this guard exchange ceremony is held outside the deoksugung [palace] at designated time slots.
The last session which i caught is at 3.30pm. the whole session is longer than the clip i caught on my camera but i didnt have much space left on my memory card, so this is just a short clip towards the ending of the ceremony where the guards are heading back towards the palace. However, its pretty much the same thruout. There was some korean shouout going on but i have no idea what was said.
i think the only thing that kinda ruined the effect was the fact that it is smack right in the city landscape, so its just harder to get into it when a huge dunkin doughnut signboard is hovering right behind, and the modern vehicle zooming past without a care is rather contrasting. IF this had been done inside the palace compound rather than surrounded by the tall modern structures, i think the grandness or royal solemn impact would have been greater...
Monday, September 7, 2009
travel log - Banpo bridge display
the background music comes with the PA system together with the light show... it wasnt someone playing their own music in the public ;p its quite a nice tranquil romantic spot, just sitting back relaxing and having a good chat with friends there.
travel log - pixs from seoul
ok folks... i finally found some time to upload some of the pixs i had taken when i was in seoul. its prob about 1/3 of the set of pixs i have taken but u get the idea.. ;p here's the slideshow.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Buzzer Beat full steam ahead and yeah yamapi is fine
I went to the buzzer beat official site and the news break as below.
『ブザー・ビート～崖っぷちのヒーロー～』に対し、絶大なるご支援をいただき、ありがとうございます。
９月１日に主演の上矢直輝役を演じている山下智久さんがインフルエンザA型であることが判明し、医師の指示に従って自宅療養されていましたが、無事快復され、本日９月５日（土）から撮影を再開いたしました。
現在のところ、今後の放送日時・内容等を変更する予定はありません。山下さんならびにキャスト・スタッフへの温かいメッセージ、ありがとうございます。ドラマはいよいよ終盤に差しかかりますが、皆様のご期待に応えられるよう、全キャスト＆スタッフ一丸となって制作にあたる所存です。
it was stated that yamapi was down with type A influenza strain. The doctor had instructed him to stay home and recover. Apparently he was ok now and well enough to resume shooting with the team for the drama on 5th sept. For the present, there is no change in the broadcasting schedule.
ok, the rest of the passage not too important, its just the usual courtesy thank you and support speech blah blah blah.
『ブザー・ビート～崖っぷちのヒーロー～』に対し、絶大なるご支援をいただき、ありがとうございます。
９月１日に主演の上矢直輝役を演じている山下智久さんがインフルエンザA型であることが判明し、医師の指示に従って自宅療養されていましたが、無事快復され、本日９月５日（土）から撮影を再開いたしました。
現在のところ、今後の放送日時・内容等を変更する予定はありません。山下さんならびにキャスト・スタッフへの温かいメッセージ、ありがとうございます。ドラマはいよいよ終盤に差しかかりますが、皆様のご期待に応えられるよう、全キャスト＆スタッフ一丸となって制作にあたる所存です。
it was stated that yamapi was down with type A influenza strain. The doctor had instructed him to stay home and recover. Apparently he was ok now and well enough to resume shooting with the team for the drama on 5th sept. For the present, there is no change in the broadcasting schedule.
ok, the rest of the passage not too important, its just the usual courtesy thank you and support speech blah blah blah.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
çomments verification
hey folks,
sorry i have to turn on the comment verification function as i keep getting those japanese sexual spams in my blog recently. Getting tired of manually deleting those undesirable comment spam.
hopefully this wont deter u from leavin comments yah...else i will be REALLY miserable... ;`[
sorry i have to turn on the comment verification function as i keep getting those japanese sexual spams in my blog recently. Getting tired of manually deleting those undesirable comment spam.
hopefully this wont deter u from leavin comments yah...else i will be REALLY miserable... ;`[
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
yeah, back from seoul
kinda tired after getting back from seoul because i hardly slept. the trip was really fun and on average, i dont get to bed till like 5am. sometimes its just late nights, some times its just chitchat...
some of the cafe closed at midnite, while some places are 24hrs. so its pretty easy for time to passed by without one actually noticing it. i supposed it was better for me as i had a local friend to bring me around and check out the local haunts rather than tourist spots, for food at least.
truth be told, in terms of tourist spots like the palace, it is definitely not as spectacular as japan. then again to be fair, i didnt have chance to go on day trips outside seoul. however, the shopping and eating are pretty good for me. transport is also accessible to all places except i was a little taken back that korean people are not exactly a friendly bunch... compared to japanese, they are like heaven and earth. perhaps its my own fault to assume that korean nation will be a friendly, polite batch and hence have my expectation crushed... this statement esp applies to all the older korean folks. i really literally stayed out of their way [hair] because they sure looked grouchy to me perpetually, and always shoving people out of their way without saying anything...that's the bad thing about being mistaken as a korean i guess. i see that they dont do it to caucasians as much. sigh...
