Happy Chuseok, everyone!
credit: kotesol
And here’s a challenge for you.
“Tell me you’re into kdramas without telling me you’re into kdramas.”
1. I suffer from “second male lead syndrome.”
2. I turn around when I hear someone say, “Oppa,” “Yeobo,” and “Unnie.”
3. Instead of Reisling, I crave for Chum-Churum peach flavored soju.
4. I know random facts about Korean history, especially the Joseon era.
5. I celebrate Chuseok!!!
Greetings from Welmaris:
To all who observe a holiday at this time of year: happy Chuseok, happy Chinese Harvest Festival, etc. I’d be interested to learn what my BoD friends around the world do to celebrate during the harvest moon. I married into a Chinese family, so we’ll try to get together for a meal at a Chinese restaurant. I also hope to shop at a Chinese grocery store for moon cakes. Our observances will be small, because here in the USA it’s not a public holiday so folks have to work as usual and students have to attend school.
Greetings from Janey:
Happy Chuseok, happy mid- autumn festival, happy Chinese harvest festival, happy moon cake festival to all those who celebrate it!!!
Enjoy the family time and lots of food.
Cheers!
Greetings from Old American Lady:
Hi @Welmaris and @Janey,To those I f you celebrating Chuseok, Chinese Harvest festival and Moon Cake Festival, please have a joyous time.
I don’t think there are any Jewish people here, besides me, but we are also in a period of holiday observance. We have come through the Days of awe, which started with the Jewish New Year and ended with Yom Kippur, when we atone for our sins, fast and reflect upon our lives and pray to be incribed in the book of life. Immediately following these introspective and solemn observances, we come to The festival of Succoth. It too is a harvest festival where we also commemorate our wanderings in the desert when we ate in booths. These are called succahs and they are open at the roof that is covered in branches. All meals are taken there.The succahs are also decorated with flowers, plants, gourds.it is customary to feed guests. I think that it is significant that there is a universality of harvest festivals at this time and that we also use a lunar calender.And because there have been Jewish people in far flung places like Suriname,Thessaloniki, Buenos Aires,,Yemen, Budapest, Melbourne, and Harbin, customs do vary.
So to all celebrating the harvest, no matter where they be, may you have abundance in the coming year.
Happy Chuseok!!!
I always give my little nieces and nephews piggyback rides when I spend time with them. ☺️
I give my sons back hugs. ☺️
Happy Chuseok dear ladies! Wish you a happy celebration with families and friends. ❤❤❤❤
We eat moon cakes. And carry lanterns (or the kids do). That’s what I used to remember doing. We call it the Mid Autumn Festival.
Respondign to packmule’s challenge:
1. I learned Hangul. Currently self-studying the Korean language.
2. Everytime I pick up the phone, I have a strong urge to answer “Yoboseyo!” Also when someone is about to leave, I want to say “Kajima.’
3. I shop for dresses/clothes similar 4o what the FL wears, but cheaper.
4. I eat a lot like the FL. Though I wish I don’t gain weight like them. 😕
5. I have to newfound appreciat¥ for rainy days and umbrellas. Used to hate the rain.
Happy Chuseok you all.
Happy Chuseok!!! 😊
Our family doesn’t _technically_ celebrate the Moon Cake Festival, but we do eat moon cake around this time. 😊
Wishing those who celebrate a joyous time with family and friends! 😊
Happy Chuseok!!!
We don’t celebrate it, but I know that the Orphics were celebrating the Equinox, but also the Rites of Eleysis were happening. So September, although it had another name back then, was an important month.
As it seems, all around the world, people were celebrating this period of time.
So, let us pay our respects for this day and for tomorrow that is the Autumn Equinox. I am wishing to everyone who is celebrating to have a great day!
This morning greeted me with a lovely sunrise – almost sunsetty. Tonight, the moon was yellowish orange and i was gonna take a pic, but my iPhone 7plus was not good. i was ready to watch LOTRS and come to find there’s nothing there. Happy Chuseok!!! haha
I researched the moon tonight and come to find it’s #harvestmoon and last full moon of the summer. awwww. i remember when i used to play the game “harvest moon” – i miss that game. and thanks for this thread @PM3. happy Chuseok everyone.
to answer @PM3’s challenge:
1. i love it when i get to speak the words “annyeong” and “kamsamida” when i enter and leave korean establishments.
