CRICKET - 3rd test. England Vs. West Indies. England won. West Indies was such a disappointment. You can't even properly play 35 overs?
You think its an ODI. Foolish and Irresponsible behviour.
This should have been a day where both teams look desperate but West indies players were to eager to go home.

Still a worth watch 3 test matches.

My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as i Expected

Oregairu - @sancheezy Most likely you won't see this tag.

3 episodes have already broadcasted and Translation problems are still there. This kind of shows demand apt translation because much is subtle and few words changed here and there can change whole situation. Watching an Anime after a while. Enjoying it.

Memorials ep 9 & 10 : I couldn"t squee enough.

Was It Love (Episode 7-8)
There was some hope in previous weeks but this week’s episodes have veered the story to the point of no return where Dae Oh is the dad and endgame (CLICHE). I would be more on board with this ship if Dae Oh didn’t guilt trip Ae Jung in the past into dating him by risking his life, harass Ha Nee on the streets which caused an accident and manipulate the situation such that he gets alone time with Ae Jung, then again, the other men have their own styles of obsession to be annoyed at as well. I find myself wanting her to say NO to everyone, but we all know this show ain’t going to be unique.

United Effort to Accomplish One Thing (Episode 1-4)
My initial plan was actually to binge watch the show once it had ended but then I saw the Open Thread and liked what I read! Anyway, despite the lower hype it received as opposed to JTBC’s 19+ show, it certainly had a better premiere in storytelling and direction. I find it an interesting decision by the production to reveal the 5 that had drugged In Ho with the sleeping pills at the halfway mark, as if to say that the murderer isn’t important and there is juice to be had behind that fateful night. Also, is it really one big coincidence that the mugshot gang of 5 are also the ones being interviewed?

Memorials (Episode 9-10)
As the second half of the show begins, we finally start to unravel the mystery behind Representative Yang’s death that started off the show and caused a chain reaction leading to the present day. Mr Bong's warning towards Se Ra means that he was aware of Yang’s corruption but was it also a foreshadowing that he’s not the powerless idealist he appears to be? There’s also two more past events to tackle: 1) Accident that took the life of Gong Myung’s brother, 2) Min Jae’s sudden decision to become Jo’s underling. I do think that 1) isn’t an accident, 2) isn’t sudden and the fallout is coming.

Graceful Friends (Episode 5-6)
I was really hopeful that we’ll get some movement on the story but it seems a little stale all around. There are still quite some awkward moments like Chun Bok and Eun Sil’s bed fight (which felt like a ham-fisted attempt at injecting humour of the crude and 19+ kind) and Yoo Bin’s random girl conversation over a hamburger (was that PPL? it didn’t appear to be so from how I saw it); the point being that unless Chun Bok’s prostrate problems or Ha Nee (oops wrong show!) are to play significant narrative purposes later on these scenes are simply useless fillers. It’s a whodunit so that just sucks!

Also watching: Flower of Evil (Episode 1-2) / It's Okay to Not Be Okay (Episode 11-12) / Men Are Men (Episode 7-8) / Backstreet Rookie (Episode 11-12)

Reply 1994 (11/21): Samcheonpo and Yoon-Jin are dating!❤️Their romance is the only one I like at the moment. I hope Binggrae finds someone to love as well, since it clearly will not work out with Trash Oppa. My friend got the idea of Binggrae and Joon-Hee (Hoya, Reply 1997) in my head, why are all my gay ships doomed?🚢 I should be rooting for either Trash Oppa or Chilbongie to be Na-Jung’s husband, but I find myself not interested in the shipping war. I actually even get annoyed at both of them whenever they act as suitors, which is a shame, because they both are good hyungs, sons, friends,… to everybody else. It is probably why Haitai is my favorite. The guy is not boyfriend material (yet?), but he is Bro goals and living proof that men and women can be very close friends in a strictly platonic way.

