, i'll just quickly look what the guys are doing" and BOOM i match with every single guy i swipe on. i'm very bisexual like i love fucking guys but i do in fact also love fucking girls. i know that for a fact. SO LET ME DOOOOOOOOOO IT!!!

on monday i had an odd but fun lunch. i went out for lunch with my fav teacher and my fav classmate. my teacher had told the entire class to join but after class it was just me and the other girl who showed up. i almost felt a bit bad for her. i forgot my umbrella that morning so i shared with the teacher. she's literally the cutest and we walked with our arms intertwined. i would genuinely die for her. she's the best teacher i've ever had.

afterwards i walked back to the dorm along with my classmate, a. she's super cute too. i got to share umbrella with her too. she ikes haikyuu so i tried putting her onto sk8 but with the language barrier it was hard. we split up by the mammoth coffee before the dorm since i went to get a latte.

i met up with my dad and his fiancé later in the day. we had dinner and then just walked around for ages. stopped for a beer now and then. we did the same on tuesday.

tried putting my hair in braids on tuesday. it turned out so cute. i need to braid my hair more often.

i met up with a new friend, h, on wednesday. it was fun! we had dinner then went for a drink and some cake and then we went to the river to eat street food and drink. we finally started loosing up here so we we're talking more comfortably and she was so fun. also, the potato thing i ate was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.

i had a good saturday. got to sleep in and i was able to finish all my tasks early. i did my makeup in a new way. i saw a girl on hinge with a beautiful makeup look so i screenshotted her and saved it so i could try it haha. i painted my nails. i had tried heatless curls the night before and they turned out well with some styling so technically, not heatless anymore. we ordered mcdonald's for dinner and then a left to go to a concert so i had a few hours to myself which i was super happy about. i knew i wanted boba. that was my goal for the day almost because i woke up Craving boba with a capital c. so i decided to go thrifting to some places nearby for a bit and then get boba on the way home. the thrifting was successful! i didn't find everything i was looking for however i found two track jackets. i've been looking for a track jacket but now i found two different ones with different fits and colors so i have some variety now. one's a black kind of baggy puma and the other's a more fitting cropped blue adidas. both of them look sick!

on the way home i stopped by artbox as well. i ended up getting quite a few things. i got a scale for weighing bags. i don't have one at home and i don't keep a regular scale around and the only time i need to weigh things is when i'm traveling so. i got some sweets too. a haikyuu keychain. it was one of those random ones and it had the entire karasuno team and i obviously wanted sugawara but i ended up with nishinoya. i don't mind though, he's a cutie but now i need to continue buying them until i get sugawara. i mean, the girl in my class will probably gladly take any extras i get. i also got a keychain for myself of a cat in a shark suit holding a seal. inception. i got one for my sister's boyfriend too. he's hard to get stuff for but i've gotten quite big ones for my sister and my cousin but he's not really the type to use a big plushie keychain so i got a smaller one with a tiny black cat. i'm thinking i might just get him two or three small ones to kind of makeup for it?

lastly i stopped by gong cha AND...!!!! THEY'VE STARTED DOING MY FAV FLAVOR JUMBO SIZED YIPPEEEEEEE!!! you don't know how often i've gone there and got it and just wished i could get a bigger size TT now i can!!! so i'm going there today too probably LMAOOOO. i know they hate to see me coming.

today i gotta study quite a bit. i need to watch one of the video classes for my history class, do my homework for language class tomorrow and then work on a presentation. i believe i can do it though.

sotw: ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty one

two ex talking stages contacted me on friday? a and h? SAME DAY? THEY CONTACTED ME AND ARE TRYING TO GET BACK WITH ME ON THE SAME DAY??? i'm a simple girl so i'm talking to both of them now :]

sotw: grimes - outer

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and eighty

i went thrifting on monday, well, more like a hunt. i want jnco's so bad. i didn't find any. i have heard they were never that big here in korea so that might be why? i'm just gonna give up and order some from vinted i think. i really need to get new clothes though. i'm getting so tired of wearing the same few items all the time and also having to do the laundry so often.

