Black Pimang: The Wheel of Fortune

04122007; Miss Little Sunshine

2007-12-04T16:29:00.001-08:00

Such a sunshine I've got from this film today.

Basically, as the time was given, it is about the travelling to participate the girls' beauty peasant in California in the US.

Each individual figure in the film; so Hoover's family, has their own characteristics, which is very very very very very interesting, but which is really truthful and warm.

On the road for the beauty peasant for Olive (a girl), a lot of episodes were made; breaking down the bus, death of the grand dad who ate too much heroines, Olive dad's biz break down etc. But the hope wasn't gone at all. every each time Olive has been a genuine miss little sunshine all the time.

I think this movie has a crucial point to look at from the people in general.

That is the requirement of the commercial and homonised expectation of the society to the people, particularly to the children.

On the actual stage of the beauty peasant, where olive stood up, Olive was not distinctively beautiful from others, but she has her own passion to be the little miss sunshine with such a innocent passions she has.

She wants to be herself, and she has her own freedom to express what she wants to do.

She wasn't be expressed by her parents and by the pressure of the requirement of the society.

But she is such a lovely child to be herself and she exactly knows how to do so.

In some stance, I think the moive has a criticism towards the people in general, and let the audiences show how to be myself through Olive.

Even though Olive and her family were treated as being insane, but I think it's such a damn right thing to do, and give a shot to the aggressive people who made their own standards to demand others to do like them.

Anyway, Olive, I want to say, You are the Miss Little Sunshine for a genuine title of it.

11.Nov: reading the Little Prince and walking along the riverside, norwich

2007-11-11T08:24:00.000-08:00

Today, it's sunday.

and, it's 11th of november, and it is my 2nd time to remember the people who died during the 2nd world war in england.

Since I have moved into England, I have had a curiosity about the paper flower badge on many english people especially in late october and november.
at first I thought it was just a simple thing, but for the decoration purpose. I thought it was kind of the thing for charity or donation the money to the children in the bad condition.

But it was not such a definite fact. So I asked to the manager where I work, and she told me that it's for remember the victims by the attacks of bombing at 11, in 11th of November during the second world war, in England.

and when I attended the mass in the morning, I had the time for remember the people who couldn't be expected to live longer, but be ghosts during the 2nd world war.

Then, I left the cathedral, then went to the bookshops to look around the books I was interested in. Most of them were the travel diaries. But I didn't find something very attractive to me, but some books like a woman in 60, she travelled with her own bicycle accross the globe, and it was interesting cover, and I am willing to read that book later on.
and some books about the photo icons of London, and I saw the picture of the Peter Pan's status in Hyde Park in London as well, I want to visit there with my sister in winter.

Afterwards, I stepped forwards to Costa on the London street, and Had a time with a medium caffe latte and an almond croissant.
But more crucially, was being with the Little Prince.

It's my 4th time to read the Little Prince. Once in my mother tough, 2nd, in English translted one, and 3rd time to write and draw the same little prince book to gife to someone else, and it's my 4th time then.

Every time I read the book, I feel and find something new inside. This time I read the book after I read the book about the interpretation of the works by Saint-exupery. So It's like I read the book for the first time.

And, There is a story which The little prince talked to the crashed pilot in the sahara desert; Antoine, an author, himself, The most pleasant thing he likes to do is seeing the sunsets on his plant, sitting the chair. and Once he saw 44 sunsets in a day, with moving his chair.

Well, before I want to go further for decoding the meaning 44, I want to emphasise on it; it's entirely my own opinion and thought.
I think the number 44 means a lot of things to Saint-Exupery.
In his book, 44 means, the times of seeing sunsets to the Little Prince, and it was such a magnificant pleasant, and the memorable day to him.
and 44 is the age which means the author closed the stage of his life in the sky in his own plane,
in 1944.

Personally, 4 is not a good number in my culture background.
This is because 4 means death in Korea.
So some flats don't have the 4th floors, and 4th gates.

Ofcourse I think it's kind of superstition, but it's like the 13th Friday in the western countries.
So it's quite bad thing and bad luck to many koreans.
But, the little prince helps me a little bit to overcome, no to think the number; 44 in a bit more positive way, not such a davasted way which I have been accustomed by the cultural influnence for last 2o years in my life.

So Thanks to my dearest author; Antoine De Saint-Exupery.

Ok, Now I want to write something different.
Today I walked along the riverside of Norwich for the first time since I have moved in norwich from manchester.
Well, to be honest, it was not such a splendid walk side like River avon, or Richmond, but it was ok for a walk a bit to drench myself into the walk path.
Even though the weather was very clumsy to slap my hairs and cheeks again and again, I was ok to walk apart from soaking myself a bit in the rain.

I saw the ducks and the swans, and it was such a good thing to have the view of the Norwich cathedral from the walk path of the riverside.
and I saw very pretty houses along the riverside, and also saw some people who did fishing there.

Anyway, This Sunday wasn't bored with the helps from my discreet companies!

Death at a Funeral

2007-11-04T17:55:00.000-08:00

Tonight, I laughed at the screen for nearly 2 hours long without tiredness.

Such a truthful and frank black comedy like the name of the director of the movie; Frank Oz.

The movie starts with the British Humour; something slightly simply fun thing without any exaggeration. But Really heatlhy Smile or laughing you could on your own. Very natural laughing you can give to the screen at the very beginning.

Then this plesant emotion has been evolved gradually during the releasing the film for nearly 120mins in the drak space.

Independent, seperate characters appear differently without any cohesion, but all different episodes related to the movie will be tide up, and made up indeed perfectly.

But, it is seen a little bit like out of control a bit; the plot as itself, like the elements which cause the problems between people; drugs, black mails, etc.. those two sources were the most laughing things to me!!! brilliant!!

However, in terms of visual techinque, I felt like I was watching the British Television Soap, rather than the film. I mean the colour tone of the film wasn't something very distinctive trasparent, but seemed to absorb a lot of water from the actual physical place where the film had been taken in somewhere else in England.

Woo...I can't be further detail on it; the visual thing, but it's definately different the colour tone from Hollywood. Anyway, I don't want to say something more about the film technique things now, to be honest I don't know about the above thing very much.

OK!! What I want to say is it's really worth seeing and feeling them; very nice national movie to reprent of England and furthermore to attract the audieneces in the way of they are doing on the film. :)

Healthy Laughing you could have :)

2007-10-21T10:25:00.000-07:00

How often do you find the right person?
Directed, and Written by John Carney (2006)
Starred by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Ireland Film

The Prologue was very Irish; the accent, and the street singer with the broken Guitar, and the street drunken begger, hidden by 'the Guy', who tried to mugthe guitar bag of the money.
The first glance of the film was already attractive to me, then it went further to make up the story line which is really truthful without any heavy snubby and ridiculous ornaments.

It is based on the love story;
'a Guy' who has the broken heart by his ex-girl friend, and works in his father's hoover fixing store, and frustrated about this musical talent, then just sings on the street without particular aims, but reflect his depression and the blame on himself on his written music.

Suddenly, an immigrant girl from Czech comes along infront of him, and gives him a compliment about his music with such an innocent face, without any shame, and any hesitations.But actually who has the most sadest face hidden by the bright shinning smiley appreance she makes upon her reality.

But most importantly, the songs they created, and performed in the movie, time by time were really treasurable and even after the end of the movie. Then I would like to do keep the emoitional happiness to remember of the film again. So I went to the record shop right after the movie, then bought the OST of Once.

It's not something very spectacular, very stimulant love story. But it's very trustful and very Irish indeed, and also really honesty film which doesn't require to the audiences to chase up the pattern of the movie, but just let us to feel them, and to think about the moment; Once in our lives.

Such an well-made independent Movie from Ireland, and was given the prize of Audience of Sundance International Film Festival.

As the Poster caption proclaimed, this movie is not the one to see only once, but more than once.

Marketa Irglova

Glen Hansard 's Guitar in the film

04092007; April Story

2007-09-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

2000, directed by Iwai Shunji.

The duration time of this movie is rather short, so it is classified into the mid-length movie rather than short or long length movie.

This is because it lasts only an hour.

As the movies he (Iwai Shunji) has made, the scenes of the movie is picturesque.
The long path with cherry blossoms with flying petals of the flowers from the trees of the sides; left and right. The way of lighting use of the movie, is not exaggerated or over-used, but very gentle and femine as he used to get it to make all kind of his movies.

As I mention some of the plot of the film, it is about the girl who has just entered the university in Tokyo, called Musasino, from her hometown Hotkaido in Japan.

The girl is very introvert and shy but the reason she applied the university is clear; becoz of her first love, adorable senior student in her high school.

She doesn't talk a lot, the screen is full of the images of her and her surroundings.
And the audiences could feel April of Tokyo with the sunny weather and the cherry blossoms everywhere in Tokyo.

It's just like a short lovely break you could have without any tension.

It might be very boring without spectacle or suspense plot or the wave of the story, but it lasts only one hour.

But personally, I think the films like this, which is very monotous and requires nothing to be evaluated or critisized, are needed to show up to the audiences in the modern society.

Coz the audiences, generally suppressed and under controlled by gigantic hollywood films,
need the break, the pause to feel the lack of innocence and the reality of the film.

200807; Moonlight Express

2007-08-21T03:37:00.000-07:00

Directed by Daniel Lee, Hongkong 1999.

Last week, I saw the film; Happy Together by Wang Kar-wai, then I became too much attracted

by Leslie Cheung.

He committed the suicide 3-4 years agon on April Fool's day in HongKong.

At that time, I was such slightly shocked then I didn't realise how the great actor he was while

he was being alive.

So from that time; I saw Happy Together, I have become crazy to search his video clips and the movie which he was on. Then finally I found this movie then watched it 3 times already.

-Plot-

Simply it is about Love.

To be a bit more specified, it is a bit tragic love story crossed the borders with some thrilled action pictures on the film. ah,, and I think it could be explained as sort of National movie as well; Back ground of the movie is in Hongkong.

A Japanese girl (Hitomi) had such a nice relationship with her fiancee in Japan, and they promised to get marry soon and moved to hongkong to live on.

However her fiancee (Tasuya) was killed by the car accient; personally it was a bit weird, he made the mistake by himself to grasp the mobile phone on the back seat in the car while he was driving on the road anyway.

Unfortunately, she lost her fiancee, then such got stucked in the memories of him after she

was soley survived from the accident. Then she flew over to Hongkong to step on his previous

life in the new place by herself.

Very very cinematically the man; Kar-bo was turned up infront of the lift in the hotel then she

was being malfunction temporarily to just stare at him due to his appreance is exactly ressemble of her previous fiancee. But Kar-bo is another person, not her

fiancee, and more dramatically he was the undercover spy to dig out the secrets and the hide

finances etc of the mafias in Hongkong.

Another Love story between Kar-bo and Hitomi was films on in the movie.

-Opinion-

I guess the age of Leslie Cheung was nearly 45 at that time in 1999 when he was in the movie.

But looks gorgeus, still so attractive.

