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Monday, 27 January 2014

Sunday, 26 January 2014

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Sunday, 18 August 2013

18th August - Happy World Bad Poetry Day!

I was randomly flicking through the pages of my Ultimate You book which, believe me, I've found after an incredibly long time, and my eyes fell upon the date,18th August, and guess what? That's right! Today is the World Bad Poetry day. So, Guest (The Anime enthusiast, remember?) and I decided to spare some 3 and a half minutes and pen down an atrocious poem. What we did was write down 10 lines each( very secretively of course) and placed them alternatively, much like what Meera and I had done with one of our previous posts, Travel, Not so Quintessential Existentialism, And Coffee. Only, we actually knew each others' lines back then and the post actually made sense. This one? Not so much.


Well, I guess it's easy to figure out which line belongs to whom. ;D
#FunPost ( And trust me, I NEVER use Hashtags, but this is a special occasion).
Cheerio,
Ami-chan ( Because I evolved from Amethyst. Like Pokemon.)

twoChois - 13th Book Review Lucky draw begins

It's been so long since I updated the blog. Anyway, here's something worth applying for - A lucky draw!
twoChois' 13th Book Review Luck draw begins! And it's a book for beginners and intermediate learners of Korean.

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Title: 2000 Essential Korean words for Beginners. 
Authors  : Ahn Seol-hee, Min Jin-young, Kim Min-sung 
Book page : 504 pages ; Supplement : MP3 CD


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Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Much ado about...Love?

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So.. It’s Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air. ‘Tis the season of luuurve.  Time for those mushy lines, those red roses, red balloons, red velvet sponges.

Little did that 3rd century saint know, that a thousand years later his birthday would be looked forward to by couples to ‘officially’ shower each other with unconditional love (whatever THAT’s supposed to mean), buy each other presents and get drunk and make out like love-struck teenagers. It’s cute, though. In a so-superficial-that-one-has-to-learn-to-ignore-the-artificialness-of-it-all-and-go-with-the-flow way. Which, coming to think of it, isn’t all that bad. I mean, it’s un-cerebral to actually look forward to one particular day in a year to show how much you love someone; but if you look at it with a broader perspective, it’s a tried and tested formula to renew a relationship of that much talked about ‘oomph’.

Over the years, it has come to be a tradition to observe; an occasion to channel your attention, thoughtfulness, and creativity into making this one day special for that special someone, letting them know how much they mean to you, and how wrong your life would’ve been without them, yada yada. For example, couples who’ve been together for a considerably long amount of time may need to reignite that not-exactly-overrated spark in a relationship. And when better than an internationally renowned, widely accepted day to do so?


But what annoys me is that people take this ‘License to be mushy for a day’ thing a tad too far and do crazy, majorly insane things, push their luck and ruin it for themselves instead. The trick, I think, is to be subtle. Keep it simple- for, nowhere is it stipulated that in order to be romantic, you need to go all out and order three hundred red roses and fifty canary cages and a boat ride thrown in for good measure. Keeping the drama to a minimum doesn’t reek of desperateness, and when the day’s over, you have your dignity intact. You ask someone out, there’re two possible outcomes- they either say yes, or they say no, and in the case of the latter, you move on and not brood. Okay, maybe you could brood a little, but that’s not to be overdone either.



Of late, with the flourish of social networking sites and various phone apps, there has been a paradigm shift on love. People go about posting hearts on each others’ walls; twelve year olds declare themselves to be ‘forever’ relationships, the word ‘love’ is indiscriminately being used everywhere- so much so, that it sometimes makes me want to cry.



