Across the Miles, Love Stays

Two persons being in a relationship is not easy but the more difficult of it is when the couple is in a long distance relationship. Some says that this kind of relationship helps the couple to be stronger with one another even if they often don't see each other. Many also say that long distance relationships don't work and really not a good idea. It needs a strong trust, communications, assurance and commitment from each partner which sometimes tend to forget and break by one of them or both.

There are 10 words a couple must remember to make a long distance relationship works. 

First, commitment. The couple must clarified first to each other if both are willing to have a long distance relationship. If both agreed to the idea, they must set some rules regarding to what must do or not do. They should agree with some ideas on how they will catch up with one another like setting the Friday night as video chat time or send messages everyday especially if not busy.

Second, communication. It is necessary for a relationship to have a constant communication with the partner especially the emotional part. Through the help of new technologies today, there won't have an alibi that one can't reach his partner. The couple could always text each other with sweet messages like "I miss you".

Third, affection. A couple must never ever forget to tell each other the most important three words in a relationship, "I love you". Always express feelings to each other through text messages, calls or e-mails. In this way, one’s partner will not be in doubt and will be assured that they are really committed to each other.

Fourth, support. Even if the couple is not physically together, they could always comfort each other like if in time one of them is very down the other can call right away and tell that everything will be okay.

Fifth, sweetness. Surprise each other with packages once in a while. Every special occasions or even the ordinary day is important for a couple. The more personalized the gift is, the more each partner would appreciate it.

Sixth, bonding. No matter how miles a couple is away from each other, they must establish a bonding moment with each other. How? Simply by sharing to each other, what the other has been doing lately or planning to do. So even in a distance, the couple could also have time to share same thing.

Seventh, understanding. Every relationship faces trials that sometimes lead to a big argument or misunderstanding. Being involved in a long distance relationship, they must expect that this will always happen. If there’s a fight, the couple needs to talk about it and settle it immediately. Keeping a problem to one’s self could lead to a bigger problem.

Eight, trust. The couple must need to trust each other. There would be a time that one may wonder how his partner doing that could lead to jealousy and doubts. It is normal in every relationship but in a relationship, trusting one another is one element needed for a relationship to grow and become stronger.

Ninth, assurance. The couple also needs to see and have a physical contact to each other. This could boost up their relationship and will also assure each other. Being together again after a long time leads to a great excitement for one another.

Tenth, best. The couple need feel the love for one another and be the best partner to each other.

A long distance relationship requires a strong commitment between the couple and if they are ready to do it, everything will not still be perfect yet it will make the two of them realize how much they need to appreciate one another and this could help them to be the best lover they could ever be. Things may change and people also do but if the couple hope and believe that they can make it through then they don’t need to get scared. A long distance relationship is just like an ordinary romantic relationship... it's just between the two persons who love each other.

*Reposting my composition for my English subject in College. 

jam.

TOP 10: Taiwanese Drama Series

(1) AMAZING TWINS/LEGENDARY SIBLINGS 2 (2002)

Jimmy Lin as Xiao Yu, TAE as Wuji

• This is the first taiwanese drama I watched. 
• I think this is also the first Asian drama outside the Philippines that was broadcated here in our country.
• This drama is so fun! Story about love, friendship and life.
• Despite of the obvious visual effects, the drama is still great.
• Jimmy Lin is such a cutie and adorable. 

(2) METEOR GARDEN (2001)

Vaness Wu as Mei Zou, Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si, Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai, Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei, Ken Chu as Xi Men

• Who would miss to watch this drama? 
• This is my all-time favorite taiwanese drama and one of my favorite Asian dramas I have seen.
• I was so addicted of this show and even to the real life personas of the characters especially the F4.
• The real F4 along with Barbie Hsu came to our country not only once but twice for their sold-out concerts.
• The show was a phenomenal here in the Philippines at that time.
• By the way, my favorite member of F4 is Hua Ze Lei. I easily get attracted to the silent and mysterious type of guy, that's why. 

