Hope everyone’s safe!

For those who are looking for recommendations, I listed my my favorite dramas of all time— handy for this quarantine season! As a busy grad student who only have time to catch up on recent dramas during this (unfortunate) break, I would like to ask for your top 20 (or so) list? I might have missed some and am running out of things to watch :(
healer
i hear your voice
I remember you
my ahjussi
w
weightlifting fairy
age of youth
chicago typewriter
fight my way
go back spouses
jealousy incarnate
liar game
my girlfriend is a gumiho
nine
pinocchio
prison playbook
school 2013
signal
sky castle
task force 38
this week, my wife will have an affair

I also listed the dramas in the kdrama bingo which I haven’t watched yet and I would appreciate feedback from our beanies if it’s alright to watch them or not:
about time
abyss
are you human
arthdal chronicles
bad guys
black
black night
cheese in a trap
chocolate
come and hug me
criminal minds
designated survivor 60 days
doctor john
doctor prisoner
doctor stranger
duel
encounter
entourage
gap dong
ghost
heartless city
hospital ship
hwayugi
introverted boss
kingdom
lawless lawyer
live
mad dog
man to man
manhole
melting me softly
miss lee
missing 9
misty
mr. sunshine
ms. perfect
my absolute boyfriend
one spring night
perfume
queen of mystery
reunited worlds
room no 9
save me
school 2017
sensory couple
something in the rain
strangers from hell
suits
temperature of love
the beauty inside
the great seducer
the undatables
vagabond
VIP
when the devil calls your name

Hi Beanies, I hope everyone is safe! I feel like I’m living in a a dystopian novel... everything seems so unreal.

To avoid Coronavirus spreading Czechia has been under quarantine since 15th of March. Czech borders are closed, the airports are closed. All the bars, restaurants, bookstores, cinemas, beauty salons, municipalities, and whichever shops you can think of are closed. The only shops that are still open are the grocery shops, drugstores and pharmacies. We are not allowed to go outside except for going to work or to buy necessities and even then you can be checked by the police.

Czechia is in the official state of emergency and that means jail time for anyone who purposely breaks the quarantine.

Face masks and respirators are mandatory in all public spaces. You won’t be allowed into any shops without a face mask and you could be fined if police sees you without a mask in the streets.

The problem is there’s a shortage of mask and respirators even for hospitals and public officers. So people started sewing DIY cotton masks to donate to the hospitals and elderly people who need them most.

I wonder how long this will go on. But I’m praying all those precautions will prevent Czechia from ending up line Italy where nearly 500 people died in a single day.

Hello, beanies!
I hope and pray you are all safe and sound, and safely tucked into little nests during this cataclysm. We are doing our best here; we appreciate the hard-earned recommendations and advice from those before us, and we hope that we can be as graceful under pressure.

Right now we are finding joy in little things- our traffic has decreased immensely so we now hear the birds, neighbors are reconnecting (at a socially appropriate distance!) and life seems to be simpler. We are together, and that is priceless.

Take care💋

Underneath all the big sad problems now, here's an example of a little sad problem.

A well-liked guy who has been with the company I work at for over 30 years is retiring this month. There was going to be a well-earned good-bye party but now that isn't possible. Darn it! 30+ years deserves a proper send-off.

Hi Everyone!

To all our fellow Beanies, I hope each and every one of you stays healthy and safe.

To my fellow citizens who I see at the local grocery stores, while I also wish you health and safety, I also wish you would stop your disgraceful and shameful behavior. It's a travesty that bad manners are seemingly embraced by so many people.

Since this is an open thread, I want to talk about a software that is doing a promotion to support the creative community during the pandemic. This is some software that I use and am thrilled to have available. The company has been around a long time and used to be called Serif but the software is called Affinity. They are based in the UK. Most people will be interested in Affinity Photo which honest and truly, give Adobe's Photoshop a run for it's money. There is also Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. Many people (myself included) prefer Affinity, except Affinity Photo might be slightly more difficult to learn. There is also a version for iPad that won the app of the year award. Anyway, unlike Adobe that charges per month, you just buy Affinity software once and it is yours. Right now it is being sold for $24.95 US dollars which is half of the usual cost of $49.95. I have no connection whatsoever with Affinity or Serif except that I love their software and have for years. I just wanted to give this information to people who might be interested because I have never seen the price this low. They are also offering 90 days free trial of their software and have vowed to hire 100 freelance creatives during this time of pandemic in support of the creative community. Anyway, if you are interested just type Affinity software into your browser and I am sure you will easily find their web site.

Hi everyone! Please stay safe!

Those of you who read webtoons that dramas are based on, do you'll prefer reading them before or after the drama premieres?
I think I would prefer to watch them after just to not spoil the drama watching experience. Ooh or maybe it would be fun to go episode wise!
There are quite a few dramas coming up based on webtoons!

I'm also isolating at home. It's all about the little things in life now. Like being able to sit back and read my favorite book, or talking with my mom endlessly, or cooking my favorite mac & cheese recipe, or bothering my kitty all day until he gives me the glare, or just catching up on kdramas. Stay healthy everyone!