the cherry blossoms have started to bloom. campus is filled to the brim with them so i've been enjoying my walks to and from class a lot. a got the prettiest polaroid taken of me in front of a cherry blossom tree by the lake.

on tuesday i met up with a guy from tinder. it was just platonic but he was... very pretty. he was shorter than me which i thought i'd find awkward but it was alright? i didn't think of it too much? i mean i don't care about height in friends, obviously, but i just couldn't tell what he wanted because to me... it seemed like he was flirting? i only later saw on his profile that he had a girlfriend.

the entire hangout was so awkward TT we met on campus since he recently graduated from the same school i attend right now. then we went with the subway to a nearby station and went to a café. he paid for my drink which was lit. he later said it was his mom's card lmao. anyways, we barely talked? it was just awkward and we had nothing in common. he dragged it out for so long though. i thought we'd go home after the café but we went for a walk and then just sat on a bench and "talked". he said he wanted to miss the rush hour on the subway lmao.

anyways, i had to get home by 8 pm to get xdinary heroes tickets. did i get any? no :) FOUR FUCKING DATES AND I DIDN'T GET A TICKET BECAUSE MY FUCKING ADBLOCKER BLOCKED THE FUCKING TICKETING POPUP ONCE I'VE QUEUED!!!!!!!! i didn't even know it could do that...

midterms have begun. we had a roleplay test on thursday. i got paired up with c. i've done an exercise with him one time before and he was fun that time so i was glad i ended up with him. he was fun to work with even though we couldn't converse in any other language than korean. he's fun though and our roleplay was themed around a wanting to study alone and b wanting to study together. he was a and i was b. the conversation ended up being quite silly which was funnier to present later on.

on friday we had a reading and listening test. they were separated into two parts. the reading was surprisingly hard and the listening surprisingly easy? afterwards i sat w a for lunch. i didn't eat anything because i was eating lunch with m. we had kimbap and then went to a vinyl café. it was soooo nice. we decided to listen to (what's the story) morning glory? because m likes oasis. i like oasis too but she loves oasis. i had never listened through the entire album but, woah, what a good album. the workers there were so nice. wehn we came in m talked to them for a bit and then asked me what i wanted to get. i replied to her and the workers went like "WAAAA SHE'S GOOD AT KOREAN!" to m. i thought that was so funny that instead of immediately just complimenting me they were complimenting me via my friend even though i obviously understood what they were saying TT they were all suuuuper nice and swaggy.

i dyed my hair on friday too. the bleach was surprisingly good so i just needed one bleach and then i put the dye in. washing it off all the surfaces in the bathroom has been an extremely time-consuming task but at least i look sick now. my hair's bright red.

i've matched with some baddies on tinder apart from one that i was gonna meet on saturday but i cancelled because one, i was sick and two, i didn't want to. other than that i just go hotties texting me now, so i'm living the life. i got two gorgeous lesbians and two pretty boys. i love being bisexual.

i've caught a cold as well. who would've guessed. wow. can i stop being sick, PLEASE?

sotw: slipknot - eyeless

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and seventy nine

we went to a new restaurang for lunch on monday. it was a whole thing because we originally wanted to go to this café but it happened to be closed specifically on that day so we tried another place semi nearby and that didn't exist anymore. lastly we went to the place we got the food at. it was alright, could've been way better but i had some more on wednesday for lunch too.

after a very late lunch i went into myeongdong in hunt for a digital camera. reddit told me there would be a street filled with camera store, and there was. not really a whole street but there was an area with like 5-6 camera stores in a row. i went into the one which vibes i liked the most and they ended up being sooo nice. i asked if they had second hand cameras and apparently all of them were which was nice for meeeee. one of them came up and asked if it was a specific one i wanted and i just said i've been looking for a canon which they had two of. one bright pink one i remember my sister having back in the day and one brownish one that i ended up getting. the pink was cunty but it had a lithium battery which would be hard to replace when needed. aa-batteries felt like a better bet. the person helping me was so nice and helped me with all the extra stuff i needed for it and it was SO cheap. 32 000 won for everything if i remember it correctly.

