You know, once you get hooked on sashimi, you really have to get a regular dosage... it's like drug :-)
especially after you've had so much of other western food, curries, oily chinese food, beef, pork, and so on...
You really want to have something with a totally different taste... that give you a less sinful, and clean, and cooling feeling in your mouth...
That's why last night we went to another small japanese cafe, just around china town, called Yoyogi...
We have been there long time ago, but didn't really quite appreciate the food then..
however, last night, we ordered some different thing on the menu...
Sometimes, life is like that, we concentrate too much on the mainstream, we forget and forgo those beautiful and good things on our side...
That's why, normally it's good to order some finger food, or some side dish, rather than concentrate on the main course...
main course can be boring sometimes, and it's time for side dishes to be appreciated...
We ordered, mainly non-maincourse...
no more beef bowl as we know the Yuriya's is better...
no more ramen, as I have not tasted too ramen ever since I tried the one in Tokyo,
we ordered some tempura, some tofu, some cold soba, some gyoza...
the most important thing is for the purpose we planted our butt there last night, is for the sashimi...
Overall, it's not bad, the the value of money, the tofu is really tasty, and the sashimi... compared to Samurai, it's not that big in portion, however... well... it serves well as my regular dosage, it's enough...
Usually, after a meal I will still greedily shop around for some other food... however,
usually, after a good course of sashimi, I will feel so much contented... :-)
"Shiawase ni!!" 好幸福哦!!
2006-09-04
百合屋 Yuriya...
There is this place in china town, if you don't want to go too far... you can have quite a decent meal of japanese food...
order some sushi... even though, sometimes, I find the cuts being a little bit too pathetic... but then, the rests are tasty... :-d
They have a great set menu on Sunday, Sunday ONLY... and it'll cost you around AUD15-16 each...
and as both of us like beef bowl so much, we always have to order these two, the sukiyaki beef bowl, and the yaki beef and rice...
both are yummy and tasty, for yaki = 燒, you can taste the real good hot stirfry(or barbecue) of the beef... whereas sukiyaki = すき?き, it's the sweet soy sauce japanese steamboat... and the beef for the beef bowl is from those beef and onion that where cooked with this pot of sweet soy sauce, so, it tastes less barbecued!!
The most interesting thing is... the greentea icecream that comes in the end...
like one of my favourite taiwanese TV host momoko said, (for girls)"a meal without dessert at the end, is just like a sentence without fullstop, ".")
how true is this saying...
order some sushi... even though, sometimes, I find the cuts being a little bit too pathetic... but then, the rests are tasty... :-d
They have a great set menu on Sunday, Sunday ONLY... and it'll cost you around AUD15-16 each...
and as both of us like beef bowl so much, we always have to order these two, the sukiyaki beef bowl, and the yaki beef and rice...
both are yummy and tasty, for yaki = 燒, you can taste the real good hot stirfry(or barbecue) of the beef... whereas sukiyaki = すき?き, it's the sweet soy sauce japanese steamboat... and the beef for the beef bowl is from those beef and onion that where cooked with this pot of sweet soy sauce, so, it tastes less barbecued!!
The most interesting thing is... the greentea icecream that comes in the end...
like one of my favourite taiwanese TV host momoko said, (for girls)"a meal without dessert at the end, is just like a sentence without fullstop, ".")
how true is this saying...
It came quietly, and left quietly!!!!!
Autumn? Winter? Spring? Summer???
Well... I have to say, this is the first time, I have experienced.. experienced nothing...
nothing strongly or particularly felt as any of the 4 seasons... Autumn? ya, when autumn first arrived, I felt a little bit cold... then, winter? I didn't know winter had arrived, besides what people have said... however, of course, when one thing is mentioned 100 time, it'll become a fact!!! so, I knew winter has arrived, and now... has left?
Yep.. obviously the weather is getting warmer..
it gets warm, without a warning, without telling me winter has left, just like when winter came, it came without informing me autumn has ended...
:-(
and I actually have this feeling that, summer is just around the corner, waiting to wave its hand to me, and say "enjoy HOT BLOODY SUNNY DAY!!" to me...
maybe spring will also just come and go quietly...
Therefore... what I can distinguish and tell, in this city... is,
there are 3 types of weather, cold, warm, and BLOODY HOT~
Well... I have to say, this is the first time, I have experienced.. experienced nothing...
nothing strongly or particularly felt as any of the 4 seasons... Autumn? ya, when autumn first arrived, I felt a little bit cold... then, winter? I didn't know winter had arrived, besides what people have said... however, of course, when one thing is mentioned 100 time, it'll become a fact!!! so, I knew winter has arrived, and now... has left?
Yep.. obviously the weather is getting warmer..
it gets warm, without a warning, without telling me winter has left, just like when winter came, it came without informing me autumn has ended...
:-(
and I actually have this feeling that, summer is just around the corner, waiting to wave its hand to me, and say "enjoy HOT BLOODY SUNNY DAY!!" to me...
maybe spring will also just come and go quietly...
Therefore... what I can distinguish and tell, in this city... is,
there are 3 types of weather, cold, warm, and BLOODY HOT~
~~~Affogato's Adventure~~~
There is a cafe just opposite where we stay in Essendon...
I love to frequent this cafe, as it has the widest and best selection of cakes that I have seen... despite Greco, and Brunetti... well, it's just at my doorstep... why bother going all the way to Greco or Brunetti right??
So, the other day I went there again, to see if they have nice affogato... yep, they do...
and different from the usual way of serving affogato, they serve it in a martini glass... the moment I saw the pretty waitress brought it out in front of me... my heart blossom!! :-)
Also, we ordered a piece of cheesecake... look so sinful but yet yummy!!!
if I were to die because of one sin (one sin only) then, it'll be because of CAKES!!! so irresistable...
This cafe is great, so far, I like it better than those in the city centre, in fact.
The owner, apparently is greek, and they are the most hardworking bunch of people I have seen in this city.
They start their business very early in the morning... and close at very late hour, late as for the standard in this country... ie. 11pm? ya... in the city centre, mind you, 7pm is like 12 midnight back home...
Yes they are the most hardworking people in this city... just a few months ago, they took over another shop lot just around the corner, and open a pizza express, THEN.. they took over another bigger corner lot, and order a stone grill cafe cum restaurant....
Hardworking people always earn my respect, whereas, not-hardworking people and yet like to complain how much work they have... I suggest you to go jump off the building!!!
Apparently I read it in the forum of Vogue Australia... Essendon gals are famous of their fashion, compare to other suburb, especially around Max's area... :-) see... I actually accidentally landed myself in the most IN place :-)
(if you do a search in google, Max's, essendon, you may find a search result which is one of the forum's topic, in Vogue Australia online)
If you do come by Essendon area, do take a sip of coffee there... :-D
I love to frequent this cafe, as it has the widest and best selection of cakes that I have seen... despite Greco, and Brunetti... well, it's just at my doorstep... why bother going all the way to Greco or Brunetti right??
So, the other day I went there again, to see if they have nice affogato... yep, they do...
and different from the usual way of serving affogato, they serve it in a martini glass... the moment I saw the pretty waitress brought it out in front of me... my heart blossom!! :-)
Also, we ordered a piece of cheesecake... look so sinful but yet yummy!!!
if I were to die because of one sin (one sin only) then, it'll be because of CAKES!!! so irresistable...
This cafe is great, so far, I like it better than those in the city centre, in fact.
The owner, apparently is greek, and they are the most hardworking bunch of people I have seen in this city.
They start their business very early in the morning... and close at very late hour, late as for the standard in this country... ie. 11pm? ya... in the city centre, mind you, 7pm is like 12 midnight back home...
Yes they are the most hardworking people in this city... just a few months ago, they took over another shop lot just around the corner, and open a pizza express, THEN.. they took over another bigger corner lot, and order a stone grill cafe cum restaurant....
Hardworking people always earn my respect, whereas, not-hardworking people and yet like to complain how much work they have... I suggest you to go jump off the building!!!
Apparently I read it in the forum of Vogue Australia... Essendon gals are famous of their fashion, compare to other suburb, especially around Max's area... :-) see... I actually accidentally landed myself in the most IN place :-)
(if you do a search in google, Max's, essendon, you may find a search result which is one of the forum's topic, in Vogue Australia online)
If you do come by Essendon area, do take a sip of coffee there... :-D
Goodbye Doraemon!!
My mother used to read us Doraemon story when we were very young... when my younger brother and I were about 2 and 4 years old each... I think...
Therefore, Doraemon was like our bed time story... of course we still got some other bedtime stories from our grandmother...
Whenever we went to our grandmother's (my mother's mother) room, we'll start performing on her bed, during that time, the bed seemed to be a real big stage for us, and em... my grandmother was our only but faithful audience...
Therefore, I grew up with lots of stories in my head, stories about poor son, and bad step-mother, and etc. the rest, I can't really remember, but maybe I remember... it's just hidden in my head somewhere... whenever it's happy, it'll pop up to say 'hi' once in a while...
Therefore, Doraemon is not just Nobita's friend, but also my friend.. and my brother's friend..
The other day, one of my friend sent me an email, telling the story of Doraemon's ending... it's a very touching story... (well, when I said 'touching', you know what I mean!! ,,(_ _),,
Later, I tried so search for the same email, I couldn't find, so, I went to the internet and manage to pull out more information about Doraemon ending...
If you grow up with Doraemon, I believe, you like this ending... apparently there are many versions of endings... of which I have read/seen 2 of them...
the first one to be...
(From some internet source)
One day,a very normal day, Nobita came back from school and went upstairs of his house. Doraemon was there sleeping, just like the other normal day.
"Hey, Doraemon, please wake up, lets play! " but Doraemon does not wake up. Nobita thought that Doraemon is tired, so he went out to play with Shizuka-chan and other folks. After few hours, he returned to his home, but Doraemon was still sleeping. Nobita felt something strange, and tried to wake him up. But there was no reply. He became to feel afraid, and tried to wake him up, but whatever he does, Doraemon did not wake up. Nobita exactly knew that something was different. This never happened before. He began crying, but though he screamed or cried, the famous fat-cat-robot did not make a single move at all. He came up to one idea, and jumped into his desk the time machine-and went to the future to meet Dorami-chan, Doraemon's sister. He begged her for help, and forced her to go with him back to 1998.
After a short trip again back to 1998 by the time machine, Dorami-chan looked all over his brother Doraemon to see what was wrong with him.
After few minutes, she said "the battery is out"
Nobita was relieved, and said, "battery? so he is not broken right? please replace or recharge his battery, and put him back like before"
But Dorami-chan shook her head and said, "Nobita-san, should I really do that?"
Nobita said "what? what do you mean?"
Dorami-chan replied; "His main battery is here, close to his pocket. And it ran out. But originally, he had a back-up battery in his ears, but as you know, his ears were eaten by a rat very many years ago, so he does not have a back-up battery now"
"so what do you mean?" "I mean, if I replace his battery, every memory of you will be eternally lost from his brain program"
"WHAT?????"
"Shall I do that?" Nobita closed his eyes. He cried, but after few minutes, he stopped crying, and quietly told Dorami-chan; "Dorami-chan, thanks for coming here. I will take care of the rest. You have to go back to your future time now" Dorami-chan could not decide what to do, but anyway she hugged Nobiya quietly, and she went back home. After she went back,Nobita carried Doraemon and placed him into the shelf.
.........TIME FLIES..........
Year 2010, Nobita grew up. Since that day, he changed.
He studied hard, did not cry anymore, and he lived without Doraemon.
He told Shizuka and other folks that Doraemon had to go back to his future, and could not meet him anymore. Shizuka was impressed to Nobita's mysterious appearance which became completely different from 10years ago. They fell in love, and married. Nobita became a scientist. He made a laboratory in his room, and was studying hard with his job all day.
He told Shizuka not to come into the room, as it is very dangerous inside. But one day, he called Shizuka and told her to come in to his room. It was the first time for her to enter his husband's room.
The moment she went in, she lost her words ......There was her friend Doraemon, who she used to play in her childhood days. Doraemon was not moving. It seemed as he was sleeping.
"Look, Shizuka, I will plug in from now" Nobita turned on the main switch on Doraemon. Doraemon quietly, very quietly started to open his eyes. It was the moment the inventor of Doraemon became clear. It was Nobita. He studied hard and hard just to meet and talk with his old friend again. Going back and forth of time, Nobita was the one who made Doraemon. He discovered all the programs and archytecture of Doraemon-type-robot.
Nobita and Shizuka was crying gently. Doraemon opened his eyes. He looked around, and finally said, "Nobita-kun, I have waited for you for so long?" There was the same white clouds in the sky like the times they used to spend together.
