Hello to all CITYHALLERS and would-be CITYHALLERS!

I have nothing much to say about the drama nor the ending. I'm just so bad organizing my thoughts if I really really like something. It's like all words are rushing to my head begging to be written out. Anyway, I don't think I'd be able to write something that the rest hasn't written yet.

Suffice to say that for 4 years my kdrama standard is MNIKSS-high. All dramas fall short my expectation because of MNIKSS. At the end of the day, I go back to the comfort of rewatching my MNIKSS DVD again, and get the feeling that I wanted to feel, that other dramas just won't give to me.

Then came City Hall. Though, most of you know me as a big KSA fan, I'm not expecting much from City Hall. I feel so bad for the turn out of KSA's MNIKSS follow-up WIAN, that I somehow lost trust on her/her management's choice of project. City Hall - a political drama. What fun can we get from there? The writer-pd team? I'm not a fan of their previous works. Synopsis that came out - too boring. But then, I know that KSA's acting will be the saving grace at least, so must give it a try. Plus I'm excited to see what chemistry will burst from KSA-CSW.

And pooof! Who would expect that City Hall, would put my MNIKSS DVD to rest? From the first time we see the previews, and after we get past episode 1 to 3.5 (yes 3.5, i think the last half of episode 3 is when the typhoon is started to shatter the tea-cup) we've been engage in a wonderful roller coaster journey, and as one soompier said, gave us a great firework display for it's ending.

And I'm glad to be part of that journey. I just hope that it won't take me another 4 years to find another wonderful drama. But if my MNIKSS standard gave me a hard time to fully enjoy the drama, then it might be more difficult now to enjoy another drama since my new standard is City Hall. (aside: i'm not exaggerating. i'm just not a big drama watcher/fan)

I'd like to thank everyone who watched and loved the series. I'd like to thank everyone who spread the city hall love - EVERYWHERE. And I'd definitely like to thank everyone who gave City Hall a second (or for others, a third) chance.

And thank you JB for your Open Thread that for the past Fridays, became a venue of City Hallers to rant, rave and convince others to start watching / give city hall another chance. I've never enjoyed your Open Thread this much!

I'm gonna miss our Fridays here. But I'm looking forward to see you all once the re-caps started sailing out on the main blog. And I'm looking forward to meet more and more new cityhallers!

Continue spreading the City Hall Love!

"원더우먼 신미래! 인주시를 부탁해! 원더우먼 신미래! 인주시를 부탁해! 원더우먼 신미래! 인주시를 부탁해!"

I just start wathching friends, looks interesting and intence. It is little hart core after City Hall but I can take it anyway. I need something to avoid withdrowers from CH. After reading all of your coments I want to rewatch again CH ep. 20.

wow! City Hall was a great drama! The chemistry between KSA and CSW was sizzling!! This drama made me fall in love with both of them and their coupling, too. Count me in as a fan!

Seeing a strong, masculine man crying for the one he loves made me weak in the knees. I had never heard of CSW before. What other projects has he been in?

Hi all,

I am in the midst of hosting out of town friends for the next four days (starting with yesterday), but I have been feeling strange inside -- kind of removed and in la-la land! My head is still wrapped around City Hall! It's stupid, maybe, but after the roller coaster ride of the last whole week and a half (I marathoned -- yeah, I am using it as a verb -- my way through) and I feel incapable of getting out of that space.

Thank you to all of you here who are commenting on City Hall because it feels so good to read your comments and to know that I am not alone.

@samsooki: totally right! Props to BB for capturing that character!

Somehow I was never able to hate anyone in the show. Maybe I am the only one. I raged at the villains, but could never hate them. I think it is because the writer humanized them all so well. They seemed to all have their reasons (valid in their own ways) for acting in hurtful ways, so even though at times I was furious and ready to murder someone, deep down I could see where they were coming from. Even BB.

Unlike many other dramas where the villains are caricaturized, I thought the ones in CH were made even more real by their emotions and by the fact that the lead was not all good. So everyone fit into each other's lives with shades of morally ambiguous gray.

@those who are thinking of trying this drama:
I was thinking yesterday that maybe this is also a drama that appeals to some of us "older" folks, to those of us who have realized that romance comes with realities of baggage -- lots of baggage -- and how we negotiate those obligations while learning to relove, or love without fear, is where the romance lies.

SPOILER BELOW!! DO NOT READ. SPOILER IN THE NEXT TWO PARAGRAPHS!!

