By all the love story drama.

Let it a Korean drama, Taiwanese drama/Japanese Drama.

Why do the writer/producer or whoever wrote the story, loves…i repeat–LOVEs to portray a guy/girl to be so angelic? and it somehow seems like they only got one theory for all these stories — Love CAN conquer all.

Really ??

Its a good thing where they do portray love as such an important factor in life, and we all know what love is. But bear in mind though, reality isn’t even anywhere near what the drama portrays, and most of the time, it will only lead you into another dimension– the unrealistic.

Is it because of all these drama that, some of the “unrealistic” never stops venturing into the woods hoping to find someone just like what they saw in the series?

And so this leads me to another question….

Besides trying to promote their own actors/actress, did these producers or writers ever thought about this question–What would these series lead people into believing ??

1) That love is wonderful?

2) There’s deemed to be true love out there ??

3) All the handsome/good looking guys are actually angels?

4) That when you meet love, it will always be in the most romantic places ?

5)  Poor  girl WILL always meet rich guys & all the rich guys all turned out to be super !gentlemen, super loving and super caring????

6) Poor guy will always meet rich girls, and then there’s deemed to be a big WOOHHAA before they can end up together.

7) All the rich and handsome guys will always become the most decent human beings after they meet the love of their life…their playboy character can just be chucked out the window EASILY.

8 ) Poor girls will always get bullied and the handsome/rich guys will always appeared @ the right moment to rescue her…(talking about a hero with six sense.)

9)The rich & handsome guy will always take the poor girl on the most amazing journey around the world. Because he is rich, he can do whatever he wants, he knows the law around the world, and always someone there to back them up once they get into some kind of violation. Amazing isn’t it ?

10) You can be in the most amazing places, be with the most amazing people, wear the most amazing clothes/shoes/jeweleries  when you meet your prince charming in the series.

Now, reality check.

Tell me, with the 10 items listed  above, how many of them actually existed in our everyday life? Try putting one of the really romantic scenes in the series and put it into reality, ask your boyfriend or husband to perform the same task, i thk they will only succumb to you with — you are insane!!

So if it’s insane, why does it look perfectly normal in a series like that ?

Because it’s only a series, and it’s all fake.

And because it’s fake, it’s easier to portray and write about . Make sense ?? After all they always proclaim the series to be a fake story before they begin anyway?!  And they don’t have to hold any responsibility after the show is over.

But how many of us really treat it as a fake story?

Do we not keep thinking about one day we will be able to meet someone like the prince charming in the series ?? Do we not ??? These series just leave people with fantasies…and because these fantasies are so wonderful…we keep asking for more. And that is why, these series never seems to end. One after another….each with almost the same story line.

Now that im older and kinda use my mind to think about a lot of things…..i somehow feel that, if they keep releasing love stories series like this, does that mean the younger generation will actually think there is someone so perfect out there?? Well, let me correct that , i guess it won’t only influenced the young to believe there is Mr.Perfect out there….i thk it’s more on women of all ages!!

That is not a very good thing now is it ?

Because that will only lead to some problems….problems like,

A) Because guys/girls in the series always come in Pretty/handsome, gentle, caring, fun, exciting, rich, educated, an all in all package..i will call this a 100% perfect lover’s package. When the series started to make us believe that there really is someone like that out there…..do we not compare them with our partner ?? Do we not ?? We will start to imagine, what if my partner is 50% like the guy in the series? What if he is this, he is that….and inevitably, we couldn’t help but to set our bar to an even higher level.

B) So when we set our bar high, what does that mean ?? We keep believing that there is deem to be someone perfect out there…and we keep looking and waiting….try out every opportunity we get…..and in the end..what do we get ?? a 100% lover ?? I doubt.

C) When things doesn’t seem to turn out the way we planned, we then start to get depressed, thinking why is life is so shitty ?? And never realise, a dream will always remain as a dream. For a dream to come true….it’s not gonna be as easy as you think.

The reason i’m harping so much shit about this issue is simply because — i fall into the trap quiet easily too!!! Ha! Ha! Whenever i finish a super romantic series, after switching off the tele,i always feel like the sky suddenly seems to be so much brighter!and Love is definitely in the air!! And then my mind will start to imagine things……things that are –SUPER UNREALISTIC. And i totally hate the unrealistic side of me…..i will just hang onto the issue and hoping that it will happen one day….but experience told me…..IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN @ ALL !!!

