Here’s an update on the four dramas I had on my Watch list last month:
- “Brewing Love,” which I dropped after 30 minutes of Ep 1, because it was slow. I’ll give it a second chance once all 12 episodes are out. That way I can skip the boring parts. Besides, I can’t resist the visuals of these two actors Kim SeJeong (“A Business Proposal”) and Lee Jong Won (“Knight Flower”).
source: aousboom’s tumblr
- “Mr. Plankton,” which I killed d after I took a sneak peak of the final episode. It’s a good thing all episodes dropped on the same day.
- “Marry You,” which I couldn’t find on Netflix USA. Apparently, it’s only shown on Netflix South Korea. Phooey! Since Dramacool is gone, I can’t be bothered searching for it elsewhere. Netflix USA will most likely release the drama after all 10 (or 12??) episodes are out. I don’t know who came up with that idea, but treating their international kdrama viewers like second citizens is a losing strategy.
- “When the Phone Rings,” which I’m currently reviewing.
I’m also watching the romcom “Love Your Enemy” on Viki. If you like something light and funny, try this one.
What else caught my eye this month?
1. Check In Hanyang
Three guys and one girl masquerading as a guy work at a Joseon Era version of Four Seasons Hotel. This reminds me of “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” (2010) so I’ll check it out.
Cast: Bae In Hyuk (the cutiepie in “The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract) and Kim Ji Eun (the bestie in “Love Next Door”)
Episodes: 16
Start Date: Saturday, December 21
Airs on Saturdays and Sundays
Where to Watch it: Viki
Network: ??
2. Hallmark movies, lol
Just because it’s Christmas time, I’ll watch a couple of sappy Hallmark romcoms and compare them with kdramas.
What about you? What are you watching this month?
Howdy!
I did finished Mr. Plankton and I enjoyed WDH. 🙂
There’s also The Trunk, Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun Jin. It’s on Netflix so maybe I will pick up on that too.
I only really have WTPR. I thought I might start on Brewing Love but you said it’s slow so not sure about this one.
Apparently there will be no When The Phone Rings (WTPR) on December 14 and 20. Bummer!
I’m not watching any cdramas so maybe I will pick one during the Christmas break.
Thank you!!!
Dear Friends, how have you been?
Can recommend “Brush Up Life” (Japan – 2023), also called “Rebooting” and seemingly available through Netflix.
Ms. Kondo Asami has a reunion with her two lifetime friends, then after leaving them for a walk finds herself in the afterlife after a rendezvous with Truck-kun. There she learns that she can become a Guatemalan ant-eater or relive her life from birth with all the knowledge from her previous life.
Regrettably for her, that will not be the last of her iterations.
Show is about what is important to us, lost and found friends, and doing the right thing even for people we don’t like. You will find some of her decisions really baffling but nevertheless having a touch of wisdom. In every iteration she streamlines her “missions” more and more. You will have a good laugh with some of her predicaments and how the solutions she gives evolves through time.
It is a clever watch. One of her iterations is as a Drama Producer, and while I appreciated the peek behind the scenes, I enjoyed even more the irony of a Drama based on her experiences as a Rebooter taken out of proportions by overeager writers.
There is a lot to love about this Show, if someone wants to chime in, I think it would be a lovely watch. It is incredibly wholesome.
I am watching When The Phone Rings and Iron Family. I am interested in The Tale Of Lady OK, which was supposed to be on Netflix, but now it is not there.
And dear @GB, this is for you.
My way to pray for your proper recovery (aside wishing you well) is to offer you deliverance from boredom within my means.
Hope to read from you all!!!
Aish. I’m late on everything. Didn’t even have time to watch “when the phone rings”, my only on-air drama. Didn’t have time to continue a transcript and at a stop at 5 minutes. So, maybe I won’t have time for much.
I’m actually testing Grok AI. Can be useful for my job. I’m testing its ability about screenplay feedback. And it’s sometimes really awesome and a bit scary. The AI was able to understand complex resolution from indirect hints in an episode. But sometimes it misses it. It’s becoming close of a commentary that a human could make on some points. I don’t use it for writing, as it makes no sens.
