发自内心深处的声音

The protagonist is Sodong, a commoner who strives to become a top technician. Sodong later became King Mu, the 30th king of Paekche as he was finally recognized as of royal birth.

The main background of the drama is Taehaksa, Paekche’s prestigious institute of science technology. As it possessed and developed the most up-to-date technology at that time, the institute was always in danger of industrial espionage from other countries like the Koguryo Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom.

“The 21st century is an era of information technology. The viewers will be able to see not only the splendidly rich culture of the Paekche Kingdom but also their ancestors’ passion for information technology, which is in line with today’s trend”, said the drama’s writer Kim.

The drama also reveals the role of monks as industrial spies at that time, an aspect of monks in the past that is rarely focused 0n.

“Monks were the advance guards of intelligence war at that time. The leaders of the three countries made the best use of the monks’ mobility as they were allowed to move freely from country to country on sacred missions”, said Kim.

The drama also features a character who was originally from the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. - A.D 935) but went over to Paekche as a child and smuggled himself into Taehaksa, concentrating on secretly getting out high-quality information over a long time.

Various agricultural technologies considered the most up-to-date at that time also appear in the drama.

In some episodes, to solve the problems of excessive dryness of the land, they released earthworms, and used ondol (hot floor) for the first time to decrease the humidity of homes.

“Sodongyo” is said to be one of Korea’s oldest folk songs. According to Samgukyusa (The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) from the Silla Kingdom, the song was written by Sodong, a commoner from the Paekche Kingdom. Hearing that Princess Sonhwa, a daughter of King Chinpyong of the Silla Kingdom was beautiful, he writes a song saying that the princess visits Sodong’s room every night and spreads the song around. When her father hears the song, he condemns the princess to exile. Sodong picks her up and takes her to Paekche, and they become the royal couple of the country.

Cast

Jo Hyun Jae as Suh Dong (King Mu of Baekje)
Lee Bo Young as Princess Sun-hwa of Shilla
Ryu Jin as Sa Taek Gi Ru / Kim Do Ham

I recommend this serial to those who love Korean dramas. This is indeed one of the best that I have watch. The story line’s great, and the romance within simply touches my heart! The most memorable scene for me would be when Suh Dong proposed to Prince Sun-Hwa through Sun-Hwa’s father via an envoy from Baekje. That’s was so touch, that I ahem . . . yeah you bet, I shed tears! That’s was so touching! I bet you would too! And the next scene is when Prince Sun-Hwa, now the Queen of Baekje, passed away of illness, the love of Suh Dong to Sun-Hwa was so magnitude that nothing in this world could do anything to stop them from loving each other.

The Lantern Festival (元宵节) also known as the Shang Yuan Festival (上元节) is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also sometimes known as the “Lantern Festival” in locations such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
The Chinese Lantern Festival is the last day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebration period. The Lantern Festival is also known as the Little New Year since it marks the end of the series of celebrations starting from the Chinese New Year. Koreans celebrate this festival as the Daeboreum.
During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night carrying bright lanterns. In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, for only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones; in modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in shapes of animals.

Traditionally, the date once served as a day for love and matchmaking. It was one of the few nights in ancient times without a strict curfew. Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love. Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns were symbolic of good luck and hope.

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern parades. Other popular activities at this festival include eating tangyuan (汤圆), a sweet glutinous rice dumpling served in a sugary soup, and guessing lantern riddles, often messages of love.

It’s also another reunion dinner tradition in my family, where everyone in the family would try to return home early to have a meal together. It’s usually steam boat, where we have our meals over laughter. Right after a good hearty meal, it’s tangyuan time! Love this Chinese tradition desert! Love it especially when it comes to that you has to knead the dough yourself and add colour to the dough. Love this process!
Here’s my little secret recipe for the tangyuan dough.

Use glutinous rice flour, depends on how many serving you want. I usually use half a pack.
Boil a pot of pandan leaves water. (My mum planted at least 2 pots of pandan leaves) I love pandan flavour water as it enhances the fragrance of the dough. In this case, I can leave out the sugar content in the dough. It depends on what soup base you want to have. Once the dough is done, I usually love to have it set in the fridge for about an hour. I will prepare a set of dough which is added with edible red food dye. Just a small tiny winy drop will do. We just want the colour will do. It’s usually pink in colour. This is because, in Chinese customs, white is usually associate with death, and it’s an auspicious period of the year in the lunar calendar, therefore a lot of red will be added. In this case, it symbolise a good balance of ying and yang.

