Has it really been 6 years since I last posted?
6 years sure feels like aeons but they did pass by in a blink, now that I actually think about it.
What's undeniable is how much has changed in the last whole decade since I first began to blog.
I went from being a spunky, spirited soul with a lot of fire in my soul to a more mellow version of spunky , spirited and fiery. Life had finally found a way to tame my joie de vivre. Resistance, I realized, after much deliberation was futile. OH. SO. FUTILE.
I could dream and hope all I wanted whereas my reality would always be diametrically different from all those lofty thoughts.
I do sound dramatic and a tad ungrateful. It's not been all gloom and doom. Although the gloom and doom variety of happenings have marred a lot of the good that has come to be.
One of the really good things that happened to me was discovering Korean dramas and learning Korean as a language. K-dramas and Korean movies are a whole other level of creative, gorgeous and glam altogether! They make me look forward to life. Any good show does that . But K-dramas are extra special. I have been immensely moved by the talent that industry possesses in good measure.What do I love most about this genre you ask: I love how they simplify complex thoughts and abstract concepts.
As a person I am forever creating ideal universes and dreaming up these ideal humans who have special powers and abilities. Aliens in the human world with all the magical powers to crush the most odious plans that fellow humans conspire to foist on you. A fantasy world so to speak. A spirit universe where the possibilities of positive outcomes and happy endings are endless. Korean Jagganims (writers) are my kindred spirits. They think very similarly and create these larger than life tales that hold a mirror to a lot of my most feverish hopes and dreams. 'While you were sleeping' is a K-drama that brought to life one of my favorite tropes of being able to change the present by having an ability to see what the future holds.
As any discerning person reading this can gather. I am a mild control freak. I do like to have a say in how my life unfolds. Very few people know that it is a god given gift that only a chosen few are able to exercise.
Do you know people who always win no matter what? I am talking of those blessed few who when faced with a choice or are at the crossroads will have great things happen to them no matter how bleak the options.They always come out smelling of roses. They're the people who lived really well even during the Great Depression. The true Gods who walk among us.
What makes them a God?They're superior being that have the power to grant humans their most desperate wishes or so K-dramas have taught me.
Just like humans not all dramas are created equal. Some dramas make you feel like your intellect is physically being shrunk with every passing minute that you waste on it.
So it is a mixed bag but most ITN and JTBC dramas do have my undying love and attention. It all began for me with 'This is my Love'. The actor Joo Jin-Mo redefined everything I ever wanted in a leading man.The plot however was predictable and the ending almost cruel to our hero. But Korea is a traditional society and the concept of marriage is held sacrosanct even if its between our gormless villain Kim Tae Hoon and Miss.Korea Kim Sa-Rang. What struck me most about this show was the first 3 episodes. The pacing completely sucked me into Park Hyun-soo and Eun Dong's small little world. The actors who played the pair as young kids, teens and adults simply nailed it. The casting was pitch perfect. What's not to like about such bang on casting and acting. But the more I watched the more predictable the tale got and it all just began to feel very unfair. Why does a man who did nothing but wait for his soul-mate have to be punished so cruelly. Why was the price of getting Eun Dong back so needlessly steep?
It wasnt ideal enough. But I was glad in how it all ended. It felt nice to watch our heroine find her voice and stand on her own two feet and be able to change the narrative. I felt like she was finally taking the reins into her own hands and taking charge ! The feminist in me was happy for her.
2019's stand out shows for me was 'Something in the Rain' and ' Oh my Ghost!'.
I had so many questions when I recently watched 'Cheese in the Trap' in that I couldn't for the life of me understand why I was being inflicted with so much stupidity. I watched it solely because the hero Park Hae Jin was easy on the eyes. And also because it was an ITN show. Ugh. Bad Call. The ending really made me curse myself for wasting 18 plus hours of my life.
2020 seems like a promising year. Here's hoping I get to view and enjoy a lot more of the good stuff!
