friday again
I am heading to the library in a moment but I can´t ignore Open Thread
a scary story to share from my Granny whois about to spend a month at a home by her own wish. she keeps talking how she is a burden and that she should be out of the way and we keep telling her she is no burden. But she insists staying there 1-2 months a year. Today she said last year they put some large pills next to each bed every night and refused to tell the elderlies what they were. Granny kept pressing so they said "Painkillers!" She told them she wasn´t in any pain so what for? and why did they not give her 3 out of her 7 regular pills? "You don´t need them any more!" and they were going to refuse to give them to her (although it is needed for her blood and heart), but my aunt arrived and made noise. Lots of elderly people mystically get totally bedridden when they moved fine before. I haven´t heard of deaths caused by taking unprescribed pills, but it is possible they can happen.
I read in a newspaper there was also a cameraman of a very famous local movie who was in the same home. He wasn´t taken care of at all and they had him wear the same diapers for days. The home cost 600 euros and he doesnt even get fed - just once a day, some runny porridge. Nurses are mostly russian and refuse to speak estonian to him. He feels humiliated and neglected.
There are some other stories of a great amount of "painkillers" forced on old people who have no families. Thatś just an attempt of murder, I would say.

I wish someone made a movie - fiction based on true story, cause I doubt a documentary is possible, they wouldnt allow filming there. There is this TV show though, that uncovers dirty matters that legal ways can´t handle. this is worth a horror movie. These grannies and grandpas served our country all their lives, they have all these achievements and they haven´t even deserved a warm meal? Especially people who have an input in culture and arts.

anyway I told my granny not to go there. She doesnt need to. But she sais she knows she can´t accept any strange pills and she´ll be careful. but what if they inject something?

anyway, sorry if I depressed you with these horror stories.
dramas: um really had no time, managed to finish Suspicious Partner despit feeling like crying when the minutes were ticking away from last episode. So many good and kindhearted, caring people in one drama.
I can see your voice ep 16 Jo Kwon and his friends´ Maeng Jina´s performance reminded me of Ae Ra and Dong Man (even though I didn´t watch that drama at all, but I coultn avoid the hype all around). Awesome duo.

that´s it for now... no kdrama moment this week, except that the shop where my mom is accountant has a deli counter and they get lots of leftovers and yesterday we sneaked into their office and secretly tasted from every bowl cause I wanted to know what´s worth buying. It was like when girls get hungry at night and sneak into kitchen. Glad we...

Hi Beanies !

I'm so excited ! In a few months I will be studying in Germany for 2 semesters. The only thing I don't have now is an accommodation and the flight tickets haha.
Why do I even bother doing a to-watch list when I don't follow it. I started Full House a long time ago and decided to pick it up again. I'm on ep 5 and find Song Hye Kyo and Rain so cute together. It's fun to watch now that they each have a significant other.

Painter of the Wind : I still have 5 episodes left and I kind wish we could have more of Moon Chae Won and Moon Geun Young interactions. I totally ship them but the relationship with the teacher/student/friend/lover is really good too. I appreciate how art is really the center of the drama and not in the background.

Father is Strange : We had the maknae couple to relieve the angst this week along with Aunt and Uncle. I want to be a judge and taste their pizzas too :p I'm sure Chul Soo won't forget his first meeting with Joon Young HAHA
I waited for the truth to be revealed and now I'm not sure if my heart can take it, if the “Byun” family will be okay or if Actor Ahn will be okay. At least we saw Al not cooked and not eaten by Grandma yet.
In family dramas, I always hate ONE character, always that one at the beginning and end up loving him/her or at least feeling sympathy.
Yu Ju is the character I hated the most at the beginning and is now the one I identify with the most. Her desire to stay at work to show to her employees, the company and herself that being pregnant doesn't make her less competent to keep her job resonates so much with me. She does go overboard and puts her work above everything like it's literally all she has. She takes proud in being a career woman and worked for it ! The problem is she neglects people who care about her. It might be because she never had anyone caring about her and had to live for herself by herself. We didn't see her interact much with other people outside and for the class reunion, the classmates said she was always busy working. Work is her life therefore that's what's making her who she is. Now she's not alone anymore and hasn't well adapted to her new situation. She can't keep living like she used. Her husband and her in-laws are worrying about her and the baby. The lack of interest regarding the baby's nickname shows that she didn't realize that she has another being inside of her, enduring her exhausting days. She needs to realize asap that hers and her baby's health is in danger before collapsing again.
I feel really weird that I'm as unsecured as like Mi Young but is a career driven woman like Yu Ju (well I'm still a student but will definitely work to reach my dream career) and want to become as awesome as Hye Young. I'm not sure about the drama's ending but I don't regret watching these lovely characters.

