Hyori's Bed & Breakfast

Covid-19 has gotten me into writing again. Too much time spent alone and at home, and needed an outlet to release! 

Recently, I was linked to Hyori from Jae Seok's Hangout with Yoo. I started watching this Hyori's Bed and Breakfast because the concept sounded cool. Little did I know I'd end up falling in love with it!


I'm finishing the first season starring IU as a staff at the B&B. Can I just say that it's such a charming show?! I did not expect myself to keep grinning while watching, and a couple of times even wanting to tear. It has got to be the most mundane and boring show on TV ever, but in such a good way! There is really no drama. Everyday menial tasks seem so fun, every interaction so precious, every walk of life so inspiring. 

I loved the fact that Hyori was a superstar, who lived and experienced it all while rich and famous back in her days. And she's totally transformed into this yogi who is just so comfortable in all her repetitive, baggy clothes. Wakes up at 430am to attend yoga class, cooks hearty meals, banter with other half, takes naps in the afternoon. Life is and can be so simple! 

I so enjoyed watching Hyori and Sang Soon's relationship. They are soulmates and the best of friends, they spend so much time together yet are not bored of each other at all. They complement each other so well. IU said that her observation after 2 weeks is that that is what it means to find your other half. This kind of marriage is a dream. 

I've not watched such a wholesome show in a long while. Jeju island is so beautiful as well. With the island as context, life there is so meaningful and merged with nature. It's a place where your thoughts can have clarity, where you find meaning in life, where you understand who you really are. So good! Such a healing and cleansing place. Looks like a great place to cleanse your soul once in a while. 

I'm inspired to continue perfecting my yoga practice, to cook more hearty meals, to have more deeper and meaningful conversations, to live simpler without necessary clutter. What a nice and fuzzy feeling. 💕

Ebb and flow of life.



Sometimes I think life is funny, that God throws tests at us to test our faith and convictions. Especially when it's a desire that you've been wanting since young.

Even when you don't see the whole picture yet, you know that you still belong here. And that grip is probably the 'why' that I live for. Many questions, doubts, peppered with lots of 'why's and 'how's. Yet in the midst of it all, to continue trusting and believing. It is indeed a journey of faith.

And in this season of my life, reminding myself again to focus on my own race. Others' races belong to their own, and they have their own seasons of life.

The other day, I felt God telling me that I will find my fit.

Ebb and flow: a recurrent pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. How apt. Regrowing and realigning in my sense of purpose. I don't know what's ahead but I know He will lead. And that is more than sufficient for me.

Social Media Fatigue


So, I would like to share more about this certain fatigue that I encountered late last year. It was a whim of the moment kinda decision - I was supposed to be studying for my exams, it was about 1am. But I just wanted to procrastinate. So unknowingly, I sat there and scrolled mindlessly on my IG for two whole hours. I had a shock, how did time past by so fast?! I was just 'stalking' people, reading some celebrities' IG posts, and time was wasted just like that. It was a shocking awakening. So I decided then that I am going to delete IG till after my exams ended.

A few weeks past, my exams ended, I realized I didn't miss social media at all. (Okay granted, I still have FB, but I only use it to browse interesting articles/videos. Haha.) Thus I decided to just live without IG. And I've been relishing it! You don't feel like you are missing anything after a while. I love that freedom.

This is partly because I find IG world becoming more and more fake. I find people creating content just for the sake of popularity, and I yearn for authenticity and genuineness. I realized I've become so cynical of whatever people post, just because I don't quite agree with their intentions.

Increasingly, I become someone I dislike when I'm on social media. I am judgy, I am cynical, and I unknowingly like to compare my life with others, who seem to have so much more in life than me. It came to a point where I feel it's unhealthy for my soul.

Also, I don't quite agree with the need to justify my life on social media. Who says I need to post a picture with nice captions to 'justify' that I've been on a holiday? Who says I need to post a couple photo to 'justify' to the whole world that I'm still together with this certain guy? Why do I need to post any photo on social media to 'justify' its existence in my life? Many things became 'needful' because somehow, there was an invisible pressure to do so. For eg, wishing someone Happy Birthday. My life exists on its own with or without social media. I can still live a beautiful life without having the need to update the world about it.

So, I decided once and for all to delete for good. Yes I still do go on IG web version here and there! To check on some people I follow for inspiration (decor ideas, skincare guide etc). The web version is so laggy that I usually give up after a while. So it works. Haha!

But yes, I do miss posts from some of my real friends that I enjoy reading. Also posts of my friends' kids. So now, I would need to intentionally connect and message friends I've been thinking of. I think that's more meaningful! :)

I might change my thinking in the future, who knows. But for now, I'm happily living the IG-free life and I love it. :)

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Hello! So I decided to start everything anew, with a NEW blog, rather than continue with the previous one. Haha. Reason being I think I've matured? And also there are just too many things to want to contain in an old blogspot.

I've always wanted to come back to blogging, but just didn't have the time to. I wanted to wait to have nice pictures, to know what to share, to know what to include. But I thought to myself, why not just start first? So, here we are.

Back in November 2017, I quit Instagram. (if you know me, you would know that it's quite a big deal personally. I used to be such an addict!) But I might just save that for another post altogether. So now, I find myself wanting an outlet and a platform to just share my thoughts. I am a words person, and since I want to shy away from social media, I'll just start here first. Haha.

But no, my purpose is not to become a popular social influencer, or the next big thing. Haha. I'm sorry but just a tad sensitive about such stuff, cynical about that as well. :p

So here's to me! Yay! Hopefully I can blog more often. :p And here's my big face with my fave 5yo. Haha.