Last Week in Thailand & Korea

Hello Everyone!

I’m sorry I haven’t been updating in awhile. I have been lagging the past couple of weeks because I just came back from Korea just about 2-3 weeks ago. Korea was amazing! I love it there so much! I want to return. 5 days wasn’t enough, it needs to be longer. If I have another chance to study abroad again my next choice would definitely be South Korea! Seoul was a great city! I love it there. We went to many palaces in Seoul and many great tourist areas such as Myeong-dong, Lotte World shopping area, Hongdae, Hongik University, and Namdaemun market area. We also went to Nami Island which was very beautiful and romantic. Too we didn’t have boyfriends otherwise it would have been perfect! LOL. The last night we went to the Hans river. It was beautiful. Very peaceful. I have to say that Seoul or Korea is a very lovey dovey country/city. Its like the land of LOVE! Haha. But all in all I enjoy Korea with the all the great foods and shopping stalls, booths, and shops. Its definitely a busy place. For me, I like it when its a fast pace environment so no complaining to me. But overall my trip and studying abroad has been a great experience. I would never in a million years regret this. As for now, I believe that those past 6 months has been the best part of my life ever!

So true! LOL. Just so many!

Anyways, my last week in Thailand has to be the saddest week ever. I even almost cried during the movies when I came to a realization that this will be my last cheap movie and last day in Thailand. *Tears* For the last few weeks we went to all the markets and malls that we know we will definitely be missing once we get back to the states. We also went to all of our favorite restaurant in Rangsit, Pathum Thani so that we can get all the memories we can soak in. I know that I got to see all the people I wanted to see before I left. ^_^ It was a great sight to see. Its even sad last to leave my second real home. The people or the staffs at Muang Ake mansion are the most sweetest people ever! They are so helpful when we needed a place to stay. I recommend to who ever is going to study abroad in Thailand and with the USAC program you guys must go stay and rent an apartment at the Muang Ake Mansion. Staffs are nice and rent is cheap comparing to where we are leaving now. Its a big room and bathroom is only about $300 for rent, plus internet, water, and electricity! And if you have a roommate even better! Split it! There’s a tip for everyone! Its close by to school you can take a taxi if you’re lazy to walk its a 34 baht ride or take the free van shuttle that goes every 15 min – 30 min its right in front of your building so you will never miss it!

This is where we are living.

Okay, that’s all for now. I know I still haven’t updated to all the places I went but everyone can check out my pictures and video section if you want to see all the places I have been to and have done while studying abroad in Thailand! I am very thankful this opportunity and I hope that if anyone has a chance and opportunity like I did that was given by the USAC and the Gilman Scholarship should most definitely take it! Its an opportunity of a life time and the best experiences you can ever get it! GOOD LUCK to who ever is going to study abroad this upcoming semester and to whom is ever thinking and deciding upon it you can email me or social network me and I am more than welcome to help you guys out!

I ♥ THAILAND with all my heart!

Love,
MinaKC

I’m leaving Thailand!

I’m leaving.
Saying my last goodbye to Thailand.
To a country that has been nothing but a joy to me.
The country that no matter where I go, I want to return to.
Saying my last goodbye to nice people.
Saying my last goodbye to the smiling people.
Saying my last goodbye to the amazing people I met.
Saying my last goodbye to the Ajarn’s (professors) and staffs.
Saying my last goodbye to my fellow classmates whether its the Thai students or the USAC students.
Its been a great pleasure meeting everyone.
Each and everyone will have a place in my heart.
Everything and everyone has been a great memory.
Whether its…
The difficulties of understanding each others languages
The first time meeting my fellow Thai students in class.
The first time meeting my fellow USAC students in class.
The first time taking Thai Language which has been one the easiest class I have ever taken without studying or memorizing a thing.
The first time forcefully to be a representative of my nationality in International Day.
The first time representing my culture without the cultural main dishes.
Let’s have club sandwiches and fruit salad! It was a great success!
Surprise by how much Thai people love fruits with whipped cream.
The first time I celebrated Songkran Festival in Thailand.
The first time I was sung Happy Birthday to by the whole class).
The unorganized group projects that we never met up.
The unprepared presentations.
The fun school trips.
The nonsense class trips.
The goofiness in class.
The laughters.
The giggles.
The shyness.
The secret smiles
My many events attendants.
The many cheap things that also made me become cheap.
The many stares I give my friends when I spot a cute guy.
My understanding but cannot speak the language.
Having others in confusion when someone speaks in Thai and I reply in English.
This will forever be a memory of mines.
I am leaving my home. My actual real own home!
Bye bye Thailand! Until next time!

-MinaKC

School has ended! HAPPY, SAD, TEARS, and FAREWELLS

Hey!
So school has ended about two weeks ago! Tears! Final exams were hectic much of studying and cramming. After all that was over it was sad to see everyone leave one by one. We’ve done many laughters and exploring with the USAC students that I’m going to miss. It was nice meeting all the foreign exchange and USAC students and hope that everyone will have or had a safe flight back home or traveling around Asia! Many of us shed tears to who we became close to and has to say goodbye too but we will all meet again later. Like it has been said, “Its not a goodbye, its a see you later! It has been a good semester here in Thailand. I met many new friends and became close to some. Rangsit University is a good university and I enjoy going to school. Many nice people. I have did lots of learning from some classes and some classes, I’ve learned nothing but I still enjoy attending it. If any of you have any questions and want to comment on studying abroad and scholarship or financial expenses please do so! I would love to help and its part of my job now! I have updated my pages with many websites and informations from the websites that you guys can take a look into if you are interested in studying abroad in a different country. Please take a look if your interested APPLY! APPLY! APPLY! For both the program and the scholarship and grants. Once again I got into the USAC program and is a recipient of the Gilman Scholarship. I was able to get help from the Gilman Scholarship and the grants from financial aid. If you want a one on one talk about studying abroad, I do recommend going in to see the international office advisor at your home university. Trust me, they are a big help and they will find every way so that you can get everything situated. So far, from all the USAC students that I have talked to has said that their study abroad advisor has been a big help. Because of that we keep them up to date by emailing them and we buy them presents from here to thank them for their generosity and help before we leave to study abroad. So any questions please ask! Alright, that was a short update and goodbye my to my fellow study abroad students! Also, this a good luck for the next USAC students or whom ever wants to study abroad!