Even though he acted the solitary person as the spy and also very violent and blunt, but his own

characters; lovely, cuteness was not gone at all in any movie he was performed.

Plus, very modernised and priceless places in Hong Kong as well. It was another impact to make

the movie much more sophisticated in terms of aura.

Even though we can't see the new movie which Leslie is going to be performed.

But his left works were such a gracious and treasurable to keep watching again and again.

Well, the movie as itself was not that fresh something very revolutionary in terms of artisitic

aspects etc, but the attraction of two actors, expecailly Leslie Cheung,, the impact of him was

so huge and gigantic to spread on the film.

170807; The Bourne Ultimatum

2007-08-21T03:30:00.001-07:00

I didn't mean to go to the cinema to see this movie on last Friday.

However, Noot wanted to see the movie suddenly, then we searched the internet to get the

information about the movies and the times in here, Norwich, Odeon.

Anyway, It was ok.

Personally I didn't see the 1st and the 2nd series of the Bourne Series; it sounds like 007; James

Bond? :)

Anyway, I could see the movie as the typical CIA American snubby spy movie and very old

less attractive Mat Damon. whew... he looks quite old with quite deep winkles on his forehead.

So far, at last it reminded me Tureman Show which Jim Carrey acted on several years ago.

Anyway, it was just for fun to release your tensions or stresses with watching abundant actions

scenes.

150807; Happy Together

2007-08-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

directed by Wang Kar-Wai.

Simply to say, this movie is about the Gay.

The fans of the movie director; Wang Kar-Wai, know that he is the movie maker with such
an unusal plots with very complicated visual effects and very nice and suitable musics on the films he has directed.

Well, I remember that it was very old movie, coz I think it was made in mid-1990s, so I think
at that time I was might be an elementary student.
Now I am old enough to see the movie which is about Gay without any judgement from others.

At first, the first scene of the movie was fade out and it was filmed in the black.
The most importantly, the content of the first scene was such a shocking to me.
I think it was kinda his; the director strategy to attract and keep the audiences to concentrate
on the film more afterwards.

This is because this is phychological impact to attract people mind to keep watching, normally
the viewers; the audiences expected even a little of the sex scene between Poi and Wai; 2 male
actors in the movie.

But the first one was the most shocking one, and I didn't find such a shocking scenes after the first scene anyway.

The content,,, is the love of the two males in Argentina.
The masculine male figure; Wai, Tony Liang.
Rather more femine, male figure; Poi, Leslie Chang.
There is another figure who Tony met in the chinese restaurant where he worked as the part time kichen staff to earn money in Argentina; Chang; Chang Chen.

However the third figure which I indicated above was not directly related to the two male protagonists, but it is like the friendship anyway between Wai and Chang.

As I describe a bit of the movie; Wai and Poi are the gay couple, however Poi loves Wai, but very independent figure, so he leaves Wai when he thinks he doesn't need Wai anymore to feel the sexual satisfaction. On the other hand, Wai is rather more serious figure to give him of all
to his half; Poi. That's why he works hard and be blunt towards him and also has the role to be
the masculine male figure anyway.

Well the content is simple to understand, however the complicated sources of the movie are
the use of the black and white, and the colour films; the intersections between two different scenes confuse me to understand the movie a bit.

The first scene was films in the black and white, and when the place of the filming was changed to Argentina, it turned to be coloured. Yet, when Wai drove his car to go to the Iguasu Falls, the road was seen as the black and white.

Such a disorganised and the short frames and shots and long shots of filming the natural things
; falls and the roads, are described the typical methods of the directing the film by Wang Kar-wai.

But the music of the film was really nice to hear and absorbed altogether as the perfect mixture.

The two different figures; Poi and Wai love each other wants to feel independently, doesn't want to be trapped by only one figure but back to the person who he really loves when he feels disaster; Poi and another one who loves only one and don't want to wander like his partner, very isolated whenever he is. want Poi stick to him all the time.

Whew.. That's the Happy together.

27072007; Sheringham/Cromer

2007-07-25T18:04:00.000-07:00

Last week, I made an appointment with Noot and Nuchy to go to visit Sheringham.
And it was my first time to go out of Norwich to see the broadband; the Northern Norfolk
area.

We took the train for Sheringham at 11.45 in the morning.
And the price was very reasonable to travel there and also the duration for spending the time
on the train was good as well.
The price for an adult is only 6 pounds for the return ticket (with Young person's rail card is only 3.45 or a bit more) and the time on the train is around 56 minutes to get reach there.

Norwich Train station, waited infront of the flatforms.
The Norwich station is small and it has only 6 flatforms. But the roof is very high to look upon
of them, sometimes the dirty doves fly into the station, but it is nice anyway.
So far the train for Sheringham reached at the Flatform 4.

Pi Nuchy and Noot on the train.
Mustafa on the train.

We had a pleasant time on the train with the French Muffins which I bought at the Cafe;
Vava voom, downstair of my lovely musee.
It was very nice doh, and very big. anyway, we had a lot chats each other and we made
a noise, but fortunately there were quite few people on the train, so nobody gave us the glance
of the annoyance. :)

Exactly 56mins later on, we got reached at the Sheringham station. It was such a small town
than I expected.

The town of the Sheringham.

Bytheway, Sheringham is located in the further eastern part from Norwich.
and the town has so many fish and chips restaurant and also hand crafts shops and also chocolate and the fudge stores , open-sea-food shops and so on.

I bought the 8th bracelet in Sheringham. But I guess it is from Thailand or somewherelse
in one of the Asian countries. So far, it was nice and I like it.
The town is full of small shops and if you go furture towards the end of the town, you could find
the seaside.
Nuchy and Mustafa in Sheringham
Noot in the Sheringham

Sheringham
If you go further, you could find the sea side like the above photo frame.
The difference between the Galway beach, the bay is covered with pebbles, not with the golden sands.
But it was nice doh, because of the sound of the pebbles.
when the water comes over to the bay, then it goes away backwards, and you see the white bubble which the water makes then you can hear the sound which the pebbles and the water create. That was really nice, such I can't explain it as a word or an adjective. but it is like
the music without lyrics.

At around 4ish in the afternoon, we took the train to go to Cromer which is closer to Norwich
rather than Sheringham.

So we took the train to Cromer.

Then reached at the Cromer like 15 mins later.

I think the city centre of Cromer is bigger than Sheringham, but it's like just city centre.
Anyway, in terms of the beach, I prefer Cromer.
coz I could walk down on the sand bay.
It was nice as well.
Cromer

Today I had such a nice time in the new place near the sea side; Sheringham and Cromer with such the nice persons I've got :)

27~30062007: Republic of Irealnd.

2007-07-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

Emer in Galway.

20th Birthday at Emer's.
Eireand. is the originial name of the country.

So far, I had my 20th birthday in Ireland with lovely people surrounded by lovely and greenish

nature for the last 3days.

27.06.2007: From the Stansted Airport to the Dublin International Airport.

I met Emer in the right place finally and it was very nice to see who has been expecting after the

flight.

Anyway we had such a big hug each other and went around Dublin.

First of all, Emer and me took the bus to the city centre; O'connell street and she explained
some symbols of Ireland such as the 3 leaf clubs. ; means the holy father, and the son and the holy spirit. See? Ireland is one of the traditional catholic country in Europe.

And we passed the So many places in there and also I saw the big spiral as well.

it was really huge.

The spiral was built up by the british architects, and many Irish people don't like the silly needle in the city.

Anyway, it was the millenium project of Ireland, and you could see such a long and gigantic needle in everywhere in Dublin.

and we asked people how to get to the Guiness Brewery.

Guiness, Such a nice name and good design of the symbol and everything and also the ball inside

the can which makes a lot of creams and the bubbles in it.

The Original Guiness with Smile!

The entrance fee is 9 euros, I think that's quite expensive doh.

barley roasting and so fourth, there are so many different steps and very complicated to brew

the beers anyway, and the brewery was 7-staired-building.

and at the top, you could the taste the real Guiness :) very nice indeed. and also you could see

Dublin from the rather higher place as well.

And we went to the Emer's Hometown, Ballingasloe.

Ballingasloe, and the symbol of the town.

28.06.2009; Lovely weather!: of course the paradox. it was very bad to go outside anyway because of the drizzles and the wind.

and it was chill. So far, we got stucked in the Emer's giant house with her siblings and her boyfriend; Paul.

And I saw the lovely donkey. it was my first time to see the animals and the natural beauty in my life. I think Ireland is full of green grass and the trees and there was no mountain to block the eyesight. The ground was just plain and very wide to see all around Irealnd without any

huge mountain. so I felt that I could touch the cloud and the sky if I pointed out the sky with stretching arms.

it was really lovely view :)

So far, we drank too much bailey, it was my first time to drink bailey, but it was very sweety and so nice to drink.

But the problem was that night.

I broke the glass of her shower door by the accident.

Such a bloody stupid I am! I always do something very stupid everywhere I am.

Why my creature is like this?

could you answer it?

Anyway, the thing was solved out a bit with her and her family helps and the smile as well.

very appreciate to them.

29.062007; my 20th Birthday

went to Galway.

The Assumption of Mary into the Heaven

and the St. Nicholas cathedral in Galway, and established in 1966.

Inside the cathedral

Salt.. something beach. Galway
Galway Port.

and such a lovely sea side I've never seen before.

I've never seen the beach in the reality.

The Irish river is full of sands and the seaweed on the sand.

Even though the wind smashed on my face and hair, but it was very nice to see the beach and

the sea.

The name of the beach was salt something... woo.. I forgot the name.

anyway, emer explained that the end of the salt something sea, there is the US.

So I could guess that many Irish people crossed the beach to immigrate to the US in 200 years

ago, escaped from the Potato Femine.

And on the way back, we popped up the Supermac's. The 100% Irish Fast food shop.

and I tasted the Curry cheese chips. and it was not bad doh.

at Supermac's Galway

and hanging around the city centre of Galway, and Emer told me that many people around

west side of Ireland go to Galway to shop.

Ah! and I bought 3 jams and Emer bought me a chocolate; Irish coffee truffel flavour, and

the Irish Breakfast Jam as well.

I was very happy to imagine that I would taste it in Norwich.

But all my jams had to be taken out of my bag when I checked in at the airport.

What a stupid regulation they made!

Do you think I would terror in the flight with 4 jams?

Anyway, I got annoyed very much.. but at that time was very happy when I purchased those.

and we went to the night club and the pub as well. and Paul and Emer treated me too much

alchole; 3 pints of Guiness and Fat Frog, and some weird Irish small shot, the colour was red.
and they told me that I should drink to celebrate my 20th birthday, but I couldn't finish them.
coz it was really strong.

30.06.2007 the last day of the trip.

I just said good bye to Emer and her family. Such a nice host I had in Ballingasloe.

and went to Dublin and on the way of the airport, I just stopped Dublin; specifically the O'connell street and bought some souveniers for my friends then travelled and took some photos of Spiral.

I don't know why, but I really liked Spiral then came back to Norwich.

Nice Nice Journey and Such a nice treatment I received in there with Lovely Irish accent;

St. Patrick cathedral

The Spiral on the O'connell Street

Thanks a million!

