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alexandral) wrote2006-08-25 04:53 pm
alexandral) wrote2006-08-25 04:53 pm
Entry tags:
- doramas,
- jdrama,
- lj,
- majo no jouken,
- tea
Tea matters and all such things
Yes!!!! We knew it for ages!!! Tea is proved to be good for you! It contains antioxidants and drinking 3 or more cuppas a day is as beneficial for you as drinking plenty of water!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5281046.stm?ls
Especially green tea - the elements of it may protect against Alzheimer's :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4261558.stm
And cancer:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4551748.stm
+ I had a busy, busy week but it is a Bank Holiday weekend of which our University has Monday plus Tuesday. I fully intend to do nothing but watch lots of films, drink a lot of tea , have many chocolates and may be do some walking. Sasha's friend Ben doesn't join us next week.
+ I have watched first episode of "Majo no Jouken" . I find Takizawa Hideaki incredibly cute and heart-wrenching but can't warm up to the Matsushima Nanako's character yet. I think this may be because Matsushima Nanako as well as some other Japanese actresses have differerent mannerisms from what I am used to. In a way their facial expressions are "too strong" for me sometimes. It is not necessarily a bad thing, just something I need to get used to. I was struggling with this at first in "Long Vacation" in the main character Minami who was played by Yamaguchi Tomoko. At the end Minami totally won my heart. But her friend Momoko didn't - I had a little cringe every time I saw her.
Anyway, I feel I am very drawn into "Majo no Jouken". And just a minute ago I realized that Hideaki is also a singer. Yumm!
+ I am getting confused with Japanese names and surnames. I probably need to read about the matter.
+ Yesterday's was my LJ anniversary. ONE year!!! I can't say enough how great you all are!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5281046.stm?ls
Especially green tea - the elements of it may protect against Alzheimer's :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4261558.stm
And cancer:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4551748.stm
+ I had a busy, busy week but it is a Bank Holiday weekend of which our University has Monday plus Tuesday. I fully intend to do nothing but watch lots of films, drink a lot of tea , have many chocolates and may be do some walking. Sasha's friend Ben doesn't join us next week.
+ I have watched first episode of "Majo no Jouken" . I find Takizawa Hideaki incredibly cute and heart-wrenching but can't warm up to the Matsushima Nanako's character yet. I think this may be because Matsushima Nanako as well as some other Japanese actresses have differerent mannerisms from what I am used to. In a way their facial expressions are "too strong" for me sometimes. It is not necessarily a bad thing, just something I need to get used to. I was struggling with this at first in "Long Vacation" in the main character Minami who was played by Yamaguchi Tomoko. At the end Minami totally won my heart. But her friend Momoko didn't - I had a little cringe every time I saw her.
Anyway, I feel I am very drawn into "Majo no Jouken". And just a minute ago I realized that Hideaki is also a singer. Yumm!
+ I am getting confused with Japanese names and surnames. I probably need to read about the matter.
+ Yesterday's was my LJ anniversary. ONE year!!! I can't say enough how great you all are!!!
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Hee, I love tea, I drink it as often as I can and in enormous quantities. I feel very out of sorts if I can't have my usual two cups of tea at breakfast. I love green tea, I didn't like it at first, but now I drink more green than black tea. You know, first time I tried good quality Chinese green tea, I thought it smelled like Indian jasmine flavored soap we had in Russia (my grandmother used to keep it between clean linens). Every time I go to my Chinese friend's house and we have that tea, I think of my grandmother.
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I am the same - I drink tea very often and different varieties (green, black, with milk). I started to like green tea after one time when my friends brought me good leaf green tea from Russia with different inclusions and flaviours. These teas were so beautiful that my husband and I loved them very much straightaway! After that it took me awhile to find high quality green tea in UK. Now I most often get it from the Chinese supermarket.
But - YES! Jasmine tea is so confusing to drink. :) I seems like you are drinking some perfume-y stuff. It took me some time to get used to it too.