SNOW! | Korea Adventures #1

Hey guys! Remember that post when I promised you that I would make a post about my "adventures" in Korea? This is it. This is the post. I keep my promise this time. Are you happy yet?

This Korea Adventures series is going to replace the Life Lately series for the time that I'm in Korea. This one will also be more frequent than Life Lately (I hope) because I only post that once in like three months. I don't think this will be a regular thing, but I will try to post as much as I can. If I go to an exciting place or hang out with some friends, I'll most definitely make a blog post about it. So, stay tuned for that!

This post might be quite picture heavy since I did take a lot of pictures around the city. Also, please know that I'm not good at taking photos, so there will be some blurry ones here and there. I just have to put them here because I want to show you guys what the place looks like. Sorry! I promise I will try to take better pictures in the future. But for now, please bare with me.

Okay, then. All of those disclaimers done, let us get started!

Library Books! | Book Talk #2

Heyo! I'm back again with my short reviews on the books I read this year. I've got quite a few reading done this past few weeks. Mostly because I want to do read all the books I can before school really starts again and the assignments kick off. Let's face it, the only things I'll be reading then are probably ones required by my professors.

If you don't know what this is all about, you can check all the deets here. I explained why I start this series, what inspired me to do it, and what this series is all about. You can also check out the reading challenge that I'm doing along with my progress here.

Enough with the chit-chat. Let's get on with the reviews!

About the On Time Thing

You see, I'm a pretty flexible person. I'm not really particular about being on time, but I do try to always be there when I say I'm gonna be there. If I'm gonna be late, I'll let you know that I'm gonna be late at least half an hour before the time that I'm supposed to meet you.

Here's a thing about me: I don't mind it that much if people show up late on my thing. I'll bug and tease them a little and that's about it. However, I'll feel quite terrible if I'm late on someone else's thing. I would probably keep saying sorry that I'm late for the next 20 minutes. I hate being late. I beat myself pretty hard about it.

Maybe it's a cultural thing. For the most part, Indonesians are usually quite relaxed. And if you know the traffic conditions in the larger cities, you learn to accept that everyone's just gonna be late. There's almost no such thing as, "Maybe we should depart earlier so we could be there on time." I'm just generalising here. It's what most of my family and friends do. And me, at one point in my life. Because that's what I'm exposed to.

One time, my family had a party thing in my aunt's place. We're supposed to be there at 12pm and it takes about an hour and a half to get there from our house. At 10am:

Me: "We probably should go in a bit, don't you think? It takes quite a while to get there, you know."
Dad: "It's too early. No one's gonna be there."
Me: "Well, we have about half an hour left to get ready if we want to get there on time. You're not even dressed yet."
Dad: "It's fine. Your mom's still in the shower. Just relax."
Me: "Okay, then."

*thirty minutes later*

Me: "We really should go now or we're gonna be late."
Dad: "It's okay. No one's gonna be there yet anyway."
Me: "What do you mean no one's gonna be there? My aunt who holding the party is gonna be there. My cousins who I haven't seen in a while are gonna be there. Of course, there's gonna be someone at the party. It's a party. It's where people gather to have a good time."
Dad: "Sure, honey."
Me: "You're unbelievable."

You see what my problem is? Apparently, being late is a norm in my dad's head. Don't you know that you can get the best pieces of cakes if you show up on time? Now I have to stick with whatever's left. Goodness.

And don't even get me started on being "fashionably late". What in the world does that bullshit even mean? I'm fine if someone's late because of traffic or they forgot to check the schedule and have to wait for public transport. But purposefully being late because it's "fashionable" is just beyond me. What is it that you accomplish from that? Do enlighten me. Because for all I know, time was invented so that you can be on it.

Whoo. All that ranting got me exhausted. I am in such a ranting mood this month for some reason. I'll try not too be so negative all the time. I am easily annoyed, can't you tell? The story about my dad was very long ago. He can still be very late at times, but I think it's not that bad anymore. Now he's the one getting mad at me because I don't want to get ready when he wants to go out for a dinner or something. You see, dad? Annoying, isn't it?

Anyway, I hope you enjoy me being all salty (again). I'll see you guys next time!

Riz

Settling In | Life Lately #2

Hi guys! I'm so sorry I haven't posted in like two (maybe three?) weeks. As you probably know, I am doing an exchange to South Korea, so I'm taking a little bit of a break from blogging while I'm preparing. Everything was kind of hectic, still is, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. It takes a bit of time, but I'm sure I'll be fine.

Anyway, I'm here now. It's been a while since my first Life Lately, so I figured I'll do another one after my little "hiatus" to let you know about stuff that happens since I last checked in. Here I go, chatting on and on about my life as if someone cares. That was depressing. Let's begin!

Let's Talk About The 5th Wave Movie

Heads up, this is not a review of the film, just a little rant. The words typed down below are only my opinion. You are free to agree or disagree with it. And I welcome a discussion on this topic in the comments, but please be nice to each other if you don't share the same view. Just a little disclaimer. I don't want to start a fight. *hides in the corner*

Also, this post will contain spoilers for the book and movie of The 5th Wave. So, if you have not read or watched it, please read with caution. Or don't read it at all. It's all good. Unless you don't really care. Then proceed.