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@TRaNz Singapore just launched a honey dip for nuggets. At first I assumed there was something special about the honey but my friend confirmed it's literally just honey, nothing special! 

Has anyone tried this combination? I don't get it 

Happy voting in the poll, people! @LaLa and I had fun thinking of the questions and options! My responses:

1. The identity of Daddy Long Legs

2. Yoon Shin Hye - Since she was the final cliffhanger of S1, of course I want to know why she's calling Seokhyung. Gomgom is going to be the ship I am very interesting to find out more about this S2!

3. How did the Lacking 5 choose their majors - So far, only Junwan's reason has been shown the most so I am hoping to see how the rest was drawn to their specialties. I feel like there is a story behind Songhwa's and Seokhyung's.

4. 3. It seems like Seong-yeong will be in GS but will there be more? I am going to say yes!

5. Wintergarden - DUH! My ship! What will they do after three kisses! How do they DTR? Do they hide, do they go public? How will they date while they work? Will the age gap affect them in anyway? How will the stages of the professional lives factor in their relationship growth? I am excited to see all that and more!

A full thread of all the character profiles here:

On 6/8/2021 at 12:07 PM, bairama said:

So saddd Running Man when Kwangsoo left.

I saw some of the clips and pictures on twt today and the way Jihyo cried so much! It's truly the end of an era in k-variety.

2nd Gen K-Pop fans, did you see this epic reunion of After School! I have been blasting 2nd gen songs all weekend because of it!

13 hours ago, SnowBlob said:

The thing is...while they're torturing you they have also tortured us since season 1....so we got tortured longerrr  the sailing of the ship is bettet done in a way that gives immense satisfaction. 

I think all of us will be tortured together regardless of the ship because we all love the drama! 

On 6/10/2021 at 6:06 PM, abs-oluteM said:

Hospital Playlist Season 2 to Begin with a Time Jump

Meanwhile, director Won Ho revealed that the new sequel of this popular medical drama will start with a time jump. The viewers will get to know more about it through several flashback sequences.

Oh this is interesting, I didn't read from other translators the context of the time jump like that. I think I won't speculate anymore on the time jump and just let the drama take us for a ride!

I can't believe this new week will finally bring us a new episode! We have weathered the wait together everyone!

On 6/7/2021 at 8:53 PM, 1217akkum4 said:

Waiting excitedly for nam jihyun's comeback

This will be my first drama with her so I am excited to watch!

 LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS THURSDAY!

27 minutes ago, TRaNz said:

Yeah I enjoy it for the cute moments but of course, predictable outcome with the love line and how events unfold. 

I will say for most of you guys it will be a drama for when you have very little to watch on your list and need something nice to fill in the watchtime. Its cause youre all top tier kdrama addicts that dive super indepth into it allll hehehehehehe

I am very okay with cute, predictable watches. One in-depth drama at a time please. Haha! Alright I will check it out if I am done with River before HP airs. It's been a while since I watched an enemies to lovers premise.

27 minutes ago, mademoiselle said:

Give in to the A/C. Don't fight it. The heat in South East Asia is no joke. These days I wouldn't fight it anymore when my room burns. I'd cool it down and then switch the fan on.

 

Yeah, I am not fighting it anymore! Yep I do that, I switch it on and off during the day and then keep the cool air in for the night with a fan.

5 hours ago, SnowBlob said:

It's now less than 2 weeks to go peeps

I feel so not ready now that it's so close!

I enjoyed the third teaser and I am hope that the new week will bring stills of our supporting cast. Hoping also that Teaser 4 will feature the family members of the Lacking 5? I want to see Uju, Iksun and Mama Rosa!

13 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

Is work that crazy? I'm actually the same lately. Been really tired during weeknights and have less energy playing here. I cannot wait to get out of this super busy cycle/period!

Yeah it is. I just came out of 2 x 3 days courses in last two weeks of May which meant a lot work got pushed to the night or the weekends. This month, I have a major deadline for one project and embarking on another. So I have been working pretty much non-stop since mid-May? And then having to adjust back to a 100% WFH schedule AND THE HEAT. OMG THE HEAT RIGHT NOW.  I have had to switch on my air-con a lot more this time to work comfortably.

I had a headache ystd and I am so mad because I lost valuable hours to work or watch something. But I guess my body really wanted to sleep instead. 