tuesday was exciting. me and a went to an xdinary heroes café. you got postcards and stickers when buying stuff from the menu so we both got one blueberry ade and a macaron of our choice. i got jooyeons and she got jungsus but we preferred each others flavors so we switched lmao. the ade wasn't great but the macarons were good! i hadn't had one in years, dude. i pulled gunil and jungsu and she got hyeongjun and jooyeon so we switched hehe. there was one person who came up looking to trade jungsu but a wanted to keep him. then they asked if we had anyone we wanted to trade and i said i'm down to trade gunil so they traded jiseok for gunil for their friend :)

on wednesday i finally went to the administration office and asked about the reparations. i had been post-poning it for so long but i had a good flow that day so i went and i felt so confident afterwards having explained the issues fully in korean. literally felt like i got a +3 confidence moodlet like a sim. later that day two workers came in and fixed everything. felt weirdly intimate having two dudes in here when it's an all-girl dorm LMAOOO.

i went alone to the xdinary heroes café on thursday. i went via buruttrak and got both versions of beautiful mind and went to the café to trade. it ended up going very well considering i went home with four hyeongjun photocards in total.

we had the presentation on friday. i changed my mind about monsta x and did it about xdinary heroes so i could talk about rock music in korea. it seemed to have been a success in my mind at least. my leg was shaking a lot but i really couldn't stop it, however the rest went alright i think and when i showed pictures of them performing and when i showed the music show performance everyone would collectively go "woah".

in the evening i met up with j. we went to nyu nyu in hongdae and then to a pub. the bartender was the hottest man i've ever seen. tall, lanky, long black hair... dude, i'm mid-period but it felt like i was ovulating just then. j didn't really get it. she thought he was ugly LMAO. we then came to the conclusion that as long as they have beautiful long hair, i don't mind a little ugly. he's gorg to me.

we ended the evening with karaoke. it was my first time doing karaoke since i got here and it was so much fun and as expected, my first song was into the new world by girls' generation. cult classic. all my girls mess with snsd.

the rest of the night was a mess dude. i caught the last subway but i didn't know it would stop at a certain station so i thought i was safe and would get all the way back to my dorm but no. i had to get off wayyyyy before my station so i thought i'd get an uber but my card wouldn't work so i obviously started stressing because i'm alone, in the middle of seoul, in the middle of the night. i message j and she tells me to try to catch a bus but i couldn't find any so she gets a taxi for me. i'm so greatful, dude. next time i see her i'm paying for EVERYTHING!

saturday was uneventful. i thought i'd go to hongdae again to go second-hand hunting for jncos but i ended up not doing that. we had subway for dinner and then my stomach hurt so i didn't wanna go out. i swear to god, if i eat dairy, my stomach hurts, if i don't, it hurts, if i eat spicy food it hurts, if i eat carbs, it hurts. is there ANYTHING i can eat without my stomach acting up?

i had a little tinder moment in the evening. i matched with a few people. one of them actually looked cool and he asked for my insta so i gave it to him thinking he wanted to talk on there instead but instead he just came back 20 minutes later telling me he's hard.

sotw: xdinary heroes - diamond

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and seventy eight

went to myeongdong twice this week. me and a went for the first time on wednesday to try vegan kitchen. it was super good so we came back on saturday for chimaek. on wednesday they accidentally charged us for someone elses order so we went back to get that fixed and they gave us both keyrings as an apology (along with the money, of course). someone who's worked in a restaurant, it happens!!! it really wasn't that big of a deal. they didn't need to do all that :') we roamed around k-pop stores both times we were there. there are so many there but it makes sense since it's a touristy area. i got both versions of xdinary heroes' overload albums. best album but i am obviously biased as fuck considering edward scissorhands is my favorite movie so the concept being fully inspired of it gives it A LOT of points in my book. i was hoping to pull jooyeon so i'd get the photocard of him dressed as edward but i pulled gaon, jungsu and double junhan instead. all veryvery cute (but junhans hair that era was rough). so naturally i go back on saturday and go to the photocard store and buy the fucking piece of cardboard with jooyeons face on it for 8000 won :) i'm picking it up on monday!!! on wednesday we got gong cha as well... which i've had four days in a row now so... the black sugar milk tea's just too good and it's so cheap here. let me have an obsession for once.

myeongdong's so pretty. although parts of it is just big modern buildings, lots of it is also skinny streets with lots of murals. but even the big modern ones are cool. i've never really seen skyscrapers before. not that big and not so many in one place. i was fascinated by that as well when i first got to seoul. stockholm does have skyscrapers but it's usually like one and then regular high density buildings next to it. i feel like a tiny speck of dust walking around here.

i've been treating myself iced lattes almost every weekday now. they're tasty and i like the little ritual of getting one before class. it makes me excited about going and keeps me going throughout the lesson too because it's like a little sweet treat. it's cheap as well so it's not too big of a investment either. aw man, i want coffee now.

on saturday i woke up way earlier than usual. around 8 am. i got everything i needed to get done for the day by 12 so i had lots of freetime. i mainly played sims, hehe. in the evening me and a went out for chicken and beer, or well, she had coke and i had beer!! she picked up gong cha while i was getting ready which was lit. did my makeup without a tasty treat but got to do my hair with a tasty treat as moral support.

i've honestly been missing sweden a lot lately. not because i don't like it here, i really do but just something somewhere is making me miss stockholm a lot. this past month has gone by so fast that i'm sure i'll be sad about going home in june anyways.

i like the aesthetics here, it feels like there's a filter on my surroundings whenever i'm outside. it's weird. i'm probably just romantacizing but genuinely, it feels edited with filters but it all natural. i like how late places are open. i like that everyone has cute keyrings on their bags, even guys. i like seeing cute characters on the most mundane items. i like how clean most people dress, it's monotone but it's monotone in a way more fashionable way than in stockholm. i like flavored milk and cheap prices too.

my main problem here is the lack of protein i get from my food TT there's a severe lack of vegetarian options, even when you'd think something couldn't possibly have meat in it, it still does. vegan restaurangs are my savior. we recently discovered a mexican restaurant near the dorm too so there i can switch out the meat to beans!

living in a dorm limits a lot of the food options too. we only have a microwave and hot water so we can't cook stuff from scratch either. it would honestly have been a lifesaver if i could've just gotten away with pasta pesto every once in a while TT i've heard the carbonara fire noodles are vegetarian and i have those a lot in sweden too but here it says it's chicken in them? but everyone says they're vegetarian and have artificial chicken? i'm so unsure so i've just kind of decided to be a little blind for it. i guess the export version could be different but why?

sotw: thaiboy digital & bladee - 3 star reunite

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and seventy five

i usually look through my phone gallery while writing these to remember everything better but now i'm transfering photos so i can¨t use my phone lmao. i'll wing it!

school was fine! i like the teacher i have on mondays and fridays the most. j. she's funny and very understanding and nice and she's not too harsh but still pushes you to try. perfect teacher material. she's so cute.

me, a, j and m went out. we went to a manga café and then to a pc café. it was lots of fun. i wanted to read some junji ito manga but they didn't have any. probably because of the themes. i read saiki k instead which was probably better since i've seen the entire show already so i recognized lots of the scenes which helped with keeping up with the plot. it made me really want to get some manga books for myself. at the pc bang we played fall guys together. m had some struggles with her computer but j was able to help her in the end. we had food there as well. i had black bean ramen with rice cakes and it slapped, not gonna lie. i had a grapefruit ade too that was pretty delish.

