Beethoven Virus - 貝多芬病毒

Another cool drama to introduce here in my blog. I give a 100% credit to the lead actor Kim Myung Min for his superb acting in the Beethoven Virus.

Beethoven Virus (베토벤 바이러스) is a 2008 MBC TV drama in Korea. It was screened Monday to Friday nights on 8tv. This show drew attention for being the first drama to depict the lives of classical musicians and orchestra in Korea.

Synopsis
Kang Gun Woo is a world renowned orchestra maestro who is a perfectionist in his work. He is not an easy person to work with and is fear by all his players. By chance, he comes across Du Ru Mi, a violinist, and a young cop who has the same name as his and discovers that even without formal training, the young Kang is a music genius. The three soon get tangled in a love triangle.

Main Characters
Kang Gun-woo / Kang Ma-Eh (Maestro Kang)

Portrayed by Kim Myung Min, Kang Gun-woo is an orchestra conductor who's a single forty year old man that lives with a dog named Thoven. He is very talented and famous for his excellent skills in music. Counductor Kang feels that classical music is for the nobility and to play the noble classics, the talent of players should be brilliant. Because he believes in this, he insults many musicians who do not match his perfection in music.
He is notorious for his aggressiveness and sharp tongue. His nickname is ‘orchestra killer’. His personality is mostly written in his face when he encounters trouble and he smirks to show he isn't weak. He is scared of his emotions and it is explained in the drama when many people come up to him to tell him that he is an upright rude man. His personality depends on his emotions because he's alone and too scared for his emotions and cannot bear to tell the truth. The reason that he has spent most of his time overseas is because he had once refused to perform in front of a large audience, including the president.In a word, he is an elitist.

Du Ru-mi

Portrayed by Lee Ji-ah, Du Ru-mi is the concert mistress of the project orchestra. Despite her delicate appearance, she is actually hot-tempered, up-and-down, and optimistic about everything.Her headache and tinnitus are the symptom of Ménière's disease, which will cause hearing loss. Now, she has a resolute goal to perform on stage.

Kang Gun-woo

Portrayed by Jang Geun-suk, Kang Gun-woo is a traffic officer with a strong sense of justice. To help a pregnant woman get to the hospital, he moves a car by crashing it into another car, which causes him to be suspended from his position.Even though he cannot read music, he has a natural talent for playing the trumpet and for music itself. The project orchestra that he joins through Ru-mi’s recommendation gives him an opportunity to open his eyes and ears to music and conducting.

Cast

Kim Myung-min as Kang Gun-woo/Kang Ma-Eh (Conductor)
Lee Ji-ah as Du Ru-mi (Violin)
Jang Geun-suk as Kang Gun-woo (Trumpet)

Extended Cast
Lee Soon Jae as Kim Gab Yong (Oboe)
Hyun Jyu Ni as Ha Yi Deun (Flute)
Song Ok Sook as Jung Hee Yun (Cello)
Park Chul Min as Bae Yong Gi (Trumpet)
Jung Suk Yong as Park Hyuk Kwon (Double Bass)
Lee Bong Gyu as Park Jin Man
Kim Young Min as Jung Myung Hwan
Jo Se Eun as Kim Joo Yeon
Park Eun Joo as Kim Joo Hee
Lee Han Wie as Kang Chun Bae
Park Kil Soo as Kim Kye Jang
Hwang Young Hee as Hyuk Kwon Cheo
Baek Jae Jin
Kim Ik

Production Credits

Production Company: Kim Jong-Hak Production
Chief Producer: Oh Kyung Hoon
Director: Lee Jae Kyu
Screenwriter: Hong Jin Ah, Hong Ja Ram

Awards

2009 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Picture – Mini Series Award
2009 36th Korean Broadcasting Association Awards: Best Actor Kim Myung Min
2008 21st Producers Awards of Korea: Best TV Drama
2008 The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actor Kim Myung Min
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Grand Prize Kim Myung Min
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Drama of the Year Award
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Male Newcomer Award Jang Geun Suk
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Special PD Award Lee Jae Kyu
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award - Supporting Actor Park Chul Min
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award - Mid-level Actor Song Ok Sook
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award: Hong Jin Ah and Hong Ja Ram
2008 The 2008 Grime Award: Special Award Song In-hyuk and Hong Sung-wook
2008 The National Assembly Society of Popular Culture & Media Award: Most Popular Drama in 2008
2008 The 9th Broadcaster Awards: Best Performance in Broadcasting Kim Myung Min
2008 The 3rd Korea Drama Festival: Grand Prize Kim Myung Min

Nescafe 3 in 1

Nescafe 3 in 1 CAN DAMAGE YOUR KIDNEY AND HEART

Try to avoid Nescafe cause its can damage your kidney & heart.
The reason is due to Nescafe 3 in 1 using non dairy creamer.(chemical creamer)

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Dear Friends,

I strongly agree on these issues because it happened to one of myfriends in HSS Integrated Consultant. He is now under dialysistreatment for every 3 days Now its been already 9 years he is sufferingwith this kidney problem. The doctor said, the main cause is:

1. Breakfast with Nescafe
2. 10am break with Nescafe
3. Lunch with Nescafe ais
4. Afternoon break also with Nescafe.
5. Night supper with Nescafe.

