Today's Bowling Score: Highest I Got So far

CSC Farrer Park.
Last game. Game 4:
3 strikes = 154
Bro got: 7 strikes (XXX in the last frame) = 165.

Tonight's Dinner: Japanese Fried Curry Rice

The photos are not true to the actual thing. It's actually yellower rice. 

Japanese fried curry rice. The taste is surprisingly pretty good. 

Not salty, just right. And moist. Click to see larger photos.

The color of the rice is same as the one on the box.
There were 3 packets in the box. 2 were used to make this fried rice.
Just sprinkle a little at a time over the rice and keep stirring to mix them up.

James May's Things You Need To Know About The Human Body

That's why you can't eat a banana anymore.

That's why don't kiss me and I won't kiss you.

That's why I try to avoid meat and sushi.

That's why you must change your bedsheets often.

That's why don't touch anywhere on your face after touching a public object. 

Oh, you poor teenagers looking like pizzas...!

That's why we need lots of anti-oxidants and exercise.

"Our bodies still peak between 20 and 35. After that, it's a slippery slope to the grave.".

That's why I have to hurry and finish the things I have to do.

Everyday, I wonder how much time I have left.

"By 60, your eyes let in two-thirds less light than they did at twenty.".  

How am I going to see and write then?
I have constantly thought of this.

Sorry, I don't want to be a machine.
I would rather have my own mind in my own body that will stay young forever.

Trust my bro to have uncovered this BBC wonder.

BBC always makes the best documentaries.

I love Sir David Attenborough. And now, I like James May.

Even though I already know the stuff on DNA, it's still very refreshing to watch this fun and funny episode.

Bro asked me to watch it before You Tube decides to delete it. Pity.

I'm already thinking of getting the DVD.

You Have To Watch This. Aired on 20 June 2011. In 2 parts on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q_EB-hemUo

Discover Magazine: Vital Signs: UTIs

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/15-vital-signs-where.s-that-infection

I just read Discover mag's (hardcopy from the library) Vital Signs section on UTI (urinary tract infection).

"More than half of all women will contract a UTI over their lifetime. Some sexually active young women average one every two years.

Why women? It's a matter of plumbing: The female urethra's relative proximity to the rectum gives fecal bacteria--especially the always abundant E. coli--easier access to the urinary system than does the male anatomy. Some women even produce specific proteins on their cell surfaces that bacteria can latch onto.

And no, cranbery juice does not cure UTIs."

The article goes on to say, "Left untreated, bacteria can escape the bladder by two routes: via capillaries into the bloodstream or up the ureters into the kidneys....In younger patients the kidney usually takes the first hit: Flank pain strikes like a baseball bat, with fever and vomiting following close behind.".

It ends with the writer (who is a doctor) informing the patien's mother that "Prevention is key. You should keep antibiotics on hand and start them at the first sign of trouble...."

1) I've always felt that SG doctors need to read this section of Discover magazine. Every section is always very interesting with new experiences even for the doctor who is writing it. Assumptions are thrown out, a lot of learning. If this is representative of how American doctors work at uncovering what's wrong, I'm impressed and feel it's better than in SG (although I've seen the doctors at Tan Tock Seng hospital are pretty good too).

2) Again, as I mentioned many times before: men wanting to be women don't know anything about being a woman. Do they as men, want this type of problematic plumbing that women have to suffer? Just plumbing alone, women are at a disadvantage. I don't know why there is this unfairness against women, and that there are even proteins produced by the woman's body itself to aid the bacteria. It's just totally unfair.

So what if a transgender has altered his penis at the surgeon's table? Inside and outside, the plumbing is still not a natural woman's with these sort of problems and unfairness.

3) Not cranberry juice. But cranberry concentrated pills that's supposed to be a natural remedy.

I don't know why this doctor swears by antibiotics that bacteria can get immune to, rather than mention cranberry pills. To the doctors, herbs and herbal remedies are hocus pocus, unlike their western researched drugs that they swear by. They overlook the fact that those drugs cause uncomfortable and sometimes serious side-effects.

What is worse, doctors will even deny there are any side-effects. So, if a patient falls ill from a side-effect, the doctor would rather blame other sources than say it's the drug/s that they prescribe.

