공유씨 will be joining the ranks of men soon. According to the Office of Military Manpower Administration, 공유씨 will serve at a station in Uijeongbu-dong, Gyeonggi, starting 9 October.
MBC’s popular drama serial 커피프린스 1호점, will be his last project. Leaving his career at his peak may not seem that bad, at least he or rather his good physique will be well remembered...
My family celebrated Mid-Autumn festival at the Chinese Gardens this evening. I was surprised to find it packed with families, mostly ang moh expatriates, foreign workers from China and Indians.
Everyone was so tired... the only person who's feeling otherwise can only be my niece! Nonetheless the lanterns were impressive!
Enjoy the pictures...
Don't they look familiar? Remember Finding Nemo?
年年有餘!
I just love the penguins and dolphins!!!
My MD came to my desk this afternoon breaking some bad news to me... I need to shift again! I shifted down to the 9th floor in May and within 4 months I need to shift back up to the 14th floor! Even then so that will only be my interim seat as I will be shifting to the adjacent unit which will soon be under my company. Yes indeed poor office planning.
Shifting up is no easy task when I have to be responsible for my marketing brochures and materials. This means they have to be brought up to the 14th floor as well. And who is going to shift them? Yes indeed it's just me Ms Armstrong. But what can I do? I guess I wasn't given any choice.
Next week is Jeans' Week -- meaning we get to wear jeans everyday.
'In appreciation of the hard work all of you have put in during this pre-deployment period, the Management has declared a Jeans’ Week from Monday 24 Sep, till Friday 28 Sep.
Keep up the good work, and enjoy your casuals!'
That set me thinking... do I own 5 pairs of jeans? Lol...
I had my E3 level test this evening but I didn't prepare for it! I was so so tired after TOPIK exam has ended and all I wanted was a good rest.
Sigh I didn't think I will do well... There were already 2 errors as I wrote the words: 국제 전화 and 콧물 wrongly. Not to mention oral test... double sigh!
Today also marked my last E3 class. Yeah! We will be having a 3-week holiday before embarking the next level. I will still be continuing lessons at SKS since my current job allows it.
오늘 저녁에 미국 코미디 영화 라따뚜이 Ratatouille는 보러 극장에 갔어요. 이 영화에서 인상 깊었던 텍스트 My favourite liners in the movie:
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement.
We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.
But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talents — new creations. The new needs friends.
Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core.
In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more. ~ Anton Ego
이 영화를 한번 보세요!
누구나 요리를 할 수 있다! Anyone can cook!
Can you?
오늘 TOPIK 시험을 봤어요.
그 시험에 합격하기 위해서 열심히 공부했지만 그 Paper 1에서 실수를 많이 했어요.
그래도, 지금은 시험이 끝나서 기뻐요.
약간 휴식을 취할 수 있었어요.
....근데, 성적이 11월에 나온데 **흑흑**
I had my TOPIK test this morning.
Though I have been studying hard for this test over the past few weeks I still made several unforgiving mistakes in Paper 1 which is on grammar and vocabulary. I guess I have to continue to study and read more!
For now, though there's class test for my Elementary class next Thursday, I just want to stone for a while and relax.
I guess I have to start worrying when November comes...
That's when results are released...
Should I take KLPT too?
Should I?
Should I not?
Should I?
Should I not?
I received the following note from the IT department today at 11.58am:
Senior management has made a decision to have ALL employees leave the building and work from home for today. If you have any queries, pls contact your managers for further information.
A colleague who was sitting near me shouted, 'Hey did you receive the latest email? We can go home now!!'
I was quite in shock... I remembered early this year in March, there were tremors felt twice during work hours; once before lunch and another after lunch hour. However, management did not send us home even after evacuation drill was carried out. I guess this time they had a different opinion.
Can we have more earthquakes please?
I felt the tremors again!!!
This time not in office but at home...
I was babysitting my niece in the evening around 7.10pm when I felt my body swaying rather strongly and involuntarily.
At that time my sister and father were napping and my mother cooking in the kitchen.
I initially thought my niece was using her small feet to tap on the bean bag chair I was sitting on. But she was seated cross-legged; no action nor evidence. So I just brushed my fears aside, thinking I must be feeling giddy because I'm hungry.
At 9.30pm when the news came on.... I realised they were indeed tremors!!! The strong quake measured 8.5 on the Richter Scale.
So next time please trust your instincts because they may just be right.
I'm so disappointed today.
My student sent me a sms saying he wished to drop his A Maths.
Life is so easy; just choose to give up!
A burden?! Why should a subject be a burden when you don't even put in effort to try?