Also, I'm in a mood to recommend Gaksital! If you haven't watched it, do it now! It's such an amazing drama and it keeps you on edge till the end. I have never bawled my eyes out for a drama as much as I did for Gaksital. *sigh* Is it just me or has the kdrama world stopped delivering such epic stories?

Someone - When you accept a view or a thought then it becomes your view.
View i accept so now my view -

Pandemic is a way population of species is kept under control. Natural phenomena. When humans tried to take control over natural process, artificial phenomena took its place - genocide,pogrom etc.

As human history teaches you - human societies are build on the blood of others. D

Hi beanies. It's currently exam season in India and all the major exams that were taking place have been postponed indefinitely. I was lucky enough that all my papers were over before coronavirus spread this rapidly. A few of my friends are stuck in a limbo because they had only one or two papers left. It's pretty annoying for them because they can't even enjoy themselves properly because they know they have a board paper to give. This is also going to seriously impact our college applications and results. I sincerely pray for everyone's betterment.

Happy weekend Beanies!
Because even in Corona times, we must try to keep structure in our lives. 🙂

This week was my first and also my last (for now) on the job. The whole hospital ward is technically unemployed as a result of the Corona crisis, so as an extern I am the first to go. There are, however a few silver linings:

1.) Lots of colleagues deem it possible for me to return as soon as work picks up again. Maybe not necessarily in their ward, maybe not permanently, or at all, but they sound a lot more convinced than I do, so I guess that is a good sign?

2.) Not looking for another job is not as frowned upon in these circumstances. I have a mental list of creative projects, books, movies and K-drama’s I want to tackle. Rather than hope or say that I will be able to do those things, I want to actually lazily plop down on my sofa and just do those things, and just postpone my to do list once in a while for a bit, because that thing never shortens anyway. 😆

3.) I am used to being unemployed and indoors (because going outside costs a lot of money if you are unemployed) and unhappy about this, so it does not affect me as much. I am also very tolerant when things happen in the name of Corona prevention.

On that note, I got pissed off very often this week. One of my few berserk buttons is people hurting others on purpose or as a result of negligence. The amount of times I have seen people blatantly disrespecting, mocking or ignoring the social distance rule this week should make me a bingo champion.😠 I am aware that we are facing some rough months, but they are a bleep compared to the many years we all could live longer and corona free afterwards if we just bothered to take this seriously. So far no good. 😠

Another thing that bothers me are the people who used to give me hell for being unemployed, complaining about being economically unemployed and bored and having literally nowhere to go to. I find it hard to sympathize with you since you are not the only one in this situation and you did not bother to show me the same amount of sympathy when I needed it. In the same vein, people with anxiety are ‘downplaying’ corona to call out the people who downplay their anxiety.

Fortunately beanies, a special kind of good human beings, exist. 😉 People in my country are also hanging white cloths outside windows to show appreciation for healthcare workers. My parents, usually not very vocal about their support, even joined in and hung an old white pillow case from my window room, since I was a health worker for a week. 🥰

Hi beanies!
Been a while, but finally here i am. I hope everyone is okay and free from this p.....pa...whatever it is.
Anyway, Yi seo is making my day every time she's on screen. That said, So many ongoing dramas and I don't know which one to pick.

Please everyone, stay safe

I'm home for a month. Um, maybe be careful what I wish for in the future, lol. I used to have time off in the summer but because of changes we lost that and we ( co workers and I) would complain about not having that time off and now we have all this time.
I work with very young children and staff have thought for awhile now that some of our exclusions around illness have gotten to lenient and I now wonder how some of those policies will change in the future.
Also, though I'm not a political junkie, curious as to how this will effect the coming elections here in the States.

I have a TON of dramas I want to catch up with and decided to start with When the Weather is Nice. And then I think onto Hi Bye Mama.
I only just finished the second ep and not sure how this thing with the ex best friend will shake out but all ready do not think it is a good portent that she interrupted our leads rainy morning coffee flirting. Not cool.

I've been watching the 2gether series and found someone doing a translation of the novel since we are all at home now and have been reading that.
Also have my download of Heavens Official Blessing to maybe finally get to.
Other books in my stack are the last two Mercy Thompson books and (mostly YA or romance)
The Austen Playbook
Castle in the Clouds
Love Boat, Taipei
Love and Gelato
Under the Sardinian Sky
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Strange the Dreamer
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Polaris Rising
I Love You So Mochi
Love From A to Z

I feel like some armchair travels and nothing too dark right now. I wonder how many I can knock out before back to work.

Hello Everyone,

As of now, California is on the lockdown. Only go out for essential stuff. I am really sad as I can not see my grandmother. She have move to another hospital. According to my mom, my mom called the nurse three times a day to see how my grandmother aka her mom are doing. There is no visitors allowed at all. My mom is officially not working at Lens Crafter at the Westminster Mall. They have close it until March 31.

My boys are doing distance learning since yesterday and they love it. No more wearing uniforms and be comfortable at home. Also, eat at home too. 🤦🏻‍♀️😑 As for my youngest daughter, it is really hard as she relay on routine, and schedule. Luckily, her aba therapist be there to help her. I have some worksheets I got from the teacher by email and seesaw app too.