Me getting ready for my final exams in my school uniform!

Aww…..our last group picture together! I miss them already! It was a tearing day. :/

-Minakc

RIC’s school trips, events, volunteer! Yay USAC!

Hello once again!

Now I’m here to talk about where RIC has taken us during our time in school. RIC has taken us to many places and I enjoy all the trips that I have gone to with RIC. Its was very educational, but also eye opening at the same time. When we got here about a couple weeks later we went on a Bangkok tour to the Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha and the Vimanmek Mansion. All of this had to do with the Thai King’s. Everything that I’ve looks amazing. Then our second trip was to Ayutthaya. I thought that this was very interesting because it felt like we were really there at that period of time because everything looks very ancient and all we saw was the ruins of Ayutthaya. I find it amazing that everything is still here till this day even though it had happen hundreds or thousands of years ago. This is where they also shot the movie Mortal Combat. It has a nice feel to it knowing that you are stepping on a ground that a very famous movie was film at or to just even stand that use be called a kingdom before. The weekend after that we took a 3 days and 2 night trip to Chiang Mai. We went to many places in Chiang Mai. I’m glad that they took us there because we were able to go to so many places and do many things. We actually got to go up to the Hmong villages in Chiang Mai which got me excited. I was got to waii the buddha. We got to see the waterfall and do rafting along the river and much more. So by far I had lots of fun at that trip the most from the other trips that RIC have taken us to. Then the last trip was the Nakhon Nayok for the end of the semester. It was camping we had to share one cabin with 20 girls. It was fun! I LOVE THAT TRIP THE MOST! It was something so different! We got to do ice breakers. This trip was with other Thai students and we had to work together. I enjoy this trip so much. We did lots of different courses around the site and try to have the best score. I did the zipper falling, rock climbing, and many more activities. I think our group was awesome! We all worked together to help each other get to our goal. I always wanted to do this kind of thing and activities because I find that Thai college students really have everyone interact with each other so we can break the ice. We also did water rafting which was awesome! I had so much fun! There was so much laughter, smiles, and screaming going on that it brought everyone to an excitement. Overall, I’m glad that I went on this trip. I did not regret it at all. These were all the trips that is provided by RIC and is already been paid for through USAC the ones that has to pay are the ones that are not in the program so consider yourself lucky if you are in the USAC program. I have pictures up for the Bangkok tour trip. I did a blog on that and if anyone wants to see more pictures just click on any of the pictures and you get see more pictures from the trip. I still have to blog about the trip to Chiang Mai. I will do that blog as soon as possible. I just want to show everyone what the university has offer and why USAC is such a great program. I still have blogging about Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia to chit chat about.

Some of the events that we have done while we are going to RIC is one of the most important event which is the International Day at the RIC. I thought that it was cool that we have everyone from all around the world representing their country. I never new there was so many people from so many country outside of Thailand. I also participate in this event and I was representing the country Laos because it is one of my nationality. We also did our own booth and represent three different country which is Laos, Cambodia, and Hmong. We did a great job on our appetizers. Although our food wasn’t really cultural-like dish, but its like an asian american dish. It was a success! Everyone wipe our table clean! We did a club sandwich and fruit cups topped with whipped cream. It was delicious. It was simple yet amazing! Everyone seem to love it because they keep coming back for more. We didn’t even get to serve it to our professors. That’s how great we did it. I’m just kidding. Apparently, some people didn’t know that you can eat your fruits with whipped cream. How can they not know that?!?! Its like the best thing ever! Then we did the event for the end of the semester for the foreign exchange and USAC student. We all earn certificate for going to school and being apart of the Rangsit University. I got two certificate because I was able to volunteer at a hospital and teach english to the students. I had an amazing time teaching english if I had the chance to do it again, I would say yes in a heartbeat. “Listen to my heartbeat.” Just wanted to add that there. They were students ranging from ages 15 to 30 years old. They are patients that are in the drug rehabilitation program. We also did a ceremony award from them at the end because they complete four weeks of english learning. Going back to the Going Away Party for us they served us plenty of yummy and delicious food and fun performances. Within our class there was many things we can do and participate in like the international day, temple boy where the guys go to the temple and live in the temple for one week then we have english teaching at the drug rehabilitation hospital, we also went to many different field trips for classes like the temple morning market by the Chao Phaya river, meditation at the temple, art gallery show, etc…. There is just so many things to do. Next blog will be about my adventure and experiences through out the three months and the things that happen to my friends and I while in Thailand. Alright, that’s all for tonight! GOOD NIGHT! SWEET DREAMS!

Here is the picture of us at our booth during International Day. I know its a bit crappy but hey everyone still love it!

Here is the blog about Bangkok Tour. Do check it out. I did not write much, but its more of pictures.

Bangkok Tour

And I upload all my pictures here so if you want to see more pictures and what I have done so far please do check it out here is the site

Minakc’s Flickr

-Love,

MinaKC

School is almost over! Classes recaps!

Hello,

So I haven’t been updating much about school so this blog I will dedicate it to only school purpose and what the school has done and had provided us with. This is to get into depth about Rangsit University or should I say Rangsit University International College for the students who are thinking about studying abroad in Thailand and wanting to go with the USAC program. I know its kind of too late to talk about school when school is over in one more week. Its crazy how fast time flies by. Now, I would like to update everyone on what I have been doing in school and how my class are like, and also how the students are like that I have met for the past three months. I am taking fives class and all the classes are interesting. There are many different classes that you are able to chose to take here at RIC (Rangsit International College). Most of the people I know who are in the IC program are doing mainly business and communication art which it all ties into my major which is marketing and mass communication.