2. i crave for more korean food than usual haha and i want to try more non familiar korean dishes – explore the korean cuisine 🙂
3. i keep a korean vocabulary on my phone with the words/phrases i hear often from my kdrama shows.
4. i keep a note of quotes on my phone from kdrama shows i’ve watched.
5. i have added south korea as one of my travel destination in the future and visit places
like jeju island and itaewon (from the top of my head- i need to keep a list )
6. kpop has been added to my playlist (youtube) for work.
Here’s a greeting I found online with a sentiment I like: Have a full-hearted Chuseok like the full moon. But being a grammar nerd, I’ll turn the English version around like this: At Chuseok may your heart be as full as the harvest moon.
As for your challenge, @Packmule3:
— When crossing a street as a pedestrian, or driving through an intersection, I keep an eye out for the white truck of doom.
— When I cook a packet of ramyun for myself, I eat it off the pot lid.
— I have hangul as an alternate keyboard on my mobile phone. I use it to type Korean words I want translated into the Papago app on my phone.
— I can instantly recognize Namsan Tower in photos and film.
— Taking a photo, I say: hana, dul, set…kimchi!
To answer to @Packmule3’s challenge:
-the word eodideun(ji) / wherever
-the word geunyang / just because
-the word Sunbae-nim
-Gong Yoo 😀
-Having a long kpop list on my Spotify
-Doppelgangers
Hi all,
Happy Zhōng qiū jié！ 中秋节快樂 in chinese.
Why called the Mid-autumn Festival? cos it falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar mth, and the 15th day is in the middle of a month & the eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn.
We eat mooncakes with chinese tea cos they are shaped like a full moon tat signifies reunion. We also have pomelo, taro and buffalo nut língjiǎo. It is a family celebration for the chinese, kids walking around with lighted lanterns. Cos of covid 19 cases arising in my country, no gathering for celebration.
@sni75,
What is a pomelo? That’s another fruit I haven’t tried. I should make a list of 100 fruits that I must eat before I’m 70. 😂
Right, @cleopatra. I totally forgot about names.
6. My iPhone doesn’t autocorrect Lee MinHo’s name. It actually actually auto-fills it. 😂 Same with Boyoung, Namwon, DanOh, Songhwa, Jaein, HanCheon, …
@Packmule3,
That list is long! LMAO =D
Lee MinHo / Choi MinHo / Seo In Guk / Song Seung Heon etc… 😉
@Welmaris,
Hahaha. The white truck of doom! Whenever I was in Korea on business trips, I looked at big trucks and taxis with suspicion. I could imagine them crashing onto the vehicle I was in.
I didn’t know you could have an alternate keyboard on your phone! I’ve to check that out!
NamSan tower! Yes. Same here. And this will totally identify me as a kdrama enthusiast — I’ve attached padlocks 🔒 to the fence, too. Twice! 😂
Hahaha. Do you really say Hana dul set Kimchee?!
Me: instead of “Rock, paper, scissors,” I sometimes think in my head, “Kai Bai Bo!”
I too do not actually celebrate the mid-Autumn festival, but I enjoy watching what might be going on. I’ve noticed schools and kiddy centres putting out many homemade lanterns, hanging as decoration. If not for Covid, families might gather at the nearby park to enjoy an open air concert of singing, and games with the opportunity for the children to walk around with their lighted lanterns. There might have been kiosks littered around the park with demonstrations on how to make mooncakes, make simple lanterns, or peel pomelos or there might also be competitions in doing these.
More than one park, and public ornamental gardens would have lights and elaborate lanterns on display. If not for Covid, it would have been a great time for photo opportunities with beautiful lights.
Evidence of being a fan of kdrama and many things Korean:
– A relish for all kinds of kimchi
– Elation over an invitation to a Korean meal
– A strange fascination for Korean drinking games
– A desire to bow and say Annyeong-hasaeyo to Korean friends and Ohseo-ohseyo to visitors
– Inclusion of Korean drama OSTs in all my playlists
– Insanely pleased to be addressed as Unni and Ahjumma by kdrama watching friends. 🙂
@Cleopatra,
I just typed in the first three letters and my iPhone comes up with the names. Some of the names have become unfamiliar to me already. I can’t remember the characters.
I tried to “reset” the dictionary of my iPhone to erase all the Korean names and terms but I must have done something wrong.
My Agapimeni @GB,
May I call you Unnie then?
