A Random Post 10.11.09

Made a trip to Salvation Army last Saturday … Had a feast to celebrate “end of exams” for my paternal cousins; tom yum soup, herbal soup, crabs, clams, etc … First time playing bad-minton since graduated from secondary school … Either i am getting older or haven’t been exercising; woke up next morning with 腰酸背痛 …   

Finally submitted all of my school reports … The MB106 report was horrible; why did he insist on such a strict format? Luckily i S.U-ed the module; just praying for a ”pass” now … 

Left with FYP chapter 2 due on 10.12.09 … Seriously wondering if i can really finish writing. But well, i submitted my FYP chapter 2 in the morning after “burning the midnight-oil” again …

Thought summarizing the theory would be an easy task, but i ended up having trouble to sub-catogerize my content cos everything seems linked together … Sub-segment 1 should be fine, but 2 and 3 were so-so; it wasn’t that extensive … Only managed to write 3000 words for Chapter 2 … If my mentor didn’t said anything about adding more content, i will allocate 1000 words to my Chapter 1 since i gave Chapter 2 a word-limit of 4000 words …

Hope i won’t be condemnned during the Thursday meeting …

Having 2 papers this semester; 19 Nov and 2 Dec … Time to start flipping my textbook and notes for the business PE, “Fundamentals of Management” … =)

Good luck to my cousin too; he’s having his O’ Level Chinese paper today …

My hair is longer now … Forsee myself tying my hair often; the girls commented i looked neater … Can’t resist buying the blue ribbon band; it looked so cute … Don’t really have much of the ”flower” accessories too; the hot-pink one looks nice … Realized i don’t have a thin belt to match my outfits, here’s one then … 

Bought the vest to match the shirts i had at home … Thinking of wearing this outfit as a dress on Thursday for the FYP meeting, but i can’t find my golden hairband …

Tim Gunn: “Make it work” …

=)

《巨乳、细乳、苹果乳》

Chanced upon this article that 凯德 wrote when i was flipping through the 《联合晚报》(4 Nov 2009) …

台湾艺人瑶瑶瑶要来还没来，报章杂志已展波涛造势。瑶瑶之前拍广告，成名于“童颜巨乳”之称，稚嫩的容貌配上娴熟的肉体，一种不可多得的矛盾和错置，当中自然充满无限想象，仿佛只有在毕加索的抽象画里得以一窥。如果是活生生的一个人，何止杀很大，简直可将很多男人赶尽灭绝。

童颜巨乳是日本AV 片的名目，最赤裸和准确的欲念显现，日本的色情文化通常都不加掩饰，日本的汉字也都往往一语中的。不过童颜和巨乳本是鱼与熊掌，焉能两得，要不就摆出稚气未脱的模样，要不就晃出汹涌不平的胸脯，直到一位名为苍井空的女优出现为止。

苍井空在2002 年出道，旋即风靡日本和港台，成为兼美集成的代表性人物。如今虽已身退AV 界， 但童颜巨乳的标签却也宣告功成，得以后浪前浪的继续翻滚和翻用。

男人嗜乳，从心理分析上有迹可寻，母奶哺乳的记忆折射，古今中外的男人，本性的潜意识里，都想返回那一段温暖温馨的时候。

对于乳房的崇拜和迷恋，也有历史因循，但过去的东西方世界，似乎都没有对巨乳大好。

欧洲古代的绘画和雕像，赤裸女体是大主题，乳房通常都是苹果的形状，连带那时期的文献记载，也都用“苹果样”(apple-like) 一词，对乳房进行传神化的描绘。罗马爱神维纳斯的乳房状似苹果，连偷吃伊甸园禁果的夏娃，在许多画家的艺术铺染下，手中胸前的也都是“苹果”。

不止艺术和文学标举，据传法国18 世纪玛丽皇后的乳房，也是最完美的“苹果乳”。玛丽皇后是国王路易十六之妻，法国革命时被送上了断头台，但死前却用了乳房的形状，打造了香槟酒杯 (champagne coupe) 的原形。乳房像酒，在历史的暴力之前，皇后留下见证，让世人永堕迷糊陶醉的境地。

