good luck kakashi! remember priorities!

haha, enz.

Huhuh... And you would know that because... ?:-)

Because his eyebrows are perfectly shaped and his mouth is as red as ruby and his teeth is wonderfully aligned. Someone like that CANNOT lie ivoire. How is it that I need to educate you on this?? Hheeee

Good morning Enz,

Well, thank you for educating me on the criteria used to determine whether a Korean celebrity is lying in his/her public statements or not :-). I certainly was not aware of said criteria.
Why do you have to educate me on that? Well... because those criteria are so... superficial? :-). However I understand and I can see how and why people would be swayed by such physical attributes. To each, its own (set of criteria). Also based on the criteria you just gave, a lot of celebrities "don't lie then..." Is that really so? (What do you think?) :-)

ivoire, mais oui!! :D it was published in the sceintific journal of hoasiology - but i need perhaps to share the full criterias. it is extremely precise - only perfectly shaped eyebrows ie when you draw a line down the beginning of the arch, it should fall on the outer aspect of the pupil and the space between the brow should be about a third the lenght of the brow itself.

the lip colour must be the shade of a grade A ruby from myanmar and nowhere else and the teeth really has to be a complete set and on smiling can show up to the second premolars.

only those that fulfill all three criterias were shown to be unable to lie.- lie detector tests were used in the study.

you should know that i sadly possess NONE of these criterias and it is possible that i am lying through my teeth right now.. OR NOT as the case may be.

:D

Hello Enz,

Your comment (last one) was funny and witty!!!! I didn't know you had that in you :-). I do have a question, what is this: "the sceintific journal of hoasiology?" Please explain?
I didn't know you to be so knowledgeable about so many things in life :-). I look forward to other pieces of information/gems of wisdom you will be sharing with me. One is never too old to learn.

haha ivoire - hoa siau is a hokkien term for big bluffing or making up tall tales - like the ones suguen likes to use on 2d1n.

yes yes.. i shall dig deep into my well of hoasiology to further share with you as and when the occasion calls for it!! :D

glad you enjoyed the last one

Sabah,

I LOVE all that you said AND you said it well, so I won't take it apart (repeat it). I especially LOVE what you said about KoDs and I TOTALLY agree with you. I hate it when an actor struggles with getting into character, or staying in character, b/c then it is glaring and it feels more like watching actor X or actress X acting, as opposed to simply seeing the character. Yes, I still know it is actor X (b/c it is his/her physical features) but I want to forget it is him/her.

Some actors (and actresses) know or manage to play a role like it is fitting them like a glove, a well fitted one at that. And that is when it is a feast to watch them. It feels like they are taking you along with them, and telling you a story, murmuring that to you and you are RIGHT THERE with them, watching as it unfolds. I hope my description makes sense, that is how I LOVE to experience dramas and movies (performances in general, including theater).

I am SO THERE with you, regarding The King of Dramas, and I hope they will be able to deliver to the very end :-).

The King of Dramas, Fighting!!!!!!!

Sabah,

We just keep thinking along the same lines today :-). I am always amazed at some of the fans who can't (or won't) distance themselves enough to see the flaws in their favorite actor(s)/actress(es). I don't think it does a service to the actor/actress. What is even worse is when the director praises the actor (or the actress) and you just want to say, "but s/he isn't that good. S/he is not staying in character the whole show/movie/performance through, (when s/he manages to be in character)" *Sigh*

And I have seen that happen (unfortunately) that some of those actors/actresses are being praised by directors and it makes me shake my head (and now they start believing it). I also agree with you about many actors are being celebrities and not artists. Is it b/c society and the industry demand more of that? How did we get there? Everything seems to be about becoming a celebrity these days, getting those endorsement deals, etc... Makes you wary of worshipping them. (I don't think we should worship anyone, to start with, imho).

Sabah, I have to go clean the kitchen. I will respond later :-)

Hello Sabah,

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I did not get done until 11:00pm last night (after having been up since 4:30-5am) and as you can imagine, it was a busy day. I am getting ready for day 2 (I work on weekends with this family, so I will be done on Sunday night).