21062007; Cafe Lumiere

2007-06-22T05:45:00.000-07:00

"utterly ecstatic...glimpses of ephemeral beauty" Film comment

Yo Hitoto; Yoko in the film.

The film, which I picked up in the Library in the Forum, Norwich; Cafe Lumiere.

I liked the coverage of the DVD and also the actor attracted me ; Asano Tadanobu.

But later on I got realised that the movie is really Japanese and the director is the Hou Hsiao-hsien from Taiwan.

Bytheway, in the movie, the mentions of Taiwan, and the realtionship with the country Taiwan

is very often in each shot so far.

Cafe Lumiere in Japanese DVD coverage

All I can say about the movie is really Japanese.

That's why I like it.

I mean, I am not the person who is very ardent to Japan, and the cultures of that country.

but just feel and get the glimpse of the country from this film is just very Cool and exotic to me.

Nothing very special, but a small shots and the monotous shots and the narratives of the movie

is such a good model of the national movie which represents the modern Japanese youth generations and the Tokyo life style.

Hajime; Asano Tadanobu in the film.

He is my favourite actor from Japan. THe first time when I saw him and know him is from

Iwai's film picnic. nice face, nice sense to give himself into the movie as well :)

Just coooooooooooooool as himself.

He is the Culture.

the nice shot in the film.

I like this shot which shows her as the visual sense in the film.

very nice to see this film.

not very chatty but very possesive movie.

not very demanding to force audiences to understand and love the movies.

but it's very lifestyle.

just..,.. it's from Japan.

that's all the movie talk about.

Feel it. just feel it such a general glimpse of your life pattern.

that's all I can do feel from this movie and feel about me as well :)

nothing could be exaggerated :)

27052007; the 7th visit to London

2007-05-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

Sun, 27052007 London.
The weather; ultra annoying, bloody cold and crappy shower whole day with such a gloomy
greyish clouds
The photos; Oxford Street, the shopping centre area, the Ipot exhibition, and the Charles
Chaplin, the British Comedian actor, in the covent garden, near the Piccaddily Circus station.

Soho, Piccadilly Circus station (Underground)

This time when I visited London, it was 7th time.
However, I went to the many places where are known as 'the tourism hot spots'.

So far, it was very nice.

Normally, I really don't like to pop the places where are known as the toursim attractions. Coz for me it looks just silly; taking photos, then showing the others,, So I used to go to the streets

and the small paths where I could be crused on by chance.

However, this time cheered me to change my thought towards the traveling.
So I think I will make the plan to visit some famous and popular places with the tips and the helps from the travel books. Then also find out the treasured cafes around the spot, and the memorable paths and the streets where makes me very happy to step on.

This time, the london traveling was very worthy. :)

-Photos-

Telephone booth on the Soho street, Tube on the Finchely Road station.

Crepe Affaire cafe on the street between Oxford Street and Soho

Tiki cafe at Finchely Road (London Zone 2)

The Fair Trade Poster in the Tiki Cafe
Les Miserable; Piccadilly Circus, the theatre.

The China Town, Soho
The composer, the pianist, Chopin, on the way for the oxford street

Millenium Bridge, which connects between St. Paul Cathedral and

Tate Modern Gallery. 2000, by Norman Foster. it's also known as the wobble bridge due to the shakes. :)

16052007; nice small journy with such a nice person :)

2007-05-16T16:01:00.000-07:00

Today is full in terms of feeding my stomach with such a fancy food anyway. :)
First of all, I planned to go to the city with Nora at 11ish, but both of us woke up a bit late,
then leave the village at 12ish insted.

Fortunately, the weather was very nice, so we walked along the Earlham road to the city centre, and talked about the cars in England, Hongkong and Korea as well.
Finally reached at the city centre, and I showed my favorite street in Norwich ; Uppter St.Gile's Road, accross the bridge, then find the cafe; No.91. Also we loooked around the organic food shops and the frame shops as well. Then we passed the Church of England; St.Gile Anglican Church, and I saw the plants; Lilac coloured one, and I forgot the name of the plants again.

However, we popped up to the norwich market; oriental food shops, and also the handcrafts one; Evolution in the city.

Then went to the first place for having a nice lunch; Pinoccio on the St.Benedict street in Norwich.
It was also my first time to try the food in there, I've ever looked around there, and looked around the menu outside. But everytime whenever I saw them, it looked very gorgeous in terms of the atmosphere of the cafe; especially the paintings.
Even though there is the franchised the pizza restaurant; Pizza Express besides Pinoccio, Pinoccio attracts me more than the Pizza Express for me.

Anyway, we went there, but the door was locked, and also there was no customer.
We were the only customers who had the late lunch.
It was very nice we ate Florentine Pizza which was topped with loads of the olives, and also the riccotta cheese, spinach some parmesan cheese, and also the half cooked eggs as well.

Florentine Pizza. And also we ate the mediterrian style pasta. It was quite oily, but not bad. I enjoyed them both. In addition, there was very friendly waiter who doesn't know the meaning of the name of the restaurant; Pinoccio. - Nora asked him why the restaurant was given the name; Pinoccio, but he said he doesn't know why it was named due to his has worked for only 5 months. :) So he promised that he will let us know the meaning of the restaurant later when we will pop in there again.
the Waiter at Pinoccio
Nora with the natural smile :)

Then hanging around the city in the rain.
We were drenched in the rain to think in a positive way. :)
Then went to the camera shop to ask the price of the printing out the photos of the digi cam.
But it takes quite long time as we've been told by the shop owner, then went to Boots to get the information. But it was much much economical and also faster. So she will do at Boots. I think :)

Then went to the No.91 cafe which is my 2nd favorite in Norwich.
But today, the range of the cakes were ralatively limited then the normal days. So I just picked up the coffee cake, and ordered the hot chocolate and the cafe latte for Nora.
No.91 Cafe on upper St.Gile road in Norwich

In terms of the atmosphere, it was rather more classical than the others.
Actually I've never tried the food in there, so I can't say the taste of the food.
But just for a coffee break with a piece of cake, it is very nice.
Today, the waiter at the cafe served us the bigger portion of the cake.
So we were very full with drinkings and the cakes.

But the weather was stil sucks.
Anyway we needed to exercise to feed us again..
Then went to the Sainsbury to look around, and I tried the apple fruit juice bar.
And I decided that I will not buy the same thing again anyway.
It was just healthy with the disasterous taste. When I bited just one sip, I just got realised that
it was not the good thing to give me the happiness. - weird so far.

Then Finally we walked back to the city, passed the Sub on the Rampard Horse Street,
then went to the Pulse; which is my favourite cafe/restaurant in Norwich
This is because that's the restaurant only for the vegetarians and the vegens.

Pulse, Guildhall Hill, Norwich
I ordered the same dish which I usually eat; Kashumir spring roll stuff, I don't know the full name of my favourite dish.
And Nora ordered something like deep fried thing with sweet corns and sweet potatos.
It was like the croqquette.
Very nice anyway! :)

I think I am very stuffed this moment, so I can hardly breath.
But, very nice day to look around the city with a nice person.
more funs and more talks and just nice.
except for the weather. But I have to mind that here is England :)

09052007; Antoine De Saint-Exupery

2007-05-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

Antoine Saint-Exupery (June 29, 1900 - disappeared 1944)
He is the person who I like to most among the well-known artists or celebrities in the world.

The reasons are quite stupid, coz his birthday is same as me. :)
So I think maybe I am the person who is given the soul of Saint-Exupery 87years later
in the next centry.

He left a such a tremedous treasurable work; the Little Prince, Le Petit Prince in French,
while he was living previously before I was born. So I imagin that he sent me to the world
to confirm his work and his achievement.

Anyway., He was the French Pilot and also he left such a lot of artisitc works, especially the
literary works. I have ever read the book, called , the wisdom of the sand, but it was quite complicated and also not finished.
I think he was the writer who was stucked on his own imagination, and his own world to create
his works to give the hopeful inspirations to the others, especially to the children.
That is why I figured out the most of his works are full of abstracts, but those are not very very complicated to decode.

However, I read some his biography from the website; http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/exupery.htm.
It illustrated his personal life and his own works as well.
He was born in Lyon, France in June 29, 1900. His family was the aristocrat, however his well-known insurace executive father was died when he was only 3 years old. But his mother broungt up in the would of the imagination. However, he failed the entrance examination to go to the university, then he went to the school for the architecture; École des Beaux-Arts.

Unfortunately, the world made him the fighter in the sky. I mean when he turned to be 20s, the Second World War begun, so he became the pilot to fight for his country, France.
From that time, his challange was getting bigger, so he was a bit crazy of the speed of the zet.

One day he was isolated in the Sahara Dessert by an accident, and this experience made him
love the dessert, and write the lovely work of his entire life; the Little Prince.
As I quote his feeling about the dessert;

"Over and done with. Thirty thousand letters come safely through. The airline company kept drilling it into you: the precious mail, more precious than life itself. Enough to keep thirty thousand lovers going... Lovers, be patient! In the sinking fire of sunset here we come. Behind Bernis the clouds are thick, churned by the whirlwind in its mountain bowl. Before him lies a land decked out in sunlight, the tender muslin of the meadows, the rich tweed of the woods, the ruffled veil of the sea." (from Night Flight)

Apart from the works, and his actual career as the pilot, he had 1 love affair with the novelist Louise de Vilmorin, and later on he got married with the widow, Consuelo Gómez Carillo, who is originated from South America.

However, his marriage was not very successful.
Even though Consuelo depicted him like an innocent child, who doesn't know to grow up, the person who can't stop loving, she was very bored of her life. This was because Saint-Exupery was always being outside, and isolated by himself. Then both of them had affairs with someone else then finally divorced.

But Very interestingly, many literary scholars who study the Litte Prince, they interpret the rose of the little Prince, is the Consuelo, who was a wife of the isolated childlike French writer.

All his dramatic life was passed quite quickly, and his maddness about the speecd snatched his life earlier than the others. So he was shot, or killed himself in his own zet when he was only 44.
Many many years later, in 2000, when I just graduated my hell, the primary school with stupid kids - I hate even to memorise my life in the primary school, his flight, Lightning P-38 Lockheed, was found in May 2000.

I might be given the destiney to follow his life. :)

the statue of him, Saint-Exupery, and his sole friend, the Little Prince
in Lyon, France.

Le Petit Prince in French

the illustration by Saint-Exupery.

Saint-Exupery in the pilot uniform.

240407; Gustav Klimt 02

2007-04-24T05:48:00.000-07:00

Quotes of Gustav Klimt;

Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.
For this reason one will have to do without an artistic or literary self-portrait of me. This is not really to be regretted.

I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true.

There is no self-portrait of me.

There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.

Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want. Gustav Klimt

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I have my own goal. It's not abstract but accurate and detaile.
As my career, I want to work in the World News area as the editor, analyst, or corresspondant,
even a just worker in that area to report the reality of the hidden areas and something very nice
strories not very cruel and harrassed stuff.

