I just made a lot of Lap Yuks and I don't know what to do with them. If the fried rice is not an option, I'll just stir fry them with some cabbage or maybe add them to my clay pot rice or just eat them raw.
As the title says the Winter Qigong of the Four Season Qigongs. Ironically that was the name of my grandmaster's first school in Kentucky(Ng's Four Seasons, the logo was a flask lol)...
This is a tremendous Qigong especially applicable to Winter time and on the 21st it's officially here.
Act 1
The Yellow Turban Menace
- Zhang Liang's rainstorm sorcery will automatically trigger if you approach the Yellow Turbans' main camp or quickly clear two separate castle gates.
- Defeating Zhang Liang here prevents him from appearing at the Rebellion.
The Yellow Turban Fortress
- You can prevent the respective acts of 'sorcery' carried out by Zhou Cang & Pei Yuan Shao by approaching either of them from the south and quickly defeating them.
- Defeating Zhang Bao here prevents him from appearing at the Rebellion.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion
- If Zhang Liang was defeated at the Yellow Turban Menace beforehand, Bo Zhang will be enraged & stronger than normal here.
- If Zhang Bao was defeated at the Yellow Turban Fortress beforehand, Zhang Man Cheng will be enraged & stronger than normal here.
- If both Zhang Liang & Zhang Bao were defeated beforehand, Zhang Jiao will launch a (flaming) rockslide attack along the road to the Yellow Turbans' main camp.
- Defeating all officers besides Zhang Jiao & taking his main camp's rear stronghold forces him to retreat.
Eliminate Zhang Jiao! (secret stage)
- Strangely, it seems Shu can trigger this battle even if you defeat Zhang Jiao at the Yellow Turban Rebellion (you normally have to force him to escape instead), as long as you skip the Yellow Turban Fortress beforehand.
- Approaching the enemy's main camp before taking out the real Zhang Lu will cause Zhang Liang to summon a windstorm that blocks off the path.
- Allowing Zhang Lu & Zhang Jiao to meet will strengthen the latter's mind-control spell, ensnaring all allies (officers included) except the commander and/or the player(s). This also makes said spell unbreakable, even if you kill Zhang Lu & destroy the ceremonial implements afterward.
Act 2
Battle of Si Shui Gate
- Skipping this stage allows Hua Xiong to ambush Yuan Shao at Hu Lao Gate after Dong Zhuo burns Luo Yang.
- Quickly capturing the enemy supply depot or sneaking into Si Shui from the south & defeating Hua Xiong keeps Sun Jian from losing momentum and causes Si Shui's eastern gates to open early.
- Sun Jian will take a defensive approach at Hu Lao Gate if he goes too long without supplies & is forced into withdrawal here.
- Letting Sun Jian be forced to retreat allows Hua Xiong to charge out & heavily decreases allied morale. However, this also lets you face & defeat Hua
... keep reading on reddit โกThought my fellow enthusiasts of 3K on reddit might enjoy this thread and particularly this top answer on quora as much as I did:
https://www.quora.com/If-all-the-historical-famous-people-in-the-three-kingdoms-era-read-the-Romance-of-the-Three-Kingdoms-what-will-their-reactions-be
Credit to "Kinton J. Green, a logical imperial sinologist" for this answer.
>Most of the generals who serve Shu-Han would be ecstatic at Luo Guanzhongโs portrayal of their characters.
>Guan Yu was deified, in addition to Guan Ping, so they would have both pleased by the way he portrayed them in the novel. Especially due to the fact that Luo Guanzhong made Guan Yuโs defection to Cao Cao in 199 seem more honourable than it really was. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei may be confused why they were presented as Liu Beiโs sworn brothers, but Iโm sure that their presentation as Liu Beiโs substitute family wouldnโt have annoyed them one bit.
>Zhang Fei might question why he was portrayed as a drunk but it makes him a little bit easier to sympathise with so itโs up to him how heโd take it.
>Zhao Yun and Liao Hua would have probably been pleased too, because ROTK portrayed them as heroic die-hard loyal officers, far greater than the mediocre officers they were historically. Itโs clear to say that Zhuge Liang wouldnโt have been at all dismayed either. Perhaps Liao Hua would be a little unsure why he was presented as a Yellow Turban, but heโd get over that.
>Ma Chao would be glad that the truth behind his slaughterous savagery went significantly unmentioned in ROTK, and that he was also presented as a symbol of justice.