4) It is true prevention is the key. However, he should teach the patient how to avoid getting infected in the first place, rather than advise using antibiotics after she's already been infected.

a) As mentioned, due to plumbing, women are more prone to getting such infections.

When I was young, my mom used to teach me: Always wipe away from your vagina. So, after doing your big business, put your hand with the tissue paper behind your butt and wipe out/away from the center area. Do not wipe from the front as this will contaminate the vagina area from back to front. I think this is commonsense that needs to be taught before the wrong habit is formed.

b) The other problem would be using unclean tissue paper when cleaning/dabbing after urinating. Sometimes, the public toilet paper may not be very clean. May be better to bring your own tissue paper.

c) Never sit on public toilets. For small business, hover your butt over the bowl but don't actually make contact. For big business, line the toilet seat with a few strips of toilet paper before sitting. Line the front and sides that will be in contact.

While it seems like a waste of paper, it is necessary unless you don't mind contacting your skin and butt with a public toilet bowl.

d) Avoid using vagina douche. The vagina has its own PH regulators with good and bad bacteria in mutual control. Using chemicals can upset that balance.

e) This is an overlooked fact: using too much detergent to wash underwear.

When this happens, the underwear will become itchy to wear. The sensitive private areas in contact with the cloth will also become itchy (but unfortunately, you cannot scratch or risk getting hurt).

I think the immunity/balance of the private area then becomes compromised, causing infection.

The Three Musketeers: Penguin Classics Edition

Mm. This afternoon, it's now 1.20 pm, the name suddenly popped into my head. Don't know why the book's title suddenly came up.

The Three Musketeers. Not just any Musketeers. It has to be the one that I made sure to remember: translated by Lord something.

Checking up the library's catalogue, because I had borrowed it from the library years back then... Ah! Translated with an introduction by Lord Sudley.

That's the one.

Previously, I had picked up The three Musketeers at a bookstore, and found the translation different and wasn't as good as the one I had read.

I started realizing the importance of the translator and and how much of a difference a translator can make.

Maybe I should look up the book at the library again and read again to see what had captured me in the first place.

Currently Watching: You're Beautiful (Korean Drama Series)

You're Beautiful. Korean series 2009. Yes, I'm pretty late.

http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=890

It started with a Rabbit. Was walking on the street outside Liang Court (after Meidi-ya supermarket), on the way to the bus stop, just outside that boxing showcase room that looked like it was being dismantled right then, when I saw this cute--really cute--Rabbit with 2 large ears and a cute nose on the back of this girl.

The nose stuck out pink. 

I wasn't reminded of anything, but this rabbit was cute and big. Where the heck did she get something like this? Overseas? I didn't think it was SG. Have never seen it.

That rabbit stayed at the back of my mind. Then strangely 2 nights ago, I was looking at Korea websites and looking for Korean things to import into SG to sell, when saw it.

That rabbit!

From the photos in the descriptions, it seemed this rabbit was in a Korean drama. One of the props.  http://www.10x10.co.kr/shopping/category_prd.asp?itemid=294145&cdl=030&cdm=320&cds=110

Comes in different sizes, from key chain to 16cm, 35cm, 55cm.

From the Korea website, I trailed it to Ebay and Taiwan Yahoo. On Ebay, it's being sold by plenty of sellers. Too many sellers selling the same thing. The Ebay listings say "A.N. JELL", "SBS drama", "Pig Rabbit Doll". 

I didn't know what A.N.JELL was.

At Taiwan Yahoo, it's also sold by many sellers. Presumably other sizes are... counterfeit from China. There, it's called  "豬兔子", "韓劇原來是美男啊" (Korean drama called Oh, so it's a beautiful boy/man). 

With that, I tracked it to an online forum where someone asked for the English name of the title (原來是美男啊), which was replied with "You're Beautiful".

Ah ha. 

So, with the English title, it was just a matter of keying that into Google search. And viola!

Started watching Ep 1 at Mysoju. Loading started getting slow from Ep 2. And Ep 4 has problems loading.

So, I started searching for other sites to watch. After a few browsing and watching, I've narrowed down to a few watching sites. If a site is slow, you can switch to the other. Or if a part is missing from a site, you can switch to another.