But my ultimate goal is making documentaries and the stories which are full of truth and the diversity of the world. And Represnt them to the people in the world indeed.

I have asked to myself since the age when I can actually start to think logically;
What makes you and me different?
Why do you and I live differently?
What make you people be given the streo type A culture is better than B?
Why people always do try others to fit themselves and force them to do?
Why the soceity has the stornger and the wearker?
Why some deny the way you are, and the actual soul and body of some others?

So, I want to have journey to find the answers of my questions.
Like Kilmt, I have aimed to leave many many works of mine then finally make others think
and touched by my works than the actual body of me; myself.

240407; Gustav Klimt 01

2007-04-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

Gustav Klimt; Date of Birth: July 14, 1862 in Austria, died Feb, 6, 1918.

Personally, I don't know about Art very much.

But I like some painters; Toulouse-Lautrec, Nara Yoshitomo, and Gustav Klimt.

Among them I like Gustav Klimt the most, to be more precisely, I like his paintings and his own style in the paintings, but not him as a person. This is becuase as he left some memos about him, he didn't want to be known as 'a painter', but he wanted to leave many paintings and be known as 'a person who drews the paintings'.

As he said, he was very interested in the female figure to indicate and describe in his paintings.

So you can see many half-naked, whole-naked, or dressed women very often of his works.

Also I think he always pursuaded the eroticism of his art works, that was why most of his protagonists or models of the paintings are naked, and doing some sexual gestures of actions.

Apart from the form of his works I think he was very keen on decoration of his arts, and also ornaments of the frame as well.

Most of figures in the paintings wear such an abstract but over decorated clothes with ractangles, triagles, and circles with flowers etc.

In terms of using the colour, I notice he enjoyed using the gold yellow and brown as well, from this use, I feel his paintings are very authentic, but also very sophistacted and luxurious.

To help you understand, I am gonna give you some paintings of him below;

Judith and the Head of Holofernes, 1901.

This is the painting about the female, named Judith who is known as the heroine of Israel.

She is described as the encouraged woman who killed the head of enemy; the General.Holofernes in the Old-Testament. Indeed she cheered many soldiers of her country, then led her homecountry to win the War.

Many chose Judith as the Theme or the Progonist of their paintings. For instance, there are two different painters; Karavajo (1598-9) Rome, Artemisia Gentileski (1620s) Florence.

But those painters were lived in the Renessance era, so the paintings are very accurate to describe the actual action of Judith; cutting the neck of Holofernes on the bed.

However, Kilmt's Judith is quite abstract due to holding a neck of a male, and her facial expression is not very extrovert to kill him. But looks very erotic and see the viewers with such a ironic gesture.

Maybe I think Klimt is in the Modern Era, and and known as the Symbolism painter that's why he dipicted Judith in such a different way from the past.

Anyway, I like some other paintings of him either.

Portrait of Emilie Floge (1902)

She was a relative of Klimt, however she was the person who Klimt wanted to see before he died.

I think he didn't demand her to take off clothes, but left quite a lot of paintings of her.

And this painting looks really fashoinable. quite short hair with perm, very white skin with blue eyes, but also nice clothes with nice ornaments with circles etc.

The whole painting is very long so far.

Anyway, My ramble writing isn't enough to describe Klimt and his paintings.

But for me he is a person who gives me motivation of my future and dream a lot.

So I like his abstract arts with full of ornaments.

180307~120407; Picnic with my Family.

2007-04-15T14:43:00.000-07:00

My sister! YangJiYoung

Unfortunately, I didn't go somewhere with my dad only this time.

Coz he is very busy as very usual, but we attended the Easter Mass together and also we went
the grave of my grandfather who passed away 5 years ago.

But as I mentioned already in the previous post, I spent the most time with my mom, and I went to the sister's high school to see her and have the time with her either.
However, she was very busy as the final year of the high school student, espcially for preparing the exam for entering the university in the next year.

Anyway, she skipped the night class to have the time with me on her birthday and the Easter Eve.
On her birthday, I brought her to the Italian restaurant, so we had seafood Rissotto and also the salad, and some garlic bread. Then the cheese cakes and the pies from Wood and Brick where I like the most in Seoul.

Next, we went to the movies to see the film 'the Luxurious Life' which Song, gang-ho is in, with my mom and sister.
Then went to the Mr.Pizza to have the New pizza, called 'Grand-Prix' it was the normal pizza for me, but the dough was cookie, it was a bit unique, but it wasn't very special for me. My sister
was the most pleased person to have that pizza.

She is very interesting, and I hope she is doing very well, then achieve her goals at the end of this year.

And also Mom and Dad are getting well, and healthier and more happier than now!

I love you all!! :)

180307~120407; Mom's Birthday

2007-04-15T14:27:00.000-07:00

This year, my mom's birthday was the same day of Easter Sunday.
So I was very happy to be with all of my family.

My mom's birthday was on Sunday, 8th of April.

Me and my sister woke up very early in the morning, at 6.00am to make the seaweed soup.

This dish is very traditional one for Koreans, especially for the post-pregnant women who gave the births already. This is because the ancestors believed that the factors of seaweed helps the women to get well after the pregnancy to be normal. And it was proved in the scientific way in the modern period as well.

Anyway, we cooked the soup and the rice, and also my sister made the cheese eggs roll for the special meal.

the seaweed soup and the rice.

Then at night, me and my sister baked the birthday cake for my mom and I made the Lagane as well for birthday special meal.

However, this time the cake was really successful, even I didn't use the oven this time due to it was broken. Instead, I used the rice cooker and pushed the button for 'simple steam'.

We had such a nice time with all of family members and also we took the pictures as well.

180307~120407; Friends.

2007-04-14T08:27:00.000-07:00

I Spent only few days with my friend who had the nice years in the high school altogether.
But I think I was very happy with them and also I hope they were very happy with me even though we met each other very short moment.

KimJiYeon (KIMJI); She is the person who I spent most of the time inside and outside of the school when I was a hight school student.
We used to skip many many classes to do some activities which we can't be offered from the school.
At that time we were blamed by many teachers, but we missed that time very much.

I think we met 3 times. She was busy, coz she had so many classes; she is doing art, to be more precise, she is doing fairy tale illustraion.

I think she hasn't changed very much, so I was very pleased to see her with the pure mind
and pure face and great memories with me.

I hope everything of all will be very well. And also hope her dream will come true in the future.

YuJiIn; She is also the same member who got involved the skipping the classes with me and KimJi.
She just came back from Canada, and we met twice!
We used to go to Dunkin and Starbucks when we were the students, but we didn't go there this time at all.

Instead, we went to O'sulloc and KyungbokPalace, and also Kyobo book store and had an ice cream in Baskin.
She did plastic surgery on her eyes, but I didn't yell at her.
But She is very pretty enough, and we had such a nice time altogether as well.

LeeEunKyung(Aerial); We were in the same classroom when we were the 2nd grade in the highschool. She was the leader of our class in the 2nd semester.
How can I describe her?!! She is very very unique, coz she stops growing to be an adult. :)

And also she likes Aerial, the Litter Mermaid, too much. So she told me a funny story, related to the Aerial.
When she was in the Marketing Lecture, the professor in the unit asked her; what kind of thing
makes you consider to do action the most? with a full sigh, and she replied; when I saw the Aerial stuff in the store, I have to consider very very much whether I do buy or not.

I laughed and laughed, and there is no change to her.
She is the perosn to scream to call my name on the street without any shame!
I hope she will grow a bit more mentally to be considerate others, but hope her inner beauty
will not be changed at all!

ParkBeautiful; Her names is the sentence. Normally many Koreans have 3 words syllables, but

she had 4 syllables, in addtion the name is the full sentence.

It was very impressive when I met her at first.

And she has such a splendid beautiful figure, but her mind is even more beautiful than the figure. means angel!

Anyway we spent 2 years in the same classroom in the high school and talked many many things together either.

This time we also did the same thing and the day we met was very shiny and great.

So the weather made us much more happier.

031807~120407; O'sulloc

2007-04-14T08:06:00.000-07:00

O'sulloc is the Green Tea cafe which was founded
by the Korean Cosmetic Company; TaepyeongYang(=means Pacific Ocean).

There are only 5 branches in Korea; 4 in Seoul, 1 in the ski in Vivaldi.

Even though there are much fewer branches in Korea compared to Coffee shop like; Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Passgucci, and also A some Two Place etc, Many Koreans and also

foreigne visitors likely to go there to have breaks with drinking Tradiotional Tea, or Fusion style drinking like Green Latte, Green Cappucino etc with such a nice piece of cake.

I enjoyed drinking Green Latte and also Camomile Green Tea as well.

Everything in the cafe is made of Green Tea, so those are not too sweet but it tastes very good.

Also the thing which was very impressive was every staff in the shop was fully trained

when they serve and explain about the shop and the taste of each different teas and cakes.

I missed taking photos of the staff in unfortunate, but their uniform and hair style are very neat and tidy with Green Pants and White Blouse.

If you have the chance to go over Korea I would reccommand to go there to enjoy your time

with the above stuff.

13042007; Easter Break: SEOUL!

2007-04-12T21:26:00.000-07:00

my lovely family; sister, mom, dad and me

This time I went over Korea to see my mom, dad and sister and had a such a wonderful time
in there, especially with my mom.
Even though I had an small operation with my teeth and legs, everything was very fine to me.

This is my first page to introduce my hometown so far.
There will be more photos in the upper page, I guess.

my home; apartment infront of it.

the first floor, as you see above, is my house, we've never moved out since I was 6.
So we have loved this house very much. However, if you go over to look at korean housings,
you can see a lot of of skyscraper style buildings, those are all apartments.
It looks very ugly, i.e. looks very crammed and too much over modernised in terms of living.
But my place is for the only resident area. Even if you can see a lot of high-storeys' apartments
everywhere, my hometown is rather calmer than the southern part of Seoul; the capital city of Korea.

Chunggye-river, Kyungbok-palace, Myungdong; the centre of Seoul

I used to go to a high school which is in the centre of Seoul.
So I have had so much experiences of the modernised city life which people think
very 'sophisticated'.. whatever..

But 2 years ago, the mayor of Seoul, Myung-bak, Lee, thought Seoul is suffocate to breath, this is because there are so many huge buildings everywhere, and those do block the circulation of the fresh air. Thus, he decided to re-decorate Seoul to be more natural with super modenised atmosphere. So he suggested this agenda as his first manifesto, then he was elected.
As you see the first picture, we have very beautiful river which flows the centre of Seoul.
It's very nice, so many couples, children, students, housewives, and also many bizmen walk
around in the lunch break and also at night.

Also there is Kyungbok-palace which is the last empire's resident place of Korea.
It's very nice place if you look at it in detail, due to such a wonderful decoration on the ceilings and the vaults, and also columns either.

If you go further into the palace, you can find the national folk meseum, the museum was re-furnished and re-organised in last year. So it was very new.

Anyway, if you get into the museum, you can learn many korean folk remedies and cultures
from the statues and the objects and also the multimedia tools.
It was very clean and very well organised so you will be very pleased if you look at it further
when you visit my country.

