Review - [Kokomama]

So it has been the in thing these days, and just nice there was a promotion circulating on facebook quite abit these days, me and John decided to try out after my work on Sunday.

~~~~~ BINGSU

Patbingsu (팥빙수, also stylized as patbingsoo, literally red beans with ice) is a Korean shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings such as chopped fruit, condensed milk, fruit syrup, and Adzuki beans.^[1] The snack is highly popular in Korea.

This snack originally began as ice shavings with red bean paste (known as pat, 팥). It was traded among government officials. Many varieties of patbingsu exists in contemporary culture.

In case you all haven't seen the promotion, let me just share it here.


So basically for the price of $8.90, you get to choose any 1 of these flavours:

- Mango Madness
- Snappy Strawberry
- Milky Oreo
- Matcha Craze
- Red Ruby

And all you need to do is to present your Student Pass at the counter!

So me and John decided to share one since we were still going for dinner after that. And initially we were contemplating between the Mango Madness and the Milky Oreo. And in the end, we decided on Milky Oreo.

Frankly speaking, it was a bit of a disappointment because we thought that there was nothing really unique about it and that there were too many oreos in it and the shaved ice melt way too fast!!! The only unique taste is the shaved ice melting in your mouth. The only ingredients we had in our Milky Oreo Bingsu was the milky shaved ice, oreos, chocolate waffle sticks, a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a few pieces of muah chee like thingy.

We had pretty high expectations for it probably because of what we saw on our social media platforms, but then again we thought WE GET WHAT WE PAY.

Honestly I would still go back down to try the Mango Craze for the price of $8.90. I'm definitely not willing to pay more than $10 on something like ice kachang which I can get it at less than $2 anywhere??????

At Kokomama, I realised that it is quite a study friendly cafe because first of the all, they don't only have Bingsu, but they also sells juices, cakes and other food. Secondly, they have power sockets! (YAY to especially RP students because we CANNOT study without our laptop) However, I'm not very sure if they have free wifi, but when I attempted, they'll prompt you to ask the owner of Kokomama for the password, so I guess there's a 80% chance that there's free wifi! :)

So if you're wondering where it's located at, it's located at the School of The Arts (SOTA), the row along I'm Kim's BBQ.


P.s: The $8.90 promotion ends on 31 August! So be quick! ;)

To my drifted friends

To my drifted friends,

Even though we have drifted, and we cannot deny it, I would still like you to know that I still treat you as my friend. I'll still be there for you when you need me. I'm always ready for a conversation, always ready for a date, always ready to go back to how we used to be. I honestly do not want our friendship to come to an end, because I really appreciate and want you in my life. But if you feel that I'm no longer worthy to be in your life, I will also not force you to have me in your life.


I'm still the same old me, nothing have changed.

Before and After.

My life after getting into a relationship....

It seems that most people have thoughts like,
"Oh you must be happier right now.", "Your life is officially completed.", "You're so lucky to have everything in your life."

My thoughts on my friends that have a relationship (before I myself got into a relationship) was, "How lucky they must be. They have a family, they have their friends, now they have a boyfriend / girlfriend as well!"

But after getting into a relationship, after having to experience things myself, that's when I realised, getting into a relationship with someone is really isn't that simple. It isn't just about wanting to spend the rest of your life with that one person, it's isn't just about going on dates, it isn't just about enjoying each other's company and all. It was more than that.



Yes you have one addition onto your Important / Favourite list, but with that addition it also means that you have one more person to balance in your life. In my case, in the past I had to balance only my family, my friends, studies and work. But now, I had to balance my family, my friends, studies, work, and him. And to be honest, I was really confident of being able to balance all of it well. I had plans, I made plans even before getting into a relationship.

The first month went well. But slowly, things started to change. Probably because it was the start of our relationship, which was also the crucial part of a relationship, I spent more time with him. And because of this, I also got drifted away from some of my friends. To be honest, I would not say I've put in 100% effort in trying to save my friendship. However, I would dare to say I've tried. But human-to-human relationship can never go just one-way.

There were a few events when my friends jio-ed me out, but because I've made plans with him beforehand, I had to reject them. I don't know if it's pure coincidence, but the few times they asked me out, I've already had plans. So some of my friends would automatically leave me out for events because they would assume I would no doubt choose him over anything. At some point of time, whenever I had problems or when I was upset with him and I really wanted to rant it to someone, I suddenly had no idea who I can approach. I looked through my contact list and I just didn't know who to talk to.



