Hey guys! Welcome back to my channel
and if you're new here - hi, my name is Alex
and thank you so much for clicking on this video
So this video is going to be a birthday vlog
but with a little twist
as I'll be taking you guys down memory lane
of my last 3 birthdays of the past 3 years of my life
Editing this video was really emotional for me
because I was able to see my past self on each birthday
and it really put into perspective how much we grow
and how much life changes over the years
even if we don't realize it
Each year feels like a different chapter in my life
and it's so interesting to see how much I've changed
A lot of things have happened in my life the past few years
and although I'm in a much better place now
I was struggling with my mental health
As each year unfolded I questioned whether I had achieved enough
grown enough as a person or made significant strides in my life
and I was feeling pretty stressed out
and not to mentioned I was going through a lot of personal stuff as well
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Now let's go back in time!
15th June 2023
Emily on her way to pick up my b-day cake
my lil sis <3
Florus
Spotted the cake
So EXCITEDDDD
This bakery makes vegan custom letter cakes <3
They even had cute posters!
(wrapping it up)
Thank you!
It's huge!
So excited to see it
It's too pretty to eat!
*taking photos*
ig: @alexandraolesen to see the pics!
Heading out for some birthday dinner!
Emily: Omg
Emily: What is that??
(a shooting star??)
made a bday wish anyway hehe
Ran into the sweetest subscribers!
Thank you for saying hiii <3
Sonogong Malatang
build-your-own bowl corner
I love those!
our bowl was overflowing so we got a second one LOL
*weighing our bowls*
got the 1.5 spice level option
They gave us drinks on the house <3
Alex: That's Saero (soju brand)
Emily: No it's actually water
Emily: It's not soju
*not me thinking the water was soju*
I'm so glad we came to eat Malatang
It's actually like our first time trying it
They were so nice and they gave us two drinks for free
Peach and Yuja flavors
As seobiseu (on the house)
We were really clueless of like how much to put in
and we actually took so much
It was like really heavy but
luckily we were allowed to half it into two different dishes
So there's Mala Xiang Guo and Malatang
Alex: Thank you
We got the Malatang
and the Mala Xiang Guo
Mini Jeon
Vegetable Fried Rice
and Mushroom Kwubaro
Thank you for the meal~
Let's eat~
Wow so pretty
The drawings were so pretty
Cheers!
Kwubaro
Mom: So delicious!
Mom: The more you eat it, the spicier it gets
Mom: it's mouth-numbing
Alex: it really makes your mouth numb
Our mouths felt numb even though we chose the lowest spice level LOL
We just had the most amazing birthday dinner at Sonogong Malatang
and it was our first time trying Malatang and it was soooo good
It was literally amazing
Now we are heading into Hongdae
Felt so lucky to meet another subscriber on my bday!!
-Thank you for taking a picture with me! -Thanks for coming to us to say hi <3
Thank you so much
Have a good stay in Korea
-Have a good stay in Korea -Thank you so much
Have a nice day
Bye~
Barbie vibes
Photo Zee
The photobooth was giving space vibes
Omg they have this happy birthday one
Oh I love these
Coronation
Since I'm the birthday girl
We have this "Happy Birthday"
Decided to do one more photobooth hehe
boing
oing??
boing X2
Alex: Sooo pretty
Mom: It turned out so pretty
It says Happy Birthday right here!
I love the heart ❤
*Singing Happy Birthday*
Thank youu
Make a wish!
The Miffy was so cute
So pretty~
Mom: How does it taste?
Is it yummy?
It is cherry flavor
Omg it tastes so good
How is it this delicious?!
It tastes as good as it looks!
Grandma
Last night Emily and I went on a walk
*worried* At night?
Yes
In the evening*
We went on a walk
Suddenly while we were walking on the path
a toad hopped in front of us out of nowhere
It's the first time we've seen one there
Apparently toads are very symbolic
We saw the toad right on my birthday
Apparently what it means is...
Doesn't it mean good luck?
Yes it means that and-
It also means lots of good things are about to enter your life
Only good things are going to come
It felt like such a meaningful moment
Wow it's so yummy
I finished my slice
You ate it already
So yum
15th June 2022 [I had a birthday cry tooooooo gemini things]
Hey guys, so I just got soaked in the rain
I'm on my way to Busan right now
I had to run out in the rain
cause I didn't realize it was raining and I didn't bring an umbrella but I
was late for my train and everything so...
I'm soaked and I'm sweaty
Off to a great start
It's my birthday today and I'm super excited
I'm going on a spontaneous trip to Busan with my friend Alice
Guys what is this day?!
I'm at the airport right
and I try to use like the self check-in
but the reservation number was just not working
So we went straight to like the check-in desk
and then asked them
Oh we have these tickets for 3:30pm
Why isn't our reservation number working?
Can you just check this?
and they check and they're like
These are flights from Busan to Seoul not Seoul to Busan
and I was just like
Did I just buy the tickets the wrong way like-
I'm so stupid
I feel so dumb
and I felt so embarrassed
Anyway, I just quickly had to book new flights to Busan
and the earliest ones available were at 5pm so
We just got the 5pm tickets
and now we're just gonna wait at the airport until our new flight
and I'm just here with my soaking wet hair
from the rain
But hopefully this birthday trip goes better now
Everything's kinda been a chaos
Boarding the plane
Arrived!
Busan ❤
Alice was waiting for me at the hotel with a surprise
Alex: Omg Alice just prepared this I didn't even know
Alex: You're the sweetest
Alice: Happy Birthday!!!
