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Yay! It's weekend, and I'm off to the coast (ocean shores)! Have a wonderful Weekend everyone.

Thank you javabeans!

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finally is weekends again!

and my teacher didn't give me much homeworks.=D

really happy. =D

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it's the weekend and i FINALLY don't have to work. if only i didn't have to spend time w/ the in-laws... it'd be a good weekend to look forward to. LOL!

put City Hall and Shining Inheritance on my list of dramas to watch the remainder of the summer. i'm excited to watch these shows based on the discussions here. so if i'm disappointed, it'll be all YOUR fault!!! LOL!

need to get a haircut. my head is hurting from the weight of it.

Happy FOFriday, everyone!!!

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It is Friday! Happy Friday! It is so hot down here in Texas. It was 102 degrees C yesterday! So bad. And Houston was 112. Crazy hot this year. Crazy weather period! We even had golf balls hail storm downtown too! El Nino for realz.

Anyone watching QSD?

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Happy Friday!
I am behind on finishing up City Hall but then I wait for subs. So might be done or not haven't checked. Beantown finally is showing some much needed sun!

Have not watched Shining Inheritance considering watching some older dramas I am behind on "Gourmet" as I love food and Kim Rae Won and "New Heart" but not sure. Considering "Beethoven Virus" too but love Nodame Contabile so not sure if I will like it. Though I love the lead actor especially as his award winning turn in White Tower. (Loved him there!).

Been caught up watching a bunch of variety shows instead and Korean class and leaving town alot this summer doesn't help the "drama" watching sessions.

Thanks Dramabeans for this awesome blog and keeping up the good work! Hope you are unpacked and well!

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TIF...though i've done nothing all week lol
im really glad javabeans is allowing ppl to recap dramas, i wonder if this will be a regular thing.
due the great recaps of triple im currently addicted to it, i love that is not over the top and it tells the story at a steady rate.

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I just found out 2 of my co-workers are dating, the drama lover in me is squeeing in delight. I like people to pair up both in reel and real life... hehehe :D

Imma gonna watch Blood: The Last Vampire, I've heard bad reviews of it but the boyfriend wants to see it and I'm curious anyway.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Checked out your classical-lit-meets-techie twitter link. LOL! Brilliant! Has brightened up an exhausting, had-it-up-to-here kind of week... Oh, I am SOOOO happy it's Friday!

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my left hand hurts - especially my pinky and ring finger. i'm a bit worried it might be the beginning of carpal tunnel. it's a bit tingly and itty bitty bits of pain shoot through when i'm using it (to type or whatever). and it sometimes feels numb, too. anyone have any insight?

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Happy Friday all!

Why do I feel that this work week has lasted soo long?? Anyway, at least it's Friday and I have the weekend to look forward too.. Hooray!

I said I wouldn't catch up to Shining Inheritance because then I'd have to wait a week inbetween each set of episodes...but I couldn't help it. I spent the entire time after work until i went to sleep watching..and now I'm in the middle of Ep 22 (y'alls who are watching know I couldn't just stop at Ep 21 haha) and omo omo omo..can't wait to get home and finish this ep :)

Also gonna start Ep 18 of Black and White sometime this weekend. Hopefully will finish it sometime next week. =P And then I have an entire fat list to still get to. Maybe this summer (or what's left of it anyway) I will get to the classics I should have started with (namely Full House and MNIKSS)

JB - How's your move? All settled in now?

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Finally started watching City Hall, I had watched the first episode back when it first aired. It didnt grab me and as I was watching a few other dramas at the time, A Mans Story(excellent!) and Black &White(awesome!) I put it on the back burner. After reading how many people were raving about it I gave it another try. Glad that I did. Still have a long way to go but Im starting to see what the fuss was about.

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Happy Friday everyone ^_^

I'm really excited to read the guest-recappers on DB. I just finished watching City Hall (had to finish it on viikii, where the subs were surprisingly not bad... though nothing compared to BON). I really enjoyed it, though I didn't find that it lived up to it's hype. Don't get me wrong... it was really good. But not amazingly-love-at-first-sight. But then... usually I need to re-watch a drama to fully appreciate it. It took me two tries to warm up to MNKSS, which I'm in now in love with.

