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happy friday beanies!!!

i haven’t really gotten time to watch dramas— i thought i would be done with fight for my way by now but i only saw 2 eps this week T_T and that was ALL THE DRAMA watching i did. i really do like fight for my way, i LOVE choi aera and i just wish ahn jae hong’s character could reject that intern and reveal his feelings for his sweet gf FSBHS. i’ve been watching a bunch of running man clips, currently dying at kwangsoo’s “the lion sleeps tonight” 

life updates (good!)
i’m in a peer educator program in school which i’m really excited about ! on sat, there was a school led meeting with everyone where we got to do icebreakers and just meet people— all socially distanced, with masks, and outside with 28 people in total, so it was okay. it was honestly nice to see a few teachers and classmates, i was scared bc i don’t have a lot of GOOD friends in school. BUT I FOUND 2 people that watch kdramas! naturally, i FREAKED OUT and showed them my monstrous, color coded kdrama spreadsheet and they lost their MINDS but were so happy that they found another person !! like this is why i love dramabeans bc it’s full of people that just love dramas and it’s so rare to find ppl from school that like dramas as well!! so now we have a group chat and it’s so pure to find people that love dramas and kpop and don’t judge. my new friend just started cloy and LOVES IT :)

(most) teachers are actually pronouncing my name right this year!! my first name is actually shachi, not sung— “sung shachi” should be read the korean way and is a reference to the reply series hehe and i should probably make something where ppl don’t get mixed up but i kinda like either way :). shachi is pronounced as like the “sha” sounds like the beginning of the word “shut” and “chi” is like the start of “cheese”, so my name really sounds like “shuh-chi”. naturally a lot of people struggle pronouncing this, so it’s nice to see teachers get it :))

life updates (meh)
i will probably continue with choir— i don’t really love it, but i want to continue the legacy we’ve had and make my previous teacher proud.

already kinda stressed with college apps + essays and school hasn’t actually begun with work T_T i haven’t got much time to relax lately and am REALLY, REALLY missing dramas. also my sat got canceled (4th time!), so i guess that’s a wrap with college board. my october act just got canceled last night, but i found a testing center out of state, so let’s see! this will be my last chance to test. any virtual hugs or motivation would be greatly appreciated 🥺
 
hope everyone enjoys their weekend :)

love and hwaiting,
shachi <3

Little Boy - 975k by next week - Can happen

1015k - 19 Oct - Continues

Momentum is still quite strong. This is a rally.

In 2020 there won't be any reprieve.

I really to see those faces who annoying utter those useless and fake wishes at the end of every year.
Real life political drama is going strong and quite the entertainment.
Right now Xi and Putin are on the table - Who else can even join them? Putin is merely happy keeping his cushion intact whereas Xi at this age is showing the resilience and ambition. For that matter he does deserves praise.
I would like to join that table even if for short period of time. Its big. You want more, You want big - That's your greed.
Someone said and i agree with them so its my view too -

How come most be so content living such meaningless lives?
You eat > grow > mate > forward your genes > protect your child > and so on. That's what other animals do too.
You exploit the maximum resource of mother earth and you harm mother earth in every way possible but what you haven't done much compared to it. So an average human life is mostly a useless life.

I just can't deny those utter truthful words. I accepted them, thought about them, then came to recognise and then acknowledged them.
Certainly i don't want to be a part of this social system.

I made fun when I wondered why Do You Like Brahms' Park Eun-bin/Chae Sung-a did wore black slippers?! Isn't she wore proper shoes not slippers? I didn't think if her black slippers wore onscreen.

