Als ik ’s avonds thuiskom, wacht mij een heel gezellig onthaal. Ik doe de deur van de woonkamer open en Billy zit altijd om de hoek op me te wachten. Zodra ze mij ziet, rent ze miauwend naar me toe en gaat vervolgens tegen mijn been staan. En dan begint het. Aan mijn schoenen, aan mijn broekspijpen, aan mijn handen, mijn gezicht, mijn jas, mijn tas: overal moet aan gesnuffeld worden. Billy wil weten waar ik geweest ben, met wie en wat ik allemaal heb gedaan.

De neus

In de neus van een kat zitten 17 miljoen zenuwcellen. Dat is vier keer zo veel als bij een mens. De neus is vooral afgestemd op stikstof omdat deze stof zich in rottend voedsel bevindt. Hierdoor is de kat ook goed in staat om voedsel te beoordelen op eetbaarheid. Een kat bezit ongeveer 500 smaakpapillen, terwijl een mens er ruim 9000 bezit. Katten laten zich dan ook voornamelijk leiden door geuren. Bij de keuze van een seksuele partner is de geur beslissend. Ook bij het kiezen van eten. Katten die verkouden zijn weigeren voer niet omdat ze geen honger hebben, maar omdat ze het niet kunnen ruiken. Om de kat dan toch te laten eten is een sterkere geur nodig, bijvoorbeeld gerookte bokking of gebakken lever.

Orgaan van Jacobson

De reuk- en smaakorganen zijn nauw met elkaar verbonden doordat de neusholte (a) uitkomt in de bek (b). Cellen in het reukepitheel (c) ‘proeven’ zwevende stoffen in de lucht en zenden prikkels naar het reukcentrum in de hersenen (d). Smaakpapillen op de tong (e) reageren op stoffen in het voedsel. Ook deze prikkels gaan naar het reukcentrum (d). Door het verhemelte (gele stukje) loopt een kanaal naar het Orgaan van Jacobson (f). Dit orgaan is bezet met reukgevoelige cellen, die in verbinding staan met centra in de hypothalamus (g). De hypothalamus is van belang voor het seksueel gedrag en de eetlust. Vanuit daar volgt een handeling van de kat. Eten of niet eten. Bespringen of niet.

Flemen

Als een kattenneus overmatig wordt geprikkeld, fleemt de kat: hij opent de bek en trekt het aroma scherp naar binnen. Hierbij zijn de neusvleugels gesloten en gaan de gaten van het Orgaan van Jacobson openstaan. Geurmoleculen in de lucht worden opgevangen op de tong. De tong duwt deze moleculen tegen de opening van het Orgaan van Jacobson. De kat rekt de hals, opent de bek en krult de bovenlip op in een grijns. Wilde katachtigen vertonen hetzelfde gedrag.

Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer

Tabbed by Júlio Mendonça da Costa
Email: juliomendonca_@hotmail.com

Standard Tuning

Chords used by John (you can play the full notes, it doesn't matter, but i think it
better this way):
A     x02220
D/F#  2x023x
F#m   2x422x
F     1x3213
C     x32013
G     320033

OBS : To the big E string John uses the tong to hold the note or kill it (x).It's cool,
more pratical.

OBS2: The parts with A : you can switch the freets played in the B string, 0, 2 or 3
usual) and on the G string too, 2 (usual) or 4.

OBS3: The parts with D/F# : you can switch the freets played in the B string, 0, 2 or 3
usual).

Make yourself comfortable to choose the combinations you like, John himself doesn't have
pattern.

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A D/F#
A D/F#

A
Lightning strikes
                           D/F#
Inside my chest to keep me up at night
A
Dream of ways
                         D/F#
To make you understand my pain

A
 Clouds of sulfur in the air
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A
 Once you want it to begin,
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare

       F#m        A
If you want more love,
               D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m        A
If you want more love,
               D/F#
why don't you say so?

A
Drop his name
                         D/F#
Push it in and twist the knife again
A
Watch my face
                       D/F#
As I pretend to feel no pain

A
 Clouds of sulfur in the air
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A
 Once you want it to begin,
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare

       F#m        A
If you want more love,
               D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m        A
If you want more love,
               D/F#
why don't you say so?

     F       C G      (check the time for this passage,G to C, it's
Just say so...         quick comparing the time you stay on F)

F    C G
F    C G
F    C G

F
 How come the only way to know how high you get me
      G
is to see how far I fall
F
 God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me
      G
but I can't break free at all.
         A
It's a heartbreak...

A
 I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight
           D/F#
Let's just fix this whole thing now
A
 I swear to God we're gonna get it right
       D/F#
If you lay your weapons down
A
 Red wine and ambien
                                D/F#
You're talking shit again, it's heartbreak warfare
A
 Good to know it's all a game
                                D/F#
Disappointment has a name, it's heartbreak warfare

A D/F#  ...

Tong-lehti, josta kirjoitin aikaisemmin, tipahti tänään tuoreimman numeron muodossa eteiseni lattialle. Lehden 3. numero keskittyy Espanjaan, tarkemmin sanottuna Espanjan viinien tulevaisuuteen. Kirjoittajina häärii joukko tunnettuja nimiä Portugalin Douron laakson Dirk Niepoortista Espanjan lounaiskulmissa viinejä tekevään Rafael Palaciokseen. Temparanilloa potkitaan kuin vierasta koiraa. Päräyättävä numero, joka tuotti minulle yhdellä istumalla nautintoa keskihintaisen Bordeaux-viinin edestä…

Mistä päästäänkin otsikossa mainitsemaani viinipettymykseen. Kuten blogia seuranneet saattavat olla huomanneet, tartun kohtuullisen mielelläni tuntemattomien alueiden pullotteisiin, jos aprikoin, että nimen takaa saattaisi löytyä potentiaalia. Kukaties kyltymätön haluni valita pulloja sokkona on vain epätoivoinen yritys päästä käsiksi huippuviineihin halvemmalla (mikä on paikka paikoin onnistunut), kukaties kyllästyneisyyttä tunnetuimpiin kolkkiin, mutta myönnän auliisti, ettei keittiönpöydälle päädy ainoastaan voittajapulloja.