I spent the week watching Black and White. And wow, I spent half of it thinking, "This is a TW drama? SERIOUSLY?" because it was so well-written, well-acted, and well-produced. It was gripping, charming, and the bromance was so endearing. Has anyone here watched this? Any thoughts?

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

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the song is lovely. thanks for sharing. :)

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i'm on ep 8 of Black and White. i'm loving it!!! the like the Vic-Mark pair up. i'm not familiar w/ TWdramaas except whatever Vic's been in. heehee.. The black and white of the contrast in characters ie: Zai Tian and Hero. the contrast w/in each character: Zai Tian--outer shell of white, yet that hidden black past. Hero-with the outer shell of black, but a soft/sweet white personality. the SDPD as a police dept should be white, but it's filled w/ black--darkness/corruption. the San Lian Org is black on the outside, yet, i can already sense the purity in the org..

i like that forensics girl. she's so awesome. i love the CSI stuff she's doing.

totally agree with the great reviews for this drama.

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holy cow, Friday already?? Where has the week, wait-- summer, gone? sigh. At present i am sitting in my office which is a frosty 61 degrees, and not looking forward to the shift back to working outdoors next week (106 degrees, today). Office, field, office, field... with all this in-and-out, it's no wonder I get sicker in summer than I ever do in winter...
Other than that, just catching up on all the re-caps I missed last semester/this semester. Finally up on ROI and Triple. Yea!!

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@12 meh - I am totally with you on Black and White. There are a few TW dramas that I love (ISWAK, Frog Prince, Fated to Love You) - but those are the very typical romantic comedy dramas. I wasn't too sure about Black and White because, with the exception of Vic, it's a relatively unknown cast to me and hence, no pull. But after everyone here tellin me to watch it...I'm sooo glad I did. And it totally does NOT feel like a TW drama at all! It's shot like a movie, the acting is quite good, the storyline is all sorts of twisty, but not in a convoluted makes no sense way (...yet at least. i can't say for the rest of the eps as I'm not done yet). Thoroughly enjoying it and cannot wait to finish!

Can I claim Mark Zhou as mine??? Has anyone done it yet?? If not.. MINE! haha :)

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Ahh the weekend, I have nothing planned but neither did I have anything planned last week and we ended up on the beach last sat night and it was a full moon too:D

Caught up with SI, Hwan and Eun Sung were too adorable, shame theres so much plotting going on.

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@mie: aw...my mom also got that...
last year she went trough surgency and now it's a lot better...
her hand always felt numb and it hurt when she was using it
but only in the morning...well i think it's not wrong to get it check
although i hope you don't have it :)

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I was really excited when I found out the Yoo Seung-Ho (from Queen Seon Duk) will be starring in an mv for the new girl group T-ara. I'm really looking forward to that.

City Hall never really appealed to me but after reading Samsooki's recap I put it on my To-Watch list.

The weather is really nice today!

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I can't believe it's Friday already! I've had a stressful, depressing week and I can't wait to start a new, less-depressing week. Going on a weekend road trip with friends. I started the first 20 minutes of the 1st episode Shining Inheritance but I didn't find it interesting. I guess with all the hype, I was expecting to be blown away right from the start. I'll continue the series when I come back.

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Thank God for escapism!

In addition to starting a City Hall rewatch (now that the recaps are here, which, YAY!); I'm watching Triple and The Man Who Can't Get Married and am really enjoying both of them, especially TMWCGM (sheesh, too long to keep typing out). It's hilarious! Triple doesn't have as many laugh-out-loud moments, but it's got a certain something that definitely has me intrigued, despite some minor issues I have with a couple of the characters.

I've watched the first ep of Partner too; it hasn't quite grabbed me yet, but I'm definitely going to keep watching. My rule is that if JB recaps it, then I'm watching it. Period. Lee Dong-wook is a cutie, despite the fact that he reminds me a little of John Mayer.

