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2021 started with some good energy - That u can c in world news.

Wall street became battle between 1% vs. 99% - Problem is newcomers who thought it as easy money gonna get slapped so hard that many won't ever be able to stand up. Bubbles is what i talked about last week. Cleaver ones hype things, create division and push you hard and you get swayed and get 1st taste of victory but that victory is merely a bait and you learn that after burning most of your bank balance. The clever ones can recover but you can't.

Happy Friday Beanies!
Surprisingly my two OT posts for January, one at the beginning and one when it ended, were about Saving and Spending. I think @snickers comment stuck with me. I tend to deprive myself of things I want to feel the need of gifts. So as soon as I hit my low point this week, I splurged haha. Total unnecessary things that I can easily live without. Even though I was advised some really good things to gift oneself and saving tactics (I'm working on them though) I just picked the first thing to make myself feel better. But yeah now that those things will reach me, I'm already better and have realized I didn't need them at all. That happens occasionally when I get in a spiral of what am I doing with my life part 236, why are people my age doing good in life and not me and how do I make my life better? Well I don't think I can make my life better so I should get a totally unnecessary air humidifier to improve the air quality in my room 🤷🏻‍♀️
That said, I honestly really don't know what I should do with my life now that Run On is over. Such a wholesome show from start to finish. I would eagerly look forward to Wed/Thus for the past two months and even before because Spies aired on the same days but now I'm left with nothing (until Mr Queen ends too in a week). Dramas like Run On are so rare and I don't know if someone can write sth like this except for the writer herself.

The PPL in Lovestruck City made me laugh a lot ( this made up for the frustration of the plot). I'm Swiss and it's first time I heard about Swiss Miss 😂

Last weekend I was bored, so I traveled three towns over to go to a Korean grocery store. The reviews I read indicated that its prepared food was pretty good. It was an old, small place with about four shopping aisles. Just about everything was in Korean.

I wandered the aisles to find the prepared section. I bought sides of kimchi and pickled radish and a large container of prepared japchae. I also picked up a bag of Korean corn chips that I had when I was in Seoul in 2018.

The food was good. I had forgotten how much more sour traditional Korean food is compared to similar American dishes.

happy friday beanies!!
it's been a while! there aren't many life updates besides the fact that first semester of school ended last week, and the school schedule has changed, so school is about an hour longer, and starts an hour and a half earlier TT , but i think (and hope) i'll adjust soon!! my motivation for school (as well as a lot of people's), has decreased, just because, well, online school sucks-- i didn't really like school in general, but i do miss it, and it's weird that i haven't gone back in a year now. i just hope college will be in person!!

dramawise, i'm up to ep 10 of coffee prince, and ep 12 of my ajusshi, which i both really like (LSK LSK LSK!!!) i think i'll be watching more coffee prince today, and i haven't seen ITR in a while, so i hope i can watch some eps soon!

that's really it, i just missed you guys here and wanted to pop by. have a good weekend ◡̈

love and hwaiting,
shachi

Hello Beanies, happy Friday!

I've slowly started looking for a new job lately (due to some inevitable changes at work and also me wanting to do something different), and yesterday quite randomly I was forwarded info about an open position that in many ways looks like my dream job. I should be super interested and excited, right? But instead I just feel like I shouldn't even think about it because there's no chance something that good could happen. I didn't realize that my last transition had knocked my self-esteem so hard. But I think I'm just going to apply, and follow the approach of just doing what's right in front of me. We'll see how it all turns out, and I'll do my best to stay unattached to the outcome.

I've got a stack of books from the library to work through, and have already enthusiastically consumed 2/3 of one about the Habsburg like the true nerd I am. I love finding a well-written book on a topic that really catches me (however random). It feels a little like a luxury to sink into that these days.

Wishing you all a great day ahead!

Happy Friday, Beanies! I hope you're all well.

It's going to be really cold here this weekend. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be around -1F/-18C, so I intend to just hole up at home and hibernate, lol. (I should add that this isn't that different from usual because I'm kind of a couch potato anyway).

Bit sad that Run On is over now, and I'm not sure what new drama is going to take its place on my viewing list. I recently started watching Hyena, which is actually really great. The plot construction and the acting from the leads is top-notch, and the fact that it highlights my own profession (warts and all) is a bonus.

Watched Fate The Winx Saga. It make me clarity on why I like to stick to my asian dramas. Idk why Netflix/HBO/Hollywood people like to think teenagers are dark depressing and can only live with the support of alcohol and partying.
Where is the color and camp? Disappointed.

Space Sweepers is out on Netflix! Already informed my family that that is what we're going to watch tonight (Friday, movie night, yay!)

Happy weekend Beanies and keep Beaning On!

I finished the exam today, and the exam finished my body and my brain.😆 Thank you to all Beanies who lent me brain and memory cells. I cleaned and repaired them thoroughly before returning them. 😉 I should know the results by next week, but first thing first.