So, I  started out with Mysoju. It's Ok for Ep 1. Loads fast.

http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-1/part-1/

But you can start with You Tube. The videos are clearer and plays faster. But part 2 continuation for this one is missing. So best to start with Mysoju.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3WNNh3fSQw

Ep 2 can be watched at Mysoju.

http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-2/part-1/

Or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOPgeQ-0F3E

Ep 3 is wrong at Mysoju.

It should continue with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Jfe0L4lGw

Then continue at You Tube till Ep 4.

Ep 4 is missing from You Tube (removed due to copyright etc..).

So continue here:

http://www.trilulilu.ro/mirabela0909/d4058585833df3

Part 2: Note that Tudou can be very slow.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kq21HxybdqQ/
http://www.asianrice.tv/media/Youre-Beautiful-Episode-4/13318/part/2

Part 3: http://www.trilulilu.ro/mirabela0909/346dd04eeac74e

Ep5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrmKR8sJ2m0

Part 2:
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-5/part-2/

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTafcKcnrs&feature=related

Part 4:
If I don't look at the legs, what am I supposed to look at (when the cam is zooming it on them like that?)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l90XRxV-cvg&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 6: What a horrible woman. Just tell her: Touch me again, I will kill you. (show her knife).

http://www.asianrice.tv/media/Youre-Beautiful-Episode-6/13511

Part 2:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/BSp8hE0rCQI/

Part3: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Wjjngd5I9Pk/

(Asianrice part 3 is wrong).

Look at that guy's lips while in the car at the start. Damn those lips. So funny, I laughed. He really knows how to twist those lips. Look at his face. Is that his version of a pout? :)

At this point, here are some thoughts:

As I watched, I realized, A.N.JELL is actually Angel. But the leader of the band clarifies in Ep5 part 2 that it's short for "Archangel".

I think the language would have been better in Japanese. Korean language is not the most pleasing to the ear.

Also, the acting is not as natural as the Taiwanese. (Update: but it gets better from Ep 3 or 4).

The guys and main girl are also not that handsome or pretty. Passable, or good enough to continue watching. It's pretty good overall so far. Funny moments are really funny and this is mainly due to the cute face of the main girl (Go Mi Nam/Gemma) and the devilish/ugly twisting lips of the main guy (band leader).

The band leader is quite convincing as a clean nut and it's funny watching him and his sarcasm. He has a good heart, but won't let it show. Cute man, except for his annoyingly ugly lip twisting when he does it.

Surprisingly, he has a very nice, deep, quite sexy, manly voice. Good for voice acting anime. :)

Too bad his face is too small, his body too lean and small like a woman. Not really handsome or cool. Just Ok.

The other guy Shin Woo is handsome sometimes, but not with the stage make-up that makes his eyes even smaller and his face whiter. Pretty good choice/competition with the band leader for the love of the main girl.

Then of course, people on You Tube have also noticed a mistake in the lip injury. Left and right difference is very obvious. So, I don't know how the Koreans could have made this mistake.

And I learnt that "yes" is "Yeahh" or "Yay" in Korean. Some words like "An Shin" is Chinese and Japanese for "don't worry". "Why" sounds like French "Wee" ("yes").  "Nam Zha" (did Tae Kyung in the car say "Nam Zhai"?) for boy sounds like Cantonese "Nam Chai". Hmm.. so some words never change regardless of these different countries, since their languages are all from the same Chinese root. It's just surprising to hear and know.

Picking up languages in this way is easier and better than going to classes. Trust me. I learnt more from watching anime than the Japanese classes I attended.

I love it when Manager Ma does the little dance of joy in Ep 6 part 3. He's cute.

The series reminds me of Taiwanese S.H.E. actress Ella in 花樣少年少女 (Hana Kimi) where she played a girl disguised as a boy in an all boys' school.

The Korean music is nice and suitable. 

The main girl Go Mi Nam... it's hard to believe she can pass off as a boy: hips too round/plump, butt too rounded and  face too girlishly round. That.. *sighs* unfortunately, is the fat that women tend to put on in those areas. 

