These days, I like to spend my free times watching Korean TV shows. These are some of the TV shows that I watch. Which one is your favorite? Enjoy : D
1. Runningman (런닝맨)
♥This TV show airs on Sundays. 7 permanent members are Yoo Jae Seok, Ji Seok Jin, Haha, Gary, Lee Kwangsoo, Song Ji Hyo, and Kim Jong Kook. Running man was originally about taking member’s name tags off their back and getting them out, but these days, contents got really creative. Guests (Kpop artists/celebrities/comedians) appear almost every episodes. In their most recent episode, they were in Dubai. In another episodes, they did food missions.
2. Laws of the Jungle (정글의 법칙)
♥This TV show airs on Fridays. Members, with their leader, Kim Byung Man, go to different places around the world, especially jungles, deserts, and rivers/lakes. They have to survive in wilderness. They build their own house by cutting trees, find their food, and visit some of the tribes living there.
♥This TV show airs on Fridays. 101 trainees from 46 different entertainments compete to debut and become part of a unit girl group. Only 11 trainees can get the spots, and they are ranked A to F based on their skills. They also do team missions, and you get to vote for your favorite trainee. Jeon Somi from JYP entertainment (appeared in TV show “Sixteen”), Kim Se Jeong from Jellyfish entertainment, and Choi Yoo Jeong from Fantagio entertainment are the most popular ones among the others in Korea.
♥Their song, “Pick Me”, also became popular. The first time you hear it, you might think it’s weird, but this song is really addictive.
5. Tasty Road (테이스티 로드)
♥This TV show airs on Saturdays. Girl’s Day’s Yura and Kim Min Jeong travel around Korea and visit famous restaurants/cafes. They eat the menu there and explain how it tastes like.
6. Take Care of My Refrigerator (냉장고를 부탁해)
♥This TV show airs on Mondays. 2 MCs and 11 chefs greet 2 guests’ fridge and the chefs take ingredients from the fridge to cook a yummy dish in 15 minutes.
7. Weekly Idols (주간 아이돌)
♥This TV show airs on Wednesdays. Because of one of the MCs, Hyeong Don’s absence, k-pop artists become special MC each week. Kpop idols do random play dance, go over their profiles, and do other fun activities. 90% of Kpop idol groups have appeared in this show.
I recently broke my finger…….and although it “just” seems like a finger, things became 10 times harder. Daily activities that took me like 30 seconds to accomplish now takes me 5 minutes. I really wanted to recover as fast as possible, so although I knew time would eventually heal everything, I researched about some tips to help me out. This post is all about those “tips”.
P.S. These are just tips, to help the bones heal faster. These are mainly helpful for fractures.
1. Stop Smoking
♥Blood flow/circulation is important to bone recoveries because it carries necessary nutrients and nutrients to the broken bones, and smoking affects this process. Patients who smoke have a slower recovery than non-smokers.
2. Increase Calorie Intake (Provide sufficient energy for your body)
♥You may think this sounds ridiculous. But it is true that the healing process requires a lot of energy. An adult normally requires around 2,500 calories per day, but a person with severe bone fractures may need up to 6,000 calories in a day! This doesn’t mean you should eat 5 cakes (not slices, but whole cakes); you should fill your diet with healthy food.
3. Healthy Food! (Calcium, Protein, Vitamin)
Calcium is essential to bone growth and health, but don’t eat too much…
Calcium absorption is dependent on vitamin D, so for the best fracture healing, both calcium and vitamin D should be consumed in abundance every day.
Vitamin C is essential for bone collagen matrix. It’s proven that higher intake of vitamin C accelerates fracture healing and develops stronger bone repair.
Bones are made up of “living” protein, and lack of protein will result a soft bone callus rather than the rigid ones necessary for bone strength.
Fill your diet with these healthy food:
4. Exercise
♥Again, you might be surprised that you should exercise when you have an injury. The healing process requires good blood circulation, and a satisfactory flow of nutrient replenishing blood to the fracture area. However, do not put stress on the fracture. In other words, if you have a fracture on your leg, do not run. But, if you have a finger fracture like me, you add jog,walk, or run.
5. Massage/Therapy
♥This is optional I think, but AFTER the bone is healed and you have a hard time doing a full range motion, try massaging it.
