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Yeah, don't worry I've had that thought too. I mean, if some small child has a weak heart/ liver/ kidney and needs a transplant, it would be useful to donate it as punishment given that they deserve to feel physical pain and some of them aren't remorseful at all...In fact they seem full psycho. But have to remind ourselves that an eye for an eye doesn't enlighten anyone, it just makes the whole world blind. And there have been some cases where bad people change and even start charities and stuff in real life...

Yay!!! I finally caught up in time for the last week of this series! I'm not ready to let it go thoughhhh. I mean going from 2 LJH series to 0 LJH series again is very hard now that I like him so much But I guess I should go back and watch Signal now. Anyway my catch up posts... Episode 11 -I liked how in this episode you saw how clearly KDK was able to reflect on his actions and feel bad for accidentally blowing up the evil CEO who ran that porn site. I guess that's how you tell the good guy from the bad - he's not violent because he enjoys it, but because it's the only way to keep those bad people in line. But at the end of the day, he wants to be humane and even sympathises with them. - KHN was at this point a bit annoying in the way she confronted KDK....but they do seem to have sparks of energy when they talk to each other like a few centimetres away from each other's faces I loved how KDK called out the justice system for being incompetent and not being able to capture people who have clearly committed the crime. Despite KHN being all challenging to KDK without understanding the truth, she did have a good point that everything would be anarchy if everyone acted on their impulses for revenge. - Wow, that big stoned face guy has a twin brother. I was so confused at the sudden personality change...but figured he probably had a secret twin brother. Don't we all? -I liked how they had one example of a guy who didn't want revenge. But I guess he was a priest, so forgiveness and all that jazz is important ...But if it was me, I'd still want a handsome guy to come get revenge for me -The way those thug brothers killed Woo Sub was so damn creepy...from the way they pretended to be asleep and cornered him to the way they play cat and mouse in the fabric place and then broke his legs from his knee joints Episode 12 -Noooo, what a horrible death for Mr Wang! I was really sad for him - he was such a friendly and supportive co-worker. His last moments were really haunting and tragic with work calling him and him still trying to respond -Although traumatised, I wish KHN had responded better somehow to Mr Wang's family. I mean it was so cold to drop the mother's hands like that? - Haha, wow KHN actually sat in the Deluxe Taxi she had been searching so hard for and requested revenge. I mean for all her talk about everything going through the law she pretty much took revenge when things got tough! It was a very ironic scene. I have to say at first I thought the game requests for revenge were symbolic...but it looks like they actually take the request through the games. It's kinda cute -Poor KDK finding Woo Sub's body and then having a panic attack. It would be disgusting to stumble on an organ harvesting farm. And sickening to know that your actions helped to run it. I guess this confirms why they were taking out the eyes of that pedo guy. - I was confused about the private prison even in this episode, but it's been clarified by the recent episodes. I have to say it wasn't very clear what CEO Jang actually did with those prisoners. I mean he talked about rehab but there were very few scenes showing any kind of rehab...so earlier on it just seemed like he could have been in on the organ farming. But it seems his rehab was kinda like psychological/ mind game type stuff like telling the criminals they would be watched forever or dragged back into prison? I was going to say that his character is a bit like the Driver in Ryan Gosling's Drive - he's always silently doing things for others and questioning his own humanity. But his own desires and motives have to be deducted rather than explicitly told....But it looks like in previews for the final weeks it will be looking at KDK's backstory and his own rage over his mother's murder? OMG Yesss. This is like the most frustrating trope of Kdramas. Not just Kdramas - they do it in Taiwanese dramas too! I don't think I've ever had an important conversation in the toilet. 1) You don't know who's listening 2) It's awkward because you can hear people doing their business

I am watching Episode 14 and my heart is bleeding!!! Be back though to write about it in a moment when this episode ends. I had to pause when they hurt KDK because they already hurt all the good characters

