I’ll be away on vacation for most of August. But I’ll be in and out of the blog.
1. My Lovely Journey
A healing drama. I’ll be traveling when this airs and I hope my journey will be lovely, too.
Blurb from soompi:
Based on a bestselling Japanese novel by Maha Harada, “My Lovely Journey” follows Kang Yeo Reum (Gong Seung Yeon), a former idol-turned-travel reporter who has never been the center of attention in her life. As she takes on travel assignments on behalf of others, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, coming to understand the true meaning of success and life.
Cast: Gong SeungYoon (she was in “Bulgasal” and “Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency”)
Kim Jae Yeong (I’m watching it primarily for him. He was the 2nd male lead in “Love in Contract”)
Episodes: 10
Start Date: Saturday, August 2
Airs on Saturdays and Sundays
Where to Watch it: maybe Amazon Prime
Network: Channel A (a new network?)
Sorry, I can’t find a English-subbed trailer, but you get the gist.
2. Bon Appetit, Your Majesty
Its working title is more succinct, “The Tyrant’s Chef.” But what’s up with Yoona taking up back-to-back roles in kdramas like this. Her last project was “King the Land.” Is she interested in hotel and restaurant management?
This is all you need to know about the plot: an award-winning chef, bound for a Michelin 3-star café in Paris, ends up traveling back in time instead and working as the personal chef for a pickiest eater in Joseon, the king.
Cast: Yoona and Lee ChaeMin (never heard of him but okay….)
Episodes: 12
Start Date: Saturday, Aug 23
Airs on Saturdays and Sundays
Where to Watch it: Netflix
Network: tvN
Watch the trailer and you’ll know what will hook me in: the food porn. lol.
I have no cdrama in mind. I know Yang Yang’s show is out, but his face is passé for me. It’s no longer the ticket. Also, I’ve come to realize that wuxia and xianxia aren’t my cup of tea. I have “Ashes of Love” with Yang Zi and “Love Between Fairy and Devil” with Esther Yu to blame for my allergic reaction to the genre. I prefer the Chinese historical/period dramas where the hero can fly to the rooftops and fight with swords, but not chant some stupid spells nor release some weird energy from two fingers.
As for Japanese dramas, I’m still working on Sato Tekaru’s “Marry My Husband” and “A Calm Sea, and Beautiful Days with You.” There’s also another dorama showing on Netflix, “Chihayafuru: Full Circle” about some high school poetry reading contest/guessing game. I love how Japanese dramas can find hauntingly beautiful stories in such mundane activities. No need for the lawyer- or doctor-oriented plots in kdramas.
But I’ll wait till all episodes are out to binge watch.
What are you watching in August?
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@ packmule3, It is so good to see this new post
I’ll be lurking for the near future as my husband is very sick and it looks like he won’t live much longer
He is on home hospice
BOD will now be a part of respite care for me. We’ve been through four hospital systems including three of the very best. We have gotten great help from the local Visiting Nurse Service including spiritual counseling. BOD is also a great resource for respite. The postings offer not only commentary on dramas but insights into the human condition. Thank you all for being there
@OAL, I’m so sorry to hear about your husband. You’ve been such a steady and faithful companion all these months (years!) with him. I’m glad that you find respite here. Yes, you are right … we are here for you.
Through your difficult days and nights, know that there are people here who are thinking of you and praying for you both. Please remember to take care of yourself too!!
@pkml3, out of the blue I’ve started and will likely finish soon (so maybe this should be in the July rather than in this August WAWW thread) a charming, simple romantic jdorama: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days With You. The synopsis is in MDL, linked below.
There is only 1 simple plotline. How the marriage between 2 young strangers becomes a marriage of friends and partners. This is set in the 1930s, and amidst the background of Japanese culture of an arranged marriage, and in this case, between 2 people who’ve never met each other.
They are naive and awkward and so sweet in their not knowing what to do as a married couple. It is a slow burn romance. In between we get side commentary and narrative by a strange old guy with funny expressions, who’s watching the romance with us but on his own big screen and in front of an audience. He speaks to us and remonstrances with the characters on his screen. Once we get used to him, he is quite amusing.