某天，大雄如往常般，忘了做作業在學校被老師罵，也如往常般
被技安、阿福他們欺負。連未來的老婆宜靜也答應要先嫁給別人。
總之，對大雄來講，生活就是一連串類似事件的反覆。
今天跟昨天沒什麼兩樣。
唯一的變化是，小叮噹突然變成植物機器。無論大雄怎麼踢、 打、
罵，小叮噹都沒有反應。
大雄不知道小叮噹到底發生了什麼事，只傷心得哭了整晚。
可是，無論大雄再傷心透頂，小叮噹也只是紋風不動地坐在柱子前。
大雄也伸手到口袋內試試，但口袋也豪無任何動靜。
然後大雄想起抽屜裡的時光機，就穿著睡衣飛到22世紀去找小叮噹的
妹妹小叮鈴。
小叮鈴還沒完全聽完說明，就被大雄催著坐上飛行機飛回20世紀。
小叮鈴一看哥哥動也不動，馬上知道是電池用完了。
正想換電池時，小叮鈴想起一個非常重大的事。
沒有備用電源
大雄不懂得其中意思，只在一旁催。
小叮鈴只好問大雄：『你願意讓哥哥跟你的回憶都消失嗎？』
原來舊型的貓機器人的耳朵裡，裝有備用電源，以便充電時
能保持至今為止的記憶。可是
小叮噹沒有耳朵！（這是眾所皆知的吧。）
大雄終於理解了事情的困難。種種回憶在大雄的腦海裡奔騰
大雄跟小叮噹曾飛到過去、未來，也曾到恐龍世界，海底世界，
更在宇宙打過仗
小叮鈴拼命解釋給大雄聽。若要裝新電池，小叮噹醒來時會
失去一切與大雄曾有過的回憶。若保持現狀，記憶不會消失。
結果，大雄選擇保持現狀。
此時，大雄還是小學六年級。
數年後
從海外歸國的大雄，已成長為英俊迷人的青年，並就職於
某家尖端科技的企業。他身邊的新娘，正是宜靜。
當年，小叮鈴回到22世紀後，大雄只跟身邊的人們說，
小叮噹回到未來的世界去了。時日一久，也就沒人再提
小叮噹的事。不過，小叮噹其實一直被保管在大雄家的壁櫥裡。
大雄為了修好小叮噹，拼命用功讀書，然後國中、高中、大學，
成績逐年昇騰，而且到國外最好的大學留學。
現在，大雄身在他自己的研究室中。
他叫來平日嚴禁其出入研究室的妻子宜靜。對她說：
『妳看好，我要按開關了。』
說完，大雄頰上情不自禁流下兩串淚珠。
他就是為了這一刻，苦學了十幾年。
為了這一刻，從一個老是忘了做作業、成績從倒數起算比較快
的笨學生，爬到今天的地位。
開關按下後，久久一陣靜寂，靜寂
終於，小叮噹開口了：
『大雄，我等你很久了。』
However... I did read about another type of ending, or rather not the grand finale... even then... I was so 'touched' at that time... ya, comic does not just make one laughs, but also make one cries...
(From wikipedia, and other internet sources)
This ending was actually meant to be the official ending due to low TV ratings and the Fujiko Fujio duo was busy with other works. But Doraemon did not leave their minds and restarted from next month's issue. In 1981, this episode was made into anime (called "Doraemon Comes Back"), and in 1998, this was released as an anime movie.
* In the March 1973 issue of the magazine Shogaku 4-nensei, Nobita again returns home after losing a fight against Jaian. Doraemon then explains that he has to return. Nobita tries to have Doraemon stay but after talking it over with his parents, he accepts Doraemon's departure. They take a last walk in the park. After they split up, Nobita encounters Jaian and gets into a fight again. After a long duel with Nobita trying to win at all costs so that Doraemon can leave without worries, Jaian lets Nobita win for not giving up. Doraemon finds Nobita passed out and takes him home. Sitting beside sleeping Nobita and after a moment of thought, Doraemon returns to the future.
一 開始就是大家所熟知，大雄被技安追著回到家…:P大雄又要吵著要變強，卻發現小叮噹格外的鬱悶好像有心事的樣子。後來小叮噹才說他要回味來世界，當晚，大 雄跟小叮噹都睡不著，所以就說，我們一起聊到清晨吧！小叮噹就拿出"不睡不疲藥"(嘻嘻，自己亂翻的...反正自己揣摩吧)邊散步邊徹夜長談。小叮噹很擔 心大雄，而大雄則和小叮噹約定，什麼事他都一定可以一個人搞定。小叮噹快哭出來了，但是不想讓大雄看他哭的樣子，於是就一個人(貓)去散步，大雄走著走著 走到空地，恰巧技安睡呆了走過空地，然後技安忽然醒了，技安對大雄說：「你居然敢看到我睡呆的樣子，我要揍扁你啊！」，大雄不禁想向小叮噹求救，但是想到 他和小叮噹的約定，於是說：「要打的話，我不用小叮噹幫忙」，技安說：「喔，有種，是男人就該這樣！」，然後技安把大雄打得鼻青臉腫，但是大雄死也不認 輸，打到最後，技安打到受不了，就向大雄認輸，此時小叮噹正好經過，大雄向小叮噹說：「我贏了，你不用擔心我了！」，隔夜大雄醒來的時候，小叮噹已經不在 他身邊了，大雄想：「小叮噹，你回去之後房間變得好空曠，但我馬上就回習慣的，所以，別擔心我。」
小叮噹，你回去之後，房間變得很空曠，但我馬上就會習慣的，不要擔心我！
I liked these 2 endings, as... it's purely about friendship... friendship between Doraemon and Nobita and how this friendship changes Nobita, the useless, lazy, weak Nobita...
and how much a person can do, for friend... in a way, I think, such friend is just like your own family member...
For the first ending, Nobita changed thoroughly just to 'save' Doraemon, just to preserve the memory of the friendship, of the time spent together, between him and Doraemon, however, in the end, when Doraemon said "I have waited you for so long", what I see is, this is all planned by Doraemon, to make Nobita a better person, a responsible and a hardworking person...
For the second ending, even though it's much simpler, but that's also a strong bond between these two. Nobita, for once, acted strong on his own, as simple as, he wants Doraemon to go back to the future without worrying about him
Sometimes... we feel that we're so weak, so powerless, there's not much thing to do, to help our loved ones... but then, the only thing we can think of, is just another stupid way.. like, Nobita choose to fight Jaian by himself... and get all beaten up... as a powerless human as we are... we can only choose the original and stupid way... just like Nobita choose to fight Jaian by himself... it's painful, and it's lonely sometimes... however, it's because we love the other person... we love our family...
So that you don't have to worry about me anymore...
"Doraemon, after you've left, my room looks more spacious now, but I will get used to it soon, don't worry about me!"
Therefore, Doraemon was like our bed time story... of course we still got some other bedtime stories from our grandmother...
Whenever we went to our grandmother's (my mother's mother) room, we'll start performing on her bed, during that time, the bed seemed to be a real big stage for us, and em... my grandmother was our only but faithful audience...
Therefore, I grew up with lots of stories in my head, stories about poor son, and bad step-mother, and etc. the rest, I can't really remember, but maybe I remember... it's just hidden in my head somewhere... whenever it's happy, it'll pop up to say 'hi' once in a while...
Therefore, Doraemon is not just Nobita's friend, but also my friend.. and my brother's friend..
The other day, one of my friend sent me an email, telling the story of Doraemon's ending... it's a very touching story... (well, when I said 'touching', you know what I mean!! ,,(_ _),,
Later, I tried so search for the same email, I couldn't find, so, I went to the internet and manage to pull out more information about Doraemon ending...
If you grow up with Doraemon, I believe, you like this ending... apparently there are many versions of endings... of which I have read/seen 2 of them...
the first one to be...
(From some internet source)
One day,a very normal day, Nobita came back from school and went upstairs of his house. Doraemon was there sleeping, just like the other normal day.
"Hey, Doraemon, please wake up, lets play! " but Doraemon does not wake up. Nobita thought that Doraemon is tired, so he went out to play with Shizuka-chan and other folks. After few hours, he returned to his home, but Doraemon was still sleeping. Nobita felt something strange, and tried to wake him up. But there was no reply. He became to feel afraid, and tried to wake him up, but whatever he does, Doraemon did not wake up. Nobita exactly knew that something was different. This never happened before. He began crying, but though he screamed or cried, the famous fat-cat-robot did not make a single move at all. He came up to one idea, and jumped into his desk the time machine-and went to the future to meet Dorami-chan, Doraemon's sister. He begged her for help, and forced her to go with him back to 1998.
After a short trip again back to 1998 by the time machine, Dorami-chan looked all over his brother Doraemon to see what was wrong with him.
After few minutes, she said "the battery is out"
Nobita was relieved, and said, "battery? so he is not broken right? please replace or recharge his battery, and put him back like before"
But Dorami-chan shook her head and said, "Nobita-san, should I really do that?"
Nobita said "what? what do you mean?"
Dorami-chan replied; "His main battery is here, close to his pocket. And it ran out. But originally, he had a back-up battery in his ears, but as you know, his ears were eaten by a rat very many years ago, so he does not have a back-up battery now"
"so what do you mean?" "I mean, if I replace his battery, every memory of you will be eternally lost from his brain program"
"WHAT?????"
"Shall I do that?" Nobita closed his eyes. He cried, but after few minutes, he stopped crying, and quietly told Dorami-chan; "Dorami-chan, thanks for coming here. I will take care of the rest. You have to go back to your future time now" Dorami-chan could not decide what to do, but anyway she hugged Nobiya quietly, and she went back home. After she went back,Nobita carried Doraemon and placed him into the shelf.
.........TIME FLIES..........
Year 2010, Nobita grew up. Since that day, he changed.
He studied hard, did not cry anymore, and he lived without Doraemon.
He told Shizuka and other folks that Doraemon had to go back to his future, and could not meet him anymore. Shizuka was impressed to Nobita's mysterious appearance which became completely different from 10years ago. They fell in love, and married. Nobita became a scientist. He made a laboratory in his room, and was studying hard with his job all day.
He told Shizuka not to come into the room, as it is very dangerous inside. But one day, he called Shizuka and told her to come in to his room. It was the first time for her to enter his husband's room.
The moment she went in, she lost her words ......There was her friend Doraemon, who she used to play in her childhood days. Doraemon was not moving. It seemed as he was sleeping.
"Look, Shizuka, I will plug in from now" Nobita turned on the main switch on Doraemon. Doraemon quietly, very quietly started to open his eyes. It was the moment the inventor of Doraemon became clear. It was Nobita. He studied hard and hard just to meet and talk with his old friend again. Going back and forth of time, Nobita was the one who made Doraemon. He discovered all the programs and archytecture of Doraemon-type-robot.
Nobita and Shizuka was crying gently. Doraemon opened his eyes. He looked around, and finally said, "Nobita-kun, I have waited for you for so long?" There was the same white clouds in the sky like the times they used to spend together.
某天，大雄如往常般，忘了做作業在學校被老師罵，也如往常般
被技安、阿福他們欺負。連未來的老婆宜靜也答應要先嫁給別人。
總之，對大雄來講，生活就是一連串類似事件的反覆。
今天跟昨天沒什麼兩樣。
唯一的變化是，小叮噹突然變成植物機器。無論大雄怎麼踢、 打、
罵，小叮噹都沒有反應。
大雄不知道小叮噹到底發生了什麼事，只傷心得哭了整晚。
可是，無論大雄再傷心透頂，小叮噹也只是紋風不動地坐在柱子前。
大雄也伸手到口袋內試試，但口袋也豪無任何動靜。
然後大雄想起抽屜裡的時光機，就穿著睡衣飛到22世紀去找小叮噹的
妹妹小叮鈴。
小叮鈴還沒完全聽完說明，就被大雄催著坐上飛行機飛回20世紀。
小叮鈴一看哥哥動也不動，馬上知道是電池用完了。
正想換電池時，小叮鈴想起一個非常重大的事。
沒有備用電源
大雄不懂得其中意思，只在一旁催。
小叮鈴只好問大雄：『你願意讓哥哥跟你的回憶都消失嗎？』
原來舊型的貓機器人的耳朵裡，裝有備用電源，以便充電時
能保持至今為止的記憶。可是
小叮噹沒有耳朵！（這是眾所皆知的吧。）
大雄終於理解了事情的困難。種種回憶在大雄的腦海裡奔騰
大雄跟小叮噹曾飛到過去、未來，也曾到恐龍世界，海底世界，
更在宇宙打過仗
小叮鈴拼命解釋給大雄聽。若要裝新電池，小叮噹醒來時會
失去一切與大雄曾有過的回憶。若保持現狀，記憶不會消失。
結果，大雄選擇保持現狀。
此時，大雄還是小學六年級。
數年後
從海外歸國的大雄，已成長為英俊迷人的青年，並就職於
某家尖端科技的企業。他身邊的新娘，正是宜靜。
當年，小叮鈴回到22世紀後，大雄只跟身邊的人們說，
小叮噹回到未來的世界去了。時日一久，也就沒人再提
小叮噹的事。不過，小叮噹其實一直被保管在大雄家的壁櫥裡。
大雄為了修好小叮噹，拼命用功讀書，然後國中、高中、大學，
成績逐年昇騰，而且到國外最好的大學留學。
現在，大雄身在他自己的研究室中。
他叫來平日嚴禁其出入研究室的妻子宜靜。對她說：
『妳看好，我要按開關了。』
說完，大雄頰上情不自禁流下兩串淚珠。
他就是為了這一刻，苦學了十幾年。
為了這一刻，從一個老是忘了做作業、成績從倒數起算比較快
的笨學生，爬到今天的地位。
開關按下後，久久一陣靜寂，靜寂
終於，小叮噹開口了：
『大雄，我等你很久了。』
However... I did read about another type of ending, or rather not the grand finale... even then... I was so 'touched' at that time... ya, comic does not just make one laughs, but also make one cries...
(From wikipedia, and other internet sources)
This ending was actually meant to be the official ending due to low TV ratings and the Fujiko Fujio duo was busy with other works. But Doraemon did not leave their minds and restarted from next month's issue. In 1981, this episode was made into anime (called "Doraemon Comes Back"), and in 1998, this was released as an anime movie.
* In the March 1973 issue of the magazine Shogaku 4-nensei, Nobita again returns home after losing a fight against Jaian. Doraemon then explains that he has to return. Nobita tries to have Doraemon stay but after talking it over with his parents, he accepts Doraemon's departure. They take a last walk in the park. After they split up, Nobita encounters Jaian and gets into a fight again. After a long duel with Nobita trying to win at all costs so that Doraemon can leave without worries, Jaian lets Nobita win for not giving up. Doraemon finds Nobita passed out and takes him home. Sitting beside sleeping Nobita and after a moment of thought, Doraemon returns to the future.