Haha! Let’s do it, @Cleopatra. Let’s call @GB, “Unnie” for the day. 😂😂
@Packmule3,
I don’t use an Iphone, so I cannot tell you what went wrong. 🙁
I totally understand. They are so many indeed.
I recall the names of actors / actresses that I like mostly.
And there are others I don’t know anything about…not even their names!
At times, I am looking on MDL to know about who you are talking about!
Oh, @Packmule3…I am in then!
Our “Unnie” @GB 😀
@cheekychu
I love rainy days when I don’t have to be wearing suits and heels. I don’t mind getting soaked in the rain and mist, and I like jumping into puddles and making a big splash when I’m wearing rain boots. I’ve a mini-collection of boots (or puddle jumpers).
But since watching kdramas, I’ve become sensitive to catching a cold after getting caught in the rain! 🤧🙄
Hey, Unnie @GB,
Yes to Korean kdrama songs! I don’t know the lyrics and I can only join in when there’s an English phrase 😀 but I listen to them blaring in the car when I’m traveling solo.
I know how to make a mean samgyupsal (with the lettuce wrap) in a korean barbecue restaurant. 🙂
@HK_Lady,
Awwww. It’s great you keep the quotes from the kdramas. As for me, it’s the poetry. I try to keep track of the poetry mentioned in the kdramas here in this blog.
@pm3 I didn’t like the rain esp since it ruins my style. How do our heroines do it, look glam while soaking wet? 😛 But since watching K-dramas, I just imagine I am in one whenever it rains. It works so Now I don’t hate it as much.
@HKlady I haven’t seen that many K dramas but yeah there are many nice quotes. I liked what DuSik said in a previous HomeCha episode, “Life isn’t a mathematical problem.”
Ha, I can’t hate the rain when I live in a rainy climate. But I’m considering getting a yellow umbrella.
I like speaking to my daughter about Korean words.
I like telling her about tropes.
I would laugh if someone put their hand over my head to stop me getting wet. How is that even helpful?
I was lucky enough to get to a BBQ restaurant this summer, but it was about 500 miles/nearly 800km away. Hurrah for lettuce wraps!
@pkml3 @Cleo I’m grinning from ear to ear. I love it!!! I call you both my Doensaengs (younger siblings) then or Cha-mei (sisters)!! LOL.
Until today my kdrama watching friend addresses me as GB Unnie.
I love lettuce wraps. I was too tired today or I’d have gone to get some lettuce for a sandwich for lunch tomorrow. Now you’ve inspired me to get some prepacked bulgogi to make my own samgyupsal at home!
I’m even thinking of throwing kimchi into all kinds of soups to see if it turns out a bit like gimchijjigae (kimchi stew). 🙂
@sni75, I have forgotten about the taro and Buffalo nut lingjiao! until I saw your comment.
Happy mid autumn festival everyone.
@PM3, pomelo looks like an over sized pear with very thick skin. The texture of the fruit is a little like a grapefruit but I think it is a seasonal fruit, we usually buy them during mid autumn festival or the Chinese New Year period.
Happy Chuseok!
-I learned Hangul and get a kick out of reading the labels of Korean goods in the local international grocery store
– I impressed the lady at the Korean restaurant by saying “Annyeong” and “Kamsamnida”
– I tried to braid my hair in Joseon style.
– I drool over pictures of Korean clothing (hanbok) and architecture (hanok)
– I can list Korean dynasties in chronological order
– I make my own kimchi
happy mid autumn festival to all! over here, we will have mooncakes and Chinese tea. and lantern carrying for the younger ones. because of covid, social gatherings for this year have scaled down.
responding to parkmule3’s challenge:
> Spotify playlists of k-drama OST and Korean artists (when I not even understand the language). on repeat.
> visits to local Korean marts more often than needed to :p
> choose Korean ramen over Japanese ramen brand
> one of the world clock on my mobile phone is set to Seoul
– I can tell the difference between gayageum and gomungo
– I sing “Song of the Green Mountain” in the shower
Happy Chuseok!
I don’t recall any autumn festival around this time in my country but there are many local harvest festivals in August, mostly in the countryside.
As to me being a k-drama fan, there are many things that came into my life with it
1. having Korea on my travel list (since my first sageuk, which was Slave Hunters), dressing in hanbok and having a photo shoot in Gyeongbokgung Palace – checked, two times.