Sorry for not posting so long! I was injured, so I couldn’t blog for a long time 😦
Anyways, I decided to write a post about Korea’s instant noodles! Most Koreans love instant noodles, including myself. Through a research, it was proven that each Korean eats about 74 instant noodles per year! That’s like eating it at least once a week. The instant noodles listed in this post were voted by Koreans. These were also introduced in Korean TV show called “Wednesday Food Talk”. Which one do you personally like? I hope you guys enjoy them 🙂
1. Paldo Bibim-myun (팔도비빔면)
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♥It is a bit spicy, and you can enjoy this noodle even more if you add sesame oil and black sesame seeds. (Some people put cucumber on top, too)
2. Buldak Bokkeum-myun (불닭볶음면)
♥This is so spicy!! If you don’t like spicy stuff, don’t use the whole pack of sauce.. This ramyun is popular especially among students. Some of them eat this to get rid of their stress. You can add an egg, a slice of cheese, sesame seeds, and seaweed to add more flavour.
3. Shin Ramyun Cup Noodles (컵라면)
4. Jin Ramyun: Spicy Flavour (진라면 매운맛)
♥There’s also less spicy flavour, written in blue print, but people like this spicy flavour better.
5. Yukgejang Ramyun (육개장 라면)
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♥This ramyun is really good! I like the little toppings >< Koreans liked this ramyun since 1982.
6. Samyang Ramyun (삼양라면)
♥Eat this ramyun with kimchi 🙂
7. Neoguri Ramyun (너구리)
♥This ramyun got its name from tanuki udon. I personally like this one ><
8. Ansungtangmyun (안성탕면)
♥You can add scallion and egg to add more flavour. This ramyun also tastes well if you eat it without cooking it. Just break it into bits and sprinkle the powder sauce on top.
9. Jjapaghetti (짜파게티)
♥This is like instant black bean noodles. You can add cheese, half-cooked egg, sesame seeds, and seaweed on top.
10. Shin Ramyun (신라면)
♥This ramyun has been ranked the first for 25 years. It is spicy, but not as much as buldakbokkeum myun. It got its name from Chunho Shin, the CEO of its brand “Nongshim”.
Today is Valentine’s Day! (Well, I don’t know if it is right now for where you guys live, but yeah! Feb 14 ♥) So, I decided to post some Valentine’s Day Desserts : ) If you have any other suggestions or ideas, please comment or send me an email! Happy Valentine’s Day to y’all and I hope you guys have some fun time eating Valentine sweets~
Today’s post is all about strawberry desserts! Strawberry is one of my favorite fruits, and I love eating strawberry flavored desserts, so I felt like I HAD to make this post! If you have any other suggestions, you can comment or contact me by my email : ) Hope you enjoy~
I enjoyed watching Studio Ghibli movies when I was young, and I still do (I watched My Neighbor Totoro recently xD). So, I made this post for anyone who wants to watch one of the movies, or know what the movies are about. I picked 3 of the movies for this part 1 post, and soon will post part 2 with new movies. The ratings were concluded by averaging the ratings from other sites such as Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and MyAnimeList. The plot is originally from Wikipedia, and rephrased by me. I hope you like them, and if you have other suggestions, you can comment or contact me by my email. Enjoy and thanks : )
1. My Neighbor Totoro
♥Ratings: 4.7/5
♥Tatsuo, an university professor, and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, move into a new house in the rural areas while Yasuko, Satsuki and Mei’s mother, is hospitalised due to a long-term illness. Satsuki and Mei soon discovers susuwatari, a small, dust-like house spirit, in their house. Susuwatari leaves their house when they settle in, and move to another empty house. One day, Mei sees two small rabbit-like creatures and follow them into the large camphor tree, where she befriends a much bigger rabbit-like creature. She calls it Totoro. She falls asleep on Totoro, but when Satsuki finds her, she is on the ground. Mei tries to lead her family to the tree, but fails because the tree is gone. One rainy night, the girls wait in the bus station for their father, who hasn’t arrived when he should’ve. Totoro appears beside them, and Satsuki sees him for the first time. Feeling bad for the Totoro who only has a leaf for protection against the heavy rainfall, Satsuki hands him a spare umbrella she had saved for her father. In return, Totoro hands her a bundle of nuts and seeds. Then, a cat bus stops at the station and Totoro gets on it. Soon, their father arrives. The girls plant the seeds, which grow into a large tree at night. Totter and his friends dance around it, and the girls join them. Together, they ride on a magical flying top. Next morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have sprouted. The girls find out that their mother cannot visit them due to her treatment, and Mei leaves off to go to the hospital, with a corn for her mother. Her disappearance worries Satsuki and the neighbors. While the neighbors each for Mei, Satsuki asks Totoro for help. They ride on a cat bus and find Mei. Then, they go to the hospital to see their mom and find out that she’s doing well-except she has a minor cold. They leave the corn on the windowsill and return home.