One of the scenes which knocked me to the ground was by the lake when Mirae says that she knows what JG will say in the future -- that she has moved into "friends" territory or that he is leaving her not because of her but because of him (it's not you, it's me). In that moment, Mirae showed her scars in a way that was so matter of fact. I could see then why she would be wiling to be the other woman (something I found morally problematic, yet could completely understand). She has been around the block and knows that relationships are messy. And JG's reaction is also revealing in that he doesn't deny it so much as ask for her to see his goodness despite it all. So both acknowledged that love laws are messy. So when Mirae unapologetically tells the fiancee that JG is a romantic and different with her, I could rejoice for her without feeling morally torn by it.

Also...I want to kiss and hug the writer for making the ending so, so, so fan servicey. Many writers, i think, forget that a drama is only really as alive as the following it garners. I am all for artsy endings and all that, but sometimes we need a nicely wrapped present, with a nice bow tying it all. The ending of City Hall makes me want to cry now because it is so perfect. I was given everything I wanted, AND MORE! The call scene stunned me. I wasn't expecting it AT ALL, and when you throw in fate and destiny with the real hard work of making a relationship work, you just cannot get a more perfect romantic story.

END OF SPOILER

@again, to those giving this drama a shot
1. Try to give it a chance for 5-6 episodes. It gets into its groove fairly late in the game, but once in, it doesn't let up. So try to hang on.
2. If you are...very young, I don't know, but maybe, maybe, you won't like it too much. I am guessing that this is a drama for the 25+ crowd. I could be wrong.
3. The politics presented is actually really good, so give it a shot before fast forwarding. People like Karl Rove redefined how politics is seen. Politicians are media-blitz constructions, and the geniuses behind the scene are fascinating people. If you know anything about the way Karl Rove "created" Bush and how Axelrod "created" Obama, you will love all the inside jokes the writer has thrown in every episode.

Hmm, I think I am writing a dissertation here so I will stop.

Sorry for not responding to individual posts here. Suffice it to say that I agree with you all.

Happy Fireworks Day

Thanks for the wonderful post Nom_Kitteh

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2. If you are…very young, I don’t know, but maybe, maybe, you won’t like it too much. I am guessing that this is a drama for the 25+ crowd. I could be wrong.
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That depends.... age is just a number I must say. I'm young (though I'm on your age-frame - 25 - oh! i'm getting older!), I have this preference to mature love stories. I fell in love with MNIKSS when I was 21 - not because I'm swooning over Hyun Bin but because of being able to relate to a character almost 10 years older than me.
I also know a lot of city hallers from soompi on their teens and early 20s - and some of them enjoyed BOF before.

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about the politics thing, i find it boring while watching the raws because i can't understand a single thing. but with subs, i think it was cleverly written, so i agree, think twice before fast forwarding. or as what sere (i think it was her/him) said a few fridays ago, fast forward early episodes if you really find it not satisfactory enough and enjoy the roller coaster ride - afterwards re-watch. Because you'll miss a lot if you don't watch the first episodes in full anyway.

@ Nom Kitteh

Why the 25+ crowd? Just out of curiosity.

I'm turning 18, but I really like the drama... though I feel at the moment that I can't appreciate it for all its greatness... hence my reluctance at continuing the drama before I become more mentally prepared for it.

Age can make the difference, I remember watching Nobuta wo Produce after I'd left school for two years and I became teary eyed so many times. I felt I could relate to the drama so much, honestly it made me wish I could re-live my school moments which was the drama's intention so I guess it suceeded.

Age is also the same reason why I didn't fall madly for Dal Ja's spring or MINKSS because honestly I couldn't relate to much of it, its same reason why I don't tend to like Ajumma dramas.

City Hall seems to be for the older audience, especially its look at relationships, Im not sure I'll fall too heavily for that since Young spring love is something Im more accustomed to.

@A,
"Why the 25+ crowd? Just out of curiosity."
I wrote this looooong response to your question and then decided not to post it because it has so many spoilers and it isn't coming out right. I can't seem to be able to put my thoughts into the right words -- sorry.

In a nutshell, I think JG is a pretty scary kind of guy, the kind I wouldn't want my friends to date. He is powerful,comfortable with playing games with people and the system, is ambitious almost to a fault, and ruthless in his intelligence. Overall, he is the kind of person who knows how to get up the ladder.

The writer doesn't sugarcoat any of this. What she does instead is make his love completely sincere. That is, both Mirae and JG fall in love with their eyes wide open. That seems a more jaded, more adult approach to love.