12 hours ago, Chocolate said:

I see a lot of recommendations for this. But how long can you stand and type? Won’t your legs get tired?

I have a standing desk at work. You build up your stamina to stand for longer amount of time eventually. I find it particularly useful for after lunch or in an online meeting that I am not super involved in. It just adds some variety to the work day. I miss my standing desk a lot now that we are at home.

11 hours ago, JenL said:

Hello Everyone! Checking in...hope everyone is safe and well and not affected by covid...sorry if I've missed anyone's messages or tags! Glad to see I'm not the only one who hasn't been as active here lately. To be honest, something really stressful has happened  (not covid, but something else that is quite serious that has never happened before and you should hope never happens to you!) and I'm helping to resolve this issue. It's going to take awhile, so will probably be here less, be watching dramas less and be doing all the other things I like less...at least for the next month

Oh dear, Jen! I hope at least you are healthy and that what needs to be resolved be resolved soon. Fingers crossed for you!

21 minutes ago, TRaNz said:

Then follow up with 2 new eps of So I Married an Anti Fan for SooYoungggiieeee.

How's this show going? I sort of want to check this out now that I know how good Soo Young is from Run On!

12 hours ago, ktcjdrama said:

You're moving fast, haha... I should speed up a bit.

Heehee! I am surprised at myself too. I think I started Ep 3 on Thursday or Friday. Then I was in a bed with a headache yesterday so I just keep pressing play for episode after episode during the times I couldn't sleep. I am scrubbing through Ep 8 - 13 or 14 because I watched those before. Then I will probably slow down again for the last stretch.

9 hours ago, Tofu said:

Since I'm drama free this weekend because subs for Bossam are a bit slower, I'm going to watch episode 1-6 with Na In Woo. 

Oh yay Tofu! I am kinda curious about the differences in the actors so tell us all about it!

12 minutes ago, mademoiselle said:

HP2 airs once a week. It's not going to take up too much of your time (+ swooning/spazzing).

Thank goodness for that at least. But I still have a lot to do that I don't know how much time I have to spazz. Y'all already don't see me around here a lot recently :( I am so scared of spoilers if I can't watch the live airing on NF. Argh!

I just finished Episode 7. I am surprised that On Dal is a better fighter and more street smart than the "fool" description led me to believe. I squealed at the end of Ep 6 or 7 (I can't remember because I was binging through them) when he was so sure that he and Ga Jin are meant to be together! It was really cute to see how she warmed to him throughout.

I don't think the politics is very complicated here but still they got my head turning in my circles. Especially for General Go and Mo Yong. He keeps playing hot and cold with her? I am pretty irritated by him, tbh. That was quite a neat trap that Gochuga set for Gajin about the herbs for the Crown Prince though. Definitely a warning to her that she has to be careful in how she plays her games.

Alright, I am going to keep going while I have some momentum this weekend. I am reaching the episodes I watched before but I will probably still watch a little bit for On Dal and Ga Jin moments!

On 5/27/2021 at 7:32 PM, ktcjdrama said:

- What can I say... the highlight of this episode for me is Kang Ha Neul's appearance, haha... I really love the purplish horizon when he first appeared. Such majestic view. I wished it wasn't just a cameo. 

I agree, he's phenomenal here (as he always is, of course). His cameo is quite an extended one and he comes back in several more episodes later.

Have you found a source to watch the eps? I had to borrow a friend's Viu account to watch the first 6.

Recently released stills! I am so glad they are really leaning into this luxe, witchy vibe! Breaks up the usual bright palettes for summer dramas!

Round up of some Yumi's Cells post around the twitter-net

6 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

I finished Sweet & Sour. It... has a twist! Which I won't tell, lol!

I have been seeing so many people mentioning this twist on twitter. Is it a good twist? I bookmarked it mainly because I wanted to another Chae Soo Bin show.

Why oh why am I getting so busy when the dramas I want to watch are all incoming! Hospital Playlist 2 (June 17), Come To The Witch's Restaurant (July), Hometown Cha Cha Cha, Yumi's Cells. Gahhhh!