Tällä kertaa pettymyksen tuotti Bordeauxin tuoreen satelliitti-appelaation, Montravelin, alueelta ponnistava viini: Terre de Pique Segue ”Anima Vitis” 2002 (24,90€). Jännittävään nimeen ja kohtuullisen korkeaan hintaan nähden tarjolla oli yllätyksetön Merlot-vetoinen viini, jonka nokka on luumuinen, seetrinen ja hieman paprikainen Merlotille tyypilliseen tapaan. Maku on suoraviivainen, painavakin, mutta hedelmältään ohut ja kokonaisuutena hivenen ryhditön. Keskivaihe on ontto ja jälkimakua hallitsee raskas tammisuus ja malolaktinen suutuntuma. Helposti unohtuva viini, jossa ei yksinkertaisesti ole charmia.

Bouche bée.

Jammie …  

2009-2010 sezonu ISU Grand Prx yarışmalarının dördüncüsü olan NHK Trophy, Japonya’nın Nagano kentinde 6 – 8 Kasım 2009 tarihleri arasında yapıldı. Yarışmaya 13 ülkeden 60 patenci katıldı.

Erkeklerde, Fransız Biran Joubert birinci (232.70 – kısa – serbest – gösteri), Amerikalı Johnny Weir ikinci (217.70 – kısa – serbest – gösteri), Çek Cumhuriyetiden Michal Brezina üçüncü (217.48 – kısa – serbest – gösteri) sırayı aldı.

Bayanlarda, Japon Miki Ando altın (162.55 – serbest – gösteri), Rus Alena Leonova gümüş (160.85 – serbest – gösteri), Amerikalı Ashley Wagner bronz (155.99 – serbest – gösteri) madalya kazandı. Madalya töreni – Final

Çiftlerde, Çinli Qing Pang/Jian Tong çifti birinci (199.65 – kısa – serbest – gösteri), Rus Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov çifti ikinci (193.05 – kısa – serbest), Amerikalı Rena Inoue/John Baldwin çifti üçüncü (158.78 – kısa – gösteri)  oldu .

Buz Dansı’nda, Amerikalı Meryl Davis/Charlie White birinci (201.97 – orijinal – serbest – gösteri), İngiliz Sinead Kerr/John Kerr ikinci (177.73 – orijinal – serbest – gösteri), Kanadalı Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier üçüncü (165.89 – orijinal – serbest – gösteri) sırayı elde etti.

ERKEKLER

Kısa ve serbest programda birinci olan Fransız Brian Joubert, altın madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 70.65 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 76.70 puan alan Joubert, toplam 147.35 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda ikinci oldu. Kısa (43.10 üzerinden 46.80 + 38.55 = 85.35 puan) ve serbest program sonundsa toplam 232.70puan elde eden Joubert, genel sıralamada birinci oldu ve altın madalya kazandı.

Fransız patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 68.49 üzerinden 70.65 puan aldı.

Paris’teki Trophée Eric Bompard yarışmasında dördüncü olan Joubert, toplam 24 puan elde etti. Joubert, büyük bir ihtimalle final yarışmasına katılamayacak.

Kısa ve serbest programda üçüncü olan Amerikalı Johnny Weir, genel sıralamada ikinciliği elde etti ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 68.15 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 71.20 puan alan Weir, toplam 139.35 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda üçüncü oldu. Kısa (38.30 üzerinden 41.70 + 36.65 = 78.35 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 217.70 puan elde eden Weir, genel sıralamada ikinciliğe yükseldi ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Amerikalı patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 64.03 üzerinden 68.15 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında dördüncü olan Weir, toplam 22 puanla final yarışmasına kalamadı.

Kısa programda altıncı, serbest programda ikinci olan Çek Cumhuriyetinden Michal Brezina, genel sıralamada üçüncülüğe yükseldi ve 0.22 puan farkla Weir’in gerisinden kalarak bronz madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 78.78 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 67.90 puan alan Brezina, toplam 146.68 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda ikinci oldu. Kısa (34.70 üzerinden 37.10 + 33.70 = 70.80 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 217.48 puan alan Brezina, 0,22 puan farkla ikinciliği kaçırdı ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Çek patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 69.08 üzerinden 78.78 puan aldı.

Brezina, üçüncü olduğu için 11 puan kazandı. Çek patencinin başka bir Grand Prix yarışmasına katılması öngörülmüyor, dolayısıyla finalde olmayacak.

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ERKEKLER SIRALAMASI

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BAYANLAR

Kısa ve serbest programda ikinci olan Japon Miki Ando, genel sıralamada birinciliğe yükseldi ve altın madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 48.93 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 58.40 puan alan Ando, (düşme) 1 ceza puanı indirilmesinden sonra toplam 106.33 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda ikinci oldu. Kısa (29.50 üzerinden 28.70 + 28.52 – 1 (düşme) = 56.22 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 162.55 puan elde eden Ando, genel sıralamada birinci oldu ve altın madalya kazandı.

Japon patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 45.43 üzerinden 48.93 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında da birinci olan Ando, toplam 30 puan kazandı ve final yarışmasına katılma hakkını elde etti.

Kısa programda beşinci, serbest programda birinci olan Rus Alena Leonova, genel sıralamada ikinci sırayı aldı ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 57.07 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 51.44 puan alan Leonova, toplam 108.51 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda birinci oldu. Kısa (27.10 üzerinden 26.90 + 26.44 – 1 (düşme) = 52.34 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 160.85 puan elde eden Leonova, genel sıralamada ikinci oldu ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Rus patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 56.77 üzerinden 57.07 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında üçüncü olan Leonova, toplam 24 puan elde etti. Leonova, büyük ihtimalle final yarışmasına katılamayacak.

