Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Dear Lord Jesus...

I thank You for this awesome night of fellowship, for gathering these amazing people together to have an awesome time of discussion, to share in Your wonders and Your amazing love. We had a very fantastic evening of sharing, with some opening up more to us and sharing on a more personal level tonight. I feel that this is a fantastic step towards Your kingdom and I pray for Your hand to work among us, to reach out and touch the lives that You have strategically place in our midst.

Tonight, several questions were raised, some trivial in comparison to the ultimate picture of your love, grace and mercy, but all were important. It gave us knowledge of what to say and do in situations when we are asked these questions by others. Lord, I feel strengthen with this knowledge and I pray for wisdom when placed in these situations, so that all of us may know how to use Your word, our life examples and through action to move lives.

Lord, I'd like to pray for each and everyone of us, and for those who are in our thoughts and constant prayers. I thank You for the many lives You are changing through baptism, and I pray for those newly baptised, that they will continue in their journey with you Lord, serving the best that they can in their ministry of calling. I'd also like to lift up to You those who are struggling with their Christian walk and for those who have gone astray. I pray for Your presence to come among them, to help them along in this time of difficulty and to pick them up and carry them through whatever obstacles that they are facing. I also pray for those who are actively sharing Your word with others. I pray for each and every opportunity that comes their way, that they will be an open vessel for You to work through them to reach out, to evangelise and to spread Your love.

Lord, I'd like to pray for this awesome group of friends, who are so full of Your love and so ready to share about You with others. Lord, I can see us growing in faith and in our spiritual walk with You, and I pray that we will continue to grow and be a loving example to others.

I'd just like to close this blogprayer with a meaningful scripture passage that sums up who You are and the way we should lead our lives.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and 13 says "4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8Love never fails...13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is LOVE."

Through Your Holy Name, I Pray.

Amen.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

MY 'Cave Of The Golden Rose'

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *breathe* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *breathe* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*breathe*breathe*breathe*breathe*breathe*

This is the 4th entry of the day! Goodness!! Somedays I just talk a lot huh!!

I found my FAV FAV FAV FAV FAV show selling on DVD!!! My FAV FAV show!!! When I was very very young, I watched 'The Cave Of The Golden Rose' and I fell in love with it. It was my favourite show ever and they always showed it on one of the Malaysian channels during the Christmas period, but I don't think I have ever caught every single episode of this mini series. There's about 5 episodes I think. I've always been searching for this series. Last time, while surfing the net, I saw an online chatboard and heaps of people were asking where they could get the dvd but no one seemed to know and today, I found it. I actually found a website that sells it!!! Go www.cinecityplanet.com!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!

BUT...(why must there always be a 'but', and several 'but's may I add)...one very important skepticism I have is the legitimacy of this website. Is it safe to buy online? My second 'BUT' goes to the fact that they don't have the entire series...the english version is incomplete, missing the 5th episode which contains the last 2 parts of the show, HOW POOZ. And the biggest hindrance, which actually isn't much of a hindrance since my motto in life is that 'money can be earned back' is that it costs Euro 170. It just makes it more risky if the website is dodgy.

I also found this other website, I think it's a german or italian or spanish (can't tell) version of trade me and someone was selling their second hand DVD set for only 25 Euros. But, the bidding had closed and it was sold this year in Feb!! I missed it!! POOZ...but even if that was the case, I wouldn't know how to go about it coz the entire website was in german or italian or spanish (can't tell). SOB SOB SOB.

I'm so CLOSE, and yet so FAR!

Love is...

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca - age 8

Awwww...

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6

I am looking forward to this day...being old doesn't seem so daunting anymore.

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7

It's just little things that add special meaning to life.

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5

The reason behind giving is love.

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7

Maybe not Robert Redford, but Takeshi Kaneshiro...or Kangta!

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6

Haha...yes, I've always wondered about that.

:: LoVe Is ::

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4

This is one of my favourite coz I can completely relate to it. Laura, now you understand how much I love you?

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7

If it's an Armani shirt, I can see why.

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5

I like that...instead of "let's go out on a date", we should say "let's go out and smell each other".