anycase, i went to everland, and tried both the theme park as well as caribbean bay which is a water theme park. it was superbly fun. in fact, i didnt realised till belatedly that it was the same park that hyunjoong went in the show 'we got married', where he had to piggy back his wifey and also took the rollercoaster ride. speaking of the rollercoaster T-express... it was OMG. IT HAS THE STEEPEST DROP EVER. i have taken a lot of rides in my lifetime and normally i aint too excited, but this one, this one is marvelous. its almost like free fall down but it doesnt end there. the ride continues with 12 ripples of drops. it was hell of an amazing ride on the wooden structure. i will talk more when i post up the pixs.
i also went to the cafe where they filmed coffee prince. it was a nice spot though they had a rather grumpy male serving staff...sigh. it was some effort before i found the place actually because it was not in the map and the cafe had no name so to speak. i had to go to four seasons house, a place where they had all the drama set of winter sonata etc to ask for directions.
the weirdest thing i must admit in korea, is how little english is spoken and used in seoul, despite all the grand effort to promite its tourism. without my friend, it would have been impossible to know which bus stop to go to grab what number bus, or where to stop. nothing was in english....
initially it was a little challenging. then to my surprise, i realised that i actually got on better speaking in japanese rather than in english. odds are, someone on the street and in restaurants will understand japanese more than english. talk about bizarre....
alright, i am dead tired.
more laterz. watch this spot.
some of the cafe closed at midnite, while some places are 24hrs. so its pretty easy for time to passed by without one actually noticing it. i supposed it was better for me as i had a local friend to bring me around and check out the local haunts rather than tourist spots, for food at least.
truth be told, in terms of tourist spots like the palace, it is definitely not as spectacular as japan. then again to be fair, i didnt have chance to go on day trips outside seoul. however, the shopping and eating are pretty good for me. transport is also accessible to all places except i was a little taken back that korean people are not exactly a friendly bunch... compared to japanese, they are like heaven and earth. perhaps its my own fault to assume that korean nation will be a friendly, polite batch and hence have my expectation crushed... this statement esp applies to all the older korean folks. i really literally stayed out of their way [hair] because they sure looked grouchy to me perpetually, and always shoving people out of their way without saying anything...that's the bad thing about being mistaken as a korean i guess. i see that they dont do it to caucasians as much. sigh...
anycase, i went to everland, and tried both the theme park as well as caribbean bay which is a water theme park. it was superbly fun. in fact, i didnt realised till belatedly that it was the same park that hyunjoong went in the show 'we got married', where he had to piggy back his wifey and also took the rollercoaster ride. speaking of the rollercoaster T-express... it was OMG. IT HAS THE STEEPEST DROP EVER. i have taken a lot of rides in my lifetime and normally i aint too excited, but this one, this one is marvelous. its almost like free fall down but it doesnt end there. the ride continues with 12 ripples of drops. it was hell of an amazing ride on the wooden structure. i will talk more when i post up the pixs.
i also went to the cafe where they filmed coffee prince. it was a nice spot though they had a rather grumpy male serving staff...sigh. it was some effort before i found the place actually because it was not in the map and the cafe had no name so to speak. i had to go to four seasons house, a place where they had all the drama set of winter sonata etc to ask for directions.
the weirdest thing i must admit in korea, is how little english is spoken and used in seoul, despite all the grand effort to promite its tourism. without my friend, it would have been impossible to know which bus stop to go to grab what number bus, or where to stop. nothing was in english....
initially it was a little challenging. then to my surprise, i realised that i actually got on better speaking in japanese rather than in english. odds are, someone on the street and in restaurants will understand japanese more than english. talk about bizarre....
alright, i am dead tired.
more laterz. watch this spot.
buzzer beat episode 08 review
i just got off the plane and started watching episode 8... i thought last week was exciting but this week...omg..i was screaming even louder than last week man...
when naoki was hugging riko... i sooooo wanna die. and when naoki said he wants to tell the coach that he wants to date riko..i was sooo happy.
at that moment in the bed when both of them were cuddling up... sigh... i was melting.. he was soooo sweet. like the dream kind of bf a girl wanna have.