Happy Friday :D

Hello Beanies! Hope everyone is having a good Friday!

I've been very quiet cuz real life has sucked terribly, and not even in ways I can talk about (partially because I'm currently just trying to ignore it all and hope it goes away). And also, work, plus a kid with flu.

But I did squeeze in the Japanese movie version of Liar and his Lover: Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru.

And I must say this- Takeru Satoh is so hot. *fans self* he does the broody angsty troubled musician bit so so well! I'm in love! ?

The jmovie was very different from the kdrama in tone, and unfortunately Lee Hyun Woo didn't quite get the broody bit down as well. But he made up for it with the oodles of cute later on, which sadly the jmovie didn't have a chance to, since it was only 2 hours long. Also, the side characters didn't get fleshed out in the slightest, which made me sad, since I loved the side characters from Liar and his Lover a lot!

So, I'm currently on a Takeru Satoh marathon and am going to finally watch the Kenshin Movies (finally!) as well as the side story movie for Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru which hopefully will give more insight into the side characters like I want.

Hope everyone has a good weekend! ❤️

Just need to get this out there:
Seven Day Queen is amazing. It has everything a perfect saguek should have: melo-dramatic, beautiful costumes (at one point, PMY and YWJ were wearing matching colours!), very high stakes. I sometimes think there are flaws like whether Yeok really married Chae Kyung for love, or like he tells people, to gain her father's alliance, but most of the time, I'm able to justify their actions myself. On the other hand,

Ruler: Master of the Mask : I loved it at the start, the whole setup was great but I dropped it awhile back, tbf it was when things started getting interesting. I just cant seem to get back into it, have just been watching snippets on instagram and reading recaps. Enough to keep up with whats happened. I feel like its scarred me because of the characters' actions that didnt make sense. and how useless Ga Eun is.

Happy Friday, fellow beanies! It's been a while since I've been on the OT.

With Circle over, and none of the presently ongoing dramas catching my attention, I've been watching some classics I haven't seen yet:

My Name is Kim Sam Soon. Loved this. I'm shocked the male leads (two) displays of violence haven't come up in reviews, but largely I think they were a good pair. Kim Sam Soon was the heart and soul of the show and I can see why she's the precursor to the stronger female leads I like in current dramas.

Dal Ja's spring. Episode 8. Finally! From friends to lovers! ^^ Lee Min Ki is so adorable. And Dal J's once again, the heart and soul of the show.

Secret Garden. Next on my list.

I'm looking forward to The King Loves, and Reunited Worlds next week.

Forgive me for any typos. I am traveling and typing on my phone which hates me.

Didn't progress much with Coffee Prince this week, but now that I'm on vacay that will change. I really do like the show much more than I expected. I know people rave about it, but many times dramas others love, I think are just okay.

Been watching Liar Game and it is SO good. Sort of mad I waited so long to check it out.

I need to catch up with Suspicious Partner. I will be sad when I finish. It dragged in parts, but I really do love those characters.

Ready for EXO's comeback?

Hello, finally finished with exams. For NOW :(
Anyway, now that I have a free month I'm doing dramas again, and will have to pick some of the past since the new ones leave me 'meh'.

On other news, the other day opened a video on HeeChul on YouTube and now I've fallen into the trap of watching eng sub videos of him and Super Junior. Still can't care less about k-pop, but these behind-the-scenes stuff are great :)

I read somewhere here that Lookout's script won a competition. How did it work? Was it a contest between the current airing drama?

Since I only watched My Sassy Girl this week,I spent few days watching some special drama and also Strong Family while waiting for Friday to come.

I wanted to re-start Queen Insoo but the epi are too long & I can't commit to marathon any long drama at the moment so I'm going to save it for a bit later, especially when I'm craving for sageuk.

