Chateau Lafleur

You must have seen the photos of food prepared by BYJ in some Baesites recently. Are you hungry enough?? In my case my attention was drawn to the wines served for these dishes..

I am not surprised by the price or the quality/type of wine he drinks after all he could afford them.. A lowly commoner like me would only appreciate and bank on the knowledge I gain each time I come across a certain wine. Enjoy the beauty but never the bouquet..

Few days ago I was talking to this French woman who just happened to be in town about French wines. We ended up discussing about our favorites.. I told her that so far on top of my list are Lafite & St. Emilion. She then mentioned Petrus which supposedly 'one of the most expensive'..

How does this relate to the wines I saw in those Baesites? When I searched for Chateau Lafleur the name Petrus came up. Lafleur is a tiny estate which produces rich, elegant with superb concentration Bordeaux wines. In terms of Bordeaux quality, Lafleur comes second to Petrus.

The Chateau Lafleur Review- "Wonderful--dark and brooding--with plenty of currant and mint character. Super balance, with ripe tannins and a sense of elegance. Excellent quality for this vintage." Wine Spectator (Jan 2000)

Grape Varieties: Merlot 50%
Cabernet Sauvignon 50%
Wine Style: Right Bank Claret
Winemaker: Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau
Optimum Drinking: 2009-2020
Reviewer Rating: 91 - Wine Spectator
Code: 100227
Alcohol: 12.5%
So if you come across this wine and willing to splash a bit of cash try it or keep it in your cellar/collection for 11 years.

AB Winter Collection

I have been waiting for this set of photos to come out and I am really, really, really pleased with Ab's Winter Collection. BYJ just looked awesome and happy.

Photo from 권오경.
Posted by Style/ BYJ Gallery

Just some random thoughts..


I'm really comfortable here..

I wonder what else I could do..

maybe..

possibly..

Definitely fancied some fruit. You're not having it.. just kidding :-)

Remembrance Sunday

This weekend Britain and other parts of the world are commemorating Remembrance Sunday to honor and remember those who have died during the war. In our own ways let's pause and offer prayers for peace.

New Moon Spoiler

For many Twi-hards these coming days can't really go any quicker. Personally I am faced with the dilemma over the Wednesday's London gig. Do I really want to queue up like those high voltage teens screaming for Rob (a.k.a. Edward) on the red carpet or stay in the comfort of our house in this tiny little town and sulk?
I am still toying at the idea and if Alex is well and truly supportive I shall be battering the cold of Battersea Park and endure the journey on the good old British railway. Would it be worth it? Let's hope and see.
As if I haven't taunted you enough to watch this film, let's take a look at the recent New Moon spoiler. Beware: half naked men and werewolf shape shifters are on the loose.

me in the kitchen

When Alex left for work this morning I promised him I'd keep myself busy today. Although I wasn't too sure what exactly I could do. I saw in one corner a basketful of laundry which needed ironing and I thought I needed a lot more will power to do that as me and ironing board don't get on very well. Not that our clothes don't get ironed but that's mainly hubby's forte.

However after accomplishing some errands long overdue I decided to go to the shop and get some ingredients so I could bake. It wasn't a brilliant idea since I haven't baked for a long while and didn't really have that culinary skill but still I persevered.

I came home and got things ready.. Please don't think I'm making a special kind of cake here which in retrospect I should have gone for that option but that's just my optimistic side. I thought I'd bake a less complicated recipe- Rasberry Muffin.

I thought the egg looked cute in the mixture.

not too sure when to stop beating as I didn't want the cream to go firm.

keep folding..

I must admit it's not your M & S or Waitrose sort of muffin but I got there in the end. It tasted Ok but I really need to practice more. Perhaps a crash course would help.

Rob's Star Interview

Interview by Peter Howell-

Twilight's Rob Pattinson: The Undead Sexy

CANNES, France–There are no crystal decanters of blood for Robert Pattinson to sip from, or milky white virgin necks to nibble upon.