Shoe-fix; Yong san
You can see the huge the US military troops in here, however, very ironically,
here is the one of the most well traditionally preserved in Seoul.

So you can find this kind of old place, but which gives you the smile; coz the shoe-fixer
was very funny and his ability was very delight.
It was very nice, and I hope this kind of place will be last very very long long.

Kosney; Myungdong, Seoul

Here is Kosney in Myungdong, you can find many cute and pretty things in here; accessories, clothes, fancies etc. designed for Females.

O'sulloc; Myungdong, Seoul

Unfortunately, we have uncountable starbucks in the small city in Seoul, even worse,

there is the biggest coffee bean and tea leaf branch in Myungdong as well.

Coffee Bean is the Amerian company, but we have the biggest branch in my country.

Very irony!

So I think some foreign travellers who don't know about my country very much would think

COffee is the tradional drink for many koreans.

Anyway, so a korean company; Tae-pyeong-yang built O'sullock which provides greentea, and green tea-latte, cakes and so many cute and pretty but also such a splendid taste stuff to compete with Starbucks in Korea.

As a result, many people tend to go to there to enjoy drinking green tea stuff.

Coz starbucks coffees are too fatty and sweety, and also more expensice than many other countries. So people likes to go there to keep their shapes and also to save the money either.

To be continued......

1603007;invitation

2007-03-16T17:48:00.000-07:00

I was invited to have dinner with Johnny and Ronan today.

However, I was very hurry to make the dished for them to be on time.

But I didn't finish cooking until the time when we arranged to meet anyway,

so I let Nora call to Johnny then she talked to them on the phone.

Such a stupid situation..

I was chopping cheese and tomatos and some basils and so on,, and I realised that I chopped

so many ingredients indeed, I made only 15 bruschettas anyway.

But this time Nora helped me a lot, and I left the kitchen with some dirts, but she let me go and

washed it on behalf of me.

Anyway,, I came over their flat, and had a such a wonderful dinner tonight with them.

Potato Salad

Nori-maki. but I think it's more like ours; kim-bob

Sweet-potato Bruschetta by me!

You know what? it's my first time to make Bruschetta, and it was such a successful.

Actually, the bruschetta is the dish before the main dish is going to be served, so it should be

light bite. However, I thought if I make this one with toasted baguette, it makes me and them

full, so I changed the ingredients a bit to be more oriental; the sweet potato which has a lot of

fibers.

Then put the basil and chopped tomatos and oranged coloured pepper then goat cheese

finally covered them with a chopped cherry tomato for decoration.

Lastly, I put the dressing which was made of lemon juice; just squeezed it, then, chopped

basils without stems, and a small spoon of olive oil and tiny little bit of salt then mix it together

and dressed on the top.

It was very nice and lovely!!

Apart from my dish, I enjoyed his dishes as well, nori-maki and potato salad and some

potato stuff with coriandors and olive oil based sauce, and I thought I ate something more acutally, But I didn't!! after that ate a scoop of ice cream and that was it.

So nice !!!! NICE.

Everybody has fed me this week from Monday to Friday! Noot, Sakura's Birthday Party

and Today as well by two lovely guys!

Thank you very much and See you then. :)

1003007;Orgasmic Cafe

2007-03-16T17:13:00.000-07:00

On last Saturday, when I finished my working, I popped into
the cafe named, Orgasmic on Queen's Road in norwich city centre.

Nowadays, I plan to go many different cafes in norwich which server some light bite food like
bagel and sandwich at a reasonable price.
So, this time, I went to there and had a good dinner with red-wine after all. :)
first of all, start with my lovely coffee; machiatto
This machiatto,, let me think about it again,, not bad, but not good as much as the
same one which I usually have in the cafe ninety-one.
it's more like water for me, coz it's not strong enough, but not bad anyway.

say, What I ordered,,,, were mini cherry tomato bites and goat+peppers' roasted
bagel with salad + broccolli dipping sauce, then I ordered the wine later.

Tomatos
Bagel
Wine later
overall interior in Orgasmic.

Actually, when I stood up infront of the cafe, I hesitated to go or not, coz it looked more like pub and people were chatting ina group. But I've been myself, say alone for a long time,
I came into indeed without any embarrassment at all..
Whatsoever, it was the cafe where I stepped on it on last saturday, and the food was good,
and the waiters were nice as well.

However, on the way back, I found some oriental ornaments from the shop which
sells some Hindu-style elephants and that kind of patterns like the below photos;

the chair

I think this is the chiba,,, maybe,, I like the wooden carving one.

I like the objects,, say 'artefacts' which looks navajo,, say,, more like ancient Indian style
or Aboriginal - ancient Australian style art which are very abstract, but seems very mysterious with a lot of connotation in the artefacts as itself.

Then passed through the street; the Queens' Street
then reached to the cathedral;

but it was not the catherdral, but the cafe names 'forget-not'
I thought it was very interesting. exterior was abosolutely, the catherdral or a church,, but
it was the cafe and a book store in further inside.

It was very nice day of my picnic on Saturday, and I want to go over there again
to eat some soup and gourmet pizza for vegetarians only. Loved it!
:)

28022007; Piccadilly and The Queen

2007-02-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

Today, I went to London for a day trip.

Actually I planned to go to the gallery, Tate modern to see the free exhibition of the Indian

Inspired female painter, Amrita. But I couldn't find the place for it, I took off at St.Paul station, but I walked and walked, then I reached at Horborn, the centre of London, and the Horborn

station is quite far away from St. Paul.

Anyway, I didn't find Tate modern, then I changed my mind very very quickly, then went to the underground, then took the central line, and went to the Piccadilly circus Station to see around.

When I came out of the underground, it was raining, but I just remembered the scene of the international commercials. It reminds me. Full of theatres, musicals, and also movie theatres there are so many many bunch of theatres everywhere in Piccadilly.

It's totally different from the Manchester Piccadilly garden.

Piccadilly, London.
Equus, Daniel Redcliff. He is contributing the play in this moment, and the headline of the London evening news are covered of this issue.

Odeon, Picaadilly London.

I wanted to see the musical, coz there are a number of half price ticket salers infront of the theatre like the below pircutre.

so I poped in one of the ticket booth to ask the time of the musical. Very very stupidely, and unfortunately, I booked this ticket 3 weeks in advance, so I couldn't change the time and the date at all. In addition, I have class on Thursday.

And the ticketer said, the earliest musical would go on at around 7.30, it would last for 2 hours at least. - means I can't see the musical this time.

I wanted to see the Phantom of the opera, you know the fame and the face of WEst End Musical of Britain. and also Mamamia.. but I have another day to see those things, so I left the ticket booth and stepped down towards the movie theatre. I had nothing to do.

So I got into Odeon to buy the ticket for The Queen.

The Queen

2 short cuts from the movie

I think this is a very good example of the National cinema. If the movie was realeased on the public a bit earlier, I would use the movie as an example of my takeaway test for FTV unit.

Anyway,,

As you already expect, this is the movie about the Queen of the UK, the Elizabeth 2nd.

I might guess the actress of the movie, she was the winner of the best actress of the Oscar this year right?

As I focus on the movie as itself, it's really really tremendously British.

and it's the movie of the biography, but it's the moment of her danger of dignity and respect

as being the Queen of the nation, and the head of the state from the change of the government; the New Labour Party in 1997 by Tony Blair, and also the fetal death of Diana.

Technically, it's not very gorgeous in terms of using colour and using of the camera movement.

I think most of British movies are not very beautiful in that way. I think it might be the weather of this country; very foggy and very humid, the water, precisely, the amount of the liquidity

in the air is very important and it has an impact upon making the picture frame of the movie anyway.

But there are exceptionals like About a Boy, and Nottinghill, Bridget Jones's Diary.. Coz those movies were taken indoor more than outdoor.

Whatever,,

The movie represents very well about the complexity of the emotion and the position of the Queen, as a monarchy, as a woman, as a humanbeing.

And, it follows the pattern of the Documentary, from a short but such a huge shocking and issuable accident of the death, the Queen of the People; Diana.

During that time, the problematic connection and relationship between the Queen and the governement; new PM also added up the movie to be more interesting, and British.

But I was a bit critical of the use of documentary short clips of Diana too often, and sometimes I was a bit confused who is the protagonist of the Film, the Queen? Diana? or Tony Blair?

I really expected nothing about this movie, so I was not disappointed at all, I'd rather enjoy it than Music and Lyric.

It's something really British, rather more English, but it doesn't make very serious in terms of the traidion stuff, but also put some episodes and the characters of fun to attract audiences.

anyway, today, it was very peaceful day. Even though I spent my time in the much more busier area than I used to be in, but I missed it very much; something very city-like.

also the Movie,, it was nice. :)

16022007; blessed idiot how I am!

2007-02-16T18:02:00.000-08:00

My stomach is full of Ritz now.
it's like somehting filled with crap!!
oohoohh.. I have to breath to digest properly in this moment.
Whatsoever, I am such a holly blessed superlative Idiot
in the world.

Coz I lost my Cash Card indeed. Such a wonderful person how I am aint' I?

I just figured out that i left my card after I withdrew the money from the cash machine.

In this country, I have had such a pizzy pizzy problems with
money all the time.
the problem with the bank, when I tried to open a bank account, and rejected from HSBC, etc etc,,, then attempted to withdraw money from Lloyds, but I didn't get the money blew 100 quits,,
then finally lost my cash card..

Fortunately, fortunately, I have just few money in my account, so
it's ok, and I have just reported my lost property to the Natwest
from the helps of Nora.

Anyway, I should be alert anyway to be more well-organised in terms of my property!

I don't know why, nowadays, when I am getting into my room,
I just sit down infront of the laptop, then do many things without any thinking,, just scrolled the mouse, then counted mickeys..
just spend my times like that.. then see outside throught the window and realise that the time goes very quickly, turns to dark starry vincent night soon.

Mental Lingour.. which I have now,, the problem I've got in this moment and thesedays anyway!!

However, I can't stick to people,, just the Lyric of the Feeling,,
I don't know the title of the song of them, but the Lyric of that
song is somthing like I can't be your friend, unless i pretend.

That's the way I am I think.
This kind of my inner mind, which I have gotten since I was born , leads me to get more isolated, and solitude,,,, but not loneliness anymore.

I Think, I am fully independent in terms of the socialisation.

So, I am not lonely, but I miss my mom and dad and my sister
and my friends who spent say,, such a splendid period with me.
But you know what? sometimes I am getting freaked out that I
disappoint them coz i think I have changed in some way, while I wasn't getting realised.!

14022007; Music and Lyrics

2007-02-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

Romantic Comedy,
It's the one of the most famouse genre of Hollywood films.

On this Valentine day, I had an appointment with my colleagues from Sub.
So We went to ODEON in reverside and saw the movie.
I thought I would see the comedy movie, hot fuzz, but Music and Lyrics was the one
which I saw on that day anyway.

Personally, I don't like Romantic Comedies, and any other types of love movies at all.
I don't know why, but when I see that kind of thing, I suddenly figure out myself, who is
totally cynical and critical of any forms of love between female and male.
I don't know why I am, just for me, it's absolutely, unrealistic, and just,,, something else
which is not impact upon me at all

Whatsoever, i saw it. - the fact.