It’s a quiet, slice-of-life drama with no bells or whistles but somehow I just want to keep watching it to see how the OTP develop and become mature.
https://mydramalist.com/789108-nami-uraraka-ni-meoto-biyori
Other than this, we’re rewatching ‘While You Were Sleeping’ on Saturdays and I may continue with ‘A Dream Within a Dream’.
A hug from the bottom of our hearts, @OAL!
We’ll be here for you.
I pray that he’ll have peaceful days ahead and that you’ll seek help and support wherever and whenever you can when the grieving becomes unbearable. 🙏🏻
I wrote about this dorama in my July WAWW write-up but I still have 4? 5? episodes left to finish. “Coroner’s Diary” got in the way, as you well know. 😂😂
I can’t exactly explain how I feel about the series.
I like the simple love story. But if I didn’t have the a posteriori knowledge of the Japanese atrocities during WWIII, I would have loved the male character more.
I like how the story humanizes a Japanese naval soldier and shows that “enemy” dreamt too of a simple life, as symbolized by a calm sea and beautiful days. But then I wonder how I would feel if a Nazi — even Hitler — was depicted this way? Will I go forgive and forget, and say, “Awww. He’s human, too! He’s just like you and me.”
I like that the story is devoid of context and is recounted by that weird narrated in a bowler’s hat as if it was a slice of life. Because when I see the context, I also see that the slice of life is not the whole pie. In fact, there’s a worm in the pie. 🙂
So, yes, for me, it’s a great dorama not for the plot per se, but for the discussion s we can have about what’s art and propaganda. The cognitive dissonance I get from watching it is very unique and never-seen-before in the cdramas, kdramas and doramas I’ve watched.
If you are looking for some Chinese historical costume drama that doesn’t involve magic and immortality stuff, I highly recommend “A Dream within a Dream”. It’s a romantic comedy meta commentary on cliche Chinese romance dramas, involving a Z-list actress transported into the world of the drama script that she’s suppose to star in. We could see how she navigates with the characters and the plot to her advantage and how the characters of the said script interacts with her. It’s on iQiyi, they aired just before Coroner’s diary.
I’m into cdramas these days, and yes, I’m currently watching Yangyang’s new drama because I’m just curious of the lore of the drama’s world. Granted I’m just flash forwarding through it. Two cdramas in my watchlist are airing this August so there’s that.
I’m sorry to hear about your husband @OAL. Praying for you and him.
@AOL , sending you hugs and prayers. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Having been in the hospital a lot, I really appreciate all the hospital staff. Bless them.
I only have Coroner’s Diary, Trigger ( I don’t know why I started it but anyway) and will finish Head Over Heels.
I don’t think I’ll watch Yang Yang’s new drama too. It’s just I can’t be bothered at the moment. I still love him though. 🥰
Thank you for this Queen. I hope you’ll have a great holiday. ❤️
Thanks, @agdr03. I’ve downloaded so many cdramas and kdramas for the trip that I don’t know when I’ll have time for museums and sight-seeing if I watch them all. My hubby and sons will complain!
I’m watching 7 Omens and Guardian of Dafeng next.
Just do the drama watching at night time after the museums and sight seeing, if you’re not too tired. 😃
I didn’t know Guardian of Dafeng is out already.
@OAL – thinking of you and your husband now and sending prayers echoing what others here have said.
I hope that this community will indeed be a place of respite for you.
Praying that you will have and be surrounded by wisdom and comfort at this time.
OAL, my sympathies to you.
I will finish Our Generation (modern cdrama) tomorrow, amazing love story, wonderful show. no other cdrama planned.
doramas: enjoying Hatsukoi DOGs, just started Learning to Love (high school teacher and an extremely dyslexic male comfort host), planning to watch Glass Heart (girl drummer in love with vocalist?)…
kdrama: Still enjoying Law and the City, classic comfort watch, fits in nicely with the rewatches, (Lee Jong Suk!). Will definitely watch My Lovely Journey.
otherwise watching any show with the IMF in it (OG), Reborn Rich right now..
thinking about an august project of watching Lee Joong Gi sageuks I either havent finished or never got around to…
happy traveling, those who will be on the road this month! I will be chilling in the AC.
oops, and I will be watching Bon Appetit too (Lee Chae Min!)
