The voyaging apple

When I was moving some things around in the fridge, I thought I saw and heard two apples fall out. But looking around, there was only one apple on the floor, so I thought that I may have been mistaken. But I was still very much convinced that I had seen two apples falling, so I looked further around...and found the other apple, rolled all the way to the living room! (almost 5 metres away)

Ways of doing things

When writing code, we need lots of names for the variables and functions that we use. It is especially a pain when people use strange names that actually mean nothing (or worse, mean something other than intended) because of bad English. Sometimes those with bad English actually misunderstand a name/comment that was written in perfectly good English!

Here there will be some idiots who refuse to improve naysayers who will say, “We should use our bad English so that we can understand it!” Well...nope.

Because there are so many ways to write badly, and different “bad English” users would still interpret it differently. But when something is written properly, there will only be one way to interpret it correctly, as long as the person is capable.

I recently wrote about watching Mouse. I watched a post-drama interview (I mean post-drama as in after the screening had ended), and one of the actors mentioned that playing a bad guy opens up possibilities. He says something like this: “There aren’t many ways to play nice characters, but for a bad character, there are so many ways that we can choose to portray it!”

In the same way, there are many ways to write bad code, but much fewer ways to write good code.

A mysterious door

Where does this door lead to?

(Well, it's actually the door at the bottom of my bookshelf :P )

Mouse

Mouse is a psychological thriller, and it definitely lives up to its name!

Every episode reveals something new, and keeps you wanting to know more.

The first few episodes had me really interested, but although it did manage to keep my interest till the end, it slowly descended into the realm of ridiculousness ("realm of ridiculousness" - I like this expression, I should remember it for future dramas :P ). The plot is seriously thick...there are so many characters that I wish I had taken notes :P 

There are multiple shocking revelations in the course of the show, and though some are good, some of them left me feeling tricked. The good thing is that most of the "strange" points are clarified later.

I am annoyed at some discrepancies though:
1. The boy said he killed his whole family! And then they twist the story here and there and it turns out to be not true?
2. How did the prison inmate manage to go to the crime scene and figure out this and that about his son? It seems ridiculous that a prison guard would bring him there for no reason, and it supposedly happened even before anyone knew that was the crime scene! And even if he did go there, it didn't make sense that he could find out that information...
3. How did the girl see who operated on the main character? The doctor was quietly brought in and out!
4. The "very nice" boy turned into a "cold" man. Why? No good reason...so it didn't make sense.

There are some points which I am not sure whether they really did not explain, or whether they did but I missed them. I am a bit tempted to re-watch the whole thing just to get all the details... but unfortunately Lee Seung Gi is the main character, and I don't feel like seeing him all over again :P

Overall, most of the plot still makes sense, so I would still say that this drama is recommended!

Oh, and there are four very unfortunate women in the story...they keep incurring mishap after mishap! For some of them, you could say that the later incidents are due to the first, but at least for one of them, it is not...

Teddy doctors and sportsmen

Oh no! These bears are sick! Luckily TeddyVille has its own hospital and doctors! (or maybe just one doctor? :P )

Next we come upon a prize-giving ceremony. Who are these champions?

They are Nicol David and Lee Chong Wei!

Then we reach a doorway guarded by a teddy guard! Except that it is not a doorway...

Back to the doorway later, but first let’s take a look at this photo booth. The booth was unmanned, probably because it was MCO time (I’ve forgotten which MCO). There was a teddy bear sitting there, and it was so cute I gave it a hug.

When we were taking photos with the doorway, my friend decided to take a photo with this teddy bear. So I followed suit!

Come to think of it, the teddy “guard” was probably meant for photo purposes...but poor thing, we ignored it! :P

There were plenty of other photo-purpose items in this area, but since this post is getting long, I shall keep that for the next post!

Pikachu the protector

I got myself a cable protector!

It actually isn't a perfect fit for any of my cables, but I bought it for its cuteness, not for its functionality :P

It is of a rubbery material, so the ears can wiggle when you move them! ♥

These paws were made for walking...

...not.