Kısa programda birinci, serbest programda üçüncü olan Amerikalı Ashley Wagner, genel sıralamada üçüncülüğe indi ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 45.61 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 53.84 puan alan Wagner, toplam 99.45 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda üçüncü oldu. Kısa (27.80 üzerinden 29.62 + 26.92 = 56.54 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 155.99 puan elde eden Wagner, genel sıralamada üçüncülüğe indi ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Amerikalı patenci, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 50.81 üzerinden 45.61 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında ikinci olan Wagner, toplam 24 puan elde etti. Wagner, büyük ihtimalle final yarışmasına katılamayacak.

Kısa programda sekizinci olan İsviçreli Sarah Meier, sakatlık nedeniyle yarışmadan çekildi.

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BAYANLAR SIRALAMASI

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ÇİFTLER

Kısa programda ikinci, serbest programda birinci olan Çinli Qing Pang/Jian Tong çifti, genel sıralamada birinciliği elde etti ve altın madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 69.63 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 62.72 puan alan Çinli ikili, toplam 132.35 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda birinci oldu. Kısa (33.30 üzerinden 37.74 + 30.56 – 1 (süre ihlali) = 67.30 puan) ve kısa program sonunda toplam 199.65 puan elde eden Qing/Pang çifti, genel klasmanda birinciliğe yükseldi ve altın madalya kazandı.

Çinli ikili, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 58.95 üzerinden 69.63 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında da birinci olan Pang/Tong çifti, toplam 30 puanla final yarışmasına katılmaya hak kazandı.

Kısa programda birinci, serbest programda ikinci olan Rus Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov çifti, genel klasmanda ikinciliğe indi ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Kavaguti/Smirnov çiftinin fırlatmalı dörtlü salchow denemesinde Kavaguti fena şekilde düştü. Çift, düşmeye bağlı olarak Kavaguti’nin omzunun çıkmasından dolayı programa ara vermek zorunda kaldı. Kavaguti’nin omzunun tekrar yerine yerleştirilmesinden dolayı çift programına kaldığı yerden devam etti. Rus ikili, düşmeden dolayı 1, programa uzun süre ara ermekten dolayı 2 ceza puanı aldı. Kavaguti/Smirnov, bu durumdan dolayı gösteriye çıkamadı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 65.39 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 61.76 puan alan Rus çifti, (1 düşme ve programa uzun süre ara verme) 3 ceza puanı kesilmesinden sonra toplam 124.15 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda ikinci oldu. Kısa (33.30 üzerinden 38.94 + 29.96 = 68.90 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 193.05 puan elde eden Kavaguti/Smirnov ikilisi, genel sıralamada ikinci oldu ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

Rus çifti, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 61.41 üzerinden 65.39 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında da ikinci olan Kavaguti/Smirnov çifti toplam 26 puan elde etti. Final yarışmasına katılıp katılmayacağı rakiplerinina alacağı sonuçlara bağlı…

Kısa programda dördüncü, serbest programda üçüncü olan Amerikalı Rena Inoue/John Baldwin çifti, genel sırlamada üçüncülüğe yükseldi ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 59.14 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 49.12 puan alan Inoue/Baldwin çifti, (düşme ve süre ihlali) 2 ceza puanı kesilmesinden sonra toplam 106.26 bölüm puanıyla serbest programda üçüncü oldu. Kısa (30.30 üzerinden 29.04 + 24.48 – 1 (düşme) = 52.52 puan) ve serbest program sonunda toplam 158.78 puan elde eden Inoue/Baldwin ikilisi, genel sıralamada üçüncülüğe yükseldi ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Amerikalı çift, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 60.90 üzerinden 59.14 puan aldı.

Pariste’ki Trophée Eric Bompard yarışmasında dördüncü olan Inoue/Baldwin ikilisi, toplam 20 puanla finale kalamadı.

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BUZ DANSI

Üç yarışmayı da birinci sırada tamamlayan Amerikalı Meryl Davis/Charlie White çifti, altın madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 49.50 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 51.29 puan alan Davis/White ikilisi, toplam 100.79 bölüm puanıyla birinci oldu. Zorunlu (15.50 üzerinden 18.90 + 19.19 = 38.09 puan), orijinal (26.70 üzerinden 31.50 + 31.59 = 63.09 puan) ve serbst dans sonunda toplam 201.97 puan elde eden Davis White çift, genel sıralamada birinci oldu ve altın madalya kazandı.

Amerikalı çift, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 40.80 üzerinden 49.50 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında da birinci olan Davis/White çifti, toplam 30 puanla finale katılma hakkını elde etti.

Üç yarışamda da ikinci olan İngiliz Sinead Kerr/John Kerr ikilisi, gümüş madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 43.00 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 43.16 puan alan Kerr/Kerr kardeşler, toplam 86.16 bölüm puanıyla serbest dansta ikinci oldu. Zorunlu (15.50 üzerinden 17.42 + 17.62 = 35.04 puan), orijinal (24.70 üzerinden 28.10 + 28.43 = 56.53 puan) ve serbest dans sonunda toplam 177.73 puan alan Kerr/Kerr çifti, genl sıralamada ikinciliği elde etti. ve gümüş madalya kazandı.

İngiliz dansçılasrı, teknik değerlendirmede, elemenalarının toplam temel değeri olan 39.30 üzerinden 43.00 puan aldı.

Paris’teki Trophée Eric Bompard yarışmasında üçüncü olan Kerr/Kerr kardeşler, toplam 24 puan elde etti. Kerr/Kerr çifti, büyük ihtimalle final yarışmasına katılamayacak.

Zorunlu dansta dördüncü, orijinal ve serbest dansta üçüncü olan Kanadalı Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier çifti, genel klasmanda üçüncü oldu ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Teknik değerlendirmede 43.20 puan, bileşenler değerlendirmesinde de 41.31 puan alan Crone/Poirier ikilisi, toplam 81.51 bölüm puanıyla serbest dansta üçüncü oldu. Zorunlu (15.50 üzerinden 15.40 + 15.11 = 30.51 puan), orijinal (23.90 üzerinden 26.20 + 24.67 = 50.87 puan) ve serbest dans sonunda toplam 165.89 puan alan Crone/Poirier çifti, genel sıralamada üçüncülüğü elde etti ve bronz madalya kazandı.