I started with generality, like structure and thematics. That’s nice because I always focus more on the story than themes, as I know that anyway, good story only produce good themes. And it’s funny to see the AI finding them, when I was maybe too lazy to analyze it myself.
Now, I’m testing scene-by-scene analys. I asked Grok AI to rate my scenes on my Ep3 of “bookstore where you rent my heart”. And it was stunning to see the AI rated as best scenes the ones I estimate myself to be best ones. Next I’ll check AI ability on more precise works, like single scene analyse line-by-line.
What’s nice, the AI can take into account the whole context (several episodes), so it’s a less dumb than my previous tests with ChatGPT 3.5. There is however a limit of quantity of content the AI can keep in mind, but it will be better in next version. Maybe ChatGPT 4 improved too, but I stopped testing, as it’s a woke biased AI, the worst thing for anything human related. I still use it a bit for technical solutions for products made by microsoft. Let’s say, if you don’t know how to do something with Excel, it will be accurate about that.
@FGB and @WE many thanks for thinking of me and offering something to allay boredom. If I can get access to those shows I’d gladly watch.
@WE interesting information on the Grok AI. At least it judges your work the same way you do.
May it help you refine your scripts with less tedious manual checking!
@GB, Hi, I hope you are well.
I’ve done now a line-by-line use of Grok AI but it’s disappointing. I doesn’t understand well enough intention. So it would be like my tests with ChatGPT, asking several propositions for a line. It can help me with english, or on rare occasion seeing a room for a more concise line. But the time it takes to evaluate is too long for being effective. Then I don’t think I can use AI for improving lines.
– When I ask it to be concise (screenplay style), it deletes intention.
– When I let it do alone, it generates too flowery lines where I don’t want them.
It’s fun to see AI analyses a script, but there is not much to do out of it. I continue to test, for finding a potential way to use it. I think it’s worth it to play with it a bit on version 2.0, and see what will be able to do next version 3.0.
Dear @GB, if you find a way to watch I will surely rewatch it with you 😉
Did the right thing and downloaded “Brush Ip Life” complete with its 10 episodes around 45 minutes each.
Dear Bro @WE, interesting how sophisticated can AI become. At the beginning of this year my eldest sister composed a poem with AI and it made sense in an eerie way. My story is almost touching the 100 page mark, and as it is a solo endeavour, if it were available here it would very interesting if it is able to find plot weaknesses, offer possible resolutions, and act as a personal editor. I sorely need feedback!
BTW, Always happy to read you! 😀
Well @WE, as long as you’re having fun with that AI. You may indeed find some use for it.
At the same time, it’s good to know that a human brain and its creavity cannot be replaced by AI (yet!!). I prefer my dramas written by human beings who can experience what is written and know that they and I can relate to the tale.
Hello dear @FGB, I managed to watch the first episode of Brush Up Your Life. I was amused.
The conversations were informative. What is really important? The correct mode of greeting? Whether we give the wrong impression to strangers? Whether we from hindsight should have stopped something from happening (as in stopping their ex-classmate from taking up music).
In the reboot, I wonder if she’s trying too hard while jumping to the wrong conclusions.
The child actor was a cutie.
SPOILER FOR BRUSH UP LIFE (2023)!!!
Dear @GB, watching 4 year old Asami doing what for all accounts is a Stealth Mission is one of the oh so many joys ahead!
To be real honest found the conversation on social cues more amusing than it should. Japanese people are very indirect, so in some ways by dissecting that indirectness is in itself an act of closeness.
That part where she knows the couple will be a disaster yet she decides to cheer him was an interesting decision. Her friends will lose precious time of their lives entangled in a mistake, but that baby will be born.
Remember that in the afterworld she discovers how hard it is to be born as a Human, so it is an indirect way to show respect for the merits of the incoming baby.
As a sidenote, believe me when I say you that this is a Drama that it is good now but will get even better as it progresses.
Just finished Mr. plankton and must say that the first six episodes were excellent. Quirky, different, and I was engaged. The next few were less so…somewhat repetitive, frustrating. The final episode brings the threads/themes together in emotional and fitting way.
Mr.P is great in depicting truly toxic and damaged characters and the painful annd uneven experiences they endure to achieve personal growth.