Ep 6 

Part 4: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/18DFNgXA5Xc/

Wahh... so cool Kwang Tae Kyung. I am in respect of him. Now, this is A Man worthy to be loved.

Wahh, her heels so high. I just realized the main boyish girl can walk in high heels!!

Shin Woo is a smart man, on par with Tae Kyung. Just that Shin Woo is quieter and even-tempered, given to brooding, whereas Tae Kyung is more open: what he thinks to do, he'll do; he shows his dislike clearly and openly.

Hahaha... The way Mi Nam buys men's clothes is funny, as she tries to be discreet in front of the mirrors.

Part 5 Just continue at Tudou: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/H5B4pUwNTUA/
Or here:  http://www.twitvid.com/B5941 
 

I like Tae Kyung. Decisive, very smart man when he asks Mi Nam that question. Sexy eyes.... He needed the confirmation. I love the bow of his head (a nod but it's like a bow to a princess that says "I will do as you wish"). Ohhh... he's like a knight.

The acting gets better and better as it progresses. Mm... :)

Ep 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgsNQRr53qo
Or here (but it loads slower than You Tube): http://www.dramaload.com/korean-drama-youre-beautiful/watch-youre-beautiful-episode-7-26482/

Part 2:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jZJe2wpMwM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

I love the music and song, even though I don't know Korean. Now, I know "sarrang" is love.

Mm. Yes, it's true, you have to know the feeling of love to be able to feel it. Reminds me of my own.

Look at Tae Kyung's  fed up face. Hahahaha...

Goddammit, she's using seductive blackmail. Sexy that such a strong-willed, arrogantly intelligent man is being forced to do her bidding in that room.

Part 3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdxZMqGsJsA&NR=1

Part 4: (Goodness, it's unstoppable. It's 2.45 a.m. and I'm stuck to one part after another): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy_SjKbPUQ8&NR=1&feature=fvwp

I have to stop to sleep.

Till now, I still haven't seen the pig rabbit.

[Update 1 July:  Till now, I still haven't seen the pig rabbit.

Last night went to Meidi-ya again and the boxing showroom has really closed down. So that night when it looked dismantled, was the last my bro and I saw of it.]

----- the next night's watching is below (the above links are an accumulation of 3 nights, 2 nights of watching before started posting)-----

Part 4:  I can see her heart hurts as she speaks to Tae Kyung under the moonlight. It hurts. Then the headlights suddenly shine and he sees... Beautifully done, director.

Mi Nam watching sadly at the stars alone at night: She's in love.

Mi Nam watching his clothes hanging in the wind. The poor girl. Those feelings will not go away.

Part 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4T7HpGiyU&NR=1&feature=fvwp

You Tube is missing Ep 8. 

Continue here: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-1/

Tae Kyung looks like perpetual bad mood.

Rriight, Manager Ma... with a nose like that, she'll look ugly. Then nobody will like her and her problems will be solved.

HAHAHAA!! Tae Kyung's reaction when he sees her with the nose.

Ahh.. Mysoju is slow...but for Part 1 & 2, no choice. No other sites to watch.
Need to pause and wait for Mysoju to load... -.-  Otherwise, it will be choppy (starts and stops).

Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-2/

Open a few parts at the same time to let the loading go. Put on pause. So by the time you want to watch it, it's loaded. Open part 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Part 2... Oh I love Shin Woo!!! :) The way he discreetly helps her carry that heavy box. Secretly smile some more. So cute.

HAHAAHA!! And cover her ugly sleeping face with a towel some more...

Wahh.. now very difficult to choose between these 2 guys. Shin Woo is better at this point. I really like him here. All along, he's been aside and we didn't get to see the things he did for her. Now it's clear how much he's done. How patient he's been. How long he's waited. 

But, he's been too slow.

I'm smiling and smiling at Tae Kyung's petty childish frustration... then it stops. AHh... it's so hard waiting for that silly Mysoju to load!! 

He loves her but won't admit it. 
He looks so womanly in that outfit... oh heavens.

The part where he tells Mi Nam to come closer but stop at the point of his hand, then he clicks his fingers at her: Bloody Tae Kyung, who does he think he is?!! 


Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-3/

Part 4: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-4/
Wow, when Tae Kyung laughs, he looks so different and... handsome.. and cute.. I can't decide whether cute or handsome. He suddenly looks like a young boy...How come his eyes change so much just because his smile fades? My god. He can change just by not smiling. Like a switch. His eyes... so cold, just like that.

He looks so hateful without his laughter. He has such nice teeth and mouth...

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-5/

Ahh... Mysoju is really not good for going backwards to watch scenes again... it just hangs and plays choppily. 

Tae Kyung is damn cool when he refuses that woman Yoo He Yi. I like his guts despite her threats. He won't do more than what's necessary. 

Wahh.. this woman who is supposed to be his mom... gee, no wonder he's so angry. She's so weird. It's his birthday, the fact that he came because she called... shows he still has respect and regard for her. Yet she... oh, this is so bad. I'm so sorry for Tae Kyung. Look at the hurt in his eyes.

It's very strange now that I think about it... that he has such a man's voice as he speaks his excuse to leave, yet is a boy when he laughs. It's amazing. Hard to reconcile these 2 aspects of him.

Very interesting man/person.

Ep 9: Mysoju doesn't play for 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-U-ut06Ng&feature=fvwrel

Hahaha!! Tae Kyung is a very smart man. :)

----------I continue watching the next night. The below was last night's-------

Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhde3FOiUC0&feature=fvwrel

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV8Hk7v96nM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-HXARhF68&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Hmm... pig rabbit. I thought it had a snout on that girl's backpack?
OHHh.... he's so evil!!! "Now, let's go for surgery"???
Nooo... I'm scared as a stuffed toy.
He's sooo EVIL!!!! >.<

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5xupCFCeE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwg3MPVUc5U&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Oh! The ears can stand!

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz407_PcSvk&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Only she can control him.
Ahh.. Shin Woo loses here. 

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrEo4nWvNw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Or5TxJqn8g&NR=1&feature=fvwp
What if one day, all these links were deleted? :(
Hahaha... only he can control her. Hahaha..! Look at her eyes as she panics. She really can act (a good actress). She's adorable here. Poor woman, she can't win Tae Kyung. He's just too ruthless. Also, her love for him has dampened any her own ruthlessness.

He asks Mi Nam to turn off the lights, even when he won't be able to see in the dark. Self sacrifice. I didn't think of it until she said she could now see the stars, but he said he couldn't see a thing.

Tae Kyung: It's frustrating that I can't see you.
So don't go where I can't see you, Go Mi Nam.

Mi Nam: But even though I'm right here right now, you can't see me very well.
(she lifts her hand in front of him and waves slowly.)

Tae Kyung: (Unexpectedly, he accurately grabs her wrist without looking.) I see you.
I see you well enough to know you're there.

Mi Nam: Can you really see me?

Tae Kyung: Yeah. I'm looking at you.
So, when it's dark, stay within this visible distance from me.

Ahh... I love this part with the music in the background. It's a private love dialogue up on the rooftop just like the one between Jane Eyre and Rochester in the garden with the Nightingale. Here, Tae Kyung doesn't seem to realize, he is professing his love for Mi Nam in no uncertain terms.

I feel that to have the love of such a man, is very lucky.

Go Mi Nam is very lucky.

Hmm.. thinking of getting the CD. I like the music. Very nice and soothing. But where to get...

-----------------the next night-------

Ok, here we go. Continue:

Ep 10 part 5 cannot be played on You Tube.
Continue here. It repeats some of part 4 from You Tube. Just forward the tab.
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-10/part-5/
Look at his eyes... of reproach. So angry.

Ep 11:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY_pE3a6kY&feature=fvwrel

The lights were on when she looked at Tae Kyung. Did nobody see her face before she turned to Shin Woo?
Hmm... they only saw Oppa (Tae Kyung) and they must have thought the girl standing there was a member of the audience also looking at him at the same time. They only noticed her when she went into Shin Woo's arms.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5_RJF4MyI&NR=1&feature=fvwp
HAHAHA!! Bi Bi noodles twist.
Tae Kyung's butt while he twists to the side is even funnier than Shin Woo!
HAHA!! Jeremy is always prevented from hugging Mi Nam.

