#seahawks

This blog took me a long time to write. I delayed 3 blogs in a row cause it was hard for me to write this one. I found out that my grandmother passed away. Just a few weeks prior, I saw her during my visit in Korea. We went to Korea because we knew she had cancer. But it was very sudden. I have a hard time dealing with my emotions. I’m very emotional. I’m very much aware of it. But I have a hard time talking about it. My grandmother was a G! I’m going to miss her so much. The only thing I regret is not visiting Korea more often. I have family out there and I miss them. She meant a great deal to me but more so to my mother. It saddens me that my mom lost her last parent. She lived a great life though. She was a strong soul. Rest in paradise, grandma.

Tuesday:
Nhung came over for dinner and she brought some Korean style home made wings to go with Stacey’s pasta salad! It was a great combo! Very delicious!

Wednesday:
We had dinner at Auntie Che and Uncle Ernie’s house! She made adobo and lumpia! She also made Banana’s foster for dessert! What a great dinner! She’s such a wonderful cook! We love Isaiah and Nica as well! And at this point, we were all very excited for the Super Bowl. 

Friday:
For lunch, we went to Dick’s. No words needed. 

I demolished it so fast.

The whole state was so excited for the Super Bowl. This was just a random group of ppl just firing up the drivers…

Saturday:
Before work, we grabbed breakfast at this joint in Renton. I don’t remember what it’s called. lol Fail… but it’s right next to Coulon Beach. 

Then we grabbed some doughnuts at Happy Doughnuts in Kent. It’s amazing. 

The kids were excited as well for the game. 

Sunday:
Super Bowl Gameday. By now, everybody knows the result. We lost. Plain and simple. We had the opportunity to win and we didn’t. I thought we were going to win until we didn’t. It hurt. It hurt a lot. But it’s a game and we’ll bounce back. I love my team and I believe in them. It was a fun season. So many great parties. Food and friends. It was a great time. I’m disappointed that we lost but I’m very optimistic and excited for the future.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Have a great week, everyone!

This was my life a nutshell. I was watching both Seahawks’ playoff games at the same time… LOL 

Tuesday:
I had lunch with one of my oldest friends, Linda! I’ve known Linda since I was 8 years old. I haven’t seen her in a real long time so I was excited to catch up with her. I forgot to take pictures but we grabbed dinner at Santouka Ramen! DELICIOUS! Shout out to Linda! She’s at the Super Bowl!

Wednesday:
My favorite part of Wednesday…

Thursday:
Jason and I went out to Ma'o ono chicken for dinner! It was delicious! Jason’s been telling me for a while that he wanted to go with me and I’m glad he suggested it! Good times!

Friday:
Stacey and I wanted to get jjajangmyun. Glorious….

Saturday:
Saturday was Audrey’s birthday! Audrey is such an adorable girl. I love her so much. It’s a pleasure to watch her grow. Crazy how she wasn’t even born when I started dating Stacey and now she’s a big part of our lives. I was sad that I missed everyone else cause I had to work before attending her party. But we got to see the birthday girl! She was having a tea party when we arrived… haha

We bought her a headband while we were in Korea. She looked pretty with it on!

She took selfies on my phone… 

She even took pictures of me with my phone… LOL 

Afterwards, we went to Homegoods and found a mirror for our home! WOOT WOOT! Shout out to Stacey’s dad for picking it up for us cause we didn’t have enough space in our car for it… haha

Sunday:
No games this week. Stacey’s parents came over for lunch. Stacey’s mom wanted her to check out some of the dresses she was thinking about ordering for our wedding. Fun times!

Afterwards, we went to The French Bakery. Picked up delicious goods!

And for dessert, we went to Vovito Gelato at Bravern! I got the Red Velvet and Cookie and Cream Gelato… AMAZING!

Next. Super Bowl.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Have a great week, everyone!