It hits on modern world issues such as IV and premature menopause and consequences related to these issues in ways that other Kdramas have not.
Importance of and what constitutes family, life itself.
I felt like screenwriter was addressing the fatalistic vibe that pervades today…eschewing commitment, childbearing , the lie flat culture, losing one’s bearings, drifting through life with no purpose, etc.
Quite a few good acting performances as well along with too much crying from FL.
@WE, did you finish Nokdu Flower?
@LL, I need to finish Mr. P., but When the Phone Rings took me by surprise and has not let go.
Any word on The Trunk?
@FGB, you could publish your book on a website like ArchiveOfYourOwn, or any place where people can post comments about it?
Is there really plot weaknesses in your novel? About AI offering possible resolutions, I tried, but it’s quite bad at creating something. I made test about twisting scene, and propositions are bad. I’ll test it more and ask 10 propositions. A way to do that maybe, I could spot one with potential. But even there, I don’t trust a lot this method. I think what the writer create come from an intuition making it fits to the story, and it’s not a random proposition.
Grok AI can provide you analys, and maybe it can be useful. Let’s say for example, you develop a thematic but are not fully aware of it. Then, you may ponder if it’s worth it or not to develop it more.
I classify what I do in 3 categories:
1 – What I did on purpose, with 100% intention.
2 – What I create from intuition, and I understand after self-analys why I made it.
3 – What I create from intuition, with a meaning I don’t know yet.
I’ll give an example about category #3.
I had a character going to hospital for some time. Then when he’s free and going out, I gave him a crutch, so he walk with difficulty. It’s a point, I realize now, I had no clear reason to use. Just it flashed in my mind, yeah, give him a crutch. There was no valid reason, as the character had an accident, but nothing specific to a broken leg. Strange, isn’t it?
Here what said the AI when analysing a scene:
His approach with his crutch is both a sign of his physical state and a metaphor for his emotional state—limping forward with unresolved issues.
Oh damn yeah! AI did the “self-analys” I often do but didn’t for that. Revelation! It’s exactly that! This guy is mentaly unstable to an extreme degree. Then what I do with that? Well, nothing. ahahaha. Just I’m happy I found by myself exactly what the character needed.
@SF, Nope, I’m at episode 20.
It’s my drama on binge but didn’t have lot of time to continue.
I’d maybe interested by Love your Enemy.
Trunk too, and Gangnam B-side, and maybe others.
Hey! There are a lot of kdramas I find attractive this month.
@Packmule3, does it count as what I’m watching in December of I say my waistline? Nah! Hand me that plate of Christmas cookies, please!
In November I watched, and loved, Family by Choice. I appreciated seeing veteran actors and relative newcomers playing off each other in meaty scenes. As soon as I finished it, Viki suggested the Jdorama Where Does the Sea Begin. I’m glad I took the bait. I wrote notes as I watched the first six episodes; I’ll try to compile them and post them here.
Hey! Why are you still awake, @Welmaris? It’s almost 2 in the morning in your neck of the woods.
You reminded me. I should watch my waistline, too. Between my husband and me, we have quite a number of year-end parties to attend and I easily lose count of the canapés I end up munching. But then again, when my mouth is stuffed with prawn cocktail or pork belly popper, I can avoid speaking with people I prefer to distance myself from. 😂😂
Ok. If you’re ready with your notes, just tell me. I’ll open a separate thread for “Where Does the Sea Begin” and you can post there. Remember to use lots of emojis so your post stands out and I can spot it.
Dear Bro @WE, I have to inform myself on several things. The problem is, if everything goes OK my dream is to be able to publish the novel to earn money… that is, my golden plan is to become a novelist 😉
My eldest sister has published on WhattPad as she does it more for catharsis than anything else. She sees it as giving away free samples before embarking in published work, I see it as giving away her Intellectual Property.
I don’t see plots in my novel so far. It does not have to have an overall plot as it is simply a person surviving in today’s Venezuela and watching the friends he loves the most emigrate in different conditions, die in accidents or simply changing so much that even if he still loves them, there are few connections left.
Slice of life.
Interesting tool and thank you for taking your time explaining what it does and what it doesn’t. I don’t know if I can acquire Grok AI both from a monetary perspective or as a dweller of an “Axix of Evil” country.