Now the soup base, this time, mum told me that it’s going to be long-gan soup base. Now for the soup base; boil a pot of pandan flavour fragrance water. Add 5 tablespoon of brown sugar after the dry long-gan has been added. This time round, I will not add any ginger, as in Chinese cuisine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, ginger and long-gan does not mix well, as it is believe that both sources emits ‘heat’ as long-gan itself is a ‘heaty’ food. Red dates can be added to taste and flavour. Once the soup base is done, turn off the stove and leave it for serving later.

Boil another pot of water; this is to simmer your tangyuan dough. The dough is ready when it surfaces to the surface of the boiling water. I will prepare another pot of iced water (with ice cubes) this is to ensure that the tangyuan has a nice texture when chewed.

This is to be done in a real fast mode; otherwise your tangyuan will have a rubber texture. You have to drain off the excess chill water of your tangyuan before transferring them into serving bowl. Then the last step will be the serving of the soup base. And this is done!

吴淑敏

为情为爱梦一生

巳经算不清你给阮的心痛

付出的情看来来想思
心肝痛不停想你无时营
你冷冰冰不代念我心情

梦中的情爱一生
梦醒的心无块屏
等无你的回应
乎阮的心冷清清
爱人阿啥原因
这无心这无情
阿叫阮怎样会冻冷静

梦中的情爱一生
梦醒的心无块屏
感情巳经结冰
谁人陪阮过一生
冷风吹心头凝
怨自己无路用
阿为情为爱梦一生

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为情为爱梦一生
巳经算不清你给阮的心痛   

付出的情看来来想思
心肝痛不停想你无时营
你冷冰冰不代念我心情

梦中的情爱一生
梦醒的心无块屏
等无你的回应
乎阮的心冷清清
爱人阿啥原因
这无心这无情
阿叫阮怎样会冻冷静

梦中的情爱一生
梦醒的心无块屏
感情巳经结冰
谁人陪阮过一生
冷风吹心头凝
怨自己无路用
阿为情为爱梦一生

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藝人許瑋倫車禍過世，下午靈堂佈置完成，晚上持續有不少親友，前來致意，家屬已經決定，將在2月8日舉行家祭，但不會對外舉行公忌；許瑋倫的好友，同是藝人ENERGY的團員阿弟和藝人陳宇凡，接受媒體訪問表示，他們會將會為瑋倫舉辦一場音樂形式的追思會。

目前音樂會的方式、詳細的細節，將由許瑋倫的家人決定；朋友們難掩哀傷，但表示會好好的送許瑋倫最後的一程。

Taiwanese actress Hsu Wei-lun (許瑋倫) passed away yesterday, 43 hours after she was admitted into the Cheng Ching Hospital following a car crash, doctors said.

Hsu, 28, suffered excessive trauma to the head from a car accident late Friday night, causing cerebral hemorrhage and swelling.

Doctors said Hsu’s condition worsened at 5:09 p.m. last night. The severely injured actress went into cardiac arrest, and doctors were unable to revive her even after more than two hours of emergency treatment. She passed away at 7:37 p.m., the hospital said.

Hsu entered showbusiness five years ago, impressing critics by taking on challenging roles in various TV dramas over the years. She won the best supporting actress from the Golden Bell Award in her first year in the entertainment industry.

Hospital spokesperson Wu Chien-chi said Hsu’s pupil remained dilated and her cerebral pressure high despite doctors’ efforts in the past two days to reduce the pressure from the excessive accumulation of water in the brain.

The actress’ family and friends stayed close to Hsu while the actress fought to live. Sources close to the family said Hsu’s mother cried outside the room and said she was willing to give away 30 years of her life in exchange for her daughter’s recovery. Meanwhile, Hsu’s father went to Pingtung to conduct a blessing ceremony in the hope of extending his daughter’s life.

Local entertainers urged the general public to pray for the injured Hsu.

Newspapers reported that Hsu’s assistant, surnamed Lin, who was the driver of the vehicle, suffered an emotional meltdown and a minor injury, and was unable to go through an investigation.

