Meal 03/17-03/19

Barilla Thin Spaghetti
Francesco Rinaldi Tomato & Basil sauce
Trader Joe's grated Parmesan cheese
Huong Lan Vietnamese cured pork patty

Preview: Great Inheritance (2006)

Meal 03-16-07

Lunch: kimchi rice and pork patty

Dinner
kimchi noodle bowl and chicken broth
strawberry ice-cream chocolate chip cookies

Review: My Sister-in-law is 19

Title: My Sister-in-Law is 19
Also known as: She is 19 & My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law
Genre: Korean Drama
Episodes: 16


Cast
* Jung Da Bin as Yoo-min / Jung Hae-won
* Heo Jeong-min as Kangpyo
* Seo Dong-won as F3 leader
* Yoon Kye Sang as Kang Seung-jae
* Kim Jae Won as Kang Min-jae
* Kim Min Hee as Choi Su-ji
* Seo Ji Hye as Kang Ye-lim
* Suh Ji Hee as young Choi Su-ji

Bengalplot

Dad rich
Mom sick
Dad loses memory
Mom loses her life
Girl left with $
Aunties need $ to raise family
Aunties greed $
Aunties abandon Girl
Girl grows up tough and poor
Aunties raises Guy to grow up weak and rich
Girl meets Guy
Girl also likes Guy's Brother
Brother meets Girl
Brother forced to marry so...
Brother needs Girl
Brother and Girl enter into engagement pact so...
Girl moves in w/ Aunty and...
Girl lives w/ Guy
Guy falls for Girl
Brother falls for same Girl
Dad looks for same Girl
Evil Girl knows it's the same Girl
Evil Girl knows Dad is rich
Evil Girl makes Girl leave
Evil Girl lies to Dad so...
Dad stops looking for Girl
Dad likes Evil Girl (not in that way)
Evil girl grows up strong and rich
Girl grows up still tough and poor
Brother finds Girl again
Brother falls for Girl
Guy still haven't fallen out of love with Girl
Dad starts to remember Girl
Girl ends up w/ ...
Watch and fill in the rest

late realization: Kim Jae Won as supporting role

(for some reason thought this came out post-Wonderful Life)

correct prediction: Yoo-min & Seung-jae

disappointed: Kim Jae-won's acting

commendable: Choi Su-ji's acting skills and sense of fashion

Jung Da Bin: not attractive, toothpick-like, good meanie
shocker: she's died February 10th, 2007

Bengal condolences to Jung Da-bin

"learn from the Korean dramas you make, if having a brother like Kangpyo didn't kill you, then depression shouldn't" - Bengalquote

Ratings



Episode Reviews

ep.3
wrong prediction: Su-ji lies about being the daughter

school uniform: ugly plaid skirt

ep.5
question: how'd she fix her hair after the fight so nicely?
Dr. Kang: screams like Wonderful Life
embarrassed: name on chair
music editing: sucks with capital S (song bursts in at stupid times)
- there's a word for this in VietNamese: vô duyên
- next blog quest: translate vô duyên into English

Korea's official form of transportation: piggyback
good effort: learned how to wash hands the physician way
funny: "don't ask!" at friend's gathering
melt: kiss ceremony
pitiful: "today is my birthday"
hilarious: F3
empathy: all to Kang Seung-jae

"since I don't have a home there are a lot of places I can go to"- Yoo-min

ep.6
cool: "your face is my answer" - Su-ji
album: pictures seem like they were taken just yesterday before the shooting of this episode! (try to make it look old a little)
curious: what happens to the element of her house-building hobby? (if you're going to introduce it to the audience, you better keep it in the story)
waste: teddy bear burned to crisp
dying-to-know: type of fish in aquarium
sad: "If I knew this would happen I would have called her sister-in-law" - Seung-jae
invention: digital photoframe for automobile dashboard
illogical: curl your hair nicely before going to work as a Tiger mascot


ep.7
askin-for-it: Kangpyo
Bengal's brilliant sayings: brilliant bum
hilarious: morgue
trouble-maker: Kangpyo
- there's a word for this in VietNamese: đồ phá hoại
- next blog quest: translate "đồ phá hoại" into English
brilliant: formula for love

"you love yourself for waiting for her, not her"- Yoo-min

ep.8
priceless: note-on-door expression from Sister Yoo-min
Oscar-worthy: Madam Ren interrogation of her son
hero prediction: Seung-jae
rude: opens doors even when no one answers
brilliant: love have the properties of inertia
- love also follows Newtonian rules of physics