2. listening to my favourite k-drama OSTs maniacally (which allowed me to recognise that some of the instrumental OSTs in the 1 and 2 ep in LOTRS are the same as in the older drama abt royal painters, Painter of the Wind). One of the things that makes me decide to watch a drama is a good OST
3. getting interested in Korean traditional music, I don’t use Spotify but I managed to get some CDs and there where even some concerts with pansori and other traditional Korean music in my city
4. trying to use some Korean words that I picked up while watching dramas during my trips to Korea (kind of silly but I really wanted to say something in that language)
5. watching any other Korea related content I happen to find on film festivals, exibitions etc.
@Linnea, Unju Temple (from The Slave Hunters) is on my list of dream travel destinations.
Happy chuseok!!!
I’ll join calling @GB unnie for today. 😉
how to tell I’m into kdramas.
1. We have gochuchang, Korean pepper flakes and other related condiments at home.
2. I mutter “Aigoo”, “Ottoke”, Fighting!!! to myself while muted on my headset during meetings!
3. We do soju tasting on different flavors but my favorite is soju+yakult
4. I can detect tropes a mile away and hopefully even the truck of doom.
5. Samgyupsal, lettuce wrap, steamed egg, galbi, tteokboki, kimchi, spicy tofu soup are regular fares for dinner.
We now have a Korean desserts place in our area. We had taiyaki (fish shaped pancakes filled with red bean, Nutella and custard)! Yummy!
I echo everyone on their comments on OSTs!!! I like that kdramas are developed wholistically and that includes music. That’s one of the drivers why k music industry is also thriving. We do not see OSTs a lot on western shows unless they are musicals. Even the background music are well thought of. My Favorite soundtracks – Goblin, Start Up, Nevertheless, A Piece of Your Mind and many more!
@PM3,
i would love it if someone call me unnie/noona 🙂 i started liking soju too haha. i’m also learning a lot about korean history. but it saddens me that royal life was so dangerous and a bit tragic. so much killing/death. i liked the ending of “Hwarang” kdrama 🙂 i didn’t like the ending of “mr sunshine” 🙁 phewy! how cool you have a collection of rain boots. i wish i do but i live in california where it hardly rains. back in the philippines, when it rains, it pours haha. or in seattle. haha. where my family lives. they have a collection there. adorbs! hmmm now you’re making me hungry for some samgyupsal. yummy. we make ours like korean tacos with pickled radish 🙂 i also keep some poetry 🙂 i read “love in the time of cholera” and even watched the movie version from watching “my roommate is a gumiho 🙂
@cheekychu
i would love to answer my phone with “annyeong” 🙂 and wish i could eat like a FL but they pack their mouth pretty good. i love the rain and would love a see through umbrella… or the red umbrella from “she was pretty” kdrama ❤♥💓
@welmaris
that truck of doom hahah. i have yet to eat ramyeon from the lid of the pot haha. next time i’ll try hahaha. i recognize namsan tower and more. like different location or buildings or homes that they frequently use. it’s funny. would love to use “hana dul set kimchi” when taking pictures. will have to try that hahaha.
@GB unnie
i love how koreans bow in respect. i do have kdrama OST on my playlist at work too. sometimes, in youtube while driving 🙂
@snowflower
daebak. you make your own kimchi. wish i can attend a kimchi party haha
@Snow Flower, it would be great to see it for sure! I hope you can do it one day (now when you mentioned it, I added it to my list too!). I had this idea to travel to some filming locations or rather I should say real places, historic sites shown or referred to in dramas) but I haven’t visited any specific places yet apart from Seoul and Jeju.
Funny story bc I visited the royal tombs in Seul and only after that it struck me that one of the tombs I saw there belonged to king Jungjong depicted in one of my all time favorite sageuks Queen for Seven Days. Somehow I didn’t connected the dots when I was standing there at the site and reading the information. But I was lucky enough to see a temporary exibition in Seoul with the real paintings of Kim Hong Do which I saw first depicted and interpreted in the drama Painter of the Wind. It was a great experience.
@Janey, yes, the instrumental BGM! I love it especially in sageuks: QF7D, Crowned Clown, Chuno, METS are among my favourites.
And the main theme in Healer when it comes to the modern dramas. I know it sounds already outdated but I can’t help it. Every time I hear it I can see Healer running and jumping over the roofs. Oh, I almost forgot abt my now favourite main theme in Stranger which blends modern, classical and traditional Korean music.