(3) METEOR GARDEN PART 2 (2002)

Ken Chu as Xi Men, Michelle Saram as Ye Sha, Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si, Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai, Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei, Vaness Wu as Mei Zou

• Though the sequel is not as cute as to the first Meteor Garden, it still hooked me as an avid follower of the drama.
• The sequel is more dramatic yet the familiar characters are still endearing to watch.
• I love the soundtrack of this show.

(4) MY MVP VALENTINE (2002)

David Chen, Yang Xing Shu, Angela Zhang, Tony Sun, Margaret  Lin

• Aside from F4, the boy group that captured my heart was 5566.
• This show sealed me as one of the group's fans.
• I love basketball and I love 5566.
• My bias in the group is Tony Sun.
• One thing that I don't like about the show is the female cast. 

(5) WESTSIDE STORY/XI HIE SHAO NIAN (2003)

Wallace Hu as Xing Wang, Cyndi Wang as Shin Yin He, Esther Liu as Lan Yu Li, Tony Sun as You Ya Yu 

• Here is my another favorite 5566's leading drama.
• You could really fell in love with Tony's character. 
• I also love the songs sang by 5566 for this show. 

(6) IT STARTED WITH A KISS (2005)

Ariel Lin as Yuang Xiang Qin, Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhi Shu, Jiro Wang as Jin Yuan Feng

• This is one of the cutest dramas I've seen.
• Though I don't really like the leading actors of this show, I learned how to love this drama.

(7) THEY KISS AGAIN (2008)

Ariel Lin as Yuang Xiang Qin, Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhi Shu, Jiro Wang as Jin Yuan Feng

• Sequel for the love moments of our cute couple. 

(8) HANA KIMI (2006)

Wu Chun as Izumi Sano, Ella Chen as Mizuki Ashiya, Jiro Wang as Shiuchi Nakatsu

• Through this show, Fahrenheit and S.H.E became my favorite t-groups where the leading actors are also members of said group.
• I really adored this show and the funny moments really got me.
• My most love is Jiro Wang's character.

(9) LAVENDER (2001)

Ambrose Hsu as Leo Li Qing Chuan, Chen Yi Rong as Liang Yi Xun

• Simply, I love this romantic drama.
• First love, cancer,.. DRAMA. 

(10) HOT SHOT (2008)

Show Luo as Yuan Da Ying, Jerry Yan as Dong Fang Xiang, Wu Chun as Wu Ji Zun

• The story is ridiculous and the effects are funny, yet I admired the three actors, so why not?

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jam.

Coming Up: Grand Comeback of the New King Eagle

*I am so in love with basketball. After the NBA Finals where Miami Heat won again [Happy! Go away Heat Haters! Ha!], I am glad to welcome the new season of UAAP. Here is my post last 2011 about Keifer Ravena, my most favorite UAAP basketball player today. 

Kiefer Ravena

“He is the future of the Philippine Basketball.” This line talks about the 17-year-old Kiefer Ravena, a slightly skinny but with athletic body, baby-faced and about six-foot tall guard of Ateneo Blue Eagles. At a young age, he had shown his athletic and physical skills in terms of playing basketball but what makes him the basketball prodigy for sports anaylsts is because of his very high basketball IQ. This rookie of UAAP Season 74 captured the attention of all UAAP fans aside from Ateneo community. He did not only give a fantastic game in the hard court during the recent round 1 of this season but he also gave buzz in the Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter for trending worldwide.

  

Ravena a.k.a ‘Blue Mamba’ started playing at the young age of seven and was chosen as the youngest player for the junior team of Ateneo Blue Eaglets when he was only 13 years old. Last year, Ravena led the Blue Eaglets of Ateneo High School to 3-peat championships in the UAAP Juniors Basketball and he won as the Finals Most Valuable Player. He played and captained the team of the national youth at the 2010 FIBA-Asia Under-18 Championship where he was chosen as one of the Mythical Five awardees. He was really born to be a champion and it’s not questionable because he came from a family of athletes. His father is Bong Ravena, a former basketball player of University of the East and currently the assistant coach of Talk 'n Text in Philippine Basketball Association. His mother is Mozzy Ravena, a former varsity player of volleyball team of University of Santo Tomas and currently a sports analyst for ABS-CBN Sports. His younger brother, Thirdy, is also a basketball player for Blue Eaglets while sister Dani is a grade school volleyball player. He is a natural athlete but like any player, he is just a normal college freshman who also prioritizes his studies, cracks silly jokes and loves to hear music. Though, the limelight is all over him, he wants to be treated as a normal guy especially inside the Ateneo ground.

