Spring Changed our Skin, too???

My hands were relatively dry during winter...but as Spring set it...amazingly...they sort of changed as well....ㅋㅋㅋ

Wow..the power of weather and its effect on our skin.

No more lotions to spread on....and..I ...well ....for some time.....could save time and find no trouble of putting on some lotion to keep the skin from being "dried up"ㅋㅋㅋ

More Birthday Bash..this one's a traditional way!

Is there such thing as a traditional birthday bash? Of course there is...^^ in the sense that most of the food we prepared IS traditional. 

Okay..the news spread that Eyra was having her birthday on April 20. Since she had friends..well, her Mom's friends and automatically mine as well....who happened to live just a few minutes way by subway..on line 6.....we might as well ask them for dinner at our place. 

yellow rice, dadar gulung, tempe, tahu, sambal, sambal goreng sapi, and some fruits.... 

And there were around ten of us..having dinner together. 

And we had one more guest, a new family from Malaysia who just arrived two months earlier to our neighborhood.  

So..here we are. From left: Mas Ahmad (from Malaysia and family), mas Khoirul (from Jakarta and his family), my wife, and then.om Wawan and his wife. and me? 

Yep..count me in..count me in. 

And..guess what...Eyra got two more unexpected presents. 

and..more toys: only this time..it's different from what she had before. 

It's a bit princess-ey:-)

Walking through A Creek Near Home

It's early in the morning when I decided to take a stroll along the creek just around the corner of where I live.  

A river runs through it...A creek runs through it. Equipped with a jogging track, this is a good way to spend some time enjoying the spare time. 

Apartments dotted either side of the creek which only emphasizes the urban-feel of the neighborhood. 

Had I walked pass this creek bank a week earlier, I would've enjoyed it even more since lots of flowers must've bloomed by then. 

A typical spectacle everywhere in Seoul. Even under a bridge like this, there are free-to-use sport equipment for everyone to make the best of their time. 

But, some flowers were still visible for me to explore. And those are right under the highway above. 

So, literally..I was walking along the path of the creek OR walking under the toll-road above. 

A serene and calm morning accompanying me for about 1-hour long walk...back home.  

These are the hallmarks or highlights of what I've been doing in the morning on my way back home after taking the kids to school.

#Aha Moment: Save this Precious Picture

A cloudy morning walking through campus on my way to class.

Got a glimpse of this too-good-to-ignore spectacle.

Spring comes and passes us by so quickly that we tend to take everything for granted. 

So, while it lasts..and while I could savor the colorful bless of the nature...

a quick snapshot of this section of park at my campus WON'T waste my time.

Instead, I will always be able to treasure this #Aha Moment for good.

Little B'Day Surprise for Eyra

Yesterday, she was making these two cupcakes out of play-doh which for me...was quite amazingly palatable and looks so edible.^^ 

She really has a knack for this kind of delicate-stuff making. A colorfully-designed cupcake. And..while she's busy making this... 

Freya, her sister, was asking me to take her to the store to buy some presents for her sister. She insisted on buying something for her sister..and even..she forced me to wrap the gifts on the spot...not to let her sister know what she'd bought. 

As Eyra was asleep, we decorated the sofa. 

and invite most of her plush-toy friends to the party. 

Happy Birthday, Eyra.

Spring @ Yeouido Park & Hangang Park (part 3)

Sunday, April 6, 2014. 

People picnicking on the lawn stretching along the Han Riverbank. 

Photo-time. Finally, I AM in the picture. 

Kites flying. Seoul Tower beyoooond. Blue sky. Seemingly blue river. People taking pictures. people jogging, people jaywalking. ... 

After almost an hour spending time at the riverbank, we proceeded our weekend outing to the park, again. Likewise, we saw lots of people sitting on the lawn in the center of the park.  

A Great View of the Park that I would surely want to cherish. 

What a day! 

This was the only cherry blossom we could find on the spot. No wonder..it was quite an attraction. 

Happy Birthday, Eyra. *I know...I know...(but as I am writing it down..you're having your B'day). 

Mom & her daughter. *Sharing Happiness* 

Enroute to Petite France

Spotted a BALI floating restaurant!! Yes, I was on a bus-ride that took us from Cheongpyeong station to Petite France.  

During a 30-minute ride, I was a bit sleepy but the sight of Chuncheon lake kinda woke me up and made me sober--again! 

The barren trees along the road seemed to 'ignite' my curiosity and drenched me into questions as to whether I had made the right choice of going to Chuncheon area at this period...thinking that the view must've been breathtaking--considering it'd been Spring time---or so I thought. 

But..never mind...the view of the lake itself was worthy of the price

 I paid for the trip alone.  

#Gee, I wished I could just remove those cables!!! 

#cables and more cables...seemed to obstruct the view. But, well..what could we do? After all, there IS an electricity plant near the lake. So???

TWO Colors of Spring..in Pleasantville!!!

One is the pale white and grey color that even the bright blue sky cannot overtake it. 

Yet, this is a quintessential color of spring--at least what I saw along my walk veering off the alleys near Gyeongbokgung Palace. 

Even a facade of Museum of Contemporary Arts along with the passing by cars...only enhanced the grey-white feeling of spring that my eyes were witnessing. 

Just when I veered off into an alley around it, I couldn't help but notice a remarkably stand-out cafe(?) at the intersection of the alley... 

This is unquestionably one of my fave pictures that day.

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Until, of course, I found this eye-opener brightly colored(^-^) flora at one corner of the alley I was passing through. As though, I was suddenly zapped into one episode of Pleasantville..when I suddenly realized that everything is COLORFUL at that very exact moment.

Had I been dreaming? I mean, I'd been exposed to ONLY grey+white  (yet, never dull) color of spring...until I came across this alley. 

Now, that's what I call 'COLOR life' 

even...I suddenly became an avid lover of scarves and handbags store.!!! 

And..I was finally able to spot one girl in YELLOW jacket among the mostly-dark side of people's jackets..though it's Spring!

So, that's the 2 Colors of Spring...at least to me.