A date once in a while

28 May

Since the cremation, we've had piano music switched on for the babies when they were alone in the room. Previously we played disney music from here:

they went on for 6-8hours so it could usually last through the night. we played normal lullabies as well:

I played kpop piano music and some songs were actually pretty upbeat so i wasn't so sad when i hear them.

but that morning i decided that i was straying too far from baby music and decided to go back to lullabies, after my pumping session.

wrong choice.

it brought back memories of days before the cremation, and of the cremation itself, and i started tearing again, while lying in bed. unfortunately nampyeon had to come in after that and caught me in the act. he asked me why i was sad again, and said that Kinzy and Linzy were fortunate to have a mom who remembers.

but they were not... i was responsible for their passing. there was no way to forget. even so, i couldn't let the memories tie me down. jackie told me that breastmilk contains hormones, and i wasn't supposed to pass the pessimistic hormones to Minzy.

i was looking at redecorating our rooms to make space for Minzy when she comes home, and nampyeon suggested visiting ikea. we wanted to buy more wardrobes as well - nampyeon says i just have too many clothes and they were all over the place (that is so not true.. i do stack my stuff neatly). thank goodness there was one at giheung, which was just 15mins away by taxi. we decided to head out and take a look at furniture. we came out around 4pm, which was a little late so we only took a quick tour before settling our dinner at the bistro. due to the virus, there was no queue at the bistro and there was barely any people (but there was still people).

there was a new mall just opposite ikea and nampyeon wanted to visit that. before that we stopped at ikea's pump area. ever since i had to pump, i took interest in looking at the different pumping areas different places have to offer. i had been pumping at home and the hospital, so i was mildly intrigued with the cute design ikea has for the feeding room.

i think it's nice that owners try to make the feeding room as welcoming and as homely as possible for both moms and kids. it makes the whole experience friendly and relaxing.

anyway we went over to the opposite mall and we regretted coming so late...

the mall had so so so many furniture shops and huge, unique cafes! this one totally caught our attention and we couldn't help stopping here for a quick rest. (actually my legs were already hurting from the 1hr walk around ikea)

they have this ferrero puff at only 1.8k won. a total must-try. the red velvet coconut cookie was pretty nice too (but not very red velvety)

it was actually quite nice to watch the little fishes swim by while having a drink. we started to think about what the fishes must be thinking as they swim in the tank... they were pretty much the same as us in quarantine since there's nothing for them to do in that fixed area except to move, eat, shit and sleep. fishes like goldfish with only a 5secs memory would probably not get tired of this life, since everything they do for the interval of 5secs was new to them?

the cafe wasn't fully built, as 40% of the tanks were still empty and not opened up. we will definitely come back again!

we didn't finish exploring the mall, but there were 2 other huge cafes at the basement - the teddy cafe and the harry potter fan cafe.

the teddy cafe has huge bears in different superhero costumes and you could sit with bears for your tea time.

decided to take a selfie with the super big bear in front of the cafe. thank goodness for masks because i look so terrible.

lastly we took a stroll in harry potter cafe. there's magic show at 2 set times (1.30pm and 4.30pm, but we've already missed the last timing). wonder what performance is done...

unfortunately i think the cafe has much to improve on. there's so much more they could do! i guess it's still not fully set up since we still see a lot of empty and big spaces. perhaps we'll try their pizza next time.

my leg was in a super bad state by this time and i was limping so we couldn't explore further. the good thing is the mall was close to our neighbourhood so we could just come back next time. before leaving, here's a photo of the waiting area just outside toilet -

it's definitely a furniture mall...

161210-11 Pangyo Myeongdong

the next 2 days was basically a full day of shopping for my winter coat, since mine is just too thin to withstand the crazy cold.

we had lunch with JH at giheung, at a random kimchi stew shop as we were drawn in by the smell. it turned out to be pretty awesome, and we were so full after just the small pot! the omelette is nice, but 6k is not that worth it. it's half in ketchup cos mr kong doesn't like ketchup. lol.

after that, JH sent us to pangyo, and we started our shopping at the outlets. i think i tried on more than 20 jackets lol and eventually narrowed down to the one from beanpole, its competitor and NBA. 

at shinsegae, we took a short dinner break as we were still full, but tired from all the walking.

saw a funny shop called beli sian. hahah. like my mood sio.

the next day we also managed to head to myeongdong and shop at the lotte outlet to compare the prices.

we ate at the basement level of the dept store, and randomly chose a salmon chirashi, which turned out to be MUCH BETTER than expected. i say this, cos i tend to think restaurants at dept store are expensive and give little, but this one - the salmon chunks were huge and made up for like 70% of the bowl, and i've never seen so little rice. it was heavenly!!! and the roe topping! i didn't even mind the beansprouts!

or maybe cos it was near closing time (9-10pm), which was why the ajummas gave us a lot?

anyway i saw another fila down that i quite like which actually makes me look slim and has magnet catches, but didn't get it cos it was a little too thin. in the end, we checked all the prices online and bought them from Naver shopping, cos they are more than 50bucks cheaper.... hahah.

and it was sent to me 2 days later.. whee~! here's my nba jacket!

wore this out to dinner with mr kong's childhood gathering, and we had wagyu buffet (litterally just wagyu being served). 

didn't think the pink fur would look so pretty, and the jacket is actually pretty light and warm, despite the many pockets and zippers. aside from the fact that it gets dirty easily and attracts dust, it really is an awesome piece.

161119 Dessert 39

autumn hasn't yet ended!!! all the pretty maple falling..!!

there's a new guksu restaurant in the area so we decided to have a bowl while waiting for JH to pick us up for lunch. the mian xian is only 4k won, and the rice ball is 600 won. it's a pretty decent meal!

when JH came, he told us there was a big uniqlo sale so i decided to stock up on some innerwears. afterwards, we went to have udon at giheung (same place as the tofu jjige we had previously)

wanted to have red velvet, and we end up visiting dessert 39, which is a pretty famous cafe that's just around the corner!

it's supposed to sell desserts from 39 countries, hence the name. it is also said that eki loves the care so much she bought every single item here to eat. woah.

but of cos our stomach is not as vast... so we just got 2 cakes and drinks. that's the oreo cheese cake, the famous custard roll and red velvet cake. the drink i had was some coconut latte. it just sounded exotic so i had to try it.

would like to come back again to try out the rest of the stuff!

at home, i decided to try out the innisfree mask which i customised. you just select a base and 2 ingredients (which caters to your skin problems), then stir it together to apply. honestly it's a bit messy and inconvenient since you need to buy mixing and application brushes (i didn't, i just used chopsticks lol since i knew i probably wouldn't buy it again). the smell and after effect is pretty soothing though. but yeah, we looked like we rolled in some mud. lolol. it's also messy to clean off. haha.