Kanadalı çift, teknik değerlendirmede, elemanlarının toplam temel değeri olan 38.50 üzerinden 43.20 puan aldı.

Moskova’daki Rostelecom Cup yarışmasında dördüncü olan Crone/Poirier çifti, toplam 20 puanla finale kalamadı.

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NHK Trophy’de zorunlu dans olarak Tango Romantica belirlendi. Tango Romantica, romantik bir havası olan ve tangonun lirik ifade özelliklerine sahip bir dans olarak bilinir. Kayılmasında dansçıların kenar kullanımı çok önemlidir. Adım dizilerinin zorluğuyla bilinen dans, akıcı olmalıdır.

1976 Olimpiyatları şampiyonu Ludmilla Pakhomova ve Alexander Gorshkov ile antrenörleri Elena Çaykovskaya tarafından hazırlanan Tango Romantica, ilk kez Moskova’da 1974’te sunuldu.

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Lucky Roo adalah salah satu kru utama dalam kelompok Bajak Laut Rambut Merah

Orang ini sangat gemuk dan selalu terlihat sedang memegang atau menggigit sebongkah daging, dia juga terlihat selalu menggunakan google sepanjang waktu. Penampilannya pada awal cerita dengan ketika terlihat bersama kru yang lain di sebuah pulau saat Mihawk datang adalah yang mengalami paling sedikit perubahan. Dalam setiap keadaan, Lucky selalu terlihat tersenyum ceria, bahkan saat Shanks sedang bertarung melawan Shirohige.

Lucky terlihat sebagai seorang kru yang sangat suka bersenang-senang, dia sangat sering terlihat sedang bersenang-senang bersama Yasopp. Dia adalah orang pertama yang terlihat membunuh orang dalam One Piece (lihat buku 1).

Lucky juga seorang yang sangat suka minum. Di awal cerita dia terlihat sering menenggak minuman dari tong besar sendirian.

Lucky punya kemampuan untuk tiba-tiba muncul, seperti ketika dia tiba-tiba muncul untuk menembak anak buah Higuma yang menodong si Kapten, dan hal itu dilakukannya sambil makan.

Sampai chapter 561, senjata yang digunakannya belum berubah, yaitu pistol lama jenis flintlock.

Trivia

Ada kemungkinan bahwa nama orang ini terinspirasi dari nama Lucky Luke, seorang cowboy fiksi dari komik Perancis-Belgia dengan judul samayang diciptakan oleh Morris de Bevere. Lucky Luke terkenal sebagai “Orang yang menembak lebih cepat daripada bayangannya sendiri”.

I was supposed to post last night because I promised my fobby friend I would, except I forgot and ended up not posting. The reason why I forgot was probably because I have nothing to post about.

Uuuum. Stupid fat smelly old guy tried to touch me on the bus. He had a choice between the rest of the bus and the seat next to mine. Obviously he sat next to me and made himself even fatter to maximize his potential of touching me. I kept edging away, but I was sitting by the window. Any more edging and I would’ve been plastered to the window.

Word of advice: When its like, 5-6pm ish, or any other time after that and you’re on an almost empty bus: 1. Don’t sit at the back and 2. Don’t sit in a corner where you can’t get out if some perv smelling like death chooses to sit next to you.

Honestly I have not been having good experiences with people lately.

Oh yeah, my Panda friend (fell on his butt today when he was playing badminton SO EPIC he was like so fucking intense and then he got too excited and SMASHED THE CRAP OUT OF THE BIRDIE and slipped and fell on his bum >x3 and obviously I burst out laughing) forced us to try popping popcorn with our cellphones. I think he was the only one out of all of us who thought it would work, and when he didn’t, he explained that it was because the kernels were a year old. Sure (:

Tong gave me a ride home, and he told me that cellphones are a lot safer now. Apparently you aren’t supposed to use your cellphone at the gas station. It’s not as risky now, but apparently accidents have happened before. He said: “It exploded.” And I was like, “The cellphone?” And he paused. “No, the gas station.” Maybe I was just tired, but I found that to be funny. Maybe it was the way he said it …

There’s a 2PM event in Vancouver tomorrow at Oakridge! I realized that it’s horribly last minute to post it, but I’M GOING TO BE THERE AND … WATCH! WOOT! AND RECORD IT! AND POST IT! WOOT! I got too excited I think I just threw up a little bit there.

More info: Vancouver Dance & Time Stop Flash Mob

I’m interested in knowing why it’s called Dance & Time Stop Flash Mob. Just seems like a random jumble of words.

I heard about the Xmas Market at the Convention Center downtown, between Nov 11 to Nov 15 (why is this an Xmas Market? It should be a Middle-of-November-Market). It’s $6 with a student ID. Maybe I should double check the dates … But yeah! Check it out! LOl

And fucking check this shit out:

Legendary.

I was going to post an FML on perverts, but I saw this and it made me go “awww D:” and then I started to laugh. I am a horrible person. Self-slap. -200 cool points.

FML of the day:

“Today, I had to complete a project for my course in Italian. We had to write a little paragraph about a friend. I had to make one up. FML.”

I already have an idea for my next post. Has nothing to do with today’s post though, but you can try guessing!

Nites
WG

P.S. Inspiring comic day was yesterday. Go check it! LOL Cyanide & Happiness

I have been waiting for this TVB series for a whole year, finally, it will be released on 19th October 2009. The title of this post is the title of the series. The title tells all, the evil plots to survive and to achieve higher rankings among woman in palace (Tong Dynasty). The series will be 33 episodes long.

This idea of this series came out last year (2008), aimed to break the record of Jewel in the Palace (50 rating points) and Moonlight Resonance (50 rating points). This series is going to be similar with Korean’s Jewel in the Palace, now it’s Hong Kong version, which is said to be better.

