Cafe De One Piece Hongdae!

💥Cafe Gals Review💥

HUSBAND EDITION

 🔥The Break Down🔥

Price range: 
4,500 ~ 16,000 KRW
Menu:

Pet Friendly: 

No 

Seating: 
Indoor and outdoor seating available!
It's 2 stories tall! 
Wifi: 
Free!
Atmosphere: 
Friendly and fun vibes! 
Great for people of all ages to enjoy!
Instagram Worthy: 
Absolutely! Especially for the One Piece lover!

Final Thoughts:
The Cafe De One Piece is a really cute cafe for anime lovers! Kyu and I both have watched the anime and really enjoy this cafe. Especially with all the figurines and amazing gift shop on the first floor. The ambiance itself is worth the trip! So if you are a lover of One Piece or have a friend/relative that loves One Piece I would definitely recommend coming here! 

🚨Kyu and I give this cafe🚨
☕☕☕/5


Address:

343-10 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
🌟Go to Exit 9 and walk towards Hongik University!

Hours:
Everyday 10AM-10PM

Phone:
02-6373-3106

xoxo

Kyu && Julie

Bistopping Review 비스토핑

💥Cafe Gals: Cafe Review💥

Bistopping is a small ice cream shop in between Sinsa and Nonhyeon Station. It's definitely in an area that you need to map out! If you know how to use Naver maps then you'll definitely be in good hands! 
Bistopping has attracted a wide variety of clients. When we went there were lots of Japanese people and a few Koreans. They have definitely amped up their business via instagram. 
The system of ordering is pretty fun because you can choose your cone, type of ice cream, and your toppings! In their case you can choose chocolate stars, mermaid tails, chocolate pearls and other assorted goodies! 
When we went in Cheyenne customized hers but I showed the clerk an instagram picture and said, "This one pleaaaase!" 

They are super nice helpful here! This is absolutely a great place to come!

Now let's get into the details here:

Prices: 
5,000 +
Depending on how fancy you want to get
Menu:
Available in Korean, English, Chinese, & Japnese
Wifi: 
Absolutely! Bottom of your receipt! 
Pet Friendly:
No
Atmosphere: 
Very cute! The inside of ice cream shop is small and adorable!
Seating: 
Inside seats about 30
Outside about 8 
Instagram Worthy:
Of course! You can take a picture with their signature wall or the bubble gum pink walls! 

Thoughts:

Honestly I love coming to Bistopping because it's fresh and delicious! It's perfect on hot summer days or even lazy Sundays! Bistopping is great for casual meeting with friends or a family hang out! You should definitely come and check it out! You'll be glad you came!
🚨Cheyenne and I gave this cafe🚨 
☕☕☕☕☕/5

💕

Address:

Seoul, Seocho-gu, Jamwon-dong, Sinbanpo-ro 47-gil, 68
🌟Sinsa Exit 3 go straight and cross at Kia Motors 

Open
Everyday from 11AM - 10PM

Phone Number
070-7792-0409

 📷Their Instagram📷

Bistopping

Stay caffeinated my friends! 

xoxo

Cafe Gals

DB Story Cafe Review! // 디비스토리

💥Cafe Gals: Cafe Review💥

DB Story Cafe is less of a cafe and more of a fun craft place. You can however, get basic drinks like coffee, tea, cherry cola, etc. They have phone cases, charms, straps, and a ton more! It's a good place to come with friends and exercise your creativity. 

They have a store in Hongdae and Dongdaemun and online store. Check their Instagram for the website!

Now let's get into the details here:

Prices: 
Phone Case- ₩1,000-₩8,000
Accessories- ₩500-₩15,000
Drinks

  

Menu:
English and Korean

Wifi: 
Yes

Pet Friendly:
No

Atmosphere: 
Cool, everyone was having fun!

Seating: 
about 20 seats

Instagram Worthy:
yes! a lot of cool things and your phone case will look cute!

Thoughts:

This is a super fun place to come to with your friends. They have so many amazing accessories and things to make your perfect phone case. I had a hard time with my long nails but if you're a normal person with normal nails you shouldn't have a problem! They supply you with tweezers and super glue to help with adding everything. You can bring a friend or many, they have seating that accommodates both. It was so much picking everything and making the phone case. We recommend coming here, maybe not for the drinks, but to let your creative juices flow!   