Pattinson's treats, arrayed before him on a glass table shaped like a kneeling Greek goddess, aren't your typical vampire fare: a bowl of potato chips, packages of green apple mint gum and a box of See's chocolates imported from the U.S.

The world's sexiest undead man eschews all the caloric temptations, apologizing as he nips off to another room for a few drags on a Camel Lights cigarette before commencing this interview.

"I'm sorry!" he says, pausing only to shake hands. "I'll be right back!"

Pattinson returns a few minutes later, flashing a smile filled with extraordinarily white teeth. Despite the 28C heat on this sunny day at the Cannes Film Festival, he's wearing two shirts (a short-sleeved one over a T-shirt) and cotton jeans with holes in the knees.
The London-born actor's heavily moussed hair, as always, looks like it has been styled by the fingers of ravaging fans of the Twilight books and films that have made him into a teen scream sensation.

"It's completely nuts," Pattinson, 23, says of his sudden global acclaim. "I had lunch in some restaurant the other day down the street and if you're in a place for more than an hour, word gets out. There were like 500 or 600 people outside, watching and waiting for me."
He is animated and engaging while speaking, quite unlike the pale and brooding vampire Edward Cullen he plays in Twilight, a 2008 hit, and its sequel New Moon, which arrives in theatres Nov. 20.

Which means he had to act the role, of course, and in Pattinson's case he used the approach of a method actor, trying to move the way a vampire does. The feat was complicated by the desire of director Catherine Hardwicke, the film's producers and Twilight novelist Stephenie Meyer that Pattinson not act like the typical neck-biting bloodsucker.

"They kept saying they wanted to reinvent the genre of the vampire film, so I was really just trying to figure out how to play a vampire not as a vampire," Pattinson says, running a hand through his brown locks. "I looked at a lot of movement in samurai films, because of the stillness. None of which I particularly used. It just sort of felt Zen."

He finally determined that the key to understanding Edward was aloneness.
"I spent a lot of time by myself. I tried not to talk to too many people. My initial instinct was not to talk to anybody at all, so my first line would be like the first time I had spoken in a month, so you could get that kind of weird dialect. But it's quite tough to do that!" he laughs.
Tougher still is living up to expectations of what Twilight fans expect of Pattinson and his co-star Kristin Stewart, who plays Bella, the all-too-human love of the immortal and undead Edward. more

Nikkan Sports Interview

Nikkan Sports article on 11/5/09
Courtesy of Sports Chuson

BYJ (37) held an exclusive interview with Nikkan Sports, an influential Japanese media, and disclosed difficulties and worth as a writer. BYJ, having published the 'Travel in search of Korea's Beauty' in past September, was introduced with the interview on no less than 2 pages in Nikkan Sports on the 5th.

In this interview, he revealed in detail about his feeling about his own book becoming the best seller in both countries of Korea and Japan, and the process of writing during the past one year.

BYJ spoke his mind frankly saying, "Although it was a difficult project having to stay up all night continuously nearing the finishing date, it was very worthwhile work."Continuing on, regarding 'feeling when he first saw the finished copy', he said, "At first, I had hard time to an extent to think if I may not be able to finish this book. However, once I saw the finished published copy, I was very much moved, and felt that I accomplished my duty only by then."

Also, to a question, "Even though you were able to write the book without personally experiencing the culture, why did you insist to suffer to that extent', he explained, "This book is the book that tells the truth. I thought that if I do not talk my real appearance when talking about myself, the meaning would disappear. Because I am not a professional writer, I thought that it was the best to express my thoughts as intact as they were."

On the other hand, BYJ visited Japan on the 30th in the past month to attend promotional event of animation 'WLS' and event to commemorate the publication in Tokyo, Japan, and he told a news that he was recovering from the sepsis he contracted recently.

Reported by Lee Jinho, Sports Chosun T-News,zhenhao@sportschosun.com
http://sports.chosun.com/news/news.htm?name=/news/entertainment/200911/20091106/9bf77134