I have this issue too!! I always start... But then don't have enough persistence to continue Hahaha, This is EXACTLY my problem!!! I hate it because it happens with pretty notebooks the most...I'll be like "I should use this!" Then I write one page, forget about it....come back and find it and see that I've used a page...and then I'm stressed about whether I should rip that page out But at least I'm not alone in my problems?! Hahaha, Thank you for making me feel less alone. I hope there are more weirdos like me This is all so relatable! I try to have travel journals but end up not finishing them too. I tend to go hard when travelling (ie. we get back to the hotel at like 2am and so there's noooo time to write!) Yay! We made it into your journal! I also have one of those 5 year ones...but I think I only wrote on 2 days last year

A few more days till 6 month anniversary! For whoever is still around, I have some final goodies...mainly more videos of GAR and LJW BTS moments to finish off the collection...they will be a test of my Korean skills if I manage to translate them!!!

Hahaha I think LJH just has this wonderfully playful charisma. I mean it's been part of every KDK character in Taxi Driver especially his gangster persona...but you definitely see it in the actor too every time he does an interview...he is just so damn charming in a funny way I get what you mean - the show does a good job to show that there are really bad evil people in the world...but the are still people. They do get hurt if they're catfished even if they deserve that kind of treatment. I guess nothing is wrong with you...in fact you're probably a good person for sympathising and feeling a little bad for her (unlike her who feels nothing for the people she scammed!) Hahaha my Lee Je Hoon crush is real at the moment. He's hooked me on every episode especially episode 10 Ahhh, I didn't see this tag earlier...Thanks! Like you, I love good looking cool men LJH is just so suave and charismatic and incredibly warm all in one for sure. Haha, since you're clearly soft on LJH, have you started a shrine for him @dream? I will drop by if you have! I also laughed really hard at KDK and his gangster get up...but I was not immune to his charms

Oh man, Don't mind me writing some catch up posts....I watched Lee Je Hoon's other series Move to Heaven kind of slowly and it totally threw me off my watch patterns for Taxi Driver ...so much so that I didn't realise that I'd missed watching and writing about this for 3 weeks?! Episode 9 -These episodes were the last of the fun revenge stories before getting into the more serious arc about what looks to be the downfall of Rainbow Taxi with both prosecutors and Evil gangster lady, Chariman Baek, chasing after them - I had a small heart attack when they found KDK's pass at the house they blew up and KHN's boss showed it to CEO Jung because I was like this is the end of KDK! But of course he lied and it was fine. I always wondered why KDK used his real name when getting revenge, but I guess it'd be more suspicious if he used a fake name? - Haha, I couldn't believe that the Rainbow Taxi mechanic CKK fell for the old phone scam asking for bank details! But I guess I do personally know friends who have almost fallen for it too before. And CEO Jung was right - people never blame the scammers but look down on the victims weirdly enough....which normalises phone scammers? I personally don't pick up calls from numbers I don't know to avoid these situations as much as possible. - I really loved the rooftop conversation between GE and KDK - She really knew what was troubling him - the fact that he felt responsible for the death of that evil CEO that got blown up. And even though he was technically responsible for her sister's death, I like that she also could talk about the incident to comfort KDK Episode 10 - Episode 10 was quite possibly my favourite revenge scenario and character for Lee Je Hoon. Hahaha, why do I like KDK as a fake Chinese gangster in a fur coat? I don't knowwww. He's just so cool even when he's not trying to be cool. I think he just pulled off smooth-talking ruffian so well...I mean he had such cheesy lines but he delivered them so damn smoothly - Amongst some of my favourite KDK as gangster antics were when Madame Lim tests him on their hometown in China and he butters her up by saying how young she is, when he stops that other gangster from hitting her and says "There are 3 things that you should never show a woman: savage looks, savage words and savage fists" (He sounded kinda hot there Please protect me KDK!) and also funny was when he chucked his deluxe taxi team mate PJE off the boat saying he was a cop...poor guy Oh and I laughed hard when he fed a peeled shrimp to Madame Lim - I feel like the portrayal of someone foreign in Madame Lim was unflattering...but as she's a criminal and it's for comedic effect, I guess I let it slide. - This revenge was actually a pretty good one...haha, I mean, he totally catfished her in the name of getting all the funds back to people and then stranded them at sea. And given the future episodes, being out at sea would have been better than being in that private prison Haha I didn't realise it was OIB's uncle! I'm so dazed from all the cross--over actors lately I think Doesn't matter about the lady boss...he managed to seduce me

