Three things: 1. Those pretty Swarovski earrings It seems like our kdrama made a lot of marketing noise about the Swarovski earrings that Heejoo received for her birthday but as an uber-bitch, I’ve a responsibility and a devil’s calling 😈to dash cold water on Jinwoo’s fangirls. Swarovski jewelry is not acceptable as a substitute for luxury […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Game Recap
I think a recap of the game is in order right now because I see some people becoming bewildered as the story advances. This is MY take on the game and as some of you might know, everything I know about gaming, I learned from Spyro the Dragon twenty years ago. This is long but […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Badass HeeJoo
I disagree vehemently with the suggestions that HeeJoo be made part of the game as a user. That’s a harebrained scheme. And sexist if you asked me. @nearsea and I discussed this last Friday before Episodes 11 and 12 aired. To me, the writer is trying to avoid making HeeJoo into another JinWon wannabe or […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Dungeon Time
I’m re-posting this here so I don’t have to look through the comments. Our friend @Growing Beautifully mentioned that the time in dungeon was a bit confusing: On Dramabeans we were also confazzled by the time that Jin Woo was supposed to have left before the plug was pulled on the servers. I linked this […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Eleventh Day
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Eleven chattering ladies Ten spontaneous moments Nine times he teased her (shucks! I’ve to limit myself to nine!) Eight fashionista bags to drool over Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) […]
Memories of the Alhambra: The Mystery of February 28
The timeline after JinWoo arrived in Granada is easy to establish. But the timeline BEFORE February 28, 11:34 pm, the date and time when he opened SeJoo’s email containing the Memories of the Alhambra file cannot be reconstructed and verified. Question: How did I know it was February 28? Answer: It was on the cellphone. […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Tenth Day
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Ten spontaneous moments Nine times he teased her (shucks! I’ve to limit myself to nine!) Eight fashionista bags to drool over Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) Four gifs of […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Notes on Episodes 7 and 10
To me, these four episodes, Episodes 7, 8, 9 and 10, comprise the middle section of the kdrama. The characters are fast-forwarded a year ahead in the future. Everybody is now back in South Korea. But despite the passage of time and return to original places, little have changed in their lives. I urge the […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Ninth Day
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Nine times he teased her (Shucks. I’ve to limit myself to nine!) Eight fashionista bags to drool over Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) Four gifs of WH (and four […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Eighth Day
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Eight fashionista purses Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) Four gifs of WH (and four of YJ, too) Three parents-in-law Two texting couple And a fluttering love story. Can you […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Sec Seo’s Death
*This was posted in soompi and I’m copying it over here. I also heard that another old friend of mine is asking (in another forum) why JinWoo didn’t shut down the server the second he left Sec Seo behind on the Granada platform. As I explained here, it has nothing to his callous indifference to […]
Top Star Yoo Baek: On Being a Unicorn
There it is, written very plainly in the title. Yoo Baek is the “top star,” the leading man in this romcom. Everybody in the island, except for the second male lead MaDol, calls him Top Star. It intrigues me that the writer must reinforce the idea that he’s the unrivaled “top star” and ensure that […]
Knowing Brothers: EXO Episode 12/22/2018
Although I don’t blog about variety shows, this episode (and the one with Chun MyungJun #52) deserve a special mention because it’s a nice follow-up to 100 Days My Prince. I recommended earlier that @nrllee watch it. I wrote, “You should watch it! Hurry! Then tell me what you think of Kyungsoo Do. Notwithstanding his […]
Fluttering Alert: YEH’s Leading Actors
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) Four gifs of WH (and four of YJ, too) Three parents-in-law Two texting couple And a fluttering love story. Here are YEH’s male costars […]