Beanie level: Chaebol’s poor doppelganger

@ally-le hopefully this isn’t a repeat, but here’s one for dear azzo’s wedding present! one of my favourites ever :’)

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going to start on Alice and Do You Like Brahms? today. I hope these turn out to be two more beans to collect!

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ep 1 of taemin’s mini reality series ‘RARE-TAEM’ came out earlier today ♡ I’m so excited for the album to be out! 4 more days!

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    Thanks for posting this! I didn’t know about this, but no I eagerly look forward to watching!

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      It was announced on twitter a couple of weeks back, I believe! I’ve been a big shawol for years now so I’ve got notifications on for all of shinee’s socials 😂

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so… how we all feeling about how Was It Love ended…

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    earned a beanie…

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      it’s only my 4th of this year ugh… I don’t know if I feel like I deserve 5 beans just for making it through or if I feel like I shouldn’t have watched it 😂

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        indeed, a dilemma. But I say, we earn a bean for going through that!

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        this might be a stupid question but what do you mean by bean? I’ve seen it a lot but never really understood it haha

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          It means that for every show you completed you get a bean. At the end of the year DB has a “bean count” where you can give your beans to your favourite shows. I only have 5 beans so far this year. Hope that helps!

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            Ohhh, got it! Thanks!

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            I’m on 4, but I’m hoping to snag another 3 with Alice, Record of Youth and Seongwu’s More Than Friends/Number of Cases. Sad to say there haven’t been any historical dramas on my list this year 🙁

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      I still love the cast. There. Just them. And I got a bean! 😂

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    the noble idiocy really annoyed me and I just don’t understand how aejung could just embrace daeoh after he went off the grid for TWO WHOLE YEARS. literally. what on earth?! make it make sense…

    and hear me out @writers, but if the central conflict was to do with this whole idea of abandonment/leaving people behind/etc., why would you just write that all over again and then have it suddenly be ok? what… what motivation could aejung possibly have for trusting daeoh again? and I’m saying this honestly as someone who was largely sympathetic towards daeoh over the course of the show

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    I couldn’t get through the first 15 minutes so I will just read a recap, I went so far as 15 episodes of shaking my head but enough is enough.

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      I pretty much fast-forwarded through a good part of the first 15-20 min LOL… I only stuck around to collect the bean

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    The probably good I saw was the last 1.5 mins

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    My love for Song Ji Hyo got me through it!
    The story was just 😩 *sigh…
    I am relieved that it was done and I will never going to recommend it to others.
    I was looking into my 2020 beans list, this is the only ‘bad’ bean so far.

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      no way I would recommend this either! it’s so weird because I saw people on twitter saying it was really good and I was thinking… huh? did we watch the same drama?

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        🤣 😂 😂

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        That’s the beauty of being in DB, I can post that I didn’t enjoy the drama and everyone’s ok with it. But when I tweet it, I get a lot of hate.

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    It was about as stupid as the rest of the drama, so I guess I got exactly what I expected

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      pfffttt. I actually was holding out hope that we’d get a predictable but decent ending. I can’t believe I was wrong. The ending was so stupid. Thank god it’s over.

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    Relief. It’s over!

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tw: death

Woke up to the news of Chadwick Boseman’s passing. A hero to so many, gone way too soon. Sending everybody peace and strength today.

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I know a lot of us have done the most loved/hated drama soulmate meter, but what about a dream cast soulmate meter? I was having a discussion with a friend and it got me curious, so here’s my dream cast at the moment (of course, it wouldn’t make sense for them to all be together in the same work, but for the sake of the game…)—

10% – Kim Soohyun
10% – Jang Dongyoon
10% – Jung Kyungho
10% – Kim Woobin
10% – Do Kyungsoo
10% – Kim Jiwon
10% – Kim Seulgi
10% – Chun Woohee
10% – Esom
10% – Park Hyesoo

Bonus: 5% for Ong Seongwu, 5% for IU, 5% for SHINee’s Key and 5% for Park Kiwoong

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    I see Jung Kyung Ho, I approve! 😍

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    50%, plus 10% for Key and Park Ki-woong 💜💜

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    One of the beanie pointed about (was it you @katakwasabi?) that Shin Sung Rok and Lee Jae Wook sort of look similar so she would love a drama with both of them as siblings and ever since I have wanted this, so this would be my dream cast number 1.