This week's theme is walk, and I immediately recalled the photo I had taken previously for the same theme.

I almost decided to just give up on this theme since I had no better idea, then I decided I could at least find some-"one" else to walk!

Guess who?

Let's go for a walk!

I initially took the second photo, but the bear was off-balance, so it doesn't look very nice. In the end I decided on just the paws for a proper "walking" photo. It doesn't really look like walking either...but it'll have to do :P

Batik, Bakery, and Balloons

This lady is preparing a pretty design…

It’s batik!

A closer look:

Then we go to the TeddyVille bakery.

The cookies look more like buns here. :P 

For some reason, there is a hot-air balloon here as well. I’m guessing that it is because there is a hot-air balloon festival in Penang every year, around Chinese New Year. Maybe this is a work in progress?

There is even some text on the hot-air balloons on the wall. I don’t know what “swipe right” and “swipe left” are supposed to mean though...

Psst...I didn't really try to group all the "B"s in one post...these sections really come one after the other in the Teddyville Museum!

A Junho weekend

I searched on my blog, and I'm surprised that I have never written about Good Manager. I watched it quite some time ago, mainly because I saw a funny Uniqlo ad with Namgoong Min in it (I can’t find the ad again...not sure whether I remembered it wrong). The ad was about pants that were so light that you don’t feel like you are wearing any. A comment on the video mentioned the drama, because in the ad, Namgoong Min was portraying a character similar to the character in the drama.

I searched up the drama out of curiosity, and I think that was what made me decide to watch it later when I saw that it was available on Viu. In the drama, the second male lead was an arrogant and obnoxious young man, but somehow looked rather cute when he smiled. Even when he smiles in an “evil” way. So I looked up the actor, and discovered that he was Junho from 2PM.

Now I know 2PM from when the members came to Running Man, but I don’t know all the members. I mainly remember Nickhun and Taecyeon, and also Chansung (I had forgotten all about him, but saw him in a drama and found that I could recognize him). But I couldn’t recall Junho at all. But fine, so now I know him.

Then recently 2PM made their comeback, and Youtube was recommending me their videos. I watched a few, and was rather annoyed that I couldn’t manage to recognize Junho at all! (I also had difficulty spotting Nickhun immediately because of his hairstyle, but at least I could recognize him with a second look)

That would have been the end of the story, but around the same time I saw this drama Wok of Love which stars Junho. I wanted to see how he did in a different role, so I watched it. The drama is extremely funny, although since it's a comedy, there are ridiculous things happening at times. Still, the interaction between the characters was very entertaining, so I enjoyed the show.

But I still wanted to know how I didn’t notice him on Running Man. So I looked up Junho’s appearances on the variety show. It turns out that he had appeared on four episodes. So I looked up those episodes and watched them.

I finished the drama at the beginning of the weekend, and now I have watched all four of those Running Man episodes that Junho was in. In the first two, he appeared together with Han Hyo Joo, and I could see why I never noticed him...he was greatly overshadowed by Hyo Joo! It was her second appearance on the show, and her first appearance had been extremely entertaining and I liked her a lot. So it was no wonder that I focused more on her in those episodes (I think the cameras/editing focused more on her too…)

His second appearance (3rd episode) was with Kim Woo Bin and Kang Ha Neul. Maybe I was looking at Woo Bin… :P 

The 4th episode was with all the 2PM members. There were six of them, so it only made sense that I could only remember those who had made a big impression before! (read: Nickhun and Taecyeon)

It is the end of the weekend, and I feel like I have spent the whole weekend just watching Junho!

Back to Good Manager, the drama that started all this: It was really good, and I remember enjoying it a lot too (I feel that it is better than Wok of Love). The power of Namgoong Min, perhaps?

One thing I noticed is that in both dramas, the two male leads (one of which is Junho) had very nice interactions with each other. In Good Manager it was with Namgoong Min, and in Wok of Love it was with Jang Hyuk. I actually liked Jang Hyuk’s role a lot (he played a “good guy” gangster), except for his awful hairstyle :P

A rough photo

Last week's theme was rough.

Well, here's a rough surface for you!