The Thai Language class that I’m taking is very helpful because they don’t teach you the full on language like reading and writing, but to help you get through Thailand by trying to learn the common words so that you are able to understand and get around and speak to Thai people. By taking this class I am able to speak a little bit more fluent in Thai, but still stumble over a couple of words. For the past 3 months this class has made a big improvement in my Thai. I have gotten so much better and am able to communicate with many Thai people. I have the most awesome Thai professor for my Thai language. I just think he is just too cute and adorable when he teaches. He is always laughing and smiling. We always spot in at the faculty parking lot. One time when we came out of the movies we ran into him there and he saw us and just laugh and giggle. He is just too cute. I think I learned a lot from him. We also get to go on a field trip to the market and you have to try to find different food and fruits and know the name of it in Thai. It is also to help you to communicate with Thai people. If you don’t show up to class you do miss a lot. I never missed any of his class well the only time I missed it was during International Day at RIC.
In Buddhist Philosophy, what can I say about this class, its interesting. The things the ajarn teaches in class is very interesting, but his teaching style maybe difficult to follow and understand. But he do try to help us by giving us copies of his notes. Tests are right off the notes but you just have to study for it. I find this class to be my most difficult class. Although, I’m a buddhist, but I have no understanding of this religion. I took this class in hoping to get a better understanding about my religion. I was able to get some points of this religion but I cannot fully understand the whole concept of it still.
Thai Civilization, this class happens to be one of the class that I really do learn a lot from. I may have difficult time with the ajarn or problems with group members, but I have learned a lot from this class. I was able to understand about all the different periods that happen in Thailand and about the kings in Thailand. I have to say that this class is one of the class I anticipate on going to even though I try to avoid not going, but I still go anyways. For this class I have to say that I never missed a day.
Art Appreciation, this class is taught by the same Ajarn (Professor) this is another class that I anticipate on going to because of personal reason. But I learned many different kind of art not only Thai art but also about western art. I was able to go to my professor art show that she had in Bangkok. I thought it was interesting because they had three different artist with three different kind of art combined together in one room creating something that stood out to the viewers. In this class we didn’t do much of art crafts, but just learn about the typical art around the world.
Last class, Thai Cooking, I love this class. I must say that our group have done a great job through out the the three months. Every time we do cooking our food always turn out very good. Our professor always love our food and always tells us their our do not need any more flavoring because its just perfect. She always comment on how well we work and that we all do our part. I think our Thai cooking instructor is so pretty! She is super nice too. Today was our final cooking presentation day. We did chicken cashew nuts, once again it was bomb! I think our food tasted the best. We all earn a certificate for Thai cooking. I am so full from eating all the food. I have to say that we make a mean ass Tom Yum Goong! I’m going to miss this class a lot.
So that is it for my classes that I have taken. I enjoy it very much. I learn a lot of things even though many may say that they have learned nothing at all coming to Thailand and going to school in Thailand, but that’s because I think its their own fault for not showing up to class. Class is only once a week and they still cannot manage to go to it, this is the reason why they didn’t learn anything. I believe there’s plenty of time for traveling and go to school just for once or twice a week if you just use your free time wisely.

P.S. I don’t know what people are talking about when they say that there’s not that many cute guys in Thailand. Dude! There’s plenty just keep your eyes open. There’s plenty of cute guys right here in Patum Thani!

Okay, that’s it for my class blog. I will be back with another blog on school itself and what they have done for us.

-Love,
MinaKC

Getting to see 2PM LIVE! 1/31/10-2/1/10

Hi My loves!