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH5cvtpOO_M&NR=1&feature=fvwp
HAHAHA!! Mi Nam is adorable. She's so cute, her voice, the sounds she makes.
She's really pig rabbit.

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPRzeoPI43k&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Hahahaha!! She can pout just like him. The pig rabbit is angry.

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelfFvm5mYk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQW81xFwTMY&feature=related (this is full episode, although have to put up with the big subs that haven't been done properly. There was actually an earlier episode/part that could be viewed in You Tube, but because of the subs, I listed only another site.).

Or Ep 12 in parts: 
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-12/part-1/ (till part 5)
She really looks like a young boy when he kisses her...

Mi Nam's chest is not really flat, even from the start. They still bounce.

Hmm.. that Victorian dress is really... out of style... and the make up doesn't suit her. Makes her look too old. Why would Koreans think this is pretty?

Mm... it's getting a little long-winded here.

Ep 13: removed from You Tube for part 1 and 2.
Continue here: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-1/
Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-2/
Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-3/
There's a bit of overlap of Mysoju Part 3 in You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndeS_sY5inI&feature=related 

Hahahaha!! Look at his joy. Turns into a boy again.
She doesn't think much of him, low scores overall, but she likes him totally. How strange is that?!!
Oh heavens... did he really sing that song?? Nice voice.

You Tube Part 4 has been removed.
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-4/
HAHAHAHA!! Oh my goodness. Overboard... vinegar....

Ahh... I feel so sad for Shin Woo. It's like asking her to throw away his heart.
After all he's been through... his heart is totally shattered. That's the last straw..

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-5/

Ahh.. thank goodness Ep 14 Part 1 is working on You Tube: (update note: the full version can also be downloaded from the link below under Part 5):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMMplJ-4vc

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjeRqd-URUc&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjhh0uHytdw&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Ah.. inconsiderate Tae Kyung. Sometimes I think, what's so good about him. It's less tiring loving Shin Woo who is gentle and considerate in every way... except lack of opportunity, always out of luck.

Wahh.. such big love seats in Korea?!
What? Free seating some more?!!

Awww... so cute, sleeping together like that...

Wow... what's it like to be kissed by such a man....?

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5HXbOr16qs&NR=1&feature=fvwp

--------------------the next "night" which was actually midnight till 3 a.m. 5 July----

Part 5 is gone from You Tube. Watch it here:
Download from Megaupload Mirror link and it's the full episode.
http://ledoquyen.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/engsub-you%E2%80%99re-beautiful-%E2%80%93-a-n-jell-ep14-091119/

Ep 15 : http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-1/

Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-2/
Manager Ma looks like Tweety Bird.
Sad for Shin Woo... what cannot be, cannot be. That Mi Nam, innocent she seems, yet not innocent in her cruelty.

---------------skip a night. The below was watched on 6 July--------

Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-3/

Part 4: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-4/
Wahh.. her brother si bei cool....sleeping there at the airport.

Yo... it's kinda creepy with a body like that and a girl's face like that... O.O
It's not possible. His body is like...arcade game man with biceps... and the face is a girl's.
The filming is too obvious.. Yo, director, what are you doing?  Show the body with the face hidden with such obvious biceps and ragged hair like some monster, then cut to just show the girl's face.

Go Mi Nam... A man's height. Wow...

Yoo Hee Yi turned out to really love Tae Kyung much more than expected after all.
That's her only saving grace.

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-5/

As Shin Woo obvious, the character of Mi Nam's bro seems "a little" different.
To me, he seems... evil? His smile... on and off like that. Scary.
I like the female Mi Nam's white blouse... :) Classy, cool, nice princess puff and long lined sleeves.
Wait a minute... by noticing her dressing, does this mean I'm female-ish too?

Wahh.. this shows how much the guys love her. Going out of their van to look for her without even bothering with a disguise...

Let's see who's going to be the one to find her. I'm guessing Shin Woo, as usual.

Ep 16... Oh no... it's the bad player on Mysoju... won't be able to play.
And there isn't a You Tube link for part 1.

Mm? On Tudou?

Ep 16: http://www.dramastyle.com/drama/Youre-Beautiful/

Yeah, right. Like she can see Korean shows on African television.