So, hope for best for those who still love Nescafe.

What is the most scary thing in life?

What is the most scary thing in life?

Could it be one of the following or combination of it. Not enough money? Not having a right job after graduation? without love? sickness? Death? etc??

Suicides - South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. I wonfer why? Accoding to sources the reasons for suicides range from criticisms from internet trolls (a.k.a. antis who write hate messages on websites and such), to lack of work, depression, financial trouble, and to expose a dirty secret about Korea’s entertainment industry.

Lately, is sudden death. A report show that sudden death in young people is rare. Sudden death in people under age 35, often due to hidden heart defects or overlooked heart abnormalities, is rare. These sudden deaths often occur during physical activity, such as a sporting event.

On 10.10.2009, BOYZONE singer Stephen Gately has died suddenly in Mallorca. The 33-year-old star is thought to have been on holiday on the island when he died. Police investigating the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately said there are "no signs of suspicious circumstances".

There is nothing more scariest than the above. We should live happily towards our day and always ask for forgiveness and forget unhappy things. Never ever take life granted cause it is so precious. You only live once!!!

相信命运吗？相信改名字吗？

大家好你取一個名字都會怎麼取都感覺少了什麼嗎？或是你已經找過很多老師改過名字仍然都不滿意嗎？　　

大家也一定搞不懂，為何不管拿去哪家算命館，我的姓名一定怎麼算都不好，而且又說的很準，那我就想要改名，很多人都改名過好幾次， 每次改名的話要重辦很多證件印張又很麻煩，這些是我們遇過最多的情況。　　　

通常改名，會集合所有外面所說的，三才五格姓名學、天運五行姓名學、十二生肖姓名學、補八字派姓名學、八十一靈動數姓名學等，但如果要選字全部派別要顧慮到，最後結果一定選不出字出來，因為派別之間有所衝突， 大家的看法皆不一，同樣的名字，有的學派認為是好的，另一個學派可能就不這樣認同，而且俗話說有得必有失，當你的名字偏重某一方面時，另一方面可能就較顧不到。個人認為，名子只要你喜歡、認為好，就是好名字，各家學派的論點只要做為取名時的參考便可，不用太執著。你自已的感受才是最重要的。

您們認為取的名字會如何呢？

現今是講求多元化的時代，要比別人不同，學的東西真的要很多，而且一個人的力量有限，許多命理館都全靠一位老師就能幫人改名，如果老師一天一口氣幫人改了２０～３０幾位的名字，你認為名字都會改的好嗎？也許真的會有很厲害的老師，但以最好的方式要有兩個人已上，同時鑑定與改名是最好的方式，你認為呢？....相信你也聽過，身旁友人找知名老師改名，很貴、如果改的字不喜歡，還會被老師兇，真是花大錢找罪受。

如果你在对姓名學有其他的問題與意見 ，或是您想命名改名，不妨到此网络http://www.131.com.tw/。

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 3-10-2009

In 2009, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Saturday, October 3rd.

Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunisolar month. The festival is the second most important festival after the Spring Festival to Chinese people. Every year, when the festival comes people go home from every corner of the country and the world to meet their family and have dinner with them.

Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival so important? It is related to the moon and Chinese people like the moon very much. In Chinese culture, the full moon is a symbol of peace and prosperity for the whole family. Its roundness symbolizes wholeness and togetherness. In the middle of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar the moon is full, and eight is also a popular number in Chinese culture, symbolizing wealth and prosperity. So people believe this day is very propitious.

Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2000 years. During these 2000 years lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.

The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes together and making Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don’t do these three things. See details of the main Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.

Get Your Massage On With Ogawa!

I bagged myself an Ogawa EyeTune! It's very nice actually, especially as I sit in front the pc for more than 8 hours a day (especially with all the stress recently) it has an infrared heating function along with 2 kinds of massaging motion (squeezing or vibrating) which do a good job at relieving the tension in my head.

You can get the EyeTune for just RM180 if you print out the voucher! The Vacuum looks very tempting actually.

Hmmm, so many things to buy..better start saving already!