Late Friday night, the car that Hsu and Lin were riding in crashed into a guard rail on the National Expressway No.1. The vehicle skidded and came to a halt between the freeway shoulder and outermost lane, but moments later it was hit by a truck from behind. The National Highway Police Bureau has yet to confirm that Lin was indeed the driver in the car accident, but said it needs more time to investigate and to clear the suspicious points of the case.

偶像藝人許瑋倫昨天晚間7點38分，宣告不治。家屬也在凌晨，將遺體連夜送回台北。包括演藝圈好友鄭元暢、陳宇凡等人，都趕往台中見她最後一面。前男友李威沒有現身，但請堂弟李易帶了一捲DVD給許瑋倫的家人，而當許瑋倫遺體被推出時，更是雙手合十，口中不斷為她祝禱。

熬不過生死關卡，許瑋倫還是走了。凌晨趕往澄清醫院，親朋好友，和她做最後的道別。再看一眼，卻有更多不捨。紅著眼眶，雙手合十，誦經聲中，許瑋倫連夜移靈台北。

正在合拍偶像劇的男主角施易男，戴著口罩，難掩哀戚。而壓低帽緣的鄭元暢，情緒低落。曾經合作過的演藝圈好友，包括陳宇帆、ENERGY的阿弟，默念祝禱。

前男友李威雖然沒有現身，不過得知許瑋倫死訊，讓他情緒崩潰，之前想前往醫院探視，卻被許家人阻擋，只好託堂弟李易帶DVD送到醫院表達心意，李威也選擇最接近醫院的飯店高樓層，遙寄祝福，沒想到等到的還是惡耗，而戴著白帽子的李易，也只能幫堂哥李威，送許瑋倫最後一程。

從台中到台北，靈車緩緩前往第二殯儀館。眼淚中，許瑋倫甜美身影，如今，只能成為大家心中永遠的記憶。

悼念許瑋倫～重溫惡男宅急電

悼念許瑋倫～ 給天國最美麗的天使

重溫許瑋倫最佳演出　惡男宅急電

播出時間：1/29起　每週一至週五　TVBS-G　

晚間12:00~凌晨1:00 播出

重播時間：週六、日　17:00~18:00；台音台　

週一至週五　21:00~22:00

It’s been such a long time since I have post anything on my blog. Been rather busy lately. Got involved in the university’s degree show graduation work. Open house fund raising. Work – in – Progress Exhibition (Frankly not really involved in that. JS helped us out on that). And was too tied up with my Masters Thesis project. Gosh! I looked back at the calendar last night. D-Day is set on the March 24^th. It’s on a Saturday.

Sometimes, I hate that the month flies with just a blink. I realised that time’s just not enough for a day. 12 hours of daylight, 12 hours of night. This is just not enough. And the strangest thing is that, I came especially active when it comes to design at night. Daylight, I would just spend my time reading, organising my stuffs, so on and so forth.

Mental block! Stuck is the word to use. Got Stuck! And still Stuck! I’m not sure what’s happening really. Maybe that happens to many design students, I suppose. I’m bet the design genius got that problem too. Hear stories about life in AA from Pete. Hear stories of reading Masters in the States from KN.

BREAKING NEWS!

Taiwan actress Xu Wei Lun passed away at 7.37pm on Sunday (January 28). Her heartbeat stopped at 5.09pm and the doctors didn’t manage to get her back after 2 hours of rescue. Wei Lun met with a car accident on Friday night and couldn’t recover from her head injury. She suffered internal breeding in her skull. It’s sad to see her died at such a young age; she’s a good actress and got some good talents… she was actually planning to release her debut album later this year. I bet her fans will be sad with the tragic lost, just like I do. I understand how her family feels. We have been through that before, when Pete met with an accident. The fortunate thing is that Pete came around and recovered within a month despite a serious accident. But Wei Lun did not. She left this world at a young age. Can’t help but feel sad about it. Really, I want to ask, why this world is so come to terms with that! No matter how hard I tried! Venerable once told me that nothing is permanent in this world. But Venerable isn’t this so cruel! Why! Gosh, this spoils my Monday morning!

