Amy Diamond - Bittersweet

It's hard to find the thing to say
I'm vulnerable and frail
So I wrap my heart in bubble plastic
Just in case it breaks

Before you and I go much further now
I'm asking you to tell me
Do you really want my love?
Is it really me you're thinking of?
When you smile at me
It's so bittersweet
Let me know
Before tomorrow comes along
Cause baby I'm already in too deep
Until then I love you bittersweet

I can't let go
But this I know
I won't let you stay
If you're not sure about the way you feel
About the two of us today
Before you and I go much further now
I'm asking you to please tell me

Do you really want my love?
Is it really me you're thinking of?
When you smile at me
It's so bittersweet
Let me know
Before tomorrow comes along
Cause baby I'm already in too deep
Until then I love you bittersweet

It's heaven when when you say it's you and me
But hell when you're gone mysteriously
I'd rather be alone than lost and torn
Maybe I must make it on my own
I'm feeling incomplete
Loving you is so bittersweet

Do you really want my looo-ooo-ooo-ooooooove?

Do you really want my love?
Is it really me you're thinking of?
When you smile at me
It's so bittersweet
Oh let me know
Before tomorrow comes along
Cause baby I'm already in too deep
Until then I love you bittersweet
Until then I love you bittersweet

Amy Diamond - Bittersweet

- The Quiet World, Jeffrey McDaniel -

In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn’t respond,
I know she’s used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.

- The Quiet World, Jeffrey McDaniel -

Isn't it beautiful?

My room :D

A couple of years ago, I took a picture of my room before exams and after exams. Here's the post if anyone is interested...

So, I was bored from studying and decided to take pictures of my desk this time :D Quite obviously, I was doing some Chemistry revision. Since I've got a camera this time, the pictures are of higher quality! But I accidentally saved them with paint while trying to resize it...so the quality still sucks... XD

From the post linked above, this was my desk 2 years ago.



LOLS. Not too much has changed. I've still got some of the same stuff there.
Like the pictures, glass of water, whiteboard, CDs, books, pink pen holder etc.
However, the top of the table is a lot more packed :D

I think I'll annote a picture... LOLS.
Like I said, I don't want to study right now.


(Click on the picture to see an enlarged version :D)


I'll be back to update :D

South Korea and Homosexuality

Union of mothers create anti-gay ad because of drama “Life Is Beautiful”

With SBS’s drama, “Life Is Beautiful“, showing a gay couple as part of the story plot, mothers worried about the futures of their children, created a union and released a newspaper ad on September 29th through Chosun Journal.

The ad stated, “If my son becomes gay and dies from Aids after watching ‘Life Is Beautiful’, SBS must take responsibility!”

The union that released the ad stated, “‘Life Is Beautiful’ has glamorized the culture of gays against what is realistically, healthy and proper for the citizens of Korea.”

The ad became highly controversial immediately after its release, and more so after tweets by popular gay TV star, Hong Seok Cheon.

On the afternoon of the 29th, he tweeted, “‘Take responsibility for my son becoming gay because of the drama?’ What a funny ad, but also quite disappointing. Soon they will be putting out an ad saying don’t hang out with Hong Seok Cheon if you don’t want to be gay. This was the exact reason I was fired from ‘BboBboBbo‘ 10 years ago when I first came out. All of those calls made to the broadcast company asking to take me off the show. If such logic was true, all of those children that were on a part of the show with me should be gay by now, but they aren’t.”

He went on to write, “The gay couple that is shown on ‘Life Is Beautiful’ is so beautifully and realistically drawn. If there really is a son out there that becomes gay after watching the drama, it is not because he became gay but because he actually was gay and finally earned enough confidence to come out. It could be the drama that gave him that strength to come out to his parents and ask for understanding. How unfortunate for the children that live under the parents that put out such a trashy advertisement. Aids is not a disease specific to gays. How is it that I found out that I was gay 25 years before I saw the drama ‘Life Is Beautiful?’ What kind of dramas did the gays in the 50s, 60s, and 70s watch in order to become gay? Being gay is not a contagious disease, you fools.”

Hong concluded his series of tweets by stating, “The people that put out this ad not only demolished the human rights of gays but of Aids patients as well. This is such an amazing country, allowing such ads to be put out. This ad being released is a more severe problem than the fact that gays are shown on a public broadcast drama. Anything can be released as long as money is involved, I suppose.”