🚨Cheyenne and I gave this cafe🚨 

☕☕☕☕.5/5

💕

Address:

서울 마포구 서교동 345-7 2층
Seoul. Mapo-gu Seokyo-dong 345-7 2F

Open
Everyday except holidays

12:00-9:00

Phone Number
 070 4202 0649

 📷Their Instagram📷

DB Story

Stay caffeinated my friends! 

xoxo

Cafe Gals

Loui Ruths Itaewon

💥Cafe Gals: Cafe Review💥

Loui Ruth's is a chill brunch cafe just down the street from Itaewon Station. They serve fluffy and delicious pancakes and super filling french toast. They also have a decent sized drink menu. We thought the prices for the drinks were pretty cheap compared to other cafes in the area. 

Now let's get into the details here:

Prices: 
Brunch: ₩7.5~₩13.0
 Drinks: ₩3.9-₩5.5
Menu:
English and Korean

Wifi: 
Yes

Pet Friendly:
No

Atmosphere: 
chill with loud music

Seating: 
Around 25 people max.

Instagram Worthy:
not really

Thoughts:

We thought this place was pretty good but wasn't really worth the price. Good American breakfast food isn't hard to find in Seoul anymore and there are better options. However, it is a nice place to sit and chat with friends over a good and inexpensive drink. You can even share a platter of pancakes or french toast as they are really filling! 

🚨Julie and I gave this cafe🚨 

☕☕/5

💕

Address:

 서울 용산구 이태원로210

Seoul, Yongsan-gu  Itaewon-ro 210

🌟Exit 3 of Itaewon Station

Open

Monday~ Friday
11:00~11:00

Phone Number

02.512.6257

📸Instagram📸
Loui Ruth's
Stay caffeinated my friends! 

xoxo

Cafe  Girls 

Dore Dore Cafe Sinsa // 도레도레신사동

💥Cafe Gals: Cafe Review💥

Dore Dore is a 4 story house in the back streets of Sinsa-dong.
 The first floor you walk into is where all the goodies are! They have a basement and additional floors on top! Each floor is a different color with a different set of decor. Their pastry case looks absolutely inviting with rainbows and gem colored cookies.

 Dore Dore is also a bright pink house with the words Dore on the side.
 You cant miss it! 

Now let's get into the details here:

Prices: 
Drinks: 5,000 - 8,5000 KRW
Cake slice: 8,500 - 15,000 KRW
Menu:
Korean

Wifi: 
Absolutely! 
Pet Friendly:
No 
Atmosphere: 
Barbie's house come to life! Amazing!
Seating: 
Plenty! 4 floors of seating and AC!
Instagram Worthy:
Heck yes! Take that selfie and eat that cake! 🍰

Thoughts:
Dore Dore was an awesome cafe to visit and I'm more than certain it wont be our last time here! I have to admit all of Cheyenne's choices were delicious! Mine wasn't as good as I was hoping. I did take my left over cake to my husband and he LOVED it! So it didn't go to waste 😀 I would highly recommend this cafe to anyone who has a sweet tooth! One the week days it's a nice place to hang out and enjoy the wifi! I cant wait to come back and get the carrot cake! haha 


🚨Cheyenne and I gave this cafe🚨 
☕☕☕/5

💕

Address:

서울특별시 강남구 도산대로15길40

40 Dosan-daero 15-gil

🌟You can access the Cafe from Apgujeong-ro or the main road of Sinsa 

Open
Every day 11AM - 11PM

Phone Number
02-540-4553

📸Instagram📸
Dore Dore

Stay caffeinated my friends! 

xoxo

Cafe Gals

Finding happiness

Today is September 16, 2017 

Korean Standard Time

This week has been one of the most challenging weeks I've had to deal with in a really long time. Not only has it tested the limits of how much crap I can deal with professionally but also mentally. 

Works been really awful. 

Like really.

Every day a new obstacle came up and I had to deal with it. 

Luckily I have wonderful friends and a husband who really helps me out. 

Any ways!

There are 100 days until Christmas 2017! 

I thought what better chance to give myself a personal challenge until then.

Everyday I want to find and fixate on something that genuinely made me happy. Since lately I've been down in the dumps I need to realign myself and think happier and more positive thoughts.

I have a lot to be thankful for and even more things that I am looking forward to. 

As of today I am going to post a picture a day of what made me genuinely happy and I will be posting it on Instagram and Facebook. 

https://www.facebook.com/TheRealJulieKo/
https://www.instagram.com/therealjulieko/

What are somethings that help you stay positive and motivated?

I have felt a positive change since I've started meditating and working out regularly. 

but I'd like to hear from you!