一 開始就是大家所熟知，大雄被技安追著回到家…:P大雄又要吵著要變強，卻發現小叮噹格外的鬱悶好像有心事的樣子。後來小叮噹才說他要回味來世界，當晚，大 雄跟小叮噹都睡不著，所以就說，我們一起聊到清晨吧！小叮噹就拿出"不睡不疲藥"(嘻嘻，自己亂翻的...反正自己揣摩吧)邊散步邊徹夜長談。小叮噹很擔 心大雄，而大雄則和小叮噹約定，什麼事他都一定可以一個人搞定。小叮噹快哭出來了，但是不想讓大雄看他哭的樣子，於是就一個人(貓)去散步，大雄走著走著 走到空地，恰巧技安睡呆了走過空地，然後技安忽然醒了，技安對大雄說：「你居然敢看到我睡呆的樣子，我要揍扁你啊！」，大雄不禁想向小叮噹求救，但是想到 他和小叮噹的約定，於是說：「要打的話，我不用小叮噹幫忙」，技安說：「喔，有種，是男人就該這樣！」，然後技安把大雄打得鼻青臉腫，但是大雄死也不認 輸，打到最後，技安打到受不了，就向大雄認輸，此時小叮噹正好經過，大雄向小叮噹說：「我贏了，你不用擔心我了！」，隔夜大雄醒來的時候，小叮噹已經不在 他身邊了，大雄想：「小叮噹，你回去之後房間變得好空曠，但我馬上就回習慣的，所以，別擔心我。」
小叮噹，你回去之後，房間變得很空曠，但我馬上就會習慣的，不要擔心我！
I liked these 2 endings, as... it's purely about friendship... friendship between Doraemon and Nobita and how this friendship changes Nobita, the useless, lazy, weak Nobita...
and how much a person can do, for friend... in a way, I think, such friend is just like your own family member...
For the first ending, Nobita changed thoroughly just to 'save' Doraemon, just to preserve the memory of the friendship, of the time spent together, between him and Doraemon, however, in the end, when Doraemon said "I have waited you for so long", what I see is, this is all planned by Doraemon, to make Nobita a better person, a responsible and a hardworking person...
For the second ending, even though it's much simpler, but that's also a strong bond between these two. Nobita, for once, acted strong on his own, as simple as, he wants Doraemon to go back to the future without worrying about him
Sometimes... we feel that we're so weak, so powerless, there's not much thing to do, to help our loved ones... but then, the only thing we can think of, is just another stupid way.. like, Nobita choose to fight Jaian by himself... and get all beaten up... as a powerless human as we are... we can only choose the original and stupid way... just like Nobita choose to fight Jaian by himself... it's painful, and it's lonely sometimes... however, it's because we love the other person... we love our family...
So that you don't have to worry about me anymore...
"Doraemon, after you've left, my room looks more spacious now, but I will get used to it soon, don't worry about me!"
2006-08-31
Shopping by Category
You go to supermarket, you go to the right isle... for eg. "confectionary"--- to get your favourite cookies,
You go to online shopping, for eg. amazon.com, there are many categories for you to choose, for eg. Computer---accessories, notebook, desktop, etc.,
You go to library, you go to the right shelf, to get your favourite book, for eg. Crime/fiction,
You go to watch a movie, there are thriller, comedy, drama, horror, etc.,
You want to buy a music CD, there are sentimental, pop, rock, alternative rock, jazz, bossa nova, etc.,
........
In this world, there are so many categories, goods, food, IT-related stuff, books, etc.
People like to categorise things up, it is easier for search, it is easier to organise your stuff, it is all a chain of reaction, from organising to categorising.
We even categorise our own digital copies of documents, .doc, .gif, .mp3, .xls, .pps, and so on...
It makes our life easier...
Therefore, many many many years ago, till now, people like to categorise other people,
she's an extrovert, he's an introvert,
she's a bossy person, he's a person who likes to enslaved himself,
he's an american, she's an english, he's a russion, she's an arabian, etc.,
he's from XXX town, she's from YYY state, etc.,
he's speaking XXX dialect, she's speaking YYY dialect, etc.,
he's from XXX University, she's from YYY University, and what more to say, he's from university in XXX country, she's from university from YYY country, etc.,
he's born in the year of pig, she's born in the year of rabbit, he's born in the year of tiger, she's born in the year of dragon, etc.,
he's born in winter, she's born in summer, etc.,
he's an aries, she's a libran, etc.,
he's born a chrisitan family, she's born a buddhist family, etc.,
From the big 5 personality - Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism
Neuroticism - A tendency to easily experience unpleasant emotions such as anger, anxiety, depression, or vulnerability. (emotional stability to stimuli)
Extraversion - Energy, surgency, and the tendency to seek stimulation and the company of others.
Agreeableness - A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others. (individualism vs cooperative soluitons)
Conscientiousness - A tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for achievement. (Spontaneousness vs planned behaviour)
Openness to experience - Appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas; imagination and curiosity. (vs conservatism)
These traits are often measured as percentile scores, with the average mark at 50%; so for example, a Conscientiousness rating in the 80th percentile indicates a greater than average sense of responsibility and orderliness, while an Extroversion rating in the 5th percentile indicates an exceptional need for solitude and quiet.
the list can go on and on, the categories can go on and on as well, people keep studying other people and continue with the expansion of the category list...
Categorization makes our life so much easier... as categorization helps us to pre-define, and pre-understand certain situation, certain personality in a person...
However... I have always thought that, a person, is a unique person by himself/herself... if there are 6 billion people in this world, then, there are 6 billions of categories to me...
People like to stick to a category that they believe in, as it really really makes one's life easier, and I am not denying that, those categories are not correct, but, it's only of approximation... therefore... I normally prefer to learn about a person, by myself, rather than by what has been told by those people who created those categories... as human is simply not goods...
Learn about a person, by talking to them, by listening to them, by writing to them, by reading what they write, by obseving them while they talk to others, by putting yourself in his/her situation... by discussing with them, by learning how they discuss with others... etc.,
and that is also why, I find the learning path, pretty interesting... it's unlimited things for you to discover... cos, people change... maybe by a universal law that we still don't understand, however, people do change...
Long time ago, my roommate discussed with me, regarding people's freewill... is there one? or is there not one?
I do think, there is freewill in every human being, therefore, there will be 6 billion of freewill on earth, and therefore, there will be 6 billion of possibility... to drill down to these possibility, every second, every minute, every day, we change, and it contributes to a weekly, monthly, or yearly change... the change is indefinite... and therefore, the categories can expand to indefinite...
I still think shopping by Category makes my life easier... however... I don't shop for people by category,
as I believe, each individual is unique, and each soul is irreplaceable, nevertheless, irreproduceable...
If there are categories that involve human, then, I would rather believe that, those categories somehow overlap each other...
as, I once heard a saying,
"there is no evil person, or good person, it's only at one critial moment, whether your evil side overcome your good side, or the other way round", that moment, is the moment that will define you as a bad person, or good person...
I don't shop for people, by category, maybe it's harder for me... but that's the way I choose... :-)
You go to online shopping, for eg. amazon.com, there are many categories for you to choose, for eg. Computer---accessories, notebook, desktop, etc.,
You go to library, you go to the right shelf, to get your favourite book, for eg. Crime/fiction,
You go to watch a movie, there are thriller, comedy, drama, horror, etc.,
You want to buy a music CD, there are sentimental, pop, rock, alternative rock, jazz, bossa nova, etc.,
........
In this world, there are so many categories, goods, food, IT-related stuff, books, etc.
People like to categorise things up, it is easier for search, it is easier to organise your stuff, it is all a chain of reaction, from organising to categorising.
We even categorise our own digital copies of documents, .doc, .gif, .mp3, .xls, .pps, and so on...
It makes our life easier...
Therefore, many many many years ago, till now, people like to categorise other people,
she's an extrovert, he's an introvert,
she's a bossy person, he's a person who likes to enslaved himself,
he's an american, she's an english, he's a russion, she's an arabian, etc.,
he's from XXX town, she's from YYY state, etc.,
he's speaking XXX dialect, she's speaking YYY dialect, etc.,
he's from XXX University, she's from YYY University, and what more to say, he's from university in XXX country, she's from university from YYY country, etc.,
he's born in the year of pig, she's born in the year of rabbit, he's born in the year of tiger, she's born in the year of dragon, etc.,
he's born in winter, she's born in summer, etc.,
he's an aries, she's a libran, etc.,
he's born a chrisitan family, she's born a buddhist family, etc.,
From the big 5 personality - Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism
Neuroticism - A tendency to easily experience unpleasant emotions such as anger, anxiety, depression, or vulnerability. (emotional stability to stimuli)
Extraversion - Energy, surgency, and the tendency to seek stimulation and the company of others.
Agreeableness - A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others. (individualism vs cooperative soluitons)
Conscientiousness - A tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for achievement. (Spontaneousness vs planned behaviour)
Openness to experience - Appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas; imagination and curiosity. (vs conservatism)
These traits are often measured as percentile scores, with the average mark at 50%; so for example, a Conscientiousness rating in the 80th percentile indicates a greater than average sense of responsibility and orderliness, while an Extroversion rating in the 5th percentile indicates an exceptional need for solitude and quiet.
the list can go on and on, the categories can go on and on as well, people keep studying other people and continue with the expansion of the category list...
Categorization makes our life so much easier... as categorization helps us to pre-define, and pre-understand certain situation, certain personality in a person...
However... I have always thought that, a person, is a unique person by himself/herself... if there are 6 billion people in this world, then, there are 6 billions of categories to me...
People like to stick to a category that they believe in, as it really really makes one's life easier, and I am not denying that, those categories are not correct, but, it's only of approximation... therefore... I normally prefer to learn about a person, by myself, rather than by what has been told by those people who created those categories... as human is simply not goods...
Learn about a person, by talking to them, by listening to them, by writing to them, by reading what they write, by obseving them while they talk to others, by putting yourself in his/her situation... by discussing with them, by learning how they discuss with others... etc.,
and that is also why, I find the learning path, pretty interesting... it's unlimited things for you to discover... cos, people change... maybe by a universal law that we still don't understand, however, people do change...
Long time ago, my roommate discussed with me, regarding people's freewill... is there one? or is there not one?
I do think, there is freewill in every human being, therefore, there will be 6 billion of freewill on earth, and therefore, there will be 6 billion of possibility... to drill down to these possibility, every second, every minute, every day, we change, and it contributes to a weekly, monthly, or yearly change... the change is indefinite... and therefore, the categories can expand to indefinite...
I still think shopping by Category makes my life easier... however... I don't shop for people by category,
as I believe, each individual is unique, and each soul is irreplaceable, nevertheless, irreproduceable...
If there are categories that involve human, then, I would rather believe that, those categories somehow overlap each other...
as, I once heard a saying,
"there is no evil person, or good person, it's only at one critial moment, whether your evil side overcome your good side, or the other way round", that moment, is the moment that will define you as a bad person, or good person...
I don't shop for people, by category, maybe it's harder for me... but that's the way I choose... :-)
2006-08-29
Jack Bauer saved the Day
Oooh, Hoooh!!!!!!
Finally he got it... this year, 58th Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series--->Kiefer Sutherland,
Jack Bauer my hero!!!! :-)
so happy... well... it paid the day...
I sat down in front of the TV, just for this moment...
Yep... if you've been following from Season 1 all the way to Season 5, you know, it's time for Jack/Kiefer to be acknowledged...
and he's changed from a slightly more subtle agent, I mean, Jack... well... to me, Jack is Kiefer, and Kiefer is Jack... :-) too bad :-( Tony and Michelle were not in the picture... :-(
Anyway... on top of the "Outstanding Lead Actor", '24' was also awarded as "Outstanding Drama Series", so, worth my 5 years time (not really 5 years, just to exaggerate, I first watched it since end of 2004) of behaving like a real die-hard fans... ie. nothing but '24', nobody but Jack Bauer!!
On the stage, the humble but yet serious Kiefer Sutherland (yep... maybe I have seen too much of Jack Bauer in him, can't imagine any funny joke blurted out from him, I'll definitely laugh, if he's trying to tell a not-so-funny joke, unlike the rest of the guests, most of them were pretty humorous on stage)
oops... these ARE what he said, and only things that he said...
"What a nice evening this has been for us; my father's sitting over there," he said, pointing to Donald Sutherland, who also was nominated for his role in "Human Trafficking." "We're going to have to have dinner now.
"Every once in a while, you're going to have an evening that reminds you that you have too much," he said.
---quoted from CNN news
Hurray!!!! Really can't wait for Season 6 to be aired... oh.. as well as '24' the movie, hopefully it'll come true
Actually... I was even hoping that, both Itzin Gregory (stupid bad President Logan) and Jean Smart (First Lady) would also win both "Outstanding Actor in Drama series", and "Outstanding Actress in Drama series", but too bad... hopefully next year, they will outperform the rest, however, I guess, it will be less chance for Itzin Gregory... :-( I hated him so much that, I think, he deserves a trophy... :-) come on!! he's crowned the worst US President in the US film history... :-). While for Jean Smart, even though she's err... kinda old, however, I don't know why, I kinda find her to be a very attractive woman... attractive when she's the First Lady, and when she was on the red carpet tonight.
Anyway... I know I will see more of her next year, in Season 6, so, it doesn't matter... :-)
Yippie!!!
ヤッタ!!! ヤッタ!!!
**Real life ANEGO**
I have a friend, who's exactly like the ANEGO（アネゴ）, in the show ANEGO!!! err... what am I talking about?? :-)
well... there is this Jap series, called ANEGO, ie. Big Sister in japanese...
her name is Naoko, (performed by Shinohara Ryoko, 篠原涼子), "Anego" was given by a cute young guy, Kurozawa, who's just joined the company that she's working in...
The guy was very impressed with her dedication in work, as well as her willingness to help whoever came to her...
so, he called her Anego... she was 31 at that time, and he was 21 :-D
In the story, we can see that, Naoko really is like the problem solver among her co-workers... even her immediate boss, like to ask her to pass down message, especially when it's dealing with managing other younger female workers... maybe as a male, he found it too tedious dealing with their work attitude, so, normally he'll dedicate such sh*tty job to Naoko...
What I like about this show, is the way they film it... particularly, the interaction between the two, Naoko and Kurozawa..
on the screen, you'll see the OS of each of them... (OS, Operating System, ie. Operating System in their hearts, in their mind...)
Traditianally, when we watch films, the OS will be narrated by the person himself/herself, but this time, it's being typed out on the screen... kinda cute...