And so finally i succumb to the reality and stop imagining things for a while. I stop watching all the super unrealistic soapies for God knows how long.

Until one day, i accidentally came across this  series which got all my unrealistic cells up and running again!!!

Boys over flowers. (Korean version of the Taiwanese Meteor Garden, F4…ring a bell?)

Yes, Bloody hell.

Everything was perfect in the series! PERFECT !!

Nice scenery, pretty girls, handsome guys…..everything a girl ever wanted i guess. ..And so, i went head over heels with this series.  And started dreaming after that.

After a while….you know you are just being unrealistic….so back to reality. Stop watching any Korean/ Japanese/ Taiwan drama, and switch to my usual American soapies….have you heard of  the Gossip girls ?? @ least their drama are not so mushy mushy love oriented.

Just when i thought i was on the correct railway track back to reality…….i came across yet another Taiwanese drama, as the news claimed that the actor really stood out in this series….so i was thinking of just having a glimpse how great his acting skill was…..and then i just got hooked up with the series!!!

Gosh ??

Oh btw, the guy who really stood out with his acting skills is,

 

Vanness Wu!!!!

Surprised!?

I really dislike him when he 1st appeared in Meteor Garden as one of the member of F4. The reason for that is because, i think he likes to act cool, action filled but non of these are related to what he is supposed to perform…expression is too over the top…..bla bla bla…….

But,

In this particular series, i’m glad he toned down on his exaggerating facial expresssions, more like a guy next door now.

Bravo.

Autumn’s concerto,

Can i say this is one of the very few series that is worth watching ??

The story is not so ” over the top”, it can be related back to the reality, and it’s some how — believable. It makes people believe love stories like this do exist!

Go watch it, and you will know what i mean.

And so, just because i wanted to have a glimpse of how great Vanness acting skill is, i tried watching the 1st episode…and then the 2nd episode…and all the way now!!!! HELP!!!! I have a feeling the unrealistic side of me is going to surface again!!!

That is why i’m writing this post to remind myself about the reality and hoping to cease fire between the realistic and unrealistic side of me.

Oh how complicated.

Anyway, it’s ok if you do not have any idea on what i’m talking about….because the person writing  is feeling the same way too!!!

I know i’ve been really slack these days….i didn’t even bring my camera around anymore!! Yeap….i gotta go find it somewhere between the spiderwebs….and then……..

Begin to take pictures again!!!!!!!

Stay tune alrighty folks ???

 

All images courtesy of Google image

For one second, i really thought of giving up blogging.

I don’t know if it’s really the aftermath of my operation, or somehow i just got bored, tired…depress for some reason.

They said no matter what kinda operation you went through, there’s deemed to be an aftermath. Like, you will start to feel your body is behaving in a different way…the feeling is kinda odd, and you just don’t know how to put them into words.

And because of that, i got like really tired and uninspired with things i use to love doing.

But this am, i came across a blog which got me all inspired again.

Won’t reveal who’s blog is it @ this moment….but i guess it will be a blog that i will continue to get inspiration from…let it be spiritually or physically…….whatever that may mean @ this moment.

Well, all i can say now is stay tuned…..guess i will be gearing up and start blogging pretty soon again!!!

I guess this has to be my 1st official post in year 2010. Happy New Year everybody!!

If you ever wonder where I’ve been since my last Venice post; no, i didn’t go back to Venice. Instead, i had 2 balls from my throat removed.

I know, it’s hard to imagine.I didn’t know how the doctors did it ….but the balls did get removed and there’s proof!! ( Well, just incase ur wondering…..they didn’t open my throat from the outside…it’s from the inside!!)

Yeap, times have changed, the only thing they need to do is to stick some kinda equipment down my throat ( while i was asleep) and scooped my 2 tonsils out!! No stitching required. And that is the no no part. Imagine you have an open wound…. in the throat where liquid will be passing through it all the time. Can you imagine the pain ??? Like even just a little bit ??

1st thing after i woke up from the anesthesia, was the enormous amount of pain i have in my throat, like instantly. And 1st thing that came into my mind? ~~ Yes…my tonsils are gone.

The good thing about this verdict is, i won’t have chronic tonsillitis like forever more. ( Unless it grows out again!! Which is very unlikely.) And the cons of this verdict ?? I have to suffer the pain post operation even until today.