The synopsis of the series: (source from Astro on Demand)

Imperial Household Bureau is responsible for managing and directing all household services to the Emperor and the Imperial family in Tong Dynasty. It is comprised of four departments, namely Jewels, Attire, Food and Furnishings. LAU SAM HO (Charmaine Sheh) and YIU KAM LING (Tavia Yeung) are introduced into the bureau in their tender age and brought up in the disciplines of the palace. The two girls are diligent. YUEN TSUI WAN (Susanna Kwan), Head of the Jewels, and CHUNG SUET HA (Michelle Yim), Head of the Attire, are both very fond of HO for she is a kind-hearted young girl. Soon, they start fighting for the fellowship of HO.

HO always remembers her mother’s words left to her before she passed away, that she was told, ‘Doing good deeds, Speaking good words, Showing goodwill’. She lives her life of being gracious and kind-hearted in the palace. On the other hand, LING believes her survival in palace is achieved through cruel and calculating tactics. She cheats and schemes her way to the top and finally becomes the concubine. Though she realizes that HO has fallen in love with the chess master KO HIN YEUNG (Kevin Cheng), her jealousy still arouses by HO’s attraction to the Emperor LEE YI (Moses Chan). Fearing that she is losing power, she ruthlessly makes up a false allegation against HO for murdering the Empress (Mary Hon) and condemns her to death. No matter how clever she is to scheme, things do not go the way she planned. By using a strong comparison of the two distinctive characters, HO and LING, the message of the drama is that “benevolence” is the only way to gain final victory.

Three exciting trailers of the series I have found out from YouTube:

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Can’t wait to watch this series, really looking forward to it, high expectation on it, to be the most favourite and best TVB series of the year (the other contender is Rosy Business and Born Rich). TVB wants to promote more on Tavia Yeung Yi this time (last year winning Best Supporting Actress of her acting in Moonlight Resonance). This series, she will be the main villain, accompanying other experienced villains like Susan Tse (villain in Rosy Business), Michelle Yim (villain in Moonlight Resonance, Best Actress in 2008), Susanna Kwan (villain in Heart of Greed). This is the first time Tavia acting as villain character while Charmaine is always the good character (boring) one.

Lead actresses: Charmaine Sheh, Tavia Yeung, Michelle Yim, Susanna Kwan.

Lead actors: Moses Chan, Kevin Cheng.

Supporting actresses: Susan Tse, Selena Li, Kara Hui, Mary Hon, etc.

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Must watch it on time, despite the busy schedule of my semester, because it’s almost end of my semester, time to complete all assignments, models, presentations, examinations, etc.

Zowheej, het weekend is omgevlogen!
Het was weer is lekker samen met m’n ventje…..en dat was uiteraard gezellie. Natuurlijk was het ook wel weer zeer kort, maar we hebben deze keer uit te kijken naar volgend weekend en daar aan vast, want het is dan eindelijk weer is vakantie, yes! Dus eindelijk weer is wat meer tijd samen.

Tjongejonge zeg, ik heb sinds een paar dagen een zwelling onder m’n tong….en dat is best para! Ik heb het nog niemand vertelt, want tja…..wie weet is het niets…..of straks is het juist wél iets! Ja erg hoor, heb gister op internet allemaal dingen zitten opzoeken over gezwellen onder de tong, bah. Het gaat dan nl. in de regel over een tumoren…..mond kanker Nou daar wordt je niet vrolijk van zeg, dat kan ik je wel vertellen. Ja, eerlijk gezegt ben ik er dubbel over. Aan de ene kant kan ik het niet geloven, maar aan de andere kant ben ik ergens toch ook wel erg bang. Tjonge hoor me praten dan, ik praat er al over alsof het daadwerkelijk kwaadaardig is. :-S Nu moet ik zeggen dat ik gister ook in de bijsluiter van de medicatie die ik sinds een paar dagen had genomen, ook stond dat er zomaar zwellingen kunnen ontstaan in de lip, tong etc. Ja, een overgevoeligheidsreactie zeg maar. Dus ja, dat pak je op dat moment wel aan als lichtpuntje. Op dat moment, want daarna overschaduwd de angst toch ook wel weer hoor. Wat nou als…..dan…… Ja hey, bij iemand gewoon 2/3 van z’n tong weg moeten halen…..en nog meer van die fantastische operaties. PARA dus… Inderdaad!
Maar ok. Het weekend is achter de rug. Welliswaar met een dubbel gevoel….maar toch. Morgen wél even de huisarts bellen, want beter er zo snel mogelijk achter komen wat het is, denk ik dan maar. Het stomme is dat ik de laatste tijd zo ongelooflijk slecht slaap en dat ik dacht dat ik soms een praten had als van een aangeschoten persoon en dit dan afschoof op het slaap tekort. Maar ja wie weet wat het nu dan straks blijkt te zijn zeg. Je moet er toch niet aan denken.
Gister toen ik m’n ventje naar bed deed en een stukje voor las, moest je in dat verhaalte doen alsof je het koud had of zo. Een brrr brrr zeg maar. Dit ging dus gewoon niet hè!!!!!!! M’n tong slaat dan meteen vast, zo dik dat ie is. Nou dat kan toch nooit goed zijn. Toch?

Nou ik gaat hier maar over ophouden, want vrolijker wordt ik er niet van.
Toeldels…..en wordt vervolgt! (ja ook als het een goed bericht is!)

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Chronologically (as we’ve been proceeding apart from when I forgot Out For a Kill) the next film is supposed to be Out of Reach.  But the way the box sets worked out we ended up with two copies of that particular film so Pod and I are going to try and liveblog it from either side of the Irish Sea.  So we skipped on to the next film, Into the Sun.

Vern gave this one a pretty good review and the fact that it was released theatrically in Japan, that I knew it had sword fights and that it has that hilariously awesome cover were all pointing towards this being another favourite, but I’m sorry to say it fell very short of the mark.  Perhaps to appreciate it the way Vern did you have to see Out of Reach in between, because next to the mind-blowing Belly of the Beast it just doesn’t really measure up.  Seagal plays Travis Hunter, a (possibly) ex-CIA man who now runs a sword dealership in Japan.  Again, SPOILERS:  Some bullshit happens to some politician and then the young Yakuza are teaming up with the Chinese Tongs nad not respecting the old Yakuza.  Seagal’s old CIA boss calls him in as an expert in these matter since he grew up in a rough neighbourhood and then dispatches him to do…well I’m not sure but his rookie partner, Agent Mack, is along for the ride.  Then some bad shit happens to someone Seagal loves and to someone he doesn’t love but is associated with, so finally he goes and kills a bunch of people with a sword.  Boom.