唐朝的杨玉环也算皇后，乳房除了被安禄山抓伤，根据野史记录，形态模样也委实不大。明清的春宫图，乳房裸呈，充其量只能算是细乳，似乎也是以裹小脚的审美眼光等同视之。

从小变大，由细到巨，男人对乳房的品味依旧，但胃口却已经大大不同了。

瑶瑶，… 大概是宅男心目中的女神。但卢广仲说，“不是每个宅男都喜欢瑶瑶”；这听起来还蛮带有讽刺的意味。

一架骑马机加上一句“你不要走，杀很大!!!”，瑶瑶被评为“最红得莫名其妙”的台湾女艺人。没听过《爱的抱抱》，但歌唱得应该不怎么样。投机取巧的“抱抱会”摆明是为了冲销量，让想吃豆腐的男人买专辑；实力派的陈奕迅和张韶涵大概输得不甘心又无可奈何。对了，专辑内页和两个版本的写真书，好像有种势必要吸光男人钱的感觉。

哦，还有郑元畅和景行厅男孩。我喜欢郑元畅的戏剧，但听他唱现场是一种折磨。我也挺喜欢景行厅男孩；这3 个平均40 岁以上，由知名制作人转型成综艺主持人的uncles 的幽默感，但唱歌嘛… =(

娃娃音又有好身材，台湾满街都是。但我比较喜欢林志玲；曾多次被评为“花瓶”，可是美丽的“花瓶”还要具备高EQ 来“四两拨千斤”。

像香港的邓丽欣一样，一直强调自己是“才女”要进军好莱坞，出版的英文书却被网民狠批语法错误百出。瑶瑶说，希望别人把焦点放在她的成就上，不要一直探讨她的身材，但MV 情节又是搞制服诱惑，又是淋雨。

女人就是爱说反话，我妈和她的妈妈和她的姐姐就是很好的例子。幸好我没有遗传到这样的缺点，不然我爸大概会给我们弄疯。

不过我承认，我是肤浅的；我爱身材略壮的花美男 …

 

FYP Briefing 4

Met AY yesterday to draft out our MB106 report and went to sit in for a talk on “报考研究所” at 2.30pm … The talk didn’t change my thinking; i am still not particularly interested in furthering my studies. But it was fun to hear the professors talking about their personal experience and the different requirements in different countries … =)

Had our 4th FYP group briefing at 4pm …  Junxian sent us a sms the night before, “Dear FYP warriors, …”; what an apt word to describe our situation … Was still telling AY that everyone around us had been posting depressing threads on their Facebook lately … Seriously, writing a FYP is like fighting a war; the mentors and students each represent one side. In the midst of making sure you wouldn’t be “killed by your mentor”, you are supposed to ”attack them with constant surprises” to make sure you stay on the top … I wasn’t hoping that much; just trying to make sure that i wouldn’t be “black-listed” by my mentor … =(   

Think i am still surviving somewhere in this “war”, hopefully …; at least yesterday wasn’t that bad …

The biggest problem was to add more content to my definition of  “性爱小说” with regard to the term i choose to use, without complicating the word structure. But she said my direction in writing this was good; i gave an unbiased opinion without adding too much criticism to the other side. Put aside the 2 wrong characters, need for a more elaborate explanation for one of my “reasons-to-do-this”, and “shouldn’t number my reference materials”; yup that’s all … Once again, i passed the language part; at least the report i got back was quite “clean”, especially chapter 2 had 0%-scribbling …

Dear Jia Xin,

Sorry for this late reply as I was on medical leave. We are not able to borrow the 2 titles via interlibrary loan from NUS Library as they are classified as”banned” items in their collection. You would have to get a letter of recommendation from your project supervisor to bring to NUS Library to ask for permission to view the books. May I know what is the title of your project? Alternatively, you can send the signed letter as an attachment and email XXX, NUS Chinese Library at XXX to ask for permission. Do let me know if you have further queries. Thank you.

Told my mentor about the inter-library loans too; she said it was fine. Basically, the version i had been trying to borrow is “un-readable”; no 标点符号, so i should probably stick to my current version.

I am happy … =)

She wanted us to continue writing the next chapter and stop “hanging” on chapter 1; will go back to do more editing after we finish writing the 1st draft … Time to draw in the “nets” we cast and collate everything to give her a confirmed outline next meeting.