Challenge accepted!
1. Repeat songs from my Spotify playlist almost all from korean ost and korean singer. I love to listen it everyday.
Lately ive been in love with nevertheless ost, esp all RIO songs and love to hear DO new single “Rose”
2. I start to buy some clothes that’s looks like yu nabi style, i love her 😍 esp her denim shirt and dress
(Nevertheless)
3. My close neighbors know i love kdrama 😂 if they dont see me often, they know im busy watching kdrama lol.
Random talk, I recently watching ongoing cdrama “forever and ever”
I love it so much because it is romance.
My second fav after you are my glory.
Idk why i love cdrama lately kekekeke
Happy chuseok my dear chingus!
Dear Friends, happy Chuseok!!! 😀 . I have been detached after HP2 but still count me in!!! 😉 .
Aside from Trope Recognition, Truck-kun has started to grow on me XD XD XD XD XD . Truck-kun has no bad intentions, he is just misunderstood 😉 .
At this moment I am watching a 2020 Japanese Drama with a Doctor Ahn that I am full behind: “Kokoro no Kizu wo Iyasu to Iu Koto”. A Zainichi Korean pshychiatrist dealing with the aftermath of the Great Earthquake in Kobe back in 1995. I have still to watch the last episode (only 4!!!) but so far it has been a remarkable watch due to Dr. Ahn’s compassion.
@Lovebangwon – Nevertheless OST is also on repeat. It’s very chill and I can calmly work on my spreadsheets while listening. LOL! Rio is very good! Same here, I’m on a cdrama roll so I will look for your “Forever and Ever” recommendation.
@Linnea – Healer fan here and @GB unnie!
@Packmule3, I will now take your challenge one step further and list some evidences that I’m addicted to watching Kdramas (with Cdramas and Jdoramas thrown in for spice) and discussing them with the BoD community.
— I have developed an aversion to the use of the word chemistry except in an academic or industrial context.
— I wouldn’t lightly use the term Oppa, reserving it for rare instances when I’m applying it to an older brother or someone very like an older brother.
— I have memories of two islands only few people in the world know exist: Shallow Island and Cynical Island. I am unabashedly a citizen of Shallow Island.
— When watching and discussing a drama, I’m spoiled by the vast knowledge shared by international friends with a variety of perspectives on literature, music, cuisine, history, social practices, etc.
— Despite what Sam croons in Casablanca (“As Time Goes By”), sometimes a kiss is NOT just a kiss. Some kisses deserve in-depth analysis for better understanding (and vicarious enjoyment). Hickeys too.
— Even denizens of Shallow Island dig below the surface of dramas to expose rubbish that’s being laid down by show creators.
I could go on and on, but I’ll now hand it off like a baton in the relay race in Racket Boys.
How to tell I’m into k-dramas:
1. YouTube Music mostly recommends songs from k-drama OSTs in the Supermixes it creates for me.
2. My daughter bought a “Start Up Tech” (in Hangul) mug for my recent birthday (she said she knew to look for one that didn’t say “oppa”)
3. When you spend a lot of effort trying to explain to your spouse how the ML in The Greatest Love is actually a modern take on Mr. Darcy
4. When my mind comes up with responses in Korean, which I then have to translate back to English (ottoke? Daebak! Shireo…)
Happy Chuseok and mid autumn festival to everyone ❤
Loved reading all the posts on how to say you are a kdrama fan without saying you are one.
@Welmaris: Haha I too know two islands only and am a permanent resident of Shallow Island. Was recently eyeing Ahn Hyo Seop’s abs in LoTRs unashamedly😛 @GB Happy to call you Unnie😊
Okay my list:
1) Craving seaweed soup on my birthday!!
2) Calling my senior office colleague Sunbae in my head
3) Aspiring to be an uber-cool Ahjumma in future, like the one in Healer
4) Exclaiming Aegyo whenever I feel cute-ish and annoying my friend 😜😜
5) Loving all things SK, starting from Kpop to Kbeauty to K electronics!
6) Dreaming of stationing myself in Incheon for a fortnight just to watch my favorite kdrama actors enter or exit the airport 😛
7) Looking at anyone buying ramyun from the departmental store and wondering who they are going to invite over 🤣🤣🤣
8) Scrolling obsessively through BoD posts durimg virtual team Zoon calls just to keep myself up-to-date on the kdrama buzz 😎
1. I sometimes crave rice for breakfast.
2. I bought Binggrae MELONA ice cream bars Costco, even though I’m lactose intolerant.
Happy Chuseok!