I think it follows very authentic and classical rule of the Hollywood Romantic Comedy,
in terms of the use of 2 main movie stars; Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, the use of
sudden moments, sudden events very often, and also the use of the plot.
ah,, and also the description of the 2 different protagonists, different style, different
aspects, and different approached to the life of 2 different persons in the movie.

Anyway,, the most interesting part of the movie was the opening clip of Hugh Grant who
sings such a funny song in 80s, and his hair style and everything which he has done in the movie, it was really really bonus for me.

also the scene of Drew Barrymore.. I didn't know that she is attractive this much.
She was really Drew in the movie, and you know,, so lovely, I can't imagine she is the same
actress in the movie 3 beauties and who used to get addicted to Drugs.

Anyway,, it's just soso movie for me.

However, when I saw the short trailors of the coming soon films, I saw the teaser ad which is about the Becoming Jane; the biography of the writer, Jane Ostine.
That's the one, which I'd like to actually pay and see in the dark and very comfortable theatre.

It's going to release in 9th of march, !!! I will.

05022007; Blood Diamond

2007-02-06T12:01:00.000-08:00

I didn't expect to see the movie from Hollywood again,
but I did.
However, i didn't go to the theatre to see the movie, but downloaded it instead.

You know what? somebody recorded it in the theatre, so I noticed that some audiences
stood up and sat down again while it was realeasing in the theatre.
ㅡ.ㅡ;;- means embrassed.

Whatsoever,,
I think this movie is discussive in terms of social issue.
and I was really shocked about some scenes like child army who were brainwashed by drugs
by force, so they shoot many people without any thinking and concern.

The thing is, this is the movie; means fiction, but it was the movie which was based on the
actual story.
Personally, I am not a person who is not interested in jewerlies, so I don't have even very
basic knowledge about it, but I was given the question to myself.

There are many 'good things' like Diamond, Chocolate, Coffees etc etc which looks luxurious
and very flavourable, but how many people want to dig the truth of those products in depth,
and also how many people know about it, and also how many people were victimized and
sacrificed to make those stuff for someone else who they've never seen, and never known?

And Where get I involved in each group in the society?
As I am being a humanist, people in Africa who are working in those fields to dig the
diamonds, cultivate the ingredients of chocolates and coffees should be protected from
being used, being sacrificed.
On the other hand, how about people who were very highly skilled to make the authentic
products; jewerlies, chocolates etc etc,

People in general are rather clever, so many of us were given many benefits from high
technology, and happiness from the taste of chocolate and the own of diamonds from the use
of our invention and discovers.

However, What about people who are not given any benefits from those, what about the structure of inequality in the society which has been settled down since we have digged out
something makes us more desirable and possesive in terms of convenience and luxury.

Apart from my thinking and feeling, I thought about the actor; Leonardo Dicaprio again.
When I saw him first, it was.. when I was 10 or 11, at that time he took the movie 'Romio+Juliet'
directed by the Australian movie maker' Barz?!! Ruaman (m not sure about my spelling out)
and he was Romio in that adapted one, in that movie, he was absolutely gorgeous.
when he took off his mask, and some scenes which makes him more fascinated,,,
I was stunned when I figured out the man who is named Leonardo Dicaprio, even though I was
only 10.

But now,, he has been changed very much in terms of his appearance, but in that movie
he was turned to be more acting actor.. I felt he devoted himself a lot really a lot to be
Danny Archer with funny south African accent.

I think it's rubbish to give out my thinking,, but I think he looks more like Jamie Oliver
except for accent, in that movie.
Whatever,, the above statement was bullshit.

Anyway,, I was given the time to think about the world and the actor in depth.

when he had the most beautiful face and figure in his life.

06022007; Expresso

2007-02-06T11:44:00.000-08:00

Today, I finished my working a bit earlier,
so I went to the Cafe; Expresso for having lunch and dinner at the same time
at around 15.30.

I've stopped twice to buy the sandwich; tomato, cheddar cheese stuffed with some salad
cream sauce with chibbatta?!! bread.
Since I've tasted it first, I've been addicted to taste it again again and again!

But, it's my first time to eat something in the cafe.
That's why the cost of these; the coffee and the sandwich which I normally eat, was doubled.

Anyway, the atmosphere of the cafe is more like modernised rather than the cafe 91.
But most of customers who get into are generally old couples or grandmas and grandfas.. like that. and I saw quite a lot of people who sat down alone and enjoy eating some soup and drinking coffee, so it was very silent and calm.

Interior inside was very neat and tables were rather antique, also I like the colour of the wall
in this cafe; yellow I like it.

The combination of yellow and brown and a bit speedy gypsy style music was turned on, and
the open cafe rounge was also attractive to me.

This time, I was hungry, so I ate sandwich with some olive oil and valsamic veneager dressing
salad, but I'd like to taste some cakes; especially, the coconut one later.

It was very good, and the coffee was also tasty.

The Cafe, Expresso in Norwich, opposite the St.Andrews Hall

03022007; fanstastique Lemon cheese cake

2007-02-03T14:42:00.000-08:00

I was a bit rush to be on time for working.

Whatsoever, I arrived Subway a bit earlier, then I worked and finished at around 6.30.

I was terribly terribly tired, but I really wanted to drink a very strong espresso hot shot.

But the time was not so good, most of shops were closed, and I walked down to have some

sandwiches in Expresso, but the cafe was also closed, instead the Irish pub was opend and

many people in the pub watched the game between Midlesburgh and Arsnal.

So I walked back to go back to my home, but you know all shops were closed on the upper

gile street as well.

Fortunately, Ninety One cafe was opened until 10pm on saturday, so I got into the cafe.

First of all, I ordered the large Machiatto, then I ask what cheese cake is good with the

machiatto, and the waiter recommanded me the Lemon glazed Cheesecake like below.

the Lemon glazed Cheesecake in the cafe; Ninety-one.

It was absolutely fanstastique.

In my life the best cheesecake is the one which I tasted in the Belgium EXKI cafe in Antewerpen.

And the second one is maybe this one. The taste between the lemon glazed on the top

and all cheese base in the middle, and the bottom of it; such as crumbles,,, the combination

of those made my tough so happy and pleasure. :)

Apart from the cheesecakes above, there are two more cheesecakes which I love to taste;

1. the Cheesecake in Wood and Bricks.

2. the Cheesecake in Altocrema.

In addition the Atmosphere of the cafe is very comfortable and gothic.

I feel something gentle in this cafe whenever I step in.

Especially, tonight was even more than the afternoon.

I think the attraction of the cafe; the local cafe or the big branded cafes like Starbucks, Costa,

Nero etc... is the atmosphere and image of their own.

That's why people enjoy going those cafes to drink coffee and talk, or spend their spare times

in there.

So I like cafes and today I was so appreciate to the waiter who recommanded me the cheese-

cake which was Fantastique. :)

Ninety-One cafe on Upper St.Gile Street in Norwich.

280107; the waffel house with noot

2007-01-28T17:15:00.000-08:00

Today, I planned to see the movie 'The host' in the Norwich Cinema city,, but

I was such a stupid person, so I didn't see the movie indeed.

coz the booking details was not simple, it was very complicated to be known.

anyway,, I went to the Waffel house, the restaurant on the St.Gile's Street in Norwich with Noot.

I really wanted to go there to celebrate the New year's eve with her, but we couldn't go there

in the last day of 2006.

This was because, the resturant closed earlier than the normal days.

After that, I've just looked around the restaurant in the internet and imagine the taste of the

food in there with the photos of there.

Ok, Stop being silly, and I'd like to load some photos in there first.

Unfortunately, I didn't take the photos of the food; the plain waffel with the mushrooms plus

some cheese on it.

from the Waffel House with Noot.

Then we just walked around the city for a while and stopped by Tesco to buy some food

for Noot, and to buy Martini and Haggenda? I don't know the White Brewed Belgium beer

to myself for the party in my flat.

However, today my weekend was a bit messed up, coz I was too lazy to get up early, so

I missed the mass again. You know what?

I've never attended the mass since I have missed the chirstmas mass in 2006.

I've just realised that I had to attend the mass on Saturday after I finished my working.

what a stupid.. ain't I?

So I need the time and place to make myself to be calm.

Then I got into Nero and ordered the latte.

But the Barista who works in Nero, he spilt some milk on the plate of my coffee mug.

so he stamped twice on my membership card.

It means I can collect only 5 stamps more, not 6.!!

then get a free coffee. perfect!

then I took some photos of inside Nero and the city centre with the clock on the top of the city

hall in norwich.

Nero. Norwich.

Then back to my room and prepare some food for it. which was totally ruined..

enjoyed the party.

That's it. Tired.

20012007; Sunflower

2007-01-20T17:15:00.000-08:00

Late summer night Sunflower field by Gianluca Di Vito

by Kristina Kotraski

The meaning of Sunflower is to devote its own life to someone.

I think the flower such as the sunflower is full of passion, but it is also full of stupidness

which I can definite as 'scarificing'.

Since I have been educated, I have minded to be the person like the sunflower

who can devote my own life to do what I really want with full of passion.

Even though it looks very illogical and stupid to adjust to the modernised society in

many aspects, I can't give up my promise and goal which I've set up since I was a child.

Instead, there is 2 more conditions to be the sunflower.

1. Do listen, Save my words from my mouth.

- in the human's organ, there is a mouth, but there are 2 ears.

I think the reason most of people have 2 ears is there are so many sounds and talkings

from the things and others as well. And when you have your own culture, you can be qualified

to speak out a bit more than your listening.

2. Be Humble.

Humble. I am the lowest... the L.Owest Person to be the sunflower towards the Sun.

15012007; the truth of Woo seok Hwang

2007-01-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

Woo seok Hwang,

the chair of the vet department in Seoul National University in Korea previously.

Historically, my country used to be known as the country of the brush; means the nation

of the pen.

So, we had many great philosophers and other scholars as well, but the problem was the upper class people always betrayed them indeed.

In the western society, many upper classes and the other brougeois supported the artists

as the patron. Like that, the wealthy people used to support many scholars in my country in the

history, but they betrayed them, and snatched the study of them indeed.

That's why many foreigners think my country Korea is very weird and misunderstandable country, coz 2 extreme different aspectes exist in many different places.

However, in the case of the scientist, Woo Seok Hwang is same.

Around 2 years ago, my country was very surprised and very proud of him who invented

the Stem Cell in the first place in the world.

Unfortunatley, I am not an expert of the biology, so I can't explain it in depth, but it has the

system like below.

the Pictogram of the Stem cell.

It's kind of the cell in the human body, and he (Dr.Hwang) extracted some important sources

from the comb with just hands, and the way of this process is referred to as 'the chapstick function'.

Many foreign press like the Guaridan and other British press, media, american, French, Germnan, Chinese, Japanese press and the media reported the successful study of him and his staff, then many patients who have suffered from disability were given the dream to be curable.

