Romy and Alain

Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a French actor. Delon acquired Swiss citizenship on September 23, 1999, a citizen of the community of Chêne-Bougeries in the canton of Geneva. His role as Zorro (1975) is my favorite (with that drop-dead charming chin under the mask)

Romy Schneider was born in Nazi-era Vienna (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) into a family of actors. She held German and French citizenship. Schneider's breakthrough came with her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, in the romantic biopic Sissi (1955) and its two sequels, Sissi – The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957). Sissi is also my favorite.

Schneider soon starred in Christine (1958), a remake of Max Ophüls's 1933 film Liebelei (itself based upon a play by Arthur Schnitzler and starring her mother Magda Schneider). It was during the filming of Christine that Schneider fell in love with French actor Alain Delon, who co-starred in the movie. She left Germany to join him in Paris and they announced their engagement in 1959. Five years later, Schneider and Delon decided to split up in 1963 although they remained close lifelong friends.

A movie about Schneider's life, titled Eine Frau wie Romy/Une femme comme Romy (A Woman Like Romy) was planned by Warner Bros. for 2009; Schneider's role was going to be played by Yvonne Catterfeld. The project was cancelled in July 2009. A musical about Schneider, Romy – Die Welt aus Gold (Romy – The Golden World) was premiered in 2009 at the Theater Heilbronn. In November 2009 the ARD broadcast the feature film Romy with Jessica Schwarz in the title role.

Movie Sissi

Sissi is a 1955 film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider. Sissi is one of the most successful German-speaking movies.

Plot

Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second oldest daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She is a carefree, impulsive and nature-loving child. She is raised with her seven siblings at the family seat Possenhofen Castle on the shores of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. She has a happy childhood free of constraints associated with her royal status.

With her mother and her older sister Helene (called "Néné"), 16-year-old Sissi travels from Possenhofen to the spa town of Bad Ischl in Upper Austria. Ludovika's sister, Archduchess Sophie, is the mother of the young emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Helene is called by Archduchess Sophie to meet the young emperor Franz Joseph in the imperial villa so that the two might be immediately engaged. Sissi is unaware of the real reason for the journey and is forbidden by her aunt to participate in any social events due to her rebellious ways.

Sissi spends her time fishing in the forest where by chance she meets Franz Josef. The emperor is unaware that the girl is his cousin Sissi. He takes a liking to her and invites her for an afternoon hunting trip in the Alps. They meet as arranged in the mountains where they talk and become acquainted. Sissi falls in love with him but does not reveal her true identity. During their trip, Sissi learns of the planned marriage between Franz Joseph with her sister. The Emperor confesses that he envies the man who will marry Sissi and confesses that he feels no connection to Néné. Upon hearing his indirect declaration of love, Sissi becomes distraught due to her loyalty to Néné. She runs away from Franz Joseph without any explanation.

When Sissi returns to their residence, Néné reveals the reason for the trip to Bad Ischl: to become engaged with Franz Joseph. Unexpectedly, a prince arrives and Sissi is invited by the Archduchess to act as the prince's partner at the Emperor's birthday celebration. At his birthday party, Franz Joseph is suddenly confronted by Sissi's appearance there with her mother and sister. He realises who Sissi is and tries to talk to her, openly confessing his love and asking her to marry him. Sissi rejects Franz Joseph in order not to betray her sister. He defies his mother's reservations and Sissi's resistance and announces, to the surprise of his guests, his betrothal to Sissi. Néné is heartbroken and leaves the party crying. Sissi, in a state of shock, is forced to obey the Emperor's wishes.

In Possenhofen, preparations for the wedding have started. Sissi is not excited for her impending marriage, as the hurt Néné has left for an indefinite period. For her sister's sake, Sissi attempts to break her engagement, however, Néné returns with a new suitor, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The sisters reunite and Néné gives her blessings to Sissi for her marriage.

For the wedding ceremony, Sissi travels with her family on the steamboat "Franz Joseph" down the Danube to Vienna. People line the banks, waving flags and cheering their future Empress. As part of a grand procession, Sissi enters the city in a gilded carriage. The wedding takes place in the Augustinian Church on April 24, 1854.

Winter Sonata

Winter Sonata is an old South Korean television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2002.

The story begins when Joon-sang, the son of an eminent musician, moves to Chuncheon, a rural city in South Korea. As an extraordinarily talented student, Joon-sang is welcomed by his fellow students as well as his teachers, but remains a quiet, introverted teenager. As he intends to find out about his biological father, whom his mother claims has died, his search to find out more about his father is what made him want to move to the province. Having an identity crisis in adolescence because of the father he has never met, and blaming his mother for this, Joon-sang believes that no one truly loves him.

On his way to school one day, Joon-sang's classmate Yoo-jin, while sitting next to him on the bus, falls asleep on his shoulder. Joon-sang soon falls in love with Yoo-jin, who opens her innocent heart to him. Their love, however, is cut short after Joon-sang is seriously injured in a car accident and, due to brain damage, suffers from amnesia, unable to remember anything prior to his accident.