Anyway, I want to talk about that friend of mine, not about Anego... :-)
so, in real life, I have a friend of such...
whoever needs any information, advice, help, will come to her...
she didn't know why... just like the Anego, she didn't know why as well.. however... when people come asking for help, she'll go all the way, to let it resolved...
Therefore... I was thinking... mm... why do we keep going to the same person for help..
if it's me, I guess, it's purely, we know that, that person WILL help... regardless what? no matter what, we'll get some answer, we'll get some feedback...
ie. for those people where you friend never come to you for help... then.. they all know that, you WILL NOT help.. :-)
as simple as that... :-) isn't it?
it's this instinct in each and everyone of us...
really... just sit down and think, why do we choose certain people to go to, for help? for advice? not just because they're our friends, or best friends, or roommates, or housemates... we've many friends, best friends, and etc. but there are only certain number of people, we'll go confide in, or go ask questions and expecting and answer...
Further extrapolation, I believe... this is the energy field that one shows, this is the hidden message that one sent out and that, the rest of us, our antennas can sense it, and thus we are attracted to those people to ask for help...
And.. how do we use our antennas to sense it.. usually it's through conversation, through talking, through the way they carry themselves...
There ARE just some people, you know, they won't step out and help you, they won't bother to 'waste' time and listen to you, or they simply sound reluctant to help you, or, immediately after listening to your problems, or requests, they can list out all the cons to you first.. or simply discourage you... ya, Nobleman, please get out of my sight!!!
Whatever it is... if you're one who's like Anego, I know sometimes, it's really tiring, and frustrating... but then... it's a blessing...
and... if you've a friend who's like Anego.. :-) it's even a bigger blessing... :-)
Even myself, had been blessed with help from this friend...
Many years ago... while my mother was having err... a not-so-big not-so-small argument with her brother... ie. my uncle (oh.. due to that event, he's lost some respect from me... well.. now, since years have gone by... it's slowly been added back in)
and when she need to travel to that city, I gave my mother the phone number of this friend of mine, and I told my mother, if she couldn't find anybody to help bring her from one place to another place, maybe she could give a call to my friend... and yes.. my friend was the one who help bring my mother to the destination that she wanted to go... I remember that forever... :-)
Well... we will think that, people will only remember to give you a call, when they need your help... :-) that's true.. but the hidden truth is, they remember you from time to time... therefore whenever they're in a desperate situation, you are on top of the list.. :-)
again.. it's a blessing... :-)
While for those, who, nobody will remember to give you a call, when they need people's help, yep... you'll have a good and relax night on that day.. however... I am sure nobody actually remembers you :-)
It's that simple... :-)
well... there is this Jap series, called ANEGO, ie. Big Sister in japanese...
her name is Naoko, (performed by Shinohara Ryoko, 篠原涼子), "Anego" was given by a cute young guy, Kurozawa, who's just joined the company that she's working in...
The guy was very impressed with her dedication in work, as well as her willingness to help whoever came to her...
so, he called her Anego... she was 31 at that time, and he was 21 :-D
In the story, we can see that, Naoko really is like the problem solver among her co-workers... even her immediate boss, like to ask her to pass down message, especially when it's dealing with managing other younger female workers... maybe as a male, he found it too tedious dealing with their work attitude, so, normally he'll dedicate such sh*tty job to Naoko...
What I like about this show, is the way they film it... particularly, the interaction between the two, Naoko and Kurozawa..
on the screen, you'll see the OS of each of them... (OS, Operating System, ie. Operating System in their hearts, in their mind...)
Traditianally, when we watch films, the OS will be narrated by the person himself/herself, but this time, it's being typed out on the screen... kinda cute...
Anyway, I want to talk about that friend of mine, not about Anego... :-)
so, in real life, I have a friend of such...
whoever needs any information, advice, help, will come to her...
she didn't know why... just like the Anego, she didn't know why as well.. however... when people come asking for help, she'll go all the way, to let it resolved...
Therefore... I was thinking... mm... why do we keep going to the same person for help..
if it's me, I guess, it's purely, we know that, that person WILL help... regardless what? no matter what, we'll get some answer, we'll get some feedback...
ie. for those people where you friend never come to you for help... then.. they all know that, you WILL NOT help.. :-)
as simple as that... :-) isn't it?
it's this instinct in each and everyone of us...
really... just sit down and think, why do we choose certain people to go to, for help? for advice? not just because they're our friends, or best friends, or roommates, or housemates... we've many friends, best friends, and etc. but there are only certain number of people, we'll go confide in, or go ask questions and expecting and answer...
Further extrapolation, I believe... this is the energy field that one shows, this is the hidden message that one sent out and that, the rest of us, our antennas can sense it, and thus we are attracted to those people to ask for help...
And.. how do we use our antennas to sense it.. usually it's through conversation, through talking, through the way they carry themselves...
There ARE just some people, you know, they won't step out and help you, they won't bother to 'waste' time and listen to you, or they simply sound reluctant to help you, or, immediately after listening to your problems, or requests, they can list out all the cons to you first.. or simply discourage you... ya, Nobleman, please get out of my sight!!!
Whatever it is... if you're one who's like Anego, I know sometimes, it's really tiring, and frustrating... but then... it's a blessing...
and... if you've a friend who's like Anego.. :-) it's even a bigger blessing... :-)
Even myself, had been blessed with help from this friend...
Many years ago... while my mother was having err... a not-so-big not-so-small argument with her brother... ie. my uncle (oh.. due to that event, he's lost some respect from me... well.. now, since years have gone by... it's slowly been added back in)
and when she need to travel to that city, I gave my mother the phone number of this friend of mine, and I told my mother, if she couldn't find anybody to help bring her from one place to another place, maybe she could give a call to my friend... and yes.. my friend was the one who help bring my mother to the destination that she wanted to go... I remember that forever... :-)
Well... we will think that, people will only remember to give you a call, when they need your help... :-) that's true.. but the hidden truth is, they remember you from time to time... therefore whenever they're in a desperate situation, you are on top of the list.. :-)
again.. it's a blessing... :-)
While for those, who, nobody will remember to give you a call, when they need people's help, yep... you'll have a good and relax night on that day.. however... I am sure nobody actually remembers you :-)
It's that simple... :-)
2006-08-28
Smoking? or...
Yesterday, I saw a news clip, reporting regarding the new rules for children's cartoon programmes...
ie. Smoking scenes are banned...
The short clip that they were showing was Tom and Jerry, where, Jerry was playing tennis with another big fat cat, and the big fat cat were smoking..
yep, this is an example picked up by the broadcaster, where "Smoking scene has to be banned"
however... the clip continue to show, where Tom (the cat) being evil (he's always evil, but yet stupid) changed the tennis ball to a bomb, and hit it over to the big fat cat...
and you know what will happen next...
Then... I asked, so, smoking is banned, but bombing is allowed :-) for children's cartoon programmes... hm...
now we know what's wrong with this world...
ie. Smoking scenes are banned...
The short clip that they were showing was Tom and Jerry, where, Jerry was playing tennis with another big fat cat, and the big fat cat were smoking..
yep, this is an example picked up by the broadcaster, where "Smoking scene has to be banned"
however... the clip continue to show, where Tom (the cat) being evil (he's always evil, but yet stupid) changed the tennis ball to a bomb, and hit it over to the big fat cat...
and you know what will happen next...
Then... I asked, so, smoking is banned, but bombing is allowed :-) for children's cartoon programmes... hm...
now we know what's wrong with this world...
2006-08-26
~The Skillet Story~ Parallel~~
:-)
As I was telling my mother over the phone the other night... I told her, I've put her into my blog...
well... I guess, she hasn't really got the idea of what a blog is... however, I put it in very layman term... ie. I write what I want to write, what I want to talk about, and publish it into the internet...
then, she told me, she did a similar thing, regarding our skillet conversation... :-)
In fact, after the other night, when she put down the phone, she told my youngest brother about our conversation too... but not in details...
she just briefly mentioned, "If I don't hang up the phone, your sister is going to hit me with her skillet!"... haha!!!! ya... as if I WAS really there... so dramatic huh?? but that's the fun thing isn't it?? (like mother like daughter, 2 crazy women)
Later, I told my mother, when she goes to internet cafe with my youngest brother, remember to ask him to show her my blog :-)
yep... my mother sometimes follows my youngest brother to my other brother's internet cafe... to email me... yep, she's learnt how to check her yahoo mail, just to email me...
sometimes, she'll just follow my youngest brother to the internet cafe to play games... whenever she discover a 'good' game, she'll let me know... I was drawn into those games for a little while, play until my hand painful, my eyes popped out... but later, I decided, I'll give them up, as I can never beat my parents' score.. yep, both she and my father, play those games...
what games? haha... they're those arcade puzzle game, like err... like Chuzzle, BounceOut, BounceOutBlitz...
ya... I gave up, cos, I couldn't beat their score, what a shame huh!!! :-)
Anyway... my mother goes to internet cafe with 2 agendas... 1 is to email me... another 1, is to see if there's any new game installed on those machine, then, she'll ask my brother to install one at home :-)
like shopping for fish... :-)
As I was telling my mother over the phone the other night... I told her, I've put her into my blog...
well... I guess, she hasn't really got the idea of what a blog is... however, I put it in very layman term... ie. I write what I want to write, what I want to talk about, and publish it into the internet...
then, she told me, she did a similar thing, regarding our skillet conversation... :-)
In fact, after the other night, when she put down the phone, she told my youngest brother about our conversation too... but not in details...
she just briefly mentioned, "If I don't hang up the phone, your sister is going to hit me with her skillet!"... haha!!!! ya... as if I WAS really there... so dramatic huh?? but that's the fun thing isn't it?? (like mother like daughter, 2 crazy women)
Later, I told my mother, when she goes to internet cafe with my youngest brother, remember to ask him to show her my blog :-)
yep... my mother sometimes follows my youngest brother to my other brother's internet cafe... to email me... yep, she's learnt how to check her yahoo mail, just to email me...
sometimes, she'll just follow my youngest brother to the internet cafe to play games... whenever she discover a 'good' game, she'll let me know... I was drawn into those games for a little while, play until my hand painful, my eyes popped out... but later, I decided, I'll give them up, as I can never beat my parents' score.. yep, both she and my father, play those games...
what games? haha... they're those arcade puzzle game, like err... like Chuzzle, BounceOut, BounceOutBlitz...
ya... I gave up, cos, I couldn't beat their score, what a shame huh!!! :-)
Anyway... my mother goes to internet cafe with 2 agendas... 1 is to email me... another 1, is to see if there's any new game installed on those machine, then, she'll ask my brother to install one at home :-)
like shopping for fish... :-)
2006-08-23
ON THE ROCK
I've a very funny habit... mm... just like when we're small that time, we like to play with toys, like kitchen utensil sets, or, doctor and nurse toy set... :-) well... at least in the place that I stay, we do have that short of toys...
However.. until now, I still carry this sort of habit, a similar habit...
The other day, we went to this place called Greco, near Crown Entertaintment Complex, introduced by one of my friends...
We went there late Friday night.. ya... this city... oh!!! to me, it's not even a city, you can't really find night life.. I mean, decent night life... the only place you can find, decent and indecent mixture, is this place, in Crown...
the rest of the city, on the street.... when darkness falls, you feel like you end up in a ghost town... yep... not even ghost will walk on the street...
It seems like this Greco serves quite quite interesting dishes... and during peak 'supper' hour, one can actually see some long queue lining up at the entrance...
we were sitting at the bar counter, ooh.. normally people don't like to sit at the bar counter, as the stools are normally very high, thus it's hard for one to sit there for long hour and hang out...
but, this Greco place, the high stools at the bar counter, are very very comfortable... we sat there for the whole night, looking at the delicious cold dishes displaying in front of us.. it looks and sounds like an italian cafe... interesting place
However the MOST interesting thing is, it's quite a huge range of sinful cakes on the other side of the cafe, catering for the dine-in customers, as well as for those people who just come to grab a decent fresh piece of cake and then ciao...
Anyway.. the thing about this cafe is.. :-) I've finally fallen in love with another new coffee drinks...
usually whenever I am out there in a coffee place, I'd just order mocha... but that day, when I was in Greco, maybe it's at night, maybe I was happy and excited, as we've finally found some place that we can possibly hang out quite often, AT NIGHT... so, I was in the mood to try up new stuff...
In fact, it's not that I have not tried this before, but, it's served in different manner...
it's the Affogato...
Mm... yummy!!!!!! the way they serve the Affogato is like the one in the picture...
While taking it, I was teling him, I feel like I'm having some hard liquour ON THE ROCK.... and I told him, next time we will come to this place more often, to have this Affogato... (it's basically a shot of Expresson on top of a scoop of vanilla icecream... yummy!!)
:-) He then... told me that, I'm still like a kid...
Yep.. that's quite true... when we're kid, we used to buy those chewing gum in cigarette form, before, we put the chewing gum in the mouth, we'd pretend to smoke for a while...
ya, smoking is bad, that's why, we go for chewing gum...
Then, I discover a type of mineral water bottle, which looks like those little flat pocket-size liquor bottle... so I started carrying it everywhere, to work, to my Japanese language class... till one day, my Japanese teacher, Miss Matsui couldn't help staring at it, and then, shyly asked me, if there's alcohol inside the bottle :-) kakaka!! it works...
nah, I then told her, that's just normal water in it.. :-)
ya, drinking is bad, I was just having normal plain water... :-)
Today, I've found another new toy :-)
So, if you pump into me drinking something that looks like alcoholic drinks... then, I am just having the very innocent AFFOGATO!!!!!
However.. until now, I still carry this sort of habit, a similar habit...
The other day, we went to this place called Greco, near Crown Entertaintment Complex, introduced by one of my friends...
We went there late Friday night.. ya... this city... oh!!! to me, it's not even a city, you can't really find night life.. I mean, decent night life... the only place you can find, decent and indecent mixture, is this place, in Crown...
the rest of the city, on the street.... when darkness falls, you feel like you end up in a ghost town... yep... not even ghost will walk on the street...