I have watched the first episode of glass heart with Satoh Takeru. Visually and musically very good. The narrative apparently parallels to some extent the rise of the japanese popular band called 1OKROCk. One of the members of this band is very good friend of ST And I believe they are co producing this drama.
ST does his own singing and base playing. His role is one of a musical genius.
The fictional band ten blank has released a debut album in real life.
Dear Friends, long time no see!!! (my fault)
Dear @OAL, while the advice of taking care of yourself is truly important, there is something that it also is:
You and your husband are experiencing a very important and special time. It is a time for you both to deepen your bond and to reflect on your time together.
Yes, being present is heartbreaking, but by spending this time together and giving your very bes,t you will get a beautiful insight in what you mean to each other.
Also the subsequent pain of the loss will have that underscore of the peace that the people that give the best experiences, as they have as few regrets as humanly possible.
That cycle of remembering someone, feeling the pain of the loss is inevitable. But with time you will find more and more that insight that gives knowledge of the Human Condition, so you will find that fondness and love in every interaction more and more.
Will pray for you both.
Dear @GB, love to read you!!! Als knowing that my J-Drama watching ways are rubbing on you makes me smile 😀 .
Right now the mother of my best friend is here in Caracas. She came late June to sell her old apartment here. I spent so much time there during our Bachelor Degree and afterwards – I am integrated on her family and ecosystem – that I find myself doing the packing, cleaning and helping as a last duty of a place I have been happy in, and where I have painted walls, repaired faucets, switches and cooked some meals (with various degrees of success).
Also her mother is in her mid to late 80’s so it is my duty as an “adoptive” son to watch for her and her well-being.
That translates in me spending a lot of time there, but it is a happy time as both my friend, her son and her mother came in 2023. At that time I was unsure I would ever see her mother again (the World is the World, after all…) so this time even if taxing and tiring is also an unexpected gift.
I am rewatching the “Chihayafuru” movies from 2016 and 2018. It is a youthful sory about the students in the Karuta Club and how that passion that they dedicate to their craft and the light they find in it will eventually become that respite of joy and growth that will sustain them in their adult lives.
There is a new series called “Chihayafuru: Full Circle (2025)” about the students of the poetry loving lady in the first movies and their own Karuta club.
The overachieving and beautiful female lead that feels invisible makes my heart ache: she does not know how beautiful and accomplished she is. The boxing student that does not know how to step out of his family school and tradition is interesting, as is the mixed race lady that have a hard time getting into the literacy needed to play, feels like a big commentary on the needs of integrating these kids.
And dear @PM3, please take this from someone in the other side of the mirror: rogue States makes their citizens live through horrible dilemmas, then make them pay from State mistakes. If it softens your heart, please read about all the hardships Germans (especially Eastern ones) had to go through after WW2.
Here in Venezuela we had a very funny but insightful saying during the Chávez’ Era:
We should go besides Chávez,
for if we go before him he will f*ck us,
and if we go behind him he will sh*t on us.
We are (generally) good people going through the growing pains of “interesting times”. My guess is that there was still humanity in the Imperial Japan ranks, yet it needed to be supressed by their collectivized culture.
That is not saying it could not easily be a piece of Japanese Far Right propaganda (I have not seen it – sorry!!!). Maybe you will find not only that dissonance you are experiencing educating, but also the insight into such a mindset extremely enlightening.
Hope to read you all soon!
very cool, mm. thanks.
viki has suddenly picked up The Legend of the Female General which I have been waiting for. It is supposed to be Mulan-esque, so I will be trying out a cdrama after all.
Zhou Ye, the FL, was also the FL of Back from the Brink, a funky dragon story, not quite xianxia, a little tacky, which I remember fondly.
Hello dear @FGB, same here! Reading you brings a warmth to my heart. Knowing that your life is so ‘interesting’ but that you make and find your joy in giving, in serving, in your living and in writing, touches me deeply.