I’m sorry everyone that I haven’t been updating much lately. I’m sorry to say this again but I won’t be updating on where I have been yet in Thailand because I want to do this update on what I have been longing and wishing for. So this post will be on me seeing 2PM two days in a row! I will continue my update on Thailand next week! I spotted myself on the LG Entertainer TV Show! LOL. When 2PM was performing Heartbeat!!!! LMAO! I was screaming like a crazy ass fan! HAHA. Sunday, January 31st, 2010 As you may all know, 2PM is like my favorite group of all time! I have been planning this event out for the pass two months for my birthday weekend. May I say that it was a great success! Saturday, on the 30th January, we went to stay in BKK for my birthday weekend. We went to go eat at the same place 2PM went to go eat at which was the Sukish restaurant. We didn’t know what kind of food they ordered but we for sure know what they ordered to drink. LOL Tangmo Paan. Its really good as they say it is. 2PM recommendation is excellent. We went shopping and then to Sky Bar and to club at Route 66. Fun night, but that’s not where my happiness began. I didn’t really care much about clubbing and drinking that much I just felt like dancing so we went clubbing. I must say that drinking is just not for me. No matter what people may that drinking is the best and how great it is. No matter what drink it is, I can’t drink much at all. It just taste disgusting to me. I’m very thankful that I’m like this. Makes me very proud of myself. Anyways, my happiness started the night we got back to our guesthouse and I could not sleep at all! It was 2am and that’s when it hit me OMG! Tomorrow is when I get to see 2PM for the very first time of my life! I was super happy and up that I cannot go to bed at all! I slept for like 30 minutes and woke back up and I stayed up until 4:30am and then went back to sleep for another 30 minutes. Finally I just got up at 5am, so I only slept for only about an hour. I just wonder to myself how am I able to stay awake for 2PM I did not get any sleep at all! At about 10am we went to Siam Paragon and we already saw Thai fans waiting for 2PM and the show does not start until 9pm. So we all waited and waited and then we met some Thai hottests and they were very nice. They ask us if we were waiting for 2PM and we were like yes. And that’s where we became friends. My friends went back to the guesthouse because they were tired so I stayed there by myself. I’m a Hottest what can I say? But I met up with the Thai fans that I met earlier and they helped me a lot! They told me 2PM get’s into Thailand at 1:30pm and they are staying at the MBK Pathum Wan Hotel. So I was with them the whole time. They told me that 2PM will go straight to Paragon to do rehearsal @ about 3pm. We were waiting and waiting and they were heard screaming and yup there they are 2PM! P’Nichkhun’s family came out first and everyone was screaming and they later 2PM came out. Right when I heard the screaming I ran out of the mall and I disappeared. LOL. The friends I made couldn’t find me and they told me next day. LOL. They were like where Mina go, she was just behind me and now she disappear! I’m worried. LOL. It was crazy madness I tell you! I took off and I rush right into the front where they put the gate. For 2PM I will go through all these craziness and suffering pain. LOL. But I must say that 2PM were looking mighty fine without all those makeup! They look hot, cute, sexy, fine, etc….. I can go on forever! They were saying Sawatdee krup! It was super cute!!! They all took turn saying it. When P’Khun speak everyone just started screaming like crazy. Wooyoung and Chansung sometimes look very tired. Wooyoung is super skinny in real life. Junsu is always making cute faces and lip. Junho is always smiling. Let me tell you about Junho. LOL. He makes me smile because he just so smiley. Junho looks way better in person! For how they look in person I will mention it later on in the blog because on Sunday we were much closer to them. Taecyeon oh my super hot! P’Khun also! He look’s happy all the time. I love that! They started testing out the mic and they were rehearsing Heartbeat. UGH! SO HOT! Taec said hi and everyone just started screaming. After they tested out their mic’s again. They were too cute! They just standing there and chilling while singing. Haha. I called my friends to come and I was like going crazy screaming telling to hurry up!!!! 2PM IS HERE!!! HURRY!!!! AHHHH!!! LOL. But too bad they miss them. LOL. The boys also they did small little dances while we were doing their chants especially Taec. I don’t know why was Junho covering his mouth while singing. Aww didn’t get to see his cute face. They also rehearse Again & Again and I Hate You. JUST AWESOME I TELL YOU! Thai fan’s loves Wooyoung! LOL LOVE LOVE! Haha…It’s weird saying Thai fans now when I’m also a fan and I’m also part Thai myself. Weird. Anyways, back to my story. So after they finish with the songs they left to their hotel. So the waiting begins again until 9pm. There was so many people waiting already during the rehearsal imagine how many people were waiting when it was at night. I will like to say about 300-500 people that was there. I just sat there and met some more Thai Hottests. Then this girl was like would you like to buy a 2PM shirt to help support for 2PM fan club? So I bought one and I also bought the banner. Then my friends came and I ask them if they wanted one so they also bought it. Thai fans were really nice but because we were from America we couldn’t communicate with everyone, well for me I can talk a little bit with them. So we just talk among ourselves. They were surprised that we were from America and we are here to see 2PM. Some girls or should I say ladies because from what I could tell they were older because every time they said one of the boys name they put “NONG” meaning younger brother or younger sister. They use it to people who are younger than them. But I don’t think their that much older maybe just a few years. This girl was like where are you guys from? I was like America. We came here to see them also. They ask me who I like and I was like I LOVE JAY! LOL. They all got excited and happy that I said that. And then I said I also love the rest evenly. LOL. Then all the girls goes ME TOO! ME TOO! ME TOO! Most of them like Jay also. So one of the girl gave me the a small banner with Jay’s face on it. And its says “Waiting for Jay. Ruk Jay.” Ruk means Love. I was like aww!!! That’s so nice!!!! I thought it was just for me to hold on to while they perform, but at the end of the show I gave it back to them they were like no no….just keep it! Its for you now! You are also a fan of Jay so should keep it also! I was like aww they are just so sweet. And then I told them “see you at F.T. Island concert!” LOL. Because they are going there too. Anyways, once again sidetracking…getting back into track again. So then we waiting until 9pm? The show started at that time. 2PM didn’t perform until maybe 10pm? Its around that time. I didn’t check. But before 2PM came out the two MC’s are funny. They know that most people are hear for 2PM so everytime the show starts from commercial break they yell out one of the members from 2PM and they know that we would scream. LOL. We always do! So finally the time has come! 10pm?!!?! They came out! OMG!!!! THEY WERE FREAKEN HOT!!!! I didn’t wanted to just take pictures but I also wanted to take the time and stare at them as long as possible because they were mighty HOT!!! PHEWWWW!!!! LOL. I almost died. Actually, I almost cried! I was so happy because I’m such a big fan of them that it finally hit me that I am actually seeing them in real life! Performing and I’m actually here to see it! I moved myself all the way to the front where the gate was at so I got a pretty good view of them, but since it was at night, pictures didn’t come out so great. So I took pictures, but then I stop and then look at them for awhile and sing along with them and then take pictures again and then look at them again. LOL. WHO KNOWS WHEN I WILL SEE THEM AGAIN! The first song they performed was Heartbeat and then they performed Again & Again and I Hate You! I can never forget these songs! It just brings back memories everytime I hear it. At the end of Heartbeat Junho did a hand spring summer salt. HOT! When he took off his jacket while he was performing was HOT ALSO! LOL. Junsu looks mad fine in real life! HE LOOKS PHEWWWW! BLOW MY MIND AWAY! LOL. When they were performing I can see them smiling to eachother and laughing. I love seeing that with the fellow 2PM members. I love that they also do that while on stage. When they were performing I Hate You, I never knew how it felt like when Taec starts to rap. OH MY GOD! I felt the energy from him when he starts rapping. He puts his all when he rap, you just feel it. ITS FREAKEN HOT! Then he start unbuttoning his shirt. WOW! YOU SEE THAT CHEST OF HIS! MIGHTY SEXY! I got a few snapshot of that chest of his! HAHA…. Oh and the body way thing that they do when Taec yells out YEAHHHHH!!!!! I never thought I will see this in real life but MAN!!!! THAT was damn hot! Imagine seeing it on TV and we already think that’s super sexy now imagine seeing them doing it live. WOWA! Haha…After they performed they had a small interview with the 2 MC’s. It was super cute! During the interview Junho was like tapping Chansung with his shoulder like telling him to wipe his sweat. Its like awwww!!! Haha..When they ask Chansung a question and then he was answering it Junho wiped his sweat. AWWWWW!!!! LOL. And everyone took turn speaking. No one took the lead. Even the MC said it also. She was like aww how cute they take turn speaking. Because she asked a question and everyone had already spoken so they just look at eachother who should talk next??? Then P’Nichkhun just look at Junsu and so he just answer the question. No one is better than the other. Then once they left the stage everyone just scattered out! It was like little ants running away from the ant repellant. LOL. That’s what my friends were describing to me because they couldn’t take it anymore waiting and left to be in the back because it was suffocating and they felt like they were going to faint. But for me I made it to the front so I got more air and for 2PM no matter how I felt I will wait for them. We then went to our guest house and took all of our stuff and left back to our apartment. Get ready for bed and have another day of adventure of seeing 2PM again. I was planning on going by myself. I was like man, I don’t care if I didn’t get that much sleep or rest this weekend, I’m ready for 2PM again and this time we are super close to them so I don’t want to miss out on anything and Monday was the last day to see 2PM again. I don’t know when I will see them again so I was like eff it I will go by myself. I’m down for anything huh??? I have always been like this. I did the same for Chris Brown. I took off by myself.