It seems like this Greco serves quite quite interesting dishes... and during peak 'supper' hour, one can actually see some long queue lining up at the entrance...
we were sitting at the bar counter, ooh.. normally people don't like to sit at the bar counter, as the stools are normally very high, thus it's hard for one to sit there for long hour and hang out...
but, this Greco place, the high stools at the bar counter, are very very comfortable... we sat there for the whole night, looking at the delicious cold dishes displaying in front of us.. it looks and sounds like an italian cafe... interesting place
However the MOST interesting thing is, it's quite a huge range of sinful cakes on the other side of the cafe, catering for the dine-in customers, as well as for those people who just come to grab a decent fresh piece of cake and then ciao...
Anyway.. the thing about this cafe is.. :-) I've finally fallen in love with another new coffee drinks...
usually whenever I am out there in a coffee place, I'd just order mocha... but that day, when I was in Greco, maybe it's at night, maybe I was happy and excited, as we've finally found some place that we can possibly hang out quite often, AT NIGHT... so, I was in the mood to try up new stuff...
In fact, it's not that I have not tried this before, but, it's served in different manner...
it's the Affogato...
Mm... yummy!!!!!! the way they serve the Affogato is like the one in the picture...
While taking it, I was teling him, I feel like I'm having some hard liquour ON THE ROCK.... and I told him, next time we will come to this place more often, to have this Affogato... (it's basically a shot of Expresson on top of a scoop of vanilla icecream... yummy!!)
:-) He then... told me that, I'm still like a kid...
Yep.. that's quite true... when we're kid, we used to buy those chewing gum in cigarette form, before, we put the chewing gum in the mouth, we'd pretend to smoke for a while...
ya, smoking is bad, that's why, we go for chewing gum...
Then, I discover a type of mineral water bottle, which looks like those little flat pocket-size liquor bottle... so I started carrying it everywhere, to work, to my Japanese language class... till one day, my Japanese teacher, Miss Matsui couldn't help staring at it, and then, shyly asked me, if there's alcohol inside the bottle :-) kakaka!! it works...
nah, I then told her, that's just normal water in it.. :-)
ya, drinking is bad, I was just having normal plain water... :-)
Today, I've found another new toy :-)
So, if you pump into me drinking something that looks like alcoholic drinks... then, I am just having the very innocent AFFOGATO!!!!!
Fish for Life@@
We've FINALLY!!!! as in FINALLY found something in this city.. something that's sooooo precious to me... to us...
Usually... well... as for me, solely for me, I've a benchmark for places that I stay...
It must have, a good japanese buffet that comes with reasonable price... where I can have my regular dosage of fresh sashimi...
It must have, a good CD/DVD shop, where I can find huge varieties (in terms of language) of CDs for me to pick...
It must have, good cable TV programme... :-)
It must have, a good system of public transport, with reasonable price...
Well then... some of the places that I have been to, passed my benchmark while some don't...
Sad, isn't it...
Sad, when I can't find a place in this city, to have my dosage of sashimi...
UNTIL~~~~~~~~~~
I found SAMURAI!!!!!!!
Yep, thanks to my friend, we're introduced this place...
It's definitely not the best place for japanese food in town, and it's definitely not having the best services...
the staff hardly speak any English, however... I find this challenging, well... you can go to Wagamama, staff there, speak perfect English, so then... you'll have english/asian fusion food, on a so-called Japanese food menu... err....... ????
SASHIMI, I mean SHASHIMI... not a place where you see big STICK of sushiSSS lying there...
Anyway, we both decided, after last weekend, that, SAMURAI will be our fortnightly pilgrimage destination :-)
Look at them... how much do all these cost? in this city.. NOTHING is cheap!!!! so, for this place, SAMURAI, so far so good...
for AUD36, we've a very very satisfying lunch...
Yummy!!!!~~~~~~~ Food for life, Fish for life!!! :-)
Usually... well... as for me, solely for me, I've a benchmark for places that I stay...
It must have, a good japanese buffet that comes with reasonable price... where I can have my regular dosage of fresh sashimi...
It must have, a good CD/DVD shop, where I can find huge varieties (in terms of language) of CDs for me to pick...
It must have, good cable TV programme... :-)
It must have, a good system of public transport, with reasonable price...
Well then... some of the places that I have been to, passed my benchmark while some don't...
Sad, isn't it...
Sad, when I can't find a place in this city, to have my dosage of sashimi...
UNTIL~~~~~~~~~~
I found SAMURAI!!!!!!!
Yep, thanks to my friend, we're introduced this place...
It's definitely not the best place for japanese food in town, and it's definitely not having the best services...
the staff hardly speak any English, however... I find this challenging, well... you can go to Wagamama, staff there, speak perfect English, so then... you'll have english/asian fusion food, on a so-called Japanese food menu... err....... ????
SASHIMI, I mean SHASHIMI... not a place where you see big STICK of sushiSSS lying there...
Anyway, we both decided, after last weekend, that, SAMURAI will be our fortnightly pilgrimage destination :-)
Look at them... how much do all these cost? in this city.. NOTHING is cheap!!!! so, for this place, SAMURAI, so far so good...
for AUD36, we've a very very satisfying lunch...
Yummy!!!!~~~~~~~ Food for life, Fish for life!!! :-)
wire netting + gas tank + a pair of scissors = ??
What's the above equation?
I didn't know about this, until my friend, the other day, came to my place, and use my computer...
She was basically very much amazed with the desktop wallpaper that I used that other day... it's my cute little nephew's photo...
well.. when I first received the photos, yep... I did notice the the pair of scissors that's used to cut the flower... then, I asked my mother, why gave him such dangerous tool... the answer that I got was, "it's blunt, so, it's ok!!!" (I nearly fainted, but then... that's quite a while ago....)
then, my friend stared at the photos, amazed and amused... pointed out 2 more things... well, I actually explained to her the 'situation' without realizing the potential danger...
The little door on the wall, is actually a compartment where the gas tank is stored, gas tank for cooking, ie. it's connected to the cooking stove on the other side of the wall...
Then... there's this wire netting which is just at his eye level...
THEN!!!! it's beside a compartment that's used to store the cooking gas tank!!!!
YA... this time, my friend nearly fainted!!! :-)
However... why my little nephew likes to come to this place... ya... he likes to come to this place...
it's because... there's this little cat which likes to hide inside the compartment, treated it like its own cosy little house...
That's why later, the wire netting was put on, but my nephew still thought that, he could see the little cat over there...
:-( oh!!! poor thing, he didn't know he's not going to see his little cat friend anymore...!!!
(sob sob........)
I didn't know about this, until my friend, the other day, came to my place, and use my computer...
She was basically very much amazed with the desktop wallpaper that I used that other day... it's my cute little nephew's photo...
well.. when I first received the photos, yep... I did notice the the pair of scissors that's used to cut the flower... then, I asked my mother, why gave him such dangerous tool... the answer that I got was, "it's blunt, so, it's ok!!!" (I nearly fainted, but then... that's quite a while ago....)
then, my friend stared at the photos, amazed and amused... pointed out 2 more things... well, I actually explained to her the 'situation' without realizing the potential danger...
The little door on the wall, is actually a compartment where the gas tank is stored, gas tank for cooking, ie. it's connected to the cooking stove on the other side of the wall...
Then... there's this wire netting which is just at his eye level...
THEN!!!! it's beside a compartment that's used to store the cooking gas tank!!!!
YA... this time, my friend nearly fainted!!! :-)
However... why my little nephew likes to come to this place... ya... he likes to come to this place...
it's because... there's this little cat which likes to hide inside the compartment, treated it like its own cosy little house...
That's why later, the wire netting was put on, but my nephew still thought that, he could see the little cat over there...
:-( oh!!! poor thing, he didn't know he's not going to see his little cat friend anymore...!!!
(sob sob........)
~The Skillet Story~
The other day, my mother called me... the routinely phone call almost everyday... :-)
cos, she really misses me sooooo much :-)
However... my cute mother... she always calls me at the wrong time, for eg. either I am still in bed (as I sleep irregular hour, and bingo, since I don't have fixed sleeping hour, but she actually manage to call me when I am sleeping... Zzzzzzzz......)
or, when I am cooking, or when I am washing up and cleaning my dishes after dinner...
or, when I am paying my full concentration to watch my favourite drama series on TV, for eg. '24'... (ahhh~~~~~ '24' is over now... she can call me during any TV prime time...)
So... the other day, when my mother called me, I was in the middle of cleaning my dishes... to be specific, I was then, drying up a skillet.. :-)
then, the phone rang, and I went to pick up the phone... normally I know roughly when she'll call, maybe it's because I am thinking about her, and she's thinking about me, her beloved daughter :-)
I went to pick up the phone with the skillet on my hand, then... yep, it's my mother...
Normally, the moment I pick up the phone, there'll be a split second of silence, then, there comes "Eng Eng!!!!" (well... that's not the right spelling, however, the way she pronounced my name, sounded like this one)
I immediately told her, I am cleaning and drying up my dishes, and I AM HOLDING A SKILLET IN MY HAND!!!
Haha... no wonder I came out of her tummy, my mother knew exactly what I meant~~~~ :-)
so, she asked, "you, ah pek!! are you saying that, if I am in front of you, you'll hit me with THAT skillet??!!!"
I burst and laughed loudly......
Then, we chatted for a while... again, a daily routine,
just a little while... before she hung up the phone, well... the 'purpose' she hung up the phone was that...
she said, "I don't want to be hit by your skillet!!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Can't stopped laughing...!!!!!!!
Mmm.... I was pretty satisfied with our conversation, it's quite entertaining... my cute mother....
then, I put down the phone, laughing, and guess what...
he told me, I have been very mean.. :-) kakakakakkaka!!!!!
but then... yep... that's the type of conversation between my mother and I...
I suppose, it's more like close friends, rather than generation talk, parents-children talk...
Sometimes, the things my mother does... err... are pretty AMUSING... no Amazing!!
:-)
well... in a way, can be amazing too.. :-)
There was once, (oh.. another kitchen-related story)
she put a hammer on top of the pressure cooker.. and guess what?
the next thing was... there was a minor explosion in our house, and the rooftop was damaged...
why rooftop? well.. I am not sure of the real detailed, since the CSI team didn't arrive at that time... :-D
I was told about what happened... is that, the hammer flew away... it found its way out through the rooftop...
--"(^_^)"--
cos, she really misses me sooooo much :-)
However... my cute mother... she always calls me at the wrong time, for eg. either I am still in bed (as I sleep irregular hour, and bingo, since I don't have fixed sleeping hour, but she actually manage to call me when I am sleeping... Zzzzzzzz......)
or, when I am cooking, or when I am washing up and cleaning my dishes after dinner...
or, when I am paying my full concentration to watch my favourite drama series on TV, for eg. '24'... (ahhh~~~~~ '24' is over now... she can call me during any TV prime time...)
So... the other day, when my mother called me, I was in the middle of cleaning my dishes... to be specific, I was then, drying up a skillet.. :-)
then, the phone rang, and I went to pick up the phone... normally I know roughly when she'll call, maybe it's because I am thinking about her, and she's thinking about me, her beloved daughter :-)
I went to pick up the phone with the skillet on my hand, then... yep, it's my mother...
Normally, the moment I pick up the phone, there'll be a split second of silence, then, there comes "Eng Eng!!!!" (well... that's not the right spelling, however, the way she pronounced my name, sounded like this one)
I immediately told her, I am cleaning and drying up my dishes, and I AM HOLDING A SKILLET IN MY HAND!!!
Haha... no wonder I came out of her tummy, my mother knew exactly what I meant~~~~ :-)
so, she asked, "you, ah pek!! are you saying that, if I am in front of you, you'll hit me with THAT skillet??!!!"
I burst and laughed loudly......
Then, we chatted for a while... again, a daily routine,
just a little while... before she hung up the phone, well... the 'purpose' she hung up the phone was that...
she said, "I don't want to be hit by your skillet!!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Can't stopped laughing...!!!!!!!
Mmm.... I was pretty satisfied with our conversation, it's quite entertaining... my cute mother....
then, I put down the phone, laughing, and guess what...
he told me, I have been very mean.. :-) kakakakakkaka!!!!!
but then... yep... that's the type of conversation between my mother and I...
I suppose, it's more like close friends, rather than generation talk, parents-children talk...
Sometimes, the things my mother does... err... are pretty AMUSING... no Amazing!!
:-)
well... in a way, can be amazing too.. :-)
There was once, (oh.. another kitchen-related story)
she put a hammer on top of the pressure cooker.. and guess what?
the next thing was... there was a minor explosion in our house, and the rooftop was damaged...
why rooftop? well.. I am not sure of the real detailed, since the CSI team didn't arrive at that time... :-D
I was told about what happened... is that, the hammer flew away... it found its way out through the rooftop...
--"(^_^)"--
2006-08-15
Laughter...
Last week, my friend came over, for holiday, for visiting, for the reason, the factory she's working in, was closed for a week, for maintenance.
When I went shopping for souvenier with her, she found some car window stickers which were very amusing :-)
Both of us, OH, ESPECIALLY HER, laughed our head off in front of the shop keeper.....
one says, "Born to fish, Forced to work", (well... she did fishing a while ago, so, it really applies to her a lot)
another says, "Who cares WHO's ONBOARD"
the third one say, "Mother-in-Law in BOOT" (haha! I like this one best)
OK... when my friend was here, we (she, my other 2 friends who're already staying here for more than 10 years, and I) laughed a lot for the past week,
(ya, that's why, I ended up, having not enough water, not enough sleep, and even not enough air, now, I'm struggling with my flu!!)
and I came across this sentence in one of the David Hewson's book, "The Sacred Cut", paperback, pg.6
".., in the end, why people laughed at all, because it made the pain go away, if only for a little while."
Why do people laugh?
well... I suppose there're many reasons, however, yep, the above sentence caught my attention, as THAT can be one of the very good reason too...