I’m sure that your help and caring attendance upon your mum’s friend and her mother means a great deal to them.
Yes, when I think of jdoramas, I think of you, and wonder what wise inspiration you would have drawn from them. I may hunt down another Satoh Takeru drama now that I completed ‘Marry My Husband’.
I’ve to be off again to a meeting of sorts. Until we read/write again, prayers and blessings go with you!
Lovely Journey is fun, on air 2eps a weekend,
My fave takeru satoh dramas
Why didnt I tell you a million times
First Love
@OAL: my thoughts and prayers are with you and family!
@ibisfeather: i am looking forward to legend of the female general too! from trailers, it looks like the CP are equally kickass. i just hope it comes into whichever platform i usually stream on.
alas, I don’t have any access to coroner’s diary which i was planning to catch, so I have temporarily suspended my c-drama binge and have started on “when the phone rings” (awfully late to the scene on my end).
Did anyone see that ‘Beyond the Bar’ shrieked into third place on netflix top ten overnight?…bizarre..where did that come from?
I wasnt going to touch it, happy with law and the city thank you, and not a huge fan of courtroom drama except as an adjunct to more fun stuff, but
if anybody tries it, let us know
I have finished glass heart and it is very emotionally affecting. One of the first dramas I wanted to turn around and watch all over again
Glass heart is not at all a typical drama. The music is the main part of the drama. The plot is depicted through the music Even more than through The screenplay itself.
This is a passion project of sato takeru.
Dear Friends, today is my Birthday. Just as every year since 2023 I want to thank you for being my friends and my support during the COVID-19 era.
Thank you and hope to watch something with you all soon!
Many Happy Returns @FGB! May your birthday be all that you want it to be. 🎂💐🎁🪅🎊🎉
What are your plans for today?
@Beautifully(GB)please have a wonderful birthday and many, many more with lots of good health.
@FGB4877 Happiest Birthday! 🎂 🥳❤️ Wishing you good health and happiness always. May your wish come true. 🙏🏼
@FGB4877, I wish you a happy birthday. My older daughter was born on August 4th in 1987, so she’s ten years younger than you.
I am grateful to @Packmule3, providing BoD as a place for us to develop community with friends far flung like @FGB4877 and @OAL. I also thank both of you for sharing yourselves sincerely in this forum. You help me believe in the beauty of humanity, as you strive to rise above the challenges you face.
@OAL, you have been a loving support to your husband throughout his long illness. I can only begin to imagine what that has cost you emotionally, mentally, and physically. May God give you strength and peace as you see your beloved husband through the end of his final journey.
@OAL, I am so sorry to hear about your husband. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers and sending you comforting hugs.
@FGB: Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day.
Korean Dramas I want to check out for August:
The Winning Try- Netflix. This sports story set in rugby sounds interesting.
My lovely Journey- Viki. Looking forward to the armchair travel.
Twelve- Disney Plus/Hulu. Not sure if or when this will be available in my region, but I definitely want to check out this fantasy action drama for the casr alone. Ma Dong Seok and Seo In Guk together again? Yes, please! And Park Hyung Sik plays the villain? Can’t wait!
Not sure about Bon Appetit, Your Majesty. I need some rom coms, but lead actress is hot-or-miss for me and I’m not a fan of time-travel plots. Will wait to see viewer and critics feedback.
Japan Dramas I want to check out in August:
Love Is For The Dogs- Viki. rom com and cute dogs? I’m here for it. Please be good, show.
Learning to Love- Netflix. Premise sounds intriguing. Teacher who is at a career and life crossroads meets illiterate bar host and begins to tutor him. I hope it’s a healing type drama. We shall see.
China Dramas I want to Check Out in August:
Legend of the Female General- Viki, WeTV/Iflix, IQYI, Tencent Video YouTube. Love the male lead actor, so will check this out for him.
Dominion and Devotion- Drama Box English YouTube Channel. Lots of buzz about this Historical Mini Drama. I like the Male Lead actor. Many viewers feel it’s better than many regular C Dramas.