On the other hand, as you are a fan of “W: Two Worlds” you might find “Brush Up Life” interesting 😀
@Welmaris, will search for your recommendation! “Where does the Sea Begin” could be an interesting watch!
Dear @PackMule3, my December celebrations will be far more humble than yours, so I don’t think I will have to watch my waistline so much.
Dear @SnowFlower, about the “Tale of Lady Ok”… I have an… ATCHOOO!!! *COUGH* kiissasian(punto)pl … Hope I don’t get a virus…
BTW dear @PackMule3, please feel free to edit this comment if necessary 😉
BTW Dear @Welmaris, thanks for them both! I have read that while “Family by Choice” is considered great, the original “Go Ahead” (China – 2020) seems to be the better one. Personally I find Chinese Dramas daunting in their extension, so be aware of that.
Kalispera Everyone,
This was not supposed to be my first post for December.
In case you don’t know yet, earlier today President Yoon declared emergency martial law in the country. Then the Parliament voted against it and as it seems it will be a long night tonight in South Korea…
I got pretty worried because one of my friends is in Seoul atm.
*sighs*
Just take care of yourselves chingus…
Dear @Cleo, it is a pleasure to read you, yet it is sad under the circumstances.
Wonder what is truly triggering a state of emergency.
Hopefully it resolves for the best. Wonder what’s happening over there.
@Cleopatra, S.K. President Yoon isn’t even supported by his own party in his declaration of martial law. Three hours after he made his declaration, 190 members of the S.K. parliament unanimously voted against it; by law he is required to immediately lift it. @FGB4877, it sounds like President Yoon made the surprise declaration because he’s unable to control his opponents in the legislature. Even the leader of his own party does not believe an emergency situation exists in South Korea to warrant martial law.
“Marry You” and “The Tale of Lady Ok” are available on Kocowa. You can watch both for free with ads through their Taste24 feature which allows people to watch episodes for free with ads for 24 hours after upload. You do need to register for a free account to take advantage of Taste24 option.
For December. I will be watching When the Phone Rings and catching up on older dramas that I missed. There will not be an episode of When the Phone Rings on Dec. 14 as the network is broadcasting a documentary about Han Kang, who just won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
@FGB4877, I have watched, and enjoyed, the Cdrama Go Ahead. I think the Kdrama Family by Choice was a worthy adaptation. Because the Korean version is shorter–16 episodes instead of 46–some paring of the plot had to happen. I don’t think the story suffered because of the streamlining.
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@Packmule3, I was awake in the wee hours of the morning because I’d slept all day. On Monday I had a medical procedure that required light sedation, and once I got home I slept through the afternoon and dinnertime. I got out of bed around 9:30pm, ate a little, read a bit, then went to bed for the rest of the night.
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@Snowflower, yes, watched first episode of The Trunk and will not another. Very slow, little dialogue… very puzzling and not in a good way. What is the intent? What is it even about?. I was looking forward to seeing Gong Woo but not even he made the viewing worthwhile.
Going back to Mr Plankton, the swearing and crude language is indicative of Netflix influence. I appreciate the lack of this in traditional K dramas.
bearable.
@Welmaris, the Executive trying to sequester the Legislative is nothing new. The worst case is whenit scceed in sequestering the Judiciary and through it neuters the Legislative.
I am a reluctanct expert.
Hope everything goes the way it should and that #%$&@ is sacked.
@Table, thanks for the alternative! Right now I am enjoying “AARO (2024)” with Hirose Alice. It is a N-flix series so only the first 5 out of 10 episodes are up. Basically Ms. Alice plays a rookie cop that gets scouted by Japan’s oldest investigation agency, that deals with abnormal events.
It is interesting as a procedural. Since its basic premise is out of the ordinary, its internal logic is baffling… yet oddly consistent. Might recommend for its lore (deals with Japanese Folklore: Kamis and Youkais in modern world) and to get some good old suspense. So far it has been enjoyable but it is not a must see.
@Lynn, how do you do? Hope you find something adapted to your tastes!
@LL, I find Mr. Plankton engaging. I too am upset by the frequent cursing, but I guess that’s how it is with a Netflix-produced dramas. Mr. P. feels like a more upbeat version of the classic (melo)drama “I’m Sorry I Love You” and that’s not a bad thing.
