Sunday, 20 April 2014

Today's quote

"Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." - John 12:23-25

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Cutting Tomatoes

There is the traditional way, and there's the fast way..
Take a look like this, have you ever cut your tomatoes like this!? ^^



내 주는 구원의 주

Here's another Hillsong song, but this one is in Korean.
This one is called 내 주는 구원의 주 (Mighty To Save)

Enjoy!!


Today's quote

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born." - 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

Friday, 18 April 2014

Time to book!!

I got my vacation approved, so I really want to book my tickets asap.
My plan is:

Tokyo Dec13 (arrive on Dec 14)-Dec 23
Nagoya/Osaka/Kyoto Dec23-Dec29
Seoul Dec29-Jan5

But I'm still in my thinking mode... which dates to spend where!
I'm also keen on visiting Hokkaido (again)!

Forever Reign

Because it's Easter, I'll share some Christian songs!
First out is Forever Reign by Hillsong Chapel!


Today's quote

"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." - 1 Peter 2:24

Thursday, 17 April 2014

Happy 28th B-day


Today's my brother's B-day!!
So in his honour and as he loves Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, I found these two...

H A P P Y 28st B I R T H D A Y!!


Cute cake!! I wish I could make one like that!

Photos cred @ owner

Totoro macaroon

I also want a Totoro macaroon!!!
I want to make these but I'm not sure if it's possible, you need so many things I do not own...



HALLELUJAH

I found this on Youtube!
I think it's amazing, I think they bride and groom and the rest of the people in the church got a very happy surprise!!
I'd die of happiness and joy if this were to happen at my future wedding.




Lyrics

WE JOIN TOGETHER HERE TODAY,
TO HELP TWO PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY,
AS LEAH AND CHRIS START THEIR LIFE TOGETHER,
AND NOW WE'VE REACHED THEIR SPECIAL DATE,
WE'VE COME TO HELP THEM CELEBRATE,
AND SHOW THEM HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM TOO,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH,
AS LEAH IS WALKING UP THE AISLE,
AND CHRIS LOOKS UP AND GIVES A SMILE,
THE LOVE THAT FLOWS BETWEEN THEM FILLS THE CHURCH,
WITH LEAH'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON HER SIDE,
SHE REALLY IS THE BLUSHING BRIDE,
WITH LOVE AND PRIDE THEY LEAD HER
HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH,
WITH THE PRIEST AND THE FAMILY WHO LEAD THE PRAYERS,
WE SAY OUR LINES AND THEY SAY THEIRS,
I GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE CEREMONY,
AND IN THIS HOUSE OF GOD ABOVE,
THEY JOIN THEIR HANDS TO SHOW THEIR LOVE,
AND SAY THOSE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS THAT YOU HEARD,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Luleå - Here I come!


It's less than a month left before I head up North to Luleå to visit Elisabeth!
I'm already excited!! I wonder what Luleå will offer this time!
Not to much coldness I hope ^^

E X C I T E D ! ! ^^

Beating Heart

Here's the latest tune from Ellie Gouding!
She's one of few solo artists I like!
There's something about her voice that attracts!

Enjoy!!


ディアフレンズ

Also this movie I found by chance on Youtube. And well.. I blame Kei-chan for this one too!
It was interesting, I think I have missed out on Kei-chan's earlier work, I mean she was more fierce and angry back then ^^
This movie too brings up an interesting topic about how life can become, hardships and friendship.
It is adapted from the manga "Dear Friends" by YOSHI, and art by Watanabe Ayu.

★★



Title: ディアフレンズ (Dear Friends)
Release dates: February 3, 2007
Running time: 115 min.

Story
Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Thus, she is unable to maintain a decent relationship with her friends and classmates. Her family's relationship is also lacking; her father does not care much about his family and her mother is over-protective.
Rina spends a lot of her time going to a club in Shibuya where Yousuke is the disc jockey with her friends Hiroko and Emi. Yousuke falls for Rina, but her attitude has a feral edge, and they neck but stop short of having sex.
After obtaining a large amount of money under false pretenses (i.e. claiming she is pregnant when she is not and forcing the guy [not Hiroko's boyfriend or Yousuke] to pay for the abortion) and spending it on a bottle of Dom Pérignon (which she sprays over everyone at the club), Rina collapses on the dance floor. She eventually discovers that she has cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and becomes hospitalized for an indefinite amount of time. In the hospital, she is not visited by her family, but by one of her classmates named Maki. Although Maki tells Rina that they were friends in primary school, Rina does not remember her, so Maki takes the opportunity to re-connect with her. A young girl, Kanae, who is also hospitalized tries to become friends with Rina, but she holds fast onto her mantra of friends being unnecessary.
Throughout her hospitalization, Rina begins to lose hope as her well-being falls apart...

