Jamie McGuire - Beautiful Disaster

Synopsis:

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

My Opinion:

The book Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire has been all around the Blogosphere lately. It became available on Netgalley and many bloggers are currently reading it. This book has caused many controversy and has earned some really nasty reviews, still, the book has an average rating of 4.13.

I'm not sure what to write about this book. The reviews for the book were SOOO incredibly misleading. I thought Travis was going to hit her, or come close, the way everyone was going on about the 'abuse' in the book. I get it, it was intense.

This is a book about an alpha male. Just because it's not a paranormal book and instead, a contemporary, it's not ok for him to act like that? I'm a pretty (very) conservative person and I've read paranormal books where the guys act worse than that.

Abby was the one who got on my nerves the most throughout the book for jerking Travis around all the time.

The thing that makes this story both intriguing and appalling, is Travis' obsession with Abby. He is consumed by her. She becomes his everything. Exhilarating in theory; unhealthy in reality! His obsession, at times, becomes disturbing and worrisome. In the end Travis makes some behavioral changes, albeit more surface than substance, hoping to win Abby back. He succeeds, and Abby returns to the relationship. In doing so, some readers may believe in the misconception that one person can change another.

While a part of me knows better I still loved so much about this book. I am a girl, after all! Will I recommend this books to my young rephew? No. Very few teens have either the experience or maturity to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Anger..

Sometimes, the problem is everyone feels misunderstood. All happen at the same damn time.

When the day has been long and anxiety ridden, and the night stretches long with more anxious moments ahead, you wonder,whether you should snap or ignore? The other person, will be wondering the exact same thing.

When you feel angry enough that you do not want to speak to anyone, the other person is probably debating the same thing: to vent or not to?

I try hard to remind myself that.Of course, it works better by just letting things ease on its own.... until sanity and peace is restored. But, and it's a big but, it's so bloody hard to control yourself till then!

Sometimes...

Sometimes we care with love; sometimes we care with fear. 
Sometimes we care with self-respect; sometimes we care with self-contempt. 
Sometimes we care with a sense of possibility; sometimes we care with fears of inferiority. 

The important thing is that we don’t let caring about people or circumstances detract from our ability to care for ourselves."

✿Big Bang - Blue ✿

BIGBANG finally unveiled its highly anticipated music video for “BLUE!” .

From Daesung’s car accident to G-Dragon’s use of marijuana, 2011 was a tough year for BIGBANG. However, they were able to overcome the hardships and returned as an even stronger team.



Romanization

Kyeou-ri ka-go bomi chajaojyo urin shideul-ko
Keuri-um so-ge mami meongdeu-reot-jyo

(i’m singing my blues) paran nun-mu-re paran seulpeume gildeulyeojyeo
(i’m singing my blues) tteunkureume nallyeobonaen sarang oh oh

Gateun haneul dareun gos neowahna wiiheomhanikka neo-ye-geseo tteonajuneun geoya
Nimiran geul-jae jeomhana bikeobhajiman nae-ga monna sumneun geoya
Janinhan ibyeo-reun sarangye 26411;36335;(mallo) keu eotteon- maldo wiiro twehl suneun eopt-da-go
Ama nae insaengye majimag mello magi naeryeo-oneyo ije

Taeyeonaseo neol manna-go jugeul mankeum sarang-ha-go
Parahke muldeu-reo shirin nae ma-eum nuneul kamado neol neukgil su eoptjanha

Kyeou-ri ka-go bomi chajaojyo urin shideul-ko
Keuri-um so-ge mami meongdeu-reot-jyo

(i’m singing my blues) paran nun-mu-re paran seulpeume gildeulyeojyeo
(i’m singing my blues) tteunkureume nallyeobonaen sarang oh oh

Shimjangi meojeun geot man gata jeonjaengi kkeunna-go keu kose eo-reo bu-teun neowahna
Nae meorissok saekyeojin tra-uma i nun-mul mareumyeon chokchokhi giyeokhari nae sarang
Kwehrob-jido wehrob-jido anha haengbo-geun da honjanmal keu isange bokjabhan geon mot chama
Daesurob-ji amureoh-jido anha byeol-su-eom-neun bang-hwahng saramdeu-reun waht-da kanda

Taeyeonaseo neol manna-go jugeul mankeum sarang-ha-go
Parahke muldeu-reo shirin nae ma-eum neoneun tteonado nan geudaero it-janha

Kyeou-ri ka-go bomi chajaojyo urin shideul-ko
Keuri-um so-ge mami meongdeu-reot-jyo

Oneuldo paran jeo talbitarae-ye na hollo chami deul-ket-jyo
Kkumso-geseodo nan geudaereul chaja hemae-imyeo i noraereul bu-lleoyo

(i’m singing my blues) paran nun-mu-re paran seulpeume gildeulyeojyeo
(i’m singing my blues) tteunkureume nallyeobonaen sarang oh oh
(i’m singing my blues) paran nun-mu-re paran seulpeume gildeulyeojyeo
(i’m singing my blues) tteunkureume nallyeobonaen sarang oh oh

Live Performance:



 English Translation

Music and Lyrics by: TEDDY, G-DRAGON
Additional rap written by: T.O.P.

