As a kid you are told to eat green food and vegetables. Who as a kid like that? I was able to tolerate lot of vegetables as a child, as a teenager i was more assertive and could loudly put my word on the table as a big no, As an adult I abolished the criteria of cooking them.
Raw Carrot tastes so good - but cooked and boiled - meh
so do spinach - green onion - lettuce
even cauliflower - cabbage - broccoli
add radish with turnip
then cucumber and tomato and onions

The only time i can tolerate cooked vegetables is when put together with rice. Even steamed vegetable like potato and sweet potato and cauliflower have there non-taste taste than is befitting for consumption.

1st of August have a plan to go outside and be in immediate presence of 100 of Humans.
After a long while - the politics and Geo-politics post.

New Zealand - water trouble and i was untested to invest in spring water bottle plant. heh. Not many like nestle for taking over public water and then sell it for good profits.

Glacial water's taste is different - a worthwhile taste to have but that water is premium water that can empty your pockets quite easily.

Afghanistan - well well well - tali is in rush - they got the open field and they are marching ahead and have the confidence and boost of pak and even ChIna.

Pega surveillance app double trouble - neto could have hold it for his other right wing brothers but with the scene change things do change a bit. And that is also USA 2020 election effect. But this company's team will change name or become part of other such companies. It isn't like there is only 1 player in the town. heh. Business is business.

There are foreign songs in which I do not understand the lyrics but still enjoy. I merely listen to the singer's voice as another instrument.

AKMU put a lot of thought in their music. I'm not into kpop but I always like their work.

I really like AKMU too, they’ve got some great songs. I enjoyed watching Suhyun on Begin Again (specifically seasons 3 and 4), which is an excellent show - it’s introduced me to some of my favourite Korean songs. Like welh if I don’t understand the words I listen to the voice as another instrument - but helpfully the fan subs for Begin Again often translate the lyrics too.

Generations have changed and the younger people are slowly moving towards the concept of dating, even virtual dating, but it is largely followed by people residing in cities. Parents have come to terms with accepting their kid's love and marry them to a partner of their choice, but again this possible only when the parents have a progressive mind set.

One can argue that the partners choosen by parents may also be good, but the concept of arranged marriages have a timeline of maximum 6 months from engagement to marriage. We can never fully know a person even if we get a lifetime, so 6 months sounds like a average span to get to converse and be comfortable with the choosen partner, but the very important line here is , the two people involved are allowed to exchange phone numbers only after engagement. Yes, numbers can be given with prior conset of the parents, but this again circles back to limitations in conversation due to fear of rejection.

Lastly, I do not know how many are aware, but consummation in arranged marriages is expected to have happened from day 1 or atleast within 3 months. There are people who are kind to their partners and ask their consent, but more often the newly wedded couple jump into the love making process completely blind. This is one major drawback that resonates from the education system, where teachers in high school tend to shy away from the topic of human reproduction system. Fortunately, I have a very good biology teacher who touched on these topics, but did not dwell in depth. Neither did my teacher nor any of the other teachers explain the process that goes in s**. Young adults are just expected to know the stuff as soon as they are ready to be shipped into marriage life.

Everything that you say sounds quite familiar and only when these things are implored in detail, we realize that they are actually quite messed up. I personally don't think arranged marriages are that bad only if given enough time to know the other person but I can't deny that there are cons too. It's okay if family or friends introduce you to a person you didn't know of earlier, but running straight into marriage is an issue but is somehow still followed largely.

I'm wondering whether one can obtain enough information about the other to initiate contact on one's own.

This issue is definitely not exclusive to Asians. Highly patriarchal religion/societies/cultures practice this. Old money also have limited choice in marriage, although playing around is fine as long as one is "careful".

My grandparents on one side married via arranged marriage. Grandfather was unwilling but filial duty won. They never met before the wedding Grandparents on the other side married freely after dating in university. Both sides had frequent conflicts and arguments but stuck to "'til death parts us". Their children had equal or greater freedom in dating although most respected the tradition of getting parental approval when things got serious. One aunt's boyfriend was rejected by her father due to his political affiliation.

Woah.. that's sad.

For me, I don't believe in arranged marriage and I think people have their right to choose anything in their life. I know it's a cultural thing, but one can always choose to follow or not to follow a tradition. There will be repercussions, ofc, but then it has to be weighed against the pros of it. It's gonna be difficult if the parents have a tunnel vision mindset, but I don't think it's a hopeless situation. Nowadays, we have access to the internet, so even when any issue isn't explored or educated in details, you can always find reliable sources online. The problem then comes to having a real discussion with your parents I think. Oh.. this is such a difficult question given that I just made my mother mad today because I suggested one thing which she seemed to take it so personally. I didn't blame myself or her, but I truly believe that we love one another, so things will work out.