:-)
Excerpts from Wikipedia.org
"There are two main questions in understanding laughter: how laugher happens (that means what happens in terms of reasoning, language and neurophysiology), and why do we laugh. (In more formal terms, the first question asks for a cognitive model, while the second for a model of appreciation). "
"For Aristotle, we laugh at inferior or ugly individuals, because we feel a joy at being superior to them.
Socrates was reported by Plato as saying that the ridiculous was characterised by a display of self-ignorance. Schopenhauer wrote that it results from an incongruity between a concept and the real object it represents.
Hegel shared almost exactly the same view, but saw the concept as an "appearance" and believed that laughter then totally negates that appearance.
For Freud, laughter is an "economical phenomenon" whose function is to release "psychic energy" that had been wrongly mobilised by incorrect or false expectations.
Philosopher John Morreall theorises that human laughter may have its biological origins as a kind of shared expression of relief at the passing of danger.
Robert A. Heinlein's view of why people laugh is explained in one of his most praised novels, Stranger In A Strange Land, as simply seeing someone being hurt in one form or another. "
However, there is not satisfactory theory of why we laugh yet... but rather, there are quite a few theory of HOW we laugh...
As there are billions of people in the world, I suppose, one can come out with billions of reasons... as every individual is unique.
Sometimes, when I went home, back to my parents, my beloved brothers... I laughed most of the time, as I was amused at their sayings, until they asked me if I have not laughed for the past years...
Maybe, it's because whenever I am with my close family, I am back to my young and little self... carefree, worry-free, I don't have to keep my image... I am basically their clumsy lazy potato couch big sister, and that's all.
I have some friends who could actually give me the same type of 'laugh therapy' as good as my brothers, however, I don't see them as often as before... but we still keep in touch.
Life progress, status changes, these are things that I can't really control, the only thing that I can do, is to make an effort, to always keep in touch with friends...
I have some other friends, where I can laugh with, laugh at, laugh together as well, out of my hometown, however... I know very well that, the laughter is different, I am slightly different as well... the chemistry is different...
This is the reason why I am pretty drawn to 'the reason why people laugh'...
of course, the first thing that trigger me to start wondering is, this saying and insight by David Hewson...
One of my friends sent me these jokes the other day... (for best result, say it out loud) :-D
JOKE 01
An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA When
the American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of -ese are you?"
The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you
mean."
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?" Again, the Japanese was
confused over he question.
The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you...
Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese! etc......???"
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked, "What kind of
'key' was he". The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what
kind of -kee' am I?"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"
*MORAL - NEVER INSULT ANYONE*
JOKE 02
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a
meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a magic lamp. They
rub the lamp and a ghost appears. The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted
three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want to be
in the Bahamas, on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff" and he was
gone.
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be in
Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails." Pfufffff" and
he Was also gone.
The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after
lunch at 12.35pm."
*MORAL OF THE STORY IS: " ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSSES TO SPEAK FIRST"*
When I went shopping for souvenier with her, she found some car window stickers which were very amusing :-)
Both of us, OH, ESPECIALLY HER, laughed our head off in front of the shop keeper.....
one says, "Born to fish, Forced to work", (well... she did fishing a while ago, so, it really applies to her a lot)
another says, "Who cares WHO's ONBOARD"
the third one say, "Mother-in-Law in BOOT" (haha! I like this one best)
OK... when my friend was here, we (she, my other 2 friends who're already staying here for more than 10 years, and I) laughed a lot for the past week,
(ya, that's why, I ended up, having not enough water, not enough sleep, and even not enough air, now, I'm struggling with my flu!!)
and I came across this sentence in one of the David Hewson's book, "The Sacred Cut", paperback, pg.6
".., in the end, why people laughed at all, because it made the pain go away, if only for a little while."
Why do people laugh?
well... I suppose there're many reasons, however, yep, the above sentence caught my attention, as THAT can be one of the very good reason too...
:-)
Excerpts from Wikipedia.org
"There are two main questions in understanding laughter: how laugher happens (that means what happens in terms of reasoning, language and neurophysiology), and why do we laugh. (In more formal terms, the first question asks for a cognitive model, while the second for a model of appreciation). "
"For Aristotle, we laugh at inferior or ugly individuals, because we feel a joy at being superior to them.
Socrates was reported by Plato as saying that the ridiculous was characterised by a display of self-ignorance. Schopenhauer wrote that it results from an incongruity between a concept and the real object it represents.
Hegel shared almost exactly the same view, but saw the concept as an "appearance" and believed that laughter then totally negates that appearance.
For Freud, laughter is an "economical phenomenon" whose function is to release "psychic energy" that had been wrongly mobilised by incorrect or false expectations.
Philosopher John Morreall theorises that human laughter may have its biological origins as a kind of shared expression of relief at the passing of danger.
Robert A. Heinlein's view of why people laugh is explained in one of his most praised novels, Stranger In A Strange Land, as simply seeing someone being hurt in one form or another. "
However, there is not satisfactory theory of why we laugh yet... but rather, there are quite a few theory of HOW we laugh...
As there are billions of people in the world, I suppose, one can come out with billions of reasons... as every individual is unique.
Sometimes, when I went home, back to my parents, my beloved brothers... I laughed most of the time, as I was amused at their sayings, until they asked me if I have not laughed for the past years...
Maybe, it's because whenever I am with my close family, I am back to my young and little self... carefree, worry-free, I don't have to keep my image... I am basically their clumsy lazy potato couch big sister, and that's all.
I have some friends who could actually give me the same type of 'laugh therapy' as good as my brothers, however, I don't see them as often as before... but we still keep in touch.
Life progress, status changes, these are things that I can't really control, the only thing that I can do, is to make an effort, to always keep in touch with friends...
I have some other friends, where I can laugh with, laugh at, laugh together as well, out of my hometown, however... I know very well that, the laughter is different, I am slightly different as well... the chemistry is different...
This is the reason why I am pretty drawn to 'the reason why people laugh'...
of course, the first thing that trigger me to start wondering is, this saying and insight by David Hewson...
One of my friends sent me these jokes the other day... (for best result, say it out loud) :-D
JOKE 01
An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA When
the American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of -ese are you?"
The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you
mean."
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?" Again, the Japanese was
confused over he question.
The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you...
Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese! etc......???"
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked, "What kind of
'key' was he". The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what
kind of -kee' am I?"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"
*MORAL - NEVER INSULT ANYONE*
JOKE 02
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a
meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a magic lamp. They
rub the lamp and a ghost appears. The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted
three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want to be
in the Bahamas, on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff" and he was
gone.
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be in
Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails." Pfufffff" and
he Was also gone.
The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after
lunch at 12.35pm."
*MORAL OF THE STORY IS: " ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSSES TO SPEAK FIRST"*
Bauerism... Addiction!!
Wa Ha Ha!!! Finally it's finished, '24' Season 5, I LOVE the Finale... especially the final hour when Jack kidnapped Logan, and was trying to get him to confess... ooh... when he just stared at Logan and let him do all the talking in the chopper.. :-) cute!!
However...
Hendersen should have just run away when he did quietly 'runaway' from the submarine... it's kinda err... sad, seeing him being killed by Jack. Hendersen knows Jack VERY VERY well... so, bad script writer!! Even thou my it's heartbreaking seeing Palmer being assasinated, and then, Michelle being bombed, then... Tony died in Jack's arm, but then... Hendersen really did safe millions of people's life and stopped 12 of the missles... :-(
I like Nina,
I like Habib Marwan... (wink!!)
I like Hendersen the most.....
Of all, Hendersen is the one that's most compatible to Jack, in everything... both of them have never underestimated each other, and both of them know each other very well, inside out...
I supposed... Hendersen's heart would break, when he knows he'd be killed by Jack, and I'd like to imagine that, Jack will feel lonely forever... (well... he may be able to suppress that very well, since he's experience many death of his close, and loved ones...)
Jack will feel lonely, cos, somebody that similar to you, will be gone forever... :-) ya!! I'd like to imagine that..
Hendersen... in a way, feeling sad, yet happy, cos, he's killed by Jack, rather than someone else...
Wah!~~~~~~ Bid GoodBye, Hendersen!!
AND~~~~~
Bierko SHOULD have just bring the last canister of the nerve gas to the presidential retreat, and 'gas down' stupid Logan!!!
Why on earth he wants to bring it to the submarine, killed those crews that's less important, and take all 15 minutes to arm the missiles, which let Bauer has the chance to take them down... hai... YES!! he should have just bring it to the presidential retreat, and that's the end of the story...
But, ok... the final 20 minutes, where Jack/Chloe have finally successfully get a brandnew set of recording of Logan's 'confession' is consoling... :-D
and it's really kinda thrilled seeing Martha's "I WIN" face... :-)
Finally, I am wondering where that stupid slipper-face Miles has gone.. ya, to the WhiteHouse... by betraying Karen and the whole CTU...
I really really really dislike him, just by looking at his slipper-face!!!
That slap that Karen gave him was just far too mild... yep... she should have slapped him with A SLIPPER!!!
and took him to the interrogation room, give him some jab!!!
Season 6!!
Addicted... to Jack!! :-)
However...
Hendersen should have just run away when he did quietly 'runaway' from the submarine... it's kinda err... sad, seeing him being killed by Jack. Hendersen knows Jack VERY VERY well... so, bad script writer!! Even thou my it's heartbreaking seeing Palmer being assasinated, and then, Michelle being bombed, then... Tony died in Jack's arm, but then... Hendersen really did safe millions of people's life and stopped 12 of the missles... :-(
I like Nina,
I like Habib Marwan... (wink!!)
I like Hendersen the most.....
Of all, Hendersen is the one that's most compatible to Jack, in everything... both of them have never underestimated each other, and both of them know each other very well, inside out...
I supposed... Hendersen's heart would break, when he knows he'd be killed by Jack, and I'd like to imagine that, Jack will feel lonely forever... (well... he may be able to suppress that very well, since he's experience many death of his close, and loved ones...)
Jack will feel lonely, cos, somebody that similar to you, will be gone forever... :-) ya!! I'd like to imagine that..
Hendersen... in a way, feeling sad, yet happy, cos, he's killed by Jack, rather than someone else...
Wah!~~~~~~ Bid GoodBye, Hendersen!!
AND~~~~~
Bierko SHOULD have just bring the last canister of the nerve gas to the presidential retreat, and 'gas down' stupid Logan!!!
Why on earth he wants to bring it to the submarine, killed those crews that's less important, and take all 15 minutes to arm the missiles, which let Bauer has the chance to take them down... hai... YES!! he should have just bring it to the presidential retreat, and that's the end of the story...
But, ok... the final 20 minutes, where Jack/Chloe have finally successfully get a brandnew set of recording of Logan's 'confession' is consoling... :-D
and it's really kinda thrilled seeing Martha's "I WIN" face... :-)
Finally, I am wondering where that stupid slipper-face Miles has gone.. ya, to the WhiteHouse... by betraying Karen and the whole CTU...
I really really really dislike him, just by looking at his slipper-face!!!
That slap that Karen gave him was just far too mild... yep... she should have slapped him with A SLIPPER!!!
and took him to the interrogation room, give him some jab!!!
Season 6!!
Addicted... to Jack!! :-)
2006-07-28
"24" - Respect!!
THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN 1AM AND 3AM
:-)
well... ya, that's the event that happened between this 2 hours, on day 5!!
2+1 men, that I want to mention :-)
The secretary of DOD, :-( (Crying out loud and salute to him!!)
James Heller, he didn't listen to Jack, but thought that, he could convince President Charles Logan to quietly step down. However at the very last minute, when Henderson manage to get the evidence that will implicate Logan, Logan changed face, and in return, force Heller to resign.
On the way out from the Presidential Retreat, Heller was followed by a chopper. Henderson told Jack that, if he's not safe, with the evidence, the people on the chopper will shoot Heller...
Jack called Heller who's driving, to confirm what Henderson had just said... and not to put Jack in the difficult situation, while admitting that it's his fault that he didn't listen to Jack and caused such difficult situation, he drove himself out to the cliff into the late... in that 1/2 a minute... decision making is fast... even too fast for Jack to take any reaction.
What a respectable military man!!! hai...
Man No.2, the pilot of the diplomatic flight, 520
His response to Jack's demand is very strict, but respectable... he didn't bother to waste time to talk to, or negotiate with Jack, simply he didn't think that Jack was genuine that time. Come on!! Jack hijacked the plane... haha... it's cute, cos, he, Jack, himself spoke and acted like a terrorist.. that's cute!!
Jack told the pilot that he's a federal agent, and there's something that will implicate the national security on the plane and he needs to find out the person. The pilot just told him, he'll still fly the plane back to the airport, according to protocal, and if Jack IS a federal agent, he'll know what to do, and cut off the line...
Then, when Jack found out that, it's the co-pilot, who's having the evidence (that Henderson passed to him earlier on, right after he took it from Jack) and told him that, this co-pilot is changed the last minute before the plane took off...
Being a man with brain and heart, he confirmed the fact himself.. and quietly, good-timingly, opened the latch of the pilot cabin door... and let Jack in!! hurray!!!
ok,
another man!! Bill Buchanan..
this is what my brother posted to me... :-) anybody interested??
EXPERIENCE:
CTU - Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
Division - Associate Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles Office
Division - Senior Agent, Seattle Office
Division - Intelligence Analyst, Seattle Office
CTU - Agent, New York Domestic Unit
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, English – Brown University
PERSONAL:
Single
Anyway, just thought that, when he's kicked out of the CTU office, by the homeland people, scenes involving him, and especially when Chloe went to his house to continue helping Jack, who is, at that time, hijacking the plane, is kinda cute... :-)
:-)
well... ya, that's the event that happened between this 2 hours, on day 5!!
2+1 men, that I want to mention :-)
The secretary of DOD, :-( (Crying out loud and salute to him!!)
James Heller, he didn't listen to Jack, but thought that, he could convince President Charles Logan to quietly step down. However at the very last minute, when Henderson manage to get the evidence that will implicate Logan, Logan changed face, and in return, force Heller to resign.
On the way out from the Presidential Retreat, Heller was followed by a chopper. Henderson told Jack that, if he's not safe, with the evidence, the people on the chopper will shoot Heller...
