of JDrama, Laziness and Moleskine
I've been watching a lot, ok maybe too much of Japanese Drama. I finished two dramas when I was off two days consecutively; Change and Nodame Cantabile. Both are highly recommended by moi, by the way. Change is about this 5th grade teacher (Takuya Kimura) who became Japanese Prime Minister. Of course, it's on the slightly heavier side as it revolves around politics and stuff, kind of a nice change for me. I learnt a couple of things. While Nodame is a brilliant adaptation from the manga of same title and it's about two aspirin musicians. Man, I never good at reviews so I reckon you guys better wiki them up. Better, watch them on mysoju.com. Meanwhile, I'll check what's next on my JDrama Watch list. There are about 10 dramas to go. Perhaps Haken no Hinkaku, which starred my favourite, Ryoko Shinohara!
One thing about me watching shows is that I never liked watching currently-on-air ones. I don't have the patience to wait a week or the next episode. I'd rather watch it marathon-style.
Having said that, I've been noticeably lazy at work. To me at least. That's probably due to the fact that I was down with shitty flu. Sigh. Ok, I might wanna add that watching too much JDrama played a part.
On a lighter note, saw this when I was browsing the bookstore upstairs today.
HAH!!!!!! Moleskine imitation!!!!!!!!!
posted by Rae @ 23:51
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The Power of Words and Google
I wanna ask...
what do you think of my last post?
Pretty normal and mediocre post about food, ain't it?
Man, someone in France was directed here when he/she googled 'grandma porn' up.
How random and fucked up is that?
I think this post gonna generate traffic too if more people google those two words up again.
Shit, maybe I shouldn't post this up.
Anyway, I realized I didn't post any of my 2009 resolutions up this time around. Well, that's because I have none. Until last week anyway, I set one; Deal with my excessive pride. Specifically, stop being boastful online and real life. There.
posted by Rae @ 01:38
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A Bit of Food Porn
Renkon. Or we, non-Japanese, call it lotus root is a major player in Chinese and Japanese cuisine. There are heaps of ways to cook this amazing rhizome but there's only one way that will make me go for a second; lotus root and pork soup that my grandma makes. Just that. No red dates, no peanuts, no hawthornes, no dried cuttlefish. Just lotus root and pork and nothing else. And maybe with a bit of chilli-garlic sauce. Absolutely simple and heavenly amazing. I swear I've never failed asking for a second helping.
Anyway I saw a carton of freshly-harvested lotus roots (still thickly covered with wet mud, that's one way to tell it) when 
I was at the wet market the other day so I bought myself some without thinking what to do with them. Well, actually I did think of making that simple soup I grew up having but heck I was feeling playful so I decided to make some lotus root chips and man... they are smacking fantastic. Cutting them is kinda tricky, for me at least. I'm never good with knives anyway so they were all of different thickness. *Paiseh* Nevertheless, this way I get to try things out. So turned that the thin ones are extra crispy thus becoming my favorite snack (mind you, I hardly snack) while the thick ones are nice and soft, if not a bit too sweet for my liking. I think I'm gonna invest in a good slicing thingamajiq... which I think it's called mandoline or something like that. Try it peeps.
Tip: Sprinkle some salt if you fancy. I forgo it though.
posted by Rae @ 23:37
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Deafening
I haven't been blogging much of late, have I?
Anyway, I have a question.
What is regret actually?
Really... I'm sure I regretted on few things back then but I can't seem to remember all of them. So what are they now?
But what I know and feel right now is that I screwed two things up.
One was choosing not to stay and wait for this person one year ago. Somehow, I really regretted not doing this. Til now, I still think of this person and talks about him quite fondly. Til now, I still ping-ponging whether to re-establish contact with him. I know not why. Does anyone have an answer?
Second was me letting Sasha go too easily. I wished I had tried harder.
Sigh. I'm depressed.
Enough said.
Labels: The Art of Love and Relationship
posted by Rae @ 00:06
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As Overrated As It Gets
Not too sure if it's a pleasant surprise but I was given a platinum card by a certain international bank today. Trust me, I should be the last person on earth to hold one. Sigh. Kinda weird to see 'platinum' weighs nothing much now.
Anyway, after losing Sasha Fierce as my running partner I'm kinda lazy and all so best friends named Bulge, Chubs and Lipids are back parking themselves at my tummy, my butt and my face. Sigh. And they are getting cosy and all with me doing nothing but chilling out with heaps of Japanese dramas. Speaking of which, I highly recommend Hanayome wa Yakudoshi! Loved the storyline, the humor and of course, Shinohara Ryoko, my favourite actress!
Am motivating myself by getting a pair of Elwood Heritage Narrow jeans size 25. With the price which I've paid for that pair, I definitely wanna be able to wear them until I die. Having said that, do visit the one at The Paragon. The customer service is top-notch. Went there to check out the stuff and price and I ended up buying a pair of jeans, a pair of capri and two t-shirts because of their service. Oh brokeness. But I did get their lifetime VIP thingamajiq. Hee. Baby C was saying I should have gotten a LV bag instead.
posted by Rae @ 00:20
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Shuffle Off The Mortal Coil
This girl was a Korean actress and despite looking pretty erm... surgically-enhanced I quite liked her. I considered her to be one of the most gorgeous Korean actresses. I've never liked those typical wide-eyed sweet-innocent-looking young things, if you get what I mean.
Anyway, she's just committed suicide. Hmm...
Word has it that she suffered depression.
What a huge waste but who am I to say. It's a hush hush about how things are run in entertainment industry.
R.I.P. Ms. Jang.
posted by Rae @ 11:50
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RAW
I'm loving the Spring Summer Fall 2009 Ready to Wear campaign.
(Image from Spring Summer 2008 Campaign)
p.s. - I'm loving that model's long luscious hair too.
posted by Rae @ 16:53
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The Perfect Black
I found my right colour late last year. I get a fair bit of compliments :D
However the color faded, unfortunately, a bit too quickly for my liking. It has hmm... reverted(?) to its natural colour which was reddish dark brown.
So I terrorised 6 drugstores and 3 departmental stores for this:
and I ended up with this:
The latter sounded more high-tech and promising but it's just different. I hope blue black was not discontinued. Sigh.
posted by Rae @ 20:38
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Speaks A Thousand Words
Nobody knows but me.posted by Rae @ 00:00
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