"I hate those who claim they took a nap,
but actually studied hard for the exams" - F3

ep.9
hideous: Seung-jae's criss-cross stitching pants

ep.10

"if i were you,
i would choose the woman that I love,
even if i have a chance or not.
i am your brother forever,
but the girl that i love,
if i don't do anything,
or if i don't choose,
we'll be strangers forever"
- Seung-jae

ep.11

"poverty isn't only described by someone who has very little,
but also by someone who wants a lot"
- Yoo-min

on seungjae who is an office-worker to make money b/ he wants to be mathematician

ep.12

"compared to him my pain's insignificant"- Yoo-min

ep.13
corny & gross & unrefined: pus metaphor

ep.15
lesson: Indian summer

- is a name given to a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter. This time can be in late October or early November (Northern hemisphere)/late April or early May (Southern hemisphere), usually sometime after the first frost. It can persist for just a few days or weeks

ep.16
what?!: no kiss! not even a poopin hug!
why is kangpyo working at the ice-cream shop (fired at Madam Ren's?)

My 19 Year-old Sister in Law Episode 4

favorite: eel attack
superb acting: Kangpyo
nice move: two fingers on noona's lips
nice jump: Seung-jae on the table
emotional: Kangpyo on quitting school
wrong prediction: Yoo-min kicking ass
stupid/weird: Choi Su-ji's themepark getaway
senseless: Yoo-min's father takes Su-ji to the themepark
faulty: writing behind toilet (constipating and having time to reach all the way around to write on the back wall instead of the door?!)
confusing: Kangpyo's great fib (Seoul Univ. and now high school?)
surprise: Mrs. Kang's request for Ye-lim (Ye-lim wanted to change major not hurt Su-ji)
creative: silent dinner table
failed-subbing: maybe the math terms were too hard for the subbers'
funny: handsome guy's club
question: what happened to the eel when they toppled over ea other?
bengalwisdom: bathroom towel = underwear (dedicated to Seung-jae)

Meal 03-15-07

Campbell's select chef inspired soup Italian-style wedding
grilled chicken kimchi rice and salad

Meal 03-13-07

grilled chicken kim-chi noodle

Victoria's home-brought Chinese buns


Swing and Shake Chinese Steamed Bun Netsuke Cell Phone Strap

Meal 03-14-07

grilled chicken kim-chi rice and salad

Rihanna & Nicole Scherzinger - Winning Women

Artist: Nicole Scherzinger
Album: Nicole Scherzinger
Year: 2007
Title: Winning Women (feat. Rihanna)

Nicole.
Ri-Rihanna.
Ni-Ni-Nicole.
Ri-Rihanna.
Ni-Ni-Nicole.
Ri-Rihanna.
Ni-Ni-Nicole.

Gonna win it no limit, strong women we are.
Gotta win it no limit, strong women we are.
Gonna win it no limit, strong women we are.
Gotta win it no limit, strong women we are.

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat get too hot, they just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat gets too hot, just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
When you see both of us on catwalk representing our culture.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
Well the time and day has changed, where the women wear the pants without changing the last name.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
Where the word diva, diva, mean viva, viva, we run las vegas.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
And when the stock exchange, bangs, Than we got claim to the change.

All, all, all a girl want, wants.
All a girl need, needs.
Its just all those, simple things like to be cared for.
Just to have him, be there for.
All that matters, it’s those sweet things.
That’s all a girl really wants.

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat get too hot, they just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!
Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat gets too hot, just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
We are too confident, me and her talk to Phil, never happen again.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
We don’t wait, we get paid, for a trait holiday, we sip lemonade.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
Instead of doing what he wants, we do what we want, buying homes in Geneva.
Uh-uh-uh-uh huh.
Like when the sound baby glance, rings, and that means more than things.

All, all, all a girl want, wants.
All a girl need, needs.
Its just of those, simple things like to be cared for.
Just to have him, be there for.
All that matters, it’s those sweet things.
That’s all a girl really wants.

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat get too hot, they just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat gets too hot, just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat get too hot, they just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Where them girls at. (Girls at).
That like to be in charge.
When the heat gets too hot, just keep turnin’ it up.
Never let ‘em cheat-sheet, they just sweat, gotta go hard.
Where those winning women thats really willin to take it off!

Meal 03-12-07

Dessert
Dreyer's Grand Strawberry ice cream w/ coconut flakes



Dinner
grilled chicken kim-chi noodle w/ quail egg and romaine salad

Meal 03-11-07

Old Teahouse
Location: 825 Russell Blvd., University Mall
Hours: Mon-Wed: 11am - 12am, Thurs-Fri: 11am-2am, Sat-Sun: 12pm - 12am
Phone: (530) 297-5150

Drink - strawberry milk tea

Dinner served w/ rice
lemon-grass-chili grilled chicken