An extract in Chinese from www.tvbs.com.tw

許瑋倫宣告不治，許多親朋好友都趕到醫院，陪她走完最後一程，一名粉絲媽媽無法接受事實，痛哭失聲，她親自寫的祝福卡片，來得太遲，許瑋倫再也看不見。

無法接受偶許瑋倫像離開人間的事實，粉絲衝到醫院，完全止不住淚水。許瑋倫粉絲母親：「從她出車禍那天開始，(女兒)就跟我講，因為我們家住這裡而已，她一直希望能夠進去，昨天就把這個(卡片)交給我，但因為我一直沒有機會進去。」

手上還握著女兒要給許瑋倫的卡片，滿滿2頁的字，寫的都是對許瑋倫的支持和祝福，只是這張卡片已經來的太遲，再也無法讓許瑋倫看到。

許瑋倫粉絲母親：「她說她發生這件事情覺得很震驚，而且很難過，然後就叫她一定要加油，要好起來，還有我們大家在等著你，陪著你，自己要加油，不要放棄。」

來遲的還有劇組的導演和工作人員，包括男主角施易男，個個都是面色凝重，但最難過的就是許瑋倫的父親，白髮送黑髮，他強忍悲痛，在加護病房外面處理後事。

幾個演藝圈的好朋友，包括姊妹淘林依晨，好友金剛、張善為，這段期間也都在許瑋倫的身旁，陪她走完最後一程，家屬凌晨將把許瑋倫的遺體送回台北，安葬在慈恩園。

No mood . . . . now, seriously!

Sawajiri Erika, lead actress of 1 Litre of Tears.

Aya is confronted with the illness, Spinocerebellar Degeneration, in which the nerve cells of areas necessary for the human body to move and balance–including the cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord–transform are weaken as the syndrome worsens. This will result in the patient’s lost of his or her ability to talk, walk, stand and even feeding themselves.

1Litre of Tears: Best of 2006 Japanese Drama

Ikeuchi Aya (Sawajiri Erika, view her images below), a 15 year old girl, is the eldest daughter in a normal Japanese family. She lives with her reliable mother, Shioka, who works as a nutritionist, her father, Mizuo, the wacky owner of a tofu shop, her quiet younger brother, Hiroki, and two younger sisters, the sarcastic Ako and innocent Rika. (See screen shots)

On the day of her high school entrance exam, however she missed her stop and had to get off the bus and walked all the way to her high school because she fell asleep on the bus journey. She quickly got off and ran from the bus stop in the rain when she discovered she was late. She slipped and injured her knee. At this juncture, she met Haruto Aso, who was trying to skip the exam. He gave her a ride to school, the exam administrators allowed them to take the exam (despite the fact that Haruto was not keen on the exam), in which they both passed.

The new semester started with Aya and Haruto were in the same class. Both were elected as the representatives of their class. Aya joined the school’s basketball team, and reunited with the boy whom she was fond of, from the male basketball team. Just as she was beginning to enjoy her high school days, Aya starts to experience some physical difficulties. She would drop food from her chopsticks, having difficulties in estimating the distance of the objects in front of her. She would spill water out of her cup whenever she pours herself a drink. She would occasionally wobble while walking. Her mother, Shioka, was the only one who notices the unusual changes in Aya, and was rather concern about this sudden change.

Aya’s life started to change, when she fell and tripped. She couldn’t protect herself with her hands while falling and she hurt her face. Her illness was revealed and her condition worsens . . .

The plot is based on a true story of a Japanese girl named Kito Aya, who contacted Spinocerebellar Degeneration. She constantly updates her diary to document her experiences until till the day she lost all ability to talk and strength. Aya was noble and lived her life till the fullest even with the fact that she’s down with Spinocerebellar Degeneration. The diary served as a source of confidence booster, in which she found strength to live on despite her illness. She shed tears countless of times, surrounded by the love and support from her family, friends, and boyfriend. She braved on, each time. Her diary “1 Litre of Tears” 1リットルの涙―難病と闘い続ける少女亜也の日記 was published after her death, with its inspiring and courageous message of, “Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”

Kito Aya passed away at the age of 25, in a bed of flowers.

So far, over 18,000,000 copies of her diary have been sold.

Each time I watched each series, I couldn’t help myself but to shed tears, along with the characters. Many a times, we have take life for granted and didn’t realise the true meaning of life. “Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing . . .” Yes, I am delighted to live to see the brand new day every time I opened my eyes. I’m delighted to be able to walk, eat, laugh and have a chance to breathe the first breath of fresh air. How lucky am I truly . . .