    Fro dream cast 2, some beanies have said that they want a college drama with Kim So Hyun and her short hair and this appeals to me too. Other cast I would like would be Park Se wan, Kim Hyuang gi, Kim Yoo Jung, Kwak Dong Yeon, Ong Seong Woo, Jang Dong Yoon and Shin Jae Ha as fellow students. And then ofc we could have Jung Kyung Ho, Kim Ji Seok, Yoo Ah In, Kang Ki young, Jung So Min, Han Ye Ri and Choo Ja Hyun as parents or teachers but I think even for the sake of the game I’m stretching it too far😅

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      Yessss~~~ it was me who said they look similar 🤭. I want Shin Sung Rok and Lee Jae Wook drama too~ a siblings or as young dad and son pair but not rivals please, I want flufffff 🐑. I’ve made up too many possible plots. From daycare centre to rock band. Hahahahaha

      Example: https://www.dramabeans.com/members/katakwasabi/activity/911485/

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        I LOVE THIS IDEA, how have I never thought of this before?! The daycare idea omg I’m squealing. I also love the thought of them in something darker. Imagine them as siblings like Jang Dohan and his brother from Lookout… that would be so gripping. Now I’m going to keep hoping this happens 😭

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      omg yes, this college drama idea sounds awesome. I would pay good money to see Park Sewan as the tough sibling that defends her soft-hearted brother Ong!! Plus Jung Kyungho or Kang Kiyoung as their cool dad? Sign me up.

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    I’ve got 30% and then 10% for OSW and Key!

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    50% and 2 of them were in your bonus list.

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    I’m at 45% – Kim Soohyun, Jang Dongyoon, Jung Kyungho, Do Kyungsoo, and Key.

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a drama a day challenge ✨

day 6: mystery/thriller/crime 💎 signal

the FEELS. this drama will stay with me forever. I still think about it from time to time. lee jaehan 형사님, are you there?! will we ever get a season 2 @tvn?

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I\’m finally a eunuch in drag!! goodbye noble idiot, I won\’t miss you! 😂

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I wonder if Jung Haein will ever take on a lead role in a sageuk… I feel like he has That Face that people like seeing in period dramas. Imagine him doing like a Moonlight Drawn By Clouds kind of thing (but better). I\’d be down to watch that.

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    I hope so. He looked really nice in the fusion sageuk “The Three Musketeers”.

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    He’s done quite a lot of those in movies.
    I really want to see him in something dark that expands on what we saw of him in Prison Playbook

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      Yes please! He has the range for it.

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        As I’ve recently discovered! After watching Prison Playbook I’ve been wondering why he’s been going for those slow-paced romances. He can do a lot more!

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      Agreed! I actually thought that he was a bit boring until I finally watched Prison Playbook and discovered that he has all this potential. I hope his next pick (possibly that jtbc project by the sky castle team?) has him playing a role that gives him the room to use the chops he has!

      I haven’t caught any of his movies, but I’m interested now. Any recommendations?

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    Honestly, I was so happy with his last drama (and he’s generally a great actor, notwithstanding some questionable previous drama choices) that I’ll watch anything he decides to do next.

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happy 七夕 from xiao zhan!
his advice for people alone on valentine’s: try not to be alone next year! 😂

this one’s for you @bebeswtz ♡

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a drama a day challenge ✨

day 5: time travel 💎 moon lovers: scarlet heart ryeo

I know, I know. This was a hot mess. But it’s the only time travel drama that I’ve finished thus far. So, let’s just all forget the plotty bits, listen to the awesome ost and drool over IU’s period styling!

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    The ending broke my heart to pieces but I still loved it!

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      The ending was so unfortunate… I was hoping they’d give us some glimpse of a 21st century reunion, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be 🥺

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        Still hoping for a second season even though I know it’s close to impossible 😭😭😭

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          Right! If only we got a special episode or something… especially considering how LJG and IU ended up becoming such good friends.

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    I’ve never watched this drama, although it’s been on my list for a while just because of LJG.

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      To be honest, I don’t think this drama is like the *worst* of all time by any means… but I can’t say it was all that good either? I watched the whole thing faithfully and there were bits I really liked. For what it’s worth though, I think LJG really hard carried, so if that’s good enough for you, by all means! A lot of people do love this drama quite a bit too, so you never know! Plus the OST and the costume/set design was so good, so if you like sageuks, you’re in for a visual treat.

