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SBS ben reminding us that Taxi Driver season 2 is on it's way with the main cast presenting awards. Damn, Lee Je Hoon sure is fine!

This is true! I'm very lazy with creating threads because I know I'll abandon them halfway through because I'm chaotic like that HAHAHAHA sorrrryyyyyyyyy. It was a combination of: a) I caught feelings for someone irl and unfortunately he took time away from watching LJW since I just spent my time being anxious about him How dare he do this to me though? LJW should always be Husband number #1 b) I was, I suspect, subconciously feeling sad about not getting to see LJW in real life, so it was hard to click on his content c) I was really busy with work etc and when I got home I was superrrrr tired. There was a few nights I slept before midnight which is unheard of for me! BUTTTTT I'm back to normal and ready to worship LJW in the last weeks of this drama and to tune into his fan meets across Asia HE IS SO HANDSOME IN AOS S2!!!! Hahaha I'm amazed how you @Tofu and @mademoiselle have NOT watched S1, but can watch S2. Do you even understand the convoluted story?! I guess S2 is kind of stand alone anyway if you don't particularly care about the interwining of the 3 female lead characters and understand at the heart of it, she is Naksu Hahaha, I'm here now, I'm here now I may be somewhat flakey and disappear for unexplained periods , but I'll always love LJW deep in my heart Paiiiinnnnn....haha I knew it was being rescheduled, but they made it a private event I wonder if the main LJW channel on YT has subbed this content Mannnn, I wish this too! Why does this stuff always happen to people who are not fans?! But if he was on my flight I'd totally faint

Hahaha Kim Ji Eun from One Dollar Lawyer just won for supporting actor in Romance or Comedy (I think) and she full whipped out a written speech Her team all laughed and seemed to think she was cute, especially NGM who she thanked of course. Also Kim Min Gue is so cute. He was like the opposite. Blanked out in his speeches!

And the entire Business Proposal reunion when they all won those Best Couple Awards: Hahaha I have been summoned!!! Why is Chae Jong Hyeop so cute all the time??? *But I actually haven't been watching the KBS awards properly...CJH is only there for that sports drama of his that I didn't like!

No surprises on 2 best couple nominations for Business Proposal's couples!!! Aawww cute both couples won Favourite moments from SBS Drama awards: This reunion from Racket Boys!

Happy New Year! Hope this upcoming year will be amazing! If I had to reflect on 2022, I think the highs were high and the lows were low....but maybe that's every year in a weird way? I don't think there's a year I've had that was without its challenges. I think last year was worse for me. This year has had some carry over events from last year. I had a hard time finding my feet at first, especially when I had to deal with those deparessing moments. But I've been really happy the last few months! It's not that everything has worked out (far from it!), but maybe more that I've adopted a more stoic way of dealing with disappointments? I think I've been able to accept things as they are and adopt a more positive mindset, which has been helpful, so I'm grateful for that. And it's been so lovely to meet new people in my life who have made it shiney Here's hoping 2023 will bring you a lot of happiness and peace! Also hoping it'll bring you closer to any goals or dreams you have in your life ALSO HOPING THIS IS A BETTER YEAR FOR KDRAMAS

Wow this year Dispatch didn't have to do much snopping. The stars are really just self reporting on their love lives. But poor agencie PR people...when you just wanted to have a day off and celebrate your new years and you get hit with having to think of a good way of reporting this stuff (which you probably already knew about ages ago and idn't even fun news for you!)