summary
the episode basically started from last week when riko yelled from the window, telling naoki not to tell her things like let's not see each other anymore. when naoki dashed up to her apartment and hugged her tightly. he apologised to her, saying that he has fallen for her. riko replied that she has fallen for him as well, and that she doesnt want to be apart from him anymore. hearing that, naoki looked at her and gave her another deep passionate kiss but riko pulled away because she heard mami's footsteps and panicked. mami asked riko why was she high in the mk middle of the nite at 3am when riko welcomed her back. meanwhile, naoki was still hiding in riko's room. he peeked out from the window and looked at the court from her perspective. at the same time, mami wanted riko to give a birthday speech.
riko said that she has a dream she hasnt given up and that is her dream to be a violinist. she is making little steps towards her dream.
next morning, after checking both roomies are asleep, riko went into her room to check on naoki who has fallen asleep on her bed. she smiled and looked at his sleeping face and gently caress her face. at that moment, naoki grabbed her hand and pulled her up to bed, calling her by her first name for the first time. 'riko. are u peeking at me.'riko smiled and called him by his name too. 'well...naoki, are u staring at me too.'naoki smiled. both of them laid there, staring into each other's eye and naoki hugged her.
'what is this. this is an unexpected feeling. it felt like the ball has bounced back to my hand. this gentle moment that is slowly approaching, makes me feel comfortable . without any room for tiny gap, i held on to her tightly.''[naoki narrates to himself]
in the morining, riko snucked naoki out of her room when her roomiues left. naoki asked if she need his help to clean up and she declined. however she said she misssed his french toast the last time as mami finished it all previouslyu.
meanwhile, naoki saw the proposal ring box on table. riko explained sit was from teh coach but that she had already told him she had someone she liked, she wanted to return the ring but he is in america now. 'when the coach return, i want find a chance to speak to him properly, that i want to date riko. but before this, we have better not be too close, and that others should not know as well. 'riko asked how. 'let;s just be as before, to talk on phone or meet in the park.'riko said ok. naoki asked if she is worried but riko said no but rather she felt so blessed that she doesnt know what to do. naoki hugged her again upon hearing that.
when mami was returning, both of them spotted naoki in the park packing his basket ball. at that moment, naoki waved bye to riko. naoki said to himself that he forgeot to ask for her email again. riko smiled and wrote her address and threw a paper aeroplane down to him, with her address on it. naoki expressed her hearing is superb indeed. as he left, mami got into high gear and wondered what happened and said let's rush back to find out. riko on the other hand was laughing to herself in her room, overjoyed at the new development.
at the office, natsuki discovered accidentally the message that yoyogi sent to her junior staff. while she faked a smile when the junior staff apologised., she indirectly coldly, questioned what the sorry is for, and why is the junior apologising. the junior retorted that she doesnt think she is in teh wrong, since natsuki was the first to be cheating with yoyogi when she was still with naoki. with that, natsuki got up camly with a smile and replied is that so, and walked off.
at the basket ball training, everyone noticed that naoki has improved leaps and bounds and that he is attacking more. naoki sent a long sms saying he felt really good when he is with riko, and so he will play well today. meanwhile, mami said she can imagine something bad will happen for example like the coach wants to go pluck a rare flower for riko but fell down and then riko will be forced to marry him being guilty.. riko exclaimed why is it such a shoujo's scene but mami said life situation often are worse than manga scenes...
naoki was teased in the changing room but he tactfully avoided any question... however, he was full of zest and energy during his run. meanwhile riko received bad news that the work place has decided to terminate her due to the customer last complaint asking her never to play violin again. as a result, the workplace felt it was better that she doesnt play for them anymore.
at home, naoki was all fired up thinking of riko. meanwhile the sister and mum were talking about naoki's good mood and the sister read the magazine article. she showed it to naoki. apparently, the article was talking the team lead, yoyogi and naoki. the coach esp praised naoki as a potential force to be reckon with and is someone to look out for this coming match. the mum was pleasedf and asked if the coach thot so highly of naoki and he nodded with conflicting feeling, partially due to his development with riko.
as he walked to the park and heard riko, he had a flashback when the coach specifically told naoki that he trust him. riko turned ard and said she is able to recognise naoki footstep and basketball bounce now. naoki asked if she wants to play catch ball and riko was all excited saying she wants to try. the two were having a good time. meanwhile, riko also told naoki abt the phone incident that she was the one who picked up the phone. naoki told her that even if he only see her for 5 mins, he would be full of spirit. riko was happy hearing that. unfortunately, natsuki was in a cab and spotted them.
