shows

these days some korean dramas freak me out.
they are not just bad, they are so insightless to the point of being freaky. and the serious non-romantic ones are the worst.
i prob get more cortisol surge from watching 10 mins of those than when my aggro pt attempted to spit at me.

it happens in a vicious cycle:
procrastinating - jap drama episodes for the wk not yet out - bored - browsing and seeing a preview with pretty people and nice dresses - ah its so pretty i will just watch one episode and see how it is like - traumatised after 10mins - dissatisfied - going on to hunt for the next atrocious one....

i couldnt help but to be fondly reminiscent of Queen Inhyun's Man.

went back and watched it for the Nth time.
didn't really find the 2 main actors or the time-traveling storyline particularly appealing at the start--
but after just a few episodes, i was completely won over, and the 2 of them became so adorable in my eyes.
and the music was so memorable. It is a pity the best bits didn't get included in the OST.

ah they are so cute~~~

i haven't followed news about lee junki for a while, but apparently he's considering a series set in 1930s SH with lots of fighting involved~ *starry eyes* oh please do take on the role and at least do part of the filming in SH~~~ :D

i guess i much preferred jap dramas from last season than this one, but its always a joy to see Shota Matsuda in a leading role. had an inclination to pay more attention to ojisans hence forgot about him from time to time...XD but... always liked his acting and the shows he picked. last time i saw him was in Don Quixote. Seriously i think its such a gd series that it really should be used as some form of depression prevention.

this guy never gets his hair right in any shows... 囧 but i like him... even in Afro Tanaka~~ LOL

beautiful Masato-sama is getting married this mth! (in case ppl still don't know) i think his face has gone round by at least one size in the last press pic i saw... but its ok. elevated BMIs can be forgiven, if you are now a happy man. ^__^

and lastly... Galileo-sensei...
....why did you have to be so romantically ridiculous in the first episode...? lol germanium in a jewellery box...?! what on earth...
but yes i am won over again, and so happy to see KOH+ back in action. the new song you wrote for kou-chan i think is better than the last one~~ :D

and Masha's latest asashi super dry ad was so good it actually made me want to drink beer~~~ @.@

now that's too much information. i will stop procrastinating and go bk to the books.

old friends...and my fav christian ojisan writers2

look here~
a month or so ago, that psych reg who's such a star to me, has become my college supervisor. pity (really a pity) that she's only doing 10% of the clinical supervision.

I am still happy. as a consultant she's even more of a star to me, esp now that I have her exclusively to myself one hour every week for talking purposes. *all hearts and flowers*

but I am anxious at the same time. she's so smart, and good at what she does. I find her easily one of the brightest psychiatrists around. I want to be good too, and not so clumsy. I hope she's not burdened b/c her registrar is not so bright etc but maybe its unavoidable... :( *sigh*

on a lighter note I met the happy blob of a rehab reg again. look here. though I was CL regging for his ward, b/c he's around (and demanded very little) I still felt like a resident sometimes... sadly,  he never reverted back to a Keanu but is still a happy blob. I think that's...hmm...irreversible. :(
once I heard him in a bonding chat with his current resident and it started off as:
"why are you so pessimistic?"
had a good chuckle to myself in the corner while the bonding was happening. look here.
LOL! its not us! its you!!!

looking bk to old posts reminded me of where this whole fav Christian ojisan writers thing all started. while I was so at home in the role of the gd old pessimistic rehab resident, I met this book:
I'm Fine with God... It's Christians I Can't Stand by Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz
it has a stick figure video ad... lol I think the book itself is ten times funnier and more insightful than the ad.



The title was so harsh now when I read it I still cringe a bit, but it came during a time when I felt so uncomfortable with myself and my environment and thought unless I lie through my teeth about how I feel and think there was no way for me stay on as a meaningful christian.

out of the apparent harshness, these 2 kind ojisans spoke the kind words of acknowledgement (I still don't understand why is it so hard in our midst).
it was eye opening, and I really think it is redeeming, to see our madness as madness, and our stupidity as stupidity.

and God worked through all that and held a firm grip on the hand that was (almost) going to throw in the towel.  

much has changed about my environment since then, and I have since found many more sources to draw strength from, most much gentler, but this book and its tough humour still have much of my respect. back then I was yet to read Prof Schaap, or Adrian Plass. I've kind of read things by Mark Galli but have forgotten him for a while. I was yet to have those two memorable rotations at work with people's candid words and memorable deeds. and I really couldn't remember much about Masha during that period but I think he was having one bad hairstyle after another then and I wasn't particularly happy with him... -_-|||

it reminds me that even when the important people and things are not around (or arrive a step late), there are still angels.