Joon-sang's mother, yearning for Joon-sang's love and respect, has Joon-sang brainwashed by a psychologist, so that Joon-sang will not remember his painful childhood as an illegitimate child. As a result, Joon-sang's memories prior to the accident are erased. Joon-sang's mother decides to move to the United States with Joon-sang, where he can start a new life under the identity of Lee Min-hyeong. His friends and teachers are told that Joon-sang is dead.

Ten years later, Min-hyeong is an award-winning architect in the United States. He does not remember anything about his life in Korea. He is completely different, an open-minded person who cares about other people, including his mother. He returns to Korea and Yoo-jin sees him on the street, prompting her to put off her engagement to her childhood friend Sang-hyeok. Little does she know that Min-hyeong is dating her friend and sometime past rival Chae-rin. The story's plot intensifies when Yoo-jin begins to work at the firm where Min-hyeong is employed, and tries to find out if he is her supposedly dead first love Joon-sang.

After many years, when she came back and looked for him. She found him in a lakeside house, but apparently he became blind and couldn't see her. I love the last scene. He wore a pale yellow sweater and they hold each other in front of the lake.

2012-12-21

Mayan calendar reaches its end

of our world is the only truth

maybe it never starts

move on.

Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks

12818 Tomhanks (1996 GU8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It is named after Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks due in part to his role as Jim Lovell in the movie Apollo 13.

Orbital characteristics
Epoch           May 14, 2008
Ap             2.8954299
Peri             2.5845407
Eccentricity     0.0567319
Orbital period     1656.6118762
Mean anomaly     136.19677
Inclination     3.85353
Longitude of ascending node     77.53846
Argument of peri     228.25759

Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)     13.7

As a supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but "didn't have the math." Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. He also produced the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon. In addition, Hanks co-wrote and co-produced Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, an IMAX film about the moon landings. Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs.

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks has many well-known roles in very good movies.

He has earned and been nominated for numerous awards during his career, including winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia and a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump, and earning the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the BAFTAs in 2004.

Hanks is also known for his collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan and the mini-series Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks also as a successful director, producer and writer.

As of 2012, Hanks' films have grossed over $4.2 billion at the United States box office alone, and over $8.5 billion worldwide making him the highest all-time box office star.

In 1988, Hanks married actress Rita Wilson. The two first met on the set of Hanks's television show Bosom Buddies but later developed a romantic interest while working on the film Volunteers. They have two sons. Rita Wilson is a Greek. She was also in the movie of Sleepless Seattle, as his sister role. There is a very funny scene she played in tears. This couple is likable.

She watched most of his movies. She especially likes those: Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Catch Me If You Can, You've Got Mail, and Forrest Gump. He is a serious actor and is very good at what he is doing.

Cancer

Key Characteristics: Loving, susceptible, sympathetic, sensual, faithful, instinctive, charitable, over-reactive and moody

Ruling Planet: Moon

Love Planets: Mars and Pluto

Finance Planet: Sun

Speculation Planet: Mars

Career Planets: Neptune, Jupiter and Mars

Spiritual and Karmic Planets: Mars, Pluto, Jupiter and Neptune

Friendship Planet: Venus

Destiny Planet: Mars

Famous Cancers: Princess Diana, Tom Hanks, Toby Maguire, John Cusack, Robin Williams, Liv Tyler, Meryl Streep

Lucky Gems: Moonstone, pearl, yellow topaz, red coral, garnet and white jade

Affirmation/Mantra: I am lovable as well as loving

Know About Cancer:

Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac, is a water sign, which signifies your highly emotional nature. Being under the sway of the element of water also makes you highly caring, generous and intuitive. You are highly evolved, even spiritual — the water signs are karmically developed and refined in spirit.

Water is malleable and adaptable. You are very much like that. You adapt when you have to, but you much prefer to make changes on your own terms. Like water, you are soothing and nourishing too. Life-supporting energies are at the heart of your character. You will act as a support for many people — in your own family and beyond.

Crabs live in the inter-tidal zone of the oceans, where tides rise and fall twice every day. This is the most dynamic and changeful place on earth, but also the most nutrient rich. Because of the constant change, Cancer have developed a hard outer shell for protection. Cancer can use the hard outer shell of your home as your protection. But it's more than just that. Typically, your sensitive Cancer can hold your feelings quietly behind your own walls.

Crabs also have large pinching claws, and Cancer can hold onto things, especially from the past. Cancer are fiercely loyal and have a difficult time letting go. But Cancer are also quick to bring those you love inside the safety of your outer shell while you nurture them. Cancer love is protective, but unless tempered, can be smothering.

Cancer motto could be, "A good defense is the best offense." Like a Crab in its cave, your attack can consist of baiting your opponent into your territory. What appears to be a retreat to others can be your best aggressive tactic. As you feel your way through life, building your security by developing your home and family relationships, remember that unexpressed anger can turn into resentment and depression, so find someone you can trust and share your feelings.

