When you realize you haven’t watched anything in the last 3 days- neither drama nor variety! And all because I spent all my day on DB! One addiction stealing time from another!

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    I wanna laugh rather evil-ly but ill be nice and go.. aww.. there there.. you still have the while night ahead of you.. Will end up with nothing more than panda eyes at class tmr! And that’s nothing new for beanies is it?!

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      Ha! The joke is on you, you I say -cuz I anyway end up with panda eyes! DB till 12 and then my dad wakes me up at 5:30am!!!!!! Good for me though, I have no classes! 😛
      But I shall find time to watch something today- anything!

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        Your dad too?! And are you made to go for a walk/ do yoga too?! I thought once i escaped to Singapore I could sleep in to my hearts content.. but my dad had the last laugh.. he ingrained the habit too deep and i wake up at 6 like clockwork everyday!

        And no class? Are you done with college then?! I vaguely remember you mentioning taking up a foreign language class sometime back and assumed you were a undergrad/masters student

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          Hahaha… yes! And same! Even if I am not woken up, my eyes just open at 6! It’s like my body just doesn’t understand the importance of sleep! The worst is when I have nightstays with friends and we are up till 4 chatting/watching sth and then I wake up at 7!!

          Yup.. I got done with my post grad around 5 years ago! Language class is correct- Spanish on weekends just cuz I wanted to learn a new language and had taken it up long before I knew kdramas.. otherwise the obvious choice would have been Korean!

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            Gosh.. this is so similar to me.. sounds like Indian parenting turns out similar products! Lol!

            Oh 5 years since ur postgrad! Cool – so we must be the same age then ! Yayy.. I sometimes feel like I am waaay too juvenile for my age on DB.. & would never ever admit to a non-beanie of the kinda squealing & ranting I’m prone to on DB !
            then I’m like s**w it… rainbowUnicorns dont age & if I cant be my alter identity on DB where else can I let loose?! Lol

            Ooh! Learning a new language is always so much fun right?! The amount of history & cultures which is seeped into linguistics is beautiful.. I almost changed my major to linguistics at one point but then continued on with science.. Iearning some kinda asian language has been on my to-do list for ever.. I tried self-learning Mandarin but the tones were just too hard w/o guidance. Maybe Korean might be easier considering how much I listen to it! Hopefully I’l get around to it soon.

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          Hahha.. If I may ask, where in India are you from?

          Dude! I feel that so much! I sometimes wonder what I am doing on DB when I should be adulting out in the real world! 90′ liner here.. Are we the same age? I recently admitted the same to my friend- she kept staring at me for one minute and then was like- but, how do you have so much time? Shouldn’t you be busy studying/looking for a job! And dammit she was right! DB is my escape!

          Yeees! I am enjoying Spanish a lot! I did try Japanese once but I missed out on some classes cuz of a family wedding and came back to see the world had moved on from the 2 scripts I had painstakingly learned to Kanji- which is too hard! I plan to finish learning the Spanish language in max 1 year and maybe taking up some translating jobs on the side.. And then I am gonna start learning Korean too!

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            Ooh! I’m a 1990 kid too! same old aunties then (urgh.. already have some kids call me that.. sigh. One smart kid who always had called me didi before tell me 2 days after my wedding few months back ”now that ur married, i should call u aunty” >_< .. i mean let me get used to being married atleast – I still routinely refer to my 'hubby' as my boyfriend & this kid only takes 2 days to change the moniker?! now dont u dare say that since u arent married u aint technically an aunty..)

            born & brought up in Hyd but married a Delhi-ite like u (db lurker alert! Lol)… also technically a north indian, but completely south indianized in terms of food tastes, accent, etc! Hehe

            DB is a great escape.. shockingly so.. i have to actively stop myself on days before deadlines. Besto to you with ur job hunt/studying ! I'm at a stage when I wanna do something different but the phd commitment is keeping me stuck. need to finish fast!

            Ooh translator jobs! Nice! Do u already translate other languages? i've a pal who does insane number of translations & travels quite a bit doing so. Maybe u can consider teaching english in korea & learn korean in return for 6 months! That could be fun!
            I only got as far as learning katagana in Jap before the jap exchange student at school left.. so still use it as a form of code at times.. but that's about it! Hanja – i never dared to learn!

            oof! this has turned into a super long post with far too many details! feel free to ignore!

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      Could you please kick that kid for me? We are no aunties, thank you very much! And marriage doesn’t change that (though thankfully i have not gone on that road yet!).. Hell I just saw a pic of Jang Nara and she isn’t an aunty at 35! How could we be! Also, congrats on the marriage!! Love or arranged? Is he from Hyd too? Is he doing his PhD with you? One of my best friends is getting married in 2 months and then going with her hubby to do PhD in UK!

