His performance was the best acting in a kDrama I have seen in years. Unfortunately, his character wasn’t in a big production, flashy, melodramatic, or villainous, which I think are easier to say “look at the great acting.” It appeared that JDY was Baek Du—so seamless and totally embodied was his performance that it seemed effortless and no acting involved. Nothing against the nominees but JDY’s performance was a rare achievement, and sadly overlooked.
I found episode 3 to be a little more settled after the OTT hijinks of the premiere week. For now I think I’ll continue. You should only choose to watch what you enjoy. Money Flower is always a sure bet. 👍👌
Still on the fence about QoT. Curious about the next episode, but not much invested otherwise. Hyun Woo’s mom seems to be the only likeable character so far.
I did struggle to finish it also. But I persevered because it made me curious where the writer is going with the story. I like the fact that they both are equilly flawed, something that very few kdramas show nowadays.
Lee Shin Young is a very promising actor. I didn’t watch his latest work as the lead in Boss-dal Mart but love, love him as the new intern in Dr Romantic S3.
Besides CLOY, which I think might have been his first real role, he was in Rookie Cops and Hospital Playlist #3. He was very good in both. He’ll be a lead soon, I bet.
All that showed what an excellent cop Hyun-wook is.
Gripe. There have been a couple Du-shik scenes that have annoyed me:
1. The slaps. I really don’t get where Du-shik thinks she can give a 32 year old man (Baek-du) a slap to the head whenever the mood strikes her. That has annoyed me pretty much the entire drama (and we started with the Baek-du throw outside the house which could have been the end of Bark-du’s wrestling career).
2. Her unprofessional treatment of Hyun-wook (early on anyways).This guy knows what he is doing but when (at the house) he asked for an update/briefing on information on the killing she had obtained she liked totally ignored his questions.
O/T. I have come to the conclusion after years of kdrama watching that the ‘?’ is the most useless punctuation mark in kdramaland. It is a trope that drives me up the wall: never answer a direct question. Just ignore it all to all together or lie.
Agreed – it’s just a drama that knows what it wants to be and excel at doing it, not reinvent the wheel. And that, I find, is often where the best dramas are for me.
I also loved that! It was a great way to bring together some of the things we’ve seen in previous flashbacks and today, with the present and a fault of our loveable town.
Also I’m so there for the hidden killer mystery line 🙂
I’m still watching Cupid (why? I don’t know), but LFIS is 1,000X better as a drama and if I had to pick only one Jang Dong-yoon, it would be the one lying on his back in the sand with a bemused expression. Happy New Year!
1-My Dearest
2-Twinkling Watermelon
3-Dr Romantic 3
4-The Good Bad Mother
5-Moving
Biggest disappointments: See You in My 19th Life, Doona!, Interest of Love
Best oldies of 2023: Bridal Mask, Sandglass, Father is Strange
Best score: My Dearest–have you been inspired to compose by and Kdramas in 2023?
I did compose a piece inspired by My Dearest. It is on my wall. I have a backlog of pieces I need to write, all inspired by dramas I liked in the past two years. Hope to do it eventually, so stay tuned.
My favorite oldies I watched in 2023 were Giant and I’m Sorry I Love You.
Snow Flower
April 8, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Sigh…Jang Dong Yoon did not get a Baeksang nomination for “Like Flowers In Sand.”
LaurenSophie
April 8, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Although not entirely unexpected (LFiS was a low-rated gem, and those are often overlooked), I’m very sad that he was over-looked.
owl 🦉 🫰
April 8, 2024 at 1:51 PM
It really was a gem, too bad it was underrated~
Blue (@mayhemf)
April 8, 2024 at 7:47 AM
This is sad. He totally deserved it.
Gum Shoe
April 8, 2024 at 7:53 AM
His performance was the best acting in a kDrama I have seen in years. Unfortunately, his character wasn’t in a big production, flashy, melodramatic, or villainous, which I think are easier to say “look at the great acting.” It appeared that JDY was Baek Du—so seamless and totally embodied was his performance that it seemed effortless and no acting involved. Nothing against the nominees but JDY’s performance was a rare achievement, and sadly overlooked.
Snow Flower
April 8, 2024 at 8:13 AM
I am happy for Yoo Na (“The Kidnapping Day”). You go, girl!
Snow Flower
March 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
QoT expectations adjustment: a high-stakes melo romance. The comedy does not work for me.
Snow Flower
March 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Sorry, QoT. The only thing I like about you are the flashbacks, and that’s not enough to keep me interested.