When winter ends and spring comes, we wither
In longing, my heart is bruised

(I’m singing my blues) used to the blue tears blue sadness
(I’m singing my blues) love that I let go to the drifting clouds oh oh

Same sky, different place, it’s dangerous for us so I’m letting you go
From lovers to strangers. It’s cowardly, but I’m hiding because I’m worthless
No words, not even those made out of love, can comfort a cruel parting
This is probably the last melo in my life

I met you and loved you to death
My heart is stained blue and frozen, I can’t feel you even when I close my eyes

When winter ends and spring comes, we wither
In longing, my heart is bruised

(I’m singing my blues) used to the blue tears blue sadness
(I’m singing my blues) love that I let go to the drifting clouds oh oh

It feels like my heart stopped, the war ended but you and I are still frozen in that place
The trauma is inscribed in my mind, once my tears dry, hopefully I’ll remember my love
I’m not in pain, I’m not lonely, happiness is simply talking to myself, and I can’t stand anything more complicated
I don’t care, I’m ok. People, who can’t do anything about it, wander here and there

I met you and loved you to death
My heart is stained blue and frozen, you left but I’m still here

When winter ends and spring comes, we wither
In longing, our hearts are bruised

I’ll fall asleep under the blue moon all alone again tonight
Even in my dreams, I’ll be looking for you, singing this song

(I’m singing my blues) used to the blue tears blue sadness
(I’m singing my blues) love that I let go to the drifting clouds oh oh
(I’m singing my blues) used to the blue tears blue sadness
(I’m singing my blues) love that I let go to the drifting clouds oh oh

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✿ A GentleMan's Dignity ✿

 Details

• Title: A Gentleman's Dignity
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2012-May-26 to 2012-Aug-12 

Cast:

• Jang Dong Gun as Kim Do Jin
• Kim Ha Neul as Seo Yi Soo
• Kim Soo Ro as Im Tae San
• Kim Min Jong as Choi Yoon
• Lee Jong Hyuk as Lee Jung Rok
• Yoon Se Ah as Hong Se Ra
• Kim Jung Nan as Park Min Sook
• Yoon Jin Yi (윤진이) as Im Me Ah Ri
• Lee Jong Hyun as Collin

Synopsis:


‘A Gentleman’s Dignity’ is a drama about the careers and love lives of urban professionals. This drama will tell the story of four men in their forties as they go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin (Jang Dong Gun), an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo (Kim Ha Neul), who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.




My Opinion:

This show opens with four distinguished-looking middle aged men attending a funeral. They even seem to be pondering their own mortality...until you learn that they're at the funeral to scope out chicks, like that guy in Wedding Crashers. Our hero, Dojin, is a successful creative type; a jerk with a good heart buried under the scruffy self-absorption. His three BFFs are Yoon, a sweet widower who works as a divorce lawyer, Taesan, a practical everyman, and Jungrok, a sneaky womanizer. It's not even two minutes into the show until a fistfight breaks out at the funeral, and we see that we're in for an all-out wholehearted comedy.





This drama is so good. The four guys are very hilarious specially every beginning of the episode. Very funny and cute. Oppa! In the beginning I’m hesitant to watch this because I am still in having a hangover with KING 2 HEART  which is one of my favorite drama and i am scared that i might get bored with this. But Oh!! surprisingly, I never thought that this is so good! Promise it brings so much emotion..Their friendship are genuine. The love story is so real… This is probably one of the funniest dramas i watched. When i first tried this drama i didn’t think i would fall in love with it this much. The four actors are really funny friends and they never fall out with each other because they are best friends since high school and they still are in their 40’s.

My favorite couple  - Perfect illustration that age is just a number:-)

✿ Anxiety ✿

ANXIETY is the body’s way of responding to danger. It’s a survival mechanism designed to keep us alive.

But the danger we perceive doesn’t actually have to be there. We just have to think that it is.

Whether the danger is real or imagine
d, our automatic survival mechanisms will kick in and we will try to escape or avoid the danger.

We might avoid certain people or places. We might refuse to go out. Perhaps we’ll only go out with someone else present and then leave early.

If we choose to face the danger, we might use coping behaviours to get us through, like smoking more, fiddling with our clothes, avoiding eye contact or taking medication.

Whilst our coping behaviours get us through the perceived danger, they actually keep our anxiety going. As long as we depend on them to cope, we don’t give ourselves the opportunity for the anxiety to go away on its own.

Learning to confront our anxiety might be uncomfortable in the short term, but it helps us take control and feel better in the long term.

If you feel anxiety starting to overwhelm you, ask yourself if you have any proof that what you fear is actually going to happen. What is the worst that could happen and how would you cope with it if it did? Imagine it is six months from now. How important will this feel then?

Just because you feel bad, doesn’t mean things really are bad. Imagine yourself coping with this situation. If you can handle it in your imagination, you can handle it in reality.

✿ 7 ThinGs to PoNdeR ✿

1. Makes PEACE with your past so it doesn't spoil your PRESENT

2. What OTHERS think of you is NONE of your business

3. TIME heals almost everything, give the time..SOME TIME.

4. No one is the reason of your HAPPINESS except you , YOURSELF

5. Don't COMPARE your life with others, you have no idea what their JOURNEY is all about...

6. Stop THINKING too much,  its alright not to know all the ANSWERS

7. SMILE, you don' t OWN all the problems in the WORLD.