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6

This girl must really like her fries!

:: LoVe Is ::

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4

And hence the saying 'you are my pillar of strength'.

:: LoVe Is ::

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4
Lorraine...

:: LoVe Is ::

But here's a fantastic description of LOVE...

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7

I have to admit, I've never really stopped and listen so maybe it's time for all of us to slow down (especially with our busy lives) and take a breather.

Rain rain go away!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

The timing couldn't be more perfect! It's raining now. As much as I love the rain, I love my clean clean car even more after a hard hard wash!

Workout Baby!!

Wow...I just did a massive workout and my arms are aching (my right arm is worse off)! OUCH. Washing my baby was tiring!!! I almost wanted to give up, drive to the nearby 'drive-through' and let the machine do all the work. But I stuck to it, and at the end of the day, seeing the end product always puts a smile on my face and all that slogging was, afterall, worth it.

Life's like that...though the process of getting through life can be trying and tiresome, but with hard work and determination, all is worth it. When you look back on your entire journey, you see beautiful memories, gorgeous creations and a life well-lived.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Multi-tasking - Raine's 'speciality'

Multi-tasking is the topic of today's discussion. Specifically, Raine's current multi-tasks.

I realise that recently, I'm taking on many things, from classes to TV shows. There are so many things I need to juggle at a time and I am finding less and less time to blog about it, and hence the 'once in a while' pointless blog posts which really isn't a detailed insight into my 'appearingly' eventful life.

So let me share with you some of the tasks I have on hand:

1) French Classes
Bonjour tout le monde! Ca va? Je m'appelle Lorraine. If you didn't get what I just said, basically I was greeting "Hello to everyone. How's it going? My name is Lorraine." Yes, Daddy and I have started taking French lessons every Monday evening at Edgewater College. It's for 15 weeks, an hour and a half per lesson. We've attended 3 lessons so far, but we are only just scrapping the surface, covering the basic greetings. Slow progress but I guess at the end of this 15 weeks, I'll be able to speak a-little-bitta French to take on Paris for 3 days in January.

2) Korean Language
This should always be a work-in-progress for Lorraine, and that is to be constantly learning and practicing my korean language.

3) Save Money
Ahh...telling a shoppaholic to stop spending is like telling a pig to fly - impossible. But...I really need to and if I have to sacrifice some wants, then it's got to be done. Why the big saving spree? One, I'm planning a sky-diving trip at the end of this year...can't wait, and also coz I need to save up for my UK holiday plus my future investments in Singapore. Several things need to go: my bionicle collection - no more buying of new bionicle figurines; my barbie collection - I guess the 8 girls will have to remain single; clothes, shoes and accessories - there will be much nicer and cheaper ones in Singapore, plus, my luggage can't fit all of my clothes, let alone the new ones. Okay...maybe I'll just get the odd item once in a while when it catches my eye, and of course I need to hunt around for a nice warm winter jacket for UK and for future investment purposes - completely justified. Try telling a shoppaholic to go cold turkey - IN YOUR DREAMS.

4) Meteor Garden Comics
I've just started reading my Meteor Garden Comics all over again, and currently I've got 35 and three quarter to go.

5) The Bible
I've also just started reading my Bible once again and I'm aiming to read one chapter every day - NO SLACKING ALLOWED.

6) Television Shows
I've got a long long list of shows I want to watch all over again. Right now, I've just started watching this Jap drama called 'OverTime'. Other shows on the list are Meteor Garden (both the anime as well as the taiwanese version), the Jap Initial D anime series, Friends (this Korean-Jap mini series), this Korean drama that I want to rent from the video rental shop (but that would mean spending money, see point 3 for why it might not be possible); and of course, I want to watch all the classic movies all over again, like last night, we watched 'Mary Poppins', tomorrow night we'll watch 'My Fair Lady' and other need-to-watch classics (to my definition) are 'The Sound of Music', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Notting Hill', 'You've Got Mail', and many others.

