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SEOUL DIARIES 025: HOTEL MOTEL
I’m never again staying (alone) in a motel, regardless of how good the deal. Checked out from BLU:Guesthouse Hongdae, dragged my bags through interweaving subway lines, and finally arrived at Gayang Station. First, let me take a selfie – to commemorate the end of (the first part of) my solo-venture. A long bumpy walk later, I found Baekje…
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Keep Calm and Jive On
So in a day we picked up jive, and performed for the SIA Group Long Service Awards. Extremely thankful for this bunch of amazing seniors with loads of experience, and a lot to offer. 4 days, 1 jive and 1 hiphop item later, we were nothing short of muscle aches, bruises and for some, swollen…
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We’ve been here before
And so each ventureIs a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate,With shabby equipment always deterioratingIn the general mess of imprecision of feeling,Undisciplined squads of emotion. – T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
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TOKYO DIARIES 東京旅日記 IV
Friends, you know who you are and this is for you. I’ve always read about Chiba Prefecture in Murakami’s works and although Narita isn’t my favourite Japanese tourist spot, there is so much to see and shopping to do! Whuddup – look at these fluffy kitties I found: Lunch was mediocre chashuu ramen and some…
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SEOUL DIARIES 024: Seoul Fashion Week
Sometime ago, I was in Seoul. And I got to experience the rush of Seoul Fashion Week. Of course Milan was way better, because the glamour and excitement was literally in the air whereas the activities were concentrated and somewhat limited to the big fashion hubs at Myeongdong. Most local designers were alongside big names on…
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Eight
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| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | From Amsterdam, with love. Keukenhof Gardens Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse, Netherlands xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Seven
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| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Outside of Keukenhof Gardens, there was this beautiful, seemingly endless plot of tulips in neat rows – a farm to which we had to mount a fence to gain access due to its privacy, emulating a…
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Six
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| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Looking at’cha~ Keukenhof Gardens Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse, Netherlands xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Five
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| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Flowers and fields of tulips aside, Keukenhof has this little niche shops where they sell bulbs, seeds, seedlings and pots of yet-to-blossom flowers. I brought home a tiny pot of water hyacinth and some mauve tulips to grow on my own, but…
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Four
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| Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Gorgeous Black Tulips Keukenhof Gardens Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse, Netherlands xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Three
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| Part One | Part Two | Keukenhof Gardens Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse, Netherlands xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part Two
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More floret eye-candies from the Netherlands! You can view Part One over here: https://viktoriajean.com/2014/04/24/amsterdam-keukenhof-gardens-part-one/ Keukenhof Gardens Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse, Netherlands xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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[AMSTERDAM] Keukenhof Gardens Part One
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With 7 million flower bulbs planted annually, Keukenhof Gardens is the world’s largest flower garden! The sheer amount of photographs I took at Keukenhof is evident of how enthralled and captivated I was by 79 acres of flowers in all colours, shapes and sizes. Open only in mid-March to mid-May, I was so thankful to…
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Cafe aA Design Museum | 카페 aA 디자인 뮤지엄
Imagine my joy when I finally found my way to Cafe aA in Hongdae! “Seoul Design Spot” identifies 250 unique architectural creations or designer venues selected by 100 famed designers. Cafe aA Design Museum is a European-style hangout which falls under both museum and cafe categories. I was really excited to hunt for this chill-out museum. The cafe…
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Gabae Naru | 가배나루
Hiking around Chungjeongno 충정로동 revealed many surprises about Seodaemun-Gu. First, I managed to catch the splendour of spring flowers at Dongnimmun, and was then awed by the grandeur of South Korea’s Independence Gate. Not forgetting Seodaemun’s Prison History Hall, reminding us all of mankind’s ceaseless war amongst ourselves. Out of the blue comes this charming red cafe all white-washed walls and scruffy front yard,…
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But it is the nature of stars to cross
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” — John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) “It seemed like forever ago, like we’ve had this brief…
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Cafe Joenill | 카페 조에닐
Late night shopping at Hongdae with iced peach tea leads to planting thy ass at this comfortable hideout, tired out from endless sights, walking with wedge-heels, and very fascinated by observations I get from people watching at Cafe Joenill. Also, it had been drizzling, and I still wanted to keep my nose. Earpiece-plugged, this was the time I fell in…
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Coffine Gurunaru | 커핀그루나루
So this is one of ’em chain coffee-stores that also offer legit mojitos and cocktails, where I tasted one of the best sweet-potato lattes I’ve ever had! Purple’s their defining colour. I’ve only so far tried one of their beverages. Everything else on their menu is the same as any of the other chain coffeehouses. Was grabbing a hot…
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Café Mamas | 카페마마스
Edged alongside local eateries in the central business district of Jung-Gu, this diner was packed during the lunch hour, with loads of people still waiting for tables when I left! Café Mamas is amongst the popular franchised coffee houses in Seoul that offer a European brunch menu consisting of salads, paninis and soups. They serve a corporate crowd from neighbouring office towers…
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SEOUL DIARIES 023: SPRING BLOSSOMS
Come spring and summer, Seoul is just so beautiful. Pictures taken at Dongnimmun Gate. Gorgeously pink, aren’t they? xoxo, Viktoria Jean
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