How to become her bro again when he's so big? So tall?


Hmm.. Mi Nam never told Tae Kyung she was from a convent or that she had given up that path. How did he find out?
Director...?

Noooo.... where's the rest of Ep 16?!!!!!!!
There isn't any!!

Download it here. Full Ep 16 (takes a while): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MCS38Y0R
Heng can download ahhh.... For a while I panicked...


(Mi Nam totally transforms into this cute Pig-Rabbit when she's around Tae Kyung, totally different from when she's away from him. Pretty amazing, her 2 sides. She's very affected in his presence.).

Or you can watch a little of it here, then need to find the continuation in Files Tube: http://www.filestube.com/4m3qqQCbgCRmX5yaaBX3u1/You-re-Beautiful-Episode-16-Watch-You-re-Beautiful-Korean-Drama-Online-33.html

[Type "you're beautiful 16" in Files Tube and you get a list to pick. Not knowing that it was only a little of the episode, I watched till it got cut off then ARrrghhh...!! Panic. There weren't any other links with English subs. That's when I started searching for a download and found the Megaupload link above (type "you're beautiful 16 megaupload" in Google).]

If you can understand Chinese and can put up with Tudou, then watch it here:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/lNVLCutVB1E/
While waiting for the Megaupload download, I'm watching this Chinese subs one.
Whoaa.. great, nice idea for how Tae Kyung discovers.

Hahaha! Shin Woo, as I guessed, is very smart. He sees things very carefully.

The cute pig-rabbit in the car... :) So CUTE....

Watching the Chinese subs one, I just realized the Chinese title "原來是美男啊" may actually be referring to Minami. Go Mi Nam. Translated, it means "Oh, it's Minami". The female Mi Nam's name is "Mi Nyu" or "美女" (pretty girl).  "美男" (pretty boy) is Mi Nam. The Korean title is "Minami Shineyo". What does Shineyo mean?

His mom told him that it isn't true love if you let the person you love go (if you send the person you love most away, it isn't true love). Shouldn't this apply to Mi Nam as well? She is letting him go.

Incidentally, that little camera Mi Nam uses, is expensive. SGD 100++ Little gadget that costs so much and comes out just a little film card. If the results are what was shown when photos of the guys were taken separately, the color and lighting are really bad.

Now, Here's News

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/spectacular-discoveries-guinea-061801835.html

A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said.

Scientists made the astounding discoveries, which also included a river shark and dozens of butterflies, on New Guinea at a rate of two a week from 1998 to 2008, WWF said in a new report on the island's natural habitat.

"This report shows that New Guinea's forests and rivers are among the richest and most biodiverse in the world," said WWF's Western Melanesia programme representative, Neil Stronach.

New Guinea -- divided between the Indonesian province of Papua in the west and Papua New Guinea to the east -- has one of the world's least spoilt and most stunning ecosystems.

Its rainforests are the third biggest in the world after the Amazon and the Congo, and, while the island covers just 0.5 per cent of the Earth's landmass, it contains up to eight percent of the world's species, according to WWF.

What was previously known about New Guinea's biodiversity was already breathtaking, such as the world's biggest butterfly -- with a 30-centimetre (12-inch) wingspan -- and giant rats that can grow up to a metre long.

Scientists believe that one square kilometre (247 acres) of the island's lowland rainforest may contain as many as 150 bird species, according to WWF.

The 1,060 species confirmed by scientists as new discoveries between 1998 and 2008 are believed to have only scratched the surface of New Guinea's dazzling ecosystems.

"Such is the extent of New Guinea's biodiversity that new discoveries are commonplace even today," WWF said in its report, titled "Final Frontier: Newly Discovered Species of New Guinea".

One of the most notable finds documented in the WWF report was a round-headed and snub-finned dolphin, which swims in protected, shallow coastal waters near rivers and creek mouths.

Discovered in 2005 in Papua New Guinea, it was the first new dolphin species recorded anywhere in the world in three decades, and is now known to also exist in Australia, WWF said.

Another of the 12 mammals found over the decade was an anteater named in honour of British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, Sir David's Long-beaked Echinda or, scientifically, Zaglossus attenboroughi.

