Beanie level: Rooftop room dweller

I think i caught the viral fever from my mother and the frustrating part of it is that my symptoms aren’t severe enough to warrant bed rest but they are mild enough to be annoying.

3
4

Anyone ever have a phase where you are so tired with life and work that you cannot concentrate on dramas or any form of content more than 15 minutes? Feeling like that lately

12
8

    Comment was deleted

    0
    0

    I hope you get some rest soon. I’ll send you some of my energy for now. ☺️ Hwaiting! XOXO

    1
    1

      Thank you. I think I might catch up on my dramas cause I have a sore throat now

      0
      0

    Yes, I do! It comes and goes, and I’m in the phase right now where I doom scroll social media not engaging with any post while having a K drama on (which I don’t even watch). It’s like I need the noise and the images but I can’t absorb any of them. Yet, my brain feels uneasy when they are not here. It’s not fun. But it’s ok. Sometimes, even your brain doesn’t even know what it wants but it can’t relax either.

    Hopefully, things will feel better again once you’re done with the exams. How long do you still have?

    0
    1

      2.5 months I believe. I feel much better now but I still seem to lack stamina to study for very long. I so get you about wanting the sights and sounds but not fully absorbing anything cause that is exactly how I feel. I am learning to take it in stride now

      0
      0

    Yes! But i ended up watching 2 hours worth of YT shorts 🤦🏻‍♀️ Take Care Mani!

    1
    1

      OMG this is so me. I check my screentime for the day and it shows me some 3 hours for YT and I am like, I am pretty sure I only watched 1 video and the rest were shorts, how is it that long

      0
      1

        Haha i have a screetime limit too! But i keep ignoring them. Oh dear..Good luck with your studies/exam! Are you almost done with uni?

        1
        0

I think no one really prepares you for the loneliness post-college, especially when you are at home preparing for exams. I am okay rn but things are hard, especially with my grandmother living with us

5
11

    What kind of exam? I am feeling super lonely too because of remote job I have and only two people in the office when I go there

    3
    1

      Grad school, mainly business school. Its been weirdly lonely

      1
      1

        Gym helps a lot, I love swimming pool, even though it is also pretty lonely activity) Maybe even try Tinder dates, at least an excuse to meet people, you might at least find someone to go hiking or to the cinema together?

        1
        1

          I think i might go out with my friends who might be available but that is tough. I will see what I can do

          1
          0

    Go to a theatre or ballet. Buy the cheapest tickets there are and go there.

    I remember post-college I was preparing for the most important exam in my life. Somehow the pressure was so high I developed panic attacks. Getting a resemblance of social life helped massively.

    6
    1

      That is a good idea. I don’t really have much theatre here in my city but I might go out for a movie one of these days

      3
      0

    As many of suggested, make sure to find some hobbies or extracurricular activities you enjoy and can do to relieve stress, but to shift your mind and focus onto something else, even if just for a short while. I know from my own mental health experiences that much of it comes from being TOO focused, tunnel visioned, and stubborn about a single thing in my life that I wasn’t willing to take my mind off of a.k.a. No rest from things I actually have no control or power over, and it was only mitigated when I let myself be okay to let some things go, even if only for a short while before revisiting it again. You got this, Mani 🫰🏻

    4
    2

      Thank you Bebe. I think I am learning to organise myself better now

      1
      1

      You are describing me, I get that tunnel vision all the time

      1
      1

        I do, too!! I constantly have squirrel brain, and I think my tunnel vision is a result of trying to tune out the squirrels to the point I isolate things a bit too much mentally (tunnel vision) or else nothing gets done, or I get frazzled, or get too overwhelmed, or don’t know how to live in the moment which is so so so important for the long term and for sustainability

        0
        0

Adulthood sucks. It really is just doing the same thing one after another, hoping for things to change. I think I just need to persevere a little bit more

8
0

God I love Jo Bo Ah. She seems so sweet and genuine without being candy. I really want to know the mystery behind the curse now

9
0

I have only watched clips of Moving and I am beginning to get why SK is gaga over Jo In Sung. The man seems to have that amazing contrast of strength and tenderness that is so endearing

9
3

    I’ve heard about him but it’s the first time I’ve seen him and wow, I get it now.

    4
    0

    I first saw him in variety, Unexpected Business. All the regular folks love him. He is vey handsome with a great personality.

    1
    0

    With JIS, everything seems so effortless be it comedy, romance or thriller.

    2
    0

I’m down with a cold and things are super chaotic at home with the construction going on. Its been a very hard few days. Looks like the right time to resume Itaewon Class

9
6

    Get well soon!! It happens all at once like that sometimes, hopefully Itaewon Class provides a good escape.

    4
    0

    Hope you make a speedy recovery and thank goodness you have something guaranteed to lift the mood😊 enjoy your rewatch.

    3
    0

    Aw, that’s too bad! I had one last week and it was uncomfortable. Watching your fav show helps a lot. Speedy recovery!

    3
    0

    Nothing beats a good K drama with a bowl of warm, homemade chicken noodle soup.

    Also, I have noticed surprisingly positive results with a pack of chocolate biscuits that were definitely not homemade but that tasted lovely when dunked in a cup of hot tea.

    Get well soon and enjoy the rewatch!

    2
    0

    Ugh, I’m still coughing from my May cold (which the doc says was RSV), so take it easy! Park Seo Joon should be the best Rx 😉

    1
    0

    Hope you feel better soon! Take care and enjoy the drama.