Sawajiri Erika

Sawajiri Erika, model, actress, singer

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a genetic disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right.

Symptoms

Spinocerebellar ataxia is one of a group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive in coordination of gait and often associated with poor coordination of hands, speech, and eye movements. Frequently, atrophy of the cerebellum occurs.

As with other forms of ataxia, SCA results in unsteady and clumsy motion of the body due to a failure of the fine coordination of muscle movements, along with other symptoms.

The symptoms of the condition vary with the specific type (there are several), and with the individual patient. Generally, a sufferer retains full mental capacity but may progressively lose physical control.

Treatment and prognosis

There is no known cure for this degenerative condition, which lasts for the remainder of the sufferer’s life.

Treatments are generally limited to softening symptoms, not the disease itself. The condition can be irreversible. A person with this disease will usually end up needing to use a wheelchair, and eventually they will need assistance to perform daily tasks.

Both onset of initial symptoms and duration of disease can be subject to variation. If the disease is caused by a polyglutamine trinucleotide repeat CAG expansion, a longer expansion will lead to an earlier onset and a more radical progression of clinical symptoms, resulting in earlier death.

Diagnosis

It can be easily misdiagnosed as another neurological condition, such as multiple sclerosis (MS).

One means of identifying the disease is with an MRI to view the brain. Once the disease has progressed sufficiently, the cerebellum (a part of the brain) can be seen to have visibly shrunk. The most precise means of identifying SCA, including the specific type, is through DNA analysis. Some, but far from all, types of SCA may be inherited, so a DNA test may be done on the children of a sufferer, to see if they are at risk of developing the condition.

SCA is related to olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA); SCA types 1, 2, and 7 are also types of OPCA. However, not all types of OPCA are types of SCA, and vice versa. This overlapping classification system is both confusing and controversial to some in this field.

Types

The following is a list of some, not all, types of spinocerebellar ataxia. The first ataxia gene was identified in 1993 for a dominantly inherited type. It was called “Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1″ (SCA1). Subsequently, as additional dominant genes were found they were called SCA2, SCA3, etc. Usually, the “type” number of “SCA” refers to the order in which the gene was found. At this time, there are at least 28 different gene mutations which have been found (not all listed).

Identifying the different types of SCA now requires knowledge of the normal genetic code, and faults in this code, which is contained in a person’s DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). The “CAG” mentioned below is one of many three-letter sequences that makes up the genetic code, this specific one coding the amino acid glutamine. Thus, those ataxias with poly CAG expansions, along with several other neurodegenerative diseases resulting from a poly CAG expansion, are referred to as polyglutamine diseases.

Inheritance

The hereditary ataxias are categorized by mode of inheritance and causative gene or chromosomal locus. The hereditary ataxias can be inherited in an autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked manner.

Numerous types of autosomal dominant cerebella ataxias are now known for which specific genetic information is available. Synonyms for autosomal dominant cerebella ataxias (ADCA) used prior to the current understanding of the molecular genetics were Marie’s ataxia, inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy, cerebello-olivary atrophy, or the more generic term “Spinocerebellar degeneration.” (Spinocerebellar degeneration is a rare inherited neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by the slow degeneration of certain areas of the brain. There are three forms of Spinocerebellar degeneration: Types 1, 2, 3. Symptoms begin during adulthood.)

There are five typical autosomal recessive disorders in which ataxia are a prominent feature: Friedreich ataxia, ataxia-telangiectasia, ataxia with vitamin E deficiency, ataxia with coulometer paraxial, spastic ataxia. Disorder Subdivisions: Friedreich’s ataxia, Marie’s ataxia, Ataxia telangiectasia, vasomotor ataxia, Vestibulo cerebellar, Ataxiadynamia, Ataxiophemia, Olivopontocerebellar atrophy, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Medical

• Genes and Disease - Gives a concise description of SCA, along with a picture of shrunken degenerated cerebellum.
• Rehab Network web site - Detailed description of SCA.
• Cerebella Degenerations
• Hereditary ataxia overview
• NINDS machado_joseph
• DRPLA - Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterised by myoclonus, epilepsy, cerebella ataxia, choreoathetosis and dementia.

Entrance of Page One. . . (I feel in love with one retail shop front selling lingerie)
Vivo again, I need to make a trip down to lay my hand on a book on Toyo Ito’s Mediatheque. Been searching high and low for this book, as the rest of the publications on Toyo Ito’s work do not show much of the Mediatheque.

