MY GOODNESS!! my hand is itching to get in the screen and tuck that strand behind his ear. Is it something related to his ongoing movie ahoot? Like method acting?
That was so precious. I was smiling so much watching this. The gentle fade outs, the amused commentator, the majestic but not overwhelming background music… Very nice. Thanks for sharing this!
I know. What’s great is it is very serious situation, quite unreasonable to expect parents to do all this with no training, practice, resources, skills etc. But she made it so funny that many people will now hear her message. Humor is great for that.
Not a teacher, but I am doing live chat reference sessions. No questions have come to me through the live chat as yet, but I have been answering questions sent to my library’s reference email.
Weird…. My other penguin video disappeared… May be because I tried to use the edit button that didn’t seem to have worked. Oh, well, cheer of the day take 2:
Not a big fan of Eric (nor consider either of them Korea’s biggest superstars or expect a drama aired in Channel A to reach 10 million people) and the story has zero appeal so I was not planning to watch this but now I have to at least see the Gold Coast bits. I am also wondering what’s up with her clothes at 30+ degrees!
When I posted on What We are Watching thread about Sandglass @tanizakibadwolf asked for some spoilers. First the links to my previous posts, then the spoilers:
Woo Suk’s father is forced to sell his land and they move. Tae Soo is good at fighting and gangs try to recruit him while he is a school boy. Woo Suk agrees to help Tae Soo with schoolwork if he promises not to fight so they become friends. But in the end he is forced to go into a gang because of his father’s communist past. Woo Suk goes to university and meets Hye Rin who is hiding that she is the daughter of a rich casino owner. Tae Soo meets her through Woo Suk. Hye Rin gets involved with unions and protests. They sort of date with Woo Suk but it ends because he tries to stop her from her activism. Hye Rin’s father saves her several times with his influence when other protestors are arrested. At some point Woo Suk puts his preparation of the bar exam to hold and goes to do his military service (which we never see Tae Soo doing!). While protests and government’s crackdown is at its height Tae Soo goes to Gwangju to visit one of his gang members who quit. He gets caught up in the Gwangju uprising. Government sends the military to quash it, people are killed and the events are misrepresented to the rest of the Korea. Tae Soo helps the people in Gwangju and Woo Suk is part of the forces sent to quash the rebellion. By chance Woo Suk sees Tae Soo and prevents him getting shot. Woo Suk is deeply affected by his role in these events and thinks he is unworthy of becoming a prosecutor and gives it up but his father forces him in his deathbed. He rents a room to prepare for the exam and falls for his landlady. Hye Rin’s father wants her to take over his business but she is not interested. One of Hye Rin’s father’s men, Jae Hee is about their age and got into his employ as a young boy by protecting Hye Rin and continues to do so all his life. Hye Rin and Tae Soo somehow start to see each other and fall in love. When they tell her father they will get married he gets Tae Soo arrested and sent to the notorious Samchung re-education camp and Hye Rin finally agrees to work with her father to save him. Throughout this period an underling of Tae Soo lies and cheats and backstabs him over and over again, yet Tae Soo always forgives him. Eventually this guy plots Hye Rin’s dad’s downfall and causes his death laying the blame at Tae Soo’s door causing her to blame Tae Soo. She takes over the casinos despite many trying to stop her among the struggle for power. She does some very stupid things putting herself in danger. Tae Soo sells all his wealth to help her behind the scenes and once again is sent to prison by his backstabber. Once Hye Rin learns who helped her she tries to get him out of jail. But he escapes when he learns she is in danger, saves her and kills his underling before getting captured again. Jae Hee dies protecting her. Throughout this time Woo Suk has been investigating the bigwigs behind these events: the corrupt relationships between the government and businesses and the chain of bribery. In the end he is the prosecutor who asks for a death pen
Season 1 was interesting but lukewarm for me but I loved episode 7. Saya has so much character that I think he might steal the show under his twin’s nose.
I think the real key was choosing the right drama. My previous attempts in the last couple of years (since Liar Game really – so 4 years) all had failed. I got him to watch the first episode of Mr Sunshine with the excuse of watching that high production quality on large screen but he got bored with episode one. (He had agreed to give it a shot for one episode). Lessons learned: Find a drama in his area of interest that captures attention in episode 1, no slow starters and no historicals.
I kept talking about the story in Alhambra. My husband watches all sorts of sci-fi. I think he was out of things to watch and bored and in his desperation decided to give it a shot after making me wait for 4 weeks 🙂 Now he is constantly developing theories and yesterday said while watching an episode “Americans should remake this!”
Let’s see if my success can be repeated… Circle is next on my list.
Moonbean
September 3, 2020 at 2:34 AM
This made my day today 🤣🤣🤣
I love that the fourth one just waits for the right moment to jump in.
alasecond
September 3, 2020 at 3:27 AM
4th one watches korean variety shows 😛
(those who watch would totally get what i am talking about)
Moonbean
June 27, 2020 at 6:40 AM
@playstore that hair is still in his eye 😂
Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 27, 2020 at 7:26 AM
MY GOODNESS!! my hand is itching to get in the screen and tuck that strand behind his ear. Is it something related to his ongoing movie ahoot? Like method acting?
