Jun 22 | WILD EYES

pop-ups, dogsitting, seeing friends, gifts, & the looming internship...

HALLO EVERYONE

(how i look opening up the blog)

my past week has honestly been .... pretty uneventful tbh UNTIL this weekend (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

i'm trying to blog every week but yesterday i was like "mm (,,¬﹏¬,,) is there even enough things for me to talk about this week tho?"

(now there is)

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ Daily Life ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

my friends and i went to go see the capybaras in san jose last week!!

i'm honestly more surprised that i didn't go see them sooner because i (‘•.•’)? actually live surprisingly close to them...?

it was my first time going to the zoo since i was in maybe 2nd grade... but i really didn't remember anything about it (｡•́   ̫ •̀｡)

they had some pretty wild animals aside from the capybaras too (anteater, lemurs, meerkats) but the capybaras were the main star lol

most of the rides there (because yes, there were rides at the zoo) were closed but we were able to ride two of them (one of them being a merry-go-round) as two incoming college seniors and one medical school student

i brought my changmin capybara photocard from the deobiland fanmeeting

there is a photocard for every situation

my cousins and i also went bowling that day

it was actually pretty silly since i had watched seventeenside out ii like. the day before we went (O_O) so i was internally comparing my absolutely awful bowling skills to them

i basically never go bowling (The last time i actually remember properly bowling is probably when i was 13...?) so we had to turn the bumpers on because i was consistently getting gutters (ó﹏ò)

but i Did get a couple of strikes surprisingly (⊙_⊙)

(i was actually thinking about every time i picked up the bowling ball) (about that moment in the pretty u mv when dokyeom's head gets slammed by a bowling ball?)

if anyone has seen the come on! tbz episodes where they go bowling i practically bowl like chanhee...

at the place we went bowling they had $2 fries and they were so tasty i practically demolished the serving bowl....

(very bad since i've been trying to cut down on carbs but what can u do...) (i guess u can just not eat the fries) (but they were just that good)

i went hiking with a good friend of mine

i haven't been hiking in 5EVER btw (aside from the stairmaster hike i mentioned last post) (but i wouldn't count that as much as a hike because it was all stairs (≖_≖) )

this was like a real genuine hike in the forest and stuff... i'm not a nature person at ALL as much as i try to be (hence me not going in a hike in 5ever) ... i much prefer walkable cities over touching grass but aside from sf the bay is not very walkable and la is not walkable at all so.

y friend kept mentioning a movie called the ritual as we got deeper into the forest, which i have never seen

actually, it was very foggy and a bit misty when we went so i was more reminded of silent hill

(especially the poster for pt!)

^^ do we see the vision

we were at it for about 2.5 hours which is a lot for me but i wasn't necessarily tired per se... it was a pretty level hike ... i was just not used to being so wet and cold in the forest after 90 degree weather for the majority of this week

(also because of the lack of service from being so deep into the woods) (we couldn't find each other for like 30 minutes since we had no service) (we ended up being in separate parking lots) (oops)

i just finished my 14th daily lagree class!!

i don't feel any stronger... but i've been going everyday for the past 2 weeks (ᴗ͈`ヮ´ᴗ͈)  so i'm happy about that

they had a free community class since they hired two new instructors and these were their first ever classes

(i'm ngl) (you can tell LOL)

so i brought my sister and my mom with me

it was a flow class too so no weights, no back platform work, a bit lighter of a class

but my mom said she almost walked out of the class and my sister said "never again" LOL (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

i went to get malatang with a few friends a few days back!!!

it was actually really funny because we completely messed up timing b/c of miscommunication so i showed up and got my bowl .... (ᵕ•_•) 2.5 hours before we were supposed to actually meet („>‸<„)

oops

i was more embarrassed by the fact that a classmate from high school was there @ the malatang joint when i was eating there alone than i am for getting there way too early (,,¬﹏¬,,)

it's ok though bec i did some side quests before we actually met up (and stole from my friend's bowl)

(but also) (there was beef in her bowl that she did not get) (so she gave me that and some broth) (but then) (the beef tasted SUPER WEIRDdd..)