Continuing from last session. On Monday, 1 February 2010 So I’m going to cut this post short also. Things happen the past weekend…..and I don’t really want to talk too much of them right now. Next day we went my friend and I went to go wait for them at the waiting room. We were super close to them. The closes we would ever get. LOL. The gate was block off right by the waiting room so we got a good and clear look at them. There wasn’t much people because other people waited downstair for them at the show and interview. We saw Taec Yeon and Junho. We yelled out Taec! He looked and smile to us. I yelled out Jun-Ho. He didn’t look. So I yelled out Junho (juno) he look at me and smiled. Junsu look very expensive like everyone says. I now understand what people meant when they say that. He looks like the arrogant one. Haha. Its okay at that time for me. There’s always one. Saw Chansung. Lucky people who were on the other side by the restroom because who was in there or by there got to be very close to them. The lucky boys that ditch school to see them got to use restroom while they were using it also. HAHA. Sound like pervert don’t I? LOL. Then after they all use the restroom they all walk out of the waiting room and went to the LG Entertainer event. Saw P’Nichkhun. He is so cute. Naruk mak! Anyways that’s all I’m going to say. After that event, they went upstairs to the SONY 2PM First Album Press Conference. In every event I push my ass to the front of the gate. I don’t know how I manage from all the way from the back to the front. Its pretty crazy and an amazing weekend for myself because I accomplished one of my wishes while I’m here in Thailand. Sorry, I had to cut short and didn’t go in to full detailed. I’m just a little iffy about the whole Jaebeom situation right now. ♥ JBP! I took some video, but internet here is super slow so I only have one video up. Enjoy! I was kind of far because I didn’t have the ticket but I was still in front by the gate. At the LG Entertainer show rehearsal on Sunday. Junsu like making those cute faces. LOL. Us waiting for the show live. Look at everyone waiting for 2PM. the Stage 2PM fans gave me this because I am a Jay fan and so are they and also that I came from America. They were surprise. LOL. 2PM performing @ the LG Entertainer show live. On Monday. At the waiting room. Pictures didn’t come out good because lighting was bad. I was mad at that because we were so close and I could have got very good pictures of them. Damn it! LOL. Taec and Junho Taec Wooyoung, Junsu, and P’Khun Going to the LG Entertainer interview Junho and Junsu. These kids won the LG entertainer show. WTF??? LOL. At the SONY Music Press Conference for 2PM First Album @ 2PM Us at the end of the press conference Theary Txung Me! I ♥ my JBP!

Here is one of the video. This is where they are rehearsing. I will upload the other videos when I come back from Laos and Vietnam. Okay! Enjoy!

Okay I will be taking off to Laos and Vietnam for 10 days. We have spring break so we are taking advantage of the cheap transportation to other countries around us. Please keep coming by and giving me comments. I will update you guys when I get back. I am excited, but not really for this trip. Do you guys get it? Anyways, I will try to update as much as possible. I still have Chiang Mai and then I have the F.T. Island concert and the SS501 concert to update on. For F.T. Island we couldn’t take any pictures. So no pictures for that concert. I must tell you F.T. Island boys are damn cute, fine, and hot! Especially Hongki! OMFG!!!! LOL. Oh and SS501 concert, OMG! KIM JOONG HYUN is damn HOT AND FINE!!!!!!! LOL. Okay so there’s a sneak peek of my next blog. Bye bye! Wish be luck with my trip to Laos and Vietnam.

Tour BKK & Ayutthaya Trip 1 & Trip 2 Week 2!

Hello LOVES!

Long time no see MINA! How is everyone doing? I hope all is well! I hope you guys are enjoying your winter, we are sort of enjoying our winter weather as much as possible because the winter is no where near 50 degrees like the states. Its hot and some time humid, but to me its not as bad as other are complaining. I’m already used to the weather and environment, I just really miss my family especially my baby brother. I miss my mommy’s cooking. Many says that I’m never tired of Thai food, well sorry to break your heart, but I’m kind of tired of Thai food. I miss homemade cooking that is not stirred fried over rice or noodles. I miss eating lots of vegetables with my meals. Yes this is the land of crops, but we don’t have a kitchen so theirs not point in buy vegetables that we can’t cook. Oh, I went to all of my classes last week, it was interesting. Guess what is my Thai name in my Thai Language class is? Have you guess it yet? It is very awesome and unique. Its MI-NA! Haha. I knew he was going to say that. He had two names for me Mina or Manee which I knew that was coming too because my mom calls me Manee. What a quinky dink! Mina in Thai means March (Mi-na-kom) and Manee means gem stones. OH and I must say cute guys (some) in class. Tomorrow for my Art Appreciation class we have to go to an art studio show in Krung Thep (Bangkok). I am excited for that because I never really went to a full on art show. My professor (which in Thai we call her Ajarn and it means teacher/professor) is actually one of the artist at the studio Ajarn Prinda and I’m interest to see what she has in store for us. She said that its going to be a mixture of different kind of art so can’t wait. After that we are going to Chiang Mai which is the northern part of Thailand.

