akiko satou

^that.

I got a call yesterday telling me to go back to take a listening retest!!

Written & oral are both ok but my listening is quite (absolutely) CMI, I wonder what they'll do if I fail it again? Not let me continue to intermediate lessons? Make me retake Elementary 3? wut?!

I normally catch the series on Channel U on weekdays 10-11pm with my mom, but since it's the last few episodes already, I went to finish up the series online. till 4am. (/die) ( but I'm on leave today. so there. lol ) BUT. 囧 it's a korean drama nonetheless, and korean dramas are so painful to watch. 囧 The last few episodes were particularly terrible... though the male lead started looking good. In the earlier episodes his hair was some (strange) curly 'do, then in the last few his curly fringe was gelled up nicely and suddenly(+!) he looks very much better. Oh. and his scarves. zomg I have this sudden urge to get some nice scarves.. He has all these intense moments where his eyes are so 誘人. (mmm) and I don't even like guys with small eyes to begin with, but I think he's looking and acting really well here.

There is *a lot* of pretty eye-candy in this whole series. so much so that I kept staring at the clothes. the accessories. the american-born-asian actor ( Mr French Chef ). If I saw the tops that Yoo Hee wears in shops, I would have thought they were too OTT for my taste. ( many puffy sleeves + ruffles and garing colors + prints ) But in the show the tops are always paired with fabulous-looking matching necklaces + earrings + shoes + somehow she carries it off really well.

The male lead and Mr French Chef ( his mentor+good friend+possible gay partner (lol) ) look so hot together in the show. Srsly. They should have a spin-off cooking series just featuring them both. ahhhhhh. Then there's this annoying/terribly-written 'villian' played by Kim Jung Hoon (eh whos that actually) who is so pretty that it makes me feel sad about myself. ( He's a guy btw ) (囧)

This semi-review is dedicated to chicella  because I think you'd like the show. Or at least go take a look at the eye-candy from this series. :) If you're too busy just look at some of the screencaps here .

Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.

1. I think I'm weird.

2. I'm addicted to World of Warcraft ... but I also want to dress up in gothic-lolita dresses (someday).

3. I like apples - I (try to) eat one every night. It helps me sh*t.

4. I love dogs .. I love my dog. In fact I always bite off small chunks of my apple to share with her.

5. I can't keep long fingernails.. when I was young and taking piano lessons my teacher would send me out of the room to cut my nails if they were long-ish and made "tick-tick" sounds on the keys. Since then i've not kept long nails. I don't paint my nails either 'cos it feels as though the nails can't breathe; i'm fine with painting my toenails though.

6. I read manga but I don't watch anime.

7. I troll forums and blogs and refresh them every 10 min at work when there's nothing to do.

8. I have <1 gb of mp3s.

9. My favourite color is brown.

10. I hate mondays.


err. I don't have 10 other ppl on my friends list to tag leh. tagging chicella i guess

"I find it a bit random that Awesome and Awful mean the opposite of their components. One would think to be full of Awe is the better than possessing only some amount of Awe." - Jason Mraz


You know you're really bored at work when ...

not only do you surf wiki about the music (singers/bands) you're listening to, you're reading their blogs off MySpace.

well, at least they're not '85/'86 jpop idols (*snigger*).

I was at youtube looking at music videos.. when I read that creed has ceased to be. went to their main site and check, and zomg they've already ended on june 4th. gee, too much WoW does you no good.

"One Last Breath" is my all-time favourite because of the amazing guitar intro and the lyrics! /sob

Recently I've been toying with the idea of learning guitar + saving up to buy myself a new piano and continue lessons. But... I am just toooo lazy.... QQ