  Sleeves . . .

The shelves,  maybe one of these days, would do a critical design analysis on the spatial organisations of Page One

Therefore, I decided to make a trip down to Vivo Page One instead, knowing that there are only 2 copies on the shelves. Once sold out, I might need to wait for another month or even longer, as it’s not brought in by a local publisher. It’s an overseas publisher. It’s not worth the wait, so I told myself might as well grab one now.

Toyo Ito’s Sendai Mediatheque

Happy that I got it! The next thing on my mind now is; there isn’t much space left on my book shelf now. It’s all stacked up with books, journals, codes and regulations, files, reference books.

Need to find a way to keep all my books, and there are still quite a few in studio and I don’t have a clue how to pack them into my shelf now. . .

Watched . . . .

The Holiday

Cameron Diaz stars as an American tourist who finds solace from her boyfriend trouble when she befriends a similarly afflicted Englishwoman (Kate Winslet) while on vacation in this bubbly romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers (WHAT WOMEN WANT, SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE).

And yet to be watched . . .

Flags of Our Fathers

It is the most memorable photograph of World War II, among the greatest pictures ever taken. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for photography and one of the most-reproduced images in the history of photography, the picture has inspired postage stamps, posters, the covers of countless magazines and newspapers, and even the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

“Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” a picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945 depicts five Marines and one Navy Corpsman raising the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi. The image served as a counterpoint for one of the most vicious battles of the war: the fight to take Iwo Jima, a desolate island of black sand barely eight square miles that would prove a tipping point in the Pacific campaign. Lasting more than a month, the fight was a bloody, drawn-out conflict that might have turned the American public against the war entirely, had it not been for the photo, which was taken and published five days into the battle. The photograph made heroes of the men in the picture as the three surviving flag-raisers were returned to the U.S. and made into props in the government’s Seventh War Bond Tour. Uncomfortable with their new celebrity, the flag-raisers considered the real heroes to be the men who died on Iwo Jima; still, the American public held them up as the best America had to offer, the supermen who conquered the Japanese…

…and then, just as quickly as it had arrived, the glory faded. For two of the surviving flag-raisers, life became a series of compromises and disappointments; for the third, happiness came only by shutting off his war experiences and rarely speaking of them ever again. “Flags of Our Fathers” is a human drama of friendship and love, sacrifice and manipulation, set against the violent conflict of the battle of Iwo Jima. Two-time Academy Award®-winning director Clint Eastwood focuses equally on the war and home, crosscutting between the viciousness of the battle and the manufactured propaganda campaign and careful manipulation of the image that followed – issues that remain prevalent today. As “Flags of Our Fathers” shows how the photograph became the very beginning of celebrity worship, the film questions our need to create and celebrate heroes, sometimes at a cost.

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Curse of the Golden Flower

China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The EMPEROR (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, PRINCE JAI (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing EMPRESS (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous.

For many years, the Empress and CROWN PRINCE WAN (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love CHAN (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path?

The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the IMPERIAL DOCTOR (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, JIANG SHI (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises.

Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

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Déjà Vu

Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of déjà vu - that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you’ve known all your life or recognize a place even though you’ve never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? In the captivating new action-thriller from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, written by Terry Rossio & Bill Marsilii, it is déjà vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (DENZEL WASHINGTON) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful - and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.

Bought this book finally. Have wanted to get this book since June this year, and now finally got it today!

  蜜雪薇琪

歌曲：独立

歌手：蜜雪薇琪

专辑：蜜雪薇琪

谁会先知道可能会有多少
去掉一半的自己然后互相撞击
没想到更好我有双份的我
欣赏你赞美我挑战你解决我
交手中看到真正的我

爱让我聪明的独立
用自己去爱人
搞定想要的东西
有一半已经成立

准备随时能独立
不贪心不委屈
勇闯每一个遭遇
都跟自己有关系

道理这么说人要学着独立
没那么故意但是我要亲身经历
越刺激越好当我和你一起
欣赏你赞美我挑战你解决我
一换手什么都又不同

可能没有最好至少强烈要求自己去要
可能就快做到而下一步是跟自己比较

Casts of Goong iMBC Hit Series for 2006

I chance upon this, so I guess it might be interesting to share it with you fans out there!
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Song_Ji-hyo.php

http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/Movies/movie_03_view.asp?cpId=463&konum=3&kosm=m2_5

http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/Movies/movie_03_view.asp?cpId=462&konum=3&kosm=m2_5

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Goong

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Category:MBC

http://www.koreanfilm.org/tvdramas/index.htm

http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gung/index.html

Enjoy!