This is one big long movie of Steven Seagal fucking about.  The movie gets set up in the first ten or so minutes (despite it’s horribly self-important title sequence: ooohhh asian letters…on fire!) and then for the next hour, the entire fucking hour, we get to see either Seagal or his partner or the Yakuza assholes fuck about doing absolutely nothing and then there’s a big sword fight.  That’s a bit unfair.  There are a couple of other action sequences.  There’s an admittedly pretty good fight in a market and there’s an old-school over in five seconds sequence where Seagal goes in and kills a bunch of people in an apartment with a sword and a fight with a Tong Lieutenant who ends up going out the window.  So that’s four action sequences, which you might say isn’t bad for straight-to-DVD stuff, and it isn’t, but it’s the fact that everything in between is so inane that makes the fights unengaging.

I really can’t stress how much I didn’t care about what the fuck Seagal was doing in this movie.  He goes about and talks to a bunch of different people and we’re supposed to figure out who they are, how Seagal knows them and how they figure into the gang war that’s going on between the younger Yakuza/Tongs and the older Yakuza.  He talks to some old Chinese motherfucker that maybe trained him?  He gives him a young Chinese girl who’s going to be his shield.  Later on I think he brings a message from Seagal to someone and is never seen again.  In one following scene it’s implied that he’s fine, but in another he doesn’t seem to be.  He talks to a different old Japanese motherfucker who’s connected to one or both factions of the Yakuza in some way, it’s never really explained because he isn’t directly involved in the ultimate Yakuza counter attack.  That’s a group of old Yakuza led by some old dude who won’t act but then he gets killed by the young ones for no other reason than for the younger (but still old) lieutenant to take over and strike back.  Seagal talks to both of these guys at different points.  There’s another Japanese dude that seems to meet Seagal at a club and who he trusts but I don’t remember meeting him and I had no idea who he represents.  On top of this Seagal has a young inept partner arbitrarily assigned to him by his CIA boss (the reporter from Die Hard 1 & 2) who serves no purpose other than to provide bad comic relief and get himself killed.  Then there was also that Senator getting killed.  That was never resolved, nor was the fact that Chiaki Kuriyama seemed to be his daughter.  And I defy you to make any goddamn sense out of the entire sequence leading up to Agent Mack’s demise.

If all that seems confusing then good, because I have no idea what the fuck happened in this movie and I’ve got lots of other things to watch before I consider giving this any more of my time.  It’s better than The Foreigner, though because at least the people here have identities instead of “The Package” or “a conduit”.  Fuck, there’s also a tattoo artist who is apparently Seagal’s link to the Yakuza (he just does their tattoos so he isn’t a criminal, nothing shady) but he meets with at least the super-boss before he goes anywhere near this guy so I don’t know what’s happening.  I liked the character, though, and so must the director because he randomly gets included in the climactic battle where it’s suddenly revealed that apparently one of the young Yakuza guys killed his family.  This is never mentioned before.  They just needed to crowbar in some motivation for him.  There’s a lot of subtext about young versus old and lack of respect and the next generation always moving to greater extremes but it’s all lost in an incoherent plot.  All of this bullshit adds up to the movie committing the cardinal sin of any bad movie: it’s dull.  A movie can be as bad as it wants as long as there something there to make you want to watch.  This film drags like a motherfucker.  It’s interminable.  By the time the final fight happens you just want it to end so you can watch Submerged and I can think of no greater indictment than that.

The only thing that stops the bullshit is the fact that a club owner who Seagal gets information one is killed, seemingly because she seems nervous around the boisterous, armed, unpredictable Yakuza boys in her club.  If they know she’s talking to Seagal then we sure as fuck don’t know they know.  But the thing about this club owner is that apparently she’s Seagal’s fucking fiancé.  He seems to like her (why not, she’s pretty hot) and says things like “I love you, babe”, but it always seemed that he was saying it more like Kojak, but no he actually meant the he loved her loved her, like in stories.  Because in the middle of all this fucking about we suddenly end up in a park with Seagal proposing to this girl and I would have been completely surprised if I didn’t already know it was coming from Seagalogy.  Then they have some really awkward sex.  Back at her place, not in the the park.  Anyway, she gets killed and then Seagal finally does something, yay.

There are some really annoying transitions, presumably due to mink(small m)’s history as a music video director and there’s a huge technical problem the UK DVD at least.  There’s a lot of Japanese and a lot of Chinese spoken in this movie.  Sometimes there are exchanges where Seagal’s speaking English and someone else is speaking one of the other languages, but on the DVD track I couldn’t find a subtitle track where only the non-English languages were subtitled.  If it’s there it’s definitely not the default one.  I don’t like watching people speak in English with English subtitle because you end up reading ahead of their delivery and missing the performance.  I always turn them off in videogames and I did not appreciate having to keep them on if I wanted to try and have some semblance of what was happening.  To me this is a huge problem and someone needs to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

It’s not all bad.  The movie looks nice and the fights are technically pretty good.  I can’t remember the bit in the market very well but the sword quick kills were pretty cool (although they happen before Mrs Seagal to be gets killed, I think, and I don’t know what gives Seagal the authority to just go and execute a rabble of Yakuza) and the fight with the Tong Lieutenant actually sees Seagal take a hit.  He ends up going through some glass that turns out to be a 15th storey window, with was a complete (and welcome) surprise.  The last fight’s a bit weird because the little Chinese girl is by far the most engaging and impressive to watch, so when Seagal shows up and does his thing it’s a little underwhelming.  Tattoo guy seems to only be there to get battle-damaged (but I don’t think they made action figures for this movie) and I can’t even remember how Seagal does the last guy in.  Although to be fair I can’t remeber that from Belly of the Beast either.  All of the sword fighting is nice since we don’t see much of it (except when he’s slicing arrows OUT OF THE FUCKING AIR) but since the rest of the movie is so dull I’m never really invested in the characters or engaged in their fights.

