Dexter

It's Friday!

Saw lots of my coursemates posting how scared and nervous they are for the pre-registration exam in UK today, makes me feel depressed. Well, obviously it's because i still waiting for the pre-reg training in Malaysia and they are already 80% done with theirs. How irony, i was like the top student in my class but end up so much slower in progress in being a registered pharmacist. This lesson teaches me that top student is definitely not everything. It's more about attitude and character of a person rather than the results he can get. But well, at least i know it now and i know what i want. Rather than struggling in a high pressure oven, i choose to slow down my pace and think about what i want really. I guess it was still a good call. Thank god i skipped class, so that i have this extra time to think.

Well, today, i'm gonna introduce a rather violent US series, Dexter.

It's one of my favourite detective/police drama apart from Criminal Minds. And yes i hate CSI and NCIS. Dexter is about a guy who works in Police department as a forensic guy focusing on blood spatter. Aside from his routine job, he is also a serial killer that takes down other serial killers. The drama is about how he balances his life between being a normal person and a serial killer and how struggling sometimes it can be.

There are 7 seasons to date and the 8th season, which is also the finale season will start airing on 30th June, this Sunday =) So excited that it is gonna start again but on the other hand it's kinda sad to know it's the last season already. It's like House MD, i was so into that drama and suddenly it ends. I guess things are better off if you end it when it's great. Rather than making some shitty episodes, they choose to end it before the reputation gets bad. Wise.

The legacy of Dexter! People that are killed by Dexter and these are not all. Particularly love the interaction between him and the Trinity killer. On the other hand, love the actor playing Dexter's son, Harrison. He's such a cutie pie!

Not gonna do any spoilers, but if you love serial killers and don't mind to see lots of blood and other disgusting violent stuff, please do try watching this series.

5 Tips For Fighting Haze

The haze is STILL killing me! And it's getting worse and worse and worse. It's like the trading market, you won't know when will be the maximum point. Damn.

So to be a caring blogger, i would like to give a few tips on coping with this crazy haze.

1. Wear a mask!
Get a box of facemasks and wear it everyday when you need to go out. You might think it is not really necessary, but the masks will help to filter the polluted air you breathe in therefore less smokes get into your airways and lungs. For people who are more cautious, get a better mask to get better filtration.

2. Drink as much water as you can!
The smokes will irritate your throat and therefore causing inflammation which results in sore throat. Water can help to wash and hydrate your throat to prevent sore throat. Imagine you now have smokes everywhere in your throat, drinking water will help to flush down the smoke particles and clean your throat.

3. Stay indoor!
Well, this is common sense. Stay indoor and on your fan to make sure there is good airflow in the house/room. It is important to have good airflow. The smoke particles will still get in no matter how secure your house is, therefore good airflow will help to prevent the smoke from accummulating in a certain place.

4. Keep clean!
A good hygiene will help to prevent falling sick especially at this point when the air you breathing is not clean. Hand washings are extremely important. As your body is busy fighting with the haze, you need keep good hygiene so that bacteria or viruses have no chance to attack your body.

5. Protect your lungs!
Little bit of biology lesson here. The lungs are responsible in the gases exchange for the body, i.e. take in Oxygen and throw out Carbon Dioxide and other waste products. So in this case, when we inhale in the polluted air, the lungs will need to work harder than usual to filter the air. Therefore your lungs are very important to keep you healthy. What you can do is to practise point 1 to 4 and stay healthy. For people who smokes, the haze will burden your lungs further more so do try to reduce the amount of smoking.

These 5 points are the basic things that you should do during this crazy haze period. Hope you guys find it helpful =)

Kazoku Game (The Family Game)

Look how fast time can pass, it's Friday already! Or some people might say, finally it's Friday.

One last Japanese drama to introduce for this season, and the season is almost over as most of the dramas have now reached the finale ep or 2nd last ep. The drama i'm introducing today is a very intense family drama. At first i wasn't sure if i like it or not, but after watching it for all this while, i guess it is a good drama. It teaches us a lot of things, tell us how important it is to take responsibilities and how important it is to care about people around you.

Kazoku Game. Or translated in english as The Family Game.

It is a story of a family which looks very glamorous and peaceful in other people's eyes. But the family is not happy with the youngest son as he has very bad results at school and reluctant to go to school. So one day they hire a tuition teacher to help with the study of the youngest son. This story is about how a tuition teacher can turn the family upside down and force them to realize the family is not as perfect as they think.

The actor playing the tuition teacher is from my favourite Japanese boy group Arashi. Sakurai Sho has shown his potential in acting since his leading role in The Quiz Show 2. He plays the psychotic role so well. I find him to be the smartest guy in Arashi as he not only take initiative in being the hosts in their shows and is also a news reporter. He has the most variety of jobs among the other members of Arashi i would say.

Another great actor in this drama would be Kamiki Ryunosuke, who act as the big brother in the family, who is smart but don't believe in anyone else including his family. This kid is totally a diamond in acting. He is good in almost every roles that he played in and always make a great impression to people regardless he is the lead character or a special guest for just one episode.

Well, that's all that i will say and hope you guys will watch the drama and maybe learn something from it. It is a great drama to be watched and also think about ourselves and our life after watching.