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Happy Friday, beloved Beanies ❤️

I finally got myself out of the “Until We Meet Again” Thai BL hole, and have managed to move onto another Thai BL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m currently about to finish Episode 6 of “SOTUS”— at first, it took me some time to get into, but as we get deeper and deeper into each character and the motivation to their actions and decisions, I keep finding myself going back and getting curious as to what the characters will do next. I can’t say yet whether or not I will watch season 2 (SOTUS: S), so we will have to see 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤔🤔🤔🤔

On a personal note, I started a new job this week 🥳🥳🥳
It’s been a long time coming and it’s actually a position that I’ve always been searching for, so I feel blessed to have gotten the job, even though this first week of going back to a routine was difficult and my eyes are ready to bug out of my head from working and staring at a screen all day 😅😅😅😅

Take care, stay safe, and wear a mask ~!! Even if not for yourself (which should be), still do it and take it as doing something kind for someone else, especially the elderly and immunocompromised, because by doing so, you’re protecting yourself and the person next to you ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘

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I shocked this week that Oh In-hye was died of cardiac arrest and resulted as foul play. RIP to No Breath actress. :(

Hello my fellow beanies! It's been something of a week. Work was crazy busy, and I feel like every time I get one tent pole stood up again, one across the way falls over and I'm dashing across the way. Silver lining: the days go by quickly!

I've been studying Korean 1:1 with a tutor since late last year, but since recent world events required physical distancing and thus very little socializing for me, I decided to enroll in an actual class for the semester. I know there are trade-offs to this, but last night was our first class and everyone seems really nice. I think I will enjoy learning Korean with other people who are also into it. Now I'm just wondering when and how to bring up the dramas! :-)

On a more philosophical level, I've been thinking a lot about repatriating. I have lived outside of my home country for a really long time now. I never thought I would want to go back, but I find myself thinking a lot about it over the last year, and I'll be honest: it confuses me. Am I thinking about it because my priorities have changed? Because I'm scared? Because I'm disenchanted? Because I don't have a better idea? Because I miss my family? Every time I try to examine it closely, I just get more confused. I have no idea what to do, and I don't want to waste my days in a place where I'm not sure I have a future, either. I know there are people in the world with far worse and more important problems than this, so I try to make myself keep that in context, too. Regardless, all this swirling is making me Feel a lot of Feelings, and I find myself getting unusually emotional during books, dramas, movies and even ads, so I guess what needs must will out.

This turned into a ramble.... Hope everyone is happy and well, and wishing you all a good weekend ahead!

I had not seen any of the works of actress Oh In Hye. She was unknown to most people. But this week’s news of her passing was another hit in the pit of my stomach. K-dramas often force a happy ending. It is something we come to expect. We never expect a 36 year old woman who seemed content and happy to make a comeback die suddenly. An autopsy and police investigation is still pending while the internet starts its conspiracy theories.

I do remember her one international spotlight moment. She was a young actress in her mid 20s. She had completed two movies. She was invited to the 2011 Busan film festival. She did not have an agency or stylist. She had to alter her own red carpet dress. It was a quite revealing orange dress which made headlines. The actress later said in interviews that the notoriety harmed her career and prompted online bullying and derogatory comments. She said "I'm really self conscious and get hurt easily. When I saw that I was the most searched figure online, I was worried about tomorrow. My parents knew that I had been going through a hard time and just told me to not focus on the hateful replies and just overcome it as a life experience."

She thought she had the confidence to wear it, but later admitted that it caused her to have narrow, stereotypical sexy roles and constant rude and derogatory comments about her. She realized that she was quite sensitive to the public perception of her. Instead of a person, or an actress, she had become an object. The projects that were offered to her apparently became demeaning to her.

By 2015, she had basically left the entertainment business. She had become a florist. Recently, she started a YouTube beauty vlog (her last episode was a few days before her death). In August, she sang a sad duet with soloist Nautilus. She also appeared on a television show about forgotten celebrities. She said during that program that she wanted to return to acting, willing to take on any small role. Some media reports indicate she was dealing with depression. How she will be remembered is what seems to have haunted her: the red carpet orange dress.

I've been running around making 2 DIY box-fan air purifiers. I usually try not to waste electricity -- I don't even have air conditioning and I got thru the recent S. California heat waves by keeping windows open without even using fans. But the recent crap air quality because of all the fires pushed me over the edge.