Nothing dark and twisty for me at the moment...my dad had a heart attack a couple of days ago so I'm only watching happy things to take my mind off of real-life drama. :-(

Hope y'all are having a fabulous Friday! It's already creeping towards 100 here and it's not even noon yet. I'm melting...

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I will go back hometown today to attend my aunt engagement. So no KBSW and Internet for 2 days.

When Korean drama will do shooting at Malaysia? We have nice scenery too. I hope to stalk them if they do shooting here.

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@lovenyc52, if you call Marc Chao, then Vic Zhou is so utterly *mine*. I love his quirkiness (reminded me of Akira from Nobuta wo Produce, actually) and his (secretly-gentle) heart. Another thing that I love about this drama is that *none* of the male actors are wearing bobby pins in their hair. I think its a J-Drama and TW-drama thing? Sometimes it's cute... most times its not.

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Its great to see that more people are looking into Black&White. Im not usually a fan of Taiwan dramas, but this one is in a class by itself. It's very well done, definately a crack drama. I watched it as it was airing and it was one of those series where waiting for the next episode was a killer. I cant remember the last time I couldnt wait for Saturdays, which is a work day for me so its not something that Im usually looking forward to.

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Mmm, Friday. I have work later.. haha.

You guys are so fast on Black and White! I'm still on episode 5 cus I'm waiting for Intangible to release whatever they're gonna release lol.

Seems like everyone is watching Brilliant Legacy and loving it so I'm gonna give that a try. Planning to watch Partner as well. City Hall is on the list... I will squeeze in Triple somehow! After all, JB seems to like it a lot XD must be good. & Swallow the Sun is out as well... This summer is filled with drama and I don't think I'm gonna have enough time. -sigh- darn work and school.

@#4: I'm watching QSD (: I quite like it. I always watch right away after WITHS2 release their subs xD are you watching it too? I'm waiting for Yoo Seung Ho to make his appearance ^^

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I love the re-caps on this site. Even before I watch the actual episode I read this site. It doesn't even seem like a spoiler to me because reading the caps and comments make it that much more interesting.

My Friday is being spent preparing for an accounting audit. Who knew the tales about auditors were actually true...now I realize it!

City Hall is great after the first ( ummm) 5 episodes. Once the relationships start to develop you start to love the characters you thought were boring in the earlier eps.
Partner is really dragging for me and hopefully once LDW falls in love ..and not with Honey Lee, I will be happy. He is such a cutie!

I started B&W right before I went on a trip to HK and I didn't get the chance to finish it. Will go back to it since everyone is saying its a great drama. I am a big TWdrama lover. Actually I love all asian dramas, and I watch practically everything. But I would recommend SILENCE,WISH TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND MARS, for all the Vic Zhou lovers out there. I watched Silence about 5 times already. Its one hell of a tear jerker!

I have Monday and Tuesday off so I am looking forward to my LONG LONG weekend! Enjoy everyone!

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@25 Rin - I was able to DL all the eps for Black and White with subs already. On d-addicts if you go to the sidebar and search from the Subtitle index you can find all 24 eps. It's softsubs tho - not sure if you prefer hardsubs. Just FYI in case that's the only thing keeping you from watching haha :)

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Off to a wedding this weekend in the ol'home town. Only two this summer; better compared to the four last summer!

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@26 Daddicts02

where can i watch Wish to see you again w/ subs? And i LOVED Silence!!! I did drop MARS after 8 eps even tho i dl'ed the whole series. maybe someday i'll go back to it.

@lovenyc52 and meh

all these claims on guys... there's not gonna be anyone left for me to claim! i've found one that i've want to make "mine" yet. so far, the guys are all just "one week stands" LOL!

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hello everyone! It's lovely, lovely day here in Boston, sunny and cool! Unfortunately, am off to work x 32 hours.... oh the life of an adult.....wwaaahhhh!!!!