Jack called Heller who's driving, to confirm what Henderson had just said... and not to put Jack in the difficult situation, while admitting that it's his fault that he didn't listen to Jack and caused such difficult situation, he drove himself out to the cliff into the late... in that 1/2 a minute... decision making is fast... even too fast for Jack to take any reaction.
What a respectable military man!!! hai...
Man No.2, the pilot of the diplomatic flight, 520
His response to Jack's demand is very strict, but respectable... he didn't bother to waste time to talk to, or negotiate with Jack, simply he didn't think that Jack was genuine that time. Come on!! Jack hijacked the plane... haha... it's cute, cos, he, Jack, himself spoke and acted like a terrorist.. that's cute!!
Jack told the pilot that he's a federal agent, and there's something that will implicate the national security on the plane and he needs to find out the person. The pilot just told him, he'll still fly the plane back to the airport, according to protocal, and if Jack IS a federal agent, he'll know what to do, and cut off the line...
Then, when Jack found out that, it's the co-pilot, who's having the evidence (that Henderson passed to him earlier on, right after he took it from Jack) and told him that, this co-pilot is changed the last minute before the plane took off...
Being a man with brain and heart, he confirmed the fact himself.. and quietly, good-timingly, opened the latch of the pilot cabin door... and let Jack in!! hurray!!!
ok,
another man!! Bill Buchanan..
this is what my brother posted to me... :-) anybody interested??
EXPERIENCE:
CTU - Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
Division - Associate Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles Office
Division - Senior Agent, Seattle Office
Division - Intelligence Analyst, Seattle Office
CTU - Agent, New York Domestic Unit
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, English – Brown University
PERSONAL:
Single
Anyway, just thought that, when he's kicked out of the CTU office, by the homeland people, scenes involving him, and especially when Chloe went to his house to continue helping Jack, who is, at that time, hijacking the plane, is kinda cute... :-)
Kind ~ Happy
I once came across an article (oops... which I am not sure if I have mentioned over my blogs before or not)
it says...
"the more kind-hearted a person is, the happier that person is"
Well... what I am going to say is... mm... not because after reading that sentence and that it changes my mind, but rather... I have somehow agreed to what the sentence is saying, and that, when I came across this very sentence... BLINK!!
Another friend, long time ago, told me, if you're angry, or unhappy, you're merely taking other's mistake to upset yourself...
So... why looking into other's mistake, and make ourselves unhappy, and angry..
mm... I guess, it's solely because of this "I" that's making the whole world so miserable...
Sometimes, even we perform those so-called great deed, or self-sacrification deeds, it's simply for a self-jusdification... most of the time, we still think about ourselves, then, we perform those deeds...
"mm... if I don't do it, I am a bad person"
"mm... if I do it, people will think that I am good"
"mm... mum/teacher taught me, in such circumstances, I have to do this"
"mm..."
side dish: there's one story of Dr.House, where a voluteering/world doctor (who's also kind of a star or wellknow doctor or something) caught an unknown dicease when he's in Africa. When that doctor was being hospitalized, he kept wanting to go back to work, and insisted that, without him, so many other people in Afrida will die. Everybody thought that he's important. Of course, here come the sarcastic Dr.House who'll just pick on him, and try to find out something 'negative' about this world doctor and try to make his life difficult, even thought he's HIS patient. When people argue that, this world doctor is really very important, to the whole word, such a VIP person, cos, he saves many people's life, Dr.House just answered, "so, you're saying that, McDonald is more important than your mother" :-) kaka, I like that!!
Anyway... that is out of the topic...
(Let me drive back to the correct lane first)
Ok..
Ya... just now, when I was doing some housechores, I suddenly started to think...
mm... ya... I am not happy, simply because I'm a sinful person...
isn't that very true...???
I think, I am sinful, because, I pick on others, I see their bad habits rather than their good side...
I therefore, not forgive them, and keep linger on how bad they are, and make myself more and more unhappy...
and throughout the days and nights, I tell myself more and more, to justify my feeling... then comes one day..
I don't feel THAT unhappy anymore, and I finally reach a conclusion that, I am the victim, and that I am actually right, and that the person is actually the evil/bad one... and so on...
and then one day.. my heart is rotten, and hardened... and YAY!! I'm deep down in the pit of sin...
That's why, I started to think... that 2 sentences that I mentioned...
My mother is a very happy and cheerful and err.. blur lady... why??
becuase, I can see that she forgives, and she forgives and then, she forgives...
and then, she prays... her life doens't belong to herself anymore, and... "she" doesn't belong to herself anymore...
Even though sometimes... this type of people with such characters, may irritates you..
but then... deep down in my heart, I know that, it's simply because it's a place I can't reach, it's a place I don't understand... and that, it challenges my "I" status.. and that somehow makes me upset...
see... that's the thing... cos, I'm a sinful person, so, I keep feeling unhappy, sometimes...
mm...
therefore I started to think again... and again...
if you're feeling unhappy...
look into the mirror, touch your heart, ask "what's wrong with you??"
rather than sitting down there, talking loud about your principle..
and start counting how much the world owe you and upset you...
my opinion is...
the world(a.k.a. people/things/happenings around you) will continue to upset you, regardless to zillionth, you have counted...
however... looking into the mirror, touching your own heart, and pray...
it's a simpler thing to to :-) (I am a lazy person)
what happened to the world's wrong-doing.. doens't really matter...
what matters is what's happening inside you...
inside me...
it says...
"the more kind-hearted a person is, the happier that person is"
Well... what I am going to say is... mm... not because after reading that sentence and that it changes my mind, but rather... I have somehow agreed to what the sentence is saying, and that, when I came across this very sentence... BLINK!!
Another friend, long time ago, told me, if you're angry, or unhappy, you're merely taking other's mistake to upset yourself...
So... why looking into other's mistake, and make ourselves unhappy, and angry..
mm... I guess, it's solely because of this "I" that's making the whole world so miserable...
Sometimes, even we perform those so-called great deed, or self-sacrification deeds, it's simply for a self-jusdification... most of the time, we still think about ourselves, then, we perform those deeds...
"mm... if I don't do it, I am a bad person"
"mm... if I do it, people will think that I am good"
"mm... mum/teacher taught me, in such circumstances, I have to do this"
"mm..."
side dish: there's one story of Dr.House, where a voluteering/world doctor (who's also kind of a star or wellknow doctor or something) caught an unknown dicease when he's in Africa. When that doctor was being hospitalized, he kept wanting to go back to work, and insisted that, without him, so many other people in Afrida will die. Everybody thought that he's important. Of course, here come the sarcastic Dr.House who'll just pick on him, and try to find out something 'negative' about this world doctor and try to make his life difficult, even thought he's HIS patient. When people argue that, this world doctor is really very important, to the whole word, such a VIP person, cos, he saves many people's life, Dr.House just answered, "so, you're saying that, McDonald is more important than your mother" :-) kaka, I like that!!
Anyway... that is out of the topic...
(Let me drive back to the correct lane first)
Ok..
Ya... just now, when I was doing some housechores, I suddenly started to think...
mm... ya... I am not happy, simply because I'm a sinful person...
isn't that very true...???
I think, I am sinful, because, I pick on others, I see their bad habits rather than their good side...
I therefore, not forgive them, and keep linger on how bad they are, and make myself more and more unhappy...
and throughout the days and nights, I tell myself more and more, to justify my feeling... then comes one day..
I don't feel THAT unhappy anymore, and I finally reach a conclusion that, I am the victim, and that I am actually right, and that the person is actually the evil/bad one... and so on...
and then one day.. my heart is rotten, and hardened... and YAY!! I'm deep down in the pit of sin...
That's why, I started to think... that 2 sentences that I mentioned...
My mother is a very happy and cheerful and err.. blur lady... why??
becuase, I can see that she forgives, and she forgives and then, she forgives...
and then, she prays... her life doens't belong to herself anymore, and... "she" doesn't belong to herself anymore...
Even though sometimes... this type of people with such characters, may irritates you..
but then... deep down in my heart, I know that, it's simply because it's a place I can't reach, it's a place I don't understand... and that, it challenges my "I" status.. and that somehow makes me upset...
see... that's the thing... cos, I'm a sinful person, so, I keep feeling unhappy, sometimes...
mm...
therefore I started to think again... and again...
if you're feeling unhappy...
look into the mirror, touch your heart, ask "what's wrong with you??"
rather than sitting down there, talking loud about your principle..
and start counting how much the world owe you and upset you...
my opinion is...
the world(a.k.a. people/things/happenings around you) will continue to upset you, regardless to zillionth, you have counted...
however... looking into the mirror, touching your own heart, and pray...
it's a simpler thing to to :-) (I am a lazy person)
what happened to the world's wrong-doing.. doens't really matter...
what matters is what's happening inside you...
inside me...
WEBLog
I didn't know when it's actually started, what I learnt is it's an evolution...
It used to be geocities and some other service provider, providing you a space where you can build your own website and so on...
then... now, it's evolved to become a place for networking... networking with friends, friends' friends, and so on... and suddenly the whole world is connected in 1 place...
I mean, world of friends...
I personally like to read my friends' blogs... I used to be thinking that... people like to read other's blog it's becuase of err... curiosity, and human's nature of peeping into other's business... secret... and so on...
however... well... I know, I don't have a bunch of moron friends, who'll really simply post anything harmful, or x-rated, or foolish on their own blog.. and most of the time, I know that, they really think properly before putting them down into words, and they really do their best to write a sincere sentence...
Therefore, I like to read them...
to know what they're up to recently...
to know what's bothering their mind recently...
to know what they're happy about or sad about recently..
(providing if they do write on a regular basis...) but it's thrill to see them writing... again, it's not because I think that I get a chance to peep into their dark secret,
it's because, I know that, they've finally 'matured' their thinking and willing to open it up to friends... ya.... friends...
and then... after reading, I will always think that... ooh.... she/he's back to normal again :-)
Isn't that amazing, it's so private but yet, it's so opened...
It's a funny place to be in, and well... I guess... the bottom line is... somehow we do have a little 'feeling lonely me' inside ourselves...
which we want to say out, but couldn't...
which we want others to know, but we're not sure how others will think about us...
or, simply, which.. at that time, at that place, there isn't anybody there to listen to us...
therefore, we transform our thought, our energy into words...
unless you're a real psychotic person, so far... I haven't really seen these words, meant to be sword, to kill the reader...
what I feel when I was reading them is...
"know me, I want you to know me... understand what I feel"
it's a space of words, practically words, and words, but it's also a place of feelings...
if you're really you friend's blog, rather than peeping into other's business :-)
It used to be geocities and some other service provider, providing you a space where you can build your own website and so on...
then... now, it's evolved to become a place for networking... networking with friends, friends' friends, and so on... and suddenly the whole world is connected in 1 place...
I mean, world of friends...
I personally like to read my friends' blogs... I used to be thinking that... people like to read other's blog it's becuase of err... curiosity, and human's nature of peeping into other's business... secret... and so on...
however... well... I know, I don't have a bunch of moron friends, who'll really simply post anything harmful, or x-rated, or foolish on their own blog.. and most of the time, I know that, they really think properly before putting them down into words, and they really do their best to write a sincere sentence...
Therefore, I like to read them...
to know what they're up to recently...
to know what's bothering their mind recently...
to know what they're happy about or sad about recently..
(providing if they do write on a regular basis...) but it's thrill to see them writing... again, it's not because I think that I get a chance to peep into their dark secret,
it's because, I know that, they've finally 'matured' their thinking and willing to open it up to friends... ya.... friends...
and then... after reading, I will always think that... ooh.... she/he's back to normal again :-)
Isn't that amazing, it's so private but yet, it's so opened...
It's a funny place to be in, and well... I guess... the bottom line is... somehow we do have a little 'feeling lonely me' inside ourselves...
which we want to say out, but couldn't...
which we want others to know, but we're not sure how others will think about us...
or, simply, which.. at that time, at that place, there isn't anybody there to listen to us...
therefore, we transform our thought, our energy into words...
unless you're a real psychotic person, so far... I haven't really seen these words, meant to be sword, to kill the reader...
what I feel when I was reading them is...
"know me, I want you to know me... understand what I feel"
it's a space of words, practically words, and words, but it's also a place of feelings...
if you're really you friend's blog, rather than peeping into other's business :-)
2006-07-20
24 - Tony died, OFFICIALLY!! CRYING OUT LOUD!!
Ah~~~~~~~~~~~ (Big Loud Cry!!!!!!)
Tony died, Tony died!!!!!!!!
I knew it, but I don't want to see it!!!
Poor Tony, when he's finally awake, he found out that Michelle is DECEASED!!
When he's kinda awake and wanted to kill Hendersen, Jack stopped him!!!
Just like the terrorists should never underestimate Jack, CTU and Jack should never ever underestimate Henderson...
Come on!! Henderson is the one who recruited Jack and trained Jack, they're just like each other...
Tony shouldn't have hesitated to kill Henderson!! (Cry!!) and it's because of that split second's hesitation,
Cost his own life... Bloody Henderson, (he's just like Jack, after being tortured to near-death, he's still able to recover and jump around!!) turned around and forced the syringe that's in Tony's hand back to his own neck!!
Wa~~~~~~~~~~ ""(*0*)"" CRY!!!!!!
Poor Jack, he lost one of his mates AGAIN!! ""(*0*)"" CRY!!!!!!
Anyway.. this episode (these 2 episodes, 7-9pm, HA HA! TV here has been airing Supersized '24' to the viewers, what a pamper, and less torture!) is quite a shocking episode,
ie. we heard that, Audrey Raines was the one who sold the schemetic to the International Intelligence Broker (what a good job) and "everybody has a price", Oh!! but Jack said, he's not 'sellable', that's cute! :-)
ie. Lynn McGill died, of good cause... :-( well... I scolded him, when he didn't bother to report that his keycard was taken away, just to save face, but then... it's still sad seeing that he's to die, exposing himself to the nerve gas, to save the rest of the people... like the guard who's with him (he also died in the same event) said to him, "you caused 40-50 people dead, just because you don't want to be embarrassed??", yes, Lynn died, and yes, I felt sympathetic about him :"-(
ie. Jack tried to strangle Barry, and accused him of taking advantage on the stupid daughter Kim, haha!! that's cute!! ya... Barry is soooooo important, cause "he's there when nobody was"---Cheh!! This woman really has never failed to piss me off!!
ie. Wayne Palmer is up to something, but I'm not sure why of all people he has to tell Aaron, rather than Jack??