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    I’m currently conducting a Lee Joon-gi retrospective watch, but have little hope of seeing this anytime soon. I wish viki would put it on in my region.

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      I think this might actually the only project of his that I’ve actually finished. I don’t know why, but him and me can’t seem to meet in the middle 😂

      Aw man, I hope you get access soon! I think his performance was really strong despite the drama’s shaky overall execution.

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I holed myself up for a week and binged the entirety of Prison Playbook. There\’s so much that can be said but the one thing I can’t stop thinking about is Hanyang’s story and how he didn’t resist at the end… I feel so heartbroken.

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    I spent a weekend in July watching Prison Playbook, and the sour taste of Hanyang’s end stills lingers…

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      I feel so crushed. I know they kind of alluded to addicts being the biggest reoffenders, but I was really holding out hope that he would make it and finally be with Jiwon 🙁

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        This time I like to believe that his mother will bail him out and have him enter a rehabilitation center cuzz that’s what he needs not imprisonment😪

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          you’re so right… but trust is such a fragile thing. I want to believe that his parents (if not Jiwon too, because it’s so hard) would’ve overcome those emotional difficulties and given him that support 🙁

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          Exactly. He had no treatment while he was in prison.

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    That scene still hurts. Very good performance by LKH.

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      Also how’s your supervisor?

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        I was seriously not ready for them to rip my heart out like that… Props to LKH, though, he was really excellent!

        Supervisor’s still being a jerk sadly. I don’t think that’s going to change any time soon, boo 🙁

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          Stick through till October, you’ll have better opportunities in the future hopefully (having someone like Manager Oh will be a cherry on top).

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            Finger’s crossed!!! August is my busiest month on paper and it’s nearly over so I hope things look up from here!

            I hope the week ahead treats you well ❤️❤️

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    OMG yes, sooooo sad, so unbearably tragic. We’d been with him the whole way, seeing him sick and seeing him become stronger. I can’t say more, but it was shocking. It took me ages to get into it, but once I did, I loved every minute. Another “quiet” almost uneventful drama that said so much, with so much warmth and a wide spectrum of humanity on display. It was great then to see Hospital Playlist afterwards. Brilliant work.

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      Yes, I had the same experience!! I actually watched the first four-ish episodes when they first aired but the length + the heaviness made me hit pause and then,,, whoops it’s been 3 years! LOL. But I’m so glad I went back and finished it. I was so emotional throughout, especially in the last quarter. What a great piece.

      I can’t wait for Hospital Playlist Season 2!

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    Hugs. I know how you feel and it still hurts.

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    Years have passed but the pain is still there whenever I think about Hanyang 🙁

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I’m getting increasingly annoyed by the side characters in Was It Love? Aside from the fact that Ryu Jin is basically a horrible person who intentionally misled his closest friend and the girl he supposedly loves, I’m so tired of YEONWOO of all people acting all cagey and telling Daeoh to mind his own business when he hasn’t the slightest clue what the truth is. Back off, dude, why are you even here?? 😩

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    I’m more astonished that you stuck it out this far. I just zoom through every episode in like five minutes because I want to know who the dad is (finally have our answer this week).

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      I… have no idea WHY I’m still watching either 🤡 For today’s episode I kind of skipped some of the scenes with Jin because I just don’t have the patience anymore. Now that we know who the dad is I wonder if I’ll be able to make it till the end…

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    Same. But here I am continuously watching. LOL

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      ME TOO. I have no idea why, but here we are.

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        I mostly blame it on the cast. I love them outside this drama but their characters are poorly written especially Noh Aejung’s. 🙁

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@bluewaters20 I think we’re going to end up having a bunch of Drama a Day overlaps 😂

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    Maybe it’s got smth to do with both of us starting around the same time on dramabeans XD

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battle with the mean supervisor continues! I emailed him asking for some clarification on upcoming deadlines that have to be pushed back and his kind response was, \”do I look like I have a crystal ball?\”

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    Sympathies for you. I have to say that the pictures you posted seem very apt XD

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    Sorry to hear that. I hope that things improve.

