who ever said there's not enough hours in a day?

Where do I even begin? Saturday morning there was a crazy storm and it was raining… horizontally. Yea, the wind was so strong that the water was pouring in from all directions. We sat in our usual table in Dream Coffee while we watched in awe at the horizontal rain and gasped as lightening struck. I looked down and realized that every time I wore that dress, it was raining…. “Go get changed!” Audrey exclaims.

As suddenly as the rain came, it went away. So I didn’t have to change and I proved that this dress wasn’t some part of a rain dance ritual.

Our original plan for the weekend was to stay in Seoul, so that we could wake up and HAVE BRUNCH. Oh how exciting! So we packed our bags full of samples - shampoo, rinse, BB cream, cleansers, moisturizers…you name it, we got it - and headed out for Seoul. We went to “buy souvenirs” which roughly translated into buying new outfits for Sunday.. oops. Or maybe not.

Jimjilbang has always been a crazy experience. There was a cold pool with two suspicious-looking buttons on the wall. We held our breath and jumped in and pushed the buttons. What happened?? There was a waterfall spraying down from the ceiling AND there were waves coming from one end of the pool! It was almost like we were in a jungle swamp or something. Awesome!!

So that was the fun part. And then came the not-so-fun part. Sleeping. Yea, sleep is always something that I consider a waste of time. If it were not a biological need, I don’t think I would ever sleep. Anyways, we crawl upstairs into this loft and try to get ourselves comfortable on thin mats and block pillows. Not long after we are all nicely settled in, this loud whooshing water sound comes running through these pipes in the ceiling. And it doesn’t seem to stop. Then when I got used to that water sound, there were mobile phones ringing, people talking, people hushing others, people scrambling about. And then it was 7am.

I wandered around the jimjilbang going in and out the hot rooms and ice room and PC room. Then Nicole and I decided to go out grab a coffee and wait for Audrey and Meagan to wake up. Walking out and being in Seoul already and going to a coffee shop just made me feel like some rich housewife. We planned our imaginary life….. Mondays, we’d do Yoga. Tuesdays, we’d get a mani-pedi. Wednesdays was pilates day. Thursdays would be high teas and Fridays we’d go shop or do our hair. Yep. Hey, it was early and we were sleep-deprived and not yet caffeinated, okay?

Fast-forward a couple of hours and we’re at What The Book? It’s a neat little book store which sells both new and used books and I found myself a book written by none other than Sigmund Freud himself. Yea, I told myself I wouldn’t buy any more books but I could not resist. I have never been one who’s good at exercising self-control nor will-power. And I’m a sucker for boring books.

Fast-forward a little bit more and it’s….BRUNCH TIME! Yea, we’d already been up for 6 hours but it’s still only NOON. It’s crazy to be walking around for so long and still have the sun shine so brightly. Keep in mind that we don’t get out of work till 10pm. Yes, brunch was great! I just love the idea of brunch. Not quite breakfast, but not really lunch. Ahh…. perfect!

And then the real adventures begin…………………………

Oh, we did so much today that I cannot possibly write about it all in one post. Who ever said there’s not enough hours in a day is wrong. Just wrong. I felt like I had a week-long holiday… but in reality, it was just a day and a half! How crazy…..

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