I always say I don't like sports dramas, but then I realised a whole bunch of dramas I like ARE sports dramas....so now I know I don't like sports, but I like sports dramas Also I came here for Tang Jun Sang and that fact that some people have likened this to Hot Stove League (but more funny youth version). I'm a bit behind in almost all my dramas, so might not start immediately!

Haha, nah, you wouldn't be able to tell that I was teary. It's the kind where the eyes are slightly more moist and then you blink and you're fine again Like no tears leaked out because not enough waters for even one tear.... I'm not even sure that meets the definition of teary even The times I cried for movies it was literally on-going tears streaming down my face for the entire sad scene...or if most of the scenes were sad, the tears were streaming down for most of the movie! Stargazing dog was embarrassing because I was on a plane and everyone was staring at me

Yes! I finished it a few days ago now and I'm telling everyone to watch it because I loved it so much. I want to say cried because episodes 7 and 8 were so heart-breaking but I didn't I was teary, but the tears didn't come out....so I didn't bawl my eyes out like I did with damn Stargazing Dog and Silenced. I was soooooooo sad for SG though because it would be horrible to make those mistakes that you really really really regret but can't come back from. I think I couldn't sleep from thinking about it after watching! I might have a heart of stone! But then I realised I tend to to cry when it's like weak child/ animal gets abused, so maybe that's my only tear trigger?

Hahaha, I wish I could adopt this no stationery mindset, but this is like my great weakness along with snacks I guess I try not to browse stationery sites too often or I will have a big parcel coming to my house I totally think about how I'm going to be buried with my pens and stickers and washi tapes all the time! I think it would be best not to be separated with them in the afterlife Hahaha, I love how that looks like a lot...but I have more. A LOT LOT more I have doubles of my favourite ones, so I often use my doubles. The ink drying up sucks and I try to prevent it from happening my storing them correctly. But I don't mind if they're rare old ones because there's not much you can do about them Some of the Japanese gel pens from the 90s were discontinued awhile back, so people would still buy or trade for them because they're rare I guess. I once saw a set going for auction on Ebay at like $400! But I didn't follow the auction so don't know if it actually sold...but I like to comfort myself by thinking that some of these might be worth something so I don't feel like I've spent a lot...which I have Pilot pens are good - I really like the Pilot frixion sticks. They're probably not as pretty looking as a lot of other pens I own...but ink flow is good and it erases well for diary writing since I'm a perfectionist and hate white out. Wow they must have been very precious to you! I also have stickers from my childhood and refuse to use them ever...some of them are so pretty and intricate looking - probably like stuff you own! Keeping paper notes and diaries are fun I'm not so use to digital stuff since I'll get distracted if on phone/ laptop/ ipad...so it's nice to just have paper lists and journals for focus! Oooh looks like Frixion pens are popular. I think Pilot pens have really good flow for writing compared to a lot of other brands.

I'm back with more scary images... My notebooks Another tiny portion of my pens My washi tape compartment is a bit messy

Ok These are the first ones I think I have for Kdramas I have nothing for Cdramas as I don't watch them Other dramas: Hehe, do we get clues from our answers @stroppyse?