I am currently watching The Man Who Cant Get Married..., it's funny, funny... love all the cast! and the lead actor is such a cute, OC, dork!!! You guys have to check out his butt too! Perky! (lol!! I am such a butt-girl)

I took a break from watching CH and Triple( with my stressful work, had to look for something to make me laugh out loud..., not that CH isnt funny..but am on that episode where it's getting really problematic and serious, and Triple.., so far, there are three characters that am not really into, urg! so...)...but am looking forward to the recaps...especially the recapper's comment on the ep....^-^

I also noticed there are a lot who has been giving good comments regarding Black and White..mmmm..... I am not really into Tdrama (have difficulty adjusting to the tone of voice-quite high pitch- and the production tends to be....aaaaa...) but i did watch a few where Vic Zhou is the MAN!!!! hehe!! So am going to put BW on my list!!!

Shining Inheritance....aaaa.... i have forgotten all about that.....I stopped watching....

have a great weekend guys!!!!

BTW,
is there anybody here who knows something about what's happening with korea nowadays?
Am just curious if there is anymosity between the North and South.. or is it just the govt?
how come all the celebrities are from Seoul (south)or pretty much, the whole entertainment is more concentrated in South? Makes me think, North is one serious, strict no nonsense, communist country...are there even tourism going on in North?
SORRY IF THIS IS OUT OF THE THREAD....^-^

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I love love love "The man who cannot get married". It is sweet, sexy, smart, quirky, adorable and charming. Ji Jin Hee is absolutely adorable as the OCD Cho Jae Hee. The way he gets clueless, agitated and frustrated is totally child-like. He is just so cute. This series would have sucked without Ji Jin Hee..I have never seen any of his other series but now i gotta start watching them..Uhm Jung Hwa over-acts and is just so damn self-concious. She is just so fake. Kim So Eun is cute but thats it. Besides Ji Jine Hee the best part of this series are Yoo Ah In and Sang-goo..That dog is just too adorable. This series is so damn sweet and sassy. People ...Watch it. The funniest series i have seen in forever.

Can anyone please tell me what is a good brand of Kim-chee. Does anyone know of a good korean restaurant in Conneticut?

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@27: Haha, yeah I know! SUBLimes already have all the subs but I'm restraining myself until the hardsubs xD Hopefully all the drama I have on my hands will keep me busy enough lol.

Oh hey, anyone of you guys live in Southern California and heard of OC Fair? It's opening today, anyone going? (:

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@29 lb_tmi - Jul 10, 2009 at 10:57 am

You can watch Wish to see you again on Mysoju which I think links to Vikki.

Love Vic's character in that one. Its totally out there.

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Do you guys ever get mistaken to be a different nationality?

When someone asks you where you're from, how do you respond?

I get mistaken as Korean by Koreans all the time but I honestly don't think I look Korean.

Then I was at a Japanese restaurant and the Japanese owner came up to me and my friend and asked where I was from. I get asked this question all the time and know they are really asking my nationality but I get annoyed for some reason. So I always answer that I'm from NJ, because, I am from NJ.

Then everyone usually gets this awkward look on their face, like, oh no, I mean what race are you?

Is it that difficult to ask what race/nationality I'm from? Just ask it. Don't beat around the bush. Is it politically incorrect? I don't get it.

Oh. I'm Filipino. But I've been mistaken for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Hawaiian. And those all depend on how tan I am at the moment, lol.

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Also what new dramas are people watching?

I want to start Triple (I downloaded the first 5 episodes). I'm thinking of starting Partner, Swallow the Sun and Friend. Any good?

Also, aren't Korean dramas usually 16 episodes? I've been noticing more that are 20 now, or higher.

Also, I've had a ridiculous amount of coffee this morning so I am hyper and spastic.

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Halo... its already saturday in my place and i hope you all enjoy the friday.@16 @23 Black&White is totally different from other tdrama.@29 Why you not continued to watch Mars?I thot Mars is the best ever drama of Vic Chou and he really good to play a bad boy(as in Black&White too). So please continue.^^

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@32 Rin - Yep I've lived in the OC for the last 10 years and yes, OC Fair is starting! I'm not sure if I'm going yet. I went a lot in college and am kinda eh about it now..but most likely my friend will drag me cuz she loves it. I wanna go for the mexican corn and corn dogs and funnel cake..basically just the food haha :) Black Eyed Peas are playing sometime too!

