Comic Relief

If one would asked me what particular aspect of being British makes me proud , it's the capacity to help the poor, the needy and the disadvantage I'd say. Despite the impression of snobbery and arrogance which I was told before coming to England I still believe that majority of the public cares. Yes, moaning about their circumstances is a typical trait but who doesn't need a good old moan every now then. It's better out than in.

Today, 13th of March the country observes Comic Relief or Red Nose Day! This is one of the biggest charity established in 1985. The main goal of the charity is to raise funds while having fun. One way of doing it is wearing the Red Nose or doing anything silly and making others laugh while raising funds. This year 9 celebrities/artists climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to raise at least a million pounds for poverty stricken countries in Africa. Some of them were Chris Moyles BBC Radio One DJ (very funny guy), Gary Barlow of Take That, Ronan Keating of Boyzone, and Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud. To read more just click here.

What really got me was watching those children in Africa who never made it to hospitals. Most of them apart from being malnourished, they were infected by malaria. It's so heart breaking. I could only hope that this big effort will continue and we could all look forward to a world free from poverty.

We couldn't get hold of the red nose yesterday.They got sold so fast but there were still few bottles of wine left in our supermarket so we bought that instead. Part of the sales will be donated to the Comic Relief fund.

I am also looking forward to the programs on tele tonight as the big fundraising continues while various shows will showcase their own comic spills..the target is 40 million pounds...let's hope we'll reach it.

New Pictures

thanks to Style for showing us some more pictures of the Face Shop posters... like them..thanks so much ;-)

Beyond Words

I was talking to a friend today and mentioned BYJ. I showed her the video of his Japan visit and after a while, she groaned and said she couldn't understand!!! Oh well I said, 'that makes the two of us.' hehehe

Becoming supportive to someone thousand miles away and never ever acquainted, smiled, touched(handshake I meant) I must say is surprising to those who haven't experienced.

If you look at the following pictures..words weren't needed to express what he felt that day..

The simple hand gesture said it all.

And perhaps tired and busy, he still managed to smile and meet his ever supportive family.

Language may be an issue but there's only one universal way-LOVE. How do we keep admiring or loving someone thousand miles away? You just do....

Photos courtesy of BYJ Gallery & BYJ Fan, Kaorin and Arayo. Thank you.

morning after..

At last I'm off for days and would have time to relax and catch up with housework.. It's been sunny outside as I got up and when I opened the windows a fresh, gentle breeze flowed in.

While typing this I could hear the birds in the garden scrounging for food perhaps or having their breakfast.. I still have to cook for ours yet but since it's a bit late a brunch would do.

I'm glad BOF came out with a greeting about YJ's returned to Korea. I felt the sincere comment on him being happy and thankful for the support. At least he seem to be doing well and enjoying his new projects. Anyhow his busy with work and so are we..

What's the best thing to do on one fine day?? Go out and meet friends and take it easy ;-).

I know, do some housework too.

Till then.

BYJ-Visiting Japan

courtesy of Haruka0829

Special Sunday

It's been a funny week for me..just don't know why but hoping it will pass by.. Another weekend has gone and I had a chance to attend a naming ceremony. It was an intimate event and I was very pleased to see the young man and his folks..It was also our friend's 30th birthday celebration so double the fun. I shall be joining her soon ;-)

Just few shots of that special day.

These Hydrangeas are just lovely and it brightened up a rainy afternoon.

The wine was delicately chosen and it's very drinkable. It's a Rioja 2004. I ordered Sea Bass with creamy white sauce and had a croissant with custard pudding I also like this simple flower centerpiece.

I hope you have a lovely week ahead.

Symptoms

Symptoms of Depressions
Source: Clinical Depression UK
You feel miserable and sad.
You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .
You feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.
You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.
You feel very anxious sometimes.
You don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.
You find it difficult to think clearly.
You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.
You feel a burden to others.
You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.
You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.
You feel irritable or angry more than usual.
You feel you have no confidence.
You spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).
You feel that life is unfair.
You have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can't sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.
You feel that life has/is 'passing you by.'
You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.