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 3:27 AM
Good to see him so healthy!
Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 25, 2020 at 6:59 AM
That strand of hair on his left eye is really distracting!
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 7:17 AM
I like his hair long. It would be great if he had a style like this in a drama.
Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 25, 2020 at 7:22 AM
Long hair suits him really well. There was another pictorial with shoulder length hair and it really suited his face.
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 7:26 AM
He had it somewhat longer before he returned, he has it cut somewhat already. I think I saw one they put on his website some months ago.
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 3:19 AM
And this one is my absolute favorite ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 3:18 AM
More…
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 3:16 AM
He looks soo good!
Kairoskat 💐
June 25, 2020 at 5:46 AM
Is that a lizard on his pants in the 3rd pic? 😱
Moonbean
June 25, 2020 at 6:55 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I wasn’t really looking at his pants but that’s one strange lizard!
Moonbean
May 14, 2020 at 1:42 AM
Another penguin video. I’m still laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/12/bbcs-andrew-cotter-commentates-penguin-parade-on-australias-phillip-island
larelle79
May 14, 2020 at 6:59 AM
If you have Twitter. Follow his account because he does commentary about his dogs and it is so funny and warming.
ship-happens
May 14, 2020 at 6:33 PM
That was so precious. I was smiling so much watching this. The gentle fade outs, the amused commentator, the majestic but not overwhelming background music… Very nice. Thanks for sharing this!
Moonbean
May 2, 2020 at 1:41 AM
Today’s laugh comes from Italy.
sirena
May 2, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Thank you for sharing this!
earthna
May 2, 2020 at 2:15 PM
hahahahahah that was funny! Thank you!
korfan
May 2, 2020 at 11:44 PM
Too funny!
Moonbean
May 1, 2020 at 12:57 AM
Today’s laugh comes from Family Lockdown Boogie. Amazing home made production!
bbstl 🧹
May 1, 2020 at 7:12 AM
They did such a good job with this! People are so funny and talented 😁
Moonbean
April 30, 2020 at 12:42 AM
Here\’s my laugh of the day. I haven\’t laughed this hard for a while. This is the parents\’ perspective:
https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/israeli-moms-rant-about-coronavirus-lockdown-with-kids-goes-viral/
stpauligurl
April 30, 2020 at 6:29 AM
Oh she is just epically funny!
“Now they know how dumb we are!”
and then at the end, “have a nice day!”
Carolina
April 30, 2020 at 11:39 AM
She made some really valid points.
Moonbean
May 1, 2020 at 12:52 AM
I know. What’s great is it is very serious situation, quite unreasonable to expect parents to do all this with no training, practice, resources, skills etc. But she made it so funny that many people will now hear her message. Humor is great for that.
Moonbean
April 2, 2020 at 10:20 AM
Laugh of the week – dedicated to everyone trying teach online (students may enjoy it as well)
Peridot
April 2, 2020 at 10:25 AM
Not a teacher, but I am doing live chat reference sessions. No questions have come to me through the live chat as yet, but I have been answering questions sent to my library’s reference email.
Moonbean
March 28, 2020 at 7:15 PM
Weird…. My other penguin video disappeared… May be because I tried to use the edit button that didn’t seem to have worked. Oh, well, cheer of the day take 2:
amruta1009
March 28, 2020 at 8:53 PM
It had happened to me a few times. Apparently whatever you upload disappears if you try to edit the post.
Moonbean
March 29, 2020 at 1:46 AM
Well I will know not to do that from now on!
Moonbean
March 28, 2020 at 7:59 AM
Penguins make everything better 😄
sirena
March 28, 2020 at 1:33 PM
Penguins! Penguins!
BdxPelik
March 28, 2020 at 6:25 PM
Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave…
Moonbean
March 28, 2020 at 7:58 AM
Odd, my other penguin video disappeared from this post….
Moonbean
February 2, 2020 at 4:46 PM
Hubby alerted me to this published in the local paper last Friday.
Moonbean
February 2, 2020 at 4:48 PM
Not a big fan of Eric (nor consider either of them Korea’s biggest superstars or expect a drama aired in Channel A to reach 10 million people) and the story has zero appeal so I was not planning to watch this but now I have to at least see the Gold Coast bits. I am also wondering what’s up with her clothes at 30+ degrees!