Well.. wait and see!! :-)
Tony died, Tony died!!!!!!!!
I knew it, but I don't want to see it!!!
Poor Tony, when he's finally awake, he found out that Michelle is DECEASED!!
When he's kinda awake and wanted to kill Hendersen, Jack stopped him!!!
Just like the terrorists should never underestimate Jack, CTU and Jack should never ever underestimate Henderson...
Come on!! Henderson is the one who recruited Jack and trained Jack, they're just like each other...
Tony shouldn't have hesitated to kill Henderson!! (Cry!!) and it's because of that split second's hesitation,
Cost his own life... Bloody Henderson, (he's just like Jack, after being tortured to near-death, he's still able to recover and jump around!!) turned around and forced the syringe that's in Tony's hand back to his own neck!!
Wa~~~~~~~~~~ ""(*0*)"" CRY!!!!!!
Poor Jack, he lost one of his mates AGAIN!! ""(*0*)"" CRY!!!!!!
Anyway.. this episode (these 2 episodes, 7-9pm, HA HA! TV here has been airing Supersized '24' to the viewers, what a pamper, and less torture!) is quite a shocking episode,
ie. we heard that, Audrey Raines was the one who sold the schemetic to the International Intelligence Broker (what a good job) and "everybody has a price", Oh!! but Jack said, he's not 'sellable', that's cute! :-)
ie. Lynn McGill died, of good cause... :-( well... I scolded him, when he didn't bother to report that his keycard was taken away, just to save face, but then... it's still sad seeing that he's to die, exposing himself to the nerve gas, to save the rest of the people... like the guard who's with him (he also died in the same event) said to him, "you caused 40-50 people dead, just because you don't want to be embarrassed??", yes, Lynn died, and yes, I felt sympathetic about him :"-(
ie. Jack tried to strangle Barry, and accused him of taking advantage on the stupid daughter Kim, haha!! that's cute!! ya... Barry is soooooo important, cause "he's there when nobody was"---Cheh!! This woman really has never failed to piss me off!!
ie. Wayne Palmer is up to something, but I'm not sure why of all people he has to tell Aaron, rather than Jack??
Well.. wait and see!! :-)
2006-07-14
24 - Logan & Edgar
Yesterday's '24', it's from 5pm-7pm...
I guess... this season (season 5) of '24' is more... err.. emotional... at least, it's more emotional for me...
it's really quite 'heart breaking' when I saw Edgar coming out from the basement, looking at the bunch of 'survivor' (nerve gas survivor) in the sealed conference room, as it's sealed, so, the room cannot be opened anymore.. I guess, we all wish that the room can be opened again, and Edgar can come in and thus be saved, but no... he's dying... I guess... mm... after all the previous seasons, for once, '24' try to be a little bit emotional... or maybe it's because, for once, for this season, I don't rush through the season, and therefore, there's room to be emotional for me :-)
Previouly, I used to rush through the whole season, 1 hour/1 episode followed by another, tightly, and I could finish the whole season within 1 day, ya, just like I've gone through the full intense 24 hours myself... well... it's an experience.. as if, you're watching 'real time' :-) however... for this season (season 5), I have been watching it on the Australia National TV (Channel 7) and well... the TV broadcaster have been very kind to the audience. '24' is aired in supersized, ie. it's aired 2 hours per day, and 2 days per week, but only for 1 week of a month. ie. after the supersized week, the following week will be back to normal, ie. 1 hour per day, and then, followed by the next day's 1 hour... however, that's good enough for me... otherwise, once a week? come on? the suspense will kill me...
(just like season 3, when Chappelle has to be executed, by Jack Bauer, I didn't like Chappelle at all, he's more irritating than George Mason, and less comedic, but when Jack asked if he's any message or anything to say to some people, after thinking for a while, he actually shook his head and say 'no'. ie. How lonely this man is, and how sad his life is... as sometimes, we all think that, ah!! maybe one day we die, nobody will actually feel sad for us, but then... there WILL always be somebody who'll cry for our 'departure'. However, for Chappelle's case, it really seems to be NOBODY, that's very depressing!!)
Ah!!! and the irritating Kim Bauer is out again... why wasn't she killed by the nerve gas... sigh!!! I find it extremely irritating when she's not thrilled at the fact that her own father is in fact, still alive, and then, after that, she keep lingering on the fact that, the father didn't trust her, and didn't want to let her know that, he's in fact NOT DEAD!!! come on... we all know that, (after season 2, the one with the nuclear bomb threat, in that season, Jack told her not to tell people about the nuclear bomb threat, but then, she almost told everybody she met on her runninng-away route out of LA, come on!!!!)she's the most untrustable person on earth. And when she's even comparing herself with Chloe (the fact that Chloe knows that Jack is not dead) as who's more trustworthy... and Chloe gave her this answer... to shut her up, good work chloe, (I really feel like giving Kim a slap on her so-called beautiful face... nah!!!! Elisha Cubert doesn't look as pretty as when she's in 'The Gal Next Door' anymore, and her complexion deteriorate... serve her right!!) Chloe said to her, "Of all people who knows your father is still alive, half is dead, Palmer was assasinated, Michelle is dead, and Tony is in critical condition now. I am still standing here cos your father found me in time!!" and YES!!! stupid Kim shut up for a while, otherwise, she'll still continue to act as if she's so smart...
Oh!! Back to the topic.. well... I know (somehow I know, read from forum's threads) that Logan will be a bad guy... but, so far, I haven't found him as irritating and as useless as the previous season. He seems to have progressed a little bit. And having his wife, Martha around also helps improve the scenes with Logan... otherwise, like the previous season, there're several time, I really feel like throwing my TV remote control to the TV screen, to smash Logan's face... and recently, both Logan and the wife Martha, well.. both the actor and actresses are nominated for Emmy Awards Best Supporting Actor and Actresses... mm... well done, then!!
Mm... only one wish I have with '24', others die or not die throughout the 24 hours, doesn't matter (since my favourite Tony and Michelle will be dead and is already dead, but of course, I really hate to see Jack's close pals go away/die) but, I wish... hm... Kim will be dead soon :-)
Most irritating roles in '24', since season 1,
season 1 - Terri and Kim Bauer, like mother like daughter, I really can't stand their character as in, both of them are just so nosy, hm!! if Terri is less nosy, didn't sniff around in CTU, which she shouldn't at all, cos, she's just a common civilian, she won't be killed by Nina, and for Kim, same thing goes to her, Nina should have killed her there and then... (That's why, as opposed to MOST viewers of '24', I hate this season the most)
season 2 - Kim Bauer, and Shirley Palmer... Kim, never improves, and Shirley.. another woman who's so hunger of power, and do all the funny things to get it
season 3 - still, Shirley Palmer, good that, she's in the end, DEAD!!!
season 4 - I kinda like this season, even thou it's not that outstanding, cos, at least, all those irritating characters are gone, oh!! ya, now I remember, Audrey Raines... another cry baby, just like Terri, I don't know why, Jack always ended up with this type of women!!! hai...
season 5 - well.. so far so good, Audrey has proven to be much stronger and louder (I like the part she's yelling and arguing with Lynn, so different from the previous season, where she'll just sit there and cry) and she's not scared anymore, and won't disapprove anymore, when Jack 'needs' to torture to get information :-) ghee... Oh!! I like the part where Jack, scare, beat up, yell at Christopher Henderson, still can't get a word off Henderson, and this Henderson (of course, he's the one who recuited Jack into CTU and trained him, so, if we think Jack is good, Henderson, if not better, will be just as good as Jack, so, don't dream of getting any words out of him) keep challenging him to shoot him, then... oh!!! unexpectedly, Jack shot Miriam Henderson, on her uppper thigh... haha!!! that's thrill!! Jack's really a man of action!!! but of course, I guess Henderson knows that Jack is not a truly cruel man, even though he threaten to, but he WON'T kill Miriam, so, in the end... ya, Jack still didn't get anything out of Henderson... sigh...
I guess... this season (season 5) of '24' is more... err.. emotional... at least, it's more emotional for me...
it's really quite 'heart breaking' when I saw Edgar coming out from the basement, looking at the bunch of 'survivor' (nerve gas survivor) in the sealed conference room, as it's sealed, so, the room cannot be opened anymore.. I guess, we all wish that the room can be opened again, and Edgar can come in and thus be saved, but no... he's dying... I guess... mm... after all the previous seasons, for once, '24' try to be a little bit emotional... or maybe it's because, for once, for this season, I don't rush through the season, and therefore, there's room to be emotional for me :-)
Previouly, I used to rush through the whole season, 1 hour/1 episode followed by another, tightly, and I could finish the whole season within 1 day, ya, just like I've gone through the full intense 24 hours myself... well... it's an experience.. as if, you're watching 'real time' :-) however... for this season (season 5), I have been watching it on the Australia National TV (Channel 7) and well... the TV broadcaster have been very kind to the audience. '24' is aired in supersized, ie. it's aired 2 hours per day, and 2 days per week, but only for 1 week of a month. ie. after the supersized week, the following week will be back to normal, ie. 1 hour per day, and then, followed by the next day's 1 hour... however, that's good enough for me... otherwise, once a week? come on? the suspense will kill me...
(just like season 3, when Chappelle has to be executed, by Jack Bauer, I didn't like Chappelle at all, he's more irritating than George Mason, and less comedic, but when Jack asked if he's any message or anything to say to some people, after thinking for a while, he actually shook his head and say 'no'. ie. How lonely this man is, and how sad his life is... as sometimes, we all think that, ah!! maybe one day we die, nobody will actually feel sad for us, but then... there WILL always be somebody who'll cry for our 'departure'. However, for Chappelle's case, it really seems to be NOBODY, that's very depressing!!)
Ah!!! and the irritating Kim Bauer is out again... why wasn't she killed by the nerve gas... sigh!!! I find it extremely irritating when she's not thrilled at the fact that her own father is in fact, still alive, and then, after that, she keep lingering on the fact that, the father didn't trust her, and didn't want to let her know that, he's in fact NOT DEAD!!! come on... we all know that, (after season 2, the one with the nuclear bomb threat, in that season, Jack told her not to tell people about the nuclear bomb threat, but then, she almost told everybody she met on her runninng-away route out of LA, come on!!!!)she's the most untrustable person on earth. And when she's even comparing herself with Chloe (the fact that Chloe knows that Jack is not dead) as who's more trustworthy... and Chloe gave her this answer... to shut her up, good work chloe, (I really feel like giving Kim a slap on her so-called beautiful face... nah!!!! Elisha Cubert doesn't look as pretty as when she's in 'The Gal Next Door' anymore, and her complexion deteriorate... serve her right!!) Chloe said to her, "Of all people who knows your father is still alive, half is dead, Palmer was assasinated, Michelle is dead, and Tony is in critical condition now. I am still standing here cos your father found me in time!!" and YES!!! stupid Kim shut up for a while, otherwise, she'll still continue to act as if she's so smart...
Oh!! Back to the topic.. well... I know (somehow I know, read from forum's threads) that Logan will be a bad guy... but, so far, I haven't found him as irritating and as useless as the previous season. He seems to have progressed a little bit. And having his wife, Martha around also helps improve the scenes with Logan... otherwise, like the previous season, there're several time, I really feel like throwing my TV remote control to the TV screen, to smash Logan's face... and recently, both Logan and the wife Martha, well.. both the actor and actresses are nominated for Emmy Awards Best Supporting Actor and Actresses... mm... well done, then!!
Mm... only one wish I have with '24', others die or not die throughout the 24 hours, doesn't matter (since my favourite Tony and Michelle will be dead and is already dead, but of course, I really hate to see Jack's close pals go away/die) but, I wish... hm... Kim will be dead soon :-)
Most irritating roles in '24', since season 1,
season 1 - Terri and Kim Bauer, like mother like daughter, I really can't stand their character as in, both of them are just so nosy, hm!! if Terri is less nosy, didn't sniff around in CTU, which she shouldn't at all, cos, she's just a common civilian, she won't be killed by Nina, and for Kim, same thing goes to her, Nina should have killed her there and then... (That's why, as opposed to MOST viewers of '24', I hate this season the most)
season 2 - Kim Bauer, and Shirley Palmer... Kim, never improves, and Shirley.. another woman who's so hunger of power, and do all the funny things to get it
season 3 - still, Shirley Palmer, good that, she's in the end, DEAD!!!
season 4 - I kinda like this season, even thou it's not that outstanding, cos, at least, all those irritating characters are gone, oh!! ya, now I remember, Audrey Raines... another cry baby, just like Terri, I don't know why, Jack always ended up with this type of women!!! hai...
season 5 - well.. so far so good, Audrey has proven to be much stronger and louder (I like the part she's yelling and arguing with Lynn, so different from the previous season, where she'll just sit there and cry) and she's not scared anymore, and won't disapprove anymore, when Jack 'needs' to torture to get information :-) ghee... Oh!! I like the part where Jack, scare, beat up, yell at Christopher Henderson, still can't get a word off Henderson, and this Henderson (of course, he's the one who recuited Jack into CTU and trained him, so, if we think Jack is good, Henderson, if not better, will be just as good as Jack, so, don't dream of getting any words out of him) keep challenging him to shoot him, then... oh!!! unexpectedly, Jack shot Miriam Henderson, on her uppper thigh... haha!!! that's thrill!! Jack's really a man of action!!! but of course, I guess Henderson knows that Jack is not a truly cruel man, even though he threaten to, but he WON'T kill Miriam, so, in the end... ya, Jack still didn't get anything out of Henderson... sigh...
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