@DLia – yes to Melona ice cream bars at Costco!!! My kids suggested it, they do not watch kdrama but they know I do. We tried the Melon and strawberry.
@Phoenix – #8 I’m guilty of this, too! Typing this comment while I’m in meeting. LOL!
Sorry to be late to the party, but happy Choseok to all those who are celebrating ❤️ It’s the first I’ve heard of this festival (please forgive my ignorance, is it the same as Chinese New Year? I’ve heard of that, so if that’s the case, then I know the technical term for it now xD) Hope the year forward brings you and your family lots of prosperity and good health 😃
As for the challenge, the only way I can claim I’m into kdramas is that I was recently watching the Netflix series The Chair (with Sandra Oh), and I could understand most of the dialogues spoken in Hangul without cheating with subs hehe So that was good. Oh, also, using the term “Hangul” instead of “Korean” 😇
It was so fun reading everyone else’s responses on this thread! 🍪
Happy Chuseok to you all! Hope you have a wonderful time under the full moon 🌕
These are a few things you can tell I’m into kdrama…
– I use Korean in my user name 😂
– I turn away and cover my mouth when I drink with others
– I teach my tall friends to do “manner legs”
– I know various ways to do hand heart 🤞🏼❤️
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@packmule3,
Pomelo fruit can be quite big in size, tear shaped with thick skin, green or pale yellow in colour. Understand it is rich in vitamin C, antioxidants and nutrients like copper, fiber, and potassium. When open, it has a white covering over its flesh. The enveloping membranes around the segments are chewy and bitter but can’t be eaten. The flesh tastes like mild grapefruit, maybe sweeter a bit. Chinese generally will eat this fruit during our Chinese new year and mooncakes festives. Understand pomelo symbolizes promise of wealth, and can be use to ward off bad luck.
We can buy it in our supermarkets or wet markets, it’s origin can be from china, Ipoh (Malaysia), Thailand or Vietnam.
Try it if you come across it cos it is seasonal and taste bitter sweet. The flesh can be white or red color. Personally, tis is one of my fav fruits. Lol
@haengbog: Yes, I do the finger heart gesture too and have even taught my friend as a sign language that noone else understands😝 The heart gesture on head is a bit too much to do in public though🤣
@Dila’s list reminded me, once I got obsessed with buying rice cookers after watching them on so many kdramas and went looking for them in local electronics stores😝
One more point (which shall remain a secret outside BoD): I sneak glances at all young Korean-looking men I happen to see on the roads, shops, airports, flights etc., just to check if they resemble any of my favorite male actors 🙈🙈🙈
@GB Unnie <3
@Haenbog I enjoyed that hand heart video!
@haengbog, I’d never heard of manner legs, Googled it after reading your comment, and learned something new. Thanks for the lesson! I’ll have to pass it on to my husband. He’s more than six inches taller than me.
If I asked my 10 inches taller husband to do manner legs, he would laugh and ask if he should sit down so I could try it myself!
@dashman101 the Chinese New Year marks the beginning of Spring according to their lunar calendar. The Chinese Mooncake Festival aligns with mid-Autumn in their lunar calendar.
@Fern, your hubby must have trained you to think turnabout is fair play!
Or maybe I trained him. 😁. Mind you, he’s handy to have around when I can’t reach things and he doesn’t need an extended roller when painting standard height ceilings. 🤣
Janey: same here, i feel all Rio songs sound sexy and sweet, esp its bcs remind me of yu nabi and jae eon.
If you love you are my glory, then forever & ever is must watch cdrama 🥰 the male lead so adorable and clueless in relationship, it is same with female lead, she is the sweetest one.