@34 mishane - When I meet new people, I get mistaken for Korean 95% of the time.. The remaining 5% is split between Chinese and Japanese. I think I got Hawaiian once (noooo idea how since prior to this year I was a$$white haha). Oh, or i get that I'm mixed... However, I totally think I look Chinese! I think people don't want to be offensive and use the words 'race' or 'nationality' or 'ethnicity' and so they just go with the general question of 'where are you from'?

Hrm, with all the raves about City Hall... I may have to pick that up...just speed thru the first 5 eps right? :)

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@34 Mishane,

because of where i live, there is a very large population of my ethnicity in this area, i don't get asked the question "where u from and what race are u?" a lot. However, when i go somewhere outta state, i do get asked the question. depending on who's asking and where i am when the question is asked, i'll generalize and just say "i'm asian". if someone wants to know more specifically, i'll let them ask the specific question and then answer them.

more often it's my name that raises the question... like "oh, that's an interesting name. where is that name from?" ppl have specualated that my name is Indian, Native American, Hawaiian, Chinese, Thai and pretty much anything besides what i am...

@36 sari,

i don't remember why i stopped watching MARs now, it's been a few years... i loved the way Vic looked on the motorcycle... i will eventually watch it.. just hasn't piqued my interest as of late. maybe after i'm done w/ Black and White, i'll have the desire to see more of Vic and pick up MARS again. :)

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I'm a huge fan of Vic Zhou and I LOVED Black & White...although Mark Chao almost stole it from him, he was that good in it.

I loved MARS; say what you might about the hair extensions, Vic was drop dead gorgeous in it, and his acting was fantastic. My favorite scene is between him and Barbie where he's telling her about the miserable night he just spent because they had an argument ("I couldn't sleep the whole night last night; my tummy hurt and my head ached. Why was it like that?"). After he's apologized and basically promised to change everything about himself that she might ever find offensive, he looks at her and says "Hug me a little bit.". SO CUTE!

The music in MARS was really good too; it introduced me to Alan Kuo who is awesome!

MV of the theme song (with lots of Vic eye candy):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzcobBmvTFo

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@37 lovenyc52

--I think people don’t want to be offensive and use the words ‘race’ or ‘nationality’ or ‘ethnicity’ and so they just go with the general question of ‘where are you from’?--

I guess it's different for everyone. To me, it's more insulting that they don't ask straight out, like it's shameful or an embarrassing question.

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@ 21 langdon813
I hope your father is okay! Is he? That's tough. It's really hard to see a parent get ill -- I think it is harder than anything imaginable. My parents were always healthy and super strong and the bosses in the house and now they are getting feeble and weak and its a total mindf**k for me because I don't even know how to deal with it. So I hope you are doing okay. *Big hug.*

@mishane,
I get mistaken for latina ALL THE TIME. I can walk into any Mexican grocery store and get the attendants switch to Spanish for me. It always makes me scratch my head in befuddlement.

I don't understand why people are so touchy about being asked what they are. I know friends who are offended if they are asked where they are from. They always say America or UK or something. What's wrong with saying that they are of Chinese, Korean, Indian, or Arab ethnicity? I like asking if I see someone I cannot quite place. Sometimes people are cool with it and eager to share but other times I get this scowl and attitude. I don't get it.

When I was in Korea, I was seriously asked what I was about a million times and I answered every time. And I got comments on my eyes quite a few times. I was never offended. Curiosity is so much better than apathy or ignorance.

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@mishane

I get Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese (this I get a lot), Thai, even Mexican and Peruvian. And... and, there was this old lady who thought I was white... say whut?!? The only thing white in me that day was my purse!