Waiting for new batch of drama to start, and excited as usual. There's possibility I'll drop but I'll at least check the first 2 epi.

Have a nice weekend!

Hello OT!

To Chanyoung X Sorim shippers out there (or any TLAHL beanie, really), Red Velvet, Joy's idol group, recently had a stage on Music Bank where Lee Seo-won is an MC. During the backstage interview, Seo-won called Joy "Sorim" and was ecstatic the whole time, looking at just her, hahaha. When he introduced the group for their stage, he wenr beyond tge script and said adorably that he has been waiting for this from the day that he was born. He got tongue-tied too and threw in a little "fighting" :)) <3 So cute!!

If you want to check it out, go to http://youtu.be/NG0xL39LnrA.
Interview at 34:46
Introduction at 1:12:29 <3

Is anyone watching C-drama The Advisors Alliance? I saw the trailer and the production quality is awesome. How about the story telling? I haven't found anything that can come close to Nirvana In Fire and hoping this might be good.

On k-dramas, I can't muster the will to pick up and finish Lookout after I read comments that the last few episodes were frustrating.

Glad to say bye to Ruler. This got to be the most idiotic drama and most wasted talent of the year - Kim So Hyun. Poor girl sounded traumatized by the experience of acting a character who she couldn't make any sense of despite her efforts.

Looking forward to two dramas next week - Man Who Dies to Live and Reunited Worlds. With SDQ, my Wednesday-Thurs looks exciting again!

Meanwhile, D-2 to next episode of Forest of Secrets!

Hey guys! I'm planning to finally visit South Korea for the first time ever this September, and I'm beyond excited already! Wanna ask you guys' recommendation? Things to do, places to see, food to try...

I'm gonna go with my family, so we want to avoid places which required long walks and generally places that are challenging for elders. As for myself, I like to immerse myself in the local scene, interested in the culture, love trying local snacks, and is a big fan of cute stationeries (to which, yes, I know I'm - my wallet is, to be precise - doomed already, as SK is so full with them).

Is a week is sufficient for exploring Seoul (and Incheon Chinatown) and Nami Island? Or is there any other nearby place(s) you guys recommend? Thank you so much!

I just finished watching Suspicious Partner. I couldn't help but compare this to Strong Woman Do Bong Soon in the sense that both were rom coms with elements of mystery and villain. I actually enjoyed SP a lot more than I did SWDBS. The storyline, the characters and especially liked how the cases were there to develop the story, the characters and the main conflict. Really loved the side characters too. I am a little sad that even though it's so much better than SWDBS it didn't get as much attention nor ratings. I'm really glad I gave this show a go. And Ji Chang Wook - how can he be so good looking and be such a good actor. Hope to seem more of him in roles where he can really deliver. Will miss you show and the team of lawyers and prosecutors.

Happy OT! I skip dramas this week since its my biggest holy event in Buddhist. It feels so good when u paused for 7days and touch ur laptop today :)
I feel so excited about so many upcoming star studded project & so many comeback project from my fav stars (usually I'm living in the moment) :
-Saeguk zombie apocalypse project from Signal PD+OHY writer
-Mr.Sunshine's KES with Yoo Yeon Seok
-Battlefield with Song Joong Ki & So Ji Sub
-Outbreak with Hyun Bin & Jang Dong Gun !! I love JDG so bad
-Criminal Mind with Lee Jun Ki & Moon Chae Won
-Smart Prison Living with Jung Kyung Ho & Park Hae Soo
-HWAYUGI I miss Hong Sisters, Cha Seung Won, & PBY? I'm All In baby

Have Watched :
Suspicious Partner One question, is JCW has girlfriend now? This is emergency. And I find NJH looks so alike with Jung Eun Ji
Police Unit 38 Rewatched again lol.. is SIG served military yet?

Thats all ^^

What is happening with Dramafever and Biking in North America? It seems like they don't have the license for variety shows anymore. In addition, i cannot find Reunited World in their upcoming shows page.

