Hello everyone! What a beautiful spring we have this winter in here. Doesn't feel like Christmas at all, but maybe the perspective of being jobless by the end of the year dampen my feelings, or it's just weather. I still can't catch up with dramas, only watching VIP, which is superb and feels way to short, and finally giving a watch to SWORD DYNASTY, and I think that the biggest problem for Chinese productions is budgeting, spending 99% of drama budget on trendy names is not a wise move.

Happy OT, Beanies!
I’m curious about what country is on your bucket list? If you had to pick just one country to visit once in your lifetime, which one would it be? I’m excluding South Korea because “visiting your oppa” doesn’t count as an answer 😜

Though I have South East Asian genes, I’m a winter girl through and through. I love snow, chilly weather, crispy air, hot chocolate, mulled wine, fuzzy sweaters, wool beanies, and long parkas. That’s why Iceland is my #1 dream destination. I’d probably walk through the whole Iceland and never stop being amazed.

Happy weekend Beanies!

Last week @katakwasabi asked us whether we were ready for 2020 and my reply consisted of some variations of the word ‘no’. Fortunately, a lot of things got settled or made some progress this week, which makes me now look forward to Christmas break and January. 😀

The manager finally contacted me this week to apologize for the serious delay (I admit that I thought I had been ghosted again) and immediately scheduled the remaining test round in 2 weeks and final feedback moment in 3 weeks. This means that I will know my fate right after Christmas break. Whether I am employed or not, I am leaving for Paris in the same week to see Day6, which should lift my spirits (even higher). 😀

Around the same time my dad has his MRI scan appointment for his lower back. He is also receiving physiotherapy and despite the sereneness of the situation I am simply relieved that there is some progress.In the meantime I am slowly getting into the swing of getting up early and going out a few times a day for a walk, grocery shopping or time with the god siblings. Out of gratitude for my help my parents paid for my Christmas microwave snacks and Ben&Jerry’s Cookie Dough ice cream (@egads told me to pamper myself on Christmas day). 😉

First I am having a sleepover at my friend’s place this weekend and we will K-pop karaoke our way from there to a mutual friend’s place for her birthday party. I am looking forward to the change of scenery and the social contact, after living like a hermit these past two months and especially now that I am celebrating the holidays this year with fewer people than I usually do. 🙂

I have also finished reading Pride & Prejudice and am taking a small break from reading to start afresh in January. I managed to catch up a bit on both Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung and No Second Chances, and I hope to finish the former before 2020 and watch the latter on Sundays from 2020 onwards. The remaining time is booked for work (I hope) and my new year resolutions. I wrote my 2019 resolutions down in the last OT of 2018 and I would like to reflect on them and make new ones next week. The condition of course, is not giving in to the K-dramas that premiered last weekend! 😛

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and I expect a lot of good Christmas shenanigans stories from you all next week! 😊

Lost interest in tv media for most part (except sports, news(mostly politics)) but new airing shows brought me back to tv drama land. Most probably the 1st time in 2019 that i watched 4kdramas in a week.

Open worldnews start to read news and see protests. popcorn ready. 2019 certainly was year of protests. Directly/ Indirectly these small movements do affect our social system and our economy.

Electorate votes you to do work but incompetent folks don't have the qualifications. They don't know how and what of work, complication of policies and then they turn against their own people. That's the only thing the know. That's the only thing that keeps them busy.

Seriously, These idiots make governance an uphill task.

Tomorrow - TV shows of 2019.

Next Week - The World Between Us.

Happy OT!
I'm happily able to drive at last, after having had a strange 2nd fall in 1 month and landing on my elbow and hand. It's a hassle typing with just one hand. Anyway I'm rejoicing about being able to get behind the wheel.

The good thing that comes from the unfortunate event is that I got to stay home and watch some shows.

Kdramas
Psychopath Diary - This is quite a hoot to watch. Angsty parts should be up about now, with our hero getting the blame for all the murders.

