The Face Shop: Herb Day 365 Cleansing Foam ♥︎

The past few months, I've been battling with rather bad skin. I'm not sure what the cause is but I suspect it could have been an allergic reaction to some new products I was using, which caused me to have itchy eyes and also dry and very itchy lips. The first thing I switched out was my makeup remover but that only stopped the itchy eyes. Finally, I then wondered if it could be the facial cleanser I was using. I then decided to try a new cleanser from The Face Shop. 

The Face Shop 
 Herb Day 365 Cleansing Foam
  Peach

Well I basically got this product on sale. Hehe. It was I think around $10 or something like that. The thing that attracted me to it was firstly the smell. Although I do know that products with scents aren't good for people with sensitive skin but so far I haven't had an issue with The Face Shop's products so I just went ahead to purchase it.

What Have I Been Up To? ♥︎

2017 has been quite a year! In the blink of an eye, it came to an end and 2018 crept right up, without us knowing. As expected, I was not able to complete this post before 2017 ended. There are just so many things to sum up and there are also many new beginnings in 2018 to share. Where do I begin?

Work

Basically, my life has been revolving around work ever since I started working. I practically eat, sleep and breathe work. I know, it's unhealthy but at this age, building our career is somewhat our priority right? 

I feel like I've worked very hard in 2017 and am about to work harder in 2018 as I'll be taking on new challenges and have lots on my plate. I'm not the best at everything but I'll try. I pray that I'll continue to remember that God is in control of everything and not worry too much!

It's been rather hectic but quite rewarding as well. Just a month into the year and I already feel like I've taken on a new perspective to things. There are just some battles not worth fighting. Sometimes it may be discouraging when you're faced with so many challenges at once but after overcoming them one by one, it suddenly doesn't feel so bad anymore. I constantly remind myself that if I feel that I'm having a bad day, someone else probably is having a worser day. So I just have to face it. 

As I take on more challenges, I'm also thankful that I managed to end up where I am today. I feel that at my current workplace I'm able to try out new things and make impacts in the lives of the people I'm working with and hopefully in the future make a bigger impact in the lives of more children and their families. I'm not sure where this job will take me but I hope to make a difference somewhere some day. 

Studies

Three years into working life and I'm embarking on another new learning journey! I'll be beginning my Masters course in the first quarter of 2018. I'm actually quite nervous to be starting school again. I was fine initially but after attending the orientation and meeting my prospective classmates, I began to wonder if I'd be able to do it...

But I'm still looking forward to the experience. If I don't try, I'll never know if I'll be able to do it or not. Besides, if I don't do it now, when else will I find the drive to want to study again? 

Life
Although I was very busy in 2017, I do feel that I had enough time to rest and go on a few holidays. Pretty good in term of work-life balance. We visited Korea in March and went to Manchester and London in July. Oh! We had the chance to go to Bangkok too, over the Teacher's Day break. It was a good treat.

It seems like 2018 will be a really packed year! It might be another challenge to maintain a work-life balance but I'll definitely try.

My idea of work-life balance is occasionally going out for dinner with friends or maybe just chilling with my laptop watching some Korean dramas. Not sure how often will I get a chance to do this but hopefully I'll be able to make time.

I finally understand why people say you don't need to have many friends but just having a group of close friends is sufficient. When you're really busy, you'll be able to see who are your real friends. There'll always be those friends who will make time to meet up and even though we haven't met in a long time, we're still able to chat as if we meet up all the time.

With that, I'm thankful for those friends. You know who you are ♥

It's just the beginning of 2018 and I don't know what will happen through the year. All I can say is... Bring it on! 

Innisfree: Wine Peeling Jelly Softener ♥︎

I recently have been trying out new skincare products. For some reason, these products are mostly from Innisfree!

Innisfree 
Wine Peeling Jelly Softener

This product was recommended by the sales personnel at the shop as I was looking for an exfoliating product. I felt that my pores were clogged and the dead skin caused the surface to be rough. So was looking for something to help with removing the dead skin and hopefully through that minimise the black heads.

Jukebox #84 Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 ♥︎

I have been in love with this tune since the days of Princess Hours. I've almost forgotten that it existed until this popped up on my YouTube feed one day.

• Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 // Eric Nam & Cheeze // Your OST Vol. 1 • 

I really love how Eric Nam's vocals sounded in this remake and it brought back lots of memories of my younger days where I was crazy about the drama! I think almost anyone, even friends who aren't Korean drama fans, would have watched Princess Hours. It's really one of those dramas. Probably the Descendants of the Sun of those days. Hahaha.

But nonetheless, let's not forget about the original version.

• Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 // Howl & J // Princess Hours OST • 

It was a really good drama! 

Let's just take some time to listen to this song and reminisce about the good old dramas that we don't really get these days. Haha.  

Drama Queen: The K2 ♥︎

The best way to get over a drama is to write about it. So here I am, writing about TvN’s latest bodyguard action drama, The K2.

Once again, as per all drama reviews, I can’t say how coherent the post will be as I’m trying to make sense of my thoughts as well. Thus, I usually take a break after watching a drama before writing the review, especially an impactful drama like The K2. People call this stage, the ‘drama hangover’. Although I took literally a few months to write this post!

Initially I wasn’t planning on watching this drama. Nothing seemed particularly interesting, neither was there any hype creating on it prior to it’s airing, unlike DOTS. As you’ll notice, I’ll be making a lot of references to DOTS as I do see quite a lot of similarities and also because the last drama that left such an impact was DOTS. I only started watching it after watching some of the cuts from episode 12 to 14. I decided to watch a little of episode 14 and the rest is history.

As of now, I’ve watched this drama maybe 2.5 times although I started from episode 14. I lived streamed episode 15 and 16 before starting from episode 1. I went through all the episodes before coming back to watch the key episodes again to get a better understanding of the plot. Those who’ve watched this drama would understand what I mean. Even though I’ve watched it back and forth a few times, there are certain scenes that I’ve just skipped due to the lengthy conversations.

It’s probably going to be a post with lots of words and my thoughts probably scattered everywhere too. Be warned.

Note: This post will contain spoilers so if you have not watched this drama, you may not want to continue reading.