Do you know a Cancer? :-))))))

Hello Kitty Crime Scene

You could even have a cup of Hello Kitty coffee to go with the delicious cake at the evil eating hello kitty crime scene. She has to confess she did eat one cutest Hello Kitty cotton candy. She felt quite guilty although there is others accompanying in committing the crime :-)))))))

Last Waltz

Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès, 28 December 1953, Paris, France) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of classical music.

Clayderman has recorded over 1,300 melodies, and has created a new romantic style through a repertoire which combines his trademark originals with classics and pop standards. He has devoted much of his time to performing concerts, going as far as playing 200 shows in 250 days. He has clocked up worldwide record sales of approximately 70 million, as of 2006, and has 267 gold and 70 platinum discs to his credit. He is popular in Asia and is noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as being "the most successful pianist in the world".

The handsome seems never old at all.

Centenarian

A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average global life expectancies are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. A supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Even rarer is a person who has lived to age 115 – as of October 2012, there are only 28 people in recorded history who have indisputably reached this age, three of whom are still living: Besse Cooper, Dina Manfredini and Jiroemon Kimura. In 2009, the United Nations estimated that there were 455,000 living centenarians worldwide.

The United States currently has the greatest number of known centenarians of any nation, estimated at 70,490 as of 1 September 2010. This corresponds to a national incidence of one centenarian per 4,400 people.

Japan has the second-largest number of centenarians, with an estimated 51,376 as of September 2012. Many experts attribute Japan's high life expectancy to the Japanese diet, which is particularly low in refined simple carbohydrates, and to hygienic practices.

Men and women who are 100 or older tend to have something else in common, an extraverted personality. Centenarians will often have many friends, strong ties to relatives and a healthy dose of self-esteem. In addition, some research suggests that centenarian offspring are more likely to age in better cardiovascular health than their peers.

In John W. Santrock's book "A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development", there are five factors that research has suggested are most important to longevity in centenarians:

• heredity and family history
• health, i.e. weight, diet, whether or not a person smokes, amount of exercise
• education level
• personality
• lifestyle

Santrock's book also noted that the largest group of centenarians are women who have never been married. Also, people who have been through traumatic life events, such as Holocaust survivors, learn to cope better with stress and poverty and are more likely to reach centenarian status.

In Okinawa, Japan, studies have shown five factors that have contributed to the large number of centenarians in that region:

• A diet that is heavy on grains, fish, and vegetables and light on meat, eggs, and dairy products
• Low-stress lifestyles, which are proven significantly less stressful than that of the mainland inhabitants of Japan
• A caring community, where older adults are not isolated and are taken better care of.
• High levels of activity, where locals work until an older age than the average age in other countries, and more emphasis on activities like walking and gardening to keep active
• Spirituality, where a sense of purpose comes from involvement in spiritual matters and prayer eases the mind of stress and problems.

My grandmother lived 90 something. So we must have some gene of longevity in my family :-)))) 

Kids' View On Marriage & Geeks' Rings

 

My friend is planning to marry his long time ex-girlfriend. Here are kids' thought on marriage (jokes) and geeks' rings one may like. Hope he can find the one he like or gets better ideas to create a special one for her :-))))))))))))))))).

 DNA Ring

 Indiana Jones Ring

  Mobius Strip Ring

 Star Gate Ring

 USB Ring

 Game Player Ring

 I Love You Ring

 Microchip Ring

 Periodic Table Ring

 Superman Ring

 Toy Story Ring

 Transformer Ring

CAT5 Ring

Wall E Ring

Hello Kitty Ring

Life Cycles

Is there life after death? Can science explain it?

Here is an article:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/science-life-after-death.htm

Sometimes we may have out-of-body experience in dreams. Can you really travel out of you body during the dream? In many day dreams, I dreamed I traveled to where you were watching you invisibly :-)))))) Well, you can always day dream when you really miss someone so much.

I believed (99% :-)))) in life cycles and I had previous lives. I am always wondering who I am in my previous life or whether I can still meet you in my next life. Are you going to be a cat in my next life? How can I find you by some secret code?

If you believe in life after death, you might not be that afraid of death or so sad about the lost beloved ones. The death might not be so bad after all these suffering in current life. However can the behavior in current life impact the quality of next life? For example, if you treat someone so badly in this life, are you going to pay back in next life? Or you have to suffer because of someone, is it because you owe him/her in previous life? Whenever you had the thought that you would rather die instead of being depressed due to somebody else, think twice. You might want to fix it or your own altitude in this life before your death. Find all the means to live and die happily, forget and forgive those who hurt you. They didn't intend to. They appear hurting you probably because they are eager to get what they want but overlooked your sensibilities. Give those people love instead of hate. They might become your beloved ones in your next life (or they used to be in your previous life). :-)))))))