I am no cynic. But it is deeply disconcerting when someone claims to be in love KNOWING they aren’t. Just to get some extra ‘ooh’s and ‘aah’s.  It is a pure, sacred emotion, NOT to be used as a cover for some cheap two week fling, not to be tainted, but respected for what it is, because when misrepresented, it can cause a lot of crazy misunderstandings.  The people concerned -gender irrespective- can be lulled into a false sense of security and they’ll land on their backside. By the time it is all over, they’d’ve spiralled into an abyss of darkness so scary, so deep, it would've caused more damage than they signed up for. Surely they’d’ve assessed that there’d be some butt-hurt involved, yeah? *exhales* Man, I feel like an evil minx now. xD


Anyway. The point is, stick to what you believe in. If you’re into that mushy poetry and over the top sky-writing and floating candles, go all in. If it makes you happy, that is. And for those who like to keep the theatrics to the minimum, a quiet night with dinner and music may be the perfect thing for you.
Now, coming to the single ladies- this is a brilliant day for you. :D Clear your schedules, stock up on that comfort food, and put on your best PJs, ‘cause there’s going to be some major chick-flicks and Castle marathons all day. <3 Now WHAT could be better than that?! Hahaa.


 Oh. And the single boys who’ve nothing better to do can watch the match or something. Nothing on? You can join us in our chick-flick marathon. Not too into rom-coms? Take a hike! ;D

Song Credits: Valentine- By Kina Grannis

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Don't be a pig.


Junk food. 

This was the topic my beloved Amethyst asked me to write on.

And I thought, why not. If I can write about kidnappings, child marriage, train stations, and smuggled tortoises, then why not about a multi-billion dollar food industry? Bring.it.on.

The term junk-food, according to Wikipedia, was coined circa 1972, and it means food that is low in nutrition and packed with saturated fats and carbohydrates.

Food that the likes of Adam Ritchie lurve, and food that the upper-middle-class-I’m-too-vegan-for-my-shoes- kitty-party-type DIKHNEE aunties abhor.

We see tonnes of write-ups on the subject, most of them on the not-so-positive note. Often along the lines of ‘city kids giving in to the fast-food trap’ or ‘seven year old suffers cardiac arrest due to obesity’.
I know, there is a plethora of words to choose from, to describe the trend- the picking up something for dinner while heading home ‘cause you’re too tired to rustle up a decent nutritious meal after an exhausting day at work trend. Unhealthy, probably being the most direct. 

But. Have we stopped for a minute and thought about the light-hearted-ness of it all? I am by no means, advocating the practice of gluttonously devouring un-godly amounts of fat and meat and carbs at un-godly hours, of course..  But the culture that has come to be, with modern fast-food at the center of the table. Quite literally. Imagine. What would your average rave party be like, with pot roast and Yorkshire pudding and roast turkey? I, for one, imagine Jeeves standing at the doors and butler-ing around all my teenage friends, much to their mortification. 

Or your glitzy glammy all-girl sleepover, for that matter, with ginger tea and masala dosa for dinner? They’re not completely crazy ideas, coming to think of it, but those  affairs wouldn’t just be the same without the usual kegs of beer and finger food and ketchup spilling on the carpet and wraps and pizza and coke and tubs of ice cream now, would they? Or imagine, waking up in the middle of the night and craving for a mid-night snack. What would your mind immediately think of? Ahot cup o’ noodles, or to go through an elaborate (not to mention painful) heating up the tava, rubbing an onion on, and ladling out dosa batter on the griddle? At 2 am in the morning, huh? Oh, let’s not even get started on the chutney. *Shudder* 

My, my. I pride my planet on its ability to have become a melting pot of traditions (Pardon the bluntness), cultures (pardon the reverberation), flavours, dimensions, cheeses, herbs, and wines. *drooool*  An alternate universe would’ve been trauma, given the times we live in. Tantrum-y  teens missing  their burgers and root beer, torturous toddlers wanting their lollies, uptight yippees without their diet cokes and Subways.. Ugh. One post apocalypse sight it would’ve been. 


So folks, thank your stars and take a generous bite off that fritter, for, we live in hard times when happiness is got with the execution of a man who doesn’t know half of us exist, so we will have to make do with the little pleasures life throws our way- like that oh-so-yummy mayonnaise and lettuce sandwich, or that de-freakin’-licious vada pav you just polished off. Stop being a pig and stop cribbing about how you’re ‘letting go of yourself’.

So work out, eat right, and pig out at regular intervals. Remember, little pleasures. Don’t fuss about how your skin’ll have a breakout or how you aren’t going to fit into last birthday’s jeans.