Next meeting on 12 Nov; means we have less than 2 weeks to cough out my chapter 2 since we need to submit beforehand … =(

效仿池小姐的“自恋”行径，

《下一站，幸福》、《桃花小妹》、《海派甜心》

下一站，幸福

 

梁慕橙（安以轩饰）从小失去双亲，继母的老公又时常觊觎她的美貌，让她成天活在恐惧中。当她发现从小期待的幸福正指向任光晞（吴建豪饰）时，她不禁对这个时常与她斗嘴唱反调的“外星人”另眼相看。但在光晞不幸患上脑癌，其母亲苦苦哀求之下，慕橙只有离开。6年来，慕橙带著儿子小乐在花田村坚强而乐观的活着；患有第一型糖尿病的小乐是慕橙人生中最珍贵的礼物。而动完手术的光晞失去之前的记忆，现在已经是一名出色的律师，还有一位漂亮善良的未婚妻，何以茜（许玮澝）。只有陪她一路走来的青梅竹马，花拓也了解慕橙的遗憾与感伤。

一首熟悉的钢琴曲，所有失去的记忆排山倒海而至；光晞想起了慕橙和他们的爱情。面对光晞的埋怨和怀疑、小乐的兴奋快乐与默默陪伴的拓也；幸福，将在哪里到站？

At first when i knew 吴建豪 was the main lead in this drama, i was like “Huh, why all the F4 guys appearing now? 周渝民 in 《痞子英雄》, 朱孝天 in 《桃花小妹》, 言承旭 in 《就想赖着你》 …” Only started to watch this drama after it aired for 3 weeks in Taiwan cos the review was not-bad …

吴建豪’s acting skills definitely has room to improve, especially on the Chinese pronounication; 预谋犯案 vs. yu1 mo2 fan4 an4 … But he do have the rich-arrogant-guy-attitude, a must-have in Taiwan idol dramas … The plot reminds me of those Korean love dramas; XXX fell sick, the couple was separated by external pressure but met each other under unexpected conditions later.

Suitable for 眼泪多，但没有地方发泄的人。Fell in love with the OSTs；丁当的《我爱他》和《你为什么说谎》…

桃花小妹

陈桃花（王心凌饰）是春风镇无人不知，无人不晓的风云人物。但她的特别并不是来自于她本身，而是她那四个外表出众的哥哥。

大哥陈起（朱孝天饰）：负责照顾桃花的生活起居。担任晨间新闻主播的他个性成稳干练，成熟男人的魅力更让他蝉联“全国最想拥抱的新闻男主播”榜首三年之久。

二哥陈承（蓝钧天饰）：负责桃花的造型打扮。知名服装设计师的他，除了无法遮掩的设计才华，贵族般的绅士气质和近乎完美的五官与高挑身材让他成为每个女孩子心中的Ｍr.Perfect。

三哥陈转（丁春诚饰）：负责桃花的学业家教。除了有着理所当然的帅气外貌，更有超过200智商的天才头脑，和四哥陈合是异卵的双胞胎兄弟。

四哥陈合（高以翔饰）：负责桃花的营养控管兼料理。虽然也还是学生，但精通各种运动项目的他已经被美国NBA球团盯上为当家主力球员。

总而言之，四个哥哥皆是女孩心目中的完美情人。但真正让他们声名大噪的并不只是过人的优质魅力，而是他们对妹妹的过度疼爱。除了百般呵护和全天候排班守护之外，甚至还以陈家为中心方圆20公里范围内，将所有桃花可能接触到的男生做一番彻底的身家调查。表面上是要帮妹妹找到一个与她相配的男孩，但事实却是反对她谈恋爱的手段。因为他们打从心底相信，这世界除了他们四个之外，没有任何男生够资格匹配他们最爱的妹妹。

五哥陈余一（黄靖伦饰）：外表秀气、个性老实，基本上还算是一个优质男孩。但因为上头有四个条件优异过人的哥哥，这就让他显的有些平凡自卑。因为年纪与桃花最为相仿，四位哥哥判断他在家里唯一的存在价值除了是无条件的服侍桃花，就是保护妹妹不让任何男生接近。

百密总有一疏；桃花终于遇见能通过四个哥哥所详列的超完美条件，并找不到任何反对理由的超完美男孩，史郎（汪东城饰）和薛志强（辰亦儒饰）…

An adaptation from a Japanese manga; love comedy … Though pretty much exaggerating, it was funny to see how the 4 brothers protect their sister and bully the 5th brother. I am not used to 汪东城 as the emo kid; still thought 炎亚纶 would be a better choice … 王心凌 as usual, acting cute in the drama … Heard alot of negative criticism, but that is expected if yours is not an original plot and can be compared to manga/ animes …