7) My stories
I'm currently in the process of typing out this 151 chapter story that I wrote (handwritten). At the mo, I'm halfway through chapter 8. Just 143 chapters more to go. Whoo Hoo! I've also started writing another story, I've only written 2 chapters and I'm suffering from writers' block - well, not actually writers' block but rather, laziness and lack of flowery vocab is hindering the progress of this book. So much for wanting to be a budding writer huh!

8) My 112 Days Project
I'm into the second day of my 112 days project. I'm keeping it on a down-low coz the aim of it is a pretty silly one that I don't want to publish to the world - SO DON'T ASK - but just know that I've got to put away around 40 minutes everyday for that. I don't know what the outcome of it would be and that's why I don't want to go around boasting about it - just in case it doesn't work out.

Wallah, this is all that I can think of at the mo. I think it's a lot to start with right now...not to mention some others that I haven't mentioned, like brushing up on my one and only piano piece I know how to play, and improving my golf.

Ambitious? I reckon! Multi-tasking? Oh help me!

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Why didn't I blog last night...today, it's just not the same feeling.

Yesterday, we had an awesome cell group discussion. It wasn't one like we used to do, with a set topic and a set regime, rather, it was impromptu and I reckon, rather useful.

We talked about why there are different denominations among Christians (methodist, pentecostal, baptist, brethren, etc) and each one has their own way of worshiping God, is there a right or a wrong or a good and a better? We had a really productive discussion, and at the end of the discussion, I have learnt a good answer when asked this question.

First, bible quotes:

1 Corinthians 12:12-13
The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 12:21
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"

Next:

Well, what's next is pretty S.E.. So even though there's so many different denominations, but at the end of the day, we are one, worshiping and praising God's name.

I feel very blessed to have this wonderful group of friends, who are always there to support and encourage. That's the one thing I'm going to miss when I return to Singapore...but I think it'll be a good thing as well, because I'll be seeking out for such an awesome cell group in Singapore, and if I find one - AWESOME - and if I don't, no worries, coz it will only give me more determination to start a cell group like this...

God has big plans...AND I'M PART OF IT!

Monday, August 22, 2005

You do the math!

Today, Lorraine's curiousity into the weight-watchers points system caused her meals to be under scrutiny.

One of my colleagues is on the weight-watchers programme and out of curiousity, I wondered how much I had eaten up until afternoon tea, so we did a little bit of calculation, refering to her trusty point booklet for guidance.

Breakfast:
2 slices of pizza (last night's leftovers)... ...9 points (!!!!!!)

Morning Tea:
1 biscuit... ...~0.5 (unknown really coz didn't know how much that was worth)

Lunch:
3 slices of pizza (polished off the remaining pieces of pizza)... ...13.5 points (OUCH!!!)
Salad (no dressing)... ...0 points (THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT!)

Afternoon Tea:
Half a scone (shared with a colleague)... ...2 points

SUB-TOTAL: 25 points

And if you are wondering, is that a lot? Well...at the end a any day, here's how many points I shouldn't exceed if I'm (my current weight taken into consideration) on weight-watchers: (DRUM ROLL) 18!

Therefore, you do the maths. I'm 7 points over! And it wasn't even at the end of the day...throw in dinner (pineapple yellow rice - a bigger portion than I usually eat, a couple of fried chicken wings, some dark soysauce marinated kind of chicken wings, curry chicken, and for dessert, half a crunchie bar ice cream - yea I'm into my halves)...

And the result.....................................

Thursday, August 18, 2005

I HATE PLAYSTATION

I HATE PLAYSTATION!
I HATE PLAYSTATION!
I HATE PLAYSTATION!

I CAN'T PLAY!
I CAN'T PLAY!
I CAN'T PLAY!

I SUCK AT IT!
I SUCK AT IT!
I SUCK AT IT!

WHY! WHY! WHY!