i went out with j (ANOTHER J) on friday. we had the most korean night out ever. we did everything except drinking. we went to this game room where the floors light up and you catch points by stepping on the blue blocks and avoid stepping on red ones. it was a lot of fun but it was so tiring. we then went for food, i had udon and i'm not quite sure what she had. we shared a kimbap as well. it was so good DUDEEEEEE!!! it's so nearby to where i live as well so yeah... i will be going more. we then went to play on claw machines and i won a massive garfield almost instantly :') i love him!!! she also won a bear later on. then we went for bingsu. it was my first time trying bingsu and it was sooooo good!!! we had one with yoghurt, chocolate, strawberries and cheesecake. it was delicious. we then just walked around for a bit before splitting ways. luckily enough she lives just a few stations away. she said it takes her 20 minutes so i hope we can hang out a lot while i'm here.

on saturday i went out to do gambling (claw machines) again but with a instead. we first went out and had mexican food at a place nearby. it was really good and they had lots of vegetarian options and you could even make it vegan! ofc my stomach started hurting as per use so we went back home for a bit before heading to the arcade. afterwards we went via ediya. i wanted a hoddeok but none of the stands were selling them which is why we went to ediya lmao. she got a coffee as well and then we also went via kfc so she could get fries.

today i gotta work on a presentation. we're doing presentations in groups on different subjects. i'm in a group with two others. our theme we picked was perfomances. so very broad. i assumed we had to focus on korean performances but turns out it's just... performances. in general. concerts, musicals, movies, theatre, drag... anything. they both wanted to talk about one viet singer each so i already felt cooked because i don't know how to like... make that connect to whatever i wanna talk about. like, they said they wanted to do something with the korean wave first and i was like "perfect! easy! simple! we can do that and everyone can talk about a unique subject each like one can take k-pop, one k-drama and one on all the other things that came along with the korean wave like k-beauty, food, literature et cetera" but nooo. the teacher came by when we were figuring this out and she asked us questions to help us figure things out and she mentioned we can just pick an idol or group each and talk about them. so i guess i'm talking about monsta x lmao. one slide for just minhyuk will be included. minhyuk oppa saranghae.

my lips swollen up the past few days. i don't really know why. i think i've just fidgeted with my piercing too much so i've caused some trauma to the skin that was covering it. i hope it'll go away soon. yesterday it was almost gone in the evening but when i woke up today it was super swollen so i don't know. i guess we'll see.

sotw: kaj - bara bada bastu

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and seventy four

first week of school is done! i ended up in level 2 in my language class which ended up being wayyy too easy so i talked to the teacher about it and she was able to move me up a level :D all the teachers so far have been so nice :')

i tried vlogging on monday but it didn't go too well. i think i'll still finish the editing but i don't know if i'll end up posting it. i want to become better at both filming and editing but it's harder than i thought.

in the evening, way out west posted a about yung lean and bladee being on their lineup so i finally caved in. it's the same day as charli xcx. i had to.

tuesday was just an intro day so we only had a one hour meeting. we got a little goodie bag too that was super cute :3 me and a happened to sit in front of another swedish girl so we talked to her for a bit and she was so sweet.

me and a went out after the intro day too. we went to itaewon and she went hunting for a perfume and ended up getting one from lush called grass and DUDE!!! it smells so good. i might get that one once i finish my sakura body mist. the worker was so helpful and the girl at the check-out was HAWTTTTTT. the gayness was basically seeping. she had cunty little bangs and her makeup was so nice and her button-up hugged her body in such a hot way. i love being bi and i've realized the lushes here are not good for me when i'm ovulating.

we then went by olive young for a bit and then went for food. it's the second vegan spot we're trying and it was really good. i had a 'shrimp' fried rice and a had jjajangmyeon and we shared some fried dumplings.

wednesday was our first real day of class. like i mention earlier, i had to move up a level but i was stuck on level 2 for the first two days. it felt like i was just wasting time in there. there was nothing new going on. i'm sad too because on campus they were hosting an event to get people to join uni clubs so while i was in class i heard a band playing. at first i couldn't distinguish the songs apart from the fact that it was heavier than i'd expect on campus??? then i heard debaser and i was like NO WAY!!!!!! I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!! right after they played just by radiohead. i don't know what got into me but i was so certain i had to tell this band they were good and were playing good stuff so i just grabbed my class schedule and folded into a small piece of paper and wrote a short note being like "dear whichever band played these songs, i loved the set, i wish i could see u but i'm stuck in class but i can hear u all the way over here. ur really talented! let's be friends!".