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      Thanks for the support! I don’t think they will, to be honest, but the bright side is I’m only stuck with this guy till the end of October, so at least there’s an end in sight?

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        The end in sight is always the hope I tie with exhausting sitiations. Hang in there! I totally get now how many people found Misaeng hard to watch because it reflects real work life too many times.

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          me too! thanks for the encouragement ❤️

          when Misaeng first aired back in 2014, I hadn’t even started college yet, so I related more to some of the broader struggles the drama covered. but now that I’ve started work, it’s all coming back to me and I’ve developed a whole new appreciation for it 😂

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        @choijunu No worries. I believe that things will work out for you 🙂

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          thank you, @sirena ❤️ I hope you’re keeping safe and well!

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            @choijunu you’re very welcome 🙂 I understand what it feels like to have a boss that doesn’t respect you or the work that you put into your job. Thank you, I am ♥

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    it’s hard while living such situations, hwaiting, bear with it, then later on you’ll be able to look back at it as something from the past 🙂

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a drama a day challenge ✨

day 4: historical 💎 rookie historian goo haeryung

I just really love fusion sageuks, ok? And I love this drama. It had everything I love about historical dramas—the beautiful sets and costumes, the language, romantic moments in the palace—plus the added benefit of some more modern takes on the lives and treatment of women during the Joseon dynasty and the relationship between the two leads. I was also so invested in many of of the relationships between the other characters, and I finished the drama feeling really happy I gave it a shot. I miss the weekly Yemun-gwan dealings and the shenanigans going on in Prince Dowon\’s secluded corner of the Palace. Looks like it\’s time for a rewatch?

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a drama a day challenge ✨

day 3: gender reversal 💎 search: www

successful women in high positions! doing their jobs more than competently! cha hyun lived in a fancy house and paid on dates! seol jihwan wasn\’t going around wrist-grabbing cha hyun and driving me nuts!

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a drama a day challenge ✨

day 2: action

lookout

this drama was electric. one of the few action dramas that I watched from start to finish, on the edge of my seat. as a shinee fan, I had started watching for key, but by the end of it, I was reminded of how much I like kim youngkwang. for me, jang dohan will forever be a part of the kdrama character hall of fame. what a complex character, and what an outstanding performance!

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    One of the best shows, and one of the best charaters ever!

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    Key was amazing in it too. The cast was top notch.

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      Definitely. I think the ending could’ve been better, but but the already gripping story was made even better by the stellar cast.

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    Oh man. Jang Do Han is one of my favourite characters of all time. I wrote the most I’ve ever written on a Kdrama (and I write a lot lol) on Lookout.
    The ending is definitely not perfect, but the raw thematic and character potential was just off the charts.
    I should rewatch but idk if I’m quite up for it yet (it’s been 3 years Sic… YEA BUT IT HURTS)

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praying to god of stressed young professionals jang geurae that my mean supervisor isn\’t too harsh on me for the email I just sent him

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    Hwaiting!

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      I love how you describe JGR though 😂

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        thank you ♡
        I never thought I would relate to that poor tortured man, but here I am, 5 years down the road, feeling like a One International intern 😩😂

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          I always thought we all are at some point JGR in every walk of life but especially in careers. Which is why Misaeng is still my favorite show. Good luck you’ll do great. I’ve felt like one international’s intern too and it was horrible, JGR handled it better than me 😂

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            omg I know what you mean… I mean, I think I always identified with him wanting to find purpose and learning to grow, but this is my first time relating to actually having bad working experiences (i’ve been so blessed up till this point!). I think I would’ve burst into tears on the first day after all the awful things that happened to him. just the thought is bringing back all those feelings of pain from watching the drama 😂😂 poor guy!

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    Good luck.
    I was going to say that I hope your “MISAENG” does not turn into “STRANGERS FROM HELL” but your supervisor couldn’t be considered a stranger I think.

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i\’m having kind of a terrible time in school these days because one of my supervisors is a massive jerk, boo. so to cheer myself up, here\’s @purplesheesh\’s a drama a day challenge ✨ let\’s see if I can get 14 different dramas!

day 1: romance (melo or romcom)

it\’s gotta be weightlifting fairy kim bokjoo! so cute and funny. a feel good drama that I go back to every now and again ♡ my boyfriend plays football with our uni\’s varsity/alumni team and we always laugh at this classic.

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