    0
    0

Jin Hee has to do so much and bear so much responsibility, I am surprised she hasn’t burnt out. I honestly hate Eun Mi rn

4
3

    Legit horrible behavior. Petulant, self-centered, insists that everyone apologize to HER when they don’t do what SHE wants…where is the possible redemption arc here?? I mean, her life has been hard, sure…but that doesn’t mean the result is that she gets a free pass to emotionally manipulate her family forever.

    Still on hate watch fumes over here.

    2
    1

      The worst part is how Jin Hee’s entire life revolves around her mom and she doesn’t seem to do anything without thinking about her mom.

      1
      0

    It is very difficult to like Eun-mi.

    2
    0

Eun Mi is borderline toxic. I said it. Even Jane the Virgin had a similar mother-daughter dynamic but it was done so much better

2
0

Having a truly awful day today and everything seems to suck. Also I bombed a mock test and I have spent so much time preparing, it hurts

5
10

    Oh, I’m so sorry. The days when everything sucks are just the worst. It’s a mock test? Does that mean you can take the test again?

    2
    1

      Hi, its just a practice test provided by my tutoring app but it hurt a lot because I regressed in my performance

      1
      1

    Sorry to hear that disappointing news. I hope you can look out for yourself and be patient and kind like you would a friend who was having a bad day. Take care.

    3
    0

    Comment was deleted

    0
    0

    Mocks are not always indicative of your preparedness. Don’t let this lower your confidence. Fighting!

    2
    0

    Hope you take time to unwind and have good rest, it gets bumpy sometimes

    2
    0

    Oh no, I’m sorry! It sucks.
    But give yourself a rest. You’ve deserved something nice. Don’t punish yourself. Focus on doing one good thing that makes you happy. Or just write a long post to rant about all the things that suck. Whatever works for you as long as you don’t keep it all bottled up.

    1
    0

    Oh Mani – so sorry to read this. But you know what some days just suck – and that’s all they are. But then the sun comes up the next morning and you get a new day to learn new things.

    Hang in there… and be kind to yourself. This was just one day and one mock test. I’m sure you will do much better on the real one.
    ****Fighting!****

    1
    0

    There are days like that, unfortunately. 😕

    But don’t despair, just keep at it. You can do it! 😃

    0
    0

I was in a drought up until recently and now we have a drama flood. I am excited to see these new dramas though I don’t know where I will find the time

8
1

Is SK scared of girls having muscles? If you have a young women who is an athlete, at least let her have some muscles in line with her sport. Looking at you My Lovely Boxer

6
2

    Who is acting there? The girl from Business Proposal is pretty athletic, she did taekwondo

    1
    1

      Kim So Hye. I mean I am in no sense commenting on her physique but rather the fact that she was cast as a boxer, sport where all athletes have a muscular physique, and she looks like your average K-idol/actress and I think it perpetuates a negative image to girls in the sense that muscles in women are undesirable.

      0
      0

I’m a huge Park Gyu Young fan and I think I might just give Celebrity a shot. Influencers are the new marketers and I would love to see the economics behind those sponsorships and PPLs

2
1

    Give it a go especially as a fan of Park Gyu Young. I like it a lot.

    2
    0

All caught up on Heartbeat and thinking of starting Not Others cause I heard it has improved in episode 3 and 4

1
0

Yoon So Hee is the worst thing about Heartbeat. I don’t know if its intentional or she is just that bad at acting. She is so saccharine it makes me barf

1
0

Beanies I am officially over with my undergrad degree. I gave my last exam yesterday. I have to prepare for postgrad entrances now but I think i am okay

27
9

I started Itaewon Class and the second episode had them touring Itaewon during Halloween and I had to skip it because looking back what it used to be made me so sad.

8
0

Dali and Gamjatang is an excellent example of how you can have a tropey drama and make it feel fresh with sincere writing. Thinking of a rewatch

10
5

    Yes absolutely!!! I just finished watching it, and it felt fresh all the way through. It was a delight!!!❤️

    2
    0

    I haven’t watched that one yet! Is it really good?

    1
    3

      I didn’t specially like it. They had everything to make a nice story about food and art and they completely failed for me.

      2
      0

      I really enjoyed it!! I personally loved the main couple a lot!! (It was a fave of mine in 2021 😍)

      Of course it’s not without flaws, you need to see for yourself if the balance is in favor of the good or the bad! XD

      3
      0

      I personally loved it because it was the right amount of tropey and sincere. There must have been some things which didn’t work out but I barely noticed them because what I liked far outweighed the bad

      1
      0

I am so done with my exams. i can barely will myself to study for the last one tomorrow

9
4

Thinking of starting Itaewon Class because I have missed PSJ these days

5
3

    Doooooo it…but I’m an “unapologetic apologist” for the drama. PSJ is absolutely gripping in this drama; you’ll have a hard time keeping your eyes off him.

    The supporting characters are hit-or-miss, and I feel that they are the thing that folks complain about most when dissing the drama. That said, all of these characters are acted superbly by their actors…especially, ESPECIALLY, Ahn Bo-hyun.

    Oh god, given the amount I now want to type…I clearly need to take this to my fan wall at some point 🪭 rather than pestering you!

    5
    0

    Go for it! I liked Itaewon Class. It was one of my favorite dramas of 2020.

    3
    0

    I really liked Itaewon Class. Didn’t watch it when it was airing, I think I watched it only last year or so. It is a gripping g story, though I don’t think you can take lessons in it and apply them irl per se.

    3
    0