Beanie level: Rooftop room dweller

Catching up on Love Scout and warming up on this chilly beanie day with A homemade London Fog tea and Mediterranean toast.

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A February ode to K-dramas (how many can you spot?)
Forecasting Love and Weather
Endless Love was found
Be melodramatic if you must
Romance is in the House
Under the Queen’s Umbrella
A Poem a Day was spoken
Rain or Shine, in Room 9
You’re Beautiful, You’re Only Mine.

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Just started this book, has anyone read- t? Comments?

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\”It\’s so cruel. Having just enough talent to know you aren\’t the main star.\” Dunno why this comment struck me from KBS drama special 2024 ep 2. (Idol wannabe)

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Once in a while I stop on our local Ramen cafe and get a bowl of beef bone ramen. And it tastes sooo good because I didn’t have to deliver it!

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I just watched the new version of the old Take Care of my Refrigerator called Chefs and Fridge on Netflix. More fun K-entertainment!

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Happy Korean Couples day January 14

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    As someone who uses their next year diary from at least November ( to put next years appointments etc in) I would be very polite if someone waited till Jan 14 to give me one! Very very icily polite.

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Check out some of the fun topics in this cool Korean Culture Dictionary I got for Christmas!

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@reply1988 https://cimiart.wordpress.com/art-gallery-fan-art-by-cimi/
Here’s my new art studio closet with a skylight, perfect for a rooftop room dweller! I hope to add to my K- fanart soon! See link

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I made it to the rooftop just in the nick of time before the fan wall is taken down – hooray! Come celebrate with me under the stars! Byo kimchi and drinks – mandu, rice cakes, and carp bread for all!

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At the end of ep 16 of Mr Sunshine, there is an ominous eclipse looming. Several key characters look up at the sky and question what the meaning of such heavy sky could mean. I said to my brother, β€œThe eclipse signifies a big change, a turning point in the next episode, I can’t wait!” β€œThat’s just what you say,” he replied. β€œYou are talking to someone who has watched over 700 K-dramas, believe me, the tide is turning,” I answered in disbelief of his skepticism towards my well-informed prediction. Unconvinced, he threw back, β€œWe’ll see.” (*next night, next episode*) The scholars protest. Gunner Dong of the Righteous Army becomes the king’s special body guard. The fortune teller reads Dong-mae’s cards: death. Grandfather Go comments that his time is coming. Ae-sin realizes she has no authority on her family’s estate land as the Japanese more than close in; an old adversary of Eugene Choi marches in on horse with the Japanese army onto her grandfather’s land and declare Joseon will be a colony of Japan. Dong-mae is fatally shot, he was barely surprised given the bad hand delt him that day. My brother makes two circles with his thumb and finger and crosses one over the other and says, β€œEclipse.” I’m feeling rather smug.

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Those who recall that I\’m watching Mr Sunshine (on ep 16): I am a little bit infatuated with Dong-mae ~

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Observation: I am watching Mr. Sunshine with my brother and When the Phone Rings solo. I find Yoo Yoon Suk very interesting in both roles. He is always angry in Mr. Sunshine, and angry a lot in WTPR.

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    I never made the connection of Yoo Yoon Suk in WTPR and Mr Sunshine. He looked so different in Mr Sunshine

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    i LOVED Yoo Yeon Seok as Dong Mae… in fact, i call him that still when i reference who he is to my daughter, because she watched Mr Sunshine with me… before this, i called him his name in Reply 1994 for the same reason, but by now i’ve forgotten that name.

    i don’t know his name in When the Phone Rings still…
    : D

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    I also want to rewatch Mr. Sunshine, but so far I lack the courage. Your post here may inspire me!

    I have watched Yoo Yeon-seok in many show now, and I am still convinced his ultimate performance was as Gu Dong-mae in Mr. Sunshine. He gives an epic performance on every level. Watch his character development in the last part of the series, he does soften up somewhat, which I found heartbreaking and endearing.

    Oh, don’t give your brother any spoilers! πŸ™‚

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    And he’s so different in Hospital Playlist which I’m rewatching for him… Such a lovely character (as are they all 🤗). I’m skipping through all the medical stuff this time around and just focusing on the lovable 5.

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WTPR 6: “What prize shall we prepare for the winning team? Tell me if you want something.”
“A souvenir photo will be enough.”

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WTPR ep 3: “I don’t day drink.”

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My brother and I started Parole Examiner Lee and I was surprised at how much we liked it. It reminds me of Divorce Atty Shin – a little quirky with dose of a legal system gone corrupt.

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When the Phone Rings ep2: Of course I am already worried that her father will inadvertently reveal that she can talk.

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    Given his mental state people might dismiss it.

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    They already know that she has “selective mutism” so it is not as if she cannot talk but that she chooses not to do so.

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    father has dementia.. and not sure if people know she is basically mistress’ daughter from previous marriage

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    Yes to all the details in comments. But I was thinking someone who hears/sees her and father talking may reveal it or a main character may hear/see them conversing ~

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    During their scenes with her father, I was saying, “I’m sure someone’s watching them!”

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When the Phone Rings ep 1-intriguing. Ep 2-intense. Very.

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When the Phone Rings ep 1. A cut above the usual, intriguing~

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**SPOILER ALERT**
Dear Hye-ri ep 11.
**SPOILER ALERT**
Truck of doom?? Really?? But episode 11 was going along waaaaaay too smoothly~

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