I don't think JG is the kind of man you would ever meet in college or as teens because he is the product of our fiercely competitive professional world and of a world of broken promises and ruthlessness. Mirae is also not coming to JG as a virginal romantic. She has been lied to and she has experienced broken promises. So Mirae and JG's relationship contains all the juggling of seemingly contradictory obligations that are not fairy tale-ish, even though the love they experience is magical.

I think a viewer who may have experienced some of these contradictions may enjoy the drama more. But I realize that I am generalizing.

@alodia
Thank you for your comments (and all your wonderful hard work)! Your points helped me see that I might be wrong about my theory about what age group might prefer this drama!

@CrimemasterGogo,
Haa-ha. And your comments tells me that I might be right after all. Lol.

:D See, this is why Open Threads are so much fun.

@106 A.
@107 CrimemasterGogo
@108 Nom_Kitteh

I will try and give my 2 cents worth on this age-related topic.

The age group that Nom_Kitteh suggested is probably an arbitrary number. However, I think it all boils down to accumulation of life's experiences. At age 25, the experiences you have accumulated cannot be compared to experiences you have accumulated when you are 30, 40, 50 etc. But having said that, some people can encounter very life impacting experiences at a very early age.

SPOILER ALERT!
Back to City Hall, a boy, at age 5 was abandoned by his father. In desperation to gain acceptance and acknowledgment from his father, he was driven by an insatiable desire to become the President of Korea, which is the same goal as his father. Embarking on a political career, he is surrounded by corrupted, greedy, powerful, rich and bad people.

Then there is a woman, whose earlier years led a balanced life and her stance is life is to see goodness in people no matter how bad/evil they are. Perhaps it is because of this simplicity in her outlook in life that drove all her boyfriends to dump her at some point in their relationships.

By a certain twist of circumstance, this man meets this woman and you get to see how their life's experiences rub off each other as they begin to fall in love.

A drama/movie is good only if you can really identify with the characters in it. You may not like this drama now because you are not able to relate to these characters at this point in time. However, at some stage later in life, you may view it differently because you may have chalked up enough life's experiences and you can relate to these characters.

So that's my 2 cents worth.

It's late at night and I don't have anyone to tell this story to, so I'm sharing with my DB pals because it is HILARIOUS. My husband has been known to sleepwalk a time or two, but it hasn't happened in years. He talks in his sleep every night but rarely ever gets up and moves around.

Well.

A little backstory:

Our youngest son is spending the night with us tonight and has left his dog for us to babysit while he's at a party. My husband drank quite a bit of wine tonight at the cookout we went to earlier (which probably explains everything) and went to bed about two hours ago.

So...Hubby comes in the den about 15 minutes ago and says the following:

"Okay, I'm going to bed (remember, he did this two hours ago). Kilo (the dog) is here, but I made the reservations and they're in his name, so you NEED TO KNOW THIS (all caps because this part was said quite loudly). I also turned on the alarm (um, we don't have an alarm system), but if it goes off too soon, THEN IT'S ALL ON YOU" (again with the loudness).

Now imagine me with a stunned look on my face (I know you guys don't know what I look like, but still). Then he said:

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

He proceeded to repeat everything he just said as if it made perfect sense; rolled his eyes like I am the stupidest person he's ever had the misfortune to encounter, then went back into the bedroom and SLAMMED THE DOOR!

I'm still laughing.

@ 110 langdon813

LOL, thanks for sending me off into a restful sleep with a chuckle and wondering if my goofball husband will ever gift me with such hilarity.

And my (final, yeah right....) comment on City Hall, truly, the ending (not just what happened, but how it all happened and the acting that went into making it so touching) makes this unequivocally the only drama I can recommend 100% without any reservation or disclaimer. Sheer perfection, and I am thankful all the City Hallers have been so vocal and willing to share their own take-aways from the drama, as it truly heightens the experience to ship along with fellow devotees. I usually love total niche shows like Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica and Buffy, so to feels warm and cuddly to find fellow lovers of City Hall all spouting City Hall love.

City Hall ahh…it’s just pure joy to watch a drama that is so well planned, be it the story telling, structure, editing and acting. The director and writer had organized everything in such a way that it is a pleasure to watch because everything eventually falls into place.

