Open Thread #212

1 Ani

November 4, 2011 at 6:36 AM

Be the type of person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, "Aww shit... they're up"

Team Bring It - Boots to Asses.

Bedazzled! Oh Brendan Fraser, how I miss you so! Please come back with something awesome soon! If not, at least make it action packed and funny, something you're good at!

Hahaha. Good to see you up and about Alvina! Any new variety shows I should be aware of?

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ehh, not really I think. I've been too busy to explore more. Sticking to "staples" like Dream Team--everything KBSW, Running Man, WGM, Strong Heart...
The most exciting bit of news was that Tak Jae Hoon joined Win Win as host. I liked him on SSP, and the Wife is a Gangster series, so I have to watch his first episode and see how it goes!

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Ani

November 4, 2011 at 8:32 AM

I like Tak Jae-hoon too! My hope is to see Kim Jae-dong soon on a show most likely to get subbed. That would be nice. I always found him funny.

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Janet

November 9, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Tak Jae Hoon is the guy from Night After Night with Yonghwa, Daesung & UEE, right?

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 8:12 AM

errrr:
And if I was a tree, I'd be a cut down tree,

If I was a bed, I'd be an unmade bed

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MJP

November 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM

Ahjummabunny Love, *HUGS*

Hello. Happy Friday to you! I've read all your comments, just looking for you today.

Happy Friday.

I just remembered. When I was teaching abroad in Central America, I had two lovely American students who would do a "Happy Friday Dance" in my class in the last period. When I left (and they graduated) they even made me a little flip-through-booklet with pictures of themselves doing the Happy Friday Dance.

November 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM

Alua - landed the audition. Had the first performance last night, which was a NIGHTMARE. It started raining and the wind was blowing it into the bandshell so all of the string players went to stand in the back. Rain + wooden instruments = disaster. (But RAINE plus cello is happy:D) Anyway, I ended up standing up and playing in the back and most of our audience left except for like 2 people. (It was an outdoor festival where people walked around South Beach and listened to different musicians.) That night was the epitome of 'the show must go on'. Definitely one of my more interesting playing experiences.

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Mama J

November 6, 2011 at 1:46 PM

I don't have a dance...but there IS a dance named AFTER me :)

When the little boy next door was about 3, whenever I showed up he would wiggle and hop with excitement and say 'Joannie-woo, Joannie-woo!' and we all called that the Joannie-Woo Dance.

Sigh. He's 8 now, and way too cool to do the dance. Last year he would only do it on my birthday and this year he even refused that! But I do still get a wave goodbye out of the window every morning :)

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Raine

November 10, 2011 at 12:05 PM

Now the question is...would YOU ever do the Joannie woo dance?

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2 Alvina

November 4, 2011 at 6:39 AM

Happy Friday!!! It's beautiful outside! :D

1. Flower Boy Ramen Shop. ‘Eun Bi’ certainly seems to be channeling her role from My Tutor Friend 2; all that sass mixed with vulnerability. It’s funny how just one drama “season” ago, I was overwhelmed by the amount of dramas to watch. This season, I’m only focusing on The Musical (Park Ki Woong! *hug*) and FBRS… I mean, I’m ~following~ others, but they’re either too melo or too historical for me to actually watch (or, like Thousand Kisses, I drop it).
2. In contrast, this season seems to be all about the American dramas for me. I have a habit of watching the first episode of anything, and there are a lot of stellar tv-shows out right now. Psych, Person of Interest (can you believe JESUS is on TV?!), Hart of Dixie (guilty pleasure), The Mentalist, Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story, etc. Anyone else watching?
3. Was watching a Japanese drama and one of the school boys looked like Kim Hye Sung. I miss that cutie (esp since I see Jung Il Woo and Kim Bum everywhere these days)
4. Same Japanese drama… was kind of odd. The teacher started fantasizing about his middle school aged student. I felt like I picked up a pink series instead of a school drama…
5. Speaking of Japanese stuff, does anyone know why BL is said to be exclusively female? I saw Junjuo Romantica yesterday because of lots of recs, and I found it to be sweet albeit playing on the same clichés that every classic asian drama has.

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aoiaheen

November 4, 2011 at 6:48 AM

I love 'Eun Bi'. I think she looks much better now than she did in temptation of the wolves. Women really do look better as they grow older.

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 7:01 AM

Hi Alvina.

I rarely like horror movies or drama, but I may give AHS a look~see.

I tried to play catch up with PoI but it's not allowing me too. I need to see it from the beginning...

After BBJX (the bubble has landed...), my Kdrama list has gotten a wee bit short lately...Thankfully, I have TwDR and AoW to watch and they are amazingly good.

US watch list---

November 4, 2011 at 8:45 AM

I know! I was hoping that they'd announced it as a 2 season tv-show or something, but we know that American public channels dont play like that.
At worse, Revenge will wander into Soap Opera territory with people coming back and haunting her haha.

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Re: Emily Thorne (the original one)
I hope she doesn't become a problem to Amanda. I mean, I think she knows what Amanda is doing. She should just help her.

And Lydia woke up. Gahh, I don't know. I hope she doesn't remember anything about the old photograph. All the other characters are interesting. But I should say that I really hate Tyler. Charlotte and Declan are unbearable. I just hate their story. How can they be so unimportant? But I guess we have to see more of them since they will be the one to find Daniel's body.

November 4, 2011 at 8:35 AM

haha. Oh NPH. I'm just waiting for them to solve the mystery soon. I cant take it anymore.

I love NCIS, but dont like the LA version. Gibbs is a hottie and will always be. The true original (?) silver fox.
Big Bang Theory is fun for me only because of Sheldon, Raj and Penny... I dont really care for the other characters, but dont hate them either because they're "humor devices" lol.

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Ani

November 4, 2011 at 9:05 AM

Gibbs is one of those fellas that have aged beautifully, er, handsomely. I never got into NCIS: LA although I have seen at least 1 or 2 episodes.

NPH is awesome hands down - and this season with him and the rubber ducky tie is awesomely redonkulous, but I wouldn't mind seeing Ted's future wife soon too. Sheldon pretty much makes TBBT, but I have to say I love Leonard because he's the most "normal" out of the whole Nerd Gang. The craziness he puts up with when it comes to Sheldon is something worth getting a medal for. XD

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Raine

November 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM

I haven't watched any American shows save NCIS. I LOVE NCIS. Come ON its Gibbs. and Ziva. and DiNozzo. Always been a Michael Weatherly fan. (I stopped watching the LA version after 2 episodes...)

I plan on getting to Grimm, but time is so fleeting for people who want to invest it in good television.

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hapacalgirl

November 4, 2011 at 11:01 PM

@Ani - NCIS is my must watch show(in fact I am watching a rerun as I write this), being a scientist myself Abby is my hero. I only wish my job was half as fun as hers looks (even though I know how its portrayed is not that realistic), it makes me semi-tempted to go into forensics. I love the original but the LA version isn't that bad I just don't like it as much as the original. I think Gibbs is one of those few older guys that I find is genuinely handsome and has aged well, he is definitely my favorite character on the show. I loved Monk, I was a bit sad that it ended. I also watch big bang theory but only when I remember when its on. I just started Once upon a time, love how its shot but still deciding if I like it or not. CSIs and Law and Order: SVU are also on my must watch shows, I just love shows where I have to put puzzle pieces together.

@ mskololia - Revenge has got to be one of my favorite new shows, unfortunately I missed this week's episode due to work I had to do but I am really curious to what happened and how things will pan out.

@Alvina - BBJX is pure love and probably one of the few asian dramas I have really gotten into recently. I am also watching the musical and a thousand kisses. But I really hate when the mothers get really hysterically protective of their son especially when I find it over the top so I am not sure how long I will stick with it. I really find the ex unnecessarily evil ( and I feel as though she actually looks older than Ji Young) and the Woo Bin's sister useless but I do love the two OTPs so I may continue to see how they pan out. I love Ki Woong's character in The musical, even though I know that Eun bi will probably end up with Jae Hee in the end, I like the dynamic she has with Ki Woong's character (whose name I can't remember for some reason), I am getting annoyed with Kang Hee though. Heart of Dixie and Gossip Girl are definitely my guilty pleasures for american tv, I mostly watch GG because I love the Blair and Chuck characters .

I really want to get into the current kdramas but all the good ones have been playing when I am up to my nose in work so I haven't really been following most but fully intend on marathoning many when I have a chill day. I have seen episode 1 of FBRS and I may continue only because I have adored Jung Il Woo especially after his scene stealing turn in 49 days.

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM

JoAnn------Yes, and I loved the tree cutting scene....LOL Our girl is crazy good.

Rumple has some control over miss evil witch. I think she has lost her memories too.... Hmph. Sheesh, what a sacrifice after what she did to her poor dad. I want to know how Snow ruined her life.

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 9:42 AM

Sorry:::JoAnne:::::

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM

Burn Notice! I noticed that "Mike" or Jeff Donovan is going to be in a new movie (J.Edgar) with Leo di Caprio as Robert F. Kennedy. I am excited to see him because I really like the Burn Notice and think he has pretty amazing acting chops.
And... Happy Together as in the one with SSH and LBH? I didnt really care for that drama even though I love family type dramas. It was like... the older version of Stormy Lovers lol

November 4, 2011 at 8:16 AM

I know~! I think this season is shaping up to be one of the best yet. I realize that Shawn is vastly different from how he was before and Gus is getting to be less of a "straight man" in the comedy duo, but I still like the witty dialogues and pop culture references the show makes.

And Hart of Dixie, there's no way in heck I could ever believe that R.Bilson is a real doctor or, rather, someone as accomplished as her character is supposed to be. It usually takes several years to reach that type of position and her character seems soo...young and relatively unimpressive? But, I still like her personality on the show. Kind of reminds me of Doc Hollywood and Wilson Bethel as Wade reminds me of Michael Biehn from Terminator (mixed with Josh Lucas from Sweet Home Alabama) lol. :D

The Secret Circle?! I LOVED The Night World series and Vampire diaries as a kid (and was kind of outraged that Twilight got so much fame in comparison) but I dont really like the tv series... maybe I was hoping for something like Charmed?

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cmrprindle

November 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Alvina, I agree abt Secret Circle, Night World, etc., from L.J. Smith. I hit on Vampire Diaries first and power read through them like nobody's business. Like 2 of the books in a day and a half, which included walking back to the library on the 1st day. I haven't been much of a fan of the tv version of VD, much as I tried, and haven't even bothered with Secret Circle. Ironically, I really, really like a lot of the fanfic coming out of the VD-tv fandom. lol

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM

hello prindley!!!! how is your nanowhatsit challenge going? I can't seem to get on the site. it says my password is wrong and when I send the reset link it keeps saying it expired. and I'm really old school- pen and paper when it comes to writing.

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cmrprindle

November 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM

Jumma, my NaNo has been, um, turned sideways so to speak. I'm going to finish on a series of essays I started ages ago and have them done by the end of November instead. The word count will be lower (I hope!) but there will perforce be a lot more research.

Y'know, you might be having trouble logging into the site b/c they switched servers in a biiiiiig way. It totally weirded me out when I logged in one night and it was like "Hey, thanks for coming back. Re-tell us all about yourself" which I had already done a week or two earlier. But I, too, am a big fan of pen and paper. I wrote good chunks of my novel and the larger series on steno pads. They're all bound together with rubber bands and in semi-storage.

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mskololia

November 6, 2011 at 7:30 AM

Zoe and Wade fighting! Yeah, Zoe is all about her amazing surgical skills....I wonder if the atty is not a better fit but he told his momma that he loves Lemon so Wade it is. Anyways, she is telling him alot about herself...subconsciously or knowingly? :)

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yasminsatria

November 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Hai Alvina (>o<) happy friday!

Agreeing with you about a "season" ago, I practically went crazy, buying every K-drama that recommended by Dramabeans and Koala :) confused which of which I should watch first and end up with black eyes because lack of sleep.

Now, the one that make me going with full anticipation, is only Flower Boy Ramyun only *Jung Il Woo and his maximum full charm of smile, swoooooon* and the one that just released, You are my Pet with JGS and KHN, since yeah, I love Kimi Wa Petto with all my love :D

November 5, 2011 at 5:15 PM

Kiki, I'm liking Once Upon a Time and what I've gotten to see of Grimm is good, too. Different but in a similar vein, y'know?

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mskololia

November 5, 2011 at 1:58 PM

I'm picking up Heart of Dixie because it looks fun.

American Horror Story looks really, really scary...too scary for me. :)

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mskololia

November 5, 2011 at 2:10 PM

Meant :::::Hart:::: of Dixie

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disfigurine

November 5, 2011 at 7:29 PM

omg I love FBRS and I recommended it to all my friends. And OMG, one of my friend's saw it and she told me she stopped watching it because she thought Jung Il Woo was ugly. I could not believe her. He's freaking HOTTILICIOUS.

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November 4, 2011 at 6:40 AM

Hello everyone.

I don't have a FB message account. Let me see if I can get one then I'll join you guys.

Jomo, try here:
http://doramax264.com/action/sandglass-k-drama/

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Plume

November 4, 2011 at 8:50 AM

oups I meant Sethe!! (I'm so embarrassed, sorry...)

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Sethe

November 4, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Hey, no prob. Thanks for the recommendation, anyway :)

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YY

November 4, 2011 at 9:09 AM

Jomo, when you posted "How far did you get?", I actually thought you were asking aoiaheen her progress on her celery stick! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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aoiaheen

November 4, 2011 at 9:31 AM

OMFG!!!! YY!!! ROFL!

Let's see... I've got the oil in a small vat thanks to jomo (http://tinyurl.com/6znkpw3)

I've got the celery stick in multiple poses thanks to all those in the pent house suite that cherkell booked for all of us. (Have you noticed that celery just recently got rock hard? Must be the fertilizer.)

November 4, 2011 at 7:20 AM

no, that was lucka. But I share her confusion completely.

JIL's friends? they have stories too? those hots guys? yippeee.... can't wait!

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danna

November 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM

After you are done with Sandglass, you should check out Eyes of Dawn which is being subbed by Written in the Heavens....they were both done by the same writer-director pair and count as two of the best korean dramas of all time..I remember that Thundie had started an Eyes of Dawn fourm but I dont know if it still exists anymore

Happy Friday, everyone!

Ramyun Shop... finally, a drama to break my viewing slumber! :D

I still haven't recovered from a now week-old cough, but hoping for a recovery this long weekend - Monday's a national non-working holiday here. Up with the vitamins and meds - I feel like a walking pharmacy already.

It's raining outside. *sigh* bed weather.

I hope y'all enjoy your weekend!

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jomo143

November 4, 2011 at 7:02 AM

Hello there. izzie smile!
Could it be sinus or allergies? Feel better!

I like it, too. Have only seen ep 1, so I am squinting at these comments to make sure I don't read spoilers!

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iZzie :)

November 4, 2011 at 7:24 AM

Hi there, Jomo! :)

Thank you. :) I'm suspecting (too) that it's either a sinus problem or allergy. Anyway, the doc prescribed me anti-histamine and I feel a bit better. Plus a friend of mine gave me sachets of ginger tea mix, so I'm hoping for the best results. :)

I'm avoiding the Ramyun spoilers too! I'll be downloading the eps tonight, so... *crosses fingers* Who wants a spoiled Ramyun, right?

Happy Friday to you. *hugs* :)

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Plume

November 4, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Isn't ginger tea raising up the body's temperature? When I was a kid I read somewhere that it could be used to fake fever, lol. :) Hope you'll get better soon! And yeah, you could have a chronic allergy, your doctor probably knows better.

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Plume

November 4, 2011 at 8:54 AM

An acute episode of allergy or a cold on the basis of a chronic rhinitis (I have that, it's awful, I hate it).

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 4, 2011 at 9:33 AM

Thank you, Plume! :)

The lit on the sachet says it's good for cough, cold and sore throat. But yeah, it's kind'a hot. It's mean, actually - I tried it and it's like scraping my throat or something.

Ginger tea (we call is "salabat") is actually drank by local singers to "condition" their throat prior to a performance.

Oh yeah, I hate it. It's been giving me several nights of no peaceful sleep. I've lost weight.

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

Couldn't tell you the exact ratio, but I suspect it was more schnapps than tea. I also don't remember if it cured him, but he certainly didn't care for a bit. I don't drink so I've never tried it, but there you are...

:0)

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Mama J

November 4, 2011 at 1:05 PM

earl grey, whiskey, and lemon

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Raine

November 5, 2011 at 6:00 AM

If it doesn't cure, at least you'll be feeling good!

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ajbny

November 6, 2011 at 12:51 PM

alcohol is essential for soothing cold/cough symptoms.

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 8, 2011 at 7:49 AM

*eyes the soju sitting on my table*

*coughs*

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November 4, 2011 at 6:55 AM

Hi guys,

I really like Tree With Deep Roots. It's the first Period drama that I've enjoyed/watched more than one episode of.
Song Joongki totally blew everything out of the water; I never expected something like that from the same actor of Sungkyunkwan Scandal.
But JangHyuk is definitely the most.... awe-inspiring actor here. Like I said, this is my first saeguk, so though I had heard of JangHyuk's acting in Chuno, I never experienced it.....
Omg. His acting is so touching, so real. I feel like he's right in front of me. The scene when he's explaining why he doesn't/can't sleep completely amazed me.

On another note, I absolutely love Lee Chung-Ah. Flower Boy Ramen Shop isn't my cup of tea, but I'll keep watching because I want to see the second lead's appearance.

Finally, I find the Musical to be similar to Heartstrings in its attractiveness despite the slow plots.

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Alvina

November 4, 2011 at 7:16 AM

Can I just say that I agree with you on all points? All the actors in TwDP are acting brilliantly, and I believe them in their roles and, most importantly, cannot imagine anyone else acting in those roles.
Jang Hyuk, for such a eccentric guy in real life, really is a brilliant actor with a lot of depth. I'm usually not a saeguk fan, but I'll watch one once in awhile, and this HAD the IT factor.

FBRS is pretty cute right now. I'm constantly yelling at Lee Chung-Ah's character to be more...badass-y like she showed glimpses of, but we're stuck in her "ooh, a guy" stage right now. But, I like her ideals about love since I too have ideals that are similar (old fashioned?).

And, yes, The Musical! I actually like it better than I liked Heartstrings; something about the way they structure the drama surrounding the drama makes it fascinating.

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Sophia

November 4, 2011 at 7:58 AM

The one thing I dislike about saeguk's are their high vocabulary- I can't watch them without subs, like I can the other trendy rom-com's, so I have to wait for the subbed releases.
I completely agree with the "cannot imagine anyone else acting in those roles."
I didn't mention, but I really like the actor of Sung Sam-Moon; he fits it well.

Yeah, I like her badass side, I cannot wait for it to kick in.

I think Daniel Choi in episode 9 was only meh, but he usually makes me so happy.

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Sethe

November 4, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Jang Hyuk was fantastic in Chuno. That's my only exposure to him, but I thought his acting was believable, and he was sexy as hell. What more could one want? :)

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cv

November 4, 2011 at 1:15 PM

TGIF everyone! :)

YEs and yes! I love Tree with roots too! awsome so far! All the twist so far and the suspense. gosh! I can't wait for the next episode!

Ramyun shop is pretty good so far! yay! But have to wait for subtitle. :( Oh well, so far it's pretty good.

November 4, 2011 at 6:57 AM

Happy Open Thread People!!!
Hope you have an awesome Weekend filled with lots of wonderful dramas!!!

Yay!!!

Oh and is anyone else going to the United Cube Concert in London? I got tickets!! So so so excited!!!

Love xxx

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cmrprindle

November 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Happy OT and Happy Weekend, Leaf! Enjoy the United Cube Concert. I'm nowhere near, but it sounds interesting. When is it? Who's playing? Is it at a place called "Cube" or is that the name of something/someone else? Do share, if you don't mind :)

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Christabel Godlewska

November 4, 2011 at 10:43 AM

Cube Entertainment are holding it!

So that means Beast, G.Na and 4minute are gonna be there.

It will be awesome :D

Good morning, all!
It's been one, wild week of no Kdrama or electricity here in New England. The snowstorm hit, everything went dark and people got real testy. Especially those denied Kdrama...

So the power comes back on yesterday, internet is restored and all the toilets flush. Life is good!

:)

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aznative

November 4, 2011 at 10:06 AM

Heard about the power outage on the news (in AZ). Hope they can fix things so there are no more sustained outages. Really feel sorry for people with no heating.

It's when you realize the importance of even the littlest comfort you have.

I'm glad things are better now.

I wish you a happy weekend. :)

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cmrprindle

November 4, 2011 at 10:29 AM

Hurray Cynthia! That is major! I agree, the line in the sand absolutely should begin with flushing toilets that actually flush.

We've had vaguely similar issues...our gas went out right before the storm hit, so a freak snow storm raging while public works is trying to fix it is so not bueno.

I just finished watching Mixed Up Investigative Agency and really loved it. If you are in a drama slump, like me, I highly recommend it. It is so well-plotted and all the characters, however minor are great. The story is not your standard boy-meets-girl rom com, even though a boy does meet a girl in it. Instead it focuses on a treasure hunt. It's a real hoot, very funny and heart warming. The main cast is really adorable together.

November 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM

Thanks, I'll look for it

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Raine

November 5, 2011 at 6:04 AM

zgznoona - My Girlfriend is a Gumiho is CUUUUTE and happy! Watch again!

I just downloaded MUIA and plan to start it soon!

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zgznoona

November 5, 2011 at 7:03 AM

Thanks, I love that drama. The hoi hoi couple is just too cute.

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9 Lydia Lim

November 4, 2011 at 7:06 AM

Been up to my ears in work, hope to catch up with dramaland soon!

November 4, 2011 at 10:11 AM

I just finished episode 17 of A Thousand Kisses. Did you see this article? http://www.hancinema.net/a-thousand-kisses-gets-a-warning-34946.html

Looks like the show got a warning from the Korean FCC about their topic.

One thing I've learned, lying about things (the grandmother and her estranged daughter-in-law agreeing to lie/deceive the daughters/granddaughters) is not the right answer.

"unethical scenes and stories, such as trying to accept an abandoned woman as a daughter-in-law, or another daughter being in a relationship with a nephew"

Oh my. This upsets me.

I watch that drama by skipping scenes too (though unlike most here, I prefer the older woman/soccer CEO couple) and I find it terrible how they treat Woo Joo Young (Seo Young Hee) as a divorced woman. And that warning seems to be about just that - that it's not okay with the Korean FCC that 'abandoned' (???) women find love again?

Which daughter is in a relationship with a nephew? (The relationships can be confusing too, since not all the birth secrets have revealed yet, but as far as I can tell no one that is in love is blood related, and that's good enough for me.)

I'm starting to think I shouldn't be upset at the drama (which I have been), because it seems they are actually raising issues that are taboo.

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skelly

November 4, 2011 at 7:48 PM

This puzzles me, too. The men are cousins, the girls are sisters - where do they come up with the nephew business?
The whole abandoned woman thing is so Victorian, I am astounded. Do Koreans really think like that? Are divorced women "abandoned," and therefore to be shunned? I understand that she might not be the parents' first choice, but everyone's hysterical reactions confuse me. There are so many worse things that could happen in life. There appears to be a blanket rule that is always true and to deviate from this rule is tatamount to a death sentence. Obviously, JY should have just turned a blind eye to her husband and put up with his infidelity - in which case, the divorce is all her fault. I'm all for old-fashioned values, usually, but this is a little too harsh for me.

And I cannot for the life of me figure out what the product placement issue is, unless it is the cars. I haven't noticed the car insignia grayed out, like I guess you are supposed to. I love it when they put stickers over the Apple logo on a computer - yes, that really fools me, LOL.

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xine

November 6, 2011 at 3:27 PM

I am another watching Thousand Kisses and enjoying the main chracters but being driven wild by the insanity that surrounds them (and mostly fastforwarding through it) - I thought the bizarre female antics were presumably mostly a symptom of having to stretch to 50 episodes BUT now I see this official warning has been given.

Besides the psychosis of WB's mother and his ex-girlfriend or JY's ex-mother-in-law - why would a man's sister spend all that time running about cosying up to his ex-girlfriend and having secret conversations with his ex-girlfriend, current girlfriend and mother at all, let alone when she knows he has said butt out? Why doesn't she get a life?

On the warning issues - I really cannot understand why (a) taking up with a divoced woman is a "crime" against society in the first place and, secondly, if there is indeed an issue - how come JY's dastardly first husband is not cited for having affairs or actually just living with another woman and lastly living with a divorcee himself?

ALSO - why is Flower Boy Ramyun. eg, allowed to have characters run about advocating free love and not getting notices slapped all over it?

The, I don't understand the horror of having sisters dating cousins? They aren't blood relatives and there is no likelihood of birth defects in children or anything like that and clearly it doesn't seem to be illegal so - no big deal???

Can GF or JB or maybe samsooki who have untangled the cultural thinking over other issues pse have a go at explaining this to us non-Koreans (to me, coming from a vastly different context, both issues seem absurd)?

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November 5, 2011 at 5:18 PM

Been up to my ears in work, hope to catch up with dramaland soon!

Yes. *nods fervently* I know exactly what you mean. Happy weekend Lydia Lim!

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November 4, 2011 at 7:09 AM

Waaahhh! I am loving Flower Boy Ramyun Shop.

I just wonder how it feels to have Jung Il Woo as a boyfriend.

He may not be cuddly because of his obviously gazelle-esque features but I think he's huggable because of his fun personality.

I also wonder how he would perform in bed. OOps... Kids sorry!

iZzie :)

November 4, 2011 at 7:48 AM

Oh, when it comes to these three Flower Boys, "choosy" is a trait that goes out of the window.

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November 4, 2011 at 8:25 AM

not me. he's still in boy territory for me and not mature boy, more like eat all the food in your fridge if you give him a key kind of boy.

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseum]

November 4, 2011 at 8:32 AM

I'd give him a key, then. He might just regret taking it.

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November 4, 2011 at 8:49 AM

He could eat all the food in my fridge anytime :) (Is that a sexual innuendo? You be the judge...)

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November 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM

The power of suggestion... the key, the food, and the fridge is giving me the thought of a Little Red Riding Hood/Hansel & Gretel kind of situation that involves Lee Min Ho and "someone" (ehem) as the Big, Bad Gumiho Noona/Not Well-Meaning Witch.

You just fed a troll fangirl.

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will work for soju

I might have to go back to Don't Hesitate just to see more of him as a leading man. He was topless there right?

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iZzie :)

November 4, 2011 at 8:24 AM

I don't know, I haven't seen it. But I'd like to find out. ;) (Oh, you're a bad influence, ck1Oz!)

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November 4, 2011 at 11:08 AM

@Izzie..That looks like the actor who was the doctor following Yi Kyung around in 49 Days..... http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kang_Sung_Min

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM

@danna. We've considered that too, but weren't really sure.

However, since you brought it up, I googled Kang Sung Min's dramas. He had "Daring Women" which started to air first week of March 2010. The photo was taken March 7, 2010. (check).

And I remember seeing the SBS logo on the crew vans. Daring Women is by SBS. (check.)

And then when I searched for photos of him from Daring Women, I found this photo of him from 49 Days instead.

Now I'm some 95% sure. Thanks for your help. :)

I hope someone who has watched Daring Women would confirm this.

@danna: The place is near one of the entrances to Namdaemun market, just a few steps from across Seoul Square Mall. (The streets of Seoul have no name.) We were on our way to Seoul Station when we saw the set.

@ahjummabunny: I had doubts before coz his eyes looked bigger (rounder) in 49 Days. But it's a bit funny how his hairstyle stayed the same from March 2010 to May 2011. :)

Noonas, Thank You for your help. Now I can properly tag his name among my SK photo collection. :D Kang Sung Min... (how I hoped it was Gong Yoo, but that would be asking for too much.) :P

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November 4, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Damn it, why can't I see what's so hot about JIW??? :(( I like LMH, I like KB, but I have yet to see a whole drama with JIW to decide if I find him attractive or not. I just don't seem to like his face (because of his close-set eyes probably...). Sigh.

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November 4, 2011 at 8:38 AM

I'm in a similar predicament. I like Jung Il-woo's acting, especially the sassy Scheduler, but just don't find him particularly attractive. I feel the same way about Lee Min-ho too - I can see how others find him good looking, but just not my cup of tea.

November 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM

With you 100% - I enjoy him, but I don't 'feel' him. His cuteness comes from his cheekiness but it's kind of a one-note thing for me. (Although yes, there was more depth to the Scheduler.)

I like him, I'll watch whatever he's in at this point...but he's not a hearthrob for me.

(That would be Rain wayyyyyyyyy up high on a pedestal, and JiSung, Go Soo and Oh Ji Ho holding a solid middle ground. Kim Hyun Joong brings up a very close rear, but mostly for how he acts in real life.)

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November 6, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Kim Hyun Joong seems like such a sweetheart in real life, that it's hard for me to take him seriously in some of the SS501 stuff where he's all, y'know, not-a-sweetheart :o

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November 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM

Exactly. I want to pinch his cheeks - not, you know, pinch his CHEEKS.

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November 4, 2011 at 1:36 PM

Well I don't see how any of them are hot but I have to admit JIW was charming as the schedular. Maybe I prefer guys who are older than me in their 30s/40s? Or maybe I find them too perfectly pretty? Or maybe am jealous as they are prettier than me?

Anyway I prefer manly men (CMS, LSJ, KNG, YKS) to pretty boys.

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November 5, 2011 at 6:10 AM

Shiku - I agree. I get why JIW is charming but since I'm not dating him, its okay that he's prettier than me. He's quite adorable in FBRS and pretty much the only reason I enjoyed it save for EBs tough moments.

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November 4, 2011 at 7:21 AM

Happy Friday fellow 'Beaners!

I am happy to be alive and kicking after a very interesting week where we had the Nor'ester snow, barn-crashing delivery-boys, transformers blowing up (so loud that you thought the world was ending), trees falling down, power out for days! (just got mine yesterday, having no heat is no joke I have never ever worn so many layers of clothes and slept with so many blankets), having little food especially since all the supermarkets, fast food places, hotels and gas stations had no electricity for 2-4days (it was like a ghost town).

@Jomo I haven't forgotten, I will start Sandglass and facebook you.

November 4, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Hey, Shiku! Must've been one hell of a storm, since the states in the Northeast shouldn't be unfamiliar with storms and storm preparation, right? (I say that as kind of a dig at NYC, where I lived for a while, and where any prospect of more than a few inches of snow would throw the whole city into a panic, send everyone out to the local stores to stock up on bread and milk, as if they'd be snowed in for days, and close local schools for days...)

Granted, I grew up in the sparsely populated Northern-central Plains, where blizzards are frequent and inhabitants are few, so the problems are quite different... but blizzards never disrupted our lives in the way they seem to on the East Coast. (And God help me if I don't sound like a Republican/conservative asshole... we helped ourselves/managed for ourselves, so why the hell can't you?) Ugh... what to do with these thoughts? :)

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November 4, 2011 at 9:59 AM

No, you're right.
For those of us born and bred in the New England way (think of that painting of the farmer and his wife, "American Gothic"), weather is just another thing to endure. So, most of us are prepared to weather the storms, shovel out and get back to our routines.
It's just these times when Mommy Nature decides to kick our collective lazy asses by laying waste to the entire state for days on end where things get dicey. We're all spoiled, and not many of us live like the Unibomber in the woods in a cabin. A Survivalist, I'm not. I admit it - I NEED my toilet to flush (especially when coming down with a wicked case of the flu the day the snowstorm hit).
I'm a needy, cheap date. I admit it....

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Shiku

November 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM

Well most people didn't prepare as much as we (or rather I) should as we thought it would be no big deal especially going through the weather disasters we have experienced this year ( a couple of my friends were joking that the only disaster left to hit us is a volcano eruption and a tsunami). The main issue was power outages. Especially here in the Northeast, power makes the world go round as you cook with it, heat the house, pump water, internet, traffic lights, work, gas stations need it, etc.

So falling branches that bring down power lines which results in transformers overheating and exploding combined with freezing temperatures makes for very trying conditions in populated areas. Not to mention that a number of roads were closed because there was a high risk of electrocution due to downed power lines. Schools (including private boarding ones) in the area had no power, businesses didn't have power, buses weren't running. So unless you had a properly ventilated generator (several people have died due to CO poisoning), gas stove, fireplace (miraculously dried firewood and unobstructed chimney), supply of dry food, a full-tank of gas, no trees in your yard or where you park your car, then your life is disrupted.

I come from the school of thought where 'It takes a village to raise a child' and 'You are your brother's keeper' so to me helping is not overrated. So just because you were able to help your self in a difficult circumstance doesn't mean that everybody can. This is similar to saying 'Oh I overcame cancer by myself so can you.' So if you don't it's like you didn't try hard enough.

Or perhaps my overpowering, over-the-top, out-of-control love for a certain Republican presidential candidate (yes, it's even past the point of obsession now... I'm about to replace the picture of CSW on my iPhone with him, and I spend the whole day searching for news stories about him) has influenced me to adopt a certain "conservative" worldview... what to do? :)

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Shel

November 4, 2011 at 5:42 PM

That reminds me. I read a really good article about your honey on the CNN site last week. I was gonna bookmark it for you. It was about Mitt and how his faith has influenced him.

As a fellow Mormon, I was interested in how it would be portrayed and I thought it was very fairly written (which, sad to say is too often not the case with issues involving Mormons).

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Sethe

November 5, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Hey, Shel -- thanks!

I just read the article you're talking about, and I thought it was pretty good. It didn't seem to me that there was any negative bias toward Mormons (although, as a non-religious person, I may not be as sensitive to these things as others), and overall, it cast my love in a pretty positive light ;)

The thing with my honey is, as one commentator put it, he's clearly conning one side or the other, and nobody knows which it is... which is a risky gamble for all (he's saying the right words to Tea Party types, but at the same time, it's easy for independents to believe that, as another hero of mine put it, "his flip could flop to their side")... I think it's just fascinating that it's impossible to tell what, if any, core beliefs he has... he'd be a huge risk as President, but still a bajillion times better than any of the other Republican "candidates," cause he's neither stupid nor crazy.

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Sethe

November 5, 2011 at 7:23 AM

To sum it up (if anyone cares), my beloved is trying to run a general election campaign in the middle of a Republican primary, and, as someone who wants to promise the electorate what they want, he's in a tough position... the Republican primary types want one thing, but taking that position might be poison to him in the general election... so what can he do?

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November 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM

I think I like him because he's not extremely "right". I'm really a middle of the road moderate. And I've "flopped" my opinion about a lot of things during my lifetime, so I can't really fault him there. But, I'm still undecided.

My problem is the usual one; anyone who actually WANTS to be president is suspect in my book. I haven't been behind ANY Republican candidate 100% since probably Reagan. It's really tough to be a fiscally conservative, socially pretty conservative, environmentally pretty liberal voter.

I think that back in the old days, people tried harder to come up with livable compromises to right/left issues. Now many people are so polarized one way or the other that they won't even talk, much less try to compromise. And those of us in the middle (which I believe to be the majority) just get hit by all the mud-slinging. It very distressing to me, because it's hard to believe that it will ever be better again. It seems like an unstoppable downward spiral.

And I won't even start on the Mormon/journalist thing, lol. That's another whole soapbox.

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Sethe

November 5, 2011 at 5:04 PM

Yeah, some of my favorite political analysts talk about how Congress people used to eviscerate each other on the floor, then go out for dinner together in a totally civil way... and that's how deals were made.

Nowadays, there's nothing but vitriol and hatred, starting from probably Bill Clinton... Republicans just won't acknowledge a Democrat as a legitimate leader, and Democrats are too spineless to fight back with the same dirty tactics, and people get disgusted with "politicians" and want to elect outsiders who can "make a difference," and that's how we end up with Tea Party morons like Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle (not to mention Sarah Palin and Herman Cain)... I guess I get that anti-intellectualism is a virtue in Tea Party circles, but why can't they find someone who can at least articulate their values, or, well, anything clearly? They think people will want to vote for someone because they're ignorant and inarticulate? (No joke... I think that's exactly what some people do want.)

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Shel

November 5, 2011 at 5:25 PM

My sister in law was a huge Sarah Palin fan, while I was never crazy about her. I made an off hand comment about how a woman in the white house would be cool, but not Hillary and not Sarah. I thought she was gonna bite my head off. She was a big George Jr fan (I always thought he came off as a dork) and I learned not to say anything about him either.

November 5, 2011 at 5:25 PM

Shiku! So glad you've survived the crazy Wintumn Nor'Easter. (Wintumn is what me and a friend dubbed the winter-in-autumn weather.) We also lost heat but it wasn't quite storm related, so I shared your boat for a day and a half and it was quite miserable. We have power though, but still no gas for the stove.

*HUGS* So glad you're back on the grid and safe.

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November 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM

refreshing like crazy on dramafever to see if ep 2 of flower boy ramyun shop was out

and seeing as i had nothing better to watch marathoned through my favourite bits of brilliant legacy, Best Love and CYHMH....still love them even though its a rewatch

Still need to have my dose of kdramas despite being a week before exams.... gah I see late nights ahead TT

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Sophia

November 4, 2011 at 8:02 AM

I'm refreshing for both FBRS and TwDR!

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Raine

November 6, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Pretty shoddy right now since I had to stop studying for a while for various reasons. I can not get lost and order food...

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November 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM

I have been feeling depressed for some time now but I could not cray and four days ago I started to watch "the princess man" and this drama mede me fell much better because I could cry when I watched the drama. I am now on ep 16 and I just wanted to now if the drama going to have sad or a happy end.

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Telenovelera

November 4, 2011 at 8:51 AM

Sorry to hear you've been blue. I've not watched this drama, but I've heard it doesn't have a tragic end. I would next switch to a comedy. If you haven't watched them, I highly recommend: Greatest Love, Protect the Boss, Secret Garden (Oska alone will turn your day around) and anything with Kim Sun Ah.

Feel better soon!

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 9:36 AM

err are you recommending THOSE dramas to oori zgznoona! I think you must be new.

November 4, 2011 at 3:27 PM

PTB is great at the beginning, but some time towards the end it kind of loses its north. But it's none the less satisfying.
Take care, and I hope you feel better soon.

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Dodo

November 4, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Thanks for your concern and I`m just curious who did you know I am 20 year old. I'm feeling because I had forgotten to sign up for a test that I had studied very well to and now I have to do it before Christmas when I will have many other thing to do. This law is mostly I hate the university, do not know why it is so in Sweden. Is it like this everywhere?

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MJP

November 4, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Dodo,

Honestly, I think that being in the age bracket of 20 through 27 was a very difficult age for me. I had to all of the sudden go from being a teenager, to becoming a responsible adult with what seemed to me, no warning.

I had no preparation for how the world works, emotionally speaking. Once we leave the structure of high school and our families, it's a different world out there and our emotions need to adjust.

There are different pressures we must deal with, major changes in our lifestyles and often many changes in our places of residence. Then to top it all off, when something doesn't go according to the "PLAN", our emotions, already stressed out from the other changes, just can't handle everything. It's totally normal. It's a tough period of life.

And yes, it is like this everywhere. You are definitely not alone.

In your spare time, if you have any time left over from studying, I would suggest you might want to watch the Japanese Drama Nodame Cantabile. There is a drama with 11 episodes and two specials. Then there are two movies which continue to follow the characters of the drama further in there lives.

The reason I suggest this to you is two-fold.
1. It's hilarious. (My favorite is episode 4 with the heated table/blanket.)
2. Nodame seems to go through some of the difficulties you are going through.

I hope this helps, if just having someone to talk to about what is happening in your life.

November 4, 2011 at 9:17 PM

Actually crying helped me a lot because it feels like I do not have problems any more. I have not watched any of the programs you motioned but maybe I would start with reading the recaps of 1N2D her in dramabeans.

It would be nice if I could se the movie sunny( I heard a lot about it) could you please give me the link to the movie.

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Sophia

November 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM

Haruki Murakami's amazing. You should start out with 'Kafka on the Shore' and then move on to 'Sleeping Willow, Blind Woman."

He doesn't really fit into any genre, in my opinion. His stories are like dreams; completely inconceivable, but totally convincing.

Murakami is fab. But not for everyone.

I read 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles' in two days (I even continued reading in the car although that makes me nauseous).

I read 'Norwegian Wood' in one night, finishing at some ungodly hour after having read through all night.

'1Q84' is waiting for me, but I'm putting it off till the winter holidays as per previous experience I think I won't be able to stop reading. But with a 500 page book that's a little problematic in the middle of the semester.

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mskololia

November 4, 2011 at 8:03 AM

Try Dangermousie's site. She always talks about what she's reading.

November 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM

I think she's irish. I don't really mind film adaptations of books, I just feel like the art or the purpose of novels is too different.

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Plume

November 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM

I'm planning to read this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-vanishing-of-katharina-linden-by-helen-grant-1679611.

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November 4, 2011 at 9:39 AM

I just read a description on amazon and this is most definitely going on my list. Awesomesauce. :)

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Telenovelera

November 4, 2011 at 8:55 AM

Ooooh! I love these type of questions (maybe because I work with books). Here are some unforgettable ones (which you may have read by now):

November 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM

My top three:
Age of Iron by J.M. Coetzee (South Africa)
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf (Australia)
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (New Zealand)

Plus many more:
Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (Argentina). Or his short stories ('Blow-Up and Other Stories' is a good collection)
Short stories by Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina), e.g. 'The Garden of Forking Paths' collection.
Blindness by José Saramago (Portugal)
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa (Portugal)
Memory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine) - a memoir, but only read if you can handle stream-of-consciousness.
The Assault by Harry Mulisch (The Netherlands)
Broken April by Ismail Kadare (Albania)
poetry by Cilla McQueen (New Zealand)
poetry by Seamus Heany (Ireland)
poetry by Rabindranath Tagore (India)

I could go on endlessly.

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Raine

November 5, 2011 at 6:54 AM

Alua - I love you for this list. I've been meaning to get to the library. I'm reading some Greg Macguire now for n easy read and a bio on Anthony Rapp. I need some real literature now!

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alua

November 5, 2011 at 2:35 PM

If you want more recommendations, let me know. I used to teach on an international programme (International Baccalaureate) and the syllabus has a special world literature section (a few hundred books?) which is a great starting point for finding very interesting books from around the world.

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November 4, 2011 at 11:19 AM

I tend to prefer more classical literature, maybe because it's time tested and I don't have to wonder if it's any good. i tend to be shy about reading more modern literature or fiction works because I don't want to waste my time. I'm probably missing out on a lot. I do like to read modern literature when it deals with and/or originates in other cultures. I LOVE LOVE LOVE world literature. My hunger to learn about other societies outweighs my fear of reading bad books.

I do know what you mean and I think some of it is. Pynchon I might throw into that category and he's probably the sort of writer that people immediately think of as postmodern. But Coetzee, for example, I don't think fits into that 'self-conscious' category at all, he's so sensitive as a writer and it's a sensitivity that exposes human nature, but not in a self-conscious way at all (even when characters liked 'Señor C., an ageing South African writer in Australia' start appearing).

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Sethe

November 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM

Yes, Pynchon was exactly who I was thinking of. Never read Coetzee... sounds like I should.

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alua

November 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM

I don't like Pynchon myself.

Do give Coetzee a try. I read "Foe" in a postmodern lit class (it's a sort of retelling of Robinson Crusoe). But my absolute favourite is "Age of Iron" (an epistolary novel about a cancer-stricken old woman who takes in a homeless man in South Africa during the Apartheid). "Disgrace" is sort of Coetzee's most renown work - but he has written quite a bit, also non-fiction and semi-autobiographical stuff.

If you are a bit open to the experimental, you could try something like Italo Calvino (e.g. "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler") or Paul Auster ("The New York Trilogy" - a postmodern detective story), which I both really like but they are not everyone's cup of tea. They are not obnoxious or unreadable like Pynchon, but they are metafictional, authors insert themselves into the text, etc.

Christoph Ransmayr's "The Last World" is another option - I haven't read this but I have it lying around somewhere at my parents'. My Dad gave it to me because he really liked it - and he doesn't generally read postmodern literature.

Murakami, if you haven't read him, fall into postmodern as well.

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Cynthia

November 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM

How about taking a step back and reading Daphne DuMaurier's "Rebecca"?

November 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM

I know - it's an amazing read. DuMaurier was a wonderful writer. Did you know that she wrote some of the funniest novels about her real life with her husband and children? Hollywood did a Doris Day/David Niven movie based on one of her books - the movie was "Please Don't Eat the Daisies".
As for "Rebecca". Larry Olivier almost refused to do the movie because he wanted his wife Vivien Leigh to star as the young (un-named) wife. Vivien was too beautiful for the role of the awkward, shy wife and Hitchcock refused. So, Olivier pretty much slept-walked through the role of Max DeWinter, in revenge for the refusal. And Vivien went on to eternal fame for Gone With the Wind.

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November 4, 2011 at 4:16 PM

Leigh would have been perfect...as Rebecca, not as the second Mrs. DeWinter.
Rebecca is one of the best books ever, with it's famous opening line. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

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What kind of books do you normally like (i.e. give me some examples of books you really enjoyed)?

I have tons of non-American authors I can recommend but it depends a bit on what your tastes are.

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MojoJojo

November 4, 2011 at 2:13 PM

Honestly I can read just about anything, with the exception of westerns. I love books that teach you life lessons. Oh and culture. I'm terribly indecisive so having favorites are the worst for me.

I've enjoyed books like Jane Eyre, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Walter Mosley (mystery), Octavia Bulter (scifi), Harry Potter series, Hunger Games, Death in Venice, the Odyssey, Autobiographies....

I'm all over the place so, I'll take whatever you recommend. :)

Sethe

November 4, 2011 at 4:24 PM

I've always had a preference for 19th century British literature... Charles Dickens (the man is HILARIOUS), Charlotte Bronte (besides Jane Eyre), Jane Austen (obviously), Middlemarch, Vanity Fair...

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Shel

November 4, 2011 at 5:47 PM

All my favorite authors. When I was in England a few years ago, we were frequenting antique bookstores for my over-the-top book collector sister in law. I saw a lovely full set of Dickens, but didn't buy it as it was kind of pricey. My mother in law (who was with us at the time and stayed another two weeks) bought it for me for Christmas. I haven't worked my way through it all yet, but it sure looks lovely on my bookshelf.

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Telenovelera

November 4, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Octavia Butler? You're my kind of person. The Earthseed books are amazing. Seriously, the woman was brilliant.

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November 4, 2011 at 7:54 AM

Happy OT everyone. Hope the weekend's good. It's going to be HOT tomorrow. Yay...from heater to air con :-) Time to dig out my warm weather clothes and put away my parka.

If anyone is so kind...would appreciate ANYTHING written about the plot/cast/characters (not from hancinema) in either Hangul or Chinese ( with URL links) about Brain.

I know I know...some people are going to bash it and the producers. Am cringing as I am writing this :-p However since I am doing the viki page this weekend and need to recruit some help...need more info about the drama. There is nothing there. Well nothing concrete and I've been to the KBS site as well.

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danna

November 4, 2011 at 11:49 AM

for brain: http://belectricground.com/2011/10/20/brain-holds-first-script-reading/

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Plume

November 4, 2011 at 8:46 AM

I don't know how things go in your country, but couldn't you first try to get an internship somewhere? It could help with the "experience" problem and you could earn some valuable contacts.

I had two jobs interview last week and I've come to think that landing a good job as an absolute beginner is a matter of timing and luck.

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November 4, 2011 at 9:04 AM

^I absolutely agree Plume's advice. Luck and timing are incredibly important when trying to apply for jobs at entry level. Try applying for several non-profits or companies that you have interest in as an Intern. Even if it's unpaid, you'll have references to build up your resume.
There are also placement agencies, which might be a last option. I have a friend who didnt find a job for a year but finally got one through placement. It was helpful for her though.
I remember that I was volunteering at the hospital recently and a man was telling me that morning about how he he was layed off and was still looking. That afternoon, the staff hired him because they liked his web work. Granted, this is 1 in 100, but hey... it could happen :D

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iZzie :)

November 4, 2011 at 8:21 AM

IKR? It's like comfort food. :)

And that's one mean veggie you linked there, Jomo. It has awful health effects. Not good for something with cough like me. *shakes head* Not good at all. *clicks link again.*

November 4, 2011 at 9:00 AM

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, izzie! cherkell and Jomo are going around using THAT to inceptionise our minds! The image is SEARED in my brain cells LOLOLOL

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November 4, 2011 at 10:09 AM

It did! I clicked it! I've been HAD! Again!

Cynthia

November 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM

Thanks. Now I've got Billy Idol wailing away in my brain.....

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November 5, 2011 at 4:22 AM

Blushing...click! capture the image...got it!

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Yay! YY! Happy Friday! :)

*expecting for things to get (fun) crazier*

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November 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM

'My favorite thing is the Evil Mother’s strange red-tinged hair that gets poofier every episode!' Jomo - This is just too funny (but true)! ... oh the k-drama mothers we love to hate.

I loved Baker King: Kim Tak-goo! I think you will really enjoy it. If you watch on Drama Fever there is an interview with the cast (which is subbed in English) after the last episode.

Enjoy!

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November 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM

I am going to do OB, after BKKTG and Emperor of the Sea.
I am doing these two now because Frankie is watching with me. The fact that he wants to spend time snuggling and watching and discussing these shows is a dream!

Ahhh the veggies do a body good!

November 5, 2011 at 8:24 PM

That's just not fighting fair, Jomo the Wise. ;) Thanks!

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21 hahahah

November 4, 2011 at 8:21 AM

Happy Freee-day!!!!:)
Its my first time to post in this thread...eeheh..nyway I would like to thank the recappers GF for the FBRS, Wa!!!cant wait for Eun Bi to blast her ex-gangster power to Chi-soo...soo thrilled already and the arrival of the lovable Lee ki Woo!!! And hope to see more scenes of Crazy Chicken..the dimples is Killin me!!! and to recapper head2...so excited reading his/her recaps on TTwDR... the actors r so brilliant that when one character reveals their true role it would make me say...WTH!!ehehehh...Wa!so many dramas in my list right now, that's why I'm downloading the raw, and waiting for the subs..due to the long wait, I'm reading the recaps..eheeh..tooo bad viiki will no longer release softsubs..huhuhuh..the stations are asking them to stop the softsubs..huhuhuhu.hopefully someone will translate TTwDR(darksmurf is doing it nyway)...for FBRS, dramafever is the only one making the subs..wa!!!what a torture......aigoooo...

So many in my plate right now...
Kdrama:
Ojakgyo Brothers(ahjumma rulz!)
The Tree with Deep Roots(feels like reading a DB book)
Vampire Prosecutor(Cable station will conquer TV!)
Flower Boy Jung Il Woo(I mean Ramen Shop..eheh)
GyeBaek
King Gwanggaeto.... FINE! I love sageuk!

Jdrama:
nankyoku tairiku(Kimutaku+YYusuke+DOGS!+A story about Hope...wow!)
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de(Any dorama with an Arashi...I'll watch it!..wa!!)

darn!!!more renzoku please!!!!

Taiwan Drama:
Office Girls(Not really still wishing that a day is equal to 48hrs..eheh)

American Series:

House
New Girl
Vampire Diaries
The Secret Circle
Bones
Criminal Minds
CSI
Prime Suspect
Fringe
Nikita
Supernatural
Once Upon a Time

Watch it!you'll Love it!eheheheh:)

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22 iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 4, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Okay, I got Ramyun Shop ep 1. :D (Excited.)

TGIF Peeps!

Cold and wet in my nick of the woods. I have a play date w/ an awesome friend to go watch "Dogani" in OC today WITH SUBS. Hurray! I'm pretty stoked to catch it before it leaves So.Cal.

Have a safe ride/trip to where ever and back home peeps.

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25 Raine

November 4, 2011 at 9:06 AM

Happy OT everyone!

So I was totally digging the song this week until the vocals started. The melodies and harmonies are cool but he's a tad too whine-y for me. I like the constant shakers that are going on in the background. And the acoustic guitar reminds me of Guster. Anyone else? That said, I'm going to DL it and listen again. Isn't that funny how that works?

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November 6, 2011 at 1:05 PM

I don't know...after that permission you gave me, flirtatious might be appropriate :P

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26 samgetang

November 4, 2011 at 9:18 AM

Dearest OT people! Hello!

After a very, very, very long vacation from DB and OT and all things kdrama/jdrama/tdrama....

How's everyone? What's up?

The last dramas I watched were...lemme see... Protect the Boss and Zenkai Girl...and OMG! I dont think I was able to finish all their episodes, ugh!

November 4, 2011 at 9:44 AM

Jomo, yay!

I missed you, too! Missed all the fun we had here in OT and in the drama recaps, etc.

How have you and your family been?

And your video projects? I was keeping track of them :-)

Of course, whenever I feel kinda blue I just remember how much crazy fun I had with all of you guys...it never fails to put a smile on my face. :-)

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I've just talked to kdl in the JIL/KB thread.

How are you?

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November 4, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Izzie girl! Miss yah, too! Tnksie!

I think someone has stolen samgetang's moniker. This couldn't be oori samgetang. mal andoae.

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November 4, 2011 at 9:59 AM

ahjumabunny, hey! howdy?

it's me...unfortunately. i wanted to be samgyupsal...but i remembered ricky the royal highness already got that moniker for himself (as his later ego). where's he, btw?

so happy to see you here, ahjummabunny! how's everything with you?

any new kdrama you would recommend for my disoriented self? ;-)

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samgetang

November 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM

opps..."alter" not "later" ego...sorry, typo error ;-)

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM

I read it alter ego the first time, and had to read it two more times before I noticed it was really later. I love when the brain works like that! I have no drama recommendations. I'm sort of out of the drama loop.

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samgetang

November 6, 2011 at 6:52 AM

you are out of the addiction, too? :-)

my, my...i guess we must be just addicted with the lovely people here :-) who loves kdrama to bits.

i know, right? alter, later...the brain is just amazing!

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ajbny

November 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM

I'm just watching a lot of old dramas.

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MJP

November 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Samgetang! *HUGS*

So good to see you! Glad to hear you are over your addiction. Are you still sewing? I got stuck on a bag and frustration froze me from sewing. I've gotta break down the walls of sewing frustration and move forward!

With regard to Ricky TRH, he had a few life changes and doesn't have as much time to play. He was here last Friday. If you have some time, check out his posts from last week to see what he's been doing with his life.

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November 4, 2011 at 10:43 AM

Oops,

I guess he's here today too. See #29 below.

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samgetang

November 6, 2011 at 6:49 AM

Dearest MJP! Thanks for the warm welcome... again :-)

November 4, 2011 at 9:21 AM

Heyya all, I'm back :) HAPPY FRIDAY AND MERRY WEEK-END !

So, just finished to watch Black & White last Tuesday, and currently about to finish Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy - which I started this week thanks to Girlfriday's recap of Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. I was in serious Gong Yoo craving, heh. Can't EVER get enough of him. I'll probably be off watching my favorite moments from Coffee Prince for the 534687543543th time when I wrap BTaSC up...

Happy Friday, Dramabeaners!! And it is truly a Happy Happy Joy Joy one for me, as several good things happened this week -- my massive workload finally came to a screeching halt mid-week, which leaves me now time to pick up my overtly extreme SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEING over the good news that Ji Chang Wook will be returning to our small screens on 21 December! http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/11/veggie-store-gets-its-bachelor-broadcaster-and-leading-lady/. Geez, I haven't had so fun on a thread before than with this one! ROTFLMAO!! :) I've also volunteered to recap this drama for Soompi, but am unsure whether or not it will be a live thread as of yet. As always with my life, stay tuned!

The other event I promised more info on is the screening of "Silenced" which will be playing at the Great Mall Century 20 theatres over in Milpitas. The showtimes look like this for the week-long run of the show: 10:55 AM/1:45 PM/4:35 PM/7:25 PM/10:15 PM. Being the old ahjumma that I be, I'm thinking a 10:15 PM screening is right out. (I need my beauty sleep. LOL!) So if any of you SF Bay Area peeps want to suggest a meet-up, post back here and I will try to arrange something.

Other cities are also showing "Silenced" with their premieres this weekend as well: Portland, Chicago, Orange County (CA), Seattle, NYC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, and Las Vegas. Canada premieres start next weekend, so I hope most of you get a chance to see it. If we show up in droves for one little Korean movie, maybe the theatre owners will take notice and start showing more features in the States!!

Also, a very very good friend of mine whom I have known for over 23 years is having his 50th birthday today. We will be celebrating quite awesomely this weekend, so if he happens to see this... Happy Birthday, Jonathan! We'll party soon!! Love ya!! :)

And I can't leave without providing my own commentary on the current state of vegetable farming here: http://tinyurl.com/3dy6jqr

Be back online later. Have a great day, chingus!! HUGS!!

November 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM

I don't know if I can stay but I can't resist dropping in the OT.
How is everyone?

Several things on my mind:
I like the first 2 episodes of Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. Cute, cheeky and has potential.

Kim Bum looks so angular now! His face shrunk and I don't know if that's good or bad. I hope his drama turns out well.

I'm watching Only You which stars Jo Hyun Jae (49 Days) and Han Chae Young (Delightful Girl Chun Hyang). The funny thing is, I have no idea how I got there. I'm up to episode 4 and so far the drama is delivering.

By the way, campus life is starting to get really hectic. I have to study for my midterm next week and all assignments are due in the next 2 weeks! Gah *crumbles*

On the positive side, I'm making more friends and one of them is a drama watcher! Our lunches are filled with deep conversations on the dramas we watched and of course, the occasional shallow squeeing. And the best news is, I turned 2 perfectly normal functioning people into a newbie addict! LOL

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November 4, 2011 at 9:42 AM

Cheering for your royal highness and his skills with diplomacy! Um and good luck with mid terms.

Hi HRH congrats on doing the report. Wanted to say hi before I leave OT.

If you start watching KD during lunch it will be even more weird :-)

2 normal persons= 1 drama addict. Good for you.
No one I know at work watches KD although there is a senior at work who depends on me to give him website links where he can get HK movies. I don't watch HK movies just know the websites.

Good luck with your mid terms.

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November 5, 2011 at 6:23 AM

Hi ck10z!

LOL
I'm imagining myself spooning food into my mouth with KD on my laptop and 20 people behind me fighting over so they could have the best view of the screen. :D

It won't be the weirdest thing here, I bet. Last week we had a sudden flash mob where a group of students started dancing to some songs and pretty soon half the cafeteria was joining along.

Take care yeah!

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MJP

November 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Ricky TRH! *HUGS*

November 5, 2011 at 6:33 AM

It's hard to infect your own family members, I think. They are not afraid to put you down and reject you bluntly. Not to mention they witnessed some of your less shining moments as a KD addict. I'm sure the raccoon eyes we sport are not very convincing to lure them in.

Thank you, asianromance :) The drugs are helping :)

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November 4, 2011 at 9:38 AM

So much homework and its raining. Its Friday yeah! I hope I get everything done before tonight!

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32 60silverdollars

November 4, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Yay Friday!

So last week I asked about teaching English in South Korea and Alua asked me to remind her about posting a link to some info.

In other news, my cat just had surgery to remove a tumor the other day. Even though he's doing fine we can't let him outside until his stitches are out (2 weeks!) and it's driving him crazy! He practically lives outside so this is pure torture for him.

Also, I don't know what it is lately, but I am having a hell of a time watching a drama to completion. I started watching Protect the Boss and got to ep 13 or so and just stopped watching. Nothing seems to be holding my interest, any suggestions?

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ricky the royal highness

November 4, 2011 at 10:01 AM

That report is done. But the completion of a report brings forth new reports. It's a cruel never ending cycle!
Be well, Leaf :)

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Christabel Godlewska

November 4, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Wow :D At least you've done it!!

I end up pulling all nighters... ^sigh^

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November 5, 2011 at 6:37 AM

She's gorgeous!

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Alvina

November 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM

^oh boy haha.
I wont be able to sit with a straight face during my next meeting due to that picture. We're talking about restructuring meals in the state for elementary schools (ie. Veggies) haha.

OT has forever ruined me.

hahahahaha it's spreading through all the posts...now we need to see it popping up (....ahem, lost my train of thought for a moment) on Thundie's Prattle and Koala's playground and places like that.

And we can all say we were there for the start of our Celery King, otherwise known as Vitamin Ji! Yay!

I'm off to find your post on TP

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34 LimaKid

November 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM

Happy Friday folks!

I just finished watching The Princess' Man. *sigh*

It was one of those endings where, the more I thought about it, the more irritated I got. I couldn't even rationalize it well in my brain.

Spoilers below:

So I read on allkpop that Gong Yoo's film Crucible/Silenced is going to have a run in select North American theaters!

I was super psyched, but the closest location to me is Ridgefield NJ and that's far :(

It's a shame there isn't an NYC venue, but I hope others will go see it. I'll wait for someone to sub it and put it up on dramacrazy or viki.

http://www.allkpop.com/2011/11/crucible-silenced-to-play-in-north-american-theaters-with-english-subtitles

I'm going to go sleep now, but I notice new dramas have come up with nature titles like Tree with Deep Roots and Bachelor's Veggie Store. So I'll say goodnight and leave you to ponder my proposed titles for 2012 in-touch-with-nature dramas:

Beansprouts with Sparse Roots
Cow with Simple Face
Duck with Funny Voice
Frog with Crooked Legs
Chicken with Twisted Neck
Monkey with Shifty Eyes
Snake with Frozen Tongue

'Nite everybody! Happy Friday!

November 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 11:25 AM

where are you watching empress! I want to watch it too.

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November 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM

I'm watching it on viki.com!

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38 Shel

November 4, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Hi everyone: ahjummabunny, sethe, raine, cherkell, ricky, joanne, izzie etc etc! How are you! How did you New Englanders weather the big storm? I worried about you guys and my friend in Bangkok (flooding). Weird stuff going on everywhere. Cool stuff going on in my neighborhood...I'll post a link next in case it has to be moderated or something.

The nasty cold/cough/whatever turned into pneumonia. The doctor says to count on at least 2 weeks. My BFF's have confined me to the house and have been getting Miss Crankypants everywhere she needs to go. No mean feat as they have plenty of their own commitments (8 kids between them, of which 5 are special needs kids with multiple therapists/doctors etc). Added that I live 20 miles out of town in the sticks, and it really is a labor of love. Not to mention Crankypants is PMS-ing this week and isn't exactly a joy to be around. Although she may be nicer around her friends...

Upside: LOTS of dramatime when I can stay awake. I'm caught up on Man of Honor which I'm enjoying so far. Watched the first ep of Flower Boy Ramyun which was very fun....waiting for the Ep 2 subs. I'm still following ATK, although I'm still not sure why I got sucked into that...it's exactly the kind of drama I usually hate. And Tree and Musical. I started watching High Kick Through the Roof for 2 reasons: it's short and I can stay awake through an entire episode, and Daniel Choi. I'm up to 17-18 or so and am enjoying it, although I'd like to take that bratty little girl and paddle her tushy. Also started Biscuit teacher last night. I was having a hard time breathing. Between that and the rainstorm, I couldn't sleep, so I marathoned 4-5 eps. I really like it so far. and Bong Yoo is so stinking cute in it.

I do have other things I should be doing: I'm in charge of the music for the Christmas service....I have ideas floating around in my head but nothing on paper yet, I could be putting together the photo book from the last trip we took, supervising Crankypants making the mushy bananas into banana bread....

I"m gonna go watch another ep of Biscuit Teacher or see if there are subs for Ramyun ep 2.

@ Izzie I hope you feel better!

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November 4, 2011 at 10:12 AM

http://www.ksbw.com/video/29680841/detail.html This is the cool stuff going on my neighborhood. If the sun is out tomorrow (I think it's supposed to rain) I may have Mr Shel drive me out to the Santa Cruz to see what we can see from shore or the pier.

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November 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM

http://www.ksbw.com/news/29664753/detail.html Another link with a story...

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November 4, 2011 at 10:29 AM

Sounds like a great plan! Aja!

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November 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM

Shel! Rest up, eat/drink lots of warm and soothing things. Do not watch any dramas with Rain that involve him crying, as I can attest that it is NOT conducive to good health.

We came through ok here on the shore in CT - some tree/branch loss but we had power...the middle of the state got power yesterday I think, and it was very cold all week, at least at night, so I really felt for them.

Im looking for Biscuit Teacher Star Candy to watch. I love Gong Yoo.

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November 5, 2011 at 10:48 AM

I just finished it and I love Gong Yoo even more. I downloaded it from dramaload.com, which isn't free, but it's not too expensive. It's there under a different name "Hello, My Teacher".

Our services are usually very simple. Narration and music. I sometimes con someone else into the script part, and sometimes I do it myself. After I get my theme and script I start picking music. Sometimes I have a piece that I definitely want to include that I've come across, so I'll plan it around that. Our church has no paid musicians (or anything else, actually, including clergy), so I have to work with what I have. Sometimes it's a challenge, but this year we've had two very good violinists move in, and a couple that both majored in vocal performance in college. I'll probably put together a double quartet and then have some congregational carol singing. I'm the only organist we have, and we have only a handful of pianists. Last week, I called one of the pianists to just play the piano for church. SHe got so nervous that she called two others. We only sing four hymns, generally, and I guess they had a different pianist for each one. My daughter doesn't feel confident enough to play for church yet, although she does play piano for the youth meeting.

Last year our theme song was a lovely, simple carol that I had my teenaged girls sing, about how service to others is our gift to the Christ child. I haven't picked one yet this year, I'm gonna have Mr Shel drag my four big boxes of christmas music out and kind of sort through today.

The big CHristmas thing is an area-wide thing the 2nd weekend in December....think diocese-size...so we have a much bigger pool to draw from. I'm not in charge of that, but I am the accompanist. We will have a chamber sized orchestra, a brass ensemble and a bell choir. I've only seen the choral numbers so far, so I'm not sure what all the director for that is doing.

OK, didn't mean to write an epistle, lol.

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November 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Wow that was kind of rambly. You can definitely see the effect of the drugs, lol.

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39 MJP

November 4, 2011 at 10:17 AM

Happy Friday, Everyone!

A bit late to the OT, but I'm still made it.

Glad to see that I am not the only one desperately hunting for subs on Flower Boy Ramyun Shop.
Kizunafs.com is not subbing it.
Darksmurfsubs.com had a debate over which version of sub material to use and were in the process of re-timing it last night, don't know where they stand.
Am-addictions.com has it subbed, but in the process of downloading it with three computers sharing an internet connection, my download got dropped and I was unable to re-download.

Viki.com cannot sub it because Dramafever.com got the liscensing. I hate that one person gets the liscensing then no one else can see it!!! SHARE EVERYONE! Isn't that what Hallyu is all about spreading the good Kdramas?

So... I'm still waiting like everyone else.

Been re-watching Goong again in anticipation of Joo Ji-hoon geting out of the military soon.

Also, re-watched Micky Park Yoochun and Kim JaeJoong in Dating On Earth last night. Is it just me or has Micky Park Yoochun looking different these days? Maybe it's the haircut? They had that long hair in the movie.

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November 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM

I'm one of the many people waiting on subs MJP. It's like my brain understandings and sympathises with the logic of legality but my crazed inner fangirl continues to do web searches at random for subs.

There's dramas, even years later, that I hold out hope for, waiting for people to upload them online (let alone sub).

When is Joo Ji Hoon due to get back? I was utterly impressed by him in Antique and hope he picks (or has) good comeback opportunities. Forgiveness is hard to come by in k-ent :/

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November 4, 2011 at 10:57 AM

Well, supposedly sometime this month. He entered into MS Feb 2, 2010. GF said in Jan 2011 that he would be getting out sometime in November 2011.

So, soon.

http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/01/joo-ji-hoon-signs-with-keyeast/

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iZzie :) [fangirl ad nauseam]

November 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM

*HUGS BACK*

Have a nice weekend then! :) Enjoy!

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41 MJ

November 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Has anyone been watching A Thousand Kisses?

Will I just found this article @ http://www.askactor.com/gossip/-A-Thousand_Kisses-_gets_a_warning

It states the following:

“A Thousand Kisses“ gets a warning
by asianlook- 9 hour ago

The MBC weekend drama "A Thousand Kisses" got a warning from the Korean Communications Commission.

In a general meeting of the KCC on November 3rd, "A Thousand Kisses" received a warning for its unethical development and indirect product placement.

About this disciplinary action KCC stated, "At a youth-heavy time slot, like the weekend, the drama shows unethical scenes and stories, such as trying to accept an abandoned woman as a daughter-in-law, or another daughter being in a relationship with a nephew".

"They are also repeatedly displaying a certain supporter through lines and screen time, displaying them so much that it has an advertisement effect".

