Not good cricket week it was - for tomorrow.

Weather - ohh - rain - good rain. 2021 September was different. many reasons for that.
2021 - September - rainy month - enough rain to make new records or break previous ones. Its not often that petty clouds shower your region with good summer rains in about fall season.
This September also saw fussy activity of clouds - clear skies and within minutes it was about to rain and within few more minutes it clear sky again. This is game graphics at work. amusing weather this time around. much more fun that fiction.

Next week marks the Chuseok holiday in Korea. It is estimated that 30 million residents will be traveling in South Korea during the holiday. That is a staggering amount considering the country is in the midst of another COVID surge.

From what I have read over the past few years, single people dread returning home to celebrate the holiday. They are interrogated by elders about their relationship and marital prospects. Daughters-in-law dread the holiday cooking and chores for the in-laws. For a celebration of Thanksgiving, it is more a burden for most.

That is why more singles and young couples do not go home for the holiday but rather use the time off to travel or camp.

I'm sad that the Hospital Playlist era was over. No more Wintergarden wedding anymore. T-T :( I want to miss the musical performances, the covers of 1980s to 2000s retro throwback songs/OSTs so did the saddest scenes and even the fictional heartbroken, sad patients' cases/issues (e.g. stroke, pregnancy, cancer). And suddenly, it turns out as one of the greatest Kdramas not only in the 2020s but an all-time. I felt glad that ratings for this Kdrama was absolutely good-but-not-bad. Although, I still love all of the great cast (incl. Jeon Mi-do and Jo Jung-suk) and even the Jeon Mi-do's real-life band Mido and Falasol. I am appreciating my best wishes for the future projects of PD Shin Won-ho and we wish you all of the cast and crew of Hospital Playlist a good luck during the post-Hospital Playlist period.

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

Last weekend the whole family celebrated my grandparents’ diamond wedding anniversary and it was really nice to see everyone again after nearly two years or longer. Getting back to daily life on Monday however, proved to be a lot harder than it usually is. Sunday Blues is a weekly thing for me, but this felt like leaving from and returning to planet Earth and having to relearn Earth customs all over again.🌍 I must admit that it saddened me to realize how long it has been since I actually felt carefree and enjoyed myself. Dealing with work and unpleasant chores did not help to lighten my mood either.

But I am hopeful, because bad weeks do not last forever. After the positive experience at the family gathering, I am more determined to battle the agoraphobia.💪 A good friend invited me to her musical performance late October and wants to start meeting up again from November onwards. My K-drama friend is on leave next week, so we might finish the last quarter of Prison Playbook and some movies on our mutual list.💃💃💃

As for this weekend, I am catching up on my reading and K-dramas, so that I have more time to start new K-dramas next week!😊

Sigh. Nothing to watch on Wed/Thu. Some of you may wonder why I didn't watch Hospital Playlist 2, but I watched a bit of season 1, didn't like it, and dropped it. I have an unwritten rule to never watch a sequel if I didn't like the original. Oh cr*p, now I've written it.

I'm going to get myself in trouble here by saying that Kim Yoo-jung is... let's just say not my favorite k-actress. One problem is that the first 800,000 times I saw her she was playing the same plucky kid who had been wronged in some manner / orphaned / bullied and who kept a positive attitude until she could grow up to be played by another actress who would set things right. I just really dislike that kind of show so I would either drop them or skip a few weeks to catch the post-time-skip adults. Then my dislike of the trope contaminated my opinion of the actress. Also, it seems like she plays the same personality over and over -- the same positive & cheerful personality she played as a kid, which just reminds me of the bad old days. Of course, I may have missed a few times when she didn't play that personality because of the times my "oh no it has her so it's going to be that kind of show" reflex kicked in and I never started it.

I am shocked why @dramallama was left from Dramabeans indefinitely after reviewing the first episode-only recap of now-cancelled Joseon Exorcist. I knew that means he/she will joining @javabeans, @saya, @HeadsNo2 and @girlfriday as the retired-from-Dramabeans members. I also cannot believe that @lollypip was also about to left Dramabeans this year (2021) after a little couple of years as a Dramabeans member/staff due to his dog's problems. I saw on Dramabeans staff page (https://www.dramabeans.com/about/staff/) that only seven active Dramabeans staff members(!). Here's the remaining 7 active Dramabeans staffs:

@tineybeanie, @laica, @lovepark @sailorjumun, @laica, @teriyaki (I think), @abirdword

Honorable mentions: to the active Dramabeans recappers/weecappers (@quirkycase, @mistyisles, @missvictrix, @selena, @branwen)

I just finished On The Verge Of Insanity and wow, I am blown away! Someone said that it is better than Misaeng and I fully agree. The underdog story, the characters, the humor etc are all on point. Such an underrated gem and it’s definitely now on my top ten kdramas. To the team who brought us On The Verge Of Insanity and to everyone involved with this drama, thank you! You guys are all amazing!

My level of hype for Homecha tomorrow is slightly scaring me. Was I like this with Vincenzo?