Ajhumma is on a roll - as always but then this year so was uri Healer. 💕
Kim Mi Kyung was also in Death's Game, Agency and Crash Course in Romance. Next month she'll be in Knight Flower. How many clones does she have - all of whom act so well. 🤣

Boxing Day - you have sporting events - i have always not liked it but then its holiday time - business time - people aka spectators aka audience need to be entertained so professional players have to play sports and can't get to spend this time with their family.

Christmas has best marketing guy - as i always say - the santa. Santa is best marketing employee of whole business world - you can associate santa with a religion but the as everyone can see santa is best promoter of the interests of business world. money has its on charm - power.

This also allows santa to be very much a joyous personality who share happiness with everyone - Santa is one of the biggest achiever - socially - politically and even economically.

As for December - December is month of +ve feel good kids n family movies to enjoy as cold season ensures you don't leave home and get to spend time together.

Every year same thing - you make plans of travel - in cold season when things that can go oh-ho usually go oh-ho. Why waste time on road and face the hassle everywhere when its crowded and weather is being as expected. This looks too troublesome - a storm won't can make it easy in summer compare to december.

Food - like cold season because the food has variety - and i like hot hot food and this season allows you to have hot hot food - though i've yet to taste hot food after 2019 - variety in vegetables - fruits - dryfruits and everything. your taste buds feel so good and you gain weight that you usually lose in summer.

have stil to taste any fruit in 2023 - haha - only 9 more days to go - this is what is entertainment is.

LOL at all the yelling!
also, there's a lot of SW S2 that i missed on accountof it being too damn dark!
send me some weird gingerbread creatures!

Oooh! You're a librarian? Librarians are cool!

Hahahaha you could write a book on just the things you hear/are asked at the library!! The random cursing at the defence department reminds me of graffiti I saw on a post box near my work place - it wasn't even in spray paint though it was in permanent marker 💀 - and it said (the mildly censored version ➡️ ) 'f*ck ASIO motherf*kers'. I laughed so hard because it's SO RANDOM. ASIO is the aussie spy agency but unlike the CIA or whatever you hardly ever hear about them in the news or anything so it's not like a commonly thought of or hated department. So the fact that someone was incensed enough to curse at them on a post box in the middle of nowhere kind of (my workplace is a bit out of the city) was very funny.

The place where you're asked to observe silence are where one hears / overhears the most weird this ever. 🤷‍♀️ Anything for a laugh I guess.
Yay! for your gingerbread creatures.

Yes we all have that week!!

But today, prompted by what you said, I do have a question I would like to ask, and I think there's no better place than here, and in an open thread.

Beanies, is the phrase "What a life" used to indicate a life with great dificulties/unhappiness, as explained in Collins dictionary? I used to think it could be used with both positive or negative meaning depending on the specific context of saying. So I was taken by surprise when I read that explanation in Collins dictionary just now.

That happens to me all the time 😂

The Dog Show did have the The Last Boat Has Left The Island & There Is Only One Room Available So The Couple Can Have A Forced Cohabitation trope.

When you remember the lost in the ether trope please write it in your ‘notes for DB’ file. That will means we all get to reflect on other randomly used tropes next week or whenever you post your comment and it will help you get into the one habit we all need to use consistently to save the heartache of lost comments when the site is having a bad hair day.

Why did it disappear??

You are observant! Why so?

Wait, what? Maybe there just isn't space for its pic? 🥺

I note that Flowers in the Sand was just added down there--perhaps at the popular request of those in the "First Impressions" post!

I truly suspect that when that update happened something accidental happened to TSoPMC--those recaps had over 100 comments each and are almost certainly getting excellent web traffic. I would be shocked if there's cause for alarm! We just need to be patient for our in-depth dimple discussions!!

@midnight @emsel @enriquequierecagar

Bring it back! 😅 @db-staff

That is only one of the few recaps threads I am participating in. I love that show faults and all.

good example when someone wanders why action choreographers are necessary...

Urgh. Yes, having a good fight choreographer and using stage-safe props is really important. You want scenes to "look" violent, not "be" violent.

On set accidents are really scary. The safety protocols really need to be followed.

Time really flies.
I hope all beanies enjoy this last week of the year! 💚

yeah I was long very curious about it, we watched it at the library - a friend of mine has copies they watch for festival selections but they didnt choose it this year and I didnt think it was good.
but there should be another apocalyptic movie coming soon

It was not showing in theaters when I was in Seoul. Local critics liked it; but it did not make a profit at the local box office. It has won many awards and it was selected as South Korea's film for the Oscars International Film category.

Park Bo-young plays Park Seo-joon's wife. Isn't she there on the poster?

First of all, songs from The Rose have just gone directly onto my exercise playlist. Immediately, I tell you. Thank you!

Second, sorry to hear that you're not sleeping well. I truly know how it is. I tell myself those hours are when I get all my best obsessing thinking done! Right? 🥹

1. I want all that. 🥺
I bet it's all delicious. Enjoy it!
2. I don't know that many songs of The Rose, but I agree. They have a beautiful sound.
I hope you get to go to their concert!
3. Kdramaland is on fire these days, you have a lot of catching up to do!
4. I hope you find something affordable. December is a really tough month for the wallet.
5. Is there a way you can talk with someone to help you change your canine family member's routine/habits?
Insomnia sucks, and every hour of sleep counts. I hope you find a solution.

