Our last get together for now - Aquarium

It's always sad to see a friend move away - far away. Even when there are a ton of ways to still get connected like through Facebook, e-mail, kakao talk, and skype, it's still not the same as seeing the friend in person (that's whats makes long distance so hard I guess). But it also means that the next time you see that friend again, you appreciate him/her even more and feel excited and all happy. You also get that nice feeling of fulfilling that longing for that friend, you know what I'm talking about!

So recently, a friend of ours moved to Korea - August 2 to be exact. The reason why she moved back to Korea was to complete high school there. Her two older brothers both go to college in New York so her plan is to come back to the states for college also. We've all known her since she first came to the states when she joined our church. I got to know her really well after making the mistake of thinking that she was in high school when in fact, she was maybe around 11 years old at the time; I know I made a big mistake LOL. But yeah, I'm 6 years older than her and I just loved her as a friend and as an unnie who should take care of her.

One of the things that she always wanted to do was to go to the aquarium. But we never really planned it out since we were all lazy or busy. But after I heard the news, I thought that the perfect last get together with her before she moved was to take her there! And that's exactly what happened~


July 20, 2012 - We arrive at the New England Aquarium! (As you can see, it's really not a big aquarium lol but it's still nice!)

Our stamps!

You can touch the stingrays as soon as you walk inside!

They moved pretty fast, so it was hard to touch one. But gross, they feel like squishy dead squids!

Downstairs is where the jellyfish are.

And they are beautiful squishy creatures lol

Then in the main part of the building, you see the penguins! It was feeding time for them :) The rest of the aquairum is basically built around this giant spiral walkway and as you walk around it, you're on a certain floor and then you see the exhibits from there! And in the middle of the spiral walkway is a huge tank! It's full of Atlantic fish I believe because they're super ugly and we are on the Atlantic sea. There's a giant sea turtle in there named Myrtle (terrible name for the turtle I think lol!) but it was too hard to get a picture!

Me and Eunice. I'm poking the fake clam's hole.

I LOVE SEA DRAGONS! They're so pretty

You can also touch sea stars, hermit crabs, sea urchins, and more!

Super cute baby seal pup thing whatever you call it.

Sharon, my sister Christina, and Jiyoung looking all beautiful!

Next to the seals, there's this really pretty walkway back into the main part of the aquarium! And outside you can see the harbor that's decorated really nicely :)

Of course, we play in the gift shop at the end!

I bought the pictures that you take right before you buy your tickets for the aquarium LOL we were all so unprepared for the picture, but I bought it anyway for memories and keepsakes~

 After that I took everyone around the harbor and inside the hotel that's really close by to just rest. Nice Bostonians took pictures for us.

 Along the harbor, there's a very pretty walkway underneath an arch! It made us feel like we were in Happy-Fantasy Land. We were VERY lucky that there were no people walking through it as I took more pictures of them posing :) (perfect date spot, no?)

 I LOVE THIS ONE

We all had a lot of fun just hanging out together, eating together, and talking with each other the entire day.

We did all of this for our friend Jiyoung, whom we all love so much and will miss dearly!

Seeing her cry so much on her last Sunday at church made us all want to hug her longer. We all promised each other that we will see each other as a group again in the very near future! So it's not our last goodbyes since the future is bright and exciting!

(And the next time I go to Korea, hopefully in two years, she's going to find me and take me to all of the good places :p)


I gave her the framed picture and bought her the cute bug-eyed shark pen and she left a simple, yet thoughtful picture/note for all of us on Facebook that same night ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Florida, Disney World

I just blogged about my birthday thoughts, now I'm going to blog about my recent family trip to Florida! It's going to be short because I had my heart out on going to LA again, so I was disappointed and didn't take many good pictures. Besides, I think I'm just not into the whole Disney thing, so it was kinda just a walk in the park feeling the entire time lol. But it was still all fun!

It was a very spontaneous, or it seemed very spontaneous since I didn't know we were leaving for Florida until a few days before our flight.