anyway we got ice cream afterwards and it's the best black sesame ice cream i've had in my life (i haven't had it in a very long time... since my friend last worked at that ice cream spot, which is maybe when i was still in high school (°ロ°)

for the vast majority of this past week i was dogsitting my cousins' THREE dogs since they were in hawaii

aside from my dear pipi ૮₍ • ᴥ • ₎ა who has been staying with our cousins for the past few months since my sister and i went to college it has been a pretty dogless household

pipi (as a rescue) is a pretty high maintenance dog already but these three... are something else...

now that we have given them back the house is a lot quieter in a good and bad way

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ Pop Ups ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

it feels like everyone's trying to be an instagram reels influencer nowadays LOL and i'm not knocking it i just don't have the drive to post things anymore

(which is why) (i now blog instead of video log)

but i lowkey have the 'running around the entire bay area' energy to do it bec i went to an INSANE amount of popups/community events lately (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)

LULULEMON LOS GATOS YOGA

free yoga class!!

i took about 7? yoga classes over at the barre studio i went to for two weeks but this one felt a lot more intense

the yoga instructor was very hands-on which like. i can't blame him because i said ok to hands on adjustments but it happened really often (ㅎᴗㅎ )

i am not as flexible as i thought i was... (..◜ᴗ◝..)

WEST COAST CRAFT

huge craft fair up in the city!! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

been wanting to go to this one for a while

only thing i actually ended up getting was a matcha tin from a vendor i've loved for a very long time now but i'm so grateful i went!

CAFFEINE DEPOT

stopped by with my friend after our hike!

been wanting to try their drinks out for a while since they ALWAYS have a huge line at sj made

friend got a banana tiramisu matcha; matcha w/ banana cream top

(i had a sip - however my favorite banana matcha remains undefeated, which is okayama kobo's!) (the banana milk matcha at sohn is a close second)

i got a miso salted caramel and the taste caught me so off guard..?? ( °ヮ° )

then again with a description like that.... it's inevitable... to taste off...

i was wondering what the taste reminded me of but i realized it tasted JUST LIKE a salted egg?!?!?!?!

different strokes for different folks (but i am not a folk who likes this one)

FROM EM @ LACAPHE

probably the first big salt bread business in the south bay??

i wanted to actually try the bread at the caffeine depot popup but they sold out JUST when we got there (╥﹏╥)

HOWEVER they had a pop-up at the lacaphe grand opening the day after! (which i went to) (◡ ‿ ◡ )

the flavors i tried were banana matcha, scallion chicken floss, and vietnamese coffee, and i thought they were all really good!

A&M @ LACAPHE

egg tarts also at lacaphe!

i'm a pretty consistent regular since they show up at sj made often

i got the ube & black sesame flavors

but if i'm being honest next time i'll probably just get the plain ones ;;; i was a bit sugar'd out from the salt bread & coffee already (〃´𓎟`〃)

LACAPHE GRAND OPENING

speaking of. (⸝⸝๑﹏๑⸝⸝)

i went to the fremont grand opening and ended up being #150 in line so i got a ticket to redeem a free totebag!

however.... my sister had somewhere to be.... so after we secured the salt bread and egg tarts we highkey left.... (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

BUT. they let us come back later in the day since we already had the ticket and thus there was a tote bag saved!!!!! (*´▽`*)

i already am in ♡ love ♡ with the lacaphe in san jose so this just made my brand loyalty even stronger

i got the ube matcha for the first time (i usually just get the ube coffee but it was already super late in the day) and got my free tote bag!!

FRMLA x ASTRAL STUDIOS

went to a pilates class (in Addition to my daily lagree class) since it was only $10 for first-timers to the studio AND they had a fragrance popup!! ৻(  •̀ ᗜ •́  ৻)

i said in another blog post that i wanted to smell d'annam scents in person and i finally got the chance to!! (and now i want the sample set more than ever lol...)

(they didn't have the sample set in stock though so my wallet is safe for another day) (〃´𓎟`〃)

the pilates class itself was not too challenging but my ankle weights kept falling off.. ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) 

the studio was kinda crazy though bec they had so many freebies... it was hella luxurious I felt out of place

POPUPS I DIDN'T GO TO ... BUT WISH I DID ;-;

prismatic parket ♡ journal land ♡ twinkle pop mart ♡ bon bon matcha grand opening

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ Ending Notes ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

my friend got me a gift package from japan and my cousin got me some stuff from japan and korea!!! <3 love them

especially this bag... ugh im in love ♡ it's perfectly my style