Crash Landing on You - Quite delectable, especially the leads together, and HB alone.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - What I posted elsewhere. "The last three Disney produced sequel episodes were never up to the standard of the original. However at least this last episode was better than the other two in this trilogy. It did enough in terms of fan service, by bringing back every possible good guy oldie from the past.

What I'm iffy about: I felt that there was too much travelling to new places to obtain objects or intelligence, not all of which was necessary. The character who had played a big role in a past episode only appeared fleetingly, and new characters popped up, and hardly had an intro. Why the no. 2 baddie decided to change, is not exactly clear.

From previous episode til now, why/how the main characters had a connection, in which their present realities get merged, was never addressed, plus now they can do even more than just see each other and talk. Abilities with the force were not consistent. Sometimes they used the force, and sometimes they forgot to. I think I find Chinese Xianxia and Wuxia dramas with the flying and fighting somewhat more consistent. Of course they were not made over a spread of over 40 years, but still...

The 2 things that were brought back from the original series that had me amused (why were they forgotten for so long?) was the Jedi ability to alter thoughts and to raise drowned space craft.

If one doesn't look too deep, it was satisfying enough. The series should have been put to rest when George Lucas stopped directing, however this finale was good for some resolution and closure."

Hi everyone, happy Friday!!
So i decided to go back in time Picked up MY LOVABLE GIRL And wow! I fell in love with KRYSTAL JUNG right away. Now I don't know what to right now
Any recommendations?

Out of curiosity, is anybody here also getting into Thai-entertainment?

I thought my obsession with K-entertainment was bad enough but now it's even worse! It's kinda exciting actually because even though I was born and raised in SEA I was never interested in the entertainment industry here but now I'm getting to see and watch more coming out of the region and it's so nice. Maybe that's why I'm so obsessed.

I'm leaving for a short holiday to Paris followed by New Years eve in Madrid. I am so excited!!! Bonus: I get single day for solo travelling in Paris. It's the one day I'm most looking forward to.

Finally watched Parasite . While it was great and a very intelligent depiction of a capitalist society, where there are Parks, Moons and Kims all around us and we are one of them, I don’t think it was outstanding. Several people liked it immensely so I thought it would be mind blowing but maybe I had my hopes too high. Nevertheless it was uncomfortably realistic and has me pondering now. What does one do to end or deal with this huge socio economic difference that exists in most capitalist socities?

This week has dragged on for way too long. I am ready for the holidays to be over. With Christmas and New Years falling on a Wednesday it has made taking any additional days off nearly impossible due to our schedule. I should be happy with getting those days off though but I am greedy. On top of everything I am still in a bit of a drama slump. Flitting from drama to drama and not finishing anything.

My Country ep. 10 LOVE LOVE this one. The only one really keeping my attention. The acting, cinematography, writing and music are all amazing. Even though I've guessed some of the schemes and plots, the drama has still taken some turns I've not expected. I hope my boys have a happy ending, bathing together for the rest of their lives.

The Love By Hypnotic ep. 7 This one is a bit silly and low budget but entertaining. It's got tropes I love like arranged marriage (contract marriage) and the tsundere ML falling for the FL first. Entertaining fluff.

Age of Legends ep. 5 I like the premise of this and it has the lovely and talented Sandra Ma in it, but sadly the ML Willian Chen is lacking. He is stiff and awkward in his acting which detracts from the drama. So far entertaining but it's not pulled me in.

A Little Thing Called First Love ep. 25 Still slogging through this. I am determined to finish this! This drama definitely should have only been 24 episodes long (typical cdrama romcom length) and not the 36 it is. You could have skipped episodes 15-25 and missed absolutely nothing. Seriously, nothing has been happening for the last about 15 episodes. The ML actor is bad and should stick to being an idol. He is a blank and vapid doll.

I had failed one of my exam last year and retook it. I passed.
Anyway today had been tiring and I got the good news. So I feel good.