The "running around" was because I was late to the party and too many things were sold out. My nearby Home Depot had lots of good box fans but no decent filters. The not-so-near Lowes had a few good filters but no good fans. Then I liked my first rig enough so I made another circuit the next day to set one up for another room.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, get a standard 20-inch box fan with a flat back and a power cord that is out of the way. Then get a good 20x20 furnace filter with a MERV rating of 13 or higher (google it), and attach the filter to the back of the fan. Merv-13 filters are hard to get locally now, and I couldn't find anything higher that was actually available. Some studies claim that these can rival dedicated air purifiers that cost hundreds of dollars. My fan & filter were about $20 each.

PS: about a day after I got my rig into operation the air seems noticeably better -- outside. I never expected my two fans to be able to clean up that much air :)

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

😱Can you all imagine that I totally forgot about Open Thread last week?!😱 In my defense, I was taking a corona proof job exam, in this case a weekend homework assignment/exam, that kept me occupied until Monday. A weekend exam should allow for more preparation days in between two job exams, and yet I always feel underprepared even after preparing for 3 days nonstop. I just got the news that I passed that exam and can take the final exam round next Thursday, but that is a worry for Sunday or Monday, cause I need a small break first. For that reason I virtually invited myself to @azzo1’s wedding celebrations today!😆🥳 I actually have another state exam tomorrow, but it consists of some competence tests I have taken a few times already, so there is not much that can be prepared beforehand.😇

Battling impatience is the hardest exam of all, Beanies. I miss you all terribly, I have a huge folder with Dramabeans weblinks from all the recaps and other posts I still want to read, watching Reply 1988 episodes with my friend had to be postponed multiple times because I even spent my free weekends preparing, I could not start anything else or post on my fan wall or ‘what we are watching’ for that reason, and you go on talking about the k-dramas and actors that I want to watch!😤The last mile is indeed the longest one, by this time next week my dad will have received his cortisone infiltration and I will have taken the last of my job exams!💪

My warrior friend has left intensive care and is now staying at the hematology department. The exact infection cause is still unknown, but it got traced back to her bowels and they found out that she reacted badly to the chemo, with all kinds of ailments as a result. They are discussing alternative treatments while she is slowly recovering. Objectively speaking she is not doing well and still cannot see anyone beside her parents, but because she came back from the dead, left intensive care and remains stable for now, I tend to see it all in a positive light, well sort of.🤔

Her parents slightly decreased the email updates, which I also have decided to interpret as a positive sign. We are also allowed to send her cards now, but they cannot remain in her room to avoid infection. So her parents bring them to the hospital for her to read, or read them aloud to her, and take them back home. I sent her a letter earlier this week to give her an update about what I have been up to. I hope she got to read it, because aside from the emails from her parents, she has been understandably silent. I do hope I can continue writing and posting letters, because that will enable me to do something for her.🙏

Take care everyone!❤️

Turtie🐢

Hi beanies. One of mh dad's colleagues tested covid positive so we are pretty scared over here. College hasn't started so I don't have anything to do. Si can't get myself to enroll jn online courses because I don't feel productive at all. For some reason, my brother's school is not having online classes. Instead they are sending modules and assignments and he is really stressed about his studies and angry at the school and his cribbing affects my mood too. I am working on a fanfiction and ice written quite a few shorts. It's honestly pretty calming to write a fanfiction. It helps me invest my attention to creating something. It's also pretty decent writing practice. It seems like the only positive thing jn life right now

Hi beans.

Less than 40 days to Kairos!!! Wohoooo 🥳

The wait for subs is one of the hardest parts of watching shows in a foreign language. I’m waiting for subs for Mr, Heart in Viki but episode 1 is like at 2% only.
I was always curious how Viki does their subs. They are a subscription based service but fans and community members do their subbing, so who checks it to make sure it’s accurate anyway?

In other news I want to watch Record of Youth. The OST intrigued me. Sadly I just canceled my Netflix subscription.

Just another week in the horrible 2020 saga. First I've stayed pretty much at home for 7 months due to or state's stay at home order, but luckily I live on 25 acres of land and can go outside and enjoy nature and fresh air . . . until last week. So second, the weather got so hot we were encouraged to stay indoors most of the day . . . And then third, the smoke rolled in and we had to stay indoors ALL the time. The smoke if finally lifting, but really I wonder what's coming next? At least I can get back out into my backyard and enjoy nature again.

