It’s been a while since my last update.

I haven’t feel the need to blog.

Some of the pictures I’ve taken in Finland have been posted in Facebook, and hence I really can’t be bothered to post them up here again.

Also, I’m lazy to add in the descriptions even though I’ve uploaded the photos to my Flickr Pro account.

So they are gonna stay that way for quite a while.

And you can see that I can’t be arsed to even word this entry nicely.

I’m lazy.  I feel lazy now.

Zzz.

… almost, for me to leave Finland.

I’m going to miss the quietness of this place, the hot hot sun and the cold cold air (quite a potent combination, I must say), the delicious yet simple food like bread with cheese and ham, mashed potatoes with homemade meatballs, tofu ice cream, etc…Gonna miss his mom, his sis, his aunt, his brother in law, the summer cottage, and that small attic where we slept in his house.  Also, the evening movies before we go to bed, the discussions of ecological food, the bread he baked for me…

Will there come a time when I’ll be permanently relocated here?  Will I be able to give up what I have in Singapore to live here in Finland?  Will I get used to this place without knowing a single bit of Finnish?

I wonder…

Hello!  Just in case you guys haven’t been following my updates in my Facebook, here I am telling you guys that I’m fine here in Finland, enjoying the initially super cold summer, then the super hot summer now… haha!

Been going out almost everyday, taking cruises to Porvoo, sleeping at the old musky woodshed thingy at their summer cottages, watching seagulls play over my head… etc etc.  It’ll be three (including today) more days before I head back to Singapore, but I’m trying not to think about that now.

Maybe I should stay here longer since there’s a community spread of H1N1 in Singapore now, lol.

Okay, time to go get change and hit the amusement park, Linnanmäki!

I’m leaving on a jet plane~

Don’t know when I’ll be back again~

Okay, I know when I’ll be back… That is, if I don’t get quarantined anywhere.  I’ll touch down in Singapore on 28th June, so don’t miss me too much, yeah?  XD

I’ll try to be online as much as I can, if I get to use Reko’s home computer.  Maybe to update via Facebook, post some pictures, or maybe to update here.

Maybe.

Yeah, I finally in some kind of holiday mood.  I’m slightly excited, a little less worried and nervous about the H1N1 and that 大姨妈 issue.  Maybe I worried about the latter issues so much earlier on that I kinda got tired worrying about it.  LOL.

I’ll be careful; I’ll be diligent about upkeeping my hygiene habits (will wash my hands till my skin falls off, yeah?); I’ll wear a mask if anyone on the plane sneezes or cough near me (though I’m half hoping that the plane will be empty); and I’ll SMS back to my family members whenever I can.

So no worries, yeah…

Onwards to Finland, with love~!

My sis likes SS501’s “UR Man”. Yay! Spread the love for SS501! =D

*Cough* Okay that was random…

I’m flying off next Tuesday at 1am in the morning… the start of my holiday, all the way till 28th June.  2 weeks of rest and rejuvenation… yet why am I feeling so lethargic…?

I’m totally not in the holiday mood at all.  Sigh…  I guess it’s just a mix of all factors:  the recent incident that happened in my office, the fact that I’m transiting in Osaka (which is in the list of  H1N1 affected countries by WHO), and the fact that I’m gonna have my 大姨妈 during my two weeks of vacation.  Bleh, the last one is the killer of all. >_>;  But I guess I’ll need to deal with it… I just hope that it will not come during the weekend when we are spending at the summer cottage.  That will be bad because they don’t even have a tap/flushing system… Everything is “kampung” style, you know?

Sigh…

Can someone tell me if 5 face masks are gonna be enough >_>?  Can I still wear back the mask after I take it down to eat my meals?  I wanna force Reko to wear one too, but I think he’ll rather I kill him before he’d wear one… -_-;  He kept thinking that I’m over-reacting… when everyone around me says that they support me in preparing the masks and anti-bacterial wipes for the trip.

It’s not like I have 4 months of holiday like him… I can’t really afford to get sick or quarantined when I have to haul my ass back to work asap.

Bah.  It’s so hard to work up a holiday mood now…

Today my company held a first wave of “termination exercise”. Quite a number of employees were terminated on the spot.

Our department was thankfully spared this time… though I doubt we would be lucky again for the next round.

Wonder when will that be…?

Sigh, this really spoils my holiday mood…

Uh huh, there you have it.  I am busy.

Busy with what, you ask?  I’m busy with… watching Boys Over Flowers (Korean version).  Ha ha ha!

Okay well, I’ve already finished watching them.  I was busy for the last few weeks ripping and converting my Limited Edition Boys Over Flowers DVDs (Korea version, published by KBS, bought from Yesasia.com) into .mp4 format so that I can save them into my iPod Touch for my upcoming Finland trip.

The English subtitles, sadly, was not up to par.  I’ve first watched the episodes online with Chinese subtitles, and I think the Chinese subtitles are a lot more accurate and detailed compared to the official English ones.  In the end, after spending weeks to rip and convert the DVDs, now I’m downloading the YouTube episodes for my iPod Touch.  Haha!  Still, I’m gonna leave the NG scenes, Making Of and the Outtakes in my iPod Touch though.  Those are exclusive (kinda?) footage that’s only available via the Limited Edition DVDs.