Hi all,
I recommend The Legend of the Female General. It is very watchable, with a compelling story, action, intrigue, very well paced sparky ML-FL story. The ML and FL are great together in this show. You may remember the ML in ‘My Journey to You’ (wuxia, dark story of assassin sects etc with Esther Yu and Zhang Linge) where he was considered the scene stealer.
I was off-put with the casting of the FL for this Mulan-esque role (it is not the Mulan story). She is petite and pretty and you do have to suspend judgement in the opening moments. BUT, keep watching, she inhabits the role brilliantly and exhibits a boyish valour and shifts between the various aspects of her personality – public and personal- with ease.
Even if you are costume-drama’d out – do give it a shot.
ps. for BOD romancers
Glass Heart is not a romance.
It turned out to be a brilliant show about music, genius and the creative process. And Takeru Satoh can really sing!
Per MM, this is a personal piece for TS, and one of his good friends, Taka, who worked on the script/music etc with him. Taka is an international rock star.
@kate I was costumed drama’d out and now I am thoroughy enjoying Legend of the Female General.
The pacing never flags and it is not too fast. The couple are good together, as Kate says.
A bonus is that the episodes are 35 minutes long and there are 36 episodes, so about the same running time as a 16 episode kdrama with long episodes.
@IF I do not know if one can call Glass Heart performance art but I think it comes close.
@Monmor – great to hear this!
And the episodes do fly by!
@IF Learning to love appeals to me. Since both my children had dyslexia( both have done very well as adults), I have been curious about dyslexia in other languages.
Follow up from my last comment.
My daughter with dyslexia is now fluent in japanese!
Hi all, I am not sure what to do abt this very pretty animated series about a martial female heroine in the tang era which also just dropt on viki, the Legend of Princess Chang Ge. So as not to mix up stories, I think I will be saving it to watch after tLotFG — that’s a mouthful of an acronym for the Female General — hmmm, FeGe.
Thanks, @Kate.
Began watching it. Will open a thread for us. It’s a fun period drama/costume drama.
Hi BODers, thanks to those who recommended “Glass Heart” which I’m currently watching (as alas I also don’t have access to the legend of the female general based on my current subscriptions :().
@swiss_postscripts, enjoy Glass Heart. I finished it last night. I was impressed by the musicianship of all the actors: do they really play and perform so well? I believed!
I had to watch Glass Hearts with a touch of suspended disbelief, accepting that most characters were archetypes, not nuanced people. I also was rattled by how music was made a battlefield, with many characters saying they had the impulse to destroy, smash, step on something just because it was beautiful. Huh? Why such vicious jealousy? Do so many people in the music industry really operate like that? I have my doubts. But for musicians who bare their souls to create, only to encounter career failure, perhaps it feels like everyone is out to get them.
Hi y’all, it’s been a while. I’ve started watching ‘Beyond The Bar’. this is my only WAWW this August. It is an ongoing drama series streaming on Netflix every Saturdays and Sundays. I can’t paste the plot synopsis here but I’ll try to tell what the drama is about. The story is about an ace attorney with a cold attitude, who works as the leader of the Yullim Law Firm’s Litigation Department and a rookie lawyer who willingly joins the Litigation Department when no one dares to enlist.
Male Lead: Lee Jin-wook
*starred in Dear Hyeri, Squid Game, Sweet Home, and Bulgasal
Female Lead: Jung Chae-yeon
*starred in Family By Choice, The Golden Spoon, and The King’s Affection
What to expect in this drama:
*will consist of 12 episodes, approximately 1 hr. per episode.
*a drama series about law and workplace politics (with a hint of romance?)
*slow to medium paced story telling.
*the comic relief is subtle.
thanks @welmaris! I am about 4 episodes in, and loving the brilliantly delivered music, musicianship, character interactions and cinematography.
@swiss_postscripts, I thought one thing set apart Glass Heart from any other Asian drama I’ve watched: the sweat. When they weren’t wet from rain, the characters were awash in it! Was it artistically applied sweat, or naturally produced? During performance scenes filmed in Japan’s summer humidity, I’d believe the latter.