Anyways, tonight I will be posting about my trip to Bangkok and to Ayutthaya. I thought it was amazing and very enjoyable to see and learn. One thing that I really want to point out that I didn’t like too much from others. I didn’t like the fact people were complaining so much about certain clothing that they can wear into the mansion, temple, or to the Grand Palace. In my opinion, I believe that since this is has been a rule by the majesty for hundreds of years now we should follow the rules. We went to Vimanmek Mansion, this was built by His Majesty King Rama V. This mansion has many photographs and many different art works from all around the world. He travelled to many places and bring the look of different customs to his mansion. He was in love with the european style so he evolve it with the mixture of Thai and European look to his mansion. We weren’t allow to take pictures because many things are very valuable of the King.

I will cut it short so here are the pictures.

The Grand Palace, Emerald Temple, Vimanmek Mansion, and Jao Pa-ya River Restaurant

the slums on our way to BKK.

Bangkok, Central World, Siam Paragon, Ayutthaya

In Ayutthaya

Bangkok

Okay that’s all…. More pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/minakc/sets/72157623221104072/

Be back with updates about 2PM. Even though things are a little rocky.
I still ♥ JBP. He so silly.

1st Week in Thailand!

Hi Loves!

I’m sorry that I haven’t been keeping everyone updated on how I was doing why I am abroad. So the week before I left my family did an going away party for me. I received many funds from my families for studying in Thailand. Thank you everyone! I love you guys! The day before I left my friends and I did an going away dinner with all of our friends at Olive Garden. I enjoy it very much! I miss all of you guys already!
Back to me being in Thailand! We got in on Saturday morning at 12am! It was the longest plane ride ever! My bottom was aching so much. Right when we got out of the airport or not even the airport but the airplane we felt the heat. The first couple days was very hot in Thailand, but I became used to the weather now. Sometimes it rains out of nowhere and it stops with in minutes and the sun is out again. You can hear thunder and it rains really hard, but you can still feel the heat. The first night/morning here my roommate Txung and I didn’t go to bed until 4am! We already slept in the plane, so instead we were unpacking while Theary and Mai Chai knocked out in their room. Oh by the way our room is right across from each other and we are the only ones on the third floor. How cool is that! We are living in the Penthip Apartment its about a 15 minutes walk from our university. Its like the color of the rainbow. The colors stands for each day of the week. We are living in the orange apartment which means we are the Thursday people and on the third floor. I’m satisfied with our apartment. Due to the fact that it is furnished with 2 desks and 2 closets with locks for everything, beds are ready with a pillow, a blanket and a bed sheet, it also comes with a bathroom and a outside balcony. The first day we went to Future Park Mall. The second day we went to Future Park by our selfs and then we took off to the JJ Market! Already we went off on our own in a country we never really experience before. The Future Park Mall is pretty HUGE! Every time we go there we always get drop off at different entrance each time and we always get lost in the mall. Even though we went to the mall 4 days straight its still hard for us to find where to go and try to find the same spot we wanted to go to. All we know is that find an exit when we’re done and then take a taxi home. Let me tell you about the JJ Market! Oh my lord, is it huge market ever! At first when we went we didn’t really know where to go so we just told our taxi driver JJ Market, but he didn’t really understand so he was like JJ Mall? We wasn’t sure either so we just told him yeah yeah JJ Mall. He was a very nice taxi driver. He was giving us information of where to go and what good places a lot of college students go to. Telling us to speak more Thai. When we got there it look normal thats just because we were drop off at the mall part of the JJ market. As we walk more into it that’s when we found the real JJ Market and let me tell you it is huge! Street stands and vendors every where! It was very crowed, full of tourists. There is everything there! So much different kind of foods and fruits. Because their was so many good food and different smell to add to that, I wanted to try almost everything, but I didn’t. The second or third day we went karaoking and we were having too much fun singing that we forgot our brand new straightener! Losers right?!?! So after eating so Delicious Ramen and going grocery shopping we realize our straightener is now in our hands. I then ran back to the karaoke place where the movie theater was and it was gone. BOO HOO! First funny experience. When we came back home we met the rest of our house roommates two girls were from Finland who lives upstairs on the forth floor and then Brian from Las Vegas and Anni from the Netherlands. Their all very nice people. We took them to Future and then the funniest thing happen. Okay we were coming home, but we heard that taking the van is cheaper and we can all get on so we decided not the take the taxi and took the van instead. I told him Muang Ake Morangsit and so we were on there for less than five minutes and then he stop okay here is Muang Ake and it was like down the street. Everyone should have seen our faces. It was just too funny. We were are confused and was like ughhh…. Then I realize oh, this is not the van we suppose to take! The lady told us just cross the bridge and then take the car (rod song tell) and it will take you to Morangsit. But then it turn out okay because as we walk across the bridge we were able to see the busy traffic & streets of Phatum Thani (the city we live in) it was really nice. I wanted to take picture of it but once I brought our my camera and took a picture its said no memory card. That’s because it was in Theary’s camera! Haha.. Theary was like if we walk more we can get to the market and we were all hesitant about it so we decided to take the taxi and what a right decision we did. Because it was still about another 10 minutes of driving and it was a scary rode also with hardly any taxi drivers around. There was no near market nor was it close to where we were living. So we could have just taken the taxi from the very beginning. What a funny experience. Last night my friends and I went to the movies at Future Park mall with Sonny and Jenna (from Finland) and they went to go watch Avatar in 3D while I went to go watch 32 Thanwa or 32 December. OH MY GOSH! I LOVE THAT MOVIE! It was so hilarious and I couldn’t stop laughing. I’m like a crazy person laughing by myself. Well, everyone there was laughing so much so I didn’t felt so lonely. I really enjoyed it and glad I went to go watch it even though it was by myself. P’Dan makes me laugh and he gives me the butterflies. I want to go watch it again. This times if my friends want to go there’s english subtitles. I can go watch it again. Its just too funny and cute. Oh yeah, we also started school this past Tuesday and it was Buddhist Philosophy. That class was okay, I guess. Interesting. I have class on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each class is 3 hours long and once a week. I am taking Buddhist Philosophy, Thai Language, Thai Civilization, Art Appreciation, and Thai Cooking. We had orientation so we all had to skip Thai language and Thai civilization. Thai cooking is fun and funny. Meaning funny that some of the students are funny. I won’t tell the story here. I have to tell it in person.
Anyways, this Saturday we are going on a Bangkok tour with our school so I’m excited for that! We were able to have the two Finland girls go with us even though their not a student there. We all became very good friends. We are all so similar. Don’t really like to go out late and don’t like drinking and clubbing that much. I think we were all place in the right apartment. So enough of me talking, I will now provide everyone with some pictures. I will steal some from either Theary, Mai Chai, or Txung because I was lazy taking the pictures. I like to just look and admire everything I see and then I forget that I needed to keep everyone updated. So I will be more active with my camera.