He is also known as ‘The Phenom’ tagged by the press people for his outstanding abilities in basketball. As one of the starters and talented rookie of Ateneo, his goal is to help the team to win its fourth consecutive championship. And like what every basketball player dreams, Ravena also hopes to be the first Filipino to make it to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Making this dream is difficult but not impossible for this Blue Eagle who keeps soaring high towards the greatest peak of the sports he loves. According to the statistical data from round 1 of Season 74, he is one of the great contenders for the titles of Rookie of the Year and not surprisingly for Most Valuable Player. Every time he gets the ball, everybody looks magnetized by his exceptional moves. He keeps his composure, makes the game exciting through his skills and shows his maturity in every game. No doubt, The Phenom deserves the awes from all.

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jam.

TOP 10: Anime Shows

(1) SLAM DUNK

• My elementary and high school classmates and friends knew that I was so in loved of this show, particularly Kaede Rukawa.
• I remembered when I was second year high school student, a classmate gave me a dvd copy of it. Haha!
• This is also the anime that made me a basketball fanatic. ^^

(2) HUNTER x HUNTER

• I've first watched this show in one of the networks here in our country, Philippines and currently I'm watching it's new episodes with same story in Animax.
• Gon and Kiluwa is too cute to be missed out.

(3) NARUTO

• Who doesn't love 'Naruto' series?
• From first episode until now, I'm a loyal patron of this show.
• And the manga is still in the works and becoming more addicting.

(4) FAIRY TAIL

• It has lots of funny episodes and I love all the members of Fairy Tail.

(5) YAKITATE JAPAN

• 'coz I also love to eat bread <3

(6) LAW OF UEKI

• Love Ueki's green hair <3

(7) DRAGON BALLS Z

• This is the show that I grew up watching.
• Goku is admirable and awesome!

(8) FRUITS BASKET

• Cute and lovely <3
• Handsome guys who turned into cute animals. ^^

(9) ONE PIECE

• A-W-E-S-O-M-E ^^~~!

(10) PRINCE OF TENNIS

• Love these little men!

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NOTE:

• Sorry for not posting yesterday because I had migraine attack.
• Meaning I have sleep the whole day without eating.

jam.

RANDOM K-POP: Meet the new "B" idol group, Bangtan Boys!

• First, I would like to ask this, what's good about the letter "B"?
• My admired k-pop groups ' name started with "B", B.A.P., Big Bang, Block B, BTOB.
• And now there is a rookie idol group named Bangtan Boys (BTS).
• It is the new hip-hop idol group of BigHit Entertainment.

• They have just released their official MV for debut song entitled No More Dream.
• Watching their concept, you can see slight similarity to B.A.P. and Block B.
• Comparing a rookie group to its seniors won't hurt, right?
• I know they are unique but I can't help to compare them and I love B.A.P. and B.A.P. is a talented group who also performed hip-hop style.
• These boys have great potential like their sunbaes (seniors).
• Here are the members: 

J-hope

Rap Monster-leader

Suga

V

Jimin

Jung Kook-maknae

Jin

• Still don't know if what are the role of others. 
• There is no profile of them yet that have been released.
• But I guessed my potential biased member of the group would be Jung Kook or J-Hope. :)
• I'll be checking out these guys.. and hope you are too. 

  

  BTS

  
  
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jam.