Anyway to all my readers... my 100th post has arrived.
Thank you to all those who have been stopping by!
謝謝您分享了我生活的點滴...
快樂的...
哀傷的...
Happy 100!
1 more week to go before TOPIK!
It will be my first experience taking a Korean examination and getting certified for it.
I'm praying hard I can make it for my 300-word essay.
Argghh!
Here's a way to test your IQ....
A sweet has 1 wrapper. Each sweet costs $1. A store is having a promotion using 3 sweet wrappers to exchange for a sweet. How many sweets can you eat with $15?
a) 0
b) 15
c) 20
d) 21
e) 22
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If your answer is...
a) 0... Your IQ is below 80;
b) 15... Your IQ is 80-90;
c) 20... Your IQ is 90-110;
d) 21... Your IQ is 110-130;
e) 22... Congrats! Your IQ is way above 130!
So which answer did you get?
卓義峰靠電話疲勞轟炸，讓韋禮安從原本的抗拒在鏡頭前演出、自覺演技不佳、而且自認「不是藝人」，到最後甘願從台中搭著早班火車上台北實踐大學當男主角，全靠卓義峰的「坳」功了得，每天都趁著錄影空檔打電話遊說、晚上回家還來個「談心時間」搏感情，終於說動韋禮安點頭，清早五點就從台中出門的韋禮安一到拍攝現場就肚子痛、頭痛，忍不住苦笑抱怨：「早知道拍 MV 那麼辛苦，就不要答應。」
韋禮安抵達現場還沒開拍，就先跟卓義峰及前來探班的鄭博夫閒聊，首次參與綜藝節目錄影外的演出活動，讓韋禮安相當緊張不知導演會如何安排，鄭博夫還惡整韋禮安表示：「因為這首歌叫做『愛情乞丐』，所以等等你要戴著乞丐頭假髮，而且會被路人圍毆，最後倒在路邊當乞丐……」當場把韋禮安唬得一愣一愣直呼上當。
「愛情乞丐」MV 劇情描述韋禮安一路狂奔，還得推倒路人、踢翻垃圾桶、仰天怒吼，導演陳勇秀要他上戲前培養情緒，只見韋禮安漲紅著臉對著工作人員怒吼「這不是肯 X 雞」、「今天車費快給我付來」、「卓義峰你一定要請我吃牛排」…….當場笑翻眾人。
為了「慰勞」韋禮安的辛苦，導演特別加戲，讓他在 MV 尾聲跟女主角來個深情擁抱，兩人雖然鏡頭前相擁一次 OK，韋禮安卻手足無措臉部僵硬，卓義峰還在攝影機後吃吃竊笑，事後忍不住猛虧：「既然有這麼好的福利，牛排只請一客就好吧。」
卓義峰、韋禮安藉由「愛情乞丐」展現交情，休息時也瘋狂搞笑，一掃韋禮安節目上憂鬱小生的形象，休息時攝影師要拍兩人合照，拼命要兩人裝帥，韋禮安卻回答：「我們兩一點都不帥，也不會裝，只會耍寶。」還擺了許多自 HIGH 動作，韋禮安獲悉愛吐舌頭的卓義峰被下「禁吐令」，硬是狂伸舌頭調侃好友：「我沒發片當歌手，所以可以盡量吐。」
兩人有別於螢幕上的木訥文靜，還在片場互相取笑：「這可能是史上花最多錢修片的MV，因為我們兩人的臉皮膚都不好，應該取名叫做『逃離月球表面』或是『太空漫遊』，真是辛苦導演了。」
在「愛情乞丐」MV 中韋禮安展現演技完全豁出去，私下卻是飽受肚子痛、頭痛之苦，加上一幕飛踢垃圾桶的畫面，在導演要求下踢了十幾次，事後苦笑說：「拍這支 MV 從頭痛到腳，還要早起來台北，拍完又要趕車回家，當藝人真的很辛苦……」
而韋禮安的友情站台最後贏得卓義峰的「一客牛排」、女主角的「深情擁抱」，讓卓義峰表示：「真的是友情無價，而且之後每次唱 KTV 都會點這首歌……..每次都要好好笑他一番。」讓韋禮安當場傻眼。
It's Teachers' Day in Singapore. So Happy Teachers' Day! That's for myself ^^ I received a gift from this new student who has only been with me for like 2 months? At least he bothers... I do miss my twin students so much. As compared to other students whom I have taught, they are the livest bunch!
In Korea, Teachers' Day is celebrated on 15 May and on the celebration day, teachers are usually presented with carnations by their students. Nice!