It was nice to see Seagal back in his old stomping grounds in Japan and he seems to be enjoying being there and it translates into his performance but not the film as a whole, which is utterly joyless.  I quite liked a lot of the supporting cast, particularly the old young yakuza who seems to have broken away from the old guard and is enjoying excess for the first time in his life at a much older age.  He’s delightfully slimy although ends up saying a lot of weird sexual stuff before mini Chinese girl kills his ass.  There are also some weird, but killer lines in there, like “What the fuck is an American doing swing a sword around?” or “I couldn’t sleep well knowing I hadn’t chopped off your balls yet” or “Battles are not decided by skill or technique, but by whoever has the most furious mind”.

With a more carefully planned script, some clear reason for why a scene is taking place and some better pacing this could have been a much better film, but as it stands it’s a dull, forgettable entry that looks nice with a few good sword fights and some great lines.

Up next: Submerged

OK. I’ve been blogging all week and I’m getting ready to take a trip to Philadelphia to visit my 89-year-old father and my 86-year-old mum. While there I will also be investigating a UFO report that happened last week in Bucks Country. My last BLOG will be on Tuesday of next week, but I wanted to take this opportunity to ask you to please consider supporting this site by purchasing the Monthly News Magazine!

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Before the Lewis to London trip, Jock set up his calendar stall in the streets of Stornoway and at several summer events in Lewis, including the Highland Games at Tong, where among many others he met someone interested not only in the calendar itself, but also in its aims:

“Dear Jock – I am a psychologist on the faculty of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. This July, I attended the Lewis Highland Games and bought a copy of your incredible calendar to show my colleagues how Scots ingenuity can raise funds for cancer research. So much more up-front than our Children’s Art Project scarves! Later that rainy day, I left my calendar temporarily with my 17-year-old son while I went on an errand. When I returned, to my horror I found my son had inadvertently left the bag with the calendar in the cafe where he had been eating and had come back to our B&B without it. I looked on the internet when we returned home, but until today could not find a way to purchase a replacement of the 2010 calendar. I would really like to purchase another 3 copies! I will look forward to the calendar…best of luck in your excellent fundraising endeavors.

Best wishes,
Leslie Schover PhD”

[Used with kind permission of the author]

Background:

They are one of the top bands of Japan, and for a great reason. They are in the electropop genre, and were formed in 1978. They are composed of 3 members; Yukihiro Takahashi (drums and vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards) and Haruomi Hosono (bass). The bass player, Haruomi Hosono (who was in the other influential rock group Happy End before) is widely regarded as the greatest bass player in Japan and as a group, they have been dominating, influencing and defining the electropop genre. He also has produced music for Seiko Matsuda, another leading and top lady singer from Japan, who I also like!!  They are also listed as the 2nd greatest band of all time in Japan, with the top being taken by Southern All stars. I consider this band legendary, and when most of their songs (from what Ive heard) dont have much lyrics its truely amazing theyve taken this kind of place. Also, note that their music is kind of like the ringtones/game music, only it appeared like 30 years ago before they had game music. Theyve been sampled by many artists and they play a lot at concerts. To play such amazing music, without getting anything wrong, is just LEGENDARY.

I also especially like Yukihiro Takahashi, he seems like an incredible drummer!!

According to wikipedia:

• Jennifer Lopez sampled “Firecracker” for her 2001 single I’m Real.
• The 1982 SEGA arcade game “Super Locomotive” uses Rydeen, from the album Solid State Survivor, as a continuous loop soundtrack.

These are some of my favourite, hope you like them too and please leave some comments!
PS: Ive never ever liked all the songs on an album, and I can say I like all of the songs in their debut album Yellow Magic Orchestra!!

Tong Poo

La Femme Chinoise 中国女

Rydeen

Colors- Melody and Harmony la canción elegida como tema para el 35 aniversario de Hello Kitty.

Después de haberla  realizado durante su gira en  un concierto el 4 de julio en el Tokyo Dome  decidieron sacarla en CD. Esta saldrá el 30 de septiembre y sólo será interpretada por Micky y Jaejoong ya que compusieron y escribieron la totalidad del tema.

Depués de la guerra abierta con SM esto es una pequeña alegría para sus incondicionales fans.

Portada del CD

Portada DVD

La canción ♥

ATT Amaisex♥

Posti sujautti eilen kaksi ensimmäistä numeroa tuoreesta Tong-viinilehdestä. Kyseessä on 4 kertaa vuodessa ilmestyvä englanninkielinen viinijulkaisu, joka on raskaasta rakenteestaan huolimatta raikas tuulahdus ummehtuneessa viinijournalismissa.

Tong on flaamia ja tarkoittaa kieltä, mistä tarkkaavaisin saattaa päätellä, että kyseessä on belgialainen lehti. Kirjoittajat eivät silti ole lähinnä keskinäisistä kinasteluista tunnettuja belgialaisia, vaan viinimaailman osaajia eri puolelta palloa: geologeja, biologeja, viinin tekijöitä ja sosiologeja.

Tong on erikoinen yhdistelmä akateemista julkaisua ja graafisen alan lehteä. Sen visuaalinen ilme on pelkistetty ja artikkeleita täydentävät lähdeluettelot. Se on viinilehtenä kuin skeitillä työmatkansa taittava yliopiston dosentti, joka näyttää odotusten vastaisesti uskottavalta. Jos jutun juurena ovat maaperien kerrostumien rautakomponenttien variaatiot ja kirjoittajana tutkimusalan syövereihin hukuttautunut professori, huomaa keskivertolukija päätyvänsä lähelle käsityskykynsä rajoja. Ekslusiivisesta sisällöstä huolimatta lehden ote ei ole elitistinen.