Suspicious Partner was the first drama I watched as it was airing. It was kind of fun having to wait for new episodes, as up until now I have only binged older dramas. While I was waiting for new episodes I binged old shows. Because my first K-drama was Boys Over Flowers, I decided to watch all the versions so I rewatched Boys over Flowers, then Hana Yori Dango, then Comet Garden. Then after Comet Garden, my first Taiwanese drama, I started watching more T-dramas. So, now I am in love with Aaron Yan and want to watch him and talk about him, but I find that Taiwanese dramas don't have many English recaps or places to discuss them.

hello guys !! can anyone recommend me any Jdramas that contain bromance/friendship or whatsoever like Ouroboros or Boku no Unmei no Hito Desu. thankyou instead !

I just realised that my recent top kdramas end with eul/eol like Tunnel, Signal and Circle. will start watching Duel soon and hopefully it will be on my top list too.

Attention Goblin lovers!

Here's a Canadian news article about the influx of Korean tourists to Quebec City seeking out sites from the drama (though the article refers to it as a soap opera...)

Oh, and they found the magical red ?!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/korean-soap-opera-quebec-city-1.4201193

My very first Open Thread! I'm happy that I actually have internet access for this week's.

Earlier in the week I started Forest of Secrets, and now I'm desperately trying to catch up before this weekend's episodes air. (I'm only on episode 5, so we'll see how that goes.) I'm definitely loving it so far--the characters are so well-developed and three-dimensional, and the plot keeps me intrigued--but I'm feeling very nervous for our favorite stoic prosecutor. Yeo-jin is my true fave though, she's the perfect combination of kickass and kind.

And because I've been so caught up in that story, I haven't had time to catch up on Seven Day Queen, although my hope is to do so before the finale at the very least. Of the three episodes I've seen, I've really enjoyed it. I study history so I'm often inclined to enjoy saeguks, but I think the characters are all so interesting, and I enjoy the focus on politics. Maybe I'll take a break from the stress of Forest of Secrets to watch more (although given how emotionally invested I am now, that may not work out so well.)

I have company coming over today but I woke up this morning & kind of just wanted to eat food and have feelings about fictional characters instead. Oh, well. I suppose socializing is good too

Forest of Secrets, my one and only.

The Forest is still calling.. Beanies who haven't should enter it asap. Discussions are on fire.

Oh.. luv u Shi Mok *happy sigh*

Happy Friday! I'm so happy it's Friday. I'm so ready for the weekend!

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo Only 2 episodes left! I personally am really liking this drama. It has its flaws but they have been easily overlooked for the overarching epic story. I never saw the original Chinese version so I don't have that to compare it to. I think I remember a lot of beanies seemed to not like the drama and I never delved too deeply to see why. But I personally am invested in the lives of these characters. I'm excited to see where things will go as the happily ever after I was expecting doesn't seem as sure as I thought it was.

I Can Hear Your Voice Watching this for the 3rd time because its one of my favorites, and some of the posts keep bringing this up, so I had to watch it again.

Watching 7 Day Queen and Secret Forest. Both shows are full of twists.

Will be working a jazz festival the next two nights, looking forward to hearing the music. Very hot here though, heat index of 100+.

Happy Friday everyone! I cleared the two dramas I was watching just in time for the new crop of dramas ^^ What shows are you guys going to catch next? I have my eye on School 2017 and Reunited Worlds!

Weightlifting Fairy: I was never quite head over heels in love with this drama like many Beanies were, but it was so sweet and uplifting. I loved the way the relationship developed gradually, with nary a cliche (or perhaps a reverse cliche, in how little Bokjoo caught Joonhyung as he fell) and tons of honesty and heart.
The only perceivable weakness of the show was how it sped up Siho's recovery. All the essential elements of her story arc were there, but the process felt truncated, with some glaring gaps like Kiseok suddenly going missing. It was just so rare to have a drama zooming in on eating disorders that I wished the recovery were portrayed more realistically.

Fight My Way: Another drama with winning characters, and great characterisation for the female leads (this is so rare). The ultimate episode lacked the punch of some earlier episodes, but I liked how ordinary it was for a change, ending with the friends spending time together and teasing Aera. It just seemed a very calm and appropriate place to leave these characters who are so ordinary and relatable, yet have their moments of quiet heroism.

Individualist Ms Jiyoung: Watched this after coming across various mentions on DB! It was an amazing, tightly-written drama special, with characters so flawed yet so real. The best thing about the plot is that the romance wasn't a crutch for Jiyoung to rely on to heal; it just gave her the little push she needed to reach a moment of self-realisation that she needs to help herself.