Yeah I saw the hashtag pop up on Twitter and figured I'd probbably missed it. Hard to know what to prioritize at the moment between - watch AoS, watch SOOD media content or watch award shows! True! I don't even know if anyone I like will attend for KBS and SBS. I mean the things I enjoyed this year were from TVN, ENA and Netflix, so pretty awardless. I'll have it on in the background I think while I write up News Years resolutions I have heard good things about Reborn Rich from my workmate, so maybe I should try. Although honestly, I'm struggling to catch up with AoS even though it's one drama at the moment, so maybe I'll wait till next year. Also heard good thing about Under The Queen's Umbrella, though I do hesitate with Sageuk, especially if there''s no actor that I love dearly in the drama We'll see if I bite for either of these! I don't think anywhere is showing the SOOD movie here! But I will still be busy because I''m pretty sure that I'll be subbing a lot of the Alice/Greg/Patrick interviews. I looooooooooove their chemistry and trash talking so will probably translate for other SOOD fans. Hahaha LJW spiral where I am prone to following him around, but also tryng to be a realistic and practical person Yeah, it's annoying because it was so close! Actually, I'm also sad I couldn't go to Taiwan for the SOOD preimiere! There were so many sessions with signed goodies and I'm pretty sure the actors attended the Christmas pre-screenings. Sigh. Why can't they just do these events where we are? Hahaha, which Oppa's love news would break your heart most? Rowoon's news? *knocks on wood, sprinkles salt to avoid it being true* @SilverMoonTea Sorry I got so busy. Missed you though Hahaha, this list is very very you and I expected all of it, especially tsundere guy Ohhhh, I forgot about this! Actually I'm quite intrigued from the early trailor stuff. Maybe I'll watch!

Hahaha I find fan wars in Kdramaland toxic enough as it is. I guess I'll never get into Kpop now I don't mind it if they're passionate but also doing productive stuff like making fan art or fan projects. The problematic ones are those who stir up drama. The ones who do hardcore stalking of the actors idols and attack or control other people 'on behalf of idol/actors' are scary. Haha I'm not a fan of LMH, but his fans would put me off anyway. I watched Boys Over Flowers when it aired. But I wonder why it propelled LMH's status so much? I know it was a huge drama in it's time and based off the much loved manga and already had well loved versions in other Asian countries. People also tend to love the Harem, poor-girl-with-many-rich-guys type storyline....but really? Why of all the dramas was it this well liked?! Harsh! Hahaha don't worry I share your sentiments. Like not hating on him, but I definitely do not care about anything to do with him either. Though I did watch Pachinko this year. But let's be honest there was a hot pastor in that series

HAHAHAHA I finally watched this trailer you posted and it looks amazingI I'm actually looking forward to watching this movie with Greg Hsu after SOOD. It actually looks like it'll be very laugh out loud funny. Greg hhas played a same sex attracted character before. I forget what project, but I don't think it was as comical. Yep LJW went to Malaysia I was sad because it was such a perfect set up to see him before, but then all those sad events changed everything. To be honest, I have to admit that this kind of forced me into the long drama break I just took because even though it was a good holiday to KL, it felt disappointing just thinking about it (along with just being really busy in real life). But to be honest, I wouldn't have had a chance to see LJW really even if I had been able to go to Malaysia in December - they actually changed this event from the public event (to be held in the centre of the shopping centre, free entry for everyone to attend, but special privileges to competition winners) to a private event in the theatre at 1Utama (I wasn't even aware there was a theatre, but it might be a cinema? ) And the only way to get a ticket to the LJW fan meet was to enter a lottery by buying a Malaysian Airlines plane ticket from Malaysia to Sth Korea...some Malaysian fans did this and STILL missed out on going because their names were not drawn out Pfft, I feel so bad for them! So I didn't bother attempting to go again. He is holding paid ticketed fan meets around Asia, but I think it;ll be tricky to get to one His Korean one happens before my holidays to Korea. And then while I'm actually in Korea, he has one in Hong Kong and one in Jakata!!! If I was travelling alone I would just add on a locaion if I got a ticket...but I'm travelling with someone and they will not be happy to do this But maybe I can hang around the airport when he;s rumoured to fly out... I know, I'm starting to sound crazy at this point My sanity is still somewhat intact, I swear. And I'm not a stalker. Much. Hahaha This is literally what I was thinking when I heard this news. I guess Dispatch was late last year so they're trying to be early this year How were they so sure? Don't tell me they were like those American celebrities making out in a pool or something?! Does SJK have good English? I don't know much about him actually since he's really not one of my Oppas. He kinda looks like/ reminds me of one of my cousins so it feels wrong

Guys! I finally have no plans during New Years so if you guys are also free, I am totally keen to watch award shows and alk about Oppas (I'm looking at you guys in particular @mademoiselle @abs-oluteM @SilverMoonTea and @Tofu!!!) Haha I'm so out of it - I feel like a newbie - Someone please sell me some dramas and tell me when these award shows start! I'm feeling totally overwhelmed by all the things I've missed though - coming back to dramaland at the time they're releasing the Someday or One Day movie (Today!!!) and also been catching up on Alechmy of Souls as well. Haha, I was hoping they would spread this all out!