Although I am in for a few relaxing weekends now, I sadly cannot say that I will be spending them with K-dramas. Another mini formation takes place in two weeks and I postponed the assignments until after my exam, so I have two weekends now to spread the workload and finish them. Not to mention the amount of not work-related stuff that has been piling up in January, like the dust in my room, ahem.🤭

Fortunately I can live up to my name now and slow down a bit. I might not look forward to catching up in general and some things in particular, but doing so at my own pace will be like paradise. I am no longer prisoner to study time, I can actually get stuff done in the evenings and on weekends, leisure time included. And sleep a lot more.😴

Happy weekend everyone! It’s a long weekend here and we’re off on a trip to my uncle’s forestry block to help my parents stock up with firewood. It will likely be quite stressful wrangling the small people with all the hazards (steep drops! unfenced water! fallen trees! Various sharp implements! campfire! Bees!) but also should be lots of fun.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend and is able to get some fresh air - pandemic and weather allowing!

Hi beanies. After a really bad cold and cough, I finally decided to resume exercising. I have started with 10 minutes daily and my main goal is to become regular at it. My grandmother, who had left for my uncle's before the pandemic hit us is returning today and we are preparing ourselves. I am thinking of enrolling myself for an online course on Coursera but I don't know if I should start with Finance for Beginners or one on writing. I am a week behind on Mr. Queen due to all the work from college. I need to get my eyes checked but no one seems to have time for an appointment with the doctor. Here is to a smooth weekend.
P.S. I really want Netflix just so that I can watch Derry Girls

My school project is over *phew*
Running straight into a Run On marathon (I can't believe it's over!) I have only six episodes left and I'm hoping to finish it up before the final recap so I could drop a sweet comment.

Sometimes, I love being in the company of my loved ones. The other times, I love to be alone. Solitude allows me to charge up.

The best ratio for Social : Solitude for me is 40 : 60. What about yours?

Here I am bringing down the room, as always. Feel free to skip me as this post is 1. Not appropriate for a kdrama fansite (I need new s a fe places) 2. Triggery. Probably 3. Fucking debbie downery. But I needed it out of my head.
This has been such a bad week, yall.
The meds my dr gave me to combat the fibroids (my last chance before infertility treatment) has given me an extra period that is about 12 times as painful as my regular periods (which, in case youve luckily forgotten when I was on my period two weeks ago I had cramps so bad I fell to the ground and upchucked on my manager). The major side effects are: fatigue, blinding headaches, and irregular periods. I get all of them! On top of anemia and depression.
And for the last two weeks my dad has been calling me multiple times a day to sign him up for the vaccine. Except where he is --even though hes eligible there are no doses because theh justly went to the healthcare workers first. You can call around to the major pharmacies and see if they have any vaccines. Ive signed him up to receive updates at 5 different pharmacies but its all a gamble. I keep reading about people who just got it by happenstance. Thats not going to happen for my dad. Hes depending on me for help but Im in so much fucking pain I can barely crawl to my car and drive to work where I walk hunched over like quasimodo and everyone avoids me so I dont throw up on them but I cant take any sick time because covid. If someone sneezes in my vicinity the manager will make me quarantine for 2 weeks. I dont have the sick time hours for that. Plus, if I have to have the surgery to remove the fibroids/uterus then I need to have time for that as well. But back to the dad. He calls every single day--sometimes multiple times a day--but always when Im at work. A couple of days ago I lost my temper and snapped at him and he sounded so hurt and I felt so bad. But he keeps calling while Im at work when I am doing all I can do to not get fired.
Also. I had the darkest, scariest day of my life since I was an actively suicidal teenager. My thoughts were so dark that I actually reached out for help. Other than my long overshares here I NEVER reach out for help. Anyway. I scared myself enough that I reached out to my pcp for an antidepressant and my bishop for help finding a therapist. My pcp kept me waiting for over two hours before I gave up (even after telling them how dark my thoughts are. My form of depression ALWAYS comes with a heavy side of suicidal ideation and thoughts of self harm even though I havent acted on any of those thoughts since I was a teen). And my bishop said it wasnt really his place to help find a therapist but when I find one he can pay for it. Like do you understand how dark and scary the place I was in was for me to crawl off the couch for help? And youre just saying no?
I was so looking forward to today. I joined weight watchers in a fit of short-lived optimism and bought all of this food and was going to...

someone help me.
i usually post weekly updates of the dramas im watching on the open thread, but havent posted on an open thread in like 8 months.
thats because I just havent been watching any kdramas. Bot becuase I dont want to, but because I just havent been able to get myself to watch anything. Its been more than a year now but I just havent been able to get myself to watch or finish any drama I start. Any recent drama you name I just havent felt like I would like it so i didn't start watching, and even if i did watch it i couldn't finish. idk why.
someone help, give me a good drama to watch. Any drama. please thank you :)

Can you help me understand the connotations of the different Korean channels?
Over the years, posters have alluded to "oh this is what you would expect of x channel" and I am really curious as to what those expectations are. Can anyone enlighten me? KBS, JTBC, TVN, Chosun et al. I can hum their jingles but do not know what to expect when I hear them. Any and all information gratefully received! Thanks in advance.

Currently watching the Chinese version of Hikaru No Go, and it's really good. For those who are reluctant to watch chinese dramas because of the bad quality etc, I highly recommend Hikaru No Go, chinese 2020 version.