Memorials/Into The Ring (10/16): I caught up with you all at the right time! Our battle couple are relationship and boss-employee goals! There were too many moments to squee about this week, but what deserves more attention in my opinion are the gender trope reversals. Aside from the obvious male secretary being happy to work for a female chairman, I was expecting baby steps in a tentative honeymoon phase, but our Gong is already wearing his girlfriend’s clothes and sleeping in her room!🤭Kim Min-Jae on the other hand, can get his hypocritical nonsense off my screen, thank you very much. If you want people to stop looking down on Sera, start by looking in a mirror. Or watch how our Gong treats Sera and learn.❤️

Mori who stole the Beanie’s hearts (4/30): Mori is not happy with me, because I still have not found the time to officially meet him. Soon, I hope!😔

Men are Men: I realized why I watch the show. I watch the show because of the parents and because of the leads chemistry. The parents are hilarious and wildly inappropriate. The leads are cute when they are together, despite the way they started.

The Good Detective: I didn't think they would kill him. I am shocked. The case did not turn out at all like I expected. This is good, I am still enjoying the chemistry of all 3 leads.

Memorials: UGHSDBASKEF, they are so cute. When she woke up on the floor and he saw her and started smiling. I completely melted. She actually looked a mess, but he didn't even care. I love this drama.

Flower of Evil: The drama is interesting. They are throwing a great many red herring into the mix and it is annoying. He clearly has some kind of disorder that doesn't allow him to recognize emotions. The 2nd episode did a beautiful job showcasing that. Lee Joon Ki and Moon Chae Won are doing an excellent job, but the red herring though, I'm already exhausted and we are not even to episode 3.

It's okay not to be Okay: I somehow completely missed the episode 12 recap, lol. Everyone had already said what I wanted, so I am excited to see what is next.

It's Okay To Not Be Okay: I can't believe there's only 4 episodes left... T_T
I'm comforted by the thought that Stranger 2 will air when this ends though.
Curious to see which theories about MY's mom and the killer's identity are true.

Was It Love: why... am I still watching this? Can we get a spinoff of Koo Pa-do's gangster life instead? That man is so damn fine.

Torn between watching Flower of Evil, You Who Forgot Poetry, or rewatching Go Back Couple (because Dae-oh makes me miss Ban-do so bad).

After being in a massive drama slump and watching a lot of cdramas... I stumbled upon The Smile Has Left Your Eyes and WHOLY MOLY...I didn't realize how much I had missed Seo In Guk on my screen, and Jung So Min! This show ripped my heart out, threw it on the floor and watched it silently beating on the ground with a smirk.
I can't get over how amazing everything was about this show. From Seo In Guks compelling and riveting acting (in my opinion, his finest work) to the dark ambiance, the filmography and background score. SO SO GOOD. I'm in withdrawal and felt my love for kdramas again.

Flower of Evil: I like this quite a bit. I want the story to focus more on unraveling this man's life than chasing some big bad. Also, LJG ends up with cute daughters in some of his dramas. That little girl is adorable.

It's Okay...: Still enjoying but a bit worried we're going to go into noble idiocy or some such thing.

Hotel de Luna: On hold at episode 4. I don't know why I am having trouble getting into this more. It is right up my alley and everything looks great. I'll just wait until I'm more in the mood.

WWW: I am trying to go back and watch some shows I didn't have time for (hence Hotel de Luna) and this one was near the top of my list. Enjoying it so far.

Ahhh Flower of Evil is so good! 😭 I’ve been wanting to talk about it and my theories but haven’t found where- I have so many lol

The Good Detective I'm kinda tiring by this kind of story : cops are corrupted, the past's hero is connected with the present investigation, the bad guys always are three moves ahead... I watch it for Jang Seung-jo, because he's a lead for once!

Memorials I relly like this drama. This week episodes were really good between the super cute love story (I'm happy that the parents and friends already know and are ok with it), the fact the FL doesn't go against the big project but just a small part of it, there is more secrets that we though at the beginning. It's fun and never boring!

Backstreet Rookie KJY is too good for crying scenes, I cried a lot too because of her and JCW's eyes can shoot little hearts! The way their relationship is written is perfect, I love their trust in each other.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay I should focus on the story and the directing but I'm just too happy to have KSH's face on my screen to do it :p

Men are men continues to be a very awkward watching. I’m intrigued by the past story, but I don’t think it’s going anywhere. It feels like it’s pieces of different dramas put together by the writer. Another eight episodes? I wonder what they have to tell. And basically I’m a bit annoyed by everyone deciding who must FL marry.