Snow Flower
March 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I should just rewatch Crash Landing On You or It’s Okay To Not Be Okay, or better yet, Money Flower.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
March 17, 2024 at 12:54 AM
The flashbacks are good aren’t they. 😍😊
I found episode 3 to be a little more settled after the OTT hijinks of the premiere week. For now I think I’ll continue. You should only choose to watch what you enjoy. Money Flower is always a sure bet. 👍👌
Snow Flower
March 11, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Still on the fence about QoT. Curious about the next episode, but not much invested otherwise. Hyun Woo’s mom seems to be the only likeable character so far.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
March 11, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Grounded at least … eomma’s eyes are so evocative and loving.
Blue (@mayhemf)
March 12, 2024 at 4:52 AM
She almost knocked her husband by speeding up the tractor. Unless she is also trying to get her husband killed 😂
Snow Flower
March 11, 2024 at 6:01 AM
I fell asleep in the middle of Episode 2 of QoT. Was it because I was bored or because it was late? I will give the episode another chance.
Kodra aka Qanon something
March 11, 2024 at 6:34 AM
I did struggle to finish it also. But I persevered because it made me curious where the writer is going with the story. I like the fact that they both are equilly flawed, something that very few kdramas show nowadays.
Snow Flower
March 11, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Flawed characters have redemption potential, and redemption arcs are my catnip.
Blue (@mayhemf)
March 11, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Well, it was 88 minutes, so I don’t blame you. I think a lot of scenes were drawn out (eg. the crazy aunt).
korfan
March 11, 2024 at 8:57 PM
This is true.
mmmmm
March 11, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Maybe QoD refers to the tears the viewers will shed because of sleepiness while watching it?
Snow Flower
March 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Ha! That must be it. I will make a heroic attempt to finish Episode 2 this evening.
Snow Flower
February 26, 2024 at 6:29 AM
“My wife can’t sleep!”
Gotta love Jang Uk…
Alchemy of Souls rewatch
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Squeeeee!! Hope you’re enjoying the drama. ❤👌
Snow Flower
February 26, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Oh, yes! The fireflies are coming…
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Both my favorite-ist scenes. 🥰
Yeah … I would totally boast too. 😍
Snow Flower
February 26, 2024 at 8:55 AM
And the turtle!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
💯 Absolutely!!
Dorotka
February 26, 2024 at 3:21 PM
That always gives me butterflies…
Snow Flower
February 17, 2024 at 8:40 PM
The only character who matches the king’s brilliance is the Grand Prince.
Captivating The King
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 20, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Bingo!
Snow Flower
February 14, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Oh, Healer-yah…
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Are you watching … what made you remember him. 👍❤
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 4:36 AM
I am rewatching. Episode 13 was intense.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 6:45 AM
TBH any episode can elicit that reaction. 😀
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
She knows who he is.
He knows that she knows.
She knows that he knows that she knows.
The emotional tension was so palpable!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 7:20 AM
😬 True, true.
Snow Flower
February 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I have not seen the actor who plays Myung Ha in Captivating The King in anything, but he is doing a great job!
zindigo
February 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Crash Landing on You!
Ally
February 6, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Yes! North Korean soldier who was the “pretty boy” of the group.
Snow Flower
February 6, 2024 at 9:37 PM
I remember now! Thank you for reminding me about his performance in CLOY.
Kurama
February 7, 2024 at 12:37 AM
He was one the cute duckling in CLOY.
I really liked him in How to Buy a Friend, he was one of the good actors of Rookie Cops.
PYC
February 7, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Lee Shin Young is a very promising actor. I didn’t watch his latest work as the lead in Boss-dal Mart but love, love him as the new intern in Dr Romantic S3.
LaurenSophie
February 7, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Besides CLOY, which I think might have been his first real role, he was in Rookie Cops and Hospital Playlist #3. He was very good in both. He’ll be a lead soon, I bet.
Snow Flower
February 5, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Note to self: Don’t try watching Captivating The King late at night when there is hardly any power left in your brain cells.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 5, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Of course… otherwise how will you be able to play baduk!!
Snow Flower
January 31, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Like Flowers In Sand is like comfort food made with love.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 31, 2024 at 10:21 PM
What a beautiful way to express your love. 😍 👌
mmmmm
February 1, 2024 at 10:48 AM
People keep singing praises for this one I think I might start it soon.
Snow Flower
January 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Favorite heartwarming moment: Hyun Wook knows the names of all villagers and what is going on in their lives.
Like Flowers In Sand Episode 11
Blue (@mayhemf)
January 24, 2024 at 5:43 PM
IKR! That was so cute. He has been making himself at home.
And a bromance we didn’t know we needed 🥰🥰
emsel
January 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Yaaas! I loved Hyeon Uk and Seok Hui’s bubbling enthusiasm in becoming friends!!
bong-soo
January 25, 2024 at 8:17 AM
All that showed what an excellent cop Hyun-wook is.