Kalimera @FGB!
It is good to see you online. I am a bit MIA, aren’t I? Things are happening in RL, so I cannot be online as much as I want to or can.
I am not watching Kdramas or any drama for some months now in a row.
I have the c-drama “Fangs of Fortune” on hold at Episode 24. I have started “When the Phone Rings” and I am in the mid of episode 3.
That’s why I am not writing anything anywhere. I cannot commit following a drama and commenting about it, even though I want to.
I do hope you are okay… <3
@Welmaris,
Good morning! How are you feeling today? I have followed the news when the declaration of the “emergency martial law” came out. One of my gr friends is in Seoul at the moment and I got worried, at the same time @Janey was previously there. So, my stress levels were up because we saw tanks out and about and couldn’t find any news about what is happening. When I managed to talk to both of them, I started to relax.
All night their biggest enterprises were in massive meetings for the next day. I have read the news. He made a mess in their economy and it is not a nice thing to see in live news, when we know a bit about their history and turmoil after the arbitrage.
Dear @Cleo, @Welmaris and @Janey. Hope you are well.
As you know, I am Venezuelan. There is something to say about falling back in History. It doesn’t repeat but almost always rymes. Right now, here we are back to the post 1748 troubles by Juan Francisco de León against the Guipuzcoana Company.
Instead of Juan Francisco de León we lost some years back (2018) Mr. Oscar Pérez and before that the 2017 protests by the students with several deaths, mainly by very young people. That and outside pressure from the USA aside almost unanimous condemnation by the West helped to at least have stopped the acceleration of our fall into further misery. Stopped the acceleration… not the inertia, yet our government has been escalating post elections as they stole them and now have to live with the bitterness of knowing that basically 7 out of 10 people with voting age (lots of them able to use weapons – in the estimates of the usurpers) opposes them.
This is a roundabout way to say that I fear that some of the haunting past in South Korea since 1953 with all its dictatorships could be coming back.
Please read again about those parts of Korean History. If a lot of signs feel similar (don’t be fooled by technology: we the People are basically the same in all ages), please RUN!!!
On the other hand, don’t rely on my reading. I have yet to inform myself on the topic… aside that having lived the life of a nail, I see hammers everywhere.
Will pray for you, but this is my call to you to properly take care and action by yourselves.
BTW dear @PackMule3, I am aware to be breaking your “No Politics Allowed” rule.
Please let it linger at least until the people you know are in South Korea reads it. Then please by all means erase it at your discretion.
Love you all, be alert, and be ready to flee.
Thankfully Korea is OK. Great that they were able to save their Democracy. Hope the bastard gets deposed then jailed.
A pitiful man in love with a worthless woman, being unable to rise to his Office, tries to cut it down and his Country to his level.
A lot of people will have a lot to answer very soon.
@Welmaris, hope you get well soon.
@GB, how have you been?
My dear @FGB, I’m doing as well as can be. I will undergo longish (6 weeks) therapy and practise walking everyday. I have the option after a couple of weeks to be discharged and come back daily for the antibiotics but that depends on how well I can get around.
WRT Korea, I’m glad the political situation will not cause untold chaos. At least our dramas will hopefully be aired as expected:D
Take care and I look forward to reading you on BOD.
Dear @GB, your news seems uncomfortable yet feels reassuring. Sorry to hear that you will spend so much time outside your home, but happy to hear your prognosis is good.
Will read you too!!! 😀
South Korea’s democracy is pretty much in its infancy stage.
It’s arguably a misconception that democracy began in SK in 1953. That’s when the Korean peninsula was divided into North Korea which was supported by the communists and South Korea which was supported by the democratic USA. You see, all the presidents following the partition, i.e., Syngman Rhee, Park ChungHee, Chun DooHwan, and Roh TaeWoo were de facto authoritarian dictators. It was after the June protests of 1987 that democracy took root. (lol. Viewers of that much-beloved “Reply 1988” will recall that the eldest daughter joining the students protest).
Note: Back in 1987, the current president, Yoon SukYeol was a youth leader opposing Chun DooHwan’s military dictatorship.