♥Famous Soundtrack
2. Spirited Away
♥Ratings: 4.8/5
♥Chihiro and her parents are travelling to their home when her father takes a wrong turn, leading them to a magical world. He thinks it is an abandoned amusement park. Chihiro’s parents enter a restaurant and devour food in the restaurant like pigs while a young boy named Haku warns Chihiro to get out of the place before sunset. Chihiro finds her parents who have turned into pigs. Haku tells Chihiro to get a job from the bathhouse’s boiler-man named Kamaji. Kamari and Lin sends Chihiro to Yubaba, a cruel owner of the bathhouse, who hires her exchange her identity, renaming her Sen. Haku takes Sen for a visit to her parents, and tells her that if she will be trapped in the spirit world if she forgets her real name. While working, Sen invites a creature named No-face into the bathhouse, and a stink spirit arrives. She discovers he is the guardian spirit of a polluted river. He gives Sen a magic dumpling. While most of the workers are asleep, No-Face tempts workers with gold and swallows them, growing larger. Sen finds paper shikigami attacking a dragon (which Haku transformed into). Injured, Haku crashes into Yubaba’s penthouse. When Sen reaches Haku, a shikigami transforms into Zeniba, Yubaba’s twin sister. Zeniba turns Yubaba’s son into a mouse and her bird creature into a tiny bird. She tells Sen that Haku stole a magic golden seal from her which carries a deadly curse. Sen feeds Haku part of the magic dumpling, and Haku throws up the seal and a black slug. Sen returns the seal to Zeniba and apologies for Haku. When she leaves the bathhouse, she meets No-face and feeds him rest of the dumpling. No-face chases Sen, throwing up those whom he had eaten and decreasing in size. Furious at the damage caused by No-face, Yubaba declares that Sen’s parents will be slaughtered. When Yubaba’s son, Boh, is missing, Haku promises to find him in return for Yubaba freeing Sen’s parents. Sen, No-face, and Boh arrive at Zenniba’s house, and Zeniba tells her that her love for Haku broke the curse. Haku, in his dragon form, brings Sen and Boh back to the bathhouse. Sen correctly guesses that Haku is the spirit of the Kohaku River. Yubaba tells Sen that the only way to break her parents’ curse is to correctly identify them from rest of the pigs. Sen correctly guesses them, and the curse gets broken. Haku leads Sen to the entrance of the spirit world, and Sen reunites with her parents who don’t remember anything. They walk back to the car and drive away.
♥Famous Soundtrack
3. Howl’s moving castle
♥Ratings: 4/5
♥An 18 year old hatter named Sophie meets a wizard named Howl on her way to visit her sister Lettie. When she returns to the shop, the Witch of the Waste transforms her into a ninety year old granny. Trying to find out a way to turn back to her old self, she travels to the Wastes and meets a scarecrow which she names Turnip Head. He leads her to Howl’s castle, where Sophie meets Markl, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer, fire which is source of the castle’s energy and magic. When Howl appears, Sophie says that she has been hired as a cleaning lady. On the other hand, Sophie’s country is having a war and the Crown Prince of other country has disappeared. The king summons Howl, but Howl decides to send Sophie instead, and gives her a ring that connects her to Calcifer. He reassures her that he will follow her into the palace. In the palace, Suliman punishes Witch of the Waste and turns her into a harmless old lady. Sullivan tells Sophie that Howl will experience the same thing if he refuses to enter the war. Sophie protests, and Howl comes to rescue Sophie. They escape, taking Heen the dog and Witch of Waste. Sophie realizes that every time Howl transforms into a bird-like creature in the war, it reduces his ability to turn back to human form. Sullivan controls Sophie’s mom to leave a bag containing a peeping bug. The witch destroys it by tossing it to Calcifer, but Calcifer becomes sick and becomes unable to protect the castle form being seen. Later, Sophie returns to her young form with grey hair. Sullivan attacks them, but Howl refuses to leave because he wants to protect her. Sophie moves everyone out of the castle and destroys the castle. When the witch realises that Howl has given his heart to Calcifer, she clenches Calcifer. Panicked, Sophie pours water onto the Witch which makes Calcifer lose his power. The castle splits into two, and Sophie and Heen gets separated from Calcifer and the witch. Sophie finds Howl in bird form. The witch returns Howl’s heart which saves Howl and frees Calcifer. With Calcifer gone, the remaining platform collapses. Sophie kisses Turnip Head, which breaks his curse and reveals that he is the missing prince. Howl wakes up and the others are seen high above the bomber planes upon a new flying castle.
Green tea is a great tea flavour, but also a wonderful dessert flavour! I decided to post some pictures of green tea flavoured desserts, and I hope you like them~
If you have any other suggestions, comment or contact me by my email! Thanks : D
These are mint chocolate chip flavoured desserts! Which one is your favorite? If you have any other suggestions, you can always comment or contact me by my email.. Enjoy : )
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