Episode 11-12 -I really enjoyed these last few episodes because I'm really into this mystery with HJA's mother and OIB's uncle. I like that the story plays around with the different character's POVs and how unreliable memory is - which is often the case when people try to solve murders. It's a lot of puzzle work for sure! -Although strange, I like that the ghosts are not necessarily tied to the buildings. Her mother coming to save her was a good plot twists, though I guess you could see that already with the uncle who haunted the bad guy, DHS. And maybe with some of the past ghosts, they haunted the buildings because the people who killed them spent a lot of time there? -Glad Secretary Ju survived, although I don't know how realistic that is when all those wooden things fall directly on top of you! So I guess she knew OIB's uncle? Or wondering if she was bluffing and threatening DHS? -Ugh the scene where they do the exorcism for OIB's uncle was so frustrating - it sucked that she could almost stab him but then they didn't believe the exorcism was real and in the process, hurt HJA, messed up the salt ring and allowed a possessed OIB to escape! - Can I just say that hospital scene was so sweet with HJA and OIB? The fact that she slept by his bed and the fact that he was worried, not about his own injuries, but about whether he'd hurt her. I thought they were so cute -I like the detective now. I find him to be a good character - like he's smart and not draggy. He seems to have accepted that even if he doesn't really believe in the supernatural, there's something genuine about these real estate people and he'll help them out. Also liked how he threatened DHS with a re-investigation! -On the flips side, I'm annoyed at that gangster who is trying to get back in the good books with DHS and who stole OIB's memorandum. He's so stupid - why go crawling back to someone who treated you so badly? -It's sad how HJA found the book and felt she could no longer trust Secretary Joo anymore. I'm sure there's a valid reason for her hiding the truth now, but her secretive ways would also make me suspicious too if I were HJA. Also sad how HJA did that same memory spell over and over again even though she was getting weaker and weaker. I'm confused about what seems to have happened to her mother - it looks like she discovered the only way to get rid of an egg ghost is to kill it, so she was about to kill OIB, but then the uncle overheard and wanted to run....so I guess she was attacking him to get to OIB. Then did OIB kill her? Or was it HJA who then stabbed her mother? So much confusion!!

Wow it's been 520 days already?! Hahaha this is the most stressed I've been @Tofu as I'm behind in all of my dramas!!! I think I forgot one too since I'm also watching Hello, it's me! when I'm on public transport on the way home (I wanted a series that would be a light watch and not too much investment in case I got distracted getting on and off the train). Actually I might have had more at some point during lockdown last year, but this is the first time this year while also working back in the office How do you crazy drama watchers do it all the time?! Wow is Someday or One Day based on a book @Jane?? Or is this a novelisation of the drama?? I always thought it was a script initially!

Haha I've been collecting gel pens since I was a kid...most kids did and stopped....but I continued and still collect... so I am a weird adult who still owns too many gel pens Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one with stationery addictions! Ooooh I love those Washi tapes too. The King Jim Kitta washi tapes? They have such beautiful patterns... big fan of stickers too. Those Russian rolls are cuuuute