When i 1st consult my ENT doctor in Singapore, he told me the pain will be enormous. And i think to myself, since i always have chronic tonsillitis like every now and then, with the “well-trained” pain level it has given me, i guess i will be able to endure the pain. Oh yes…..i was so naive to think that way. The pain to me was actually UNBEARABLE.

I don’t think anyone around me during my post operation period will be able to understand what kinda pain I’ve been enduring. A pain that is so huge to take that makes me in someway would like to require some sort of pain-killer like morphine for example from the doctor, something great to stop the pain for a while. You would just wished the pain is something that you’ve been imagining and it’s not real.

Take drinking water for example, it’s such a normal thing to do, i mean what’s so complicated about drinking water? But, for me, especially days after operation, even drinking a sip of water will trigger tears, so imagine i had to force myself eating something that has a little more texture than water, for example, soup or porridge? I was being encouraged to take ice creams!! Isn’t that a privilege?? I mean how many patient you know after operation are being treated to ice creams ?? But even ice creams seems like a hurtful food to me during that time. Like every food or liquid are being armored with thousands of swords which are ready to pierce through my throat. So, can you somehow imagine the level of pain by now?

I wanted so much to take photos of my room during my hospitalization in Mt.E Singapore, or even my bed to give you guys some idea of how a post operation patient looks like. But i was really in so much pain and agony that my emotions just didn’t allow me to do so. Even my sister suggested it, and all i gave her was a snug.  And i don’t like the feeling in any hospitals, and so taking photos in my own interpretation, was being prohibited.

But i have to say, rooms and services in the hospital was indeed 1st class. ( Of-course, considering the amount that i had to pay!! ) Doctors and nurses really do portray an angelic face, and i’m not kidding !! And i think that’s a very useful thing. Considering a patient like me who has never really gone under the knife, except for some stitching on some wounds when young. Seeing an angelic face before operation really does give you some sort of emotional boost. Remembering the time where they had to wheel me into the operation theater….my heart was pounding real real fast…..and i can hear it loud and clear through the heart-beat monitor or whatever you call it. Doctors and nurses around me are getting ready for the operation, my anesthetic doctor is busily trying to find my vein, and he stuck the needle into the wrong vein for the 1st time!! For goodness sake! And then after a while, he speak into my face ~ “Ok, i’m gonna put you to sleep now.” Straight after  that, an oxygen mask came covering on my mouth and before i knew it, it was 2 hours later.

1st thing when i woke up is to feel the urge to vomit. I guess i was somehow allergic to the anesthetic. And in between waking up, the feeling is damn drowsy! Nurses were forcing me to react in someways….telling me they are gonna wheel me back to my room now…and even asked me to climb onto the bed in my room myself. Hey! they should have carry me onto the bed or something ??? hehehee……

And when i made myself comfortable on the bed, i don’t remember how many nurses exactly were next to me, it just seemed a lot !! And i don’t know what the hell they are busy with. Let me tell ya, you really cannot rest properly when being hospitalized. Nurses come visit you like once every hour, it’s damn irritating! But then again, they are in a way taking good care of you. Yes ??

I don’t know if you will call this “experience” an “experience”, but i guess there are many ways to me an eye opener.

And so i had a Christmas in agony this year, a little less agony for the new year, and now on the road to recovery.

Well, i do hope my throat will be able to recover quickly so that i will be able to stuff myself with lots and lots of —-FRIED FOOD!!!! hehehehe……

Well, here are the 2 balls that got out from my throat…..

Be warned…it’s PG Rated…..or is it ???

Judge for yourself then…..i don’t think it’s that scary is it ???

 

Yummy ???

Happy New Year everybody!!!

I know i’ve been MIA=missing in action for quiet sometimes……and ever wonder where i’ve been???

Well, answer will be revealed soon….and till then….Have a wonderful new year !!!!!

image source: google image

After spending a night over in Milan, the next day, we are ready to head to Venice!!!

One thing i hate about joining tours is —they always want to rush you, everything you do, there’s a time given. So i’m kinda glad that we got extra time in this case to take a pic of what i’m wearing !!!

Turtle-neck paired with a jump-suit & my boots which i grew to love it so much along the trip!!

Do you find their cloak room to be a little colourful ?? hehehe

Got my hair tied up in a bundle….d easiest way to manage your hair while traveling !!