The actors did a wonderful job in conveying the story with both verbal and non verbal performances. Chemistry between the lead actors was electrifying. We viewers are so engross that at times we feel that they are our friends and we are somehow involved in their lives. We cry, laugh and were moved by their story. Each episode in this drama has something special and just when we think that they can’t top the last one, the next one surprise/delight us even more. There is a certain realistic approach to mature love that is not often seen. The sacrifices, compromises and choices we have to make for a relationship to work are often glamorized by fairy tale like romantic dramatization in most dramas. Here there is no gloss over of love and how complicated it can be or the fact that the characters are flawed.

The writer really knows what women want in a romantic drama and really delivers in a unique way - love was conveyed by action but never really spoken.

Congratulations to the cast & crew of this drama for a job well done!

I`m a certified City Haller. Nice to read lots of wonderful comments and reviews about the drama that I love and will cherish for life. I`m a huge fan of KSA and I`m so glad that she finally topped her performance in MNIKSS. She`s a brilliant actress!
I hope to see Suna and Cha in a movie, it`s hard to find superb actors like them.

@ bspanda

I'm so jealous! It's my dream to go to one of their concerts.

Leehom is too perfect. He got like perfect SAT scores. Got into all these Ivy League schools and then instead of being a "traditional" doctor or lawyer decides to be a musician!!!

The craziest part is that he didn't start learning Mandarin until 18 and now he's perfect in it and can even write lyrics.

Amazing!

Of course as hard as it is to compare to him I do like Jay Chou a little more. For some reason Jay seems... more lonely and in need of someone so my heart goes out to him a bit more :)

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@ Samsooki

re: Yoona's chracter in Cinderella Man

I think it's probably the story line and how her character was written. She seems ungrateful and wishy-washy. For example...

Her mom was in the hospital. Their house and business were about to be taken away and yet she has too much pride to take a job copying designs.

That just made me upset at her.

However, later on it was shown that she was kicked out of school because of her mistake in accidentally copying a design.

Now if they had somehow alluded to that scene first, then I would be able to understand her character's motivations.

But because they didn't, my initial impression of her was very negative.

Also for the entire first half you don't get the impression that she likes Kwon Sang Woo that much. But then all of a sudden she's hopelessly in love with him.

Just weird.

Also... and I know this is shallow but in a quite a few angles she looks like Yoo In Young. And unfortunately this actress has been in a few roles that I've really despised, so perhaps that dislike is influencing my judgment... I know, it's not fair but I can't help it :)

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@ chajjye

Great points. Both Yoona and Han Eun Jung's characters are complex but Eun Jung's just able to pull it off better.

omg i feel the same way! im on vacation right now, and i went to seoul for 9 days, but i didn't bring my laptop with me, so i either had to use my dad's laptop or my mother's (im such an idiot for not bringing my laptop). Also, only one IP address per apartment, so i had to fight with my sister for internet access, on the times when my father isnt using the internet for work.

Now im in China, two computers can access the internet, but its not wireless! i need to use lan, and i now know the bless of wireless, sitting or lying down anywhere you want.

I can never imagine me living 50 years ago, what kind of life did these people have? and was it better than us internet addicts??

I LOVE it you should definitely watch (the first Episode might be a little boring but most dramas are like that) I liked it a lot, even though it did not get the attention it deserves. I laughted, got upset and cried, the two leads are perfect. ^_^

@110 langdon813

LOL! Thanks for your funny story...and they say women are unpredictable! I'm wondering if your husband woke up with any recollection of his nocturnal outburst! ;)

@ 104 Nom_Kitteh, 105 Alodia, 106 A., 107 CrimemasterGogo, 109 omo

Another reason why City Hall may appeal more to the 20+ group is the pacing of the romance development in the story. The love aspect in most other dramas usually starts very early on or is hinted from day one. This is a way to ensure rating and engage audience's attention.

CH is a story about two people of entirely different background and outlook meeting their match in the most unlikely person in the most unlikely place. There is this very long ambiguity period that we audience are guessing 'is he or is he not', and one of the most intriquing question for this drama is when Jo Guk falls for Mirae. You can feel it in a moment but it vanishes in the next. I think the scriptwriter has deliberately to pace it out for us to see "a romantic relationship gradually mature right in front of our eyes in ways which are believable yet magical" - just to quote Nom_Kitteh's perfect description.

We have to wait till the end of Ep 12 to have some confirmation of this love and Ep 14 to have the first kiss. However, the 'slow' pacing to bring this impossible love to the fore is what makes us audience feel so breathless in the second half of the drama.