6 years sure feels like aeons but they did pass by in a blink, now that I actually think about it.
What's undeniable is how much has changed in the last whole decade since I first began to blog.
I went from being a spunky, spirited soul with a lot of fire in my soul to a more mellow version of spunky , spirited and fiery. Life had finally found a way to tame my joie de vivre. Resistance, I realized, after much deliberation was futile. OH. SO. FUTILE.
I could dream and hope all I wanted whereas my reality would always be diametrically different from all those lofty thoughts.
I do sound dramatic and a tad ungrateful. It's not been all gloom and doom. Although the gloom and doom variety of happenings have marred a lot of the good that has come to be.
One of the really good things that happened to me was discovering Korean dramas and learning Korean as a language. K-dramas and Korean movies are a whole other level of creative, gorgeous and glam altogether! They make me look forward to life. Any good show does that . But K-dramas are extra special. I have been immensely moved by the talent that industry possesses in good measure.What do I love most about this genre you ask: I love how they simplify complex thoughts and abstract concepts.
As a person I am forever creating ideal universes and dreaming up these ideal humans who have special powers and abilities. Aliens in the human world with all the magical powers to crush the most odious plans that fellow humans conspire to foist on you. A fantasy world so to speak. A spirit universe where the possibilities of positive outcomes and happy endings are endless. Korean Jagganims (writers) are my kindred spirits. They think very similarly and create these larger than life tales that hold a mirror to a lot of my most feverish hopes and dreams. 'While you were sleeping' is a K-drama that brought to life one of my favorite tropes of being able to change the present by having an ability to see what the future holds.
As any discerning person reading this can gather. I am a mild control freak. I do like to have a say in how my life unfolds. Very few people know that it is a god given gift that only a chosen few are able to exercise.
Do you know people who always win no matter what? I am talking of those blessed few who when faced with a choice or are at the crossroads will have great things happen to them no matter how bleak the options.They always come out smelling of roses. They're the people who lived really well even during the Great Depression. The true Gods who walk among us.
What makes them a God?They're superior being that have the power to grant humans their most desperate wishes or so K-dramas have taught me.
Just like humans not all dramas are created equal. Some dramas make you feel like your intellect is physically being shrunk with every passing minute that you waste on it.
So it is a mixed bag but most ITN and JTBC dramas do have my undying love and attention. It all began for me with 'This is my Love'. The actor Joo Jin-Mo redefined everything I ever wanted in a leading man.The plot however was predictable and the ending almost cruel to our hero. But Korea is a traditional society and the concept of marriage is held sacrosanct even if its between our gormless villain Kim Tae Hoon and Miss.Korea Kim Sa-Rang. What struck me most about this show was the first 3 episodes. The pacing completely sucked me into Park Hyun-soo and Eun Dong's small little world. The actors who played the pair as young kids, teens and adults simply nailed it. The casting was pitch perfect. What's not to like about such bang on casting and acting. But the more I watched the more predictable the tale got and it all just began to feel very unfair. Why does a man who did nothing but wait for his soul-mate have to be punished so cruelly. Why was the price of getting Eun Dong back so needlessly steep?
It wasnt ideal enough. But I was glad in how it all ended. It felt nice to watch our heroine find her voice and stand on her own two feet and be able to change the narrative. I felt like she was finally taking the reins into her own hands and taking charge ! The feminist in me was happy for her.
2019's stand out shows for me was 'Something in the Rain' and ' Oh my Ghost!'.
I had so many questions when I recently watched 'Cheese in the Trap' in that I couldn't for the life of me understand why I was being inflicted with so much stupidity. I watched it solely because the hero Park Hae Jin was easy on the eyes. And also because it was an ITN show. Ugh. Bad Call. The ending really made me curse myself for wasting 18 plus hours of my life.
2020 seems like a promising year. Here's hoping I get to view and enjoy a lot more of the good stuff!
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