Happy OT everyone!
Well two weeks ago I gave notice at my job and today was the day I finally walked out the doors. :-( It was a very bittersweet ending but I heard from so many people that I am a good technical writer - and even heard through the grapevine that if I ever want to go back they would hire me in minute! And there was even mention that they may need to create a permanent position for a writer, and if that happens that I MUST apply! (talk about feeling appreciated!)
So. I didn't burn any bridges, got sent off well with lots of hugs and tears. And here it is, now Friday afternoon - I'm home with nothing to do. hmmmmmmm maybe down time with dramas?

Thank you to all the beanies here for the congrats and good wishes. I'll start to get excited for the new year in about a week.

Earlier this week i got a call from the friend who introduced me to kdramas years ago. After I got totally hooked she started watching cdramas and Turkish and Pakistani dramas as well. But this week she asked "Can you recommend any good kdramas?"
Now that there are so many on Netflix I of course recommended Crash Landing, Prison Playbook, Stranger and others.
But then I suggested The Untamed, telling her it was my crack and that I'd now watched all 50 episodes 3 times and have read the novel twice.
At that she was instantly intrigued. So I'm hoping she will tell me that she started it and loves it. hahhhhh

Tomorrow is the winter solstice (my favorite day of the year) and then start getting more sunlight every day - at least here in the Northern Hemisphere.
So happy happy joy joy to all you wonderful beanies around the world!

First day of vacation for all three kids. Busy. I still wake up early thinking it is time for kids to go to school. Smh. My daughter wake up early too thinking it was time for school too. Smh

I have not watching any Korean dramas right now. So far, I am watching Chinese dramas. I guess you can say I go back to my roots of watching Chinese dramas. When I was young, my mom obsessed watching Chinese dramas with Vietnamese dubs. Back then, they do not have English sub yet. Therefore, we watched and loved Chinese dramas a lot back in the days.

Therefore, I hope everyone have a great Friday!!!

Hi beanies! Happy weekend and I hope everyone had an awesome week 😆.

My week was a mix of nostalgia and bittersweet.

For starters, my long term project has ended. Yay 🎉! The feedback I received boosted my work morale. I needed something to reignite my work enthusiasm and this was it. It always feels amazing to conclude a project on a positive note after all the effort and hardwork poured into it.

Hi Beanies, wherever you are! I'm happy because tomorrow I'm going to my hometown for Christmas! After a particularly crappy year, I'm just glad to go and spend the holidays at my mom's, be with both my sisters at Christmas (a rare occurrence), have my kids spend time with their cousins, meet friends, and enjoy myself in my native language! I'm ready to crack a bottle of champagne to celebrate the future and to say goodbye to 2019, good riddance, yayks!

I was up until 4 am reading on Sunday night/morning. Around 3am I could feel my throat start to swell up and I thought to myself, "Might as well stay up and finish the book. There's no way Im going to work on Monday" (which I did, obviously). Even though I only took one additional day off, I have felt like microwaved crap ALL. WEEK. LONG.
So, I did the grown up thing and went to a Little Clinic who told me that I probably had a virus and a sinuses or allergies and probably a post-nasal drip. I was like, all your uncertainty aside, you HAVE to know more than me so I will take your advice. Please fix me, I hurt and am quite unhappy about it.
So, she gave me a list of instructions.
1. Get a neti pot (the store I went to sold the stuff to go in the pot but not the pot gr)
2. Get Flonase
3. Dont get both a neti pot and flonase as they may possibly cancel each other out.
4. Get a 24 hour over the counter allergy pill
5. Get Mucinex for your virus
6. Dont take Mucinex and the allergy pill at the same time
7. But its ok if you take them both at the same time, they just wont be very effective
8. Take ibuprofren for pain
I sat there with this printed off list--given to me by her, this was not just my notes not making sense--every single thing she has said seems to contradict everything else that she said. So, I bought the flonase, the allergy pill. I already have mucinex. I drank orange juice, took the allergy pill, did the nose spray and spent the better part of the afternoon napping/coughing myself awake from napping. So now Im eyeballing the Mucinex. That will help suppress the cough....? I am so confused.