Gripe. There have been a couple Du-shik scenes that have annoyed me:
1. The slaps. I really don’t get where Du-shik thinks she can give a 32 year old man (Baek-du) a slap to the head whenever the mood strikes her. That has annoyed me pretty much the entire drama (and we started with the Baek-du throw outside the house which could have been the end of Bark-du’s wrestling career).
2. Her unprofessional treatment of Hyun-wook (early on anyways).This guy knows what he is doing but when (at the house) he asked for an update/briefing on information on the killing she had obtained she liked totally ignored his questions.
O/T. I have come to the conclusion after years of kdrama watching that the ‘?’ is the most useless punctuation mark in kdramaland. It is a trope that drives me up the wall: never answer a direct question. Just ignore it all to all together or lie.
Snow Flower
January 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Like Flowers In Sand
There are no shocking reveals or nailbiting cliffhangers at the episode endings, yet they are so emotionally satisfying. Episode 10 was no exception.
cozybooks
January 19, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Agreed – it’s just a drama that knows what it wants to be and excel at doing it, not reinvent the wheel. And that, I find, is often where the best dramas are for me.
Snow Flower
January 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Like Flowers In Sand Episode 9:
Another lovely episode seamlessly blending flashbacks and present time. Baek Du’s speech at the market place made me tear up…
cozybooks
January 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I also loved that! It was a great way to bring together some of the things we’ve seen in previous flashbacks and today, with the present and a fault of our loveable town.
Also I’m so there for the hidden killer mystery line 🙂
Snow Flower
January 11, 2024 at 11:10 AM
“Maybe he is looking for a new career!”
“He is not my friend!”
The policemen commenting while watching Baek Du reenact the events of the night of the murder…pure comic gold!
loveblossom🌸
January 11, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Yes!!! It was sooo funny.
Snow Flower
January 11, 2024 at 10:24 AM
He kissed her…but he does not remember…or does he?
Like Flowers In Sand Episode 8
Snow Flower
January 4, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It’s ssireum time again!
tabong has two different tears🍉
January 4, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Yay!!
bbstl 🧹
January 4, 2024 at 10:55 AM
So happy to spend some time with them again! 😃
Snow Flower
January 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Now I have to wait 6 days until next Wednesday. Maybe I will rewatch the first episode looking for clues.
Snow Flower
December 31, 2023 at 8:17 PM
So how am I spending the last hours of 2023? By binging on “Like Flowers In Sand,” that’s how. Happy New Year!
tabong has two different tears🍉
December 31, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Perfect choice.👌
Happy new year!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
December 31, 2023 at 10:19 PM
^^ +1. 🌸⏳
korfan
December 31, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Happy New Year!
ryunami
January 1, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Happy new year to you too! 🎉🎊
I’m still thinking whether I should pick up LFIS after I dropped My Man is A Cupid which also has the same ML.
Snow Flower
January 1, 2024 at 5:38 AM
3 episodes in, I like this a lot. We have an adorable ML, mysterious FL, plus a murder of a stranger. There are also many funny ahjummas and ahjussis.
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
January 1, 2024 at 11:36 AM
I’m still watching Cupid (why? I don’t know), but LFIS is 1,000X better as a drama and if I had to pick only one Jang Dong-yoon, it would be the one lying on his back in the sand with a bemused expression. Happy New Year!
ryunami
January 1, 2024 at 8:08 PM
@elinor that sounds tempting, guess I will pick it up aoon. I like JDY in the Daily Dose of Sunshine and he’s the reason why I tried Cupid
Dorotka
January 1, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Happy New Year! 🥂
Snow Flower
December 31, 2023 at 9:59 AM
My favorite dramas of 2023:
Unlock The Boss
The Secret Romantic Guesthouse
Twinkling Watermelon
Castaway Diva
The Kidnapping Day
The Matchmakers
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
December 31, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Great picks!!! 😊👍
Unaspirated
December 31, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Great dramas! I loved all of these too!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
January 4, 2024 at 2:09 PM
1-My Dearest
2-Twinkling Watermelon
3-Dr Romantic 3
4-The Good Bad Mother
5-Moving
Biggest disappointments: See You in My 19th Life, Doona!, Interest of Love
Best oldies of 2023: Bridal Mask, Sandglass, Father is Strange
Best score: My Dearest–have you been inspired to compose by and Kdramas in 2023?
Snow Flower
January 4, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I did compose a piece inspired by My Dearest. It is on my wall. I have a backlog of pieces I need to write, all inspired by dramas I liked in the past two years. Hope to do it eventually, so stay tuned.
My favorite oldies I watched in 2023 were Giant and I’m Sorry I Love You.
Snow Flower
December 22, 2023 at 7:28 PM
The backscratcher is back!
(The Kidnapping Day Episode 12)
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
December 22, 2023 at 7:39 PM
The Filial Child is back and all is right with the world. 😊
Snow Flower
December 22, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Yes! It made my day. It had not been seen since Episode 4 and I was worried.