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I SUCK SO BAD AT PLAYSTATION!! LAURA...COME HOME!! I WANT YOU TO COME HOME AND PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS FOR ME!! I WANT TO PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS BUT I KEEP GETTING STUCK AT THIS STAGE. I'M IN THIS RACE AND I NEED TO GET TO THIS STAR BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO JUMP FROM STUMP TO STUMP TO GET TO IT. I KEEP FALLING! I CAN'T GET TO THAT STAR AND IT'S SO FRUSTRATING COZ I KEEP HAVING TO REPEAT WHAT I'M DOING AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY CLOSER. I KEEP FALLING WHEN I LEAP FROM STUMP TO STUMP AND THEN I HAVE TO START ALL OVER FROM THE FIRST STUMP.

I HATE PLAYSTATION. WHY DO I SUCK SO BAD AT IT.

BUT I WANT TO PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS!!! IT'S SUCH A CUTE WALT DISNEY GAME!! ACTUALLY...I DON'T MIND JUST SITTING AND WATCHING SOMEONE PLAY FOR ME...I JUST WANT TO WATCH THE SHOW!!! LAURA COME HOME!!!

NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR!!! I HAVE THIS FEELING THE MOMENT LAURA PLAYS THE GAME...SHE WILL GET IT. FOR THE PAST HOUR, I HAVE BEEN AT IT AND TRYING TO CONQUER THIS STAGE. I NEED TO GET TO THIS STAR AND I CAN'T GET TO IT. I NEED TO JUMP FROM STUMP TO STUMP TO GET TO THIS STAR AND ALWAYS, AT THIS PARTICULAR STUMP, I CAN'T LEAP ACROSS AND I FALL FALL FALL, ALL THE TIME. SO IRRITATING!!! AND I CAN'T PLAY ANYTHING ELSE COZ I NEED TO GET TO THE STAR FIRST! AND THE STUPID COOL GUY WILL DEFINITELY BEAT ME TO IT FOR SURE AND NOW HE GETS TO SHARE THE FRUIT WITH THE CUTE CUTE GIRL. NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR. MY GUY IS SUPPOSE TO SHARE THE FRUIT WITH THAT CUTE CUTE GIRL. SHE'S MY GUY'S GIRL!

POOZ!! WHY DO I SUCK SO MUCH AT PLAYSTATION? I DON'T GET WHY MY FINGERS DON'T RESPOND TO THE CONTROLLER! IT'S JUST IRRITATING. IT'S LIKE I'M PLAYSTATION ILLITERATE!

POOZ POOZ POOOOZZ POOOOOZZZ POOOOOOZZZZ

Flutterby and Lecery Facts

I'm bored, so I thought I'll entertain you with some Flutterby and Lecery facts.

1) The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

For all you know, 'cucumber' was 'cumcuber' and 'certificate' was 'cerfiticate' when our little mouths were tongue-tied with those big big words.

2) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Hey hey...all you people dieting out there...now that's a reason to eat chocolates!

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Take 5...

I should load photos of the 5-star room and Minus 5 and all that stuff, but I'm too lazy. Another night...TV TIME. Maybe I'll start a new Japanese Drama - wait...I've got to finish my current Japanese Drama - OH NO...Apprentice is on TV NOW!!!!!!

The big catch up

Here I am again, after a good long break...and 'boy' do I have heaps to tell!

Let me start from Thursday and Friday. I had this 'Workplace First Aid' course over those 2 days, and it was boring. I'm not nurse material. Give me blood and I'll freak and whimp out. But nevertheless, I survived the boring course. I learnt how to do CPR (I gave my first kiss to a maniqin) and I'm certified to break a few rib bones while I'm at it, saved a choking maniqin (whack them as hard as you can on the small of the back), and had a big cut of my right arm, sprained my wrist and ankle and of course I went into shock (we all became qualified actors at the end of this course).

On Friday, right after my course, I raced home - excited to finally get out of that boring course - but also coz I hadn't packed for the weekend. That Friday evening, Dad and I drove down to Rotorua, meeting up with Mum, her friend and her son who had left that morning. We stayed at the Rydges Hotel in Rotorua - 5 STAR and FANTASTIC!! The room was like...right out of a Korean Drama, where the rich man stays in a nice hotel room when on holiday. There was a king size bed, flat screen LCD TV in the bedroom, a kitchen, a glass dining table for 6, a 2-1 sofa set plus another TV in the living area, a balcony with amazing views overlooking into a horse-racing track, but of course, you can't miss the private SPA tub with jacuzzi jets! AWwwwwww....I had a bubbly bubbly time!!!