My tourist partner, forever…

What’s vacation without…

Monday:
My grandmother literally does something all the time…

Stacey and I went out to have lunch with my cousin, Saewook and his gf! Saewook visited me a year and half ago when he was moving back to Korea from Vancouver… if you go back far enough, he’s in the blogs… haha Anyways, this was his only day off and it was great to spend some time with him! He picked a delicious Korean buffet restaurant! Great times!

Afterwards, we went and got some hoddok… lol Stacey really loves hoddok. We got yelled at for taking this picture…

She was cool with us taking pictures after we bought some hoddok… LOL 

It’s fun to play tourist.

We went shopping some more and Stacey found a coat! YAY! The stuff they sell at malls in Korea makes me laugh. lol 

We went back home afterwards. Because the chicken we had the night before wasn’t Frypan, Yeonjoo got Frypan for dinner! It’s SO GOOOOOD! haha

Tuesday:
We went and got some snacks to bring back in the morning. Most of them were really delicious!

For lunch, my mom’s cousin took us out for okonomiyaki!

After lunch, we grabbed some nutella latte and nutella sundae! AMAZING!

For dinner, we went out to Gangnam to meet up with my cousin’s family. They gave us an amazing wedding gift! They gave us our engagement photos with an UNBELIEVABLE album included! I was genuinely speechless. It was an amazing gesture and we were so moved. No words. And the pictures turned out AMAZING! I posted a few on instagram but I’ll post more :) We grabbed dinner and coffee in Gangnam before we said our goodbyes!

What a beautiful family.

Wednesday:
On our last day, we went out for food with my grandmother!

She’s a great woman. It made me incredibly sad cause I knew that these were going to be the last pictures that I take with her. As I leave, this is the last time that I’ll ever see her…

Before we left, we ordered some jjajangmyun though. lol 

We had to order in for Stacey to have that authentic experience…

Anyways, 

As I leave, I reflected on so many things. This trip changed my perspective on life. I knew that I was visiting Korea to basically say “goodbye” to my grandmother. She won’t make it til the next time I visit, and most likely, not even when I get married. Life is weird thing. It’s awful that death is inevitable. But it’s beautiful because it comes to an end. It’s beautiful to build a family and watch them build their own. It was amazing to see my family. I haven’t seen so many of them in so long. They all have busy schedules, yet they made time for Stacey and me. I’m not sure what it’s like for other Korean-Americans but I was born in Seoul. It’s my hometown. My entire extended family lives there. I had a great trip and I’m so glad that Stacey came along with me. They all need to meet her and know who she is. And without being able to speak Korean, she won them over. She’s just that special. I’m glad she got to meet my mother’s mother. Life is a blessing and I will never forget that. 

10 Hour Flight later… 

We’re back home! LOL It’s still Wednesday cause Korea is a day ahead. I don’t want to talk about the flight. Too many crying babies… Anyways. I got to open up my birthday gift. Stacey just gets me. Chicago 1’s. Beautiful.

Thursday:
I spent most of Wednesday sleeping. I was so tired. It was an exhausting trip. For lunch, we grabbed Garlic Crush and it was DELICIOUS! But they really messed up Stacey’s name… lol 

For dinner, we went over to Stacey’s parents house for dinner! Stacey’s mom made a delicious meal! We told them about our trip and showed them pictures!

Friday:
For lunch, we went to Bombay House for the first time! It’s a Vegeterian Indian spot and it’s very good!

For dinner, we went to Taqueria La Venadita with Jillian! It was very good and we haven’t seen Jillian since Christmas Eve. So, it was nice of her to hit us up :) 

We went to Yogurtland afterwards for the Dessert Queen to get her fix. But… they had this flavor. If you’re “The Parent Trap” fan… you understand.

Saturday:
Stacey and I hosted the NFC Divisional Game against the Panthers! MANNNN! The Seahawks did beautifully! But we expected nothing less! So much fun having Jason, Soojin, Tyler, Alan, and Kelli over! Special shout out to Stacey for cooking and cleaning. She puts in so much work for me to have a great Seahawks parties! :) We also used it as a “late” birthday party for me. lol So, Stacey made a nutella cake. She’s incredible forreals.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Have a great week, everyone!