Ciao. J

Drama Number 15: Me too, flower.

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Okay, so I've watched so many Korean dramas and I thought I should make a list of my top 15 dramas till now. I'll review one drama in each post.

At Number 15, stands...*applause*
                                                          Me Too, Flower




Fan-made Trailer: Me too, flower trailer
Number of Episodes: 15
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cast: Yoon Shi Yoon , Lee Ji Ah , Han Go Eun , Seo Hyo Rim , Lee Ki Kwang , Jo Min Ki
My Rating:  8/10
Re-watch Value: 6/10
Favorite Scene: The Hilarious Strip Scene
Favorite Songs: Dreaming- B2ST , Love is you(Feat. Marble Blue)
“I… am someone who knows the power of Twitter. Go home and ask your your daughter about the power of Twitter. All it takes is a single post. And also, drop the habit of making others kneel. Their knees will hurt. Don’t be like this…"  – Jae Hee
Note: This is a spoiler-free zone.

My initial reactions were when I saw the lead cast: Omo! Shi Yoon's in it! Flower Boy next door introduced me to him. The female lead looks really old. They probably won't look good with each other. I know it's a horrible reason, but it was this that put me off from watching this drama for so long.

After I started watching the drama: This shit is awesome! :O Why haven't I watched this drama before?! The leads are perfect for each other! And Shi Yoon's character is so different from that of FBND; so mature! I love the female lead...yadda yadda.

And I ended up watching the entire drama in one go.


Review: I thought it would be another light-hearted, baseless drama but that wasn't the case even though the beginning of this drama was a little slow. What I loved about this drama was its extremely original story-line and it's non-cliche-ness. It's a drama about a young but tough female police officer, Cha Bong Soon who suffers from depression but is in denial of that fact. The synopsis isn't lying when it says that she is a peculiar woman who defies the rigid social hierarchy and rails against it. As fate has it, she meets our male lead, Seo Jae Hee who happens to be the son of a multi-millionaire but whom she mistakenly thinks is a part time job worker who delivers things to people. Then, later on she sees him working as a parking attendant while on duty and initially believes to be so until a little later in the drama when she finds out his true identity and trust me when I say she isn't very pleased with her findings.


But it's too late. She's already in love with him. x-D

So, slowly the romance between the two characters develops and they have to overcome so many misunderstandings and face so many obstacles including the usual evil, bitchy and obsessive second female lead(Park Hwa Young) that Asian Korean dramas are so famous for and of course, she's in luuuurve with the male lead( and has a sob story of her own). I could never sympathize with her and never got around liking her anyway. She deserved what she got but I did feel sorry for her son.

Park Hwa Young's son. 
“You are beautiful. So beautiful that I just want to run off with you." – Jae Hee


The kisses in this drama by the way, are awesome! xD
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*I can be cute when I want to* - Bong Soon 
Other characters I really liked:

Park Tae Hwa: He's the psychologist(doctor). Oh my god, he was just way too amusing! The way he talks, the way he analyzes things in his own weird-funny way and most of all, the way he gets Cha Bong Soon to admit  her problems on her own!

Kim Dal: She's the step-sister of Cha Bong Soon and even though I really disliked her initially for being so vain and money-minded AND for messing up Bong Soon and Jae Hee's relationship, I figured she wasn't all that bad. She got really caring towards the end and tried to make amends at least. Also, I loved the cute chemistry between her and Park Tae Hwa.

Jo Ma Roo: He's the most adorable character, ever! :3 He is such a sweet, endearing and caring person and it would have been so awesome if he had a romance of his own too. He followed Bong Soon like a lost puppy calling her 누나( Noona) . Ha! He's too naive and silly to be a police officer though! <3 Here's a funny scene of him.

I can't give write much without giving out any spoilers, so I'll end here. BUT what matters most is that they had a HAPPY ENDING after all the angst and drama. :D

끝까지 읽어 주셔서 감사합니다. ^.^

Song Credits: Dreaming- B2ST