The Good Detective.Wow, this show is getting better every week. So far nothing is wasted. The acting, the story, the balance between the drama, the suspense and the slight touches of comedy. Beanies, if you’re looking for a police drama, give it a try. I can’t guarantee the second half would be as good, but so far I recommend it.

Memorials. This is such a perfect watching. I can’t recommend it enough. GM and SR are going to my top cute couples un drama land. Also, I like how realistic the show is about a newbie trying to do politics, because I’m afraid good intentions are not enough.

Flower of evil. I’ve only watched first episode, and I’m delighted to see a creepy psycho LJG. Also, I missed his voice.

Also watching It’s Okay not to be Okay, and my rewatch of Secret Forest, which is even better than the previous time. I hadn’t realized how much I missed ShiMok and YeoJin.

'Be still my heart', is what I keep telling myself with each new episode of Into the Ring, because I can't believe how the show has managed to keep up its pace and energy and happy quotient for so long into its run. It's so good, it feels unreal. For whoever thought The Rom-Com was dead, this is a must-watch, to reassure you that it's not quite the case. 

My explorations into tw-dramas continue, for which I have two beanies to thank: 

@leetennant I finally got to HIStory 2, and you were right, it was lovely, and definitely the best of the BL shows out there (that I've seen so far). It's also a great gateway show into the genre.    

@wapzy I managed to watch Yong-Jiu Grocery Store. It was delightful, and appropriately nostalgia-infused with the right degree of sentimentality and slowburn. It's the same 'alternate' kind of tw-drama we have been discussing in previous editions of WWW and various fanwall posts. I am still plugging I, Myself as a superior show because of the different kinds of questions it asked, but it may just be because I watched that first.

Anyway, thank you again to both of you for the recommendations! :)

Finally, @mindy has put up a bunch of fanwall posts today that are to blame for my descent into the Forest of Secrets / Stranger wormhole all over again. Gosh, that first episode, what a start! - anybody would be drawn in by that! After my original watch, I remember thinking what a solid, world-class drama this is, and that verdict still holds good. It's a bummer that PD Ahn Gil-ho decided to spend this summer directing a rom-com instead :/ I'm fervently hoping that the director change doesn't affect the second season; keeping the faith in the writer and the cast (*ready, aim, fire* if things go wrong!). 

MEN ARE MEN: I strongly dislike the story line of chaebol men harassing, manipulating and controlling women to make them fall for them. But now to brain wash the woman you are after to turn her nightmares about you into positive memories?! Then there is the creepy evil mom seeking revenge or transference of herself onto the male lead by marrying her daughter to him. I wondered if she is really her daughter since in her plan she is basically throwing her under the bus.
WAS IT LOVE? Speaking of transference, Pa-Do's doppleganger Chinese wife is shown as the member of a rival gang who was killed because PD killed their boss (a family member?) Why AJ is in danger because of a gang war is a stretch. And speaking of stretching out the thinnest story line, Hanee's father mystery is now tedious. Just tell us who and why and move on.
ONCE AGAIN: A pair of secret dating couples is not a griping story line. The fake sister's demeaning comments to each family member was true to her character, but now with loan shark blackmail on the horizon she will flee soon leaving her brother wondering why he bailed her out with his life's savings.
Variety:
HOUSE ON WHEELS: I wonder if the show is pivoting toward action/adventure with paragliding guests instead of the charm of camping and conversation.
HOW DO YOU PLAY?: South Korea still knows how to make music videos. I do not get the fan criticism that SSAK3 is a "fake" group that took away chart position and awards from other idol groups.
FUN RESTAURANT: Has moved into more trot songs than actual food preparation. Not happy.

Into The Ring: Ep 9 and 10 are just 💕💕💕 The hours just passed me by and I’m craving for more. Se-Ra, don’t you ever change!

Flowers of Evil: Ohh...creepy...I like... so many theories and questions in my mind while watching the premiere week. Stay tuned, I shall.

Nothing else but Gameboys

LOVE in the time of pandemic. Or as Gav would put it "Every landi is a blessing." So landi na.

It's amazing how the actors managed to pull it off when they were not even together in the same room. Bravo!