Moonbean
September 28, 2019 at 4:45 AM
When I posted on What We are Watching thread about Sandglass @tanizakibadwolf asked for some spoilers. First the links to my previous posts, then the spoilers:
Moonbean
September 28, 2019 at 4:53 AM
http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/09/team-dramabeans-what-were-watching-173/#comment-3519866
http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/09/team-dramabeans-what-were-watching-174/#comment-3523311
Moonbean
September 28, 2019 at 4:54 AM
Woo Suk’s father is forced to sell his land and they move. Tae Soo is good at fighting and gangs try to recruit him while he is a school boy. Woo Suk agrees to help Tae Soo with schoolwork if he promises not to fight so they become friends. But in the end he is forced to go into a gang because of his father’s communist past. Woo Suk goes to university and meets Hye Rin who is hiding that she is the daughter of a rich casino owner. Tae Soo meets her through Woo Suk. Hye Rin gets involved with unions and protests. They sort of date with Woo Suk but it ends because he tries to stop her from her activism. Hye Rin’s father saves her several times with his influence when other protestors are arrested. At some point Woo Suk puts his preparation of the bar exam to hold and goes to do his military service (which we never see Tae Soo doing!). While protests and government’s crackdown is at its height Tae Soo goes to Gwangju to visit one of his gang members who quit. He gets caught up in the Gwangju uprising. Government sends the military to quash it, people are killed and the events are misrepresented to the rest of the Korea. Tae Soo helps the people in Gwangju and Woo Suk is part of the forces sent to quash the rebellion. By chance Woo Suk sees Tae Soo and prevents him getting shot. Woo Suk is deeply affected by his role in these events and thinks he is unworthy of becoming a prosecutor and gives it up but his father forces him in his deathbed. He rents a room to prepare for the exam and falls for his landlady. Hye Rin’s father wants her to take over his business but she is not interested. One of Hye Rin’s father’s men, Jae Hee is about their age and got into his employ as a young boy by protecting Hye Rin and continues to do so all his life. Hye Rin and Tae Soo somehow start to see each other and fall in love. When they tell her father they will get married he gets Tae Soo arrested and sent to the notorious Samchung re-education camp and Hye Rin finally agrees to work with her father to save him. Throughout this period an underling of Tae Soo lies and cheats and backstabs him over and over again, yet Tae Soo always forgives him. Eventually this guy plots Hye Rin’s dad’s downfall and causes his death laying the blame at Tae Soo’s door causing her to blame Tae Soo. She takes over the casinos despite many trying to stop her among the struggle for power. She does some very stupid things putting herself in danger. Tae Soo sells all his wealth to help her behind the scenes and once again is sent to prison by his backstabber. Once Hye Rin learns who helped her she tries to get him out of jail. But he escapes when he learns she is in danger, saves her and kills his underling before getting captured again. Jae Hee dies protecting her. Throughout this time Woo Suk has been investigating the bigwigs behind these events: the corrupt relationships between the government and businesses and the chain of bribery. In the end he is the prosecutor who asks for a death pen
Moonbean
September 28, 2019 at 4:55 AM
penalty for his friend and he and Hye Rin spread his ashes together.
wapz
September 28, 2019 at 7:22 AM
Where are you watching it? Wasn’t it only available on DF?
Moonbean
September 28, 2019 at 4:43 PM
I don’t stream, I download with torrent. It is available on a member only download site called AvistaZ.
Moonbean
June 23, 2019 at 5:05 AM
Am I the only one who is loving Season 2 of Arthdal? That\’s more like it!
hyades
June 23, 2019 at 5:44 AM
I like the show! I like the slow-paced story as it is more atmospheric and I can feel deep the characters.
Moonbean
June 23, 2019 at 6:18 AM
Season 1 was interesting but lukewarm for me but I loved episode 7. Saya has so much character that I think he might steal the show under his twin’s nose.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
June 23, 2019 at 8:51 AM
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
June 23, 2019 at 8:52 AM
I like episode 7 better than the last few but I miss the pre Arthdal environment.
Moonbean
January 7, 2019 at 5:42 AM
After numerous suggestions and attempts finally got hubby to watch a Kdrama with me. Yay! All thanks to Memories of Alhambra.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
January 7, 2019 at 9:12 AM
teach me your ways, master.
Moonbean
January 8, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Repetitive suggestion? Covert brainwashing? Patience? :p
I think the real key was choosing the right drama. My previous attempts in the last couple of years (since Liar Game really – so 4 years) all had failed. I got him to watch the first episode of Mr Sunshine with the excuse of watching that high production quality on large screen but he got bored with episode one. (He had agreed to give it a shot for one episode). Lessons learned: Find a drama in his area of interest that captures attention in episode 1, no slow starters and no historicals.
I kept talking about the story in Alhambra. My husband watches all sorts of sci-fi. I think he was out of things to watch and bored and in his desperation decided to give it a shot after making me wait for 4 weeks 🙂 Now he is constantly developing theories and yesterday said while watching an episode “Americans should remake this!”
Let’s see if my success can be repeated… Circle is next on my list.
another woodalchi nicole recruit
January 8, 2019 at 5:05 AM
this makes so much sense! awesome! i’ll have to give it a try this way 🤞🤞
Moonbean
May 26, 2018 at 5:12 PM
https://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Moonbean
daydee
May 26, 2018 at 5:15 PM
I’ve added you!
Moonbean
May 30, 2018 at 2:13 AM
Thanks!