And after watching the Korean version of Boys Over Flowers, guess what?  I’m now crazy over one of the main actors, Kim Hyun Joong.  Maybe it was because of his character in the drama, maybe it was because he was talented (in music, not in acting), maybe because he was so cute and charming, maybe because he was so… four-dimensional with his answers during interviews.  I don’t know.  LOL.

Let’s see.  This guy can sing very well, can play the guitar quite well, can play the piano very well, and he’s the leader of the KPOP band SS501.  Did I mention that SS501 consists of five members, and all of them could sing really well?  Yes, ALL of them can sing very well.  They are not just a pretty boy band.

I’m totally in love with their recent songs, even though I don’t know a single bit of Korean.  That’s what international music is all about, right >_>?  Anyway, SS501 recently had released an album titled “Special Project”, because two of the members (including my idol) were too busy with their separate projects, and the other three decided to release a special album, kinda.  The songs are really good! I particularly love the song “U R Man”.  It’s really catchy, and it grows on you after a while.

Also, one song that you can’t miss was the ending song (EP) for Boys Over Flowers – Because I’m Stupid by SS501 (the three members team).  It was (I’m assuming) kinda like Ji Hoo’s (the character that Kim Hyun Joong played) theme song.  There are three versions of this song – the original song (that carries a light beat), the instrumental slow ballad version (that you can see/hear Kim Hyun Joong play on the violin or on the guitar in the drama), as well as the accoustic version (slow ballad version with Kim Hyun Joong singing).  This is, by far, my favourite song from Boys Over Flowers OST.  Simply because the lyrics just fit his character Yoon Ji Hoo so much.  *Sigh*…

I’ll fawn over his character in the drama some other time.  Let’s just leave you with these two songs for now!

SS501 – U R Man (MV)

SS501 – Because I’m Stupid (MP3 Only)

*EDIT*
Ahhh!!!! Found this cut version of Episode 15~16 where the drama played Kim Hyun Joong’s solo ballad version of “I’m Stupid”! It may be kinda like a spoiler for you if you haven’t watch the drama, but I think Ji Hoo/Kim Hyun Joong’s fan would love this. I just can’t help but teared a little bit whenever I read the translation of the lyrics of this song. It just fits Ji Hoo so much… T_T

很偶然的, 有一天在youtube上看到<<敲敲爱上你>>的短片, 听到了这部偶像剧的主题曲和片尾曲.  当时, 我的第一个印象是: “哇, 是哪一位男歌手唱的，好好听的声音!” 结果我看了看那个video的comments, 才发现原来歌手竟是个女生！ 一位叫张芸京的女生。

也许是好奇心吧， 我就在youtube搜寻了她的videos, 才知道原来她是第一届台湾<<超级偶像>>的总冠军哦!  看了她第一次比赛的时候, 我还真的傻了眼.  明明就是一个小男生嘛!  就连长像和声音都是超像男生的。。。 可是张芸京真的是个女生。

她的声音真的很特别，vocal range也很广. 她在比赛时唱的每一首歌都有感动到我.  有些曲的原唱是男生, 可是当芸京唱时, 就有个很不一样的感觉… 虽然有些男性味道, 可是却包含着那么一点点女人的温柔.

从赢了<<超偶>>到现在,已整整一年了. 张芸京也终于发片了!  她的第一张个人专辑<<破天荒>>已在5月8日正式发行，而她的第一波主打是<<黑裙子>>， 很好听哦！

我在5月8日特地到HMV去买她的专辑， 怎么知道找了老半天却找不到。问了问工作人员后才发现原来专辑5月8日只在台湾发行，其他地方可能要等一段时期才会拿到货。 在我的“逼问”下，那位工作人员才透露说可能月底才会进货。 怎么这么久呀？！ 难道我就真的又要到网站订购吗。。。 可是我好想买新加坡版的，因为万一张芸京有来这里办签唱会，买了新加坡版的才可以带去让她签名哦！

嘻，对呀， 如果张芸京有来这里办签唱会， 我一定会去！ =D

看了以下这片<<超偶>>的video后，你就会明白为什么我会这么挺张芸京。 这是她在其中一圈被淘汰的一小段。 重点是在后半段， 她清唱的那部分。 当我闭起眼睛， 静静聆听她的声音时， 我哭了。。。 好感人的歌声！

你被感动到了吗？

I finally got my MuMuHug!  MuMu has been very popular these days ever since he appeared in the drama serial <<爱就宅一起>>.  I wasn’t able to find it in Singapore, and only managed to order it from one of the online blogshops.  Well I bought the “smaller” 35cm version (the one Jiro had in the drama was the 70cm version), and it’s worth every bit of money that I paid!!

Here’s me and my MuMu!

郭采洁的第二张给人专辑<<爱翼想>>应该在上个周五就发行了.  为什么我就是在唱片行找不到啊?!