Tis the season of crime, investigation, procedural thrillers and I'm out. I just can't get myself into the episodic shows when it comes to this genre and it seems like the next batch is full of it. That said, I'm glad some fluffy cdramas exist. My very stressful week was balanced by Dance of the Sky Empire . Nothing extraordinary but good enough to keep you distracted and give some much needed giddiness and feels. Need more such cdrama recommendations, guys. What cdramas have you all been watching?

Sold on It's OK Not to Be OK - it's hard to believe that it will come to an end - a little work of art. I've discovered a coffee shop nearby with all Korean staff and the girl who served me is watching it too.
Enduring Was it Love? for the guys, although I've decided they are all man babies (throwing up on the boat!!!) except for Pa-do, of course.
Train - intrigued. I need to see where it goes (pun intended)
Flower of Evil - I need to know his story.
Queen for 7 Days - I'm in the final stretch and I've checked out the history, and yes, it's a sad, sad story
Mask - re-hooked on Jun Ji-hoon. I thought he was great in Hyena, although he was overacting towards the end, but in this, he's fresher and plays a frank and disarming role. A serious binge
Backstreet Rookie - for the leads
Can't bring myself to finish Dinner Mate and a few others.
Every now and again, I think I may have bottomed out with k-dramas and shortly after, I find that I'm startling to get twitchy for another fix. This could go on for some time....

This week was a slow watch week for me but here are some updates!

Psychopath Diary: I finished this one this week and suffice to say, I could go on and on about YSY’s duality. I’m not sure how he does it but it’s just unbelievable! He switches between his two personas so easily and effortlessly that it makes his “psychopathic” mentality more interesting and enthralling. Once you get past its very peculiar genre (I mean, what is a thriller-comedy? LOL), the show becomes a lot more fun to watch and I’d definitely recommend it! Also, Memorials is looking really good right now to pull me out of my PSH withdrawal slump…

I’ll Find You on a Beautiful Day: I only watched a couple eps this week (currently on ep 10), but the cinematography, music, acting, and just everything was still such a joy to watch. The lowkey nature of the drama is so calming to me and I’m appreciating the change of pace. I really want to learn more about Hae-won’s aunt and father (especially since he kind of got introduced through the court case but nothing has happened since). The anticipation for the true explanation is killing me haha But, on another note, can we please talk about Eun-seob’s family? They’re all so wholesome and I truly love their scenes. His parents sincerely care for him and I think that’s a beautiful sight. Plus, Hwi is absolutely hilarious. She’s inexplicably herself in all her craziness and it just provides the perfect contract to Eun-seob, but she still cares so much for her brother which again, I love to see. I have a feeling I’m going to miss this drama quite a bit when I finish it…

Train: I was raving about YSY above when talking about Psychopath Diary and I’m going to do the same now. In my opinion, the Do-wons are alike in more ways than they are different and the simple nuances in YSY’s portrayal of each caused by the differences in upbringing are so consistent so far. I knew that he was a good actor but this show just reinforced this and I’m so glad I gave it a try. At this point, I am so very suspicious of almost everyone in World B. Just in the way they introduced many of the “new” characters made each of them very secretive and as if they were hiding something (like, I don’t know, them being a serial killer). Hopefully, some questions get answered with these next couple episodes as we move past the halfway point!

FLOWER OF EVIL

@missvictrix echoes my sentiments perfectly. I am bored with the random crime fillers, first in Episode 1, and again in two. Are they going to give us a random crime every episode? I can even pick out the culprit --- the unlikeliest of all the suspects, of course! I get frustrated, because I want to see more of Hot-Maybe-Evil Metallic LJK.

Into the Ring/Memorials: Episodes 9 and 10 were so good. This drama is so smart and funny and the OTP makes me so happy. So glad I was wrong about the kiss being a dream.

The Good Detective: Episode 8 was a hard watch. From the moment I saw Jo Jae-Yun listed as a guest star in Episode 1, I had a feeling about what was going to happen.

Flower of Evil: Off to a good start. I really want LJK’s character to be a serial killer.

