Fake subtitles but really well-planned to make them look real, especially at the end when it zooms out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNUlZwGEygM&feature=related
Interesting video on the DPRK but I'm not too certain about the rice paddy scene being proof of the hardship. We have no idea which season this was recorded in and we don't know if they have the habit of leaving their fields to lie fallow for part of each year.
Still, the DPRK relying so heavily on China's food aid (I know I haven't seen that. In fact I can't prove it either) and that the need armed guards on the border between the PRC and DPRK show that the video isn't exactly lying.
While the American pornographers try to make high budget porno films, the Japanese seem to be inclined towards actual "normal" movies using porn actresses in the cast. I think this shows a difference between the philosophies/views behind the porn industries of the two countries.
Anyway this has nothing to do with dragons. It's just a bad zombie/black magic movie designed to squeeze money out of the fans of the actresses. Kinda like Advent's Children, only worse.
The reason why many BW pros did not participate in the TG-Intel Open is because
1) it's still new and may not last
2) WCG is happening now
In fact today is the WCG's BW finals, and Flash is in it after beating Jaedong.
I think Jaedong just couldn't recover after not practising as much for years while in the military (South Korea has their version of NS too and theirs definitely has to be pretty harsh compared to ours since they're technically still at war with North Korea.)
Anyway some of the BW pros may be too old to re-learn a new game, but who knows? The money is now in SC2 after all, so it may be incentive enough for them to try.
Prizes for BW in WCG are:
1st: $7,000 + Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ, Samsung Netbook
2nd: $3,000 + Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ
3rd: $1,000 + Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ
Really just a pittance compared to the insane 100mil KRW top prize. 100KRW is definitely more money to him than to most of us due to differences in costs of living.
If a Fruit Dealer wins a few more TG-Intel tournaments he'll be able to stop worrying about retirement and just work to support his daily life, assuming he invests his winnings intelligently. Maybe he can just inherit his family business and actually sell fruits without worries about the long-term financial consequences of that occupation.
I think I just found a really simple and good recipe.
Ingredients:
- 6 pieces of chicken breasts
- all the leaves from 1 stalk of sage
- salt and pepper (1 teaspoon of each should be enough)
- butter/margarine/oil, just enough to make the chicken breasts feel oily, maybe half a tablespoon (I used 2 packets of McDonald's margarine)
1) Chop sage leaves coarsely. I chopped them 2-3mm wide.
2) Mix butter/margarine/oil, the seasoning and the sage with the chicken breasts. Marination is optional but probably good.
3) Preheat oven to 100 degrees Celsius.
4) Meanwhile, pour the mix onto half of a large piece of aluminium foil and let it marinate for a min or two. Also, arrange the chicken breasts on the foil so that they don't cover each other and get undercooked.
5) Fold the foil over and seal the sides by folding them. Leave a small hole to allow excess steam to escape.
6) Bake for 20-25 minutes.
7) Serve immediately because once you open the foil, the hot chicken meat dries up very quickly.
Obviously this was derived from the other recipe I tried the other day involving sage, parma ham and chicken breasts. I found out that day that parma ham tastes 100X better raw so I left it out of my next try, resulting in this.
This is actually the same as cooking them in a claypot but I don't have one. It's just cooking chicken in a sealed casing to steam the meat in its own juices. This recipe is suitable for people who like plain chicken breasts. The sage doesn't cover the chicken's flavour, only enhances it.
Less sage could have been used, I believe, if the leaves were chopped more finely and the mix was left to marinate for a few hours. But I can only find sage in the form of packets that contain 3 stalks each at Cold Storage (S$1.95), hence this. I still have 1 stalk left and damn, this herb can stay fresh for a long time. The last time I had fresh basil in my fridge it wilted the next day.
When making lemon tea, never put the lemon slices into hot tea.
Oh wow a Microsoft employee gets caught for groping a girl on a train. Japan is a dangerous place for girls.
Watched Taken just now. At first I thought Liam Neeson's voice sounded familiar, then I remembered who he sounded like. For a moment it felt as if it was dubbed and that James was his voice actor.
Liam Neeson is the voice actor of James, the father of the protagonist in Fallout 3.
This is kind of worrying. The wealthy are buying gold by the ton. Both George Soros and Warren Buffett have warned that this may be a gold bubble but gold has a reputation for stability and is widely seen as a safety net.
So who's right? Is it still the best insurance or has it become the "ultimate bubble"? Because if it's the latter, the world economy has lost yet another pillar that supports it.
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