i left my instagram at the bottom and RAN during our 10-minute break and watched them for as long as i could before i had to run back. i tried leaving the note on eye level close to where the musicians were playing but i haven't gotten any dms so i guess it didn't work :/

thursday was uneventful and then friday was fun. class was way more interesting now that it's closer to my level. after class i went for lunch and coffee with my ibuddy. it was quite hard interacting since my korean's bad and her english wasn't fluent either. she was wayyyy better at english than i was at korean though. we ended up being more similar than i'd imagine. we started talking about music and i asked her what she likes and she was like "oh, i'm a drummer and i usually play stuff like oasis," which i thought was quite cool. then she asked if i have a favorite band i asked if she knows my chemical romance and she was like "oh yeah, welcome to ... the black parade, right?" and i was like "YEAHHH!!!". i got so excited and then she told me she likes house of wolves as well. SHE KNOWS B-SIDES!!!!!!! then it all added up bc i asked her what her fav band was and she said green day. checks out.

she paid for everything, i felt so bad. i tried paying for the food but then my first card declined so i was about to grab my other one but she was already paying for it instead. i told her i'd pay for the coffee and cakes later but i forgot TT she was so nice though like she asked what coffee i usually get and i told i usually get a latte with oat milk and she was like "OMG i'll call them and ask if they have it" and i was really trying to tell her it was fine and i'll just get something else if they don't but she insisted and called them TT she's the cutest. they did have oat milk! the lemon cake i had was so good too, GAHOOK!

lastly we went to a photobooth. first photobooth experience and it was so fun!!!

on saturday i got a tattoo!! getting there was easy for the most part. the studio was on the same subway line i live on so it was easy getting there. i ended up being super early though so i had to walk around for a bit and ended up proper falling while crossing the road. genuinely wanted to kill myself, it was so embarrassing. it wasn't even icey or anything i just didn't see how big of a step it was between the road and the sidewalk. anyways... then i came to the studio. since giving tattoos is illegal in korea, i assume they can't be super open about where the studio is. she sent me the address the day before the appointment and on naver maps it just shows up as any address and doesn't specifically say there's a tattoo studio there. i was a little confused on where to go but she helped me via dms.

there had been a little understanding so she thought i was just doing a flash. i felt so bad when i had to tell her i had a specific design in mind. i was scared for a second she didn't do customs but she assured me she did and then she told me she could finish the design in an hour so i could go out for a bit and come back so i went for coffee. the tattooing went fine, i don't think it's bad at all which is nice but i also haven't done very difficult places just yet. this time i got a demogorgon on the side of my calf! she did such a good job, i loooove it!!!! she was the coolest ever. i was so sure it would be a man bc medieval/etching style feels very male dominated but i felt such a relief when i found out she was a girl. like... not that i mind a man. my go-to back home is a dude and he's amazing but i just love women and it feels so much easier for some reason :') she was so nice and she looked so cool. she was way too generous with the price i felt bad dude!!! i even tried tipping her when i was buying the cream afterwards because i tried paying in cash and telling her to keep the change but she was dedicated to not taking any more than it cost TT

i came home. i was SO hungry and we were gonna go to mcdonald's but i was so fucking hungry and my stomach hurt i just got food from the convenience store but THEY HAD NO VEGETARIAN OPTIONS LEFT!!!!!!! had to have spicy tteokbokki which isn't the best option when hungry. my stomach paid for it later.

i downloaded tinder earlier in the week too. mostly for shits and giggles. before i came here i told myself i wouldn't date around here and if i did it had to be with girls so i can fucking live my bisexual life to the fullest because i have yet to actually hook up with a girl. i've been on date after date but they never go anywhere. men are easier to hook up with lmao.