Our drive to the dock takes about 3 hours. Since we are driving from Milan. So along the way…..we again, stopped @ Autogrill for our lunch break. This time, we get to taste the local Pizza !!

Yeap, by the name of Spizzico…

I find food in Italy is kinda healthy, why?? because most of them are being soaked in Olive oil. The below fries for example…according to my sis…is grilled…not fried in olive oil. Healthy??

And then there’s the Pizza!!!!

looks yummy ??? Throughout the whole trip in Italy, i didn’t come across any Pizza Hut…hehehe…i never asked them questions like where is Pizzahut or stuff like that, but i guess if they were to have Pizza Hut, indirectly it’s a humiliation to them. No?? And talking about the choice of Pizza in PizzaHut, like cheesie crust or stuffed crust…non of those pizzas existed in Italy. So tell me where Pizza hut got their menu from ???? mmmppphh….

I kinda like it when the shape of the plate is the same as the pizza !!! The “sophisticated-ness” …..

Me cam-whoring with the pizza !!

What about their Salads?? Being held inside a nice little pancake basket! And most of the Autogrill (Kiosk) you go to, there are plenty of salad dressings available. When i say “plenty” basically, there were just many bottles of olive oil available. hehehe….no thousand island or what-so-ever.

We arrived @ the jetty, waiting for the boat to take us over to VENICE!!! As some of you might already know, Venice is a city that’s built on water. Meaning the only transportation they have is either boat or the infamous gondola.

Cam-whoring while waiting to board the boat…….

In the boat….can you see the captain just above my head?? and my friend smiling creepily behind my back…haha

These shots were taken while i was still in the speed-boat to the Venice island!! And i took the shots behind the dirty glass panels on the speed-boat. The colours might appeared to be a little off and inconsistent. Please bear with it!!

We were all so excited when we see this Lego like structure appearing slowly as our speed-boat reached for it’s destination.

From far this scene really looks like a cute little lego-land !!

Anybody agree with me ??

As the boat got closer, the building starts to emerge into real life dimensions….

Not that the buildings are humongous or gigantic in real life but …..the scene really got me intrigued!!!

I like this following shot, as of the colour and the building…makes it so nostalgic….yes ?

We are getting closer and closer to the shore!!!

Finally arrived !!! Putting my feet on this island makes me feel extra good !!! 1st of all, i’ve heard so much about Venice, how beautiful it is…stories of the Venetian and the infamous Venetian mask !!!

Ahhh…..the beautiful Venice!!

Upon arriving…must quick quick cam-whore !!

can’t stop cam-whoring on this beautiful water city !!!

Posing infront of one of  their canals !!

It’s hard to not realise Venice is a tourist attraction when you see they are so thoughtful by providing a ramp for all the tourist !! Too tired to climb the stairs?? No problem…just go up the ramp!!! And i think they did put some thoughts on how to cater for the disabled.

One of the small canals !!! It’s so beautiful isn’t it ???

This, as told by the tour-guide is a lover’s bridge.  There’s some kinda love story going on here….but as i was too fascinated by the whole area…i couldn’t be bother to listen!!! hehehe…i mean think of it this way….whatever the story might be….it’s not my love story anyway??? correct ?? hehehehe

A view of the St.Marcus’s square.

saw some gondolas parking @ the shore….so being a country pumpkin again….must rush over and take pic !!!

I love the choice of street-lamps they use throughout the whole island!!

For one second i thought their gondolas are a bit similar to our “sanpan” , but when i look closely…each gondola is made of out high quality timber with a substantial amount of clear lacquer finish. To me the look is pretty unique !!

Is this a postcard quality photo you think??? hahaha….i’m just joking !!!!

I particularly love this poster where 2 lovers lock their lips. This poster can so relate to this romantic island !!!

There were lots of stalls selling souvenirs…T-shirts and most of all…the Venetian mask !!!

There you go….

I’m not a crazy fan of these mask…because i think they can be kinda creepy if you were to hang any of those on your wall. But my sister is a crazy big fan of them!! So as a result…she bought about 4-5 masks!!!

More cam-whoring @ the St.Marcus square!!! Famous famous square…..but i’ve only heard about it when i got there…hehehe

Their clock tower @ St.Marcus square.

This building in particular, if you notice the corner of the building…there are 2 human figures yes ???