@Janey @Dlia – my favorite Melona bar is banana 😊 If the Binggrae milk is also available where you live, you can try that too. (Though, @Dlia, you may not want this because you are lactose intolerant! 🙂) It essentially tastes like the “melted version” of the ice cream bar. And yup, my favorite soju drink is soju+Yakult, too. (Ive tried soju neat, with Sprite, with beer, but I like it with Yakult best. 🙂)
The first time I went to Korea years ago (My Sassy Girl the movie era), I was with my family on a holiday. And while the reason we went there was *not* KDrama-driven (or so my press release goes lol), I did include in the itinerary visiting Hanok houses and going to Nami Island and the Namsan Tower because “I wanted to see IRL these places I only saw on KDrama”. :p
It was also on that trip that the locals taught us how to eat Korean barbecue. They were very, very friendly and very, very cheerful. So eating Korean barbecue is always associated to a happy memory for me. 😊
And I love listening to certain songs from OSTs, too! I have a private playlist on my Spotify of songs I liked from dramas I’d seen, and play that playlist whenever the mood strikes. 🙂
Lastly, manner legs have been mentioned, but not piggy back rides, i think? Let me just say, as someone who tried it before “just because” and “for fun” (I wasnt drunk LOL) — it’s overrated. LOL.
@pandamilktea I have a family history of back troubles, and whenever I see piggyback scenes in dramas (or any scene where ML has to lift the FL), I feel the chills in my spine (pun very much intended) 😂 Can’t imagine how actors shoot for it with the retakes, I presume it would be incredibly stressful on the back…
@Welmaris thanks for pointing out the differences between the two festivals 😊 Very informative!
@dashman1010, not piggyback ride, but I remember the bts of Taek carrying Deok Sun. Park Bo Gum had to repeatedly run across the field while carrying Hyeri. I cant seem to find a YouTube video just now, but I do remember thinking it must’ve been tiring for him. Towards the end of the video I saw before I thought he was subtly massaging his back, poor boy. 😅😬
@pandamilktea oof yeah, production companies must invest in good spa days for their actors in these cases 😅
Yesterday being the first day of autumn and being inspired by @packmule3’s mention of chrysanthemums, I went to a local garden centre to browse. I think I need a minder to hold my credit card. There were some bargains, 3 giant (40cm across) mums with dozens of buds for a tenner, but then I got a lovely golden single heuchera for nearly the same price, and some scented winter cyclamen, gloves, some random little plants for other planters etc, etc…
They are hidden in the garage and my husband hasn’t noticed them yet.
@Fern: What a lovely way to celebrate the advent of autumn by buying flowering plant buds! Scented winter cyclamen sounds beautiful – is it purple? One doesn’t associate autumn that much with flowers, so I didn’t know that much about flowers that can grow in autumn and early winter.
Autumn is more familiar as “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, the line made famous by the poet Keats. The trees here in Europe have not yet started turning golden, orange or red, through the temperatures seem to be dipping. Soon roasted chestnuts may be available. I love this mellow weather which is beautiful because of its fleeting nature – it is such a short season. Reminds me of one of @Snow Flower’s compositions 🙂
@Phoenix, where I live the maritime climate is rather mild, so the flowers can bloom for a while still. The cyclamen may bloom throughout the winter, while the chrysanthemums will last until there is a frost, which may not be until December or later. The white little cyclamen smell the best, but I found some that are pink with white edges that smell good, too. Around Christmas the hellebores bloom and soon afterwards the snowdrops and spring bulbs come out, so we do have some flowers all year long.
In this area we don’t get the extremely bright autumn trees like in some colder places. The native trees here – types of sycamore, alder, ash, beech and oak – don’t change colour much when they drop their leaves. There are trees with pretty autumn colours, but most are not native.
@Phoenix, your description of autumn from where you are remind me of happy travel memories. 🙂 I live in a warmer climate; we don’t have autumn. But pre-pandemic, the last several years whenever budget would allow, we would spend our annual *very short* vacation in Europe, always autumn time. <3 <3 <3 (It is the only time our work schedules would align.) So autumn for me — the sight of red/gold/orange trees and the cool temperature — is always a treat, and associated with happy travel memories. 🙂
@Fern, the white cyclamen sounds lovely, I love any mild smelling flowers, which leave a lingering smell in the garden but are not too heavy like jasmine. I Googled cyclamen after your last post and found mauve looking flowers, the ones you both – pink with white edges, sound really pretty. I love flowers, both nurtured ones and wild ones, and maybe some day I’ll have a garden of my own. I recently visited Switzerland again (it’s a few hours from from where I live now) and was, as usual, charmed by how every cottage has a balcony full of blooming flowers.
@pandamilktea, I can completely relate to how you feel about fall colors. I moved to Europe from a much warmer climate in Asia too and I’m super excited to see leaves turning to autumn colors slowly and then waiting for the snowflakes to fall in winter 🙂
*the ones you bought – pink with white edges (sorry for the typo, @Fern)