2013 - sweet ending! :)

2013 in a post..

Time to summarize all the happenings in 2013 before the end of Jan 2014!
In short, 2013 ended on a super duper sweet note! :D

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First half of 2013 was quite uneventful. Cannot remember anything exciting happening... Wasn't allowed to go on long leave (aka. overseas) by boss due to the project schedule, which didn't went ahead as planned. So i missed the trip to Scandinavia with my parents. :( Most of my time was spent at work, and preparing for the project that never commenced as planned.

But second half of 2013 is a completely different scenario! :D

First up...

Travels!
My leave curfew got lifted & its time to travel, travel, travel & travel! (visited 4 countries within 6 months. :p)
Seo just likes to travel! :D

First up was Bangkok in June with Jasmine!
Finally going there for a shopping spree, and having the chance to roam the streets of Bangkok! Ages ago since i went Bangkok with my parents.
Didn't get to really enjoy the street food at Bangkok cause Jasmine was a small eater. Either i'll be left hungry or too full after a meal >_<
But nevertheless, it was still my first getaway in 2013! Away from all the work and stress :)

I miss the yummy tom yam soup we found!! super shiok! the stall even has its own facebook account!

Then it was time to head back to Hong Kong in August! (yesh... again :p) But this time i am travelling with Lay Ling! Finally got to travel with her! 买东西， 吃东西！买东西， 吃东西！
Happy time travelling with LL! Managed to find most of the food we wanted to eat, and places we wanted to visit! Lots of shopping done! Hope we can travel together again!! :)))

And managed to meet up with Rita & Jacqueline too! :) & again brought Rita to places she haven't visit in Hong Kong :p We went in search of 姻缘石! (requested by LL :p) Off to some hiking before finding the rock!

 Really enjoyable trip in Hong Kong cause me and Lay Ling complement each other travelling style & common interests too!


2 months break.. before its time to visit New Zealand with my parents! As age is catching up on my dad, they decided to join tour rather than self-drive. So it's a trip to the southern island of New Zealand! First time stepping into NZ!
I always treasure the trips i have with my parents. Though i will always get comments from fellow tour mates asking if i am still schooling / waiting for my results, and that they will have the 'why are you still travelling with your parents' kind of look when they know my actual age (back of their mind thinking if my trips are still sponsored by my parents.. which is NO..), I still hope we will have many more trips together as my parents are getting older every year and trips will allow me to spend more time with them!

The landscape in New Zealand is too beautiful to describe! Too bad we are on a tour and cannot stop over long at each destination. Some photos of our trip...

But my favorite photo is still the one below taken at Mirror Lake! Stunning beautiful!
The water has to be super clear to witness such a sight! We went past the lake in the afternoon and the reflection can no longer be seen.. Lucky us!

And then the final trip of the year, spanning across to 2014, is Korea!
The trip was meant to be me and Jee spending white Christmas overseas. But eventually the trip was opened to fellow Simpletons and total of 7 of us travelled to Korea! :) First time spending Xmas & New Year aboard. Also the first time doing such intensive planning for the almost the entire trip (excl Ski & Busan). Finally understood how difficult it is for my dad to plan our family trips in the past..

Though it was tiring at times, but there was also fun and laughter mainly provided by the 92s..

Lucky it snowed for half a day while we were there so that the rest could see snow for the first time in their life. And i am glad they had an enjoyable trip! :) Miss the street food!!

Guilty to be travelling so much within 6 mths! :p Next up...


Dance!
Continuing my k hip hop & mv classes at CJ in 2013, but this year also gave us opportunities to perform at different venues.

First up was Dansu Dansu 2013 held at CJ in July. Simpletons split into 2 groups and it was my first attempt doing song mix! Quite a challenge and for days i was fiddling with the song mix on my ipad. First cut was shot down by the instructors at CJ, but i am glad we managed to pull through and i am happy with our performance!

I also decided to take part in the instructor's dance (Xiao Jo's item), and it was quite a challenge at first. Totally not use to dancing girls hip hop! But slowly got used to the steps and even though there was a little hiccup midway through the dance, but nevertheless, another milestone accomplished!

And finally a Simpletons groupshot for all those present! Long time since there was almost full strength since concert days! Really glad to still be in contact with these fun loving peeps!

There was then the performance at Annyeong Seoul event at Bukit Panjang Plaza where there was filming by a korea broadcasting company, and within the span of 1 week, we did the same performance at Commonwealth :) Could have done better with facial expressions, but it was still a memorial experience! Dancing on 'bouncy' stage! :p

Korean!
Guilty to say, i've only made very slight improvement in this area this year. I did continue taking basic korean 2 lessons at CC, but still not able to hear/speak fluetly. :( So let's see what progress i can make in 2014! :p

And lastly,

感情！

Truthfully in 2013, it was the first time in 26 years that guys will come striking a conversation with me, and also asking me out for meals. But sadly, i wasn't interested in them for various reasons.. diff. frequency, diff interest, not comfortable with them...

And while i was still keeping my options open, looking for 'potentials', even contemplating to go for SDN events, i was clueless to the actions of a person close to me. :p While it was obvious to everyone who know us, i was just happily leading my life and really unaware of the little things that was done, unaware that there is someone out there who is looking out for me. Guess seo is just oblivious to such things (or rather i didn't want to give myself false hopes :p)

I glad i accepted your dinner invite on a random night in August which 'started' everything.. though i was still 木头seo.. :p
I am glad you persisted and things started being obvious to me.
I am glad you came into my life and i agreed to take that first step with you that night!

In Oct 2013, seo 告别了单生的生活! 我不再是一个人了！ 谢谢你在我旁边照顾我， 那么疼我。。那么爱我！ 我很幸福 Dear Dear !  爱你！Looking forward to more happy times together in 2014.. creating more sweet memories together :)

(I guess its time to go back to Hong Kong again sometime soon to pay another visit to 姻缘石.. :p better to be safe than sorry! & i hope Lay Ling finds her true love soon! :p )

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Was reading all my previous posts before writing this, and its funny how i don't remember writing certain posts, and how it refreshes my memory of what i was feeling/experiencing at that point in time.
Maybe i should do more than blogging one post per year! :p