I was lucky enough to still have friends who would ask me how's my life going on and all. They gave me advice and made me start making sense of my life.

One particular friend of mine, probably the last person I would even expect to be having such a conversation with, once told me,

"At some point in your life, you would realise no matter how much you try to explain, how much you try to save yourself, they will still be saying the same old things, in fact they would just say you are just being a hypocrite. If they are your true friends, they will be happy for you. They may not like your boyfriend, but because you love him, they will still be happy for you. You don't even have to explain to your true friends, because they know you well enough."

p.s: I realised those people who can understand are only those we've been through it.



I know some of my friends are not happy with me because I no longer spend as much time as I used to spend with them. And I know they also have to rant it out. But sometimes I wish they would tell me instead of being mad at me behind my back and ranting it to others.

The hardest part is probably having to smile and laugh and act like you do not know about it in front of them.



In this kind of situation, nobody is in the wrong, maybe it's my fault because I assumed that my friends would understand that I would have lesser time to spent with them. Maybe I just didn't do a good job in balancing everything.



And to be honest,


I really do.

Being someone who is extremely sensitive about feelings, I can tell about one's mood really quick. There are times when I really want to be like how we used to be, so I decided to be the one who will make the first move. But sometimes their response to you can be really disappointing. Eventually, from casual talks, it became formal talks and right now I guess the only time she'll ever talk to me is when she needs my help.

There's nothing I can do to change the situation because......
We no longer understand one another anymore.

I still do hope we can be as close as we used to be.

As much as I'm enjoying attached life, I still hate the fact that there are things that you've to sacrifice, and there are still so much more to learn and adapt to.


To John, to my family, and to my drifted / current friends, 

4F 2012

Came across Vin's already-died blog, and while reading through it, it really brings back so many memories from 3 years ago. Truth to be told, I do miss them - Vin, Pris, Cole, Xut, Justin, KM, Berwyn, Shermaine. I miss hanging out with them after school, I miss doing stupid things with them in class, I miss going for class late with them, I miss gossiping with them, everything. Now, how often do we meet?

Vin, he used to promise me that he'll be there for me no matter what, but now he literally MIA-ed on me since like last year?????? It's sad how this friendship is dying just like that. What can I do to go back to the days where life was simple, yet happy and carefree.

Things have changed.

Back to this place after a crazy half a year.


Well so many things have happened/changed, and some of the major things are like....
- I'm finally a Year 3 student, aka LAST YEAR OF POLY.
- I moved from Cotton On to Llao Llao.
- I got attached.
- Finally 19!

Funny how things are just different from what I would imagine exactly a year ago. Who knew I would really quit Cotton On and join a whole new industry. Life was tough initially. Learning how to twirl a nice yogurt, trust me, it's so not easy. And approaching my final year in Poly, things are more or less like still the same, in fact, I'm getting lazier. But thanks to John, who's constantly pulling me back to track, I'm still surviving. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned about the new system in RP, but it really sucks so badly. Not like they removed RJ, Quiz and Evaluation, but they shorted our usual 15 weeks of lessons to 13 weeks, which also caused us to have only 2 unofficial absence instead of 3. And instead of having our usual 3 UTs, we now only have MSA and ESE. Why do I feel like I'm back in Primary School, with our CAs and SAs. LOL.

Getting attached to John was something I've never ever imagined. Like really NEVER EVER. It just happened. I would say this is my first real relationship, and not any of the previous puppy love relationship, it has taught me so much, and definitely brought me happiness, anger, sadness. We may look sweet and all, but there are times where we're so close to quarreling, until either one of us will just give way and back to the happy moments. I'm still enjoying this attached life, and sure do wish that he's the one.

Finally 19 - 1 more year till I'm no longer a teen, and entering the next phrase of my life.
After getting attached, some of my friends naturally stopped talking/talk lesser to me and when I decide to take the first move, the only thing they said was, "Oh, I thought you will be with John." Honestly, I fucking hate it. Yes, not slightly kidding. I may laugh it off but trust me, I am cursing you deep in my heart. Getting attached does not fucking means you get rid of all your other friendships. How do I drill that into your minds?! If you want to assume that I will get rid of my friendships after getting attached then fine, just leave. I do not appreciate people who don't understand/know me. It just proves how much you know me as a 'friend'.