Episodes 9-10 - I liked that the story went back to another's story for episode 9 so that it still reminded you of their trauma cleaning business, but was also linked to HGR's situation. - Matthew Green's story was definitely not the first time I've heard about displaced adopted Korean-American stories - I once read an article about the real people who had gone through this. There were a few people who were adopted but their families changed their minds in America and they went into the foster system, some adoptees who just felt like they didn't fit in and tried to go back to Korea, but also didn't fit in due to language barriers and then others who were captured and forcefully deported as adults because their papers weren't filled in properly. It's really horrible that they were rejected by their adopted country, but also by the home country who would see them as foreigners - His room with the blood stains was really shocking compared to most of the stories and I felt traumatised for his dog who was loyally whining by his body - And it's also really sad that he mistook his mother to be the lady from the photograph and was too scared to tell her the truth. But in a way maybe it was better because the birth mother had refused to see him...so in this way, he thought he had seen his birth mother, even though she wasn't that and could have been a great parent figure to him But I liked that the anchor woman covered the story and helped to honour him and spread awareness to the situation. She seemed so lovely especially as she cherished this baby enough to keep his possessions. - It was so smart of HGR to think of the lights and calling his police contacts...but then again he was traumatised from his father's death and would do anything to keep his uncle alive! But just wondering what happened to the gangster woman? Sure she had no more money anymore...but she wasn't exactly punished either. - So even though I didn't cry throughout this series...I did get a bit teary in episode 10. It's probably because it was the end of a good series, but also because HGR's story is also pretty tragic. He was a premature baby almost left to die. And maybe that contributed to some of his disabilities. But his adopted father/ SG's brother was such a generous man and his wife, such a lovely and generous lady that of course they would raise a child with lots of love I loved their patience while finding ways to help him learn to talk. -Also really loved that scene where HGR packs his father's belongings and find that comforting video his father recorded...he even left spaces for HGR to say the words he always says! -Of course I was touched by all the scenes where HGR showed he had learnt to love and accept his uncle. The main scene being where he cooks a breakfast for uncle and even sets a place for him on the table. I loved how SG pretended he didn't care if he didn't get to stay with his nephew but was crying when the lawyer told him that was what HGR wanted. -The ending was confusing with Lee Ri's cameo? It was like a half a story told. There could be a sequel in the works since it felt like an open ending. And it felt like HGR liked Lee Ri's character and there wasn't any room to explore it in the last episode....But I was pretty puzzled by that last case...it kind of sounded like a suicide? -All in all, I loved this series so much! I found it so heartwarming. And all the acting was strong in this series. Tang Jun Sung really had to deliver so many lines all the time - he must have an amazing memory. Lee Je Hoon was so impressive playing a character like this - I really felt his emotions when he found out about his brother. I look forward to seeing more of Hong Seung Hee too - she's so cute and really likeable in this series as the protective neighbourhood kid. And of course Lee Jae wook played such an adorable puppy...and he really helped to being out that complicated dynamic and history between SC and SG.

Hahaha that is totally the same thing! I don't think I've ever FF'ed a drama before. I think if I'm curious but not committed I just watch clips on Youtube The stories are so touching. Bring lots of tissues for episodes 7 and 8 for main character's tragic backstories!

I finished this the other day! But now I'm filling in my opinions since this was such a good watch and I watched at like 1:00am so didn't have time to writer afterwards Episode 8 -Like Episode 7, this episode slayed me totally and hurt my heart sooooo badly when I first watched it. It's such a tragic backstory. Again, it's another mistake SG made that he can never go back on - his inability to forgive his brother/ hear his brother's explanation for his abandonment while his brother was still alive I didn't cry for this episode, but my heart was quite bruised and sunken when I had finished!! -When SG decides not to come home, I really loved HGR's reason to look for him: When a family member is missing we look for them. We don't move on. His father really taught him well I love that he even made posters for SG - they were very unflattering though both in photograph and personality description - Can't believe the evil Madame kidnapped HGR. That's just such a low way to threaten someone And I was so sad when SG pretended not to care about HGR because he doesn't want to see him hurt again - You know, I can't get over how endearing Lee Je Hoon is as SG. LJH really has a way of being very cute and silly....also who hides behind a Pororo balloon?! When SG followed HGR to the theme park and was like "Why is he just watching the rides and not going on them?" I was so touched. He's just such a softie for his nephew even though he pretends to be critical and annoyed all the time. I think he enjoys looking after another person and being the big brother figure (since he had a good big brother in the past). Also HGR fills the hole that the loss of both SC and his older brother left since HGR has elements of both characters. -Another thing that made me laugh was how he handled those scary bullies who almost burnt HGR's eyes with a cigarette I loved that he came out of nowhere and trashed them. Like he diidn't even bash them up - he just hit them hard on the bottom since they were school kids and then made them kneel and relist the issues with smoking very hypocritical since he smoked like a thousand cigarettes a day himself! - I love themes parks myself anyway, but the scenes where they went on the rides were so beautiful and freeing. I think there's something about theme parks that makes you think about how wonderful and whimsical life can be since it brings out the inner child in you -The actual story between the brothers was so so so tragic. I felt like life was so unfair to them. Horribly horribly unfair No one betrayed anyone and they both loved each other. But as a kid, especially one who grew up in an abusive household, SG would have been so hurt by his brother not turning up. Not to mention traumatised by having to survive by himself at a station for 3 days...and there were not mobile phones back in those days -And his brother got hurt while trying to be a good brother And ironically, it separated them for years and when he finally found SG as an adult, he was part of the reason SG reacted so badly in the fight with SC. It's so so so messed up! - But I loved that SG's brother had an annual ritual for SG and even taught his son to do the same things. And of course HGR would follow his father's instructions to the dot! I also like that it wasn't all sad for the brother because he met his wife in hospital and was happy for many years with her -The Cabinet scene broke meeee my heart was smashed for SG at this point. I don't know if he would have felt better or worse remembering that he had requested shoes from a department store which is most likely why his brother ended up going and getting injured. Also, I don't know how you'd forgive yourself for having been so mistaken about someone you loved who loved you unconditionally By not giving his brother the chance to explain, he was never able to reconnect with him when he was alive. That realisation would have been so bitter and hit so hard...and reading all the notes and discovering that he was loved all these years would have been very very bittersweet. But it was probably also a release or catharsis from years of pent up hurt and anger and crying it all out probably was healing...and then he was also distracted by HGR's adoption!