anyways, i've matched with quite a few baddies but one of them is indeed a man. he's cool looking. he has a long mullet and a septum ring and he dresses well. he's a little pushy though. or... not necessarily pushy but i don't know what to call it. first night we talked he asked how i was living here and i told him i lived in a dorm with a roommate and i asked him how he lived and he was like "i live alone in a tiny apartment but there's enough space for you~". i was intrigued but i pussied out lmao. he said it was okay and then he's tried a few nights since or like... he's messaged me but i've went to bed before he can ask. I'M A SLEEPY GIRL, OKAY?

anyways... he tried getting me to come over on saturday. i wanted to. like honestly, i did. i'm just so fucking bad att being spontaneous. i told him that too but i wanted to watch swedish eurovision too which would be at 4 am for me lmao. anyways, i was nasty anyways, i desperately needed a shower. like, please... dude... let me know a little earlier than 12 am. i was like "i need to sleep" and he was like "okay... but i'm sooooo bored". i'm not even gonna lie, it was quite cute. i asked him if he's doing something on sunday but he couldn't meet then so... but now i've made it clear at least that i DO want to... just poor timing. whenever he texts me i'm in bed, cuddled up in pyjamas and ready to go eepy time. soz m.

i did wake up at 4 am to watch the swedish eurovision final. i was so fucking nervous because i wanted kaj to win so bad and... THEY DID!!!???!?! WTF?!?!?! my people :') finswes like me, singing in my dialect, having fun :') the right song won. eurovision season will be so fun.

today we were gonna go to the cinema and watch mickey 17 but a and a cancelled LIKE PLEAAAAASE. now i have to wait even more to watch it :( n watched it and texted me right after saying i NEED to watch it and that i'm gonna love it and that got me so thrilled for today but a is feeling sick so we're waiting for them to get better.

sotw: death grips - three bedrooms in a good neighbourhood

[namuneulbo]

week one hundred and seventy three

we moved into the dorm on monday and i immediately got a cold. i think it's the third one this year... we JUST started the month of march. it's almost over now though, thank god. i have a little cough left but that's about it. i feel bad for a in case i've given it to her now right before school starts.

me and a roamed around on monday and then i also went shopping myself in the evening. got a whole lot of shit from artbox and olive young for super cheap compared to sweden.

the orientation day on tuesday went well. my pms was acting up like crazy though. i felt like such an outsider i wanted to sob multiple times during the campus tour. i know it's just pms though that's making my feelings so big. had a fire pho for lunch though!

i have yet to have korean food apart from instant ramen and triangle kimbap. now that i got sick we haven't really left the dorm. or we have but only to get food. i feel bad for a. i did tell her she's allowed to like... do things without me so she doesn't feel obliged to stay here bc of me but she said she knows and that she's just bad at initiating going out by herself. i'm getting tired of being at the dorm all the time though. i'm so mad i got sick now when we still had a week of freetime left to do fun stuff all day. now it's just school all the way through until i go back to stockholm :(

we had a placement test on thursday. it was harder than expected and during the oral part the teacher just went "you're good at talking but the reading comprehension exam didn't go very well," I'M SORRYYYYYY! i'm giving up soon.

on a better note, i caught my first caseoh stream live. when i was in sweden, his streams were always in the middle of the night. now they're at 12 pm :') hell yeah! AND he read my chat. so i'm very happy!

we got id photos taken for our alien registration card on thursday. they're not allowed to be edited but they still edited them. i think it's a justifiable amount though. they just removed my acne really. they also had a super cute dog at the studio named ggongi who loved head scratches <3

we tried korean toast on friday. i was really excited about it but ended up not really liking it. i'm sad about it because i really thought i'd like it but it's way too sweet. i find it hard sometimes adjusting to the korean palette. everything's sweet. i miss salty savoury food and snacks. it works out obviously because if i'm really craving salt i'll just get a non-korean food. mcdonald's and pringles taste the same!

sotw: nct 127 - breakfast