On Saturday morning, we checked out of the hotel and made our way down to Palmerston North - the main reason for our trip: to pass Laura the Camry now that we didn't need it. Meeting and catching up with Laura was fun. We shopped around a little that Saturday afternoon - didn't really buy much though I wish I did buy this corduroy jacket from Supre - pooz to my ficklemindedness. Maybe I will go shopping this weekend and get it from the New Market Supre. After that, we had dinner and chilled at the motel, watching a funny and sweet korean show on Laura's lap top called "My Little Bride". After that, we went out for supper at this road-side truck selling Japanese takeaways. The truck caters for the masses of Japanese students staying at this international college and it operates at nights. You can sit in (probably can accommodate only 6 people) or takeaway. It was just a fun experience, seeing a road-side food truck in NZ. Kind of unheard of after 9pm at night. We had takeaways and watched the 'Initial D' movie till late into the night.

Sunday, we said our goodbyes and went on our long long journey back to Auckland. However, it wasn't as long as it felt from last time because this time around, we had fun company, hearing stories about my mum and her friend's childhood.

We got back that Sunday evening, had dinner and after that, we headed into the city and went to Minus 5 to freeze our butts off for 20 minutes in this ICE ICE ICEY BAR. BRrrrrrr!

So that was my eventful weekend...but wait...that's not all.

On Monday night, I caught up on the Gilmore Girls episode I missed that Sunday. YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!

"Luke, will you marry me?" - End of episode.

Oh my gosh...I would never ever ever ever have imagined Lorelai asking that question!!! But YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! They are my perfect couple...they have to get married...which brings me to my next worry.

I don't want to know what's going to happen in the next and last episode of Season 5. Last episodes of the season always ends horribly...leaving you hanging and irritated and impatient and just frustrated. I don't want that. I want Season 5 to end NOW coz I love the ending!!!!! I can just use my imagination from here on. I don't wanna watch the last episode coz I have this bad bad feeling - it always is...but then I wanna know as well.

Should I read the episode transcript for the last episode??

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Nurse Raine

For the next 2 days, I'll be attending a First Aid course that my company has sent me on...apparently, it's quite informative...but BORING. Guess there's always a trade-off. Anyway...I better go off to bed coz I need to get up at 6.30am tomorrow morning to get ready for that - half an hour earlier than my usual working day!! Pooz. But the good thing is...I can wear JEANS...I can take a break from working clothes and put on something FUNKY. Always a perk! Gotta look good when I'm saving someone's life...

CPR...here I come!

Stay...

Oh my gosh!!!

Mum's friend from Singapore just came over and she brought over heaps of goodies for us, including Mooncakes, Love Letters, Pineapple Tarts and all those yummy biscuits!! Oh...she even managed to get 'Arh Zha' (pickled vegetables) through customs!!! Amazing...but the best best best things I received...

DRUMROLL...........Dum dum dum dummmmm..............

1) Kangta's 3rd Album: Persona
2) Fly to the Sky's 5th Album: Gravity

I highly recommend these 2 CDS!!! LOVE!!! I've downloaded most of Kangta's new songs, so the songs on the album didn't surprise me at all - LOVE.

But Fly to the Sky...my gosh!! They have matured - I mean in their voices, that is. They sound fantastic!!! Gorgeous voices and beautiful songs. I listened to the CD 3 times in the car on my way to work, going around to the client's places and coming home from work!! And tonight, I shall listen it to sleep. AMAZING!!! I LOVE THIS CD. Every album of theirs get better and better...the best song is 'Stay'. It has an amazing chorus, with a beautiful background choir, a wonderful ensemble of musical instruments and not to forget, the amazing crescendo that just gives that whole song a 'umfph'.

Encore!

Saturday, August 06, 2005

Paris Twist!

I love Lovers in Paris!!!