How do you cope with the daily struggles?

I'd love to hear what you do !

This is Julie signing out!

Stay positive

Stay happy 

Stay you!

xoxo

Julie 

Day 1 vs. Day 1100

Day 1 vs. Day 1100 

** Caution mushy love stuff ahead **

So Kyu and I just celebrated 3 years together or 1,100 days together. 

3 years! Can you believe that?

We've changed a lot in the past 3 years and we've also done some stupid shit. 

Being in love can be difficult no matter where you are in life.

I never came to Korea with the intention of falling in love with someone and being with them for the rest of my life, but hey it worked out for the best!

Being in a relationship takes a lot of work and listening.

ESPECIALLY

when you and your partner don't share the same first language.

In the past 3 years we've had enough arguments to fuel a small hybrid car 

We've gone through 1 break up that lasted all of 5 hours

We've loved each other unconditionally 

We've lived together before we got married

We've experienced more life changing things in 3 years than most couples do in their lifetime

and most of all

We've survived 2 years of mandatory military service

As Kyu gets out from his mandatory military service on August 16, 2017 I cant help but feel overwhelmed with excitement!

Our first year together we went as well as riding a wooden roller coaster.

B U M P Y

It took a lot of time and patience on both of us. 

I had to learn to not be such a bitch. hahah

We fought a lot and misunderstood each other almost everyday, but some how we managed to get our shit together and make it work.

Once I moved to a new school in 2015 things got so much better for us.

That's when the light bulb went off for both of us.

We knew we wanted this to be a forever thing. 

As Kyu enlisted and went away for basic training in August of 2015 I was in shambles. 

I ate a whole cheese cake for dinner over the course of 2 weeks

(not ashamed)

I cried every day

and I wrote him letters literally everyday.

I've seen Kyu every 4 weeks for his military vacation and just about every week end since he's been enlisted. 

This has taken a lot of hard work and dedication. 

As he wraps up his glorious 2 year service we're overwhelmed with complete joy.

We FINALLY get to plan our wedding!

Take engagement pictures!

and

Live together again!

From Day 1 we started sharing beautiful moments together and even through the rough times we've managed to make it to our 1100 day anniversary.

I never knew I could love someone as much as I love this human being. 💓

I always thought  people who said that were cheesy,

but

I find myself falling in love with him again and again every time I look into his eyes. 

The amount of love, joy, happiness, utter bliss I feel when I'm with him 

makes my heart fart and my liver quiver. 

*totally stole that from my mom*

so!

Happy 1100 Mr. Ko and here's to a life time of days together!

Love you to the moon and back 🌙

xoxo

💓 Mrs. Ko 💓

I've messed up.

In Korea I have had to face some personal demons. 

Since moving to Korea in 2013 I have faced a lot of mental break downs and times of crippling depression. 

As my hands are shaking typing this now I have come to the complete conclusion that 

I've fucked up. 

As human beings we do things we aren't always proud of what we've done and blaming it solely on my depression isn't fair to anyone and not even myself.

I recently started listening to an audio book called You are a Badass by Jen Sincero. 

It's the typical self help book with some pretty basic concepts but listening to this has kind of put me into an epiphany. 

Even though I am unhappy with myself and dare I say jealous of others 

I shouldn't shut them out 

Coping with my depression is hard and it's been a struggle not only for myself but my family seeing it from a far and Kyu dealing with it in Korea. 

To be blatantly honest I'm not happy where I am in my life. 

simple fact.

I despise living in Korea. I despise working here even more.  

On one hand I feel like I'm in no position to complain about living here or the opportunities living here has given me, but the truth of the matter is everyday 

I dream of the day I can get on the airplane with Kyu and let this chapter in my life come to an end. 

At one point in the book (I haven't finished it yet) She talks about letting go of depression and anxiety by forgiving your past and letting the future happen the way it's intended to. 

This hit a cord deep within me. Because of my jealousy I've completely ignored some people and just would forget to reply or simply felt so guilty I had no idea what to say. 

Being abroad is like a double ended sword. 

Side A: 

I love being abroad because I can travel and work a mediocre job and just coast and make money.

Side B: 

Compare to all your successful friends back home with real jobs and families and sink into a depression induced coma.

Maybe it's just me who feels this way. 

To scroll down your new feed seeing your friends getting married, having children, advancing in their field, etc. 

Sometimes I find it hard not to compare myself to others. 