I have met people in India who have married for love and who have had an arranged marriage. Some of the arranged marriages have worked out brilliantly because the parents have chosen wisely, but some have been disastrous. Marrying within one's professional class is considered important and as a result the bride's standard of living and values are much the same in her marriage as before. The people who have gone against the wishes of their families seem to me to have come from more privileged parts of society (I'm trying not to say higher caste here). Belonging to an intellectual or professional elite gives you the clout and authority to say "No", I'm not doing that and usually the parents are also more broad minded and more secure socially, so they fall in line. One woman I knew married for love, but entered a joint family where the in-laws tied to dominate and bully her (probably because she was from a more professional background and they felt it necessary to keep her under the thumb). She left the family home and the marriage with her mother's support (very very unusual, but the mother was an open-minded highly educated person). He loved her so much that his health started to suffer and they begged her to go back. She did, but then on her terms. No more bullying. She has since been free to travel for study and while I'm not up-to-date, she runs her own life. It's a hard one because women from less privileged backgrounds can get trapped in a loveless non-functioning marriage and it's all blamed on them. It's not unknown for women to kill themselves. They are bullied and blamed and their families do not want them back. The worst instances are when women pour petrol over themselves and ignite it. It would be all the stuff of dramas and melodramas if it was just on the screen, but it's all too real.

A few thoughts:
1. This list is totally unofficial and what I have been able to collate from various kdrama sources. Please feel free to amend/correct/update;
2. Sageuk fans have a lot coming down the line;
3. Since many of the dramas are from SBS, KBS and MBC hopefully those will be available on Kocowa/Viki; and
4. The airing of some dramas will overlap. I have found it a challenge in the past to handle 2 sageuks at once I am thinking of THE CROWN CLOWN and HAECHI which overlapped. I watched and enjoyed both but frankly it was a challenge.

Huh. Lotta Red, just sayin’.

Thanks!

Shachi!❤️

There are two groups after this pandemic: those dying to go back to the office and social life, and the two of us.😆 I am only half kidding, the second group does not feel comfortable leaving the cage. What you are trying to explain is normal and relatable.😉

I wish I understood my mother that well at your age! I hope you can patch things up with her before you leave, but things might cool down once she gets used to not having you around all the time, and the distance might bring you two closer!😘

Ryan Gold!🤭

The transition can be so abrupt! I really found that here last year - we had about two months of full on lockdown where basically you could only leave your house to go to the supermarket if absolutely necessary, after which there was no community covid so life was just ….back to normal. With crowds and stuff, and no transition time. It was weird. I got used to it again but I’m still happier with more time at home.

Good luck with college!

Welcome fellow Western Washingtonian. I think Viki has the best subs around. The subs sometimes include historical information (like in the case of Chicago Typewriter which I highly recommend) or song lyrics. I do complain about Viki on occasion when they aren't picking up many new dramas and because they rely on volunteers rather than paid employees.

Viki does the trick. I watch Netflix, Viki and something else 😉😉😉 with an ad blocker. You're like me, playing catch-up. It's lots of fun.

Welcome aboard @thimble. Viki is the way to go. I prefer Viki’s ‘style’ to Netflix’s.
The strange thing of course is that Viki subbers are all volunteers and Netflix could probably afford to run the UN translation service but many times Netflix translations go the low road. I am thinking profanity for example.

As others have said, Viki subs are generally more accurate than Netflix's, although because they're done by fans they can be slower sometimes. Kocowa is the other major legal streaming site currently, but you do need a subscription (or you can get Viki Premium which gives you access to Kocowa content). There are also some shows available legally through YouTube (MBC and KBS's pages have some older stuff subbed, including Coffee Prince, I believe) and random other sites, as well as various sketchy places where some of the harder to find shows lurk.

I love Seoul Walker. What kind of painting do you do? I'm partial to watercolors but I haven't picked up a brush in forever.

I love Seoul Walker, too! (though I am absolutely mystified by how smoothly they walk, I keep visualizing wheels)

Watching the walks went a long way toward easing the grief and ache over a cancelled trip last fall to Seoul, because some of my best memories of Seoul were the walks. I had just finished a gorgeous book about walking (Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit) and put it into practice on my first trip to Seoul, walking between 5-10 miles a day.

I paint with both, watercolors and acrylics, and they each have their charm. Watercolor would be wonderful at capturing the brilliant colors of a sunset, but trying it out first in acrylics sounds like a plan!

I’m wishing you all the best and you have my support! May you find some joy in every exam you’re taking. When I have to take an exam, I always feel like I’m meeting a new friend. Being afraid of it won’t take me anywhere, so I try to befriend it. 🥺😂

Hwaiting!

You can do it! 🤞

Good luck with exams!

try sending birthday or holiday greetings. I've had a penpal since primary grade and we are in touch through our greetings. We're now in our early 60s. She's in a far north scandinavian country and i'm in Asia/Pacific. We met at least 3 times in this lifetime!

'The Newsroom' was my favourite drama till I watched 'The West Wing' (This one has 8 SEASONS!). Aaron Sorkin is a little infamous for giving up on his projects. That brilliant mind gets bored too quickly. I have not watched it but I believe K-Drama 'Argon' is in the same genre.