My going away party.

Going away dinner. My sister Lisa and I

Having dinner.

Saying our GOODBYES!

In South Korea Incheon Airport

My side of the room

That’s Theary on Txung side of the room. We came back home while Txung and Mai Chai had class.

Outside view from our balcony

I love my side. I have to make it feel like home.

My desk

Our Penthip Apartment. We live in the orange one. That’s Theary, Txung and Mai Chai. They look like little kids. LOL.

At our school. I believe this might be the engineering building.

This is our building that we have classes in.

Thai dessert at Future Mall

At SFree Ice Cream/Parfait place in Future

That’s Txung’s, Mai Chai’s, Mines, & Theary parfait/ice creme. YUMMY!

Furniture Place by the Major Cineplex theater

Thats the three floors and then there’s 2 more floors below.

Very little pictures at the JJ Mall. Sorry. I will go steal some.

Orientation Day

Sorry, it looks like I’m doing the middle finger, but it was a peace sign.

Us at the movies. Playing games before the movie starts

And last but not least. My sweet baby Dan. My first movie of him that I went to go see in theater and support him.

Okay! EVERYONE! I am now done! I will update again next week!
I’m not sure if I put all the pictures in there if not. You guys can go check out my flikr for all the pictures okay!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/minakc/sets/

Once again, you know I can leave without my 2PM. You all thought I would huh? Well NEVERRRR!!!!

Again & Again accapella version. Enjoy. Be nice and respect please.

Love,
MinaKC

Experiencing the changes in 4 hours! BYE!

Hi LOVES!

BYE! I’m off to Thailand!

Your’s truly,
MinaKC

End of December! 4 More days and I’m off to Thailand! Hauls!

Hello My LOVES!

Wow! December is coming to an end already? Time is flying by so quick. Lately, it seems as if my day is going by faster and faster. Its like there’s not enough time in the day and its already dark outside. I have been packing since the beginning of December and I am still not done. I have two suit case, isn’t that just crazy?!? Its already full and I still have some more stuff to add to it. OH MY! I’m afraid. >__< So Christmas just passed, it was a pretty nice Christmas. I am always the last one to wake up and everyone always wait for me. My family loves me! I love to see everyone's expression when they opened my presents. I enjoy seeing my families happy faces. I love to give to my family more than receive. I think what ever I want, I just buy it for myself. So I don't need anything from them, just love and caring that's all. I got two cards from my two little brothers. They almost made me cry! Its not much but it came from the heart! I love them so much! After Christmas day, I took my cousins and my brothers to the movies to go watch Alvin and the Chipmunk. It was a funny movie. The Chipets are so cute and sassy! OWW! The best part for me is when Quest Crew was performing. I think I spend so much time with them. I do love them dearly as my own.

As for today, I went to Hmong New Years with my friends. It was fun because we did a picture scavenger hunt for one of our friends birthday. I have to admit it was pretty fun. Pairing with a random group and taking pictures with random things and people. I had lots of laughter today. GOOD JOB POYEE! Happy early Birthday by the way.

Tomorrow we are going to meet at Theary's house so that we can come up with an opening for our video project. Yup, you heard it right! We are going to make a video during the time we spend abroad. This is part of the Gilman Scholarship Programs follow-on project and same goes for me blogging. We decided that for our follow-on project we are going to make a group blog and also a group v-log and post it on youtube and our group site. Please do visit. When its up-to-date and running good, I will post it for everyone to go in and give us many views and comments, right?

Okay, now here is my hauls of what I have bought during the two months. Lots of the stuff I try to dig it up from my suitcase, so its not everything. Most of the things I bought were mainly presents so I couldn't take a picture of it because I gave it to everyone's their presents. So far, everyone that I bought presents for like or love their gifts. I haven't seen a sad face yet. I LOVE YOU ALL! Most of my things are mainly stuffs getting ready for Thailand. Stuffs from Forever 21 as always , Old Navy, Wal-Mart, Charlotte Russe, Sears, and Reflection Shoes.

My phone charms! I love it! I got it in LA's Chinatown! It was cheap and its blue! I cannot say no!
Its says "Happy All the Time" (Bought this in Korean Town back in May) and "M" stands for Mina (Not really its for Mickey).

My HOT PINK “VANS Off the Wall” hat.

My side shoulder bag in Chinatown (I add a little touch of pink on it. I got this for $15 made a deal with the man it was like $30-$35) I really like this bag. Simple. Just like I like.

MY PIGGY PILLOW! I LOVEEE IT! Its for me to take with while on the Plane. I name him Jay. ^_^

I bought like 6 or 7 nail polish. It was only $1 @ Chinatown!!! And it works perfectly fine! There is a purple shade and that one is beautiful, but my sister took it.

Victoria Secret Lotions and Body Spray (These smells great! And this edition actually helps your skin.)

MY PRIDE AND JOY! I would cry my face off if anything ever happen to these! My 3 2PM’s albums, my Dan new first solo BLUE album and his picture that was signed to ME! I LOVE ALL OF THESE TO DEATH! I’m taking it to Thailand with me.

Books I bought to read while on the Plane and abroad.

Forever 21′s Red Blue stripe cardigan

Forever 21′s Rolling Stone tongue t-shirt ( I got this because it was like 7 dollars and reminded me of someone. )

Forever 21′s Tight/Stretch Skinny Jeans Only $12.50 and $9.50! Fits PERFECT!

