Bambino バンビーノ

There was a show on TV that I had wanted to watch, but I had class at the same time. Finally gettting the chance to watch "Bambino" now. While the show isn't going to win Emmys, I have to say there are moments that really went beyond the regular, usually silly TV moments for me. LOL...I came for the food (show about Italian restaurant), and stayed for the heart. Like when the main character, Ban, feels homesick after going home, or when Eri breaks up with him (let's leave this one at that), and my favourite, when Ban gets told off that it's not love when you're pushing your feelings on to someone else...I thought this would be another silly, light hearted show. It is, but still...it hits home unexpectedly
On top of that, I'm always hungry after each episode.
P.S. Gokusen movie coming soon!!! Just caught a special preview on TV

Boring, but pretty...

I was watching a little TV at lunch time today and came across the Tour de France coverage (only because it was on after the Wimbleton story). I'm not a cycling fan by any means. For me, it's not a very interesting sport to watch. I've even gone to a road race, and for those 15 seconds when the riders race by, great...then there's the feeling of "now what...". Anyways, I digress. What caught my attention was the amazingly beautiful wide shot of the lead pack riding down a country road while a herd of white horses, complete with flowing manes and tails, galloped along side them in the field next to the road. Wow, that's a desktop picture!
Then, there was an another cool moment. Apparently, I had just missed a collision. One cyclist was now trying to catch up to the pack, but as he's doing this, he's riding next to a car with 2 people hanging out the windows, giving him medical treatment as he's riding ( and littering medical supply wrappings...). Oh, and the whole pack slowing down so riders could catch up. Holy sportsmanship, Batman...

ooooooOOOOO....

Today I went to the orientation meeting for the new Rogers Cup volunteers. Wow, I can't wait. I was a bit worried, but it looks like they have a really good programme, with about 80% of volunteers returning every year. It was a bit strange during the tour of the grounds, thinking, WOW...Nadal and Federer played on this court last year...I just watched that guy win Wimbleton this morning...It's the girls playing in Toronto this year. They let us in on a few of the players who have committed to the event this year and it looks like it will be a great tournament and I can already see myself spending way too much money at the booths! I don't know how much tennis I'll actually be able to watch, but I'm looking forward to being around tennis again!

So it begins...

Well, I thought I would have a little more time before this started, as some of my older cousins haven't gotten married yet, but it looks like I'm starting to run out of time. And according to my mother, time is running out before I start having disfigured children. She is desperatly trying to get me to meet this guy. But I think I'm still a bit wary of men in general at this point. It is amusing to watch my mom swing between her classic urge to keep me locked in the house, and her urge to get me married off/start having kids...*sigh* ったく。。。

The Next Susan Boyle

It was my first time watching "America's Got Talent" tonight. And I was both sad and amazed. The last contestant tonight was a man named Kevin Skinner, a chicken catcher dressed in a poncho and dirty baseball cap. The camera panned the audience to show the sniggering faces. I was immediately caught up by how much this resembled another sniggering crowd in the U.K. that was soon brought to its feet. Kevin said he would be singing Garth Brooks and as soon as I heard the first bars of his guitar, I felt a shiver go down my spine. His rendition of "If Tomorrow Never Comes" was so simple and beautiful. It was the second time I've every been brought to tears by a song. I wish him luck in the contest, and hopefully people will listen before they snigger.

Medic...

In the midst of my messed-up-renovation-angst, I completely forgot! On Saturday, I competed in my friend's charity version of the "Amazing Race". I hurt...I pulled muscles I didn't know I had. The last time I felt like this was when I accidently joined a mini-marathon. It was fun, despite the outcome (dead last...*sigh*it was for a good cause). Saw parts of Toronto I'd never seen before, and surprised myself with how much I actually remembered from the guide books. I would like to point out that we were first for a little while, but ended up falling behind because we were over thinking the clues and not going with out gut reactions (conclusion based on post-race analysis).

Not blind yet...

Tonight, went back to my grandpa's old place to pick up some things. We've been busy lately cleaning the place so they could renovate (it was pretty old...). Not happy. I know that when it comes to renovations, I can be picky. But, this isn't me being picky. If you paid to get new floors, you probably want it done properly. The people who put down the laminate flooring in the living room damaged the new tiles (which were fine last week) in the foyer. One tile's grout is not grout, but some sort of shiny adhesive (carpenter's glue?). While another tile is actually broken (broken into 3 separate pieces), and stuck back in place with the same shiny glue. After looking around a bit more, we found paint on doorknobs, chipped baseboards, unevenly coloured grout, poorly cut tiles and grout lines near walls that were about half an inch wide (someone didn't remove the baseboards before tiling)...I could let the other stuff slide. But the broken tile as soon as you walk in is a bit much...You'd have to be blind not to see it, what were they thinking?!?!...They are sooooo going to get a piece of my mind....\(#`0')/ー!^&*@#