Author: Simonette

A year and a half ago my husband and I moved to Korea. I wanted to write about my life and experiences in Korea along with my current interests. Initially we came to Korea to use it as a stepping stone to immigrate to another country. But now since we’re here we are thinking of making it our new home even if it is just for the next few year as no one knows what the future holds. If you told me ten years ago I will be living in Korea now I would have called you out for bullshitting me. My brother always quotes Robbie Williams by saying “I sit and talk to God and he just laughs at my plans”. This is absolutely true. We have made so many plans with our lives but in the end its not up to us, no matter how much you try to take it into your own hands. So… here we are in Korea, living it up

What is in my makeup bag?

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016Leave a comment

I’m a girl of simple taste in makeup. I usually wear natural looking makeup and lipstick.

On regular days I will generally just carry some lipstick and my purse in my bag, but when we go to Seoul for the day I will take some more makeup with. As a foreigner in Korea generally you travel quite far if you don’t live in one of the main metropolitan areas, therefore a backpack is much easier to wear than a normal handbag

Makeup bag:

Summer Holiday Bag

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3 Books on my bookshelf

July 7, 2016July 6, 2016Leave a comment

I love reading although I don’t always have time for it. When I was a kid I didn’t enjoy reading at all. But then when I went to grade 8 my mom took us to the library and said that we HAVE to pick a book and read it. So that Summer I started my love affair with books.

Today’s topic for our 30 day Blogging Babes challenge we’re writing about 3 books on our book shelves. Since I’m currently living in Korea and didn’t bring any books with me I can only list the 3 books that I currently have on my bookshelf

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

Its about a 17 year old boy with Autism (Asperger to be precise) and an intense interest in Crime investigation. Every time there is a crime in his town he is present to investigate the clues himself. Then there is a murder in his town and he is the prime suspect. The story deals with the trails and tribulations that families with Autistic children go through. It was a really interesting read and I enjoyed it so much that I bought some more books from Jodi Picoult.

2.The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnel

A book about two girls who’s parents are drug dealers. Their parents die over the Winter and they bury them in the back yard because they are scared that if the authorities find out about it, that they will be sent to a foster home and be separated. Its a story of how harsh life can be but also that there are some people who are willing to help us even if we did something wrong. It starts off kind of gruesome and I had to put the book down for a few days but I’m really glad that I ended up finishing it. As a final note, there is a lot of swearing in this book but it depicts the socioeconomic status that the 2 girls have within their society.

3. The Millenial (Series)

OK these are 3 separate books but I included them under one book 🙂

I have only watched the movie based on the book with Daniel Craig and I wanted to read the books but haven’t had the time yet. My sister in law bought me the whole series for Christmas and I’m planning to read them before the end of this year!!!

Cakes glorious cakes!!!

July 6, 2016October 24, 20165 Comments

I love cakes. Generally I’m not a fan of sweets or chocolates but I love cakes. In Korea most cakes have cream based icings so I can eat less cake here but normal sugar filled icing cakes are just divine. Since I always try to eat healthily I don’t often indulge in cake but I love to look at cakes and take pictures of them.

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What makes me special?

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016Leave a comment

I had to think long and hard about this post. It is due early tomorrow morning and I have only sat down now to do it. I have been studying Ecosystemic psychology this year and has realised that we as humans need each other. Since the beginning of the 20th century we as a race have been told that we have to be individual and that each of us are special. This might be true but being told from a young age that you are special sets you up for only more disappointments. You believe that what happens to you happens only to you and you alone but things like falling in love for the first time and having your heart broken is common. Furthermore if you believe that you are special then you might not work as hard as the next guy because you’re special, you don’t have to do what the others do…..

So in view of my view regarding this, it was very hard to determine what makes me special. I had to ask around and it turns out that a lot of my friends believe that I am very good at fashion. Not fashion in the sense of designing but rather in giving advice and being able to see what looks good and what not. My husband has also commented that he never knew anything about fashion until he met me…. so there you go, apparently I’m the fashion police.