Forever 21′s Navy Blue Elbow length Hooded Coat (I love this! I wear it all the time! And only $12 on sale)

Forever 21′s Black Waist Belt

Old Navy’s Stripe elbow length and tank top for $8 each! (These fits great! Perfect for weather in Thailand!)

Old Navy’s Bermuda and regular shorts ( I love their shorts! Its just the right length. I might go back to buy one more short) A little on the expensive side about $25 for the bermuda and $19.50 for the short.

Revlon ColorStay foundation (Buy one get one free @ CVS, I bought it in two shades) & MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME! Makeup Forever HD foundation in 128(this is expensive like $40 @ Sephora, but I love it and its amazing so I had to buy it again. Goes on perfectly. I only use to this to go out. Its too expensive to use it everyday.)

Clean wipes! We have to have it. We have to keep it clean while in another country. And the white thing up there is small first aid kit.

Reflection Shoe’s Black round toe pumps ( I LOVE THIS! I been looking for this kind for so long. It looks just like Marc Jacobs actually its exactly like this but without the name this is only $22 compare to $200!)

Reflection Shoe’s Brown/Tan Strap Round Toe pumps ($10 on sale! IT IS SO COMFORTABLE! I LOVE IT!)

Payless Shoe’s Zebra print sneakers (So cute and comfortable. For $12 because we got a deal for buy one get one %50 off. So we both bought it and paid half half. Its originally $20)

Waterproof camera’s (Got to have it! For beaches and waterfalls )

America’s Next Top Model Bag (Its going to be my carry-on. Its super cute and cheap.)

Forever 21′s White beanie and Wal-Mart scarfs for $5 each (White circle scarf and Purple regular silk-like scarf)

Charlotte Russe’s Pearls, Flowers, and Hoops Earrings. ( 2 for $8. Cute isn’t it?)

Necessities for myself. These are all recommend products! It works good! Especially Aveeno moisturizer (its not in the picture), but thats on a little on the pricy side. It works for my skin very well so I have to use it.

I have to LMAO on this! I just like to put my 2PM boys in every blog I post as much as possible so I find my ways! I don’t like to leave them out.
Rimmel Lipstick in Birthday Suit – I can brag on and on about this lipstick. I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I use it all the time!

Finally I got this, JANE Gel Black Eye Liner. (I heard it works really well, so I must try. Every time I go to Wal-Mart its always out. I got lucky this time.)
LOL! My personalize background. You guys like it? I LOVE MY 2PM and MY DAN!

Sear’s Black Woven Skirt (I got this in the kids section! LMAO I couldn’t find any in the adult section for my side!) This is for my school uniform! I never wore uniform my entire life, this will be the first!

Sear’s White Short Sleeves Button Up shirts (for my school uniform in Thailand)

Ross’s Off the shoulder shirt (its cute and its only $10!)

My iHome dock for my iPOD (iTouch but I lost it! ) (Bought it at Sears during Black Friday for $25! Great deal or what!) I just realize that that’s SS501 that I’m listing to.

Boy’s Over Flower (Korean Drama dubbed in Thai) I love this! I spent lots of money on it. This is my Christmas present to myself! I cry if I lost it. I wanted to take it with me but my grandmas wants to watch it also! ARGG! LOL.

The processing of packing all my clothes! ITS A PIG STINE! SO MESSY! Its scary!

My 2PM poster. A Christmas gift from Theary! Thanks! LOVE YOU LOTS!
I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! (There’s a funny story behind me almost fully purchasing for this poster, lucky I didn’t buy it. )

Another 2PM that was purchase by me. I love this one also! I need the red album cover poster and their first album. I’ll buy it when I’m in Thailand.

Dinner @ Aqua Shi for Mona’s 21st B-day
Our appetizer (we had sushi it was YUMMY!)

LOOK how nice it is inside!

GO FRESNO STATE! I have to shop my support and school pride!

The birthday girl and I.

Christmas card/present from my little brothers Darren and Thebsavanh

From Theb – “Dear Mina, I love you. Theby” (He’s 6 years old)

From Darren – “You are the best sister a brother can have. You are like a mother to me because you buy me a lot of things and make me and Theby food. You take us places that is fun and joyful. We would miss you when you go to Thailand for six months. You mean a lot to mean a lot to me because you are my sister and I love you. Love Darren” (He’s 13 years old)

HOW SWEET IS THAT! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! I’m taking both of this with me and hanging it on my wall. Reading it all over again makes me want to cry again! *Tears* I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

This is them! They’re wearing my Christmas gifts.
Tia, Theb, Mikie, and Darren after we watched Alvin and the Chipmunk something….

Christmas Three Lane Walk (my sister Lisa in the front)

My friends and I – Keep our world at Peace please. LOVE & RESPECT!

TOO CUTE!

My JOYFUL KIDS! I will miss them the most! (not really my kids, I’m still too young. LOL)

Wow that was the longest post I have ever done in my entire life! I hope you everyone enjoy this post. Lots of pictures to look at. Pleas don’t forget to spread the words and comment me. I would love that! It will help me a lot!

Now everyone knows you can’t leave my site without a video post of something that has to do with 2PM right?

Junsu is amazing at composing! I love people who are dedicated to music. That’s the reason why I like him as an artist. I love someone that has talent and shows it to the world to see. I love that this person put all his own composing into one video. You are able to see his ability with with music and composing. Okay enough said please watch! Please enjoy.

and last but now least, the song that I am madly in love with that is sung by an amazing singer and goes by the name Craig David with the song “You Don’t Miss Your Water (Until the Wells Runs Dry)”
I love this song to death! I would love it if someone sings this song to me. It maybe old but I love it!

Alright everyone! Good Night! It is 2am right now! I should be listening to 2AM soothing songs. I hope everyone enjoy this very long post. Hopefully everyone will get to this very last sentences that I am writing. GOOD NIGHT AND SWEET DREAMS!

Love,
MinaKC