Heavens! Everything you’ve gotten done! I see that you are making insomnia work for you 👏🏽
😆Laughing over “the song of his people” 🐶

I love Woosung's voice. During lockdown when I couldn't sleep I'd often listen to them, especially their covers. I love this cover they did for Immortal Songs.
https://youtu.be/yU-k67efAx0?si=j3ozF-pZmxQeC9NW

I love making Christmas candy. Not a huge fan of eating a lot of Christmas candy, but that's perfect for Christmas gifts. I've made Rocky road, peppermint caramel and chocolate fugde toffee. Tomorrow, I'm trying my hand at spiced apple marmelade.

The Rose came to the Montreux Jazz Festival this year but I was in Munich to see P!nk 😅

The Rose are soooooo good!!! 'She's in The Rain' never fails to make me cry 😭 literally not one song in their repertoire misses. I hope you get a chance to see them, I wish they'd tour in my corner of the world but they don't so maybe I can live vicariously through you!!

I hope you don't have any big complications and get to see the doctor soon so they can help you with whatever is needed. Take care.
I hope you have a fast recovery. Fighting! 💚

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Joining you in cheers! to good health.

Hope you have a speedy recovery!
Hope you will have a wonderful Holiday Season!🎄🎉

I guess the quotation you wrote is right. From me who frequented hospitals more times than she went to the university this past semester.

Cheers to good health, everyone. Don’t take it for granted.

Wishing you a quick recovery and good health from hereon!

Wish you a speedy recovery and off to a new year with good health.

You are brave. Just hang in there. It is not easy and every little thing which we took for granted seems overwhelming. Just keep at it. It will get better little by little every day. Sending you happy, healing vibes. 💕💕

After all as Nietzsche said What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

Hwaiting!!

Oh gosh sounds awful. Hopefully the complications will be dealt with smoothly and you can be well on the road to a full recover asap.

That last paragraph is such good suggestion. Sadly, today’s nowadays tend to want their kids to secure a place at a uni more than understand people who use different languages in their communities. I must say I’m intrigued by sign language, too. But each country has their own sign language, right?

Re the FL of Tell Me, I believe that’s just for the sake of shooting this show. I’m sure not many, if any, would be able to develop their sign language that last. But I also guess she always tries to speak and let him read her lips also helps. So her signs may not have to be perfect for him to understand her.

I hope you still can enjoy the holiday season!
Maybe, if you like, you can spend it with your sibling/s or friends.
Merry Christmas! 🎄Hope you have a spectacular New Year! 🎉

Yes, more food for you! I hope you have a happy christmas and new year. Have a great time with your friends and family. See ya in 2024! ^^

Group projects are less about the project and more about lessons in working together.
You can accomplish more as a team than as an individual.
You will eventually learn that you need to expend effort to align everyone to “row in the same direction”.
You will find out that everyone feels like they are over communicating to other team members but in reality, everyone is under communicating.
You might learn the proper way to give feedback to your team
You might learn how to generate a sense of urgency
Most of all - I hope you find a way to find joy winning as a team.

Sorry - stepping off my management soapbox right now. I used to feel like you do now. I wish I had a coach and mentor back then to help me see the future and to think a little bit different.

Ohh, group projects. Hahaha.

I'm the type that will spam your phone until you appear and do your part. If you don't do your part bye bye bye. I'll tell the teacher I want to work alone and that's it.

I got the nickname "trunchbull" because of my bad temper in high school. But I it wasn't that bad because I knew how to make my friends work.
In college, with my new friends, I exclude myself from the group (bye bye bye) once. They even made me cry. But after that they started being more responsible.

If it is with people I'm not close with, I prefer to observe and watch how they act first.

BUT those are just cases when you work with people you're not compatible. If you find people with the same rhythm as you, everything's great! You get to work, bond and have fun.

Oooh group projects! As a control freak, I generally hate relying on others/have to hand over some element of control to others so group projects aren't fun BUT I did have an experience on the other side of the fence which kind of changed my perspective on how harsh I am to slackers:

For context, the way my Uni does it is that you get an overall project mark but then everyone in the group has to fill in this survey where you basically can be open and honest about how the other people in the group were and score them. The teachers then look at how your group mates assessed you and then rationalise that with the project mark to give you your specific grade for the project - so e.g. if a project gets a distinction mark BUT someone gets poorly scored because they did nothing, that person's grade for the project would then be adjusted to somewhat reflect their input - so they might get a credit or pass instead of a distinction mark because their group mates basically said they did nothing. I think the system tries to aim for some level fairness if people are putting in different levels of effort.

But yeah a few years back when I was in third year, I was going through a really shitty time and in a not great place mentally and my grades were taking a hit as a result. Had to do a group project and I kept dropping the ball/not delivering on my side of things A LOT, to the point where others ended up basically doing my part. I fully expected all my group mates to score me poorly in the survey but it turns out they didn't because my personal score was never adjusted from the score the project got. I never actually told them what was going on and they never asked me or got angry when I did let them down with my side of the project - I'm not sure if they just figured out that something was up or were just unbelievably nice girls who cut me some slack or whatever, but yeah they didn't bat an eyelid while we were working on the project and they didn't mark me low in personal assessments either. I took a similar approach to group projects after that - put in 100% because I want a good project mark, and score others well even if they weren't pulling their weight.

Though, I guess it's easier to do that when my mark won't necessarily be impacted by them not doing their part - as long as the work gets done and I do well, the project will get a good mark and I'll get a good personal score from others 🤷‍♀️

He was one of my earliest kdrama oppas. Such a beautiful smile, and a voice that would melt concrete. Why???

😢 May he rest in peace.

I agree with everything you said. Such a talented actor, wonderful in My Mister. Why did LSK have to go through unconfirmed accusations publicly? Doesn't he deserve privacy?
Even if accusations were true, why did the whole society turn so cruelly against someone they respected until a moment ago? Why their whole life, career and family has to be ruined? If they made a mistake, they should get all the help and support they need.