Maybe I guess what I'm saying is that I've held on too much to the comparisons I've made against my self and others. 

It's time to apologize for my short comings and bull headedness.

To those I've hurt. 

I'm sorry.  

I swear I'm a decent human being. (Most of the time) 

Just like everyone out there wrapped up in work, side gigs, and life, 

I've become victim of my own jealousy and rage. 

Time to make amends.

💜💜💜💜

What is Love

In Korea as a woman who is on the bigger side and happens to be a foreigner we face a lot of issues. 

Mainly about size. 

Today I was actually feeling abnormally perky and wanted to look cute for work. 

So I did my make up nicely and put on my favorite smock dress. 

It's definitely teacher vibes

Needless to say I was feeling myselfffff

But of course working with children they tend to knock you down from your high horse. 

I had one lil ass hat repeat over and over how ugly I looked today and if I got my dress at the "fat store." Now usually smug little ass holes like that I can deal with. I just threatened to tell his home room teacher and Korean teacher and he shaped up.

Then I have one of the bosses kids who likes to come in and chat with me while I'm finishing up my grading and all the other teachers have left. 

He said to me 

"Teacher why are you so fat?"

*** he's actually a big boy himself mind you***

I said (because I actually like this kid), "Because my mom died and because I was sad all the time I felt like eating helped me." 

He then said, "Oh, that's not good."

Then he causally pointed to my new wedding hanbok that got delivered which I'm super jazzed about and asked, "Teacher, what's this?"

I replied, "Oh it's my wedding hanbok."

He then said, "Teacher, is your husband fat too?"

I told him, "No, actually he's much thinner than I am."

((Shows him this picture)) 

"Teacher, he's really skinny."

Me,"I know he is."

I then felt compelled to tell him that it doesn't really matter what you look like or who you are because you can fall in love with someone for who they are. 

Now Kyu is obviously biased and thinks I'm gooooorrrrrgeous hahaha 

and

 I think he's super duper handsome ^^

But I guess the point here is that love is love no matter which way you cut it. Sure I'm not necessarily happy with how big I am but I'm doing things to keep myself healthy and active and I know making changes takes time and effort. 

But that's between me and my scale ^^

I also needed to vent about being called fat so many times today too.

 I'm not used to this. hahaha

 I usually wear tights and a tshirt to work and for once I dress up and get called an ogre. 

Never the less

How was everyone's week? 

Tell me something AMAZING that happened to you <3

I'll go first:

Tomorrow is Friday. What a blessing 

xoxo

Julie 

Helloooooooooo (update)

Hiiiiiieeeeeee

So obviously I'm not consistent.... 

well I'm never really consistent about posting.  

I come on here randomly and try to make my thoughts come together in a cohesive manner for the sake of well staying on track. 

As I sit in bed with my land lord in my bathroom I decided it'd be a perfect time to just write a little something....

I'm literally in my little black natori gown and robe 

listening to them bicker about my toilet and she continues to pick up random things off of my floor. 

She complained about the smell in my kitchen 

as the night before I made bomb ass mushroom chicken.

 I guess the after math does smell a bit off putting 

oh well...

So life back in Korea has been a whirl wind for the best and worst. 

Mainly the worst over the past 6 weeks I furiously scrambled to get my shit together and get ready for open class. 

If you are unfamiliar with "open class" it's when you put on a memorized performance for their parents to show them their kids are smart and talented. When in fact everything is basically memorized you've done 0 curriculum work but hey look at them sing and dance!

I legit had a panic attack in front of my supervisor about 2 weeks ago today. 

f u c k i n g  a w e s o m e

it's moments like this where I'd rather shrivel up into dust and disappear

(thumbs up)

(deep breath)

Now that it's all over I can breath again *kinda* 

Kyu and I have officially started his immigration paper work as well! 

Which was another huge stress point for me. But all in all we got it done and *SOON* I'll be writing and doing a video about our immigration journey ! 

Enough about me and my dismal existence  💨

Tell me something that you accomplished in the month of May!!!

No matter big or small an accomplishment is progress

Here I'll go first ...

GETTING THE PAPER WORK SUBMITTED TO THE EMBASSY

(legit I cried tears of joy)

I'm excited tomorrow is June 1st and the beginning of a new month and new goals and opportunities! 

Goal 1:

Smile more

Now you go!

......

xoxo

KoKo

Here's a picture of Eddie Huang. 

Famous chef and author of Fresh off the boat. 

Eddie Huang + Fidget spinnerz = greatness

That's all.