@swiss postscripts: You can watch Legend of the Female General with English subs for free at Tencent Video YouTube Channel. The episodes become available for non-members a few days later. The schedule for non-members is one episode daily. Currently available to Ep.8 as of today. Here is Link to Playlist. The eps labeled as “members only” will become available to non-members in time.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5rapcqViWfATlCP26jjlXcw
Here is Link to Tencent YouTube Channel Main Page: https://www.youtube.com/@TencentVideo
@welmaris: i had just finished the episode on the “battle” of the bands apart from feeling really wrecked by the poignancy of the relationship between toya and naoki and the implicit trust and teamwork of tenblank, I couldn’t see past the amount of sweat (and tears) either 🙂 on a superficial note.. some of the actors look better in sweat (this is sho for me) than others.
@table122000: thank you so much!!! I will check it out.
@swiss postscripts, you are welcome. I hope you enjoy the drama.
@ibisfeather: Just FYI, The animation Legend of Princess Chang Ge is the animated version of live-action drama The Long Ballad, which is also available at Viki.
Dear Friends, sorry for the late reply!
I had my Birthday celebration at mi friend’s mother apartment. It was going to be the last party there as the place was finally signed up today.
It was a small party with my friend’s mom, one of her nieces and a childhood friend of my friend. Small but very felt.
I have been there helping in the moving and cleaning of the place, so I haven’t visited BOD until today. Yesterday went to say good-bye to the old place, gave the mother a small Nivada Swiss wristwatch and some ballpoint pens to her (my) people in Quito.
While walking away I met by chance the youngest son of the childhood friend in the party. I still remember him as a small child climbing to the fence door during parties much to my worry, and after greeting him just said that it was not always possible to be happy but we should strive to at least have peace.
I have mine. Change is inevitable but so is Life. Wonder what it will bring in the future!
Feel blessed.
@Welmaris, Ohhh, your daughter is another Leo! To be honest I am not heroic. I just happen to live under certain circumstances and do my best to enjoy my time on Planet Earth.
You, @GB, @PM3, @OAL, @Cleo, @Table, @Barbrey and oh so many other Friends out there are part of the Joys of Modern Life.
Who would have imagined that one of my most intelligent Friends would come from such afar places like Greece, the U.S.A and Singapore!
I am rewatching “Sayonara Maestro: Chichi to Watashi Appassionato (2024)”. While the surface level story is about a Conductor taking over a dying Amateur orchestra, it is a tale about Family, Reconciliation and that eternal return to home that is an internal travel and struggle. Would recommend to all of you dearly as much as will put the “Heart of Glass” and “A Calm Sea And Beautiful Days With You” recommendations in mind!
a postscript
the best laid plans…
I have dropped everything except the rewatch and FeGe because my little b-genre socks just got blown off by the Immortal Ascension.
Will drop back into kdrama land on August 22 for 2 netflix shows: Aema, and Bon Apetit.
Hi @Table122000, oh I did wonder about that. I havent watched the Long Ballad yet, altho its been on my radar for the lovely title.
Dear @GB, “A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days With You (2025)” up to the 18 minutes seems like a funny ride, a “Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus” set in the early Showa Era. Let’s see where it goes.
@Old_American_Lady, I’m thinking of you as you stay by your husband’s side. I hope even in this difficult time, as his illness worsens, you two will have moments of loving connection.
AOL, I send you my best wishes and prayers. There isn’t much I can say. Perhaps despite life or death, love remains because we cannot erase what exists.
I also send my regards to everyone I haven’t seen in a long time.
FGB, Table, Cleo, Welmaris, Adgr, Kate, Pm3.
And those I know less well, swiss, GMPL.
I don’t have time to watch dramas at the moment.
Probably not for another two months.
Busy with W four worlds rewriting, and last two episodes; finally!
Hi @WE, glad to know your on to your last 2 episodes!
@FGB, I watched ‘A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You (2025)’ and liked it as it is ie taken out of context, and just as an awkward romance.