寻找

演唱：李慧珍

照片里的她留短短的发爱笑的脸颊

眼神没有复杂像个娃娃不曾长大

记忆里的她年少已离家只身在天涯

习惯了风吹雨打春夏秋冬世事变化

她用歌声把彼此融化

用情投入唱到沙哑眼泪已落下

她的笑容把陌生融化

融化了距离在等待你和我再次出发

我走遍天涯海角找不到她

谁看到过她遇见她

快让她给我一个回答

别让我惦念着她

我走遍天涯海角找不到她

谁听说过她知道她

好让她的心早日回家

告诉她世界再大

有我牵挂

我走遍天涯海角找不到她

谁看到过她遇见她

快让她给我一个回答

别让我惦念着她

我走遍天涯海角找不到她

谁听说过她知道她

好让她的心不再害怕

告诉她我在等她

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I personally find this song meaningful. It somehow or rather leaves a deep impression in my heart. There are seldom songs that left an impact in me, unless it has nice rhythm, expressive lyrics, and good articulation and last of all a nice tone of voice. And this song fits in perfectly! I’ll leave it to you to immerse yourself into the lyrics and feel it . . .

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Another Album’s Cover page

李慧珍

女儿情
词:杨洁
曲:许镜清
唱:吴静
鸳鸯双栖蝶双飞,
满园春色惹人醉.
悄悄问圣僧,
女儿美不美,女儿美不美.
说什么王权富贵,
怕什么戒律清规.
只愿天长地久,
与我意中人儿紧相随.
爱恋伊,爱恋伊,
愿今生常相随.
愿今生常相随,常相随.
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我无意中在游览网站时发现了这首歌曲<<女儿情>>。记忆中这首歌是1980年代剧情<<西游记>>的插曲。当时我还记得<<西游记>>这部电视剧由小说改编的神话故事，风靡一时。

<<西游记>> 中的<<女儿国>>中的剧情照

成为家喻户晓饭后必看得连续剧。而这首歌在我脑海里留下许多深刻的影响。这首歌德演唱者是来之中国的吴静。她那柔美情韵的歌声把这首歌所要表达的那份发自内心仰慕爱人的心情，可是被对方拒绝的那份伤感。

演唱者：吴静

吴静在中国内地的近照

好可惜，这部连续剧以好久没在本地上映了。我想就算真的上映了，现在的孩子们大多半是不会静静地坐下来去欣赏的。他们只求看得是偶像剧，而多半的偶像剧，我个人认为有些的故事内容好没意思，看了也是多半在浪费时间和精神。您说是吗？

Hahahaha… sorry for my laughter . . . This is just so cool! I found this link just a few moments ago . . .

http://english.tour2korea.com/hellohallyu/

This link is to one of my favourite Korean Tv series . . .hehehe… yeah thanks for my sisters and also my friends . . .many of whom are korean TV series lovers!

I suggest catch this series on DVD better, it cost roughly about 24 bucks if I’m didn’t see wrongly . . .

Imagine being a happy-go-lucky high school student and finding out one day that your commoner grandfather and the King of the country had made a pact that you would marry the Crown Prince. This is Chae-kyung’s predicament as she is quickly thrust into a royal marriage to a complete stranger. (Oh, and did I mention that Korea is a country that doesn’t even have a monarchy in the real world?). For some, it’s a true alternate reality Cinderella story, but for Chae-kyung, her Prince, named Shin, turns out to be mean and selfish with little intent of breaking up with his previous girlfriend and every intention of divorcing her in a couple years.

But the bubbly and good natured Chae-kyung finds solace in the Crown Prince’s cousin, Prince Yool. He is the true Prince Charming, a kind and understanding soul who quickly falls in love with her (his cousin-in-law). Complicating the situation is the fact that prince Yool used to be the Crown Prince and she was originally betrothed to him. And as it turns out, the parents of the Princes have a complicated past and love triangles all their own.</