I am sad that my oldest son NYC/Washington got canceled. Also, freshman orientation of high school too. We are afraid that his eighth grade graduation will be cancelled. Also, with my cousin who is in same grade as him. I am hoping we will do something in the future for oldest son.

Please stay dry and be healthy!!!

P.S. Hubby is still working as he is usually by himself in the building. His boss is in another building.

Hi all! Could I get some drama recommendations based on these dramas i liked?
Currently watching I'll find you on a beautiful day (slower than what I'm used to but still holding my attention) and hospital playlist (only 1 ep per week T-T).

Dramas I liked (that came to mind):
Queen of seven days
Goblin
Extraordinary you
Romance is an open book
Hotel del Luna
Queen inhyun's man
While you were sleeping
Live
Misaeng
School 2017

Hi, Beanies!

I don't even know how long it's been since I last posted in an OT, but I suddenly felt like it today. I wanted to offer a little bit of encouragement to anyone who might be in need of some positivity right now.

Last July, I posted on the fan wall about how directionless I was feeling, having just moved back halfway across the world to my parents' home, with no car or job. But some time has passed since then, so here are some great things that have happened during that time:

1. I finally saw DAY6 live! I also posted on the fan wall about this one. It was just as magical as I'd imagined.

2. I now have TWO jobs, both of which I love! One is at a local tutoring center, and the other is freelance.

3. After more than half a year of not really watching many dramas (or at least not finishing them...) I'm back! Nobody Knows is everything. And Hospital Playlist is hitting all the right buttons, too.

4. I'm getting sucked into a new kpop group! After listening to ATEEZ casually for a few months, I finally took the plunge and have spent the past 2-3 days watching everything I can. Don't get me wrong, no one will ever unseat DAY6 from their place as #1 in my heart, but it's super fun being in that honeymoon stage again -- learning everyone's names, getting used to the group dynamics, having wayy more content than I know what to do with, etc., etc. Any ATINYs here who want to help with my induction?

I had a kind of a reverse epiphany yesterday. Well it was an epiphany just a low-key and kind of depressed one. A 2020 epiphany, which went something like, "everything is horrible and I don't want to be doing any of it".

So I went to the Doctor and talked about my health problems and came up with a plan. Then I told her that I was at my limit with the world generally because of my bowels and my ovaries and Covid and my parents and study and work.
So she gave me a few days off work and then I came home and withdrew from the subject I was studying at Uni. So now I have four days, enough food for a month, and no study to do.

And so I am off my kind of weird semi-hiatus! Still not watching any Korean dramas though but will be picking some up soon. Probably.

For this lockdown/quarantine period, maybe instead of watching the best dramas you should instead do a watch of the worst. And by The Worst, I mean dramas that aren't good until the ending ruins it (Misty! Big! Black!). I mean dramas that are pure trash from scene one.

If you want to do a watch of the Worst Dramas, here's a list to start. They're not ranked.

Abyss
About Time
Bride of the Century
Devilish Joy
Forest
Melting Me Softly
Risky Romance (I'm embarrassed, I actually enjoyed it)

Any others?

First time poster, long-time lurker here with that extra 5 minutes to actually create an account now! Since people are posting about some of their all-time favorites, I just wanted to put in a plug for City Hall, my personal all-time favorite. Kim Sun-Ah and Cha Seung-Won are both at their most appealing, the story is funny, but also inspiring, and it’s the perfect antidote to what’s going on in the world around us.

Hi all, like everyone else I’m finding the world pretty surreal at the moment. Borders are closed and I’m basically waiting (and hoping not) for a community spread to be announced and schools to closed. My husband’s working from home and our house is starting to feel small already...

Started watching Wok of Love because it was there and it’s so silly, I’m really enjoying it. The 2nd ML is awesome.

Now seems like a good time for some group watches. If only to not forget how to communicate.
It is insane and scary how quickly things change. Last Friday my library closed to the public.
Friday morning we thought it was everyone stay home. Friday evening it was Managers and backups have to work.
Saturday it was one person per shift
Tuesday it was just managers (again)
Wednesday it was grouping libraries into clusters to cover hours answering phones at key locations (but not all locations)
Thursday I was working 4 days next week
Today I have no idea when I'll go to work again. Its scary. But, in an effort at levity my manager is having us have a meeting via Microsoft Teams and he put the location down: your favorite couch.
You guys, please, please, please be safe out there.
Also, is anyone interesting in writing an apocalypse round robin with me? Sounds fitting, right?

While everyone is talking of recommendations, and @annyeong 's mention of not doing sageuks, I was wondering if there were sageuks in the My Ahjusshi league? Like, is there any period drama that is as mind-blowing as MA? Does Six Flying Dragons fit that bill (really long, though!)?

lmfao. IC failed me. you knelt before him for a GIRL? gahd.

Hi, can someone pls tell me who the persons are on the screen-cap? The left i think its Park Seo-Joon. The girl on the right i cannot place. Can someone help. I have seen her somewhere. But cannot recognise