FINALLY THIS MOVIE IS COMING OUT!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I need to catch up on all your posts! I feel so out of the drama world and JH world! Hahaha ahhh Greg!!! But all my energies are really focused on THIS trailer!!! I'm so in love with SOOD and so happy they're making a movie that goes even further into the story Merry Christmas @abs-oluteM! Oppa I'll be spending Christmas with = Lee Jae Wook! I find him to be super good looking in Season 2 of AOS, but I've so behind (literally only watched 1 episode) since it's been non stop hanging out with people for most of November-December. Also had a couple of dates, but none of them could compare to Lee Jae Wook so I've dumped them all (jks...kind of, haha) But I'm sad that I'm soooo behind on Lee Jae Wook content that I need to do a mega watch of everything these next 3 days. I literally have not watched a drama/ variety show/ interview/ award show for like 1.5 months now But also I'm sad about the date of LJW's fan meets (there's a long story about this which I'll explain some other time).

Helllooooo!!! It's been sooo long! I've just been really busy lately that I haven't watched any dramas even though baby LJW is on screen currently and haven't had time to chat here . But I have some time off for Christmas so can't wait to catch up in dramaland and hang with you guys! Let me just backtrack and read everything first

Hahaha, the obsession was deep. I have to change my profile pic back to LJW. Actually, I have to update my AOS thread too. I think it's been dead for awhile? I haven't checked and the second season starts in like 5 days! Also cc-ig: @Tofu because she wants to know. HAHAHAHA I WISH I've been busy because everyone decided to be social since I came back from my trip and I've literally been going out with friends almost every night. But...

Hahahaha, I lost sleep over Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo - I think because I was live watching and Netflix drops the episodes at 1am in Aus time. Also I don't tend to rewatch dramas, but I do replay cute moments and that one was full of cute moments HAHAHA. I think I answered that in one of my previous questions, but yeahh, this year's selection of dramas was surpriisingly underwhelming. Like there were so many series that looked promising or interesting and fell so flat or dragged intensely. For me, these were the most disappointing things I watched and why. The opinions may sound harsh, but I guess I've had time to reflect on them and these are my feelings now. But to be fair, it's not like I hated these shows since I finished them all without dropping - I just thought they had potential which was not utilised well at all and it was very disappointing. 1. Link: Eat, Love, Kill - The story did not make sense from start to finish (the lead character spends almost 16 episodes preparing to open a restaurant and almost doesn't do it. The body in the fridge goes from being scary to just stupid etc) and honestly the strongest episode was the ending because it was oddly happy and tied up this whole mess, thereby putting all viewers out of the misery of having to watch any more episodes of this series 2. Going to You at the Speed of 493km / Love All Play - Ugh I wanted to like this one because Chae Jong Hyeop is a massive cutie and it would have been fun to see him in a good romance. Butttt there was no chemistry between the leads, but plenty of mushy moments so it was like forced chemistry that didn't flow naturally in the story. The female lead character was very annoying/ selfish at certain moments. The sports storyline was not explained clearly, nor was the playing of the sports shot or edited well and the team spirit and sportsmanship was lacking- it's like they bullied the female lead for 10-12 episodes and then everyone decided they were friends in the last few episodes. Honestly, one of the most disappointing sports dramas I've ever watched, 3. Cafe Minamdang - Started strong with the fun humour and I loved the sleeze of con-artist shaman Seo In Guk. BUT I became irritated with the female lead character beause she didn't seem to have smarts or flexibility in solving the case and even hindered process several times. The bad guy was obvious from the start. They also revealed the bad guy too early anyway and the last half of the series reallllllly dragged. It was sad 4. Little Women - In a weird way I don't know if I'm disappointed in this drama so much as I didn't have as high expectations for it and then it actually delivered not much so it met my low expectation? I think it was a fun watch, but also just wayyy too makjang and silly, but trying to be serious? I was also put off by the main character's attitudes towards money

Hahaha, damn, I only adopted like 3 or something and I don't even remember any of them?! The strongest feelings for an oppa was my Kang Tae Oh phase this year...but technically, KTO is not a new kid on the block - I had adopted him in the past, but he moved from being eyecandy to VIP tier! .Damn that was a period in time where your Twitters were flooded!..And he was only really toppled by the joint event of me developing a crush irl and me hoping to see LJW. Therefore, toppled by a real life Oppa and my permanent love, LJW Hahahaha, OMG YES. Why can't he pick better projects. Hes so pretty but he's wasting his career away Also he's so baby faced, but the keep pairing him with costars twice his age. I mean this almost literally!