Also, to provide context, martial law has been declared in SK for 15 (or is 16? 17?) times since 1953. However, the last time martial law was declared was in 1979 during the term of Park ChuneHee, Chun DooHwan’s predecessor. The crackdown was so violent in the city of Gwangju that reportedly more than 200 people died. Exact death toll is undetermined. The memory of the bloody Gwangju uprising is imprinted on the national psyche; people who lived through that crisis are still alive.
Declaring a martial law is Yoon SukYeol’s colossal misjudgment. Yes, it wouldn’t surprise me if the accusations against his wife (pretty? She looks like plastic surgery monster.) played a big part in this naked power grab.
But as an American, I shouldn’t squawk. Our liar/senile-in-chief Biden just blanket-pardoned his son. Good grief!
Dear @PackMule3, I almost laugh and ask you to hold my beer! Compared to our Latin American “presidents” your President’s misdemeanor almost makes him look cute. That said, January the 6th still gives me the Willies of unprocessed trauma.
That said, it is the proper, right and good thing to complaint and to protest such an abuse of power for the sake of a misbehaving family member. We come from different places, but let me tell you that a lot of problems in my region and in my country have their roots on complacency and lack of accountability.
And those stems from different varieties of tribalism.
So protest you must.
Going back to Korea, here we have a saying that I will publish in all its rawness in Spanish then will give a slightly more censored version in English: “Más jala un pelo’e cuca que una yunta de bueyes” [A p*ssy hair has more pull than yoked oxen].
A stupid old man thinking that found love in what rakes as a golddigger… throwing his accomplishments and career, but even worse his Democracy and Country under the bus in an act of desperation. An useful fool.
I am now interested in all the history behind. He did not come to that conclusion alone and had a lot of accomplices (let me dare to say intellectual authors or manipulators).
Over recent months, my drama watching has slowed. I feel hopelessly behind, with many new dramas being released. Holiday activities and a family situation further limit my viewing time. (Everything non-essential got dropped for the three days my oldest daughter was hospitalized.) So I’ve decided to treat my heart to something loved, and am rewatching Goblin.
I finished Mt. Plankton and found the story very moving. I wish there was less cursing.
I continue to enjoy Iron Family, a well plotted and well acted weekender. I am a fan of Kim Jung Hyun and he is excellent in his role. The rest of the cast is spot on too.
Any word on The Trunk? I need to watch something while waiting for new episodes of When The Phone Rings.
@SF If you like chinese dramas, Blossom is good. I think it is only around 35 episodes.So not terribly long for a chinese drama.
It is a redo drama. She goes back to age six. Tang dynasty I think. I have not watched any of the similar Chinese dramas.
@MM, I’m also enjoying Blossom 2024. It’s a bit different from other period dramas, since it has the female protagonist who refuses to be forced into submission in that male centric historical time. 😀
@GB I am looking forward to seeing how she gets out of an arranged marriage We already know was terrible because This is her Second Life.
Not sure exactly where I am, somewhere around episode fourteen I think.
@GB Have u watched Snow Sword Stride? I believe it stars an actor you have enjoyed.The name does not come to mind right now.
@GB Joy of Life ml
The female lead From blossom place a support rule in sword snowstride.
Who Is She is starting today and I am interested. It is a drama remake of one of my favorite Kmovies, Miss Granny. Fingers crossed it is good!
@MM haven’t watched Snow Sword Stride. I will carefully see if I can manage what I have started watching as I slowly return to normal. I hope to be discharged on Saturday. 😀
Glad to hear you are likely to be discharged on saturday.🙂 I hope all goes well,
It is mostly the title of snow sword stride that Attracts me. Reasonably Good. reviews and good actors. One day I may watch it. Sticking with blossom and when the phone rings for now.
I watched the first two episodes of Who Is She, the drama remake of the movie Miss Granny. I have watched the movie, so the first two episodes of the drama felt like a set up. There were some changes, but overall the script followed the movie pretty closely. However, the ending of Episode 2 had a twist I did not expect, and now I am excited about what follows next. I am hoping for a heartwarming drama with a slice of singing.
