Things around My House

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FLOWERS

HOME SWEET HOME

TIMOR LESTE
1.  CRISTO REI  & AREIA BRANCA

     Finally I went on a date with my cousins and sisters. It was the best time ever for me since my arrival in East Timor. My mom's busy and she didn't stay at home for the whole day, so my dad took her place doing housework. Since I was at home, I swear I didn't have enough time hanging out with my family because of helping my dad did the housework.

    Well, it was 27 January, around 4pm; I was intended to go out with my sisters and cousins. But, unfortunately I was totally broke. dah!!! Emergency~thought I need to go to Western Union for getting the money that was sent by my boyfriend. And, whew, finally I got the money!!!

   After I came back home from Western Union, I realized that it's already 5pm. But, gossshhhhhhhhh~~~the weather was freaky HOT. It seems like it's 1pm. Then I and my cousins and sisters went to Cristo Rei, the giant statue in Dili East Timor. I was sorry for them because they waited me for so long. Hehehehe~~

     And when we got there, just after 15 minutes walking, without knowing I got sweat all over my body. Anyway, I had a really good time with them.

The view of Cristo Rei beach from the hill

The beach cove on the Eastern side of Cristo Rei

Cristo Rei Statue, Dili

With my beloved sisters Shandy and Virna 

With my cousin Merlinda

OTW to Cristo Rei statue which is set on the hill. 

In order to get to it, we need to walk up a whole lots of step. 

It's good exercises though~~ㅋㅋㅋ

With my cousins Adelina. She is my favorite cousin^^

Sunset in Cristo Rei, Dili City

My pretty younger sister's enjoying her boring afternoon in Cristo Rei Beach Dili

2. LECIDERE PARK

    After getting my new passport, I and my sisters took a taxi the Minister of Justice's office which is located in Colmera-Dili, and got out in front of the Palacio do Governo (The Government Palace). We planned to take a walk through the sea side until Virgin Mary Statue in Lecidere Park. It was cloudy and wasn't that hot. We We started take a walk and took some photos. The place's still the same as 4 years ago before I leave Dili to Seoul. There’s no big difference for me.

The view from Palacio do Governo

     It was shower for a while when we're still around in front of the Palacio do Governo for taking photos. We then continued our step to Lecidere Park. It seemed like my younger sister already got tired, but because of me, she pretended to be ok to walk with us and always showed her smile until we got to the Lecidere Park. (Ow~~I miss her already)

The statue of Saint Mary in Lecidere Park

     Once we got there, I saw some people sell coconut around that park. I really wanted to taste the coconut, but I have no money. Plus, my sisters didn't like coconut. What they wanted to have was bakso. Well, the park was redesign into a very beautiful one and better than before. It made me wanted to stay more there, but the weather didn't support us. So, we decided to go back and had bakso in small restaurant.

       God, it was almost 10 minutes we were waiting for taxi right in front of the Park's gate to go to the restaurant, but there was no taxi passing by. Finally we got a taxi when it started raining. I quickly opened the door and we got inside. After around 10 minutes, we got to the restaurant.

Afternoon out with my younger sister in front Palacio fo Governo

With my younger sister @ Lecidere Park

@ Lecidere Park

In front of Palacio do Governo

@ Lecidere Park

Otw to Lecidere Park

@ Lecidere Park

Happy New Year 2012

GOOD BYE 2011 and WELCOME 2012
Today (Saturday, 31 December 2011), is the last day of 2011 and tomorrow we are going to enter the New Year 2012. For me the changing year is not really special to be celebrated.

During my life, 19 years in my home country, our parents always got us new things such as new clothes, new shoes, new bags, new accessories, or things that we like at the last day of the year. Thus, I thought that New Year meant you should get new things, or in other word everything is new. However, since I came to Korea, at my first experience of New Year 2009 I realized that on the first day of the year, January 1^st, is just the same day as the last day before it which is December 31^st. Whenever I celebrate it or not and whether I get new stuffs or not, I feel that the day is just the same as common day. 

However, I like New Years’ day. Good thing to see on the New Year's day is fireworks. Also, all that I like about the New Year is “TOGETHERNESS”, not the New Year itself. In my home country on New Year, every family gathers together doing party or going picnic to the beach. My family actually doesn't do any party, and never do it. What we do is going picnic to the beach on the 1^st January. When we go to the beach, we do barbecue there, play game together, talking, swimming, and taking photos. (I think my family will go picnic tomorrow without me L).

