ipod shuffle

Bro got an Ipod Shuffle as a corporate gift from one of his company's vendor/client.
A smart move as an Ipod will definitely interest anybody except someone who has already an Ipod Shuffle which my bro has it liao, even though it is the oder gen.
The Shuffle was engraved with my bro's name so the personalisation touch is there.

Since my borther has a Shuffle already, he is not interested in it and gave it to me after I asked for it. T&C is that he gets to retain the plastic case it came in as it is a nice case and can be useful

After many days in exile on my side table, I finally put some songs into the shuffle. At 1GB capacity, I can't dump my whole 4GB mp3 database into it. This is the smaller DB as I have previously lost about 4-5 GB of mp3. Slowly ripping the songs off CDs is a painful process which I will only do for new CDs I purchased.

While listening to the shuffle, I heard the theme song of 1 of the many Jap dramas I saw before. This led me to search for on wikipedia the 2 jap dramas which has etched into my mind even though I probably watched it more than 5 years ago.

The 2 jap dramas are Beautiful Life and Love Generation.

Beautiful Life is about the life of a hair stylist, acted by , who almost bumps into a wheelchair bound librarian, played by . He eventually fell in love with her and learnt to appreciate life and in turn, encourages her to believe in a beautiful life with a beautiful view at a height of 100cm. However, she eventually subscumb to the disease which handicapped her when she was 15. She managed to see him finally becoming a famous hairstylist with his own show before she passed away. After her death, he went on to fulfil their dream in opening a hair salon by the beach which is barrier free and with a view at a height of 100cm.

Love Generation is about a Creative designer who fell in love with colleague. Throughout the whole show, there is a glass apple which symbolises true love but it was inverted as the couple pursued their love. At the last episode, the glass apple was finally upright, as the couple finally found their true love, each other, after a particular hard and rocky road of love. Also prominently featured, is the advertisement board showing a model holding a glass apple with the words "True Love never runs smooth", which basically pointing at the various relationships shown in the show.

I hope I can find the 2 dramas and re-watched it all over again.