Howdy! I hope everyone is well and all ready for Christmas. 🙂
I am very addicted to Blossom. It’s my best cdrama for 2024. I’m happy for Li Yunrui for finally getting his big break. I can rewatch it over and over again. It has everything that I want in a drama. 🙂
I’m up to episode 5 of Love Your Enemy too. I am enjoying it as well.
Together with WTPR, this is all I have. 🙂
PS. @GB , I’m so glad to know you are home.
I just wanted to put this here because they’re so cute. 🥰 Just turn on the subtitles. They’re 28 and 29 years old but how to flip over? 😂
https://youtu.be/vV7DnfAVDL0?si=tXzCRAQTh9vgjIfV
CTO!
Dropping in to say hi and blessed Christmas Eve!
I’ve been on a kdrama draught until Brewing Love which I am watching because of the leads….too pretty and handsome though, and then being stuck because there’s no more Dramacool and Kissasian episodes weren’t working and then Viu isn’t allowing me to speed up the show.
Still on it! last 3 episodes!
Meanwhile, I’m crazy over Blossom too @agdr03!!! The story pacing is so good, if I ain’t watching with family, I would have binged it and rewatched it. We are already bingeing it 3 episodes a day.
LiYunrui’s small smiley eyes are so cute to behold compared to MengZhiyi’s big eyes. The kiss from the horse. Wow! at 3:17mins
@GB Oh dear, what happened to you? I’m glad you on the mend! Praying you have a well rested and recovered Christmas!
Hi @grace, long time no see! Thanks for asking after me. I’m recovering at home after unexpected surgery and still have to get over some mysterious injuries that I never knew I had.
Yes, please keep praying for my continued recovery. Have a good and blessed Christmas!
Dear Friends, Merry Christmas!!!
Knowing @PackMule3, the Christmas Post is just a couple hours away.
@GB, just to have news from you are good news. Get well soon. I am very happy that you are at home during Holidays with your Family, seems like a small thing but it is not! The part about mysterious injuries is something to watch out.
@Welmaris, hope you are well and that your family situation gets better. This is life, and must be addressed properly!
Don’t worry, a beautiful truth about the Human Heart is that there is always more room for new people but it also have a special place for old friends. Just like the mind, something infinitely vast that paradoxically occupies no room.
@SnowFlower, will check it out. Some Netflix shows are really good, “Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san (2023)” is a good recommendation if you are into Iyashikei (Healing) Dramas. Started watching “Zen Ryoiki Ijo Kaiketsu Shitsu (2024)” but its last episodes are yet to download. A Supernatural procedural that got me hooked… and right now frustrated for the wait.
“Who is She” seems interesting. I also loved “Miss Granny”!
@MonMor, @Agdr03 and Amazing @Grace, I still have to end a Chinese Drama. Even one as good as “Go Ahead” is a struggle for me.
@FGB, @pkml3 and BOD Friends, a Happy and Holy Christmas to you!
Thanks for your good wishes @FGB. As is quite usual in the paradoxes of life, it’s good to be home and yet it’s more tiring. I’ve to figure out the logistics of getting from upstairs to downstairs, from choosing a chair and how to get up from it, how to go about my daily life and heal my leg at the same time. It’s great to be out and about from time to time, but I’m also in bed a lot to recuperate from just a couple of hours activity.
Still I look forward to an interesting, first time big church Christmas Celebration on Saturday and a good New Year. Take care All!
Blessed Christmas to everyone! I wish all peace and healing, and many good dramas to watch and discuss!
Dear @GB, Life is full of paradoxes as it is wayyy bigger than any of us can comprehend, so another paradox is to learn to accept the inconsistencies of Life as just the part we see of hidden phenomena while doing our best to maintain some order. Acceptance.
If anything, you have been immersed in a place catered to people that is recovering (Hospital) to a place designed for the Healthy (your home).
You are facing the frustration of coming back to a place utterly familiar, but where you have to adjust to everything again as your body has moved from its usual state due to a temporary illness.
That is, you must navigate a familiar place with new eyes for the time being.
Thankfully it is only for a short while.
Get well soon!
A very Merry Christmas to everyone!!! 🎄🎄🎄
May God’s mercy and grace be with us as we celebrate our Saviour’s birth. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Happy Birthday Jesus! 🥳🥳🥳