Cast
Keiko Kitagawa as Rina
Yuika Motokariya as Maki
Airi Toriyama as Hiroko
Hatsune Matsushima as Emi
Masaya Kikawada as Yousuke
Mao Sasaki as Kanae
Avery Fane as Club DJ
Naoko Otani as Rina's Mother
Ren Osugi as Rina's Father

Info @ wiki

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Happy

I just love this song! I cannot get enough!!
Who has missed out on this one??
Soon Easter holidays begin, isn't that also reason to be Happy!?
Easter is also a time for reflection.

Enjoy!!


Cast iron Casserole


I got one, I'm over the moon happy!!
I went downtown the other day and found this!!
It was fairly cheap I have to say.
I had actually planned to buy a Le Creuset, but it cost 2499 SEK / 360 US$.
But then I found this one, a cast iron casserole by Swedish brand Skeppshult.
The size was perfect and it only cost 1199 SEK / 172 US$.
It was too good to pass, so I bought it ^^

I'm gonna use it tomorrow to make b-day dinner for my brother and his gf!!

Very nice casserole, don't you agree?! ^^

筆談ホステス

I found this by chance when browsing around youtube the other night. As Kei-chan was starring in it I thought it would be interesting to watch. It was a good story, and I liked it a lot.
As always having some kind of handicap it is difficult, especially in places where people are not as nice about it.

★★★




Title: 筆談ホステス 〜母と娘、愛と感動の25年。届け!わたしの心〜
Hitsudan hosutesu 〜 hahatoko, ai to kandō no 25-nen. Todoke! Watashi no kokoro 〜
Conversation by writing skills Hostess ~ Mother and Daugher, Love and feelings through 25 years. Report! My heart~
Air time: Jan 10, 2010
Broadcast: TBS

Story
Born into strict home in Aomori, Saito Rie lose hearing at age of one year and 10 months by the after-effects of meningitis. Rie gradually drops out of high school and instead get involved with alcohol, tobacco, and shoplifting. She becomes a so called "bad daughter of Aomori". Later, Rie find herself accepted and join a hostess club. This is also where she gets to know the work of hospitality and acceptance despite of being deaf. She also gets to know the dream of a hostess, to work in Ginza, Tokyo. This drama tells the story of Saito Rie who becomes the number one hostess of the "conversation by writing skills".

Cast
Saito Rie - Kitagawa Keiko
Saito Satoshi - Fukushi Seiji
Kawahara Miharu: Toda Naho
Segawa Kozo - Sasano Takashi
Shimada - Haruta Junichi
Ikenami - Ishii Kota
Kobashi Fumio - Inoue Jun
Saito Shiro - Nashimoto Kenjiro
Nagai Kyoko: Tezuka Satomi
Saito Emiko - Tanaka Yoshiko


Monday, 14 April 2014

악동뮤지션 데뷔 앨범

Korea's loved siblings are finally releasing their debut album.
It's titled Play and contains 11 tracks, and all songs are made by Chan Hyuk!! He's only 17 but he is a great composer.
However although it's great with new tracks, there were some songs like Crescendo and 다리꼬지마 that I miss on this album!
I guess you cannot have it all!? Also it's nice to see this kind of music in Korea and under YG Entertainment! Great debut album!!

  
★★★★

01. GIVE LOVE
02. 200%
03. 얼음들
04. 지하철에서
05. 가르마
06. 인공잔디
07. 안녕
08. 작은별
09. 길이나
10. 소재
11. GALAXY







Here's info about each song in Korean... from official statement

1. GIVE LOVE
스마트폰 게임에서 필요한 하트에 쓰여 있는 Give Love에서 영감을 받은 곡. 악동뮤지션만의 독특한 발상이 탄생시킨 이 곡에서 악동뮤지션은 자신의 맘에서 자라는 사랑을 다 줘도 받아주지 않는 그녀를 위해 줄 사랑을 빌려달라고 이야기한다. 경쾌하고 캣치한 사비가 돋보이며, 곡 사이의 보컬 임팩트가 노래의 재미를 더해준다.

2. 200%
경쾌하고 리드미컬한 멜로디의 사랑 노래로 밤새 고백을 준비했지만, 막상 그 사람 앞에선 떨려 아무 말도 못 하는 내용의 가사를 악동뮤지션만의 감성으로 위트있게 풀어냈다. 통통 튀는 드럼의 킥 사운드를 주축으로 그루브 있는 기타 리듬, 일렉 피아노, 펑키함을 돋보이게 하는 브라스가 가미되었다. 악동뮤지션만의 쫀득한 포크팝 멜로디와 센스있는 랩핑이 돋보인다.

3. 얼음들
웅장한 피아노 intro가 무게를 더하고 곧이어 나오는 감미로운 피아노와 스트링 섹션, 리드미컬한 기타 선율이 아름답다. 사비에서 이수현 양과 이찬혁 군의 폭풍 가창력이 돋보이며 긴여운이 느껴지는 멜로디로 구성되어 있다.‘얼음은 왜 차가우냐고’ 묻는 듯 어린아이의 순수하고 천진난만한 호기심이 느껴지는 곡 .