Thank youuu~
Omg
This is sooo cute
So I'm on the taxi now with Alice
and we're on our way to get food at a restaurant called Home
I've been here before and the food is amazing there so
excited for Alice to try
Home
Birthday dinner
Just got the tacos mmm
cheers!❤
Sooo good
So we just got back to the hotel and
we got changed into our PJ's
We're about to just devour some cake
It's like a vegan cake from Cafe Sosu
We're just gonna like maybe watch a movie and chill
So PEACE
Cake~
Alice: Ohh it got squished
Alex: It's so cute though omg
Sleepover vibes
Have you watched Arrival?
No
It's so good
We're gonna have cake
I love it
They had chocolate cake and blueberry
and it looked so cute
Yeah I love the blueberry color
I know you love purple so I got the purple cake for you
-and the purple candles -You know me
*watching intensely*
*lights out*
Good morning~
Heading to our friend Estelle's art exhibition
in love with Alice's curls ❤
Paintings representing different zodiac signs
Alice looking at the art, while also wearing the art hehe
Heading to the 2nd floor
So we're here at Estelle's exhibition right now
and her artwork is literally incredible
I'm in awe
and Alice was here throughout the whole process
like to see it being made and everything
So this is like a vert special moment
Alice shot and edited all the videos in the exhibition
Estelle's art was featured in Vogue and many other media outlets!
So incredible
Writing in the guest book <3
Such a healing and inspiring space
We're just going to a cafe now after the exhibition
It was such a nice exhibition
I really got a lot of great energy
Perfect spot to relax and refresh <3
the cafe view
*taking photos*
*when you get a good photo*
So we just came to the after party location
It's at a lounge bar called Lounge Lune
We're in Dalmaji right now
We just walked up here from the cafe that we were at
It's super close so
it was perfect
We just relaxed at the cafe for a bit and then
now we're here and
Alice and I are about to head in to the after party
Lounge Lune
So cute!
So much love for Alice & Estelle <3
It got dark and a Strawberry Super Moon appeared in the sky!
The staff at the cafe whipped out a huge camera that could zoom into it
Alice: [The camera] it's like a telescope
the Strawberry Super Moon symbolizes love, luck and the fullness of life
It's a special & sacred time to reflect on your life and make positive changes
The Strawberry Super Moon made this year's bday a magical one ❤
15th June 2021 I am super pumped today
and I'm also super nervous and...
Just a lot of emotions going on right now but
I am turning...
23
It literally feels like yesterday that I turned 22
Idk how I feel about it
I'm both excited, nervous
freaking out inside
I'm kind of getting emotional now cause it's like
I feel so like-
A birthday is so significant
You know it's like a day of reflection
a day of progression
a day of goals for the future
like establishing those things
and also celebrating your life
So I visited my grandma in Busan just a couple weeks ago
I was just like helping her clean out some stuff
And then I discover so many vintage cool things
that she has in her apartment
and then one of those things were her film cameras
So she had this film camera
it's so cute
So yeah I was like-
Do you use this? Can I have this?
cause I always wanted a film camera
and she told me to take it so
I have this but I don't have any film for it
batteries don't work in it so
I think I'm just gonna go to a film shop
and try get it fixed
Try get some film for it
See if it works
and hopefully I can use it for my birthday
I'm so excited for that
and then there's this Pentax camera
This one my mom brought all the way from Denmark
It was my dad's camera
It's like this when you take off the camera lens lid
I'm honestly in love with this camera
And yeah, hopefully I can get this one to work as well
I used to play around with this as a kid
So I don't know if I like accidentally broke something
So I'm going to take this to the film shop too
Hopefully they can work their magic and fix it
The last thing that I found at my grandma's place regarding cameras
I found this box and I was like-
Is this just an empty Polaroid box or something?
And I opened it
And no it wasn't an empty Polaroid box
There was actually a Polaroid camera inside
And I was like legit like whaaaat
And then she was like-
Oh I never used this before, I don't know how to use it
She got it as a gift
and look at this beauty guys
It's so beautiful
It has like the instructions and everything
It is the 636 close-up polaroid camera
Yeah at first I didn't even know how to open this
so I had to watch a YouTube video on how to open this camera
Cause I was like freaking out, I didn't wanna break it
But you kind just shut it down like this
These are the cameras that I'm gonna get checked today
Yeonnam Film
This is the exact camera we have
*getting the cameras checked out*
Our dad's old film was in there
*getting new film roll inserted*
Flower Shop in Hongdae
*making my bday bouquet*
*putting the flowers in a vase*
Had a sudden mental breakdown...
Little moosey made me feel better
He was scared of the balloon lmaoo
*runs away*
Guysss
Look at this 3
You're curious huh?
You're gonna run away?
*moose not knowing where to look LOL*
A two
What do you think Moose?
What do you think?
AHHHHHH
Welcome to the baking corner with Moose
Hi Moose
We just made the cake so I'm just gonna make this whipping cream
To put on top of the cake and decorate it
I'm just going to pour it in here
Moose got scared and ran away haha
*pokes head out*
Omg it looks amazing
Omg look at this cream guys, it's magnificent
Ohhh it's so fluffy
I'm going to put a bit of pomegranate juice for pinkness
Look at this beautiful color
Omg guys
*decorating the cake*
Gemini Baby
I'm gonna try to something for my makeup today that I've never done before
Recently I got these beautiful wetliners from Glisten
It looks like this
I'm wearing a purple dress today so
I was like looking at some inspo on Pinterest
And I think I'm gonna try go for that kind of look
This is the final result
So now I'm gonna go get dressed
I'm wearing my mom's vintage dress
The details are here
It flows down
and makeup look checkkk
Omg that purple point
And this is her first try
Okay I'm going to blow them out
Okay ready?
*drops cake*
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