Chip-In: Now I get what the title means. So far five members of the family knowingly or unknowingly chipped in on the murder. We’ll see about the others. I loved Bit Na and Sun working together to solve the murder, but I don’t trust Sun. I trust Bit Na but maybe I shouldn’t?

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: They are a family. Sniff. Preparing to have my heart torn out this week.

Train: I like seeing the difference between the two worlds. Hoping for more Alt-Do won this week.

Graceful Friends: I start getting interested in this drama and then there are boring scenes that don’t seem connected to the plot but maybe they are?

Once Again: Lots of stuff happened last week. I’m glad the brother and his ex-wife reunited. I’m glad the two couples know about each other. I hate the fake sister plot. Mom living with her archenemy should be fun though.

Running Man is the only constant.
Unlike the dramas, the plot can't disappoint me here because even if there are one or two sloppy eps in b/w, the cast and their chemistry make up for it.
But it is the opposite in dramas, even if I really really love the cast, I can't watch if the plot is not good.
And I developed a deep craving for Thrillers and an almost aversion like feeling for Rom-coms. Major Crisis.
I am counting days for Stranger 2. Don't disappoint me lutfen.

I tried Train and I kinda was into it for 2 eps. But the parallel world thing and B world characters kinda put me off.

Watching Good Detective, I know its flaws but it keeps me on the loop.

Finished 4th ep of Chip In. I like the mystery, but feel like the drama is pretentious at times.

FInished 4th ep of Chip In. While I like the

Train: 8.0 If our Do-wons keep talking nonsense about things from the other universe, might they get locked up in mental hospitals? There's an interesting one over in the It's OK universe which could maybe use an inmate with detective skills to help solve a couple deaths/disappearances.

It's OK to ... Kiss aka It's OK to ... Just Take the Bleepin' Family Portrait: 8.0 Well, the butterfly is out out of the bag.

Memorials / Into the Ring: 9.0

Memorist: 5.5 Binged the last 6 episodes and finally finished 4+ months after I started. It wasn't really worth it. Can someone with those superpowers please erase that show and implant some happy memories of the last 4 months?

United Effort to Accomplish One Thing / Chip In: 8.5

Flower of Evil: 6.0 Are there any houses in S.K. that DON'T have a secret basement?

Into the Ring - The drama I should like. The main couple is idealistic, it has some nice schemy politics, he's a bit of nerd, she's so independent. I like all that so much but then again, she is a little cartoonish while he is natural and on the subtle way of acting, it's like they are on different dramas. The far fetched big events don't really fit either, those guys would never think SeRa would be easy to manipulate or accept her lame ex-fiancee as secretary. It's lazy.

Graceful Friends It could have been so much better, this drama doesn't know how to balance mystery and comedy. The two funny friends seem a bit extra and the comedy doesn't really fit. It should have been a decent melo about the four guys. Still like the other guys a lot and maybe their story will take over the show.

Flower of Evil I was skeptical but first ep was really good and second wasn't bad either. Since he doesn't understand how to display emotions properly and seems to enjoy his evil moments I don't think drama plans to pull a twist on his nature as a psycho. The cop cases and MCW are not even boring and his parents were great.

Men Are Men- This drama features not only past lives connection but also childhood connection in this life. The boys and now even the parents are starting to get annoying. Gosh just let her work on the webtoon in peace. The only memories she has retained so far are of him leaving her, but of course he came back in those past lives so now she only needs to get back those memories and maybe marry him. But inspite of all the nonsense in this drama its weirdly watchable. I don't pause the episode even once while watching. But I like Hyun-joo a lot and I just can't ship her with Ji-woo, please make an unpredictable ending.

Just started Memorials and will catch up with everyone. I started liking Se-ra as soon as she picked up the can she kicked to the ground, already rooting for her.

Currently watching:

1. A Poem A Day: Think I'm at episode 6 and still enjoying it so far. To be honest, there are some elements of the story that I found not that funny and there were many cliches, but I begin to feel that I'm quite liking this one (oh well this is mostly due to the FL and one of the male leads) despite something I don't like. Moreover, I kinda like the idea of a show revolving around poems. I am not, and have never been, a poem expert nor a poet, but seeing how much our young FL loves poems just made me google some famous poems on the internet.

So now I'm liking this one: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.