One of the 134 frogs discovered was dubbed Litoria sauroni because its striking red and black spotted eyes reminded scientists of the evil character Sauron in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

Another new frog was notable because of its tiny size -- just one centimetre in length, while one had vampire-like fangs.

Nine snail species, some so colourful as to be almost unrecognisable from the backyard-garden-type variety, were among the 580 new invertebrates discovered.

One of the snails was bright yellow, while another was green and yellow.

Among the other new invertebrates was a brightly coloured apricot crayfish, part of the family of creatures called "yabbies" in Australia and some other parts of the world, which was nine to 12 centimetres long

New fish totalled 71, with a kaleidoscope of colours, including one in the coral reefs of Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea that thrilled scientists with its dazzling blue hue.

WWF said the most extraordinary freshwater discovery was a 2.5-metre-long river shark found in Papua New Guinea that has since also been located in northern Australia.

Of the 43 reptiles discovered, one could claim to be the most innocuous snake in the world -- it was just 12-14 centimetres long, had scales over its eyes so that it could not see, could not bite and had no venom.

But WWF said the excitement of all the new discoveries had been tempered by the fact that, like in the Amazon and Borneo rainforests, human actions were destroying New Guinea's natural habitat at an "alarming rate".

Some of the growing threats it listed were illegal and unsustainable logging, forest conversion for palm oil plantations, mining, road construction and unsustainable fishing.

"These environmental threats are exacerbated by global climate change which is increasing the number of fires within forests and savannas, erosion, and seawater incursion into coastal habitats," WWF said.

Now, why would a frog need vampire fangs?

Tonight's Dinner: Cream Meat Snapper in Vegetable Soup in 7 Parts

Ok, so I cheated with the vegetable soup. It's powdered, but it's still soup and it's fast.

From time to time, I experiment with dinners because there isn't much choice: food outside is expensive, in too small portions and their menu never changes.

My cooking experiments always change. Never 2 meals the same. Never the same meal twice. Always different, not intentionally, but because I can't seem to make the exact same thing twice (even if it's delicious the first time)!

A guy once asked me to be his chef in the kitchen of his intending-to-open cafe, but ultimately it never happened because his dad took him out of the project. For me, that was Ok because I doubted I could cook the same thing twice. If I can't do that, how can I be a chef? My dishes fluctuate regardless of whether I keep recipes!

It's always been my bro's lament that I can't ever seem to make something delicious the same way the second time. For instance, my Very Nice Dark Chocolate Mousse Dessert. And my Very Powerfully Dark Chocolate Truffle Balls.

Click on the full You Tube videos below for the commentary in the descriptions. The lighting is not well captured by the videocam, unfortunately. But tonight's dinner turned out to be Ok.

I have no idea why part 7's screen capture looks so washed out and oddly pixelated... the video is fine, however.

Toffifee/Toffee Candy

I like this candy that my bro bought one day from Meidi-ya supermarket.

Since then, I've bought it twice. This one's from Giant supermarket (you can bet it's cheaper than Meidi-ya. Can't remember how much each cost though. Around $3.75@Giant, I think.).

So, I thought to do a video on it, so everyone would know it exists and try it if you want.

The video however, turned into: How Not to open a box of Toffifee Candy.

(Incidentally, it seems You Tube's embed function cannot choose colors for the frame/border anymore?).

You Tube description:

My bro and I had to contain our laughter for this one at the end. Once the cam was switched off, I laughed and laughed. It was decided to leave it as it is, rather than re-take, as a tip on How Not To Open A Box Of Toffifee Candy. The one that fell to the floor was dirtied but after washing off the top (the chocolate part came off with the water), I ate it.

The candy kinda got stuck onto the plastic inside due to the heat of our weather. So, the candy was a little soft and sticky. That's why it couldn't be slipped out of its plastic wrapper easily.

Universal Truth (I Ask Heaven)

I hear you, man. I may not understand all the words, but I understand enough to tear up at parts. Why do heartbreak love songs always speak such truth? Is it the same for everyone who has their heart bound and broken by love? How can it be the universal truth?

You were drunk for 10 years. I was drunk for 5. I guess I'm luckier?