I agree with your statement about not worshipping celebrities, however I also understand how that can happen as I have been guilty of that. I have however been able to distance myself and acknowledge (or at least think about/question) when I would do it (or you know, a few months later :-) ). The danger, in my humble opinion (at least to me), is when we don't recognize it or acknowledge it (at least to ourselves) and worship someone who is far from being perfect (and treat him/her as such). I would not want to do that, personally. As you said, it is not healthy and that is personally not where I would want my energy and focus to go.

Like you, I do appreciate and acknowledge the effort writers and actors and people involved in the arts make as a whole, however we have to also say that when some of them become famous and established, they can tend to believe their own press and as one of my friends says, "drink their own Kool aid." And we have seen (I am sure at least once) the kind of work (whether it is a book, script, acting and directing wise), the kind of mediocre (or not very good :-) ) performance we end up getting. What I find regrettable is when we are made to believe that said work is as good as previous works that were better, (it kind of feels like one's intelligence is being insulted, at least to me).

This is interesting, "It should be about the art, more than the artist." because I don't know if you remember **SPOILER** the interview-date with Hyun Min where he says things along the same lines, when asked how much he gets paid for projects. "I don't care about the money (He supposedly doesn't know how much he gets paid), just about the art." **END OF SPOILER**
Yes it should be (about the art), however, we know it is not always, or maybe not as much as it should be. In this day and age, it seems to me that often, it is "the something (which is) being a means to create you," as you well said.

What can we do? All I want to do, is being aware when that happens and being educated about such things. That is the best I can do (at least for now), in my humble opinion.

I think we are all artists on some level. We might not produce art that people read and buy and watch, however, I wonder if there is not an artist in all of us...

I hope your Saturday is going well :-)...

Wow Sabah, you are deep!!!!! I am impressed with the way you write :-)...
1--Thank you for your well wishes, I appreciate them. Many opportunities have presented themselves, and I am just trying to fulfill them. I do tend to push myself as I like to be thorough and as I have a standard of excellence. I think I must be like Koreans, who push themselves so much...

As far as the cure for love, I didn't understand this: "Don’t see him. Don’t phone or write a letter." Please explain... Also, I like your comment about why we tend to put celebrities on a pedestal, very well said.

The expression "to drink one's own Kool Aid" must be American, since Kool Aid is drunk in the US. The person I heard it from is Nigerian and has lived in the US for 10 years. I like that expression b/c Kool Aid is such a simple drink (powdered drink for children, primarily), that to me, when someone drinks their own KA, it feels like they are just buying all that is said about him/her and is drunk on comments that may not necessarily be true, but flattering, for sure. It basically means that they are high on praises/positive comments about themselves (or spin comments in their mind to be flattering). Another expression is "they are not feeling themselves." This is usually said when people have achieved success or are starting to get fame.

I think one can know thyself, if one wants to do so. I think I know myself pretty well. I have to take time to reflect, but I usually am honest with myself and I try to let God reveal things to me (as painful as they might be to face).
I hadn't thought of this:"Being in an industry that is built on constant criticism/assessment, profit/returns, I can understand why it is countered with so much praise, even if it might be superficial." Good point!!!!

I do agree with you that TKoDs is very sharp and I don't know that many people watch it and reflect about their own actions and motives in life. Good points made by you there as well.

I love finding out/learning things about the BTS stuff in dramaland, even if they are dramatized (it is better than nothing). It makes me appreciate dramas that much more.

I hope you had/are having a great Sunday. I always love reading your posts :-)

Hello Sabah,

So good to hear from you again :-). I have the children this afternoon (and tonight) so I will be back later to respond.
I just wanted to say that one of the things I have noticed about your responses, is that you are like me: you touch on ALL the points that I make. Like me, you are detailed and thorough in your responses, and I SO LOVE THAT!!!! I feel that I can have this deep conversation with you, and that you are willing to go there with me, to explore topics and issues, whether they be kdrama related or personal. I also like that we have each other's email addresses, so we can address there what we do not wish to mention here :-). And my comment does not mean that we cannot make jokes or talk about light hearted issues, as I am sure you know :-).

Thank you for always doing that, being so thorough and pondering all that I say. It also makes me feel like what I say (or have to say) matters, and I know it does (or should) but not everyone takes the time to honor that, if you see what I mean.

So, many thanks again, for caring and not being afraid to (gently) express it.