> Huang Zhong and Wei Yan would probably be a little confused about their relation to Han Xuanโs supposed murder, and Iโm sure almost everyone involved in that debacle (Liu Beiโs conquest of Southern Jing) would be baffled. Itโd be like reading fanfiction about themselves. I suppose in a way, it is. Wei Yan would be outraged, and rightfully so, since the novel removes most of his deeds and titles, and presents him as a treacherous warrior, but he wouldnโt be too surprised that someone who is being bias towards Zhuge Liang would do such a thing.
>Chen Dao and Huang Quan would want to know why they were practically omitted in entirety, in spite of the latterโs significance in the army.
>Jiang Wei would probably be a combination of pleased and angered at his own portrayal as steadily loyal yet an unstable, desperate manic.
>Zhang Bao and Guan X
... keep reading on reddit โกEdit: I've added some info that I know (they may not be accurate). Correct me if I'm wrong.
Initially I thought 2022 would be the year of BL-adapted 101, seeing the popularity of the 3 generations of BL-adapted dramas (Guardian, The Untamed, Word of Honor), their actors and investors all rushing to film more. But it turns out 2022 is likely the year of BG Xianxia & Fantasy. I just realized that there are so many of them currently in making. If all are aired, we'll be watching them for the whole year and more. ๐
Will one of them be the dark horse? Are you interested in some of them?
Song of the Moon starring Vin Zhang and Xu Lu. Currently being screened. It is likely to be aired at the end of this year or the start of the next. It's a romance with three worlds, three lives type of setting.
Cang Lan Jue (Parting of Orchid and Demon King) starring Dylan Wang, Yu Shuxin. Has wrapped up filming in June. It's about a Demon King and a girl who switch bodies.
Bonds of This World starring Angelababy, Ma Tianyu. Has wrapped up filming in February. It seems to be about a master and her disciple.
Hua Rong starring Guo Junchen, Ju Jingyi. It'll finish filming in about a month. It's about the love story between a female phoenix and sun deity in three lives three worlds.
The Blue Whisper starring Dilreba, Allen Ren. Has wrapped up filming in June. It's about the love story of demon master and merman.
Agarwood Like Crumbs starring Yang Zi, Cheng Yi. It'll wrap up filming in a month. The drama has changed the SML of the novel to the ML. So not sure about how the story will be after the adaptation. But from the trailer, it's pretty angsty.
Back From the Brink starring Hou Minghao, Zhou Ye. It's about the ML, a dragon, seeking revenge with the help of the FL.
Love When the Stars Fall starring Chen Xingxu, Li Landi. Has just started filming. It's the final part of the honey triology (Ashes of Love, Skate Into Love, Love When the Stars Fall). It's about the story between a demon girl and the son of the heaven emperor.
Mirror: Twin Cities starring Li Yifeng, Yukee Chen. Has wrapped up filming last year. It's adapted from a famous fantasy book. It's about a merman and a tribal girl and their adventures and quests.
The Longest Promise starring Xiao Zhan, Ren Min. Has wrapped up filming in August. It's about the story of a master and his disciple.
Chong Zi starring Jeremy Xu, Yang Chaoyue. It's about to fini
... keep reading on reddit โกHere are 100 reasons why you should get vaccinated. Iโve heard so many fucking times that โIโve done my researchโ and โshow me the proofโ and all these idiots think they know how to read research.
Ok, so go look up these citations and read them. If you can sift through the Latin and immunology, microbiology, organic chemistry, genetics, and other biological studies - then youโll quickly find all the proof you need and then some.
Anytime any vaccinated person is questioned you should read even one of these studies.
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liye Bastug, Hurrem Bodur. 2022. SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Antibody-Dependent Enhancement. Understanding COVID-19: The Role of Computational Intelligence, 101-113.
