Shinobi: Blade Under Heart

According to the review at imdb, Shinobi: Blade Under Heart is more of a romance movie than an action movie. Look at the poster and the ballad sung by Ayumi Hamasaki for the theme of this movie and you will notice the romance genre manifest.

Sypnosis:

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade is a 2005, Japanese, ninjitsu, romance movie. The story is an adaptation of the novel, Kouga Ninpou Cho by Yamada Futaro, which depicts the clash between two ninja clans, Iga and Kouga, and the fated love between Kouga Gennosuke (Kouga) and Oboro (Iga). The theme song of this movie was the #1 hit, HEAVEN, performed by superstar Ayumi Hamasaki.

Shinobi trailer

Ayumi Hamasaki- HEAVEN



I will post a review after I have watched the DVD. But I have not started on my essays yet!!! Which is due on Fri.

2 interesting phrases I read in the Straits Times today.

1. Sexercise
2. Epidural

Sexercises are exercises done during foreplay and/or sex to tone, build, and strengthen muscles. Sexercises are often performed as part of a Sex Diet. While normally this is a partner-assisted exercise, masturbation might also be considered a form of sexercise, if done athletically with a mind for health and fitness.
Sexercises range from Kegel exercise to aerobic and cardiovascular routines. It is important that sexercises are done properly so that no partner experiences injury. Flexibility for performing contortion specifically for erotic or sexual positions may also be practised. Most often is the spreading of the legs during missionary, and arching of the back for doggy style. Intense forward bending may be practised in pursuit of the already-demonstrated autofellatio and the sought and cartooned and imagined, autocunnilingus.
Sexercises may be fun and have its advantages of relieving stress, however it may also be very overwhelming and exhausting. Here are some tips to help with the issue of fatigue:
1) Taking a break while in the act may just be what both partners need in order to make the session long lasting.
2) Incorporating food into the act will supply extra energy (calories) for all participants.


Calories burned
Partners engaged in moderate sexual activities may burn between 0.5 to 1.0 calorie a minute. During vigorous sexual activities, couples may burn about 1.2 to 2.0 calories per minute.


Sexercise dance
A fusion of erotic dance and aerobics designed by Leda Lim of Newport Beach, California. The dance exercise was designed for women to promote self-expression, grace, sexiness, sensuality, confidence, and eroticism. Derived from exotic dance, the stylized, soft, fluid-like appearance is achieved in a series of progressive moves through training of muscle control using many parts of the body. The body's curves are emphasized by the dance positions, leading the dancer to awareness and appreciation of the uniqueness and beauty of their body. See also: belly dance.

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I was at Ang Mo Kio Hospital today for an appointment and the doctor was gossiping with the staff nurse about epidural use in childbirth.

The epidural space is a part of the human spine inside the spinal canal separated from the spinal cord and its surrounding cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by a membrane called the dura mater or simply dura. Using an epidural catheter, both anesthesia (loss of feeling) and analgesia (loss of pain) can be administered. The space is also of clinical interest since its cranial part contains vessels (e.g. the middle meningeal artery) susceptible to lesions after head traumas, causing a lethal (if not treated immediately) epidural hematoma.

Epidural is most commonly used as anesthesia in childbirth to relieve sensation and to reduce pain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidural