Ohh Injo and Maid Jo. You'll get what's coming to you. I cannot wait to see Injo have to kowtow.

so, ok, like, writing down my thoughts while the bread is baking, watch the time. stay alert.

you know, the biggest news is there is a local noona romance boiling in Estonia (is it right from me to spread the tabloid gossip like this? It is not, but who cares!) and that envolves our ex-first lady. Apparently she found herself a simple harmonica player sweetheart who is just ...how old was he now. 31. and she is 47. Age gap 16 years. ooh, it would spice up the noona romances by a notch if it was the First Lady, right?

Then, I am slowly catching up on dramas, and Oh My Ghostess steals the cake. It is so adowabubble. I like the group acting here, too, the foursome of assistant cooks is so much alive. all their jokes and bickering and hard work reminds me of my colleagues. what irks me a little though, is blaming peoples´bad behavior on evil spirits. it is another attempt to deny responsibility. nope. people make every decision inside themselves. if you are not hypnotized - and that´s something I don´t really believe in - you cannot become a puppet to anything. or maybe it is just that I have a hard time imagining being controlled, since no one has managed to control me (or my mouth) so far.
but despite that, OMG is the first time after KMHM I actually devour a drama and can´t wait for the next episode.
I Remember You is a different class and style and I am approaching it in a very unrushed, serious way. I dont want to just devour it. I want to understand the meaning behind every little thing. I am willing to wait with it, since I want to be sure... that sounds like I am in a relationship with the drama or something.

so it is like OMG is drama fast food, IRY is gourmet.
Scholar is kind of... become a pure visual drama. eating with your eyes, but not really filling your stomach. oh, just a moment, the bread.

in IRM, I love that Ji An isn´t all "otoke! what should I do?"have to rely on a man to decide stuff!" she doesn´t even nudge making decisions on the push of a button
and really one of the best bromances. Seo In Gook is losing himself in his role more and more each episode. it is like he isn´t even acting any more. I get a feeling he is an actor who has a childs ability to "play" with such passion that play becomes real. ´boys do love playing alter ego games...

QUESTION: if you were a child right now... which character would be the most fun to play, which alter ego most tempting to assume? be it movies, dramas, mangas, webtoons... and would your version of the character differ greatly from the "original"?
and what if you get lost in the "play" way too far... did you use to? or not? ever witnessed a situation like that?

Happy Weekend everyone!!

Wait. Maybe not for me. Examinations's right around the corner. And I should probably study. Probably.

*SPOILERS AHEAD. PROBABLY*

The Genius - I miss Sangmin and his awesome reversals. Too bad, DM's are his kryptonite. And too bad my faves are leaving one by one. But I'm glad Kyungran managed to win though I'm sad YH lost. I had flashbacks of Sangmin and Jinho's DM's. SM thought that it would be a shame to lose against KH. YH thought the same(he's a pro after all) and no one can blame him. But it wasn't just luck. YH was wrong in betting inconsistently. He failed to follow his own advice. And Jungmoon.......I can understand her but I've got no sympathy for her. Betrayal is part of TG but how can you just do it in a second. I can't even. YH did wrong too, practically shouting out "I'm a rebel" though it was a last resort in an effort to help his team. KR made a mistake too, failing to convince King Dongmin. She was too loyal and thought like a rebel(ironic, huh?). But she at least tried to convince the others and they did believe in her except DM. Not that it would change a thing ofc. But who can blame her? She was locked up the whole time and knew nothing. It may be my bias speaking but I disagree with others when they say she was the same as JM in the last minutes(after confirming the betrayal). Did anyone expect her to say, "Oh. Jungmoon told you. I guess that's it. I was lying all the while." I don't hate JM. But I'm sad another fave left this week instead of her. Is the curse with S3 now? Oh well, I should probably stop spoiling myself.

Love Shuffle - Refreshing show albeit a bit predictable. I was so surprised when I found out Matsuda Shota/O-chan(not sure with the name) is the same guy playing Akiyama in LG. I want to watch it but......time!!

Healer - I put it on halt after ep 16. So afraid I'd be lost after watching.

To Watch list: I Remember You, Oh My Ghostess, Yongpal, Sora Kara Fukichi..., 9 End 2 Outs, Dalja's Spring, Que Sera Sera, etc etc

I'm working on a "medical thriller catastrophe" k-toon. I haven't cast the leads (or the villains) yet. I want to go against type. Who should be the male and female protagonists. And what Korean actors (actresses) are universally loved (and so, should be my villains?)

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all doing well today. ....... To those of you who attended KCON, I hope a great time was had by all!

Watched this week:

Mask - Almost done. I still have 4 more episodes to watch!

I Remember You - Simply great acting all-around by the principal players. Specifically Park Bo-gum. ....... Right now, this is the show I really look forward to every week.

The Time I've Loved You - Decided to watch a little more of this. ...... Seriously, what keeps Won so petrified?

Hwajeong - Watching in bits and pieces. ...... I'm finally up to the part where Kim Jae-won makes his appearance.

Assembly - Couldn't make it through more than 4 minutes of this, unfortunately. Perhaps there's nothing wrong with the show, but we just didn't click.

That's it for now. ....... Take care everyone and have a great Friday!

Hi Everyone and Good OT Time to You!

It's a super, duper long weekend public holiday for us in Singapore this weekend. We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of our independence (actual date 9th August 1965). I'm thinking of this time as part-National Day and part-Thanksgiving Day celebrations. :) It's been a relatively great half century, with lots to be thankful for. I'd like to wish all fellow Singaporeans a very Happy, Healthy National Day! And may the many good things continue to grow! :)

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Currently Watching ...
I Remember You - 'Bestest' of the best so far for me. Although it has shifted focus from the mystery of the whys and who (x2) to give us all the great reveals (with hints to help us guess along the way), it has moved into compelling (for me) relationship development for all our main characters. I find it amazing that our protagonists although murderers without shame or compunction can still elicit from me sorrow at their 'plight'. I can, without condoning their evil, still wish for them to have a degree of happiness, to have their wrongs redressed and to feel that they are accepted even if their acts are unacceptable. Kudos to the writer, director and actors for such rich, layered characters and a story that accords viewers with immense respect.

Oh My Ghostesss - Enjoyable but watching with some reservations and questions as to a few points that have not been addressed... the biggest being, "What is really keeping our ghost from passing over?" Although the main characters are the ghost and the chef, unlike other rom-coms, we cannot write-off the 2nd female lead (Bong Sun) if a love triangle emerges, because this corner of the triangle happens to be the host! The host, if she survives, is going to have to live with lots of consequences of errors of judgement and deserves to be given some kind of arc and a bit of development. In actual fact, I thought this show should have had 3 main characters (the poster shows 4 people) in the same way that Healer had 3 main characters... all with backstory and all rounded. I'm surprised that we are stuck with only 2 when Bong Sun is a very big part of the whole equation. And since I looked at the poster again... I started thinking that Sung Jae should also get more backstory or at least we should get more explanations about the whys of his behavior. Most of all, I'd really like to know the rules of possession in this dramaverse. There's this big plot hole of ghost not being able to separate and then suddenly being able to separate from the host which is not explained at all!!!

Yong Pal - Very hopeful and episode 2 is moving it along. I'm hoping for lots of sympathetic characters and bromance and teamwork to right wrongs and save both Yong Pal and Yeo Jin from the complicated mess of money power games. I like that this show has touched on the question of priorities given to those with status / money / connections. I wonder how far it will go...

Hello all:

Let's see:
Oh my ghostess: Dang the stress. When two perfectly good characters are gonna be at odds cause ya know..one is dead and falling in love. We were all kinda worried about this, weren't we? Wondering what evil spirit will do to Bong Sun. Ah me!

My Beautiful Bride: Please say they are together at last. No more separations!

Yong Pal: Oooh, fun! A cheeky hero with a good soul but a wobbly social moral compass. I've obvioiusly been needing a light thriller. Feels like this'll be this season's Healer which i never got into. But am totally into this one. A medical show i will actually watch.

Last: I ike this when i watch it but kinda forget it when not.

Bluebird's House: Seriously? IS the truth about Taesu finally going to come out publicly????? Awaiting the questioning. I thought Hyeodo and Eun Su were brother and sister.. Is Eun Su Taesu's daughter? All that talk about bloodline ...

I remember you: Wow, a relly painful show to watch. Never have I wanted a redemption arc as much as I wanted one now. Baby bro...get a human soul, please!

And of course Gag Concert and Cool Kiz are my continuing faves, although i have yet to catch up on Cool Kiz..am three episodes behind.

Have a great weekend, all.

Someone asked me what dramas I hated and why on the episode 9 of SWWTN recap comment section, and I couldn't reply there so here it is. I find it difficult to hate a drama and rather than hate it I try to find things that I do like and focus on those. If I ever find myself stuck in a drama which I'm losing things to like about, I just drop the drama altogether and get away from anything that reminds me of it. I don't read recaps, or news about it or anything. Then the drama ceases to exist for me and I move onto something else.
A few of those dramas in recent times have been Producers, Flower Boy Next Door and Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Discovery of Romance, Personal Taste. What usually gets me to lose interest in a drama are boring stories. I can tolerate a terrible actor more than a terrible story because it's easy for me to separate the actor from the drama and just focus on the character, if that makes sense. If I understand the character I can project my own thoughts on why the person is behaving a certain way and I'm able to enjoy the show in spite of terrible acting.
So, what are your reasons for dropping shows and why do people find it hard to drop shows they clearly don't like?