Blogs are parasites? This is how journalists consider blogs because according to them blogs wouldn’t exist without the reporting done by newspaper. Okay, let’s take the definition of the Wikipedia on what parasite is, just to make it clear what is it really. According to the Wikipedia, parasite is: A parasite is an organism that [...]

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Director Kore-eda Hirokazu (Nobody Knows) subverts the samurai film genre with Hana Yori mo Naho (a.k.a. Hana). The film stars Okada Junichi of pop group V6 as Sozaemon, a samurai who journeys from Matsumoto to Edo with the tried-and-true goal of avenging his father’s death. Sozaemon may have revenge as a goal, but his days [...]

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Renowned director Yamada Yoji brings his acclaimed samurai trilogy to a beautiful close with Love and Honor (a.k.a. Bushi no Ichibun). Like Twilight Samurai and Hidden Blade, Love and Honor is based on the works of Fujisawa Shuhei, and the story follows a familiar arc, portraying a samurai’s struggle for honor in the face of [...]

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While Francis Ng is by now well recognized as a top actor, shining in films like Johnnie To’s The Mission and Exiled, his directorial talent is still developing. After turning in films like 9413 and What Is A Good Teacher, he now co-directs with Marco Mak (Wo Hu, Color of the Truth) for Dancing Lion, [...]

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Following the astounding success of Ruler of Your Own World, Yang Dong Geun and director Park Sung Soo team up again for MBC’s electric new drama Dr. Gang. Co-starring rising actress Han Ga In (Super Rookie) and Lee Jung Hyuk (Green Rose), this drama blends action, comedy, and romance to weave the tale of a [...]

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Based on Kim Hoon’s Song of The Sword and Kim Tak Hwan’s Immortality, KBS’s outstanding 2005 historical drama The Immortal Lee Soon Shin is one of the most ambitious works the genre has seen in years. Spanning 104 episodes (edited to 33 by the makers of the show for this two-volume special edition), the drama [...]

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What happens when you send a gangster to teach kindergarten? Kim Jae Won (Romance and Wonderful Life) is about to find out the hard way. KBS drama Great Expectations mixes young talent like Kim and Han Ji Min (Rebirth) with top notch veterans, including Lee Mi Sook (Untold Scandal and …ing), Son Byung Ho (Running [...]

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Marine Deck Officer Licensure Examination – March 2007 Results Index: Marine Deck – First Page – March 2007 Master Mariner Passers (Written Phase) – March 2007 Master Mariner Passers (Written Phase with SSBT) – March 2007 Chief Mate Passers (Written Phase) – March 2007 Chief Mate Passers (Written Phase with SSBT) – March 2007 Chief [...]

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I am currently thinking of having a contest on this blog, just like what other John Chow community members did on thier blogs. This is of course one way of letting blog’s visitors interact with me and encouraged them to be part of the activities of this blog’s community. And the most important thing, it [...]

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I took 2 hours looking for the photos of the moon taken during the Lunar Eclipse last Saturday night. It happened because I forgot that these photos might be uploaded at the Flickr servers. And finally got it at Flickr and one of the photos is the one shown below: This is one of the [...]

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