I'm soooo behindddd because of Lee Je Hoon's other project Move to Heaven But I'm catching up tonight...came to drop this off:

Hahaha oh @Unnie0110 I'm glad your mum recognised LJW as Jun...or more importantly Lala's boyfriend I hope that's the memory other watchers have when they see him in Move to Heaven too! Yes! I just finished watching Move to Heaven and I loved it so much!! Haha, I feel like LJW has been shoved into a school uniform for like at least 50% of his projects. Him in a school uniform definitely reminds me of Jun in Dodosolsollalasol, but also his characters from When the Weather is Fine and Extraordinary You. He is an extremely good actor and I was so touched by his story. So sad I really agree that he would do well in an action film or drama, though I love that he keeps appearing in stories that are actually good and heartwarming, but just popular and fluffy...I think he picks really good projects that have meaning. Oh my god! Thanks for reminding me! In my mind they ran onto that beach and got married in secret despite what their families wanted and what the writers did Man, I'm doomed to never get over DDSSLLS every time I watch this scene...

OMGGGGG Yessss....Thank you for starting this thread @Jane ...I'll post here soon. Not sure if you will be amazed or horrified by how much stationery I own. Be prepared to be shocked This is a very very very tiny portion of what I own...It was my last Japan trip haul

CJes (LJW's agency) posted stills of him in Move to Heaven

Not sure if someone posted this before, but Elle Taiwan showed some behind the scenes! Roughly translated what LJW said (from chinese subs) below...I'm learning Korean, but at baby level so sorry if anything is lost in translation since it's Korean -> Chinese -> English LJW: It's a drama about human behaviour. Inside this drama, you can feel what is seen as the very many meanings of life and death. LJW as SC: "You saved me" LJW as SC: "So you have to be responsible for me" LJW: When I was reading the script, I also felt it was quite meaningful/ interesting. Hope everyone can also enjoy the pleasures of life among this.

I totally agree....actually I just finished his episode in Move to Heaven and his part was a lot longer than I thought it would be! And also LJW's performance, although a small part, was really impactful and his acting was really on point. I also feel like the Director liked him a lot since there's lots of BTS photos of him (see the Move to Heaven thread for more) ...If one day day this Director asks him to do another project...can he ask GAR too? Haha LJW in school uniform looks like Jun again... Can't wait to see what GAR will tackle next too! I'm thinking of going back to watch Phantom Detective for LJH and GAR though! But when I have more time since I'm watching wayyy too many series at the moment! I really love their schools with the castle-like buildings covered in vines. I wish the schools here looked like that, but we rarely have that aesthetic where I am! I would love to be scouting locations or being on the production team! Yes! Also we're a patient type and we have good selective memory to keep only the beautiful scenes alive Hey I really like this song! K-indie is my style! Thanks so much for the share Adding it to my playlist...also it totally looks like that scene form DDSSLLS!