4. 지하철에서
잔잔한 분위기의 멜로디로 각기 다른 사람들이 지하철에 모여 덜컹거리는 모습을 리얼하고 재미있게 노래한다. 세상을 지하철에 빗대 노래하며 우리가 쉽게 마주치는 장소를 세상의 축소판으로 묘사했다.

5. 가르마
아무런 주목도 받지 못했던 여자가 어느 날 가르마를 바꾸자 예뻐졌다. 그녀를 몰랐던 남자들이 다가오는 것은 물론 그녀를 따라 하는 여자들까지 생기는 가사 내용은 10대들이라면 한 번쯤 상상했을 법하다. 펑키하고 그루비한 드럼과 기타, 일렉 피아노가 귀를 달콤하게 간지러워 주듯 사랑스러운 멜로디가 돋보이는 곡.

6. 인공잔디
인공잔디는 진짜 잔디가 부럽다. 하고 싶은 것을 하며 사는 모습을 인공 잔디에 비유하며 노래한 곡. 1절에서는 인공잔디와 비교하며 다른 사람들이 보기에 가짜가 좋아 보이지만 그들만이 느끼는 마음을 표현했고, 2절에선 진짜 잔디와 비교하며 진짜를 하며 즐거워하는 모습을 노래했다. 경쾌한 드럼비트에 이수현 양의 파워풀한 보이스를 느낄 수 있다.

7. 안녕
한 왕따의 이야기. 분노와 보복의 감정이 아닌 그들이 느끼는 외로움이 느껴지는 곡. 서정적인 기타 리프와 재즈 드럼이 가미되고 이수현 양의 잔잔한 저음이 합쳐져 완벽한 하모니를 이루어낸다. 악동뮤지션은 이 곡을 통해 많은 친구가 그들의 마음을 이해하고 서로 사랑하는 마음을 가졌으면 좋겠다는 감정을 담아내고자 했다.

8. 작은별
밤하늘의 빛나는 별이 실제로 인공위성일지도 모르지만 언제나 빛나는 별처럼 빛나고 싶은 소망을 노래했다. 캣치한 사비와 전진하는 락비트에선 감동이 밀려온다.

9. 길이나
동성과 마주치면 기 싸움, 이성과 마주치면 도도한 척이라고 이야기하며 길에서 마주치는 흔한 사람들의 눈빛을 재미있게 풀어냈다. 이수현 양과 이찬혁 군이 서로 주고받는 멜로디가 잘 어우러지며 환상적인 호흡이 돋보이는 상큼한 곡이다.

10. 소재
작곡 소재가 다 떨어졌다. 이것을 소재로 사용하면서 신나는 드럼비트, 경쾌한 신스 사운드를 주축으로 한 시원한 느낌이 나는 댄스곡을 탄생시켰다. 가사와 랩이 잘 어우러진 곡으로 자신의 이야기를 만들지 못하는 친구들을 위한 희망적인 메시지가 느껴진다.

11. GALAXY
중독성 있는 코드 진행과 캣치한 가사가 어우러져 착 달라붙는 달콤한 멜로디 라인이 돋보이는 곡.‘갤럭시 너 혹시’를 부르는 부분은 갤럭시를 부르는 것이 아니라 운율을 맞춘 부분으로서 그들의 재치를 다시 한 번 엿볼 수 있다.

아자 아자 아리랑

I used to study Korean with Sam, one of the guys in this video. Lately it seems he's on various shows in Korea, making it B I G! I think it's fun for him, after all.. it's not easy to make it with all Kpop stars.
(Sam is the black guy)

Oh well.. take a look at this song, it's their song to cheer on the Korean football team in the upcoming Brazil World Cup!!

(^_^)


Deliciousness


The other day I met with Alex for dinner, we went to a new Korean restaurant.
Oh well, it's not really new, but new to us! It's called Go Choo, and is located at Upplandsgatan in Vasastan, Stockholm.
When we came it was almost empty, then again we arrived at 4.30 pm. Early dinner ^^
When looking at the menu there were many yummy things ^^ And in the end both of us chose Kimchi Stew.
I have to say, it was the most delicious Kimchi stew I have had in Stockholm!
I want to eat there again asap!!
Next time I want to try Bulgogi, Dolsot Bibimbap and Yukejang! ^^


Sunday, 13 April 2014

Runnin on Empty

I was actually surprised to hear them singing in English and it's better than i thought.
I know it sounds bad.. but well.. Asians are not famous for the English! rather EngRish.
Also this song is from the movie Make your Move!


Here's Kpop "sensation", TVXQ...or DBSK as I like to call them ^^

Enjoy!