A show for October! The Fangurl Verdict has already posted this jdorama with Han Hyo Joo and Oguri Shun in it. The premise is cute. Synopsis and info below is lifted from https://thefangirlverdict.com/. Please note that this link does not lead to the info below, but to the blog site.
I forgot to mention that the title of the jdorama is Romantics Anonymous.
The preview is cute.
thank you @WE! hope you are keeping well too!
I’m still making my way through Glass Heart, savouring each episode. 3 more to go! amazingly I saw that they have already had a CD release of their album and planning for fan meets in Yokohama and around Asia (though the Asia leg only features Takeru Satoh, and not the whole band). Pity it’s not Singapore bound.
@pc3, by the by, not sure if you got through the first episode, but My Lovely Journey is starting to be really charming, now about midway thru.
Yin Goo shows up, Yoo Joon Sang actually really sings in a karaoke room, and the current Japanese-located episode seems a little less awkward than some of the recent SK/Japan collaborations.
Gong Seung Yeon and Kim Jae Young didnt initially create any mutual sparks but their attraction seems more real now (ep.6). I had never seen her before, she seemed sweet but low wattage to begin with, KJY likewise (really hasnt worked much?).
The whole storyline seemed a bit transparent, but it has developed a richer feeling, slowly. The locations obviously were the main point, to provide imaginary vacations for the viewer as well as for the clients of the ‘Summer’ travel agency.
Thank you @WE for the warm regards. As a lurker who started during the ‘Hospital Playlist’ discussions, I don’t find myself posting frequently in this blog space, but I still read posts from time to time, especially the monthly WAWW threads. I hope everyone here in this blog space, the active ones, the busy ones, and the lurkers are all doing well. My thoughts and prayers goes to @OAL and her husband. I’m already halfway through my WAWW this August (Beyond The Bar) and I’m really liking it. The last time that I felt excited waiting for episodes to air is when I’m watching ‘Twinkling Watermelon’ and after that, I go back to my JOMO phase, hence that’s the reason why I’m mostly inactive and lurking. I will add ‘Glass Heart’ to my watch list as well.
To everyone at BOD, I am so sorry to tell you 5hat my husband list his fight with pancreatic cancer on August 2. He was home and had become progressively weaker. Our son and I cared for him until the end. We were. Helped by the Visiting Nhrse Service. I highly recommend them they provided us with necessary equipment l8ke a hospital bed, nebulizer and chucks, for example. Most of all they sent wonderful aides, primarily this caring and supportive Godsend, Meena. They are alsoproviding bereavement assistance. I don’t know what we would have done wi5hout them.
A t the end my husband suffered greatly. He didn’t deserve his end. He was a caring personwh9 helped th3 children he worked with professionally. He was highly regarded by his colleagues. He was a devoted husband and Dad. They say that time heals. But for me, his loss is still too fresh. 8 find myself calling to him. And the bureaucratic stuff we have to go thro7gh just o0ens 5he wounds. What is comforting to our Son and me is the fact that he died at home. Th8s house wasa proud achievement for h8m given that he grew u0 poor in public housing. He was agreat son too, even though his mothr4 was a difficult person who pitted her two children against each othe4. I was lucky to be with him for 45 years and to know him from close to 50. I would have loved to have more years with him but not. Ike his final weeks when he suffered so much. I hope he is in a better place.thank yo7 BOD for reading this and your suppot.
@Old_American_Lady, you have my deepest sympathy. Your husband sounds like he was an amazing person who lived a meaningful life. As you grieve his death, may you be consoled by loving family and friends, and comforted by cherished memories.
Dear @OAL, I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing with all of us. I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care.
Dear @OAL, sending you deepest condolences. I am moved by your message and gratitude for your amazing husband and your love for him. So good too you have had these resources and the support of the visiting nurse. Your son too able to be part of this care. [Disease is not fair. A colleague of mine died not so long ago from pancreatic cancer. Again someone the world could ill afford to lose.] Sending you love, prayers for deep comfort, as @WElmaris says – those cherished memories – and thinking of you now as you go through all the formal stuff – which is so hard when you in this state of raw loss. Please come back and tell us how you are doing so we can continue to pray for you and respond if we can.