      Lol.. I have been pretty open about my personal details! The good thing about being an Indian is that with that huge population- you get very few people on such remote sites who could identify you… But how long have you been lurking? I am sure we have chatted before..

      Thanks for the good wishes!

      No I don’t. Yet. My Hindi is not that good! But i have been reading some Hindi books to get more fluent so that I could try my hand at interpreting/translating… Travelling and working sounds so perfect! Oh I would love that- that would be about perfect… I have been looking at such options.. Just have to catch the perfect opportunity!

      Lol.. I don’t mind long posts with personal details as long as you don’t 🙂

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        ” Love or arranged?” !! Only another Indian could understand this reflexive question!! Hahaha! We had been dating for a few years when we decided that these PhD’s are never ending & we might as well just get married & not stop our lives waiting to finish them (oh boy.. am I so glad that we took that decision!). Yup – he’s now done with his PhD (on fancy AI stuff). and he’s from Delhi.. so maybe one day when I finally finish my thesis & visit his home, we may bump into each other through those destiny encounters? im not yet sure how i feel about meeting beanies irl.. you?

        and Thank you for the Jang Nara reminder!! Here’s to dreams of remaining baby-faced beauties all our lives & ignoring snotty kids! Gambe! *i now know where the “did-you-just-call-me-ahjumma angst comes from!*

        I’ve been lurking around for a year now.. just before the new site upgrade. Yup – we have chatted a bit a long time back when I discovered u were Indian too.. can’t really remember on what exactly.. but pottermore was definitely involved too. It was one of my more active phases like now before I go back into wallflowerness!

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          Haha.. that is such a common question in India! 😛
          Ooh goodies- two brainiacs- a match made in heaven! 😀
          I don’t know… i feel it would be very awkward meeting the beanies I chat so often with but I also feel that we would instantly hit it off if we overcome that awkwardness cuz we would have the K-world in common! It sure is a future goal- Sic, Kaybee and I have talked about going to Seoul and attending FT Island or other groups’ concerts but I dunno if that will come to fruition… I have even talked to chingu about meeting her if I ever go visit my relatives in the USA.. Sounds like an interesting idea, so I dunno.. lemme know if you are in Delhi and wanna meet up?

          Ha! I would drink to that!

          Ah it could be one of my Harry Potter posts or one of my Bollywood posts I guess… Or I do remember a HP vs LOTR conversation in @saya‘s post about herself.. Could have been that..

          I am gradually trying to move towards a less- active phase.. For starters, I have decided to not post something daily! Soon I will move on to not checking wall posts at all! Let’s see if I succeed 😀

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            all the very best with the moving towards less-active phase! I should be doing the same too… maybe il follow ur baby steps idea so the withdrawal pains wont be so extreme!

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          Thanks and good luck to you too 🙂

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      1. You’re not aunties, you’re my favourite 90line unnies
      2. Did someone mention linguistics????
      3. WE WILL MEET MUCHIE IT MIGHT TAKE 3 or MORE YEARS BUT IT WILL HAPPEN

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        1. Hee… thank you my favourite 94line dongsaeng

        2. Lol you obviously had to find it! 😁

        3. *pinkie swears* *has to happen* *the future of K-pop depends on it* 😂😂
        Though, seriously, as soon as I get a job, I am gonna make a Korea/DB trip fund- where I will save up money to meet you guys!

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          1. Am I your only 94 line dongsaeng? or nah? 😛 😛
          2. \^-^/
          3. It will okay. I am rather good at meeting online friends irl. It will happen.
          YES SAVE UP YES.

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            1. Haha! You are! But I frankly didn’t even think of whether I have other 94line dongsaengs.. so you kinda still win?

            3. I know that! And we are definitely going to! 💟

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        Aww… <3
        Linguistics is lovee.. so addictive.. I first discovered it back in 7th grade reading Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue English & How it got that way".. been obsessed with finding roots of words and phrases!
        Fun Fact: Why "Cloud 9" in the phrase "I'm on cloud 9" ?
        Cuz in one of the first Encyclopedia's on clouds & their structures, the most fluffliest and comfy looking cloud was the 9th one listed!! Haha!

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          Ahhh yes if I study it will be lingy. I love it.
          Although recently I kinda really want to study Korean Linguistics… which is more than a bit difficult from where I live hahaha. Especially since I don’t speak it properly!!

          That’s hilarious. And stupid. But not surprising pfffffft

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