K-DRAMA ADDICTION: School 2013

School 2013 main poster

• School 2013 is the only K-drama that I have watched recently from its first to last episode. 
• I also read the recaps of the show in Dramabeans.
• School 2013 is the recent installment for KBS' 'School' series which some of the A-lister Korean actors today started out.
• This drama talks about the real-life high school issues today in Korea and the relationships between the students and teachers.
• It doesn't depict love like how typical korean dramas are but you will still be caught by the friendship, life struggles, learning values of each character in the show.
• It mainly starred by Lee Jong-suk, Kim Woo-bin, Jang Nara and Daniel Choi.

  

  Kim Woo-bin

• While watching the series, my fondness for Kim Woo-bin as Park Heung-soo did grow. 
• I first knew him in the psychological drama, White Christmas and he was so awesome in that alongside Sung Joon (Shut Up! Flower Boyband, Gu Family Book) 
• So excited for the upcoming drama entitled Heirs starring Lee Minho and Park Shinye where Woo-bin will be part in.
  

  

  Lee Jong-suk

• And Lee Jong-suk portraying Go Nam-soon, the main character of the story was very great.
• He had shown lots of emotions: pains, angst, heartbreaks, cuteness, happiness and loneliness.
• You can currently watch him in I Hear Your Voice  where you can still see his Nam-soon vibe yet different.
  

  

  Daniel Choi
• I also came to love Daniel Choi. 
• He was very cute and the character really suits him.

  

  Cure Daniel Choi

• Though Jang Nara is the biggest star among the cast, the high school students cast really brought colors and feelings to the drama.

  

  Top: Daniel Choi, Below: Jung Nara

  

  High School Students Cast

  
  

  

  Overloaded aegyo

  

  The Bullies
• Aside from the story, we can never forget the bromance between Nam-soon and Heung-soo.

  

  Run Nam-soon! Run!

  

  Bromance <3

  

  </3 Bestfriends

  

  Cute Seung-hoo

  

  Staring ate each other

  

  Love this *couple*

• I recommend you to watch this series especially to the youth and young adults.

  

  Cast and crew

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jam.

K-POP FANTASY: It's B.A.P., Yes, Sir!

B.A.P.

• The 6-member idol boy group B.A.P. which stands for Best. Absolute. Perfect of TS Entertainment could be consider the rookie monster idol group for 2012. 
• They debuted last year alongside with the talented EXO of SM and BTOB from Cube Entertainment.
  
• What made them a rookie monster for that year? They achieved 24 awards from different awards giving bodies including the 'Best Male Rookie' in 2013 Gaon Chart K-pop Awards, 'New Rising Star (Digital)' in 2013 Golden Disk Awards, 'Rookie of the Year' in 2012 Melon Music Awards, and 'Best New Artist' in 2013 Seoul Music Awards.
  
• They released three single albums (Warrior, Power, and Stop It) plus a repackaged album (Crash) within a year and 9 songs with music videos since their debut.
  
  
  
  
• B.A.P. performed their very first solo concert in Seoul, South Korea at Seoul Olympic Park Hall last February 23-24, 2013 entitled B.A.P. Live on Earth Seoul.
• They also started their world tour entitled B.A.P. Live on Earth Pacific last May 7, 2013. Countries they performed [and will be performing] include USA, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and mainland China. 
• A fan of B.A.P. is called as Baby.
  
  
  
• So what made me a Baby? 
• "Who are these blonde guys who act like gangsters?" "They would not be popular for sure because you can't even differentiate one from another" "Gosh! They all really look alike!"
• I admit that words were the nasty comments I said when I first saw B.A.P.'s MV for Warrior. I thought they were just six boys for a common idol group who sing and dance.
• Then they proved me that I was [sooooo] wrong. 
• After watching Youtube videos that featured BigBang, my biased idol group before. I accidentally clicked the MV of B.A.P.'s No Mercy. 
• Watching the MV made me think of who are these guys and I searched other videos that featured them.
• I got surprised when I learned that they are the same blonde guys I have watched on MTV couple months ago... 
• ...then a Baby [fan] was born within me. Ha!
• I again watched the 10-episode pre-debut reality show Ta-dah! It's B.A.P. on Youtube which was already aired on MTV. 
• The show made me admired them more and helped me to know them individually. After watching the show, I can easily pinpoint who is who. ^^
• For me, B.A.P. had the best promotions last year as rookie idol. They made multiple comebacks which show their versatility music wise. 
  