However, the korean braodcasting corporation, which is called 'MBC' was very doubtful about the study of Stem Cell, and they met other scientists in American which used to be the member

of Dr. Saton.

That's the very interesting and important point, Dr. Satton.

Dr. Satton who is the professor of Pitzerald University in the us.

He is known as the most honorable and famous scientist about this field, the colone stuff.

and he used to be the company of Dr.Hwang to help and get helped each way.

But, when Dr.Hwang reported that stem cell and everything which he and his staff has done

was successful and put the dissertation to the professional sceince megazine, the Science, Dr. Satton said good bye to Dr. Hwang officially. From that time, many press and science megazines began to be doubtful about the study of Hwang.

More badly, other korean companies, Miz Medi and Dr. Satton mentioned that Dr. Hwang is a lier and there is no stem cell. and they distorted the dissertation of Dr.Hwang in many ways.

Some of them discarded the cell to the bin.

As many people feel and know, my country tiny littel small country South korea is under the

control of Amerian in many ways, many of our products are exported to America. So ironically, when the US Dollar goes down and the korean won sterling goes up, many economists are getting worry about the price of the note. coz income of our prodects are given as the us dollar.

So complicated in many ways between the giant suck country and my stupid and weak tiny little country.

Dr. Hwang was abandoned by many korean people and the government etc, otherwise,

many other staff who are koreans but the member of Dr.Satton are very well paid. However,

the head of this field is Dr.Satton, so every authorisation of the study and other data are given

to the America dominantly.

How we could get back our own right to let people know the original study of the stem cell should be involved in Korea and the right of the study of Dr.Hwang should be respected that kind of stuff?

I hope, the study of him should be back to him, and many disabled patients will be helpful from

his study, the stem cell as well.

28122006; Camille Claudel

2006-12-28T16:09:00.000-08:00

Camille Claudel (1864-1943)
The Actress Isabelle Adjani (1955~ )

The Film Camille Cluadel in 1998, directed by Bruno Nuytten.

It was my first time to know her, Camille Claudel, when I was in high school.

I had an art class in 10th grade, and my teacher mentioned about Camille as the one of the most expressive artist in the late 19th century with Frida Callo from Mexico as well.

I heard about Frida Callo more often, this was because he was a painter not a sculputure like

Camille. I think painters have more possibilities to be given the fame rather than Sculptures.

Anyway, my teacher, she mentioned about this film and she recommanded to see this movie later. Coz I was not allowed to see this movie at that time at 16.

Now I am old enough to see this movie, then I downloaded it from yesterday.

I think the length of this film is long, but it was not boring to me.

It was about the life of Camille from 19 years old in around 1890s, the movie was begun with the scene which Camille digged the clays from the underground in the ealry morning.

Then the scene was moved to show the azit of her which is full of sculptures and the male model, named I for got. :)

The movie was taken her whole life except for her birth and the childhood.

Anyway,, I think the movie is such a beautiful and tragic gallery of the actress, Isabelle Adjani.

The first time when I became known about her was when I read the film megazine 'Preimere' 3years ago. From the megazine, I got some information about her, like her nationality, her filmography and her popularity in France and the Hollywood.

In her filmography in the megazine, it indicated that this movie as the important cimema to give her fame as an actress who acts very well.

As you see her, she has Definite beauty, doesn't she?

I mean she is so beautiful, pale white skin and deep blue eyes which shows the sadness and curiosity as an young girl, very dark black long hair, very thin body shape etc etc.

For me, it's hardly imagin that the movie Camille Claudel without the actress, Isabelle.

I think the movie is entirely focued on her.

However, I prefer the movie Camille Claudel to Frida which was made in the recent year,,

in around 2003? 4?

At that time, me and my best friend tried to book the movie tickets for seeing the Frida, coz my firend, she has studied the Fine art. The problem was our ages. We were just 16 or 17, but

over 18 was the youngest age to see that movie.

Anyway,, we begged to the woman on the street and she booked two tickets for us.

It was quite hard to see that movie, and also we expected to see that movie before 2 weeks.

But it was absolutely disappointed cinema to us. Coz it was full of meaningless sexual stuff

of her life and it was just very confused..and Boring.

That is why, I think Camille Claudel is much better than Frida.

Apart from the movie, I gave a lot of sympathy to Camille, I think she was a person who has so much talents as an artist, and her sculptures were feminine, but lookes very sturdy and sensative to me. - even though I am an artistic stupid-

But She was a kind of woman who easilly fell in love from sweet sayings and tempted touches.

Fortunately she was back from Rodin, but it was not easy to be out of him, precisely be out for the power from upper classes.

So I realised to be very very independent and very very very objective from that kind of feeling

which brings me the failure of my life to be lightened up.

I think I am too angry and excited to spell out all my feeling from the movie and Camille.

Anyway, I am sure the moive is the compulsory thing to see if you are the fan of Isabelle.

It was really attractive.

L'age Mur by C.Claudel

The Waltz by C.Claudel

24122006;Christmas Eve

2006-12-24T10:55:00.000-08:00

All's Fair.
Play House
Elm Hill

-My Christmas celebration journey-

Today is chirstmas eve, but I spent 4 hours in the workplace with
the water of detergent and sanitizer.. means Awful.
Anyway, I didn't attend the mass yesterday, so I had to attend the mass in the morning.
I dreamed something about my family and something very weird, so I woke up very early
in the morning. Then Had a breakfast with two cups of coffee and 2 apple cumbles.

But you know what, I killed the fly in my bathroom in the morning, it was such a big one.
When I saw it first, I thought it was a bee, so I was really scared to access to it to kill it.
Anyway, the fly was flying for 10 minutes infront me, I couldn't do anything to get rid of it,
but I was freezed and stood up with glaring the fly on the wall of my bathroom.

I graped the book to throw towards the fly, but I didn't heat my enemy, so I changed my mind
and picked up the wizz, which is the fabric perfume, then spray to the fly on the wall for many times.

Finally, the fly fell down to the floor and it was dead. Even though I felt guilty of my behaviour,
but I didn't have any choice apart from killing the fly.

Anyway, it was my horrible and stupid morning, then I dressed up with my uniform, then
I went to the church, but it was already late to be on time.
Anyway, I attend the chirstmas even mass, then I was just hanging around before I went to
the work at noon.

I tried to find the cafe which I really wanted to go with Noot maybe 2 weeks ago, But I didn't find it.
Just I passed many cafes, Olive, Expresso, Cafe Parisien etc.. Actually I really wanted to enter
the Olive, but it seemed to be rather croweded inside, so I kept walking to find the less
crowed cafe.

So I entered the one which is located on the way of Lower goat Lane near by Tesco in the city.

Actually I really wanted to eat a piece of cake and a cafe latte, but the server said, there was no cake today, I ate another breakfast with a fried egg, a vegetarian sausage, and baked beans plus toast. But it was just full. and not very good.

The service was not good, and the atmosphere was not very good.... so I think I will not
go there again.

Anyway, I will try to find the cafe which I really want to go regularly in Norwich.
Today is Christmas Eve.
Merry christmas all. :)

23122006: Before Sunrise

2006-12-23T16:24:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, I really want to watch the movie which I have seen before.
Between calm and cool was the case of this.
And Before sunrise was as well.

This film was released in 1995, so I didn't see this movie in the theatre, but from the cable channel. This was because in 1995, I was only 8 who didn't know even what the movie is. :)

Anyway, I really wanted to see this movie, so I downloaded for 2 days. :(

It's about romance, but a bit fanstasique which is based on the reality in the strange place; Vienne to both protagonists; Celine (Julie Delphy) and Jessy (Ethan Hawk).
Two people in the movie met on the train and crossed the eye sight each other then made
a conversation in the lounge.
Jess wanted to be with her in the last night in Europe, so he talked to her to be out of the train which was headed for Paris.
Celine did enjoy the day and night with him.

But it's about one-day or night love between a french girl and an american boy who have never
known each other before.

In the movie, the movie focused on mainly two people in the movie; Julie and Ethan in every different street and place in vienne. They talked really a lot about the life, death, sex,
parents, and the world etc.

Personally, I like this movie as well, cause each different sequences were taken in the Vienne, and also the movie was shown as a single romantic moment often. So it's not very
boring.

But in 2004, I saw 'Before sunset' in the theatre, coz 2 years ago, I was a bit mature enough to see this kind of movie. Anyway I was full of expectation of the second one of 'Before Sunrise'.
Before sunset was begun with the interview of Jess who was given a fame as a writer in the
small book shop.. maybe in Paris - in my memory.
Then he met celine again, but at that day it was the last day of his schedule in Paris, so he
was on the last day before he boared to america - the same situation like the first one
'Before sunrise'. However, Before sunset was more like arguement which is about feminism and
sexual concepts and be more realistic.. and not so funny... I was bored during the screening.

Anyway,, I prefer the previous one, 'Before Sunrise'. But I didn't feel such a strong connection
to this movie, just it was ok for me. For me, the impact of Between calm and cool was too
big.

After all, I really enjoyed watching the movie 'Before Sunrise', it is very natural in terms of plot and cinematographic stuffs at least. :)

Julie Delphy (Celine)
Ethan Hawk (Jessy)

Meaning of Christmas

2006-12-18T20:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas is 25 of December in every year.
The day is for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
Also the word, Christmas is meant 'the mass for Christ'=
i.e. Christ+mass = Christmas.
Precisely, this birthday is for catholics and christians who
is dependant on Jesus Christ.

I am not sure that it is good or bad, but this birthday has been
getting bigger and bigger and many christian and catholic misso
naries from the western countries introduced asian people, african people to celebrate this day with giving us a lot of presents.

However, how about the asian religions like Buddism, Hinduism, and middle-eastern religion such as Muslim?

Personally, I think many occasions of those religions which I mentioned above, are not celebrated and enjoyed in the western culture.

Is it fare? Is it good?

But,,, I am an asian but catholic on the other hand, so I can't
be clear about my thougt about Christmas as itself.

Yet, I think the world has been Westernised in terms of Modernisation and people in the world; east to west, has had the
concepts of the westernisation which is kind of definte thing to develope their lives to be more wealthier and to be more convenient.

I am asking to myself, 'the world is going to be just one-culture dominant, indeed?'

16122006

2006-12-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

Today, I'd like to write down my thought of human.

In my point of view, I think the human is an interesting creature.

Let me expend my first statement........

A person is made and the parents of the person give a birth to him/her.

then, the person is expected to have the experience of the family which is referred to as

'the smallest unit of the society.'

Whatever, I mean the family is whether happy or not,,

most of people have experinced the family,, right?

Then the person is sent to the school; the kindergarten, the primary school, the middle school, and the high school.. or further education or not.

During this academic process, we can see many different kinds of people.

some people set their own goals and dreams earlier than others,

so they try and try to make the dream come true,

on the other hand, there is another group which is on the average.

even though the people in this group stepped down the world and the process with many other people, I assume that they are happy as being themselves.

Otherwise, they are the 3rd group in my opinion, which is involved in neither the first nor

the average. But they are also happy and pleasure as being themselve. as being alive.