@OAL, my deepest sympathies to you and your family, and may your husband rest in peace. I can imagine how difficult it has been for both you and your husband during his illness, and I hope you find comfort in knowing he is now at peace, free from suffering.
Please take care of yourself and come by often for your well deserved rest and relaxation among supportive friends. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of loss. God bless and keep you!
We’re so sorry for your loss, our dear @OAL. In this trying time, know that your close family and friends will always have your back, in any means. Take care.
The Tyrant’s chef/Bon Appetit, Your Majesty just started today. A nice long hr and 20 episode.
@AOL. I send you my condolences. I hope your family stays strong and that you remain in good health during this time of mourning, and that time will heal.
@WENchanteur, Thank you so much for your message of comfort. I continue to have these periods of teariness. Your kind words help me feel like I am not alone. And I know that my husband is no .onger suffering.i count myself lucky to have found the wonderfulp3ople of BOD. OAL
I am so sorry for your husband’s passing, @OAL 😞 May you find comfort in knowing he is no longer in pain and at peace now. 🙏🏼
@,agdr03, z thank you for your kind words. I miss my husband terribly and find myself tearing up at so many of life’s moments. However, the worst part of my husband’s last month was the indignity of his suffering that affected so many of his systems that he suffered greatly
He wanted to be home and he was under hospice care but mostly our son and I cared for him. It gives me some comfort that we were there for him at the end and that he was home. We have so many reminders of the rich life my husband led from his photographs, the collages he made, his Lego models and our house(his proud purchase because he grew up poor on low income housing projects where the smell of urine permeated the stairwells and elevators)
Professionally he helped special needs children to teach their potential by making sure they got every service they needed. We had more than 45 good years together and I have a treasure tribe of happy memories as does our son who had the best Dad ever. I am greedy because I would have wantedire good years. But it was not to be as he suffered at the end. I believe he is in a better place now because I’m life he was an exceptional and generous human being. Our son needs me now. I hope he finds someone nice to share his life and that his life going forward mirrors ourd without the suffering. Ihope that in the fullness of time that I see grandchildren and that one will be my husband’s namesake.
Dear @OAL,
I’m thinking of you at this tender time and sending you prayers for comfort and strength in your grief for your beloved husband.
If you scroll up the page a number of people have sent you thoughts and messages that I suspect you have missed. They start with @Welmaris on August 21st.
With my prayers.
@OAL, I’m keeping you in my prayers still and your son too!!!
I am so very sorry for your loss, @OAL. I can only imagine the emptiness you now feel with your dear husband gone. You were his strong, brave and loyal companion these last years during his battle with cancer.
Thank you for sharing your little stories of your husband and your wish for little grandkids. Those made me smile with tears in my eyes. May his memory continue to be a blessing and inspiration to you, your son, and the people he left behind.
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Kalispera Everyone!
I hope you are all okay. Happy belated birthday @FGB!
My dear @OAL I am really sorry for your loss. I know that words cannot ease your pain. I totally understand though.
The truth is that in RL things have been hectic for me too.
Some things unexpectedly happened -not to me, but affected my family and that made me withdrawn-. July was a very hard month for us, but I survived. August was slightly better. Still, my sadness resonates with you, and that it’s all I want to say for now.
I give you a bear hug and I hope you are okay. You were loved by your late husband and you loved him dearly. And all that matters. <3
@Cleopatra, your kind words bring me comfort. I hope that you are able to overcome your challenges and that you have family and friends and groups that can provide solace and respite to you in your time if need. I am with you in spirit.
Thank you my dear @OAL.<3
I am blessed to have family and specific people to talk to. I am grateful for them all! Thank you for your kind words! <3
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@Packmule3, is tomorrow already the start of the month of September? Where did this summer go? (To think of it, it seems to have landed hard on Southern California, as we’re under a heat advisory the next couple of days.)
I decided last week to rewatch Forever and Ever. What an excellent character-driven drama! This go-through, I better see the work the FL and ML put in to connect as a couple, how step by step they become more comfortable together and understand each other. In doing so, we see them coming to better understanding of their own selves.