It is no fast food drama but a full course meal with entree, main course and desert (and how sweet is that desert)!

@117, birdscout

Absolutely no recollection of it and complete denial that it even happened! As if I could have made that up, right?? Still cracks me up.

Wanted to add a thank you to the patient subber of My Perfect Sons - Sons of Sol Pharmacy! Cos of you, we still manage to follow the travails of the four boys, albeit we're now in the troughs of despair (ep 12).

To Sarah, life sans internet is liberating, but also a tad less fun. I like my books and my music, but I likes them downloads too!

On my way back from Maryland today, we stopped by NJ and picked up some korean food and I got my hair cut at Sook Hui in Pallisades Park again. But my regular stylist Annie was not there, and so I felt a little weird getting my hair cut someone else. She was really good too though (Nikki). Now there are two stylists that I trust. However, the way that Annie cuts my hair and the way that Nikki cuts my hair is a little different. I have a slightly shorter cut now, more of a Jogooki kind of cut rather than a Binnie style. LOL. Totally random and happenstance. I am still a SunBin hopeful, so let's not read too much into a hair cut....

Speaking of haircuts (waves to newly-shorn Samsooki)!

Started watching Friend, Our Legend tonight, first two eps. I posted in the recent Hyun Bin/Friends comparison thread earlier but I'm wondering what people think so far?

No spoilers here guys, no worries! Just a statement that I think this may end up being the darkest, most violent drama I've seen to date. From the very beginning there's an underlying feeling of unease and tension that never lets up, even (and maybe more so) in the flashback scenes. I'm sort of glad to be watching this almost from the beginning. Watching one or two hours per week may be the way to go with this one, just to keep from getting too depressed. I didn't see the film, so I don't have any idea what's going to happen.

Sounds to me like the perfect excuse to also watch something with Lee Minki in it, not that I need an excuse!

I also finished Who Are You today and thought it was really good. Yoon Kye Sang's character in Triple was kind of annoying me, but after seeing him in this I feel much more inclined to cut him some slack.

Hmm, the topic of hairstyles is tres innnneresting, I feel compelled to share. I am unashamed to admit that I am superificial therefore constantly trying to dress and re-dress my husband. I have since day 1 of dating started and now have completed overhauling his wardrobe. Every shirt, suit and tie is my selection, but I have discovered that I am consciously trying to dress him ala my k-drama male lead standards. Now Jo Gook's entire wardrobe his my holy grail (we're both lawyers, so the politician look would work for hubby). Every casual and professional outfit was masculine, tailored perfectly, and just plain looked great. But I concede that it was because the wearer was Cha Seung Won, all male model, uber-tall hotness. So hubby clearly is not cut from the same physique, so I shall refrain from redressing him in the Gookie fashion. But I am still convinced he can cut his hair like Binnie in MNIKSS. But after hubby once caught an episode of the holy trifecta of insane Korean drama male character dressing that is "Goong", he has decreed that if I ever dress him like a k-drama character he will refuse to leave the house. I need him to watch City Hall to understand that Goong, BBF and its teeny bopper creations are just for the young uns. And really I adore the mature k-drama lead dressings of JG in City Hall or So Ji Sup in the otherwise abominable drama that was Cain and Abel.

Okay, superficial sharing over. I have also been admonished by hubby to dress more like a corporate lawyer that I am instead of like YEH's character in Goong. Hilarity ensues when I show up to work.

I just finish City Hall and OMG what a one of a kind proposal! LOVE IT! This is one of the best drama I have seen in a really really long time. The chemistry between the two main leads are out of this world. You absolutely feel their pain, love, laughter, happiness and saddness.

CITY HALL IS A MUST WATCH KDRAMA! Kudos to the scriptwriters, directors, cast and crew, What an excellent job they all did.

@123 ockoala - hahaha!!! YEH in Goong had such cute clothes tho!!! I would totally dress like that if I had her figure..or the money haha.

Can you guys stand yet another post about City Hall? I accept any and all eggs and tomatoes you may wish to throw at me, but...

It took me a while to figure it out, but now I know EXACTLY what this feels like. It's like when you're first going through a really bad breakup (that you didn't want) with someone you're completely in love with, and all you can do is sit in your pj's and eat junk food while looking at pictures of the two of you together. rereading all of the old love letters, reminiscing about the great times you had together; crying to anyone who will listen (and to some who won't, but you force them to anyway) about how wonderful it all was and why can't I have it back... :-(

And you have all of these other choices in front of you but somehow none of them is appealing, because they're not THAT one.