All people are valubale due to being given the birth.

Anyway,, after the academic process, some people achieve the goal, and I call them

like the upper class in the society; politicians, professors, entertainers, sports stars etc...

Or some people who are engaged in the average group, they devote themselves to the work,

and the family and so on, and they are making their own cultures and the stories as well.

Or some people who are classiefied in the third group, they don't seem to try to adjust to

the society which has been built up by others, or they seem to be the people who fail to get

involved into the society... But I believe they are equally treated in terms of happiness,

Coz they are also the human beings who can grin the smile involuntarily.

I think People SHould Live as long as they can breath.

I don't who made the term 'anti-social',

anyway people have fear of the death despite many of them are very negative to the

society.

I might assume that some people appose my opinion

; people have fear of the daeth..

coz the rate of commiting suicide is getting higer than before.

But I think the dead people from killing themselves must be very very scary and regreatble

right before they died.

That's the people what I have thought.

Whatever... Whether the days are harsh or very pleasure to live,

I think the human beings are the presences

which make their own stories, also their own cultures,

try to understand the others who are different from them,

can see the next day indeed--- it's the great pleasure and happiness to many of them---.

13122006

2006-12-13T18:28:00.000-08:00

Anglican Church near the Forum in Norwich

Wednesday

handed in my takeaways test to the school office.

posted a christmas card, a pakage of mis-delievered items back,

and also the passport to the embassy in London.

forgot to grap my scheduler, but

I didn't realised that I lost it until the post office lady showed me the scheduler.

went to the city,

went to the TK Maxx and buy a friend of Sakura's friend.

a brown one

I am so happy to introduce a new friend to the red bear.

went to the Bakeoven to eat some pastry; vagetable bake

stepped down the city... .... means hanging around

reached near the mcdonarld

was waiting noot for nearly 30 minutes.. N.O.O.T.!!!

Finally, I met her,, :) then went to TESCO to buy a pancake, but I saw

only a small size of it, so I change my mind to buy a set of scone.. instead.

then left TESCO, and went to the Rainbow.. I figured out another cafe upstair.

looks nice. I will go there later!

Rainbow is a food shop for organic and healthy food. I think it's good for vegetarians like me.

Finally, We wanted to go to the cafe, which Noot mentioned before.

passed the NO.33 cafe.. and went along the path..

even though we lost the way of the cafe, and went back to the way we stepped down already,

but it was my first time to look around the st. George street, Elm street, outside of

the city centre.. just around there.

I saw the Teddy Bear shop, I saw my different kinds of Teddy bears in there..

the price was expensive,, most of them over 100 pounds.. anyway..

but it was happy to see them.

There was the cafe which we wanted to drink a coffee with a cake.. but

remember Here is England. they closed the cafe at 5.00. at that time it was just at around

4.50.. so.. we went out then tried to find out another coffee shop,

but most of them close at 5.00 or 5.30 something. but I saw many different individual

cafes,, like Xpresso, also figured out the Cinema city Norwich, a lot of cafe..

Finally we went to Cafe UNO and ate a cafe latte, hot chocolate, Cheesecake, Tiramissu, and

Margerita etc.

It was the treat of NOOT!

Then we left the cafe, and stopped by Sugar hut and I got a free Thai chips.. it's so

delicious!!

You know what? Noot gave me quite a lot of them.

it's a bag .. but I finished all of them just a moment ago.

all snacks and confectioanry sweets are very addictive to me.

what a horribly bad eating bit I have!

It was very great jorney you know?

finished all my units and felt something free and refresh.

Above all,, I m so happy with the friend of Sakura's Red Bear!!

What do I call him? I am considering to give a name to him!

and Thank you NOOT for being a company with me today! :)

10122006

2006-12-10T10:01:00.000-08:00

TODAY! 10122006onsunday
Today, I'd like to introduce the musique in my mp3 player.
Actaully, I m not an expert of particular music, but I think the musique is just a thing
which sticks to me all the time whenever I go, whatever I do.
Music, as itself, is important to me anyway.

1. Miyavi and O-ostka eye
Miyavi O-ostka eye

Miyavi is on my future husbands' list. :)
He is a rocker who used to be a guitarist in the Dual-quartz with other 4 members in 1990s.
However, not he is perfroming by himself.
When I read some jornals about his music by an expert, he wrote that his music is more like
JAPANESE TRADITIONAL VISUAL ROCK like X-Japan or Larc-en-ciel.

I think his apperance is more like visual rockers as he mentioned, but his voice and music
is a different.
Even though I don't understand Japanese but the music is more about himself, and the melody
is not very shocking. He like to use the rythmn and sound of guitar technique which he enjoy
performing. (I recommand the music. We love you, and 自分革命)

O-ostka eye is a woman singer, but apart from that i don't know about her very much.
COz my sister sent me her music 'Sa-ku-ran-bo' via e-mail.
But I like the melody. It's a very funny and bright song.

2. Gwen Stefani

I like Gwen Stefani. I don't know why, but she attracts me really.
Her appreance is well it's good, but I think I like her voice and performance.
As you know I don't like a dancing music, but I think her performance is more combined with
a band music. Maybe She is still a lead singer of No Doubt.

I didn't listen to her new albumn which was realesed in this December, but I am quite
sure that she puts some quite a lot of Japanese stuff in her music and album photos etc.

Personally, I like Running and Sunday morning, also Sad for me of No doubt.
But also I like her solo music like Hollaback girl, and Harazuku girl as well.

3. Graig David
Hidden Agenda, Walking away, Rise and Fall etc.

Usually he sings very fast, I mean he read his letters of songs relatively faster with an attrative voice.
I like his music, Songs of him is more like tempation of many girls around him for a night.
but the melody and the rythm is more like craig style.. I think his music is a bit difficult
to define as a particular genre.
Anyway,, I recommand the song of him, 'You don't miss water.'

4. GreenDay
Rock-and-Ring in Germany
Special Video Clip of their performance; Armstrong, Tre-Cool, and Mike

5. Norah Jones
My favorite Jazz singer.

I like her really,, more than Gwen Stefani.. maybe :)
When I listen to her music, I am so comfortable.. really comfortable.
Seven years
The most famous song of her, Don't know why
Toes
Lond star
etc etc..

among them I like Seven years the most.
'Little girl, nothing wrong........'

Piano sound and her voice,, is the perfect combination for me.

6. Last; So-ra, Lee

I don't want to put her photo in here, instead I put the image of her studio program.

Star, the Wind Blows.

Actually, I didn't like her very much, and I didn't understand people who likes her very much.
But as time goes by I have realised that why people likes her for a long time.

Her music is not difficult but sounds like healing of your sadness and hurt mind as well.
So I strongly recommand to listen her music, especially, Star, and the Wind Blows in her 6th
regular record.

07122006

2006-12-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

sky..! sometimes when I look up the sky, it makes me take a photo of it.
sometimes full of white clouds, sometimes just blue coloured.
English sky is very changable, most of days.. the sky is greyish, but sometimes it's too shiny
with blue and the Sun as well. and most of nights, it shows me the purplish sky with orange
coloured horizon.
earlham park near uea, by samsung e350 near the nelson court?!! the campus, by samsung e350

05122006

2006-12-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

What a full day.

ate too much food you know.

our party planner 'NORA TAM' organised the party and we invited Lex, and Dyton as well.

Particualry, all of us were very glad to see Dyton again.

At the last moment of the party when we say bye to Dyton and Lex, we washed and tied up the kitchen all together.

and Akiko said something cute, she said whenever she saw the blue mug of piglet it reminds her

'Dyton'

Even though Take couldn't enjoy the party, it was happy.

I'd like to put some photos of the party from Nora, Sakura, Lex, and Akiko.

04122006

2006-12-04T15:46:00.000-08:00

Today I made something delicious.. right nora?

Anyway,, Today I'd like to put some photos of st.giles street in norwich.
This street is near by the st.gile cathedral in norwich.
Along this the street, you can see some fabric shops, restaurants, cafes and
bicycle shops as well.

You know, everywhere I have stepped, I have been looking for streets or small paths which makes me really happy and comfortable.

The St. Gile street is the first one in Norwich.

Photos about St.Gile's street.

Ninetyone cafe.. which makes me think about the image of
witches.

The fish restaurant.

The St. Gile street, I saw two women who tried to park their
cars,, so they put the coins into the meter... stuff.
unknown car, but looks posh,, isn't it?

It's the small journey of mine on last Saturday! :)

01122006

2006-12-01T14:54:00.000-08:00

12. .DECEMBER. 12.

It's already 1st of december.. it's really amazing isn't it?

the year in the uk is going to be nearly 1st year,

you know,, everytime, when I face 1st of december, I have both feeling at the same time;

somewhat regret and somewhat achievement.

But this year brought me quite a lot of achievement.

My dad always said to me 'You are too generous to yourself, You can't see yourself with

an accurate eyes.' i.e. he worrys about me :)

Even though my lovely dady blame me coz I am too generous to myself, I am happy as being

the way of myself.

Today,, What did I do...

first of all, woke up really late again; almost over 1.00 pm

then I took a shower,

went to the kitchen to have a breakfast

..met sakura.!

then went to the travel shop

to buy a ticket for Belgium, Manchester, and London all together..

costs nearly 140 pounds

but it will be refundable with such a gratification; means traveling.

then I went to the city centre, to buy christmas card

..the book; Green eggs and ham by Dr. Seuss.!

Christmas cards

Beatles and Audrey Cards for Dolph and Arari.

.Tea for mom, naughty doll and dad.!

chocolate for my best friend.

finished my small jorney then back to the room by walk with ROSARY.

I think the thing which encourages me is the 'small events'.

Even though I am really poorly qualified to be successful in many ways,

apart from that I think I am very good at making events which makes ME happy.

30112006

2006-11-30T18:40:00.000-08:00

Nara Yoshitomo (Me) Wheel of Fortune (my final card) Duck from my mom (my baby)

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I..

woke up so late

Nora knows.
Coz I met her in the kitchen in the morning with half closed eyes and husky voice.

So I missed the lecture in the morning..
which was about Fundamentalism.

dressed up with all black.

today I did not wear the skirt.

went to the seminar of the film study...

talked about Dogme95, Lars von Trier,

This kind of things..

felt multi isolated in every seminar.. you know..?!

then I was given back my essay

with such a horrible mark...

walked down stair to check e-mails

finally got e-mails from staff in FTV.

replied back.

also figured out that the parcel was delivered from my

MOM!

Unpacked.

My flatmates expected some dress.

Unfortunately, this time my mom didn't send me

A DresS!.

But she sent me so many food,,

I LovE U MUM.

planned my trip for this winter.

Manchester..!

Belgium...!

then I am still waking up with my duck!

Only Imagination achieves the power.

2006-11-24T15:05:00.000-08:00

Like Ken who says the poem is not the thing which needs interpretation of meanings, but needs just feeling.

Like Sora who sings the song such as 'The wind blows.'

Like me who loves something undescribable, small local cafes, small shops, non-branded stuff, above all Imagination.

Imagination is the moto of my life, moto of my breath.