       So, today I really want to go to have some delicious food, something that similar to Timorese food, maybe Brazilian food. After that I want to spend the whole day with my boyfriend, because after that day I will leave Korea to spend my winter vacation in Bali Indonesia with my sister and East Timor with my family. 

I Love My Room

MY ROOM     
I am a girl who loves tidy room, everything in order and clean, because I feel like I am in heaven when everything looks cool. I can say that my room is just the best place on this planet. I used to have a room which had the most characters among other rooms in my house in East Timor, because when I came home from school, I spent most of my time in my room. When my friends came to my house, they always praised me that I am good at tidying room to look nicer heheheheJ.

Since I came here (South Korea), I always live in dormitory and you whoever stayed or stay in dormitory may know that you must share a room with others. Sometimes you share room with a really good roommate, sometimes you don’t. Lucky you who loves everything in order (like me) share room with people that you prefer. And lucky you too who loves messy things share with the same people like you in a room. 

My order desk

My first time @ Bellarmino dorm

 In my case, I like sharing room with people who know putting things in right place, in order, also understand and respect their roommates. It just perfects when two people use a room rather than four people use a room like the dorm that I am living in now. When I first came to Korea, I stayed in Kongju National University's dormitory. As I said it is good sharing a room with one person, but I lived with a horrible roommate (I'm sorry friend). Yeah, actually she is nice, but gosh she was so messy that time. You could find everything in everywhere. Our room looked so terrible and messy, since there was no daily cleaning chores for us. 

My favorite desk look

However, I still remember, during I stayed there for six month, I always kept my place clean, and always tidied my place (Only in my space). I swear I couldn't study well because of the messy room. I always counted day, hoped that time could pass quickly so I could move to Seoul and find a good atmosphere to stay.

Finally, after six months I moved to Seoul and stay in Sogang University's dormitory, named Bellarmino (until now), where four people use a room together. The room is small, but there is a leaving room, complete with a set of sofa and TV on each floor, a refrigerator, a microwave, also a pair of washing  machines. At first, I regretted to stay in this dormitory, because I felt like I was in a jail. However, as time goes on I got used to it. At my first semester, I stayed with good roommates. 

Well, in this dorm, every semester you have to change the room and change roommates as well. It’s annoying to change the room, because you need to pack all your stuff, move to another room, and order your stuff again, but the good thing is that you can find new roommates. Yeah, sometimes I live with horrible roommates too, who are messy, and who don’t respect others when they sleep or study. I mean, the annoying roommates. Actually, I don’t like sharing room with those kinds of roommates, and I don’t like sharing room with a talkative people as well. I really hate it. but there is no choice because it is dorm not my own house. We have to follow all the rules of the dorm. I cannot do things up to me since the whole dorm is not mine. 

My bed

Even though, I still love my own place whenever I am, because I can always escape the outside world and concentrate on other important things in my life. Also, it shows how I have become independent and moved on in my life. Specially my desk, I spend most of the time on my desk for studying, making up, watching dramas and surfing internet.

In the next semester after my vacation back home, I hope I could share room with really really good roommates or not the new student or sophomore. I just want to stay with people who study hard and respect others at least.

Outing with Friends

Yeah, 오랜만에 친구들이랑 데이트 함!!!

    Yesterday, (Thursday, 22 December 2011) was a good day. I met my friend Casey (a Myanmar girl) at Sinchon station at 5:30pm. We have not met for long time when she moved from Sogang University to Inha University. She is a nice girl and a kind girl. She came from Incheon to Sinchon just to meet me and Sonia (one of my best friend from East Timor). Also, Sonia came with her pretty Iranian friend named Nastaran. She has gorgeous eyes.

From left: Casey, Sonia, Natha

       We first went to a Mexican restaurant around Sinchon, had chicken grill and chicken fajita for dinner. It cost us 5000 won each person. The menus at that restaurant all are 5000 won. Those are not that expensive, but super delicious. We spent like over 30 minutes at that restaurant for eating, talking, and taking photos.