This 2 human figures represents…Adam & Eve !!! The way they cover their private parts is very “artistic” ….hehe

More cam-whoring…..don’t ask me the name of the building behind me….i would say…i don’t know ???

some more views on St.Marcus square…

My sis wanted to take as what she called an “artistic” photo…..so she asked me stare @ the pigeon!! But i kinda like this photo though…what do you guys think???

Didn’t buy any souvenirs …..as most of them look not well-made !!

Some of the artistic photos i took along the way…

I like it where most of the animal sculptures come with wings….i thk i’m having a secret obsession with wings…just incase ur wondering…yes…i love airplane wings too!!!

Situated also @ St.Marcus square is this jaw dropping Church !!! I was really amazed by the details on the building !! Like really amazed !!

When i see buildings like this, it just keeps me wonder…..people in the old days…are a lot more clever than people these days ?? Can anybody answer my question ??

Again….don’t ask me the name of this church…..this…i might tell you….it’s  –Another Beautiful Church!!

Lots of wings !!!! They are all made out of gold !!! I love them !!!

This painting on the building in particular…caught my attention…did you notice the story behind the painting ?? It’s Jesus and the 12 apostles…the colour of the painting is just soooo amazing !!

More views of the sculptures with wings !!

More views on the jaw-dropping church….

Another building that caught my attention besides the jaw-dropping church, is this building below..

Find anything interesting about the building ??

1st of all, i noticed the lion with wings on top of the building, and then the Zodiac sign clock below….hey..it’s a Zodiac clock ok ??

From the most outer circle, we have the roman numbers indicating the time….moving in one circle, we have the zodiac sign…and the the moon..and the Sun!!! The tour guide did explain to us how the clock works….but…it’s kinda complicated….so….being myself again….i forgot everything he said…..hehehehe…..

Soon after we’ve had enough of St.Marcus Square, we then moved into some small alleys to go to a glass factory.

Even inside the alley also must cam-whore…..

Keep walking and walking….

Passed by a jeweler store and must……..snap pics !!

Turn right here and that is where we need to head to…..the glass making factory…

We thought there were gonna be some kinda 20 minutes demo or something….turns out…….less than 5 minutes!! And then they started to chase us into another room to view their products and hopefully spend lotsa lotsa money in there!!

We weren’t allow to take pictures on the glass products…..but…..who the hell care??? SNAP the way!!!

What a beautiful chandelier !!!!!!!

A shelve full of glass displays…..and each cost about 200euro…ok?? How to buy ?????

As me, my sis and her friends weren’t so interested in the glass products…we then went out to walk around and around….took more pictures on the St.Marcus Square….

The beautiful church….

And then….it’s gondola’s ride time !!!

Hard Rock Cafe Venice!!! Woohoo!! Bought a “couple” of stuffs from there…..hehehe

Me taking picture while my sis took a picture of me taking pictures…..WTF ?

Yay!!! There we went!! Seated on the gondola sailing our way!!!

These are shots taken one level down…..on the river i mean…..

we passed by all these tiny short bridges…….

Some with asses hanging out……well not really…it would be more interesting if it were like that…..

Gondola sailing through all the small alleys…and i cannot help but smell the river…..the smell just spoils it all!!! It’s worst than our river here….and i’m not joking !!!

Some more views of the small canal alleys…..

and then we reached the main canal!!! I think what the gondola guy was trying to say is…..this is our City Centre.

The scene is kinda weird and yet interesting to me….i can so imagine here to be a street….and those boats are actually car parked on the road side….but here…it has got a similar scene…except it’s on water…….

Some hotels and cafes on the main canal……

Still on the main canal…..

If i’m not mistaken…..this is their town hall…..

Did you see a window with strips of lights hanging on the balcony ?? If i remembered correctly….it used to be the house of Michael Angelo !!! Wohoo!!

and then we finished the gondola ride…back to where we started……..it’s almost evening…and the sky is getting dark……instead of scrolling around with my sis to get her Venetian mask….i went strolling around some back alleys….and to my surprise….it was filled with lots and lots of branded shops!!!! And again…i went crazy……

Yeap…the L and the C and many many more !!!! I was too busy shopping…hence didn’t take many picture after this….hahahaha…..but before we leave Venice….managed to snap a few pics on the St.Marcus square @ night !!!

Looks stunning doesn’t it??

That’s all i have for Venice folks !!!! Stay tuned for more !!!