natsuki is such a bitch...when she saw them together. being spiteful, she dated riko out to çhat'about naoki because she wanted to sabotage naoki and riko development... she talked about how sweet naoki was sending her text messages, calling her everynight, how naoki approached her back then and asked her to be his gf, and about how naoki will stay over at her place often and help to clean her place etc. all the intimate details kinda made riko felt awkward.
at the basketball court, natsuki deliverately said some harsh words critising yoyogi to spite him as well. naoki came in and saw them and natsuki stormed off, not before asking herself what on earth is she doing.
that night, naoki called riko. riko said she is returning to her parents place. naoki joked if he should go with her, and riko asked really but naoki said he was joking as he has training and cannot leave. naoki said he will mail and text her but riko paused, a reflex due to what natsuki had said to her.
meanwhile, riko rem the recipe that naoki had passed her and decided to make the french toast for naoki. riko had told naoki she wants to meet him tomorrow nite before she takes the late bus home and naoki said ok and he will meet her abt 7pm at the park.
during training, natsuki looked at naoki longingly. riko tried hard at her french toast.
after training, it was pouring. naoki saw natsuki without brolly and offered her shelter. natsuki tried to chat asked about his leg and naoki asked if that is why she called. natsuki said even if they are no longer friends nor lover, they are still from the same team. as naoki was leaving, he offered the brolly and towel for her. natsuki rejected and asked him not to be so nice to her but naoki said like she said, they are on the same team and that's all he thought. he also told her maybe she is not as strong as she thinks herself to be. As he turned to leave, natsuki shamelessly chased after him and hugged him, begging him not to leave, not to leave her alone and dont go. without a word. naoki slowly raises his hand and touch natsuki's hand that are wrapped about him.....
meanwhile, poor riko was patiently waiting in the rain for him still....
afterthought
natsuki is terrible and i so want to slap her. she is such a pathetic character. when she was hugging naoki towards the end, i was like 'bloooody hell'... i hope naoki fling her hand away next week, else he will be the one i want to slap since poor riko is waiting for him in the rain with her first attempt at cooking.
i want to see how natsuki continue to sabotage them...and if naoki can be braver and less whimpy. go riko go. i am rooting for u.
when naoki was hugging riko... i sooooo wanna die. and when naoki said he wants to tell the coach that he wants to date riko..i was sooo happy.
at that moment in the bed when both of them were cuddling up... sigh... i was melting.. he was soooo sweet. like the dream kind of bf a girl wanna have.
summary
the episode basically started from last week when riko yelled from the window, telling naoki not to tell her things like let's not see each other anymore. when naoki dashed up to her apartment and hugged her tightly. he apologised to her, saying that he has fallen for her. riko replied that she has fallen for him as well, and that she doesnt want to be apart from him anymore. hearing that, naoki looked at her and gave her another deep passionate kiss but riko pulled away because she heard mami's footsteps and panicked. mami asked riko why was she high in the mk middle of the nite at 3am when riko welcomed her back. meanwhile, naoki was still hiding in riko's room. he peeked out from the window and looked at the court from her perspective. at the same time, mami wanted riko to give a birthday speech.
riko said that she has a dream she hasnt given up and that is her dream to be a violinist. she is making little steps towards her dream.
next morning, after checking both roomies are asleep, riko went into her room to check on naoki who has fallen asleep on her bed. she smiled and looked at his sleeping face and gently caress her face. at that moment, naoki grabbed her hand and pulled her up to bed, calling her by her first name for the first time. 'riko. are u peeking at me.'riko smiled and called him by his name too. 'well...naoki, are u staring at me too.'naoki smiled. both of them laid there, staring into each other's eye and naoki hugged her.
'what is this. this is an unexpected feeling. it felt like the ball has bounced back to my hand. this gentle moment that is slowly approaching, makes me feel comfortable . without any room for tiny gap, i held on to her tightly.''[naoki narrates to himself]
in the morining, riko snucked naoki out of her room when her roomiues left. naoki asked if she need his help to clean up and she declined. however she said she misssed his french toast the last time as mami finished it all previouslyu.
meanwhile, naoki saw the proposal ring box on table. riko explained sit was from teh coach but that she had already told him she had someone she liked, she wanted to return the ring but he is in america now. 'when the coach return, i want find a chance to speak to him properly, that i want to date riko. but before this, we have better not be too close, and that others should not know as well. 'riko asked how. 'let;s just be as before, to talk on phone or meet in the park.'riko said ok. naoki asked if she is worried but riko said no but rather she felt so blessed that she doesnt know what to do. naoki hugged her again upon hearing that.
