Start-Up: On Dosan’s Cheating – Work in Progress

Give me time. I’ll finish this after breakfast. ********************* This is precisely why I disallowed fangirls on my blog: If you go to other drama sites right now, they’ve been hijacked and transformed into a virtual wailing wall for JP’s fangirls to whine about his cruel fate ad nauseum. (Wait. I’ll also defend him later…when I […]

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Start-Up: Eps 9 & 10 (Not So) Open Thread

This thread is now open for my crones…errr… drones…errr…clones.  Anybody raising a valid point will be shot. lol. And anybody raising an invalid point will be thrown off the bus. Ep 9: Risk: Can be good or bad depending on risk factors that come with an investment Ep 10: Let’s enjoy the show.  

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Start-Up: Ep 8 The Meaning of Backup, Part 2

Okay, where was I? Backups. 1. Dalmi fixed Dosan’s backpack. I’m sure nobody will get this one. lol. Dosan fixed Dalmi’s back first, then Dalmi zipped up Dosan’s backpack while they were waiting for the elevator. That means she watches his back. She looks out for him. She’s his backup protection. Saha: Why bother back-up […]

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Kairos: Open Thread

I’m opening this thread in case some of you want to discuss it here. Kairos is a hodgepodge of a lot of things, but comedic, it is not. The hero, Kim Seo Jin, seems to be living a successful life. He has a trophy wife, darling daughter, — The little daughter did scare me, though, […]

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Bitch Talk: Asking for a Friend…

Often, when somebody says that she’s “asking for a friend,” she’s embarrassed or afraid to pose you the question directly so she pretends to be asking on behalf of a fictional friend. So I’m asking for a friend here… Can you recommend a good Filipino romcom film and/or a good Bollywood romcom film that’s currently […]

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Start-Up: Ep 8 The Meaning of Backup, Part 1

Shall we play “I Spy”? Why don’t you list the different times you saw something “backed up” in this episode before reading my post? Then we can compare notes. For now, I’ll give you five different usages of “backup.” 1.Youngsan backed up the files. In this instance, to backup files means to copy a computer […]

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Start-Up: Eps 7 & 8 Titles and Traitor??

Hiro90, a CS major, emailed me to share this information: At the beginning of ep 8, we see YongSan stayed behind after everyone had left under the excuse of backing up the project’s source code while ominous background music and narrations were played. Well, what he did is actually backing up the project’s source code […]

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Start-Up: On Lying, Part 2

I already gave you two ways of looking at lies. Start-Up: Ep 6 On Lying, Part 1 I’ll give you a couple more. The reason I’m doing this is so we, Bitches can see that lies aren’t the same, and judge them according to the situation or context in which they were said. Let’s all […]

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Start-Up: Eps 7 & 8 Open Thread

The thread is now open for SPOILERS and comments. Let’s enjoy the show. Titles: (at 13:01) Ep 7: Burn-Rate: The Rate at Which a Start-Up Spends Money (at 4:50) Ep 8: Backup: A Copy of Data Stored Elsewhere to Prepare for When the Original is Lost

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Start-Up: Ep 6 On Lying, Part 1

I visited other sites yesterday and saw a fair amount of outrage and pearl-clutching going on because Dosan lied on behalf of JP. I’m not going to talk about lying from the legal perspective since none of the characters testified under oath and committed perjury. I’m not going to talk about lying from an ethical […]

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Start-Up: Ep 6 The Key Man

I wrote a lot. Don’t skip Part C. A. Who’s the Key Man? That’s the title of this episode, “Key Man” and I believe the writer put out several ways to interpret this. This is the definition: “A person who plays a key role in decision-making in an organization.” JP was the first one to […]

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