海派甜心

薛海（罗志祥饰）化名林达浪，装成穷小子从台湾到上海復旦大学念书，是他第一次一个人离家。在机场等待飞往上海时，薛海遇到长相和声音一样甜美，但个性粗鲁暴力的女生，陈宝茱（杨丞琳饰）。即使所有人都叫他不要靠近宝茱，两个人还是逐渐互生好感。

但是人生并不会事事如意；薛海和宝茱分手了。从此，原本老实善良的薛海不再相信爱情，摇身一变成嚣张的海派王子，到处撒钱摆阔。3年后，宝茱在高中学长何言风（李威饰）的陪伴下逐渐走出失恋的阴霾，并在他的介绍下在电台主持「甜心时间」，成为当红DJ。沒想到，薛海从广播中听见了宝茱的声音就马上把电台买下，成为她的顶头上司，两人因此再次相逢。但宝茱遇到外表与林达浪长的如此相像的海派王子，却是一个讨厌的家伙；到底要远离他，还是爱上他？

《海派甜心》was supposed to be broadcast after 蔡卓研 and 贺军翔的《呼叫大明星》ended … But cos 《呼叫大明星》can’t get some license approval from the China side, the whole show had to be scrapped off and the timeslot replaced with 《海派甜心》… The show is only airing the 1st episode on the coming Sunday; wouldn’t comment since i haven’t seen it yet. But be expected for another love comedy, judging from the mushroom-head and thick-black-square-frame-spectacles in the picture …

That means 《下一站，幸福》、《桃花小妹》、《海派甜心》will have a fierce battle over the viewership results. From what i know, 《下一站，幸福》had won《桃花小妹》for 2 weeks since the latter’s debut. I foresee it will win《海派甜心》ep 1 too; 《下一站，幸福》ep 5 will have an intense bed-scene this coming Sunday and viewership is expected to … =)

If you were to ask me, i will pick 《下一站，幸福》too …

Cos it’s a sad story … I love sad stories …

P.S: meeting my mentor later at 4pm for another FYP briefing session; keep my fingers crossed … =(

Inter-library Loans

I am SO FRUSTRATED …

Called up yesterday to check why they haven’t replied the email i sent them 3 weeks ago with regard to the application for inter-library loans … They said they never received the applications after cross-referencing with my mentor’s name and asked me to re-send again … Fine … =(

Received an email today,

Dear Ms Koh,

Firstly, we wish to extend our apologies for overlooking your 2 interlibrary loan requests. We wish to inform you that the titles that you had requested for are available in Chinese Library and Wang Gungwu Library.  Item (2) is loaned out and you may wish to reserve it. As we have the titles, we will be cancelling your interlibrary loan requests.  Do let us know if you have further queries.

Thank you.

Hello, who is in the right mind to request for an inter-library loan if you can find the books in your school? Requested for them because i have a specific publisher in mind that NTU just happened to have all the other versions but NOT THIS…!!!

By the way, i am the one who is holding on to item (2) she mentioned in her email.

Replied her,

I am aware that NTU have the 2 books I requested and had borrowed it before. But the ones I had requested are from a more recognized publisher in this field and the content is slightly extensive than other similar publications. So, I was hoping to verify how much of the content I had missed out after comparing with the version I had now. If possible, I would still like to have a look at the books I had requested earlier. Thank you.

In the end, i received this message,

I’m out of office and will be back on 29 Oct.

FANTASTIC … Was hoping to give my mentor a surprise on Friday and said, “I found them!!!” Oh well, guess i shouldn’t pin my hopes too high that they would process my applications and just stick to my current version. Or as AY said, i shouldn’t be overly persistent over the problem of just a different publisher, even though this may be the version everyone is using.

In fact, i have more bigger problems to tackle with now; that is being too ambitious … It will be difficult to balance the extensiveness of the report with the 20,000 word-limit. Cut theory B or don’t? It will be better if i don’t cut, but that will be at the expense of my word-count allocated to chapter 2 and 3 … Interesting vs. Extensive???

Arghhhhhhhhh!!!  

Meeting my mentor on Friday; i am not sure if i want to tell her about this cos i made a dumb mistake by telling her some nonsense at the last meeting. Will she think i am lazy if she knows i plan to never let her see theory B again in my FYP report?

Having a terrible headache …

P.S: hope chapter 1 can pass through her scutinization … =(

1.26am: Finally emailed my chapter 1 to my mentor … And i just made my biggest decision this week; told her in the email that i am going to omit the part on Freud’s “narcissism”. But …

I am out of the office from 23 to 28 Oct. 2009. I’ll be in contact when I return. Thank you and best regards.

=(