when mami was returning, both of them spotted naoki in the park packing his basket ball. at that moment, naoki waved bye to riko. naoki said to himself that he forgeot to ask for her email again. riko smiled and wrote her address and threw a paper aeroplane down to him, with her address on it. naoki expressed her hearing is superb indeed. as he left, mami got into high gear and wondered what happened and said let's rush back to find out. riko on the other hand was laughing to herself in her room, overjoyed at the new development.
at the office, natsuki discovered accidentally the message that yoyogi sent to her junior staff. while she faked a smile when the junior staff apologised., she indirectly coldly, questioned what the sorry is for, and why is the junior apologising. the junior retorted that she doesnt think she is in teh wrong, since natsuki was the first to be cheating with yoyogi when she was still with naoki. with that, natsuki got up camly with a smile and replied is that so, and walked off.
at the basket ball training, everyone noticed that naoki has improved leaps and bounds and that he is attacking more. naoki sent a long sms saying he felt really good when he is with riko, and so he will play well today. meanwhile, mami said she can imagine something bad will happen for example like the coach wants to go pluck a rare flower for riko but fell down and then riko will be forced to marry him being guilty.. riko exclaimed why is it such a shoujo's scene but mami said life situation often are worse than manga scenes...
naoki was teased in the changing room but he tactfully avoided any question... however, he was full of zest and energy during his run. meanwhile riko received bad news that the work place has decided to terminate her due to the customer last complaint asking her never to play violin again. as a result, the workplace felt it was better that she doesnt play for them anymore.
at home, naoki was all fired up thinking of riko. meanwhile the sister and mum were talking about naoki's good mood and the sister read the magazine article. she showed it to naoki. apparently, the article was talking the team lead, yoyogi and naoki. the coach esp praised naoki as a potential force to be reckon with and is someone to look out for this coming match. the mum was pleasedf and asked if the coach thot so highly of naoki and he nodded with conflicting feeling, partially due to his development with riko.
as he walked to the park and heard riko, he had a flashback when the coach specifically told naoki that he trust him. riko turned ard and said she is able to recognise naoki footstep and basketball bounce now. naoki asked if she wants to play catch ball and riko was all excited saying she wants to try. the two were having a good time. meanwhile, riko also told naoki abt the phone incident that she was the one who picked up the phone. naoki told her that even if he only see her for 5 mins, he would be full of spirit. riko was happy hearing that. unfortunately, natsuki was in a cab and spotted them.
natsuki is such a bitch...when she saw them together. being spiteful, she dated riko out to çhat'about naoki because she wanted to sabotage naoki and riko development... she talked about how sweet naoki was sending her text messages, calling her everynight, how naoki approached her back then and asked her to be his gf, and about how naoki will stay over at her place often and help to clean her place etc. all the intimate details kinda made riko felt awkward.
at the basketball court, natsuki deliverately said some harsh words critising yoyogi to spite him as well. naoki came in and saw them and natsuki stormed off, not before asking herself what on earth is she doing.
that night, naoki called riko. riko said she is returning to her parents place. naoki joked if he should go with her, and riko asked really but naoki said he was joking as he has training and cannot leave. naoki said he will mail and text her but riko paused, a reflex due to what natsuki had said to her.
meanwhile, riko rem the recipe that naoki had passed her and decided to make the french toast for naoki. riko had told naoki she wants to meet him tomorrow nite before she takes the late bus home and naoki said ok and he will meet her abt 7pm at the park.
during training, natsuki looked at naoki longingly. riko tried hard at her french toast.
after training, it was pouring. naoki saw natsuki without brolly and offered her shelter. natsuki tried to chat asked about his leg and naoki asked if that is why she called. natsuki said even if they are no longer friends nor lover, they are still from the same team. as naoki was leaving, he offered the brolly and towel for her. natsuki rejected and asked him not to be so nice to her but naoki said like she said, they are on the same team and that's all he thought. he also told her maybe she is not as strong as she thinks herself to be. As he turned to leave, natsuki shamelessly chased after him and hugged him, begging him not to leave, not to leave her alone and dont go. without a word. naoki slowly raises his hand and touch natsuki's hand that are wrapped about him.....
meanwhile, poor riko was patiently waiting in the rain for him still....
afterthought
natsuki is terrible and i so want to slap her. she is such a pathetic character. when she was hugging naoki towards the end, i was like 'bloooody hell'... i hope naoki fling her hand away next week, else he will be the one i want to slap since poor riko is waiting for him in the rain with her first attempt at cooking.
i want to see how natsuki continue to sabotage them...and if naoki can be braver and less whimpy. go riko go. i am rooting for u.
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