He received much support for his tweets and stated again on the 30th, “I thank everyone that has sent me support mail. Compared to the hate mail I received 10 years ago, there is so much support that has made me cry and feel endlessly thankful. I feel as if my loneliness and sorrow during the past 10 years has finally been delivered. I’ve now earned the confidence to live on even harder for the next 10 years. I’ll become a Hong Seok Cheon that satisfies everyone not only as a businessman but as an actor as well. Thank you.”

Hong was one of the first celebrities in the Korean entertainment industry to come out 10 years ago and is now the father of two adopted children.

source: allkpop

[10.10.02] Dongwan’s memolog: The view towards homosexuality [Selfishness of the majority]

This is probably the typical Korean “My child is precious” syndrome.

Homosexuals are also children of parents.

There isn’t any life that isn’t precious.

This advertisement is as good as using a knife to stab the parents of homosexuals who are somewhere out there,
As good as driving the homosexuals, who want to be under daylight, towards darkness.

I’m heterosexual and can’t fully understand homosexuality.
But I know for sure homosexuality is not an illness, nor is it toxic.
It does not need treatment or medication.
Homosexuals are people who, since they were born, have been living difficult lives that others cannot understand.

What we should do is not to persecute or drive them out,
But to help them not to live the wrong way in darkness, and to give them our understanding.

The problem with this incident is not the union’s ignorance,
Just like what the writer Kim Soo Hyun said
The problem lies with the media, where even major newspapers can accept absurd advertisements as long as they are paid.
As always…

Credits: Dongwan’s Naver blog + Absolut Shinhwa

Dongwan, one of my favourites in SHINHWA. See, I always knew thew there was a reason why he was near the top of the list. Putting aside his adorableness and bromance with Minwoo, I love reading his blog entries. I feel as if I know him better than the other members because of it. But what I really admire is that he isn't afraid to state his opinion. He's a celebrity, an idol. He's actions are scrutinsed. So, for Dongwan to have the courage to openly express his opinins, which is quite unpopular, to a society like South Korea...

...

He's perfect a good man. I'm proud of my fondness for him :D

He's got my love, support and respect.

But honestly, I want to find a guy like Dongwan.

K-POP CHALLENGE

I thought this challenge would be interesting to complete...

day 1: your favorite k-pop guy group
day 2: your favorite k-pop girl group
day 3: your ultimate k-pop guy bias
day 4: your ultimate k-pop girl bias
day 5: your favorite k-pop song from your favorite guy group
day 6: your favorite k-pop song from your favorite girl group
day 7: a k-pop song that makes you cry
day 8: a k-pop song you know all the words to
day 9: your favorite k-pop performance
day 10: a k-pop dance you’d like to learn
day 11: your favorite k-pop music video
day 12: the very first k-pop song you ever heard
day 13: a k-pop group you dislike and why
day 14: a k-pop song that makes you smile
day 15: a k-pop song that reminds you of someone you miss
day 16: your favorite k-pop lyric (and a translation)
day 17: a k-pop idol you wish was your older sibling
day 18: a k-pop idol you wish was your younger sibling
day 19: your favorite interview of a k-pop idol or group
day 20: your favorite picture of your guy k-pop bias
day 21: your favorite picture of your girl k-pop bias
day 22: your favorite picture of your favorite k-pop group
day 23: a picture of a k-pop idol who you think is underrated
day 24: a picture of a k-pop idol who you think is overrated
day 25: your favorite k-pop music video
day 26: your favorite cover of a k-pop song by another k-pop artist
day 27: your favorite dance battle
day 28: your favorite cover of an american song by a k-pop artist
day 29: a k-pop song you never get tired of
day 30: a k-pop idol that has amazing eye smiles

Originally posted: 11/05/2010 @ 7.45AM

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I've finally finished this challenge! Never thought it'll be so hard to do :/
I got lazy and just did a bunch of them in one go XD
I was taking a look at some other people's answers for this challenge...
I found it funny how every question was BIG BANG orientated.
I know that everyone around me knows that I'm a dedicated DBSK fan...
so I wanted to post some different artists...despite them being my other biases ^^