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ahhh... langdon813 just reminded me why i had to stop watching MARS. i dislike Barbie... kept watching because of Vic, finally couldn't keep going because of her. that's right!! my adoration of him may not be strong enough yet. i'll wait til i'm craving more Vic...

p.s. thanks for the link!! i'll watch when i get home!

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@40 mishane -

"I guess it’s different for everyone. To me, it’s more insulting that they don’t ask straight out, like it’s shameful or an embarrassing question."

And I think that's what sucks about 'political correctness' these days. I'm all for being politically correct and I try to not intentionally offend people, but everyone is so sensitive about every little thing that when it comes to race/religion/politics... well almost anything actually, people try to tread carefully as to not step on any toes. Well that's my take on it. Like you I prefer people to just ask straight out. Lol. I should do what you do and just say that I'm from Cali and go from there haha.

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@ 41 Nom_Kitteh

--I don’t understand why people are so touchy about being asked what they are. I know friends who are offended if they are asked where they are from. They always say America or UK or something. What’s wrong with saying that they are of Chinese, Korean, Indian, or Arab ethnicity? I like asking if I see someone I cannot quite place.--

I just turn into a smart ass. I don't get why people are scared to ask me what nationality I am. Why tiptoe around it? I've never gotten any weird looks when I ask others. And I ask straight out, what nationality they are.

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@35 Mishane,
May I ask where you download your kdrama's? Are they english-subbed?

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@41, Nom_Kitteh

Thank you for your kind words! My dad is having a heart cath this afternoon but his doctor seems to be very optimistic that he won't need surgery, which would be great. Fingers crossed!! It's frustrating because he's in ICU, so we can only see him once every 3 hours for 30 minutes, two people at a time. The rest of my day is obviously spent here at Dramabeans, LOL!

And yes, it is VERY strange to even of think my parents getting older much less ill...I am desperate to move away from here but then something like this happens, and I think maybe I shouldn't.

Ah, life...what happens while you're busy making other plans, to mangle a perfectly good John Lennon quote.

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@ lovenyc52

--Lol. I should do what you do and just say that I’m from Cali and go from there haha.--

I guess I'm kind of an ass because I always say NJ with a straight face and watch as they falter and try to backpedal. "Oh, uh, I mean, um, where are your parents from?"

Sometimes when I'm in a good mood, I help them along and say, "Well, I'm FROM NJ, but I'm Filipino. Is that what you mean?"

You know what pissed me off majorly? I struck up this conversation with a Korean girl at a Starbucks (she saw a Korean DVD in my purse and started talking to me in English). When she started speaking in Korean, I told her I didn't speak it and she looked at me weird, asked me what I was and when I answered 'Filipino', she kind of screwed up her nose and then excused herself.

WHAT THE HELL? How are you gonna look down on me when 2 minutes earlier you were conversing happily about Lee Byung Hun and Joo Ji Hoon? That. . .really irked me. Really. REALLY.

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@46 KT

Um, I don't know if I'm supposed to post them on a public forum, but if you want to PM me, my e-mail is michennae04@yahoo.com. I can give you the info there.

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@ mishane #34 & #35

Ah, the question of nationality. It gets complicated doesn't it? I have to admit, I no longer get annoyed as I used to when I was younger, especially after having traveled internationally and living in different countries. When it comes to asking 'the question' of nationality, it's not grammatically correct to ask 'where are you from?' but it seems there's a general understanding that it's synonymous with 'what nationality are you?'. When people use the former, I don't think they're intending to beat around the bush, be politically correct or think it's politically incorrect if they straight up ask, 'what nationality are you?'. From an English grammar point of view, it doesn't make sense and it's not synonymous but people use it informally and loosely so I just think, whatever floats your boat, I get it. I think people are just curious if someone has a unique name or doesn't look like a specific nationality. I've been mistaken for probably every Asian nationality on the map, but that's alright. I see it more as a compliment and glad that I'm representing :)

I'm currently watching Shining Inheritance and was surprised I got into it. I tried CH, Triple, Story of a Man and The Man Who Can't Get Married but for various reasons haven't gone beyond a few episodes.

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