Hey Rach, Jo, the ending wasn't as bad as I had thought you guys made it sound. I loved it! It's a twist, but aside from the twist, it's so beautiful and it ends on a hopefully note - truely fairytale-lish! I'm a sucker for 'happily ever after' stories.

I cried so much while watching the last couple of discs, my eyes must be swollen right now, but I cheered at the ending which erases all that sorrow throughout the show. Love happy endings!

I want to watch it again...sigh...I love the little bits in the show, those little couple-ly lovey-dovey parts...just the little bits where they are just having fun in each other's company...I reckon those are so much more romantic than a candles-on-the-beach scene - not that candles on the beach is not romantic but I think even the little things in life can set off tingly feelings within me.

                        I can't wait for my turn...
                                                           Ki Da Ri...

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Lovers in Paris - The Pash

Today, I thought I would write a review on Lovers in Paris - or rather, a review about my favourite favourite part in the show so far (I'm only on episode 12 of this 20 or so episode serial)...

So here's the setting in brief. There's a very rich guy - lead actor - who likes this poor girl - lead actress - but he's supposed to be engaged (marriage of convenience) to this other rich girl whom he doesn't like her at all - every drama has got to have their biatch. So, Yoon-Ah (the biatch) is jealous of the attention Ki-Joo (the lead actor) is giving to Tae-Young (the lead actress) and comes up with this plan to humilate Tae-Young in front of Ki-Joo's classy friends.

Yoon-Ah rings Tae-Young, asking her to meet at this posh social club that Ki-Joo and friends are. Yoon-Ah then shows up unannounced, throwing Ki-Joo off course, asking Ki-Joo to introduce her to his friends. Ki-Joo is of course reluctant, hating her every presence (okay, maybe I'm dramatising a bit but its all fun). Without Ki-Joo saying anything, his friends recognise her as "the one who almost got engaged with Ki-Joo". (Okay...flash back, they had this major engagement party where Ki-Joo walked out, saying he will not get engaged to her). Yoon-Ah agreed, saying that there was some delay but they are setting a new date. Ki-Joo rolls his eyes, irritated at her as he had told her countless times that he will not get engaged to her.

At this moment, the screen flashes to Tar-Young, dressed so casually in tee-shirt and pants, as she strodes into the posh club. Heads turns to look at her in disdain at her outfit. Tae-Young notices but doesn't put it to heart, making her way through the club to search for Yoon-Ah. She accidently bumps into this guy (a 'friend' of Ki-Joo - they never really got along), spilling his drink over his suit. She apologies profusely and he takes fancy on her uniqueness (aka proverty) as she is not a person who comes along frequently into these rich rich rich men's life. He asks her for a drink and she turns it down, saying that she's looking for a friend and walks off, leaving him staring with an impressed expression on his face, maybe impressed and slightly shocked that she didn't take up his (generous) offer. He rejoins the group of 'friends'.

Yoon-Ah spots Tae-Young and runs over, dragging Tae-Young to meet the group. Tae-Young is shocked and in a daze to see Ki-Joo. Ki-Joo doesn't speak, neither does he look stunned. He looks on at Tae-Young. The guy that Tae-young bumped into recognised her, and started hitting on her once again, suggesting that they should have a drink. Tae-Young is put on the spot once again, and she tries to explain (staring straight at Ki-Joo who still remains silent) how she came to know him but she only manages to stutter. The guy cuts her off, saying that Tae-Young stands out in her outfit and he thought this gathering was boring, but now the fun was starting. He put his hand onto Tae-Young's shoulder, saying that he likes cute girls. Tae-Young is of course in an awkward position and flips his hand off, staring with anger at Ki-Joo, who doesn't come to her rescue but instead stares silently along. The guy tells his friends to have a good time and he took Tae-Young by the shoulders and said they would go upstairs to the quiet rooms and enjoy themselves.

FINALLY...Ki-Joo speaks in a commanding tone, "Get your hands off her."

"What?" The guy asks back.

"I said, get your hands off her." Ki-Joo orders.

"Why don't you take care of your fiancee?" He asked back in a what-is-it-to-you tone.