Another week waiting to start work
Keeping my spirits up by running and listening to kpop and loads of podcasts. Also watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix, which is actually really timely and didactical. Beanies, everybody should watch it! The irony of recommending it on a social network of sorts is not lost on me, ah!

Oh, man, Goblin just broke me. Somebody recommend a plumber to help me shut off the waterworks.

dear Beanies..hope all's well...i'm here after months; honestly all i know that time's passing but where its all gone i have no clue...i realized in the last 5 months or 6 months or whenever we started staying home, i have zero coping skills in life...now work life balance truly doesn't exist for me, working from home is mostly working all hours of the day, the household chores are neverending coz apparently i'm home now to do them...anyways i'll try not to burden u all with my sob stories...regarding dramas, i have started so many kdrama/ cdramas but can't seem to stick to them till the ending, i watch few episodes of every new/ or old shows (that i hadn't seen earlier) but end up putting them on-hold...it's a classic case of 'its me, and not you my dear drama'...so many of my family got covid, but thankfully, they are recovering well...lol, that sounded random, but really wanted to get that off my chest, since the stress this year has been simply unimaginable...i keep reading how everyone's becoming fitter and healthier and here i'm putting on more kgs with each passing month...anyways, i'm hoping to end my streak of not-finishing shows next week with the finale of FoE, since it's the first LJG (and i'm not counting that 60 seconds cameo last year) kdrama i'm watching while it's still airing (that's how new i'm to kdramas lol), so i'm hopeful that i'll start finishing more dramas soon:-)...so take care and wish everyone a good weekend ahead, i already feel so much better after writing my thoughts here, so thank you:-)

hi everyone! hope you had a good week. i spent most of it watching cdrama Somewhere Only We Know. i dont know if i like it or not. has anyone seen it? is there a space we can discuss this!

i really really really really REALLY REALLY need to finish this project i have had for 2 yrs. i dont know why i can't. i just can't do it. i promised my producer i would work on it. then he was being nice to me and gave me more time. this is where no deadline gets me lmao but then the GUILT!!!

HMM also i have been kinda mad. a lot. oh yea RBG died. i hope she is in peace. i am vehemently against the supreme court and she has had her very very very very bad lows and idk what to say about the highs. but i understand this time in history as it pertains to the average person's (as in those not yelling about the System every 5 secs like me) expectations. but like....mourn, vote, but "let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair" - mariame kamba

Hi all, it’s late and I’m tired tonight. I even skipped dinner for rest.
RBG Rest In Peace. She did so much for women’s rights.
I’m finishing Record of Youth ep 3 (slomo rain) and going to watch 4 now. It’s mellow. I’m near an area that evacuated with a new fire and it is densely hazy, weirdly raining, and Smokey smelling. If I have to leave I’ll head to Denver, but the wind is in our favor location wise, so fingers crossed. What next? Not sure if I’ll be very productive this weekend; we’ll see what tomorrow brings. You doing okay, beanies?

My cat is finally resting in peace, after two weeks of making frequent trips to the vet. It wasn’t fair on her and she was in pain. I did the right thing in putting her to sleep, but it was a hard decision. I miss her purring by my bedside. 😢

We watched Ep 5 of Brahms together, but we didn’t get to watch Episode 6. I’ve heard it was angsty so I’ll wait until Episodes 7-8 are out.

There must be a well known answer to this question but, why the drama "Lies of lies" is not listed in the weekly program list here in DB? It is an ongoing airing drama and even @missvictrix did a review of the premiere.
So... 🙄

Some people in your life are floaters and some are sinkers. The floater keeps you buoyant and support you to be a better person. The sinker drag you down and makes you feel stuck and miserable. You wish you can just cut off those sinkers out of your life. But, it is hard when they are family. You don’t want to cut the line but you’re also scared you’ll drawn.

Sorry for the rant. I just feel I have to get it out of my chest. This is like me sending my scream to Iceland (google Let It Out Iceland)...