The first day, we actually stayed in Clearwater and the beach there is AMAZING!!! The water was a beautiful blue/green color and the sand was so freaking white and soft! I had the hardest time walking in the sand, but that's what allows vehicles to drive through the sand!

At night, my sisters and I walked all around the hotel, the beach, and the mini-market that they had nearby. One of the guys complemented my green pants that I LOVEEEEE :)

Then we finally went to Orlando!! Our hotel that we stayed in was the Grand Floridian at the Walt Disney World! It was the cutest and prettiest hotel I've ever been in so far in my short life. It was seriously vintage and princess themed! They even had a room for tea parties and I spotted the the beautiful Sleeping Beauty there with a bunch of kids dressed up as princesses to get their cup of tea.

And the staff there is DISGUSTINGLY GOOD. Everyone is dressed really well, matching the princess castle theme, and were so nice. They were always smiling and greeting and ugh I loved them. The training that the staff must go through is A list! We were even driven from the main building to our hotel building.

Cinderella flooring! 

The first day, we went to Disney Hollywood Studios, one of the four themed parks! There wasn't much to do there but look to watch mini shows and go in the stores, which is what my sister and I did. The details IN the stores were amazing too! The only show that we watched was the Muppets in 3D.

That same night, my other sister and I took a night swim in the pool that's open all night apparently. And we could see the fireworks from Cinderella's castle that happens every night from our own room!

 The next day, it was July 4th and we went to the most popular park, Magic Kingdom. That's where Cinderella's castle is and all the rides and Pirates of the Caribbean stuff are. IT WAS THE HOTTEST DAY and it rained randomly (we needed to buy those trash looking rain ponchos lol) and the amount of people- it was all just ridiculous. But I was happy that I got a Mickey Waffle for breakfast.

that reminds me, we weren't able to ride the Pirates of the Caribbean because it shut down due to technical difficulties. And I freakin saw Goofy dressed in the Pirate themed costume TWICE and failed BOTH TIMES to get a picture with him. Goofy is my favorite and now I hate him from running away from me.

 We were able to catch the parades! It was so hot and there were so many people that I couldn't and didn't even try to get a good look. But there's a really good looking Peter Pan!

Inside the castle~

 The details in the parks are just amazing! The Alice in Wonderland hedges caught my attention and the Winnie the Pooh tree the most. And did you know there are hidden Mickeys EVERYWHERE? I didn't find any because it was too hot to care.

That night, we went back to our room and watched the fireworks! This was my view :)

But to be honest, the fireworks in Boston are WAY BETTER than Disney's. I think it's because Boston takes too much pride in being like... very historical with the American revolution. haha I love Boston no matter what.

 The last full day at Disney World, we went to Animal Kingdom to just relax and stare at animals.

Again, the details. Every pathway was so pretty!

 My sisters and I went to the petting zoo, which was SUPER DISAPPOINTING! The goats and sheep and pigs all ran away or went in the area where you weren't allowed to go in. And they wouldn't stop moving so you couldn't even pet them. I remember there was this one zoo where they had freakin deer and I pretty much sat on them because they were so calm. So here's a failed selca with a goat that wouldn't stop moving...

That night we ate dinner in the Polynesian hotel that was really close to our hotel and it's Hawaiian themed! It was really cute and you saw Lilo and Stitch everywhere!

We went to Downtown Disney after that which is basically an entire area just for shopping for Disney stuff!

 The last day, I bought a last minute Goofy cookie. And now that I'm looking through these pictures, how the hell did I survive wearing cardigans most of the time? Hmm.. I have high heat tolerance I guess.

 I lost my sunglasses at the outlet mall that we went to after. That outlet mall sucked too. All the clothes were bleh.

And since our flight was delayed 4.5 hours, we staying in the airport for SO LONG. I got yelled at by the security lady, my sister danced with a security man, and we just watching Jokwon and Gain's We Got Married Episodes until our plane arrived.

I hate Orlando airport now. They also have very limited outlets and some were busted too. Logan airport may look like shit, but they have wifi and tons of outlets everywhere! Anyway. It was all good. And I was so happy to be back in Boston where it was in the 70s instead of the high 90s.


I LOVE MY POOH DOLL