       After that we went to Look Optical shop for our first window shopping activities. Yeah, we always do the same thing, “Window Shopping”, whenever we have no money. It’s fun though. Then we went to game place which is located across the street, of the Look Optical shop, for playing games. We played Car racing game and basket ball game. The next one, we went to U-PLEX department store for our second window shopping activities.

My pretty ladies

From left: Sonia, casey, Nastaran

    The weather was pretty cold, so we decided to stay for a while in U-PLEX. While we sat at the sofa on the third floor, we took photos, saw magazine, and talked. After around 30 minutes, then we went down to the first floor and parted there. They went to Club or Bar for having some drink, and I went back home. I don’t like to drink, and there is no fun go to club or bar, that’s why I could not come with them. I used to go to night club and bar last two years ago every weekend without break, but then I changed my habit to spend more time for studying and doing something else except going to club and drinking.
      I enjoyed the day out with my girls, but felt sorry that I went back home earlier than them, and couldn’t go drink with them. However we still have bunch time later to hang out again.     

FULL HOUSE ~ Si Island

Full House and The sad Love Song Set

           My sister is just like me. We both love travelling, and love everything about Korea. Last winter vacation she came to visit me, and she persuaded me to take her to Si Island which is close to the Incheon International Airport. The Island is one of the filming locations of Korean dramas, Full House and The Sand Love Song.

Our first destination: Full House filming location 

Our second destination: The Sad Love Song filming location 

The sisters @ Sommok port

    To get to the island, we took Incheon International Airport direction subway, and got off at Unseo station (운서역), and then took a taxi to Sammok Port. After arriving at sammok port, we went to the ticket station and bought 3 two-way tickets.

   My sister looked so excited, me and my boyfriend was happy to see her happy like that. I was there last year, so I knew the place quite well. We took a ferry from Sammok port to Si island, and it took us around 20~30 minutes.  

Couple boat @ Sammok Port ^^ 

The lonely single boat @ Sammok Port :(

Sammok Port view from ferry

Ferry leaving Sammok Port 

     After we got to the island, we took a bus which is going to the location. However the bus does not go directly to the location, we got off at the intersection which leads us to a rented bike place. It took about 2 minutes to get there. We rented three bicycles and rided to our destination. 

My sister with her favorite Korean actor Rain (비)

Bi Rain and Song Hye Kyo

       The filming location of Full House is located near the beach. As I mentioned the weather was cold (it was winter anyway), but not cloudy. It was sunny and beautiful. When we reached that place, there were not so many people (visitors). They were trolling at the beach taking pictures. None of them are foreigner people, except us. 

       To enter the house which is used mainly by Full House drama, we had to buy ticket which cost us 5000 won each person. My boyfriend didn't want to enter the house, so I got two tickets for me and my sister. 

Behind her is the house where the drama was setting 

     We went to the house and took a bunch of pictures. While we were inside busy with the photos, my boyfriend was walking around the beach side. 

Song Hye Kyo's bedroom 

Capture of drama Full House episode 10
Bi took care of  Song Hye Kyo when she was sick

There are lot photos from different scenes of drama Full House 

that hanging on the whole wall inside the room

Wedding picture of Bi and Song Hye Kyo

My sister inside the house

Drinking Hite beer scene 

The yellow bike is the bike that Bi uses for teaching Song Hye Kyo

Bi teaches Song Hye Kyo how to ride the bike

      After that, we then headed to the second destination which was the Sad Love Song set. It took us 10 minutes by riding bike  to get there. I love riding to the place because I felt so good. After we got there, unfortunately we cannot enter the house. We just looked around the house and took some pictures. 

From left: my sister, me, and my boyfriend at

"The Sad Love Song" set

     Finally, time showed 5 pm. We had to go back to the port before the ship stopped the operation. Thanks God, when we reached to the port, the ship was still there. We waited for 20 minuter before riding the ship, so during our waiting we ate odeng and ojingo. 

     I think the island itself would be a nice place for people who love to walk on the beach, picnic or bathing. It is is quite rural and there are few commercial establishments also no apartment building. 

One of my Favorite photo 

Me and my sister were waiting for the ferry

The view of Sindo Port

Beautiful sunset at sea, Sindo Port

     If you wanna get more information, visit this website: 

http://visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_8_5_1_5.jsp