Lehti on monella tapaa erilainen kuin mikään nykyisistä viinijulkaisuista. Sen sivuilla ei julkaista pisteytyksiä ja paremmuusjärjestyksiä. Se ei myöskään ole punaviinin keskinäinen kehumiskerho, jonka osanottajat keksivät kilvan uusia adjektiiveja paisuttaakseen makuelämystään. Poissa ovat life style -artikkelit luksuslomakohteista, keksiresepteistä tai monnin narrauksesta. Mikä mainiointa, lehdessä ei ole lainkaan mainoksia, minkä tulkitsen signaaliksi siitä, että julkaisu haluaa olla riippumaton teollisuuden vaikutuspiiristä ja jyrkästi lahjomaton, mikä lienee journalismin tärkeimpiä sääntöjä.

Miellyttävä piirre Tongissa on sen fokus. Kukin numero käsittelee vain yhtä aihetta (tähän mennessä Sauvignon blanc ja terroir, joista etenkin jälkimmäinen on ansiokas). Aiheita puidaan kriittisessä traditiossa: kirjoitukset eivät soi keskenään kaanonissa. Koska ne edustavat usein vastapooleja, jätetään eheän näkemyksen tuottaminen lopulta lukijan omille harteille. Mikäli merkitysten monitahoisuuden ja totuuden häilyväisyyden sietää viiniharrastuksessaan, tarjolla on korkeatasoisinta viinilehtijournalismia kukaties koskaan.

Kritiikiksi todettakoon, että asiantuntijakirjoittajien ilmaisun taso vaihtelee, kuten on tapana silloin, kun kyseessä eivät ole kirjoittamisen asiantuntijat. Toinen huomio kohdistuu lehden toimitukselliseen linjaan. Kirjoittavatko asiantuntijat samalle yleisölle vai naputteleeko yksi amatööriharrastajille ja toinen tieteelliselle vertaisryhmälle? Eräät artikkelit ovat sillä rajalla, että vaativat lukijoilta spesifin tieteenalan kompetenssia, käsitteistöstä lähtien, laajemmin kuin on poikkitieteellisessä yleisjulkaisussa mielekästä.

Tong ei ole halpa (100€/4 numeroa), eikä helppo, mutta oikeissa käsissä vastine panostukselle on kohdillaan. Suosittelen lehteä niille, jotka ovat upottautuneet viinin valtamereen liki kainaloitaan myöten, mutta tehneet sen verkkaisesti. Pää edellä hyppääjille lehti ei todennäköisesti tarjoa tarpeeksi tarttumapintaa.

DAY 10, JULY 30th

Mom called from Canada. She just had her operation. Take care and rest lots mom! Had a tita buy ice cream. She bought a gallon of Selecta Queso Real and a gallon of Rocky Road. Can’t get enough of it; I’ve already had 4 cups haha. Went to SM San Lazaro. Let’s just say we made our relatives happy. Bought a gift for our godson, Marty. It’s a Thomas or Tomas or somethin’ toy. He’s that creepy train with a face at the front thing. He actually kissed us on the cheek this evening; yes, because of the gift. Kids are funny. Bought fire-roasted chicken and liempo. It doesn’t sound appealing, but some of you would know that it’s good. Key word? Andok’s.

DAY 11, JULY 31st

This day started off slow, as it was raining. In a way, though, it was in preparation for where we were going. We visited the North Cemetery, where my lolo, recently deceased lola and cousin are buried. It was almost surreal seeing their names on a tombstone. I wanted to crack jokes, even a sarcastic remark as I usually do, but none came out.

Really, after this visit, one of our most important obligations for this trip has been accomplished.

In the evening, our tito Boy (all Filipino families have a tito Boy, often several) invited us to go bar-hopping. We didn’t quite bar-hop, as it poured rain again. It was so fun, though, ’cause he’s so refreshingly hip and funny, our tito Boy. He’s turning 60 soon. Yes, I was partying with a 60-year-old.

DAY 12, AUGUST 1st

After the long and entertaining night with my uncle, I woke up having to take the day slowly. Beer sucks. Beer sucks! On a more sombering tone, though, I found out that the former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino had passed away.

This is a real loss for all Filipinos with functioning brains. She was the champion of democracy, the symbol of peace and hope for Filipinos at the wake of Marcos’ martial rule. Thank you so much, Tita Cory, for making everything possible.

Played Tong Its with my tito Boy and kuya for 5 hours. It was tons of fun! Won about 100 pesos, which isn’t much, but is quite a bit considering our bets only start at 1 peso. Had good long chats with the boys. My other uncle came, Daddy Willy, and he also played with us. It felt right; a sense of belongingness in a family.

Ate at Aristocrat, my lolo’s (we called him Papa) favourite restaurant. Good food, and moreover, good company. Everyone was there.

DAY 13, AUGUST 2nd

Second day of Tita Cory’s memorial services. I really want to go. I think I’ll drag someone with me. Anyone.

Last day in Balut, but there was no water! I couldn’t take a shower! Man, I’ll just wait until I get to tita Ceng’s condo. As it turned out, we ended up swimming in penthouse pool again. This time with Cholo. He’s like my brother! The resemblance of their mannerisms is uncanny. Bad for the world! Just kidding kuya. You’re cool. Kinda.

Tita Ceng arranged merienda for us. Buko Pandan, Filipino bbq, sio mai, ginatan, pancit and BIKO, all but for the sio mai prepared by ate Cleng Cleng. Thanks ate Cleng! She’ll be the reason for my weight gain. Yes, I will gain weight, so don’t be shocked Winnipeg people. No limits, I’m just eating like a pig. Ended the day with karaoke-ing with the condo gang.

Ik hou van kersjes! Ik ben eigenlijk helemaal niet zo’n fruit-eter, en die twee ons groente haal ik ook lang niet altijd. Maar kersjes, die kan ik vrij eindeloos blijven eten.

Deze bak:

zag er dan ook al heel snel zo uit:

Maar wel pas nadat ik er oorbellen van had gemaakt natuurlijk.

Overigens kon ik vroeger met mijn tong een knoop leggen in een kersensteeltje. Jawel. Tot er een bijna in mijn keel schoot en ik half stikkend en half rochelend dat ding weer naar buiten werkte. Tja, dat was toch een stuk minder sexy. Dus ben ik daar maar mee gestopt.

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