Sigh....

@langdon, that's exactly how i'm feeling right now! You really nailed it. But how long this feeling will go away? The only cure I can think of is for SBS to make season 2.

@126 langdon813 and @127 mzpakipot

The City Hall withdrawal leaves one listless and lethargic, now that all the laughter, anticipation and gut-wrenching emotions have reached it amazing conclusion. I second a season 2, but wonder as always whether it can ever match up (similarly, how any future drama can match up). Anyways, if Javabeans had a City Hall sending off open thread, then we can all converge there instead of probably annoying some folks with our incessant devotion to all things CH. Until then, non-City Hallers, please do understand and have some patience with our CH love, check it out and you will surely understand. I re-watched a few episode of MNIKSS, and while KSA is a great actress, her chemistry with Hyun Bin pales in comparison to with CSW, sigh, what a man's man. And she is such a sexy lady, hubby commented that she does not look like a starved, bug-eyed animatronic doll like so many k-idols.

@126 langdon813, 127 mzpakipot and 128 ockoala

Ditto! You gals have words from my mouth. I NEVER have withdrawal this bad......

@ 126 langdon813
@ 127 mzpakipot
@ 128 ockoala
@ 129 epyc

Guess what? Suddenly I don't feel so alone anymore. It feels so good to know there are people out there who understand and I can commiserate with.

@ 126 langdon813
@ 127 mzpakipot
@ 128 ockoala
@ 129 epyc
@130 omo

You guys remember what Jo Gook said to Mi Rae, at the end, before he had to take a business trip? He told her to hold on, remember?

Just hold on for a little bit longer. =)

@131, Samsooki

Believe me, I'm holding on! I know there's something great to look forward to and I AM HOLDING ON....

I feel like I've been on a lot of blind dates since last week. I've gone out with Friend, Triple, The Man Who Can't Marry, and Partner. And there's nothing really wrong with any of them, they all have some great qualities but...oh, never mind. You guys know what I mean. ;-)

@126 langdon813
127 mzpakipot
128 ockoala
129 epyc
130 omo
131 Samsooki
132 langdon813

I have NEVER been this sad with a drama ended. Now I know it's not just a drama but a LOVE. Thank God you guys can phrase it into words that make me realize this. And so I don't want this break-up... oh what to do.....but visit you all to feel better. It's like after a break-up you have to cry over it with.....:)

guys add me to the list of folks suffering from withdrawal.

However, there is a silver lining for me since I am one of those who treats depression by keeping busy. I am finally being productive on the work front after three weeks of watching CH and reading everything about CH on Soompi. Maybe its better there isn't anymore to watch or something as good to watch or else I'd be in the doghouse with both work and personal life.

I did watch CSW on family outing last night as a special treat for catching up with all my work and I have to say he talks just like JG and like JG he is authoritative, capable, competitive and a good cook.

@126 langdon813
127 mzpakipot
129 epyc
130 omo
131 Samsooki
132 langdon813
134 nycgrl

I find myself grinning like a fool during the day when a cute moment from CH pops into my mind, and humming the OST songs when I should be thinking of "very important work matters." But this is the best withdrawal group ever! And every new comment just brightens my day, knowing that you all are out there, missing the CH family with me, and spamming for any new dribble about CH to share and savor.

Morning all!

I had a little breakthrough last night. I've now watched 3 eps of The Man Who Can't Get Married and I have to say, it really made me laugh a LOT, especially Ep 3. Kim So-eun is so cute!

Plus, I find myself missing Triple and wishing it would hurry up and come back on, so things are definitely looking up. Maybe a couple of these blind dates might actually go somewhere! ;-)

I'm not able to bring myself to keep watching Friend. I'm not giving up on it by any means, but right now I'm definitely in the mood for something on the happier side. I will say this, even a non-Korean speaking person such as myself notices how tough that accent is to follow. I may not understand the language but I do recognize the same words when I hear them, and this definitely sounds like something I've never heard before.

Happy Thursday!

Wow, all you posters have gotten me mighty excited about City Hall! I would never have thought of it as anything great - as even one among priorities in my list - without you guys!

Unfortunately I can't start watching it immediately because I've just taken up something and there are 22 more episodes of that *sigh*. I find myself unwilling to watch several dramas at a time - the emotional investment would be unwhole. Maybe I dedicate too much, but I want to watch something good and watch it properly, with concentration and feeling... I doubt I'm alone in that.