The KCC ruled that "A Thousand Kisses" has breached Sections 1 and 3 of Article 46 on The Limitations of Advertisement, Section 2 of Article 25 on Ethics and Section 2 of Article 44 on Accommodating Standards.

The most recent episode of "A Thousand Kisses" shows Joo-mi and Woo-jin's sweet honeymoon and Joo-young and Woo-bin's love creating conflict within the family.

Probably yes.

What is so funny is the Broadcast network: MBC does display a 15 rating icon with --(이 프로그램은 15세 미만의 어린이/청소년이 시청하기에 부적절하므로 보호자의 시청지도가 필요한 프로그램입니다 )-- a disclaimer on the start of the program for five seconds explaining translation from Korean to English: “Because this program is not appropriate for children/youth under the 15 years old, parental viewing discretion is required”

My guess no one in the household (mother, father, gradparents, aunts and uncles) in South Korea is paying attention to the viewer advisory warnings and letting their children watch a program they are not suppose to watch.
Someone in the household call and complain to the KCC that their precious little son or daughter in training saw something inappropriate to them.

I guess having a disclaimer is just for show nobody pays attention to it until its too late. A show and broadcaster gets penalized this doesn't protect against the KCC - Korean Communications Commission.

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42 xiaoSxin

November 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Happy Friday!

All Gong Yoo fans from So. Cal! His movie Silence (Crucible/도가니) is screening at CGV Cinema in Los Angeles!

http://www.cgvcinemas.com/movie/detail.asp?status=N&mov_id=116

I'll be watching the movie tonight with my sister. ;)

November 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM

It's listed as "Silenced" for North America, not "The Crucible".

November 4, 2011 at 11:24 AM

Nam? What's Nam? We say 'raining cats and dogs' or 'raining buckets' - curious to know what yours means :)

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November 4, 2011 at 1:29 PM

I bet if I click on that link this is will turn out to be a very elaborate attempt to wook-roll us.

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ahjummabunny

November 4, 2011 at 1:44 PM

if only it was!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

Thank goodness I'm not as crazy as what the blogger wrote. It could be because of the lack of fanboys out there.

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47 amg01

November 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM

*For everything there is a time*

Firstly: Happy Friday to all my faithful fans!!!!!

Well if everything goes fine, I will start on a new job next Tuesday, I am a bit apprehensive but I know I can do it , so wish me well.

My “Ex,” and I spend a 10 vacation here in Salem Oregon, we had a chance do the hiking at 'Silver Falls.” and have the chance to enjoy the Oregon coast, we are in the process, of getting back together and possibly marriage, so wish me luck in that front also.

On the 5 of October we celebrated my grandsons 7 birthday, and 2 weeks ago he started being home-school,
my daughter decided on that, after the primary school where my grandson attended, wanted to medicate him under the assumption that he suffers from ADHD, I think that it is not the governments, nor the school systems role, to decide upon the arbitrary medication of thousands of children, since we know that this drugs have a very side effects, and a very high percentages of this children, will become drug addicts as adults.

My daughter is doing fine she is a 911 dispatcher, she has a very well temper personality which really helps her in dealing with the stresses of the job, she won her first award for preventing a suicide, but also she dealt with her first suicide while she was on the phone. She is getting ready to get train as a police and firefighters dispatcher, and they will be getting training in the new system that allow to text the 911 system....

Well besides that I am taking break from Korean Dramas, the last episode that I saw was “Birdie Buddy's,” episode 16... I have been watching American and British sitcoms, dramas, and reality shows.

Whitney
2 Broke Girls
Hart of Dixie
Pan Am
Once Upon A Time
Against the wall
Project Runway

Downton Abbey
Britain's next top model
Miranda
Education Essex
Great British Food Revival
The Great British Bake Off

Australia's next top model
Undercover Boss (AU)

Last but not least I am still attending my "12 Step" Support group, and living "One Day At The Time."

God Bless You All!!!!!!!! : 0}

P.S. If you missed some American, British, and Australian shows, here is a link, they are pretty much up to date!

(http://www.watchseries-online.com/)

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Kiki

November 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Downton Abbey is fantastic. It's exactly what you want from a British Drama. It's a little bit of every early 20th century country manor drama ever written. Plenty of Upstairs/Downstairs type stuff. And the clothes! FABULOUS. It's like the best Anthropologie catalog ever.

Uh-oh, I didn't realize the 2nd series was already airing, and that I could stream it. There goes my weekend.

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Mama J

November 5, 2011 at 1:04 PM

Oh my goodness, had NO idea it was already happening! Thank you!

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MJP

November 4, 2011 at 7:32 PM

Amg1 *HUGS*

It is so good to hear from you! I do wish you well on all fronts of your life. And if staying away from the Korean dramas is helping, then just keep up the good work!

You are not the only one "fasting" from the Kdramas, Samgetang also came on the OT for the first time in a long time stating that she has overcome her Kdrama addiction.

As usual, the crowd here is ever changing, but the story is always the same. :-)

Again, best wishes to you and your family! *HUGS*

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amg01

November 5, 2011 at 12:01 AM

@MJP! Thank you looooooots! Once I get back to K-Dramas I will back more often, till then have a good time, and Hugs back to you!!!! : 0 }

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48 alua

November 4, 2011 at 1:43 PM

Watching (or watched):

Shiku and MJP, I have tears in my eyes as I type this.

Like you, I lost my mum many, many years ago when I was in my teens. She was a contented happy woman until the day she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The symptoms were the first sign that something was wrong. She didn't get better, and towards the last few months of her life, the happy woman I once knew lapsed into a silent depressed stranger. She slipped away one day, and everyone called it 'a merciful release' whatever that means. Are these words meant to comfort the living? I was numb for a while and went through the motions of living again - I studied, I ate, I slept, I laughed; on the outside I seemed fine, but inside there was a cold empty hollow. It was as though someone had cut out part of my heart, and I could never be whole again.

I got my degree, married, had kids. When my first child was born, I stared at the ceiling in the postnatal room where I was in, and thought, Mum, you should be here with me. The yearning for my mother was so strong at that moment I thought I could magically conjure her presence with the force of my longing; I wanted her to come back just one last time to see her grandchild, like in the books. But nothing happened. It was just me alone with my memories of her.

I catch myself thinking of things like, oh, if Mum were alive today, she'd be...years old, every new year. My family has helped to fill my void, but the pain remains, and the yearning never goes away. When I hear about the latest advancement in medicine and the latest cancer drugs, I think, would that have helped my mum? If she had lived now, instead of then, would she somehow, miraculously be cured and live on to a long and fruitful life?

Like you, Shiku, I watch Korean dramas and I think, Mum would have loved this or that drama. Like you, MJP, I blamed myself when she died. I felt guilt for not talking to her more, cheering her up, making her remaining days happier. Losing a parent is like losing part of yourself, you soldier on, and comfort yourself with happy memories. But you never ever ever forget. Seek comfort in your family and know that your mother loved you, no matter what, for a mother's love is unconditional. I know that for a fact, for I am a mother now myself.

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samgetang

November 6, 2011 at 7:33 AM

Shiku, MJP and YY --

Thanks so much for sharing to us these precious stories that you carry in your hearts.

I just recently lost an aunt, my brother and a newborn niece a few months apart from each other.

I do not have words to describe the pain of the loss. I can only say I understand what you are all going or have gone through.

November 5, 2011 at 7:28 AM

Shiku- Sorry to hear you're having a hard time. *hugs* But I'm sure your mom would be happy you remember such beautiful things about her and living your life well.

I also think that she would rock the k-drama too.

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Shel

November 5, 2011 at 11:17 AM

Shiku...

I'm sending BIG e-hugs your way, and I know it's hard. I still have my parents, but I have a story that might bring you some comfort. I would never be able to tell this in person, it's too close to my heart and I'm a bawlbaby. :0)

My brother's first wife,, Esther who we adored, died of cancer when his kids were 10,9 and 7. His kids coped better than we thought they would, until he married wife #2, who was seriously psycho. Each kid kind of coped in their own way, and the middle child, Melissa, kind of held them all together. She's tough, smart, responsible, no nonsense. She pretty much raised herself and her siblings.

When she was engaged to be married, she had a very hard time. By then her dad had divorced Psycho Woman and married Woman WIth Issues, who will allow no mention of Esther in her presence, even though it's been 20 years now since she died. When Melissa had my sister make up her wedding invites, she listed herself as "daughter of Dad and 3rd wife, and the late Esther". Wife 3 went ballistic. Melissa called me in tears. I told her it's your wedding, you do what you want. It was the first time I'd seen her cry since the funeral, and she told me that she was missing her mom more than ever and wishing she was there.

The wedding ceremony was in a Mormon temple...which is a very small, simple, sacred service, usually no more than 30-40 people. I was sitting next to Esther's sister, and as the final words and Amen were said, I had this overwhelming feeling that Esther was standing to my left. I turned and met her sister's eyes, who whispered that she KNEW that Esther was there. We looked at Melissa, who was looking right at us. When I hugged her on the way out of the room, she whispered "Mom, was here. I felt her".

I dont know what your religious/spiritual beliefs are, but I know your mom still watches over you and loves you and has long since forgiven you. And even though you can't talk with her, she will be there during all the important milestones in your life.

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cmrprindle

November 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM

Shiku, I know this is incredibly hard. I can't imagine what it's like for you, and for MJP unnie and Shel's niece. But it's okay that it still hurts. It's not strange. A friend of mine is somewhere between MJP unnie's age and my mom's, and she lost her mom when she was in her 20s. Much like YY's mom, my friend's mom died of terminal disease. And like everyone who's lost a parent, she sometimes keenly feels the loss of her mother even though it's been so long. I know it doesn't hurt my friend all the time, but when it does it really does. I agree with everyone else...you carry your mom in your heart. It's good to remember and honor her and feel sad, and good to remember laughing with her and think on the things that would have made her smile. Your mom was a precious person, Shiku, and she still is even though she's gone.

*HUGS*

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