On 5/28/2021 at 3:11 PM, JenL said:

Hahaha I always bring a journal or notebook but forget to write or get too tired  But my notebook did come in handy when I was in Korea because they love to have tourist collectible stamps so sometimes I just used the notebook to collect my location stamps 

 

Expenses? What is that?  I just use my notebooks to write about my experiences...I just go on holidays to use all my monies

Oh yes the tourist stamps, I do the same too with my notebook! I am actually like tabulating my expenditure when I am travelling, just to have the satisfaction that they total up. Of course, it doesn't limit my spending 

On 5/28/2021 at 3:11 PM, JenL said:

I like calendar format and usually like A5 size. A lot of people think that's weird but I need monthly view to plan ahead. Weekly view feels too fast!

Are you me? I use this format too!

On 5/28/2021 at 3:56 PM, JenL said:

Do you have any diary/ note examples? Would love to see! 

I will try to find a page that I can upload. But first I gotta figure out my upload even, I was trying from my dropbox but looks like it doesn't work :(

On 5/31/2021 at 2:28 PM, ktcjdrama said:

Been meaning to come visit this thread but haven't gotten the chance till now. I love stationeries too, and a collector.

Welcome! I am so happy that this thread has so many friends sharing their collections. It makes me feel less alone and is also enabling me to buy more since my collection is so small compared to everyone's! Heehee!

On 6/3/2021 at 6:35 PM, ktcjdrama said:

Colours... I might have an artist in me, which I never get the chance to explore or develop. I always love to see colourful sets of all kind of markers, highlighters, brushes, paints.

Oh wow, nice pen collection! You have pencils too, do you use them to sketch?

20 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

@JenL You now definitely have more time to catch up on dramas. Whereas me, I'm kind of glad that this lockdown now send some people back to work from home. Hallelujah. Less noise at the office and politics!

What happening to Melbourne? You are going into lockdown again too?

We regressed to Phase 2 as well. Supposed to end in about 2 weeks but I won't be surprised if we stay in this for another month. But we can still head to buy stuff / watch movies / visit museums / attractions in pairs. We just can't eat out. Me, I have just been staying at home lol, and work work work. 

Before Teaser 2, we also had the bts for Ep 11-2. 

1 hour ago, LaLa said:

@abs-oluteM @Jane @40somethingahjumma @left_phalange @Tammy_fullofdrama I somehow think that the story that will become the hot gossip in Yulje is Winter Garden couple

Thanks for the translations, Lala! Very possible but I also don't trust ShinLee so I am expecting a fake out 

I did a whole thread of reactions and speculations to the teaser! And now I am very tired but just some thoughts that I will repost here:

• Lack of Bidulgi scenes, I think that the show is preserving the idea that Iksun is in the UK and the mystery of the returned box. So we might not see her at all until the actual episodes.
• WINTERGARDEN! I am honestly shocked that they even put that in. I really thought they would make us wait till the first episode to see them in the same frame. But this definitely skyrockets the anticipation of seeing them and how they will follow through after Ep 12's kisses.
• The question of the time skip - although still ambiguous, I am getting more convinced that they won't do a time skip but will rather fast-forward through the year that Songhwa is away (supported by Lala's translations above) or perhaps have her move back earlier for some reason. 
• Songhwa seems to visit Yulje and Seoul a lot! If the meals they are having are any indication.
• No clues of an epidemic in sight here.

Since June is almost here, I started on the June cover page for my bullet journal. :)

34 minutes ago, Tofu said:

The three of us suffered together. @Jane @mademoiselle. That's why he is on the ban list.

I could never ban Ong Seong-wu! I have followed him since his Wanna One days and it's so nice to see him and the rest of the boys do so well in their individual careers after disbanding.

Translation of the caption on HP's official IG. I love how they bring it back to the reference of the kalguksu dinner and 3.5 rice!

3 minutes ago, abs-oluteM said:

@Jane Did you finish More Than Friends? 

 

Yup I did. Remember I don't drop dramas, I will suffer through it all the way. 

33 minutes ago, SilverMoonTea said:

No this time different reason. A lot of gang fighting. FL not interesting enough too. 

Meh, then I won't watch. Still keeping your desserts drama on the backburner though. One day...

6 hours ago, Chocolate said:

Yes yes! Sherry Thomas usually writes romances. I find her writing quite emotional and frequently makes me cry. But her last/current series is on a female Sherlock with a very slow burn romance. Quite good especially book 1.

 

Same here for me. I used to read like 3-4 books a week. Since April last year, I’ve read the same number 😭 

 

 

I will have a look into the Lady Sherlock series! Sounds very interesting from her website!