o Crossref. opens in new tab 2. Surabhi Srivastava, Sofia Banu, Priya Singh, Divya Tej Sowpati, Rakesh K. Mishra. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 genomics: An Indian perspective on sequencing viral variants. Journal of Biosciences 46:1. o Crossref. opens in new tab 3. Tanmoy Dutta, Nabajyoti Baildya, Abdul Ashik Khan, Narendra Nath Ghosh. (2021) Inhibitory effect of anti-HIV compounds extracted from Indian medicinal plants to retard the replication and transcription process of SARS-CoV-2: an insight from molecular docking and MD-simulation studies. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics 10:1. o Crossref. opens in new tab 4. Pengfei Jin, Jingxin Li, Hongxing Pan, Yanfei Wu, Fengcai Zhu. (2021) Immunological surrogate endpoints of COVID-2019 vaccines: the evidence we have versus the evidence we need. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 6:1. o Crossref. opens in new tab 5. Chengdi Wang, Zhoufeng Wang, Guangyu Wang, Johnson Yiu-Nam Lau, Kang Zhang, Weimin Li. (2021) COVID-19 in early 2021: current status and looking forward. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 6:1. o Crossref. opens in new tab 6. Yu Guo, Lisu Huang, Guangshun Zhang, Yanfeng Yao, He Zhou, Shu Shen, Bingqing Shen, Bo Li, Xin Li, Qian Zhang, Mingjie Chen, Da Chen, Jia Wu, Dan Fu, Xinxin Zeng, Mingfang Feng, Chunjiang Pi, Yuan Wang, Xingdong Zhou, Minmin Lu, Yarong Li, Yaohui Fang, Yun-Yueh Lu, Xue Hu, Shanshan Wang, Wanju Zhang, Ge Gao, Francisco Adrian, Qisheng Wang, Feng Yu, Yun Peng, Alexander G. Gabibov, Juan Min, Yuhui Wang, Heyu Huang, Alexey Stepanov, Wei Zhang, Yan Cai, Junwei Liu, Zhiming Yuan, Chen Zhang, Zhiyong Lou, Fei Deng, Hongkai Zhang, Chao Shan, Liang Schweizer, Kun Sun, Zihe Rao. (2021) A SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody with exte
... keep reading on reddit โกC-Pop is what it says on the tin. It's pop music from Chinese speaking countries. This includes China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and anywhere else where Mandarin is spoken. It's one of the largest music scenes in the world but its music isn't that well known worldwide compared to say Latin Music, K-Pop or even J-Pop. It is however massive in East Asia with listeners everywhere from Vietnam to Japan.
C-Pop has three branches: Mandopop (Mandarin Pop), Hokkien Pop (Taiwanese Pop) and Cantopop (Cantonese Pop). The popularity of each depends on the language spoken in said countries. Hokkien is more popular in Taiwan while Cantopop is more popular in Hong Kong. Mandopop is generally popular everywhere due to Mandarin being taught and spoken everywhere.
The most common type of music that's been the base of C-Pop since the start is ballads. Unlike other music scenes like Latin Music where the popular sound has varied from Bossa Nova to Salsa to Ballads to Tejano to Urbano, C-Pop has generally been static for a long, long time. It's only within the past 20 or so years that Dance Pop, RnB, Hip Hop and Rock is having an influence on Mandopop.
##Origins of C-Pop
C-Pop's origins, like with most Pop music comes from Jazz. Jazz was brought over to Shanghai in the 1920s and became the main form of music in nightclubs. Singers started performing folk songs in conjunction to the music to create the prototype of C-Pop called (ๆไปฃๆฒ) Shidaiqu. These songs slowly became popular through Chinese cinema throughout the 30s until it peaked in the 1940s. As movies became more popular there were 7 singers that rose to the top who were known as ไธๅคงๆญๆ (7 Great Singing Stars). Their songs were seen as an escape from the Japanese Invasion and the Chinese Civil War making them extremely popular. I've linked to a famous song from each of them:
็ฝๅ (Bai Guang) - ๅฆๆๆฒๆไฝ /Without You
็ฝ่น (Bai Hong) - ้ไบบ็ๅฃ็บข/Intoxicating Lipstick
้พ็ง้ (Gong Qiuxia)- ็ฅ็ฆ/Best Wishes
ๅฑฑๅฃ ๆทๅญ (Yamaguchi Yoshiko) - ๅคๆฅ้ฆ/Fragrance of the Night
ๅณ้ถฏ้ณ (Wu Yingyin) - ๆๆๅ้ๅฏ็ธๆ/The Moon Sends My Love From Afar
ๅง่ (Yao Lee) - ๆญๅๆญๅ/Congratulations (Chinese New Year classic)
[ๅจ็ (Zhou Xuan) - ไฝๆฅๅๅไพ/When Will You Return?](https://www.youtube.com/wat
... keep reading on reddit โกI don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when itโs raining in Sweden?
Ants donโt even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
Mathematical puns makes me number
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
He lost May
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies ๐
It really does, I swear!
And now Iโm cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