• They also have their Matoki logo which I love!
• Now let's meet the 6 members of the group.

  

  Bang YongGuk (23)

• BANG YONG-GUK (March 31, 1990) -leader, rapper and songwriter.
• Yongguk is my biased member in B.A.P. Why?
• Yongguk is very talented, charismatic and adorable.
  
• He was formerly known as Jepp Blackman, an underground hip-hop rapper. 
• All his songs as Jepp reflect how Yongguk is a very talented young artist for his age.
• He had this cute smile which shows his gum that I find adorable and innocent.
• A slimmed man with masculine body and a sexy deep voice.
• He is also the most popular among the group not only because he was already performing in underground hip-hop but also because he got the first experienced in mainstream through featuring in Song Jieun's Going Crazy and releasing  his own song with MV 'I Remember' that featured Yang Yoseob of B2ST .

  

  Kim Himchan (23)

• KIM HIMCHAN (April 19,1990)-sub-vocalist and visual
• He has an ulzzang handsome face and among the Babys he was considered as the 'mother' of the group and Yongguk as the 'father'.

  

  BangHim Couple <3

  
• He got talent in playing korean traditional instrument and very good in speaking which he shown in hosting the SBS MTV Show last 2011. 
• Though Channie is not too talented in terms of singing and dancing, he is an important piece for B.A.P. and he knows how to give enjoyable fan service with his aegyo.

  

  Jung Daehyun (19)

• JUNG DAEHYUN (June 28, 1993) - main vocalist
• He is the handsome Busan boy who made the climatic parts of every B.A.P. songs really awesome!
• He can hit high notes and sing a song with full of emotions. 
  
• Love to see this guy in Immortal Song to show more what he got.
• He loves food and he is a silent talkative. Hehe. 
• And Daehyun is also my second biased in the group.

  

  Yoo Yongjae (19)

• YOO YONGJAE (January 24, 1994) - lead vocalist
• Same with Daehyun, I also admired Yongjae's voice but he is more into RNB style.
• Yongjae is considered the smartest in the group.
  
• For me, he also had the best English pronunciation among the members.
• I also love to see him in Immortal Song because I know he can nail it

  

  The voices of B.A.P.  <3

  

  Moon Jongup (18)

• MOON JONG UP (February 6, 1995) - main dancer and sub-vocalist
• This silent B-boy member of B.A.P. is very innocent but got the best moves.
• I hoped that he could be given more singing lines because only a little voice training would help him be more confident at it.
  
• I really can say much about Jongup because he is the most quiet in the group during TV shows guesting. He is not reserved but the I think he is the most shy. 

  

  Zelo (16)

• CHOI JUN HONG (October 15, 1996 16)- maknae, lead rapper and lead dancer.
• He is the only member who had screen name which is ZELO.
• He is one of the tallest idols today and also one of the most talented young idols.
  
• He popularized the LTE rap from their songs and the maknae also can also really dance.
• Zelo is very cute and he reminds of Kim Woobin in terms of face and height.
• He is also my third biased in the group.
• I'm 5 years older than him so I can't call him 'Oppa' same with Daehyun, Yongjae, and Jongup. :((( 

  

  The two youngests: Zelo & Jongup

• Though I have favorites in the group, I love all the members. 
• They are perfect for B.A.P.
• Together they complete what B.A.P. should be.
• As a rookie group who only debuted a year ago, it's something to be proud of. 
• They have done lots of things in a span of one year that other groups including their same batch  and/or seniors could have not done.
• I just hope that these 6 charismatic guys really enjoy what they are doing despite of their hectic schedule.
• I want them to have a long good rest vacation then make a comeback [full album] with a BANG!
• They will be the BEST group!
• They are ABSOLUTELY talented!
• They will always be PERFECT for all the Babys in the world.

  

  We are the B.A.P.! Yes, Sir!

• B.A.P. Fighting!!!

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jam.