This sets Ki-Joo off and he lunged at his 'friend', throwing punches at him. Ki-Joo shouted at him, "Didn't I tell you? I told you to get your hands off my woman!" Their friends held them back as they struggled to attack each other.

After warning his 'friend', Ki-Joo grabbed Tae-Young and dragged her out of the club. Yoon-Ah wanted to follow but was stopped by Ki-Joo's right hand man and good friend, who told Yoon-Ah to stop and asked her why she was following them. He said, "what more do you need before you give up?" Yoon-Ah is left humilated. This was fantastic!! Usually in Korean dramas, when the evil person sets up a plan, it never back-fires but ends up causing terrible things and break-ups and stuff. But in this scene, not only did the plan back-fire, the bi-atch got humilated along with it as well. BRILLANT!

But...the best part is yet to come. Outside the club, Ki-Joo asked Tae-Young in a demanding tone, "Why? Why were you just standing there? Are you dumb? Why can't you talk? Why didn't you tell him to get his hands off?"

Tae-Young, her eyes brimming with tears, says fearfully, "How would I?"

"Why not? Can't you talk? Can't you scream? Cant' you tell him?"

"I would have if I could, but he was your friend." Tae-Young said for herself.

"What friend? He's not my friend!" Ki-Joo said in a fit of anger.

"I couldn't say it because of you." Tae-Young replies with a little fear in her tone.

"For me? Why not for you? Why for me? "He's my man", "He's my boyfriend". WHY CAN'T YOU SAY THAT?!?!" Ki-Joo shouted in agitatedly.

Tae-Young finally stood up for herself crying as she spoke, "How can I say that looking like this? How could I, among those people? What would they think of you? I can't embarrass you in exchange for my little pride. How could I?"

What would they think of you? I can't embarrass you in exchange for my little pride. That was all she needed to say. He walked over to her, wrapped her in his arms and kissed her passionately and the Korean music rose in the background as the camera spinned around the love-struck couple embracing in their first kiss.

GAHP !!!! (Translation: AWWWWWWWWWWW............)

Monday, August 01, 2005

Drowning noise with noise

My computer is making this weird weird noise, in fact, it's been doing this for several weeks now. It started with just "wheeeeaaa wheeeaa" every once in half an hour or so and this "whhhheeeeeeee" sound prolonged till now, it's just "whheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ing" constantly and I have this ominous feeling that it's going to die soon. No...I KNOW that it's going to die soon...the only question there is to it is "WHEN?"

And to conquere this problem, I've cranked up my Windows Media Player to drown out the noise - a logical approach to solving a "wheee-ing" sound in a computer's hard drive. Actually...I can't say it's really effective because the "wheeeeeeeee-ing" is competing with my music, but I guess on a more positive note, there's a constant rhythm to all my songs.

Anyway...I think this is a rather useless blog entry about my 'rather interesting' life. I think staring at my new blog layout would be more facinating. And while we are on this topic, what do you think of my new layout? I don't really know what I think about it...I am not extremely happy about it, but I'm not dissappointed as well. I like it, but there's just something about it that's bugging me - maybe it's the cluttered-ness of all the pictures, or maybe it's just the too-pastel colours, or maybe it's the "The page cannot be displayed" tag board (which is completely out of my control)...but two things I like about this new layout is the background with only a few - definitely not all - of my fav brands and a very - very (might I add) - tiny insight to my assets.

Okay...I think I shall pull a Houdini now. TV time! I'm currently stuck on this AMAZING korean drama serial - recommended highly by Rachel, another korean drama fanatic - called "LOVERS IN PARIS" (only on episode 4 of 21) and it's a fantastically fairytale-ishly dreamable material. I want to watch more now but my parents are not home yet. I've got them hooked on the show, except that mum doesn't get back till 6.30pm, and dinner doesn't finish by 7.30pm, plus watching the show without them is out of the question, so I have to patiently wait wait wait till we are all ready to sit down and have our family tv time. But for the time being, I shall just rewatch the first episode or something, brush up on my korean and have a good laugh. Pear, this is a must watch if they are showing it in Singapore or if you can get hold of the DVD from your mum's friend.

An Nyong!