Tea matters and all such things

[alexandral]

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!!!

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[anna-the-fair.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ Anniversary! =)

And yes, tea is good. Drink tea, eat chocolates, enjoy your leisure time.

Your love of tea came from drinking so much of it in Russia, didn't it?

I drank a lot of tea on my vaction there. Or is it because you live in England now?

Anyway, I'm just curious, because in my part of Russia, tea, especially among my relatives, was very popular.

Also, another, quite random question: Did you hear about Pluto not being a planet anymore?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

Tea is very popular in Russia, but more often black or green. I used to drink a lot of high quality leaf tea there. But it seems for me that in UK tea is even more popular then in Russia - some of my friends will drink one cup after another . People mostly drink strong tea with milk. You can get green tea in UK (my favourite variety) , but for me there seems to be less of variety in green and leaf teas. People most often use tea bags in UK.

Also, another, quite random question: Did you hear about Pluto not being a planet anymore?

This is so very sad!!!!!!!!!