Ohhhh I have a list on my phone for this !!! I definitely watched wayyyy less dramas than I have in the past 2 years but still more than I did before the Pandemic in terms of scale. I am still on a drama break though which will probably end when Alchemy of Souls S2 begins because I love LJW so much. Actually, a lot of dramas this year felt pretty mediocre. Or maybe I just picked to watch the not so good ones, so it's my own fault! (I'm looking at these 3 in particular...how I finished them and actually talked about them is a mystery to me...I must have had a lot of time then: Link:Eat, Love, Die, Going to You at the Speed of 493km, Cafe Minadang) Fiinished K-Dramas -2521 -A Buiness Proposal -Pachinko -All of Us are Dead S1 -Tomorrow -My Liberation Notes -Going to You at the Speed of 493km -Hope or Dope S1 -Shooting Star -Link:Eat, Love, Die -Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo -Cafe Minadang -Alchemy of Souls S1 -Once Upon a Small Town -Little Women Dropped Kdramas -Today's Webtoon Finished Taiwanese Dramas -Rainless Love in a Godless Land -Love's Outlet -Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty Currently Watching -One Dollar Lawyer (Kdrama) -Shards of Her (Tw Drama) Na Hee Do and Baek Yi Jin! Although I was not emotionally traumatised or wrecked by this couple, I know ALOT of people were because I had to spend time comforting people and a fair few people told me they liked my podcast episode about the ending of this couple. Still, I would have really loved them to have figured out a way to be together. Because it was such a beautiful romance, but also because the end of the relationship meant it was also the end oof their friendship. It was such a bittersweet ending for thiis reason. Like even if they had somehow remained friends or stayed in touch, it would have been a bit more satisfying for most people? In any case, it was realistic and difficult. But I still liked the series as a whole even though a part of me wished they'd just gotten together properly. Ohhh I forgot about this one! Yes, totally agree with all you said as well! No promises for a happy ending with AOS, but I think they've put the angst in the middle so it's more likely to have a happy or at least bittersweet ending (Eg. they both die and turn into butterflies type ending) Don't hurt my LJW

HELLO FRIENDS! Just popping in to say hi! I finaly have a day at home and while I've got to get a few things done I finally have a night for dramas and hanging out here and catching up on what's been going on here. I'll be back later in the day to chat. Have missed you all ~

THERE IS A TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE NOW!

@abs-oluteM I've cooled over my KTO obsession (I think I've swung back to LJW) so I finally got around to watching Effects of a Finger flick on a Break Up and I really enjoyed it actually I suppose it was because while KTO's character was toxic, he wasn't that bad, just really, really selfish and I enjoyed watching the reflections involved in a romantic relationship breaking down. KTO does have an extremely goodacting range, being able to play self-centred guy to self-less guy (Jun Ho) convincingly at both ends. Also maybe I'm in the mood for relstionships-suck type content coz realism is sometimes very comforting too

Some countries in Europe I went on a day trip alone. I love solo travel, but you just have to be smart about it and take caculated risks. Oh, I didn't know it was coming back. If it's the same one, it came to Melbourne years ago., but I didn't see it then because it was always so busy! Haha, I'm not sure if I believe in curses...but maybe it applies more if you're trying to steal the treasures rather than just exhibiting them I'd love to see all these waterfalls! But definitelly have not seen either one. Why is it better from Toronto side? Is it prettier or just the XMen filming location is cool? Hahaha, same for me, though it's more fear of flying than travel sickness Why were you only there for such a short time?!?! I feel like Easter would be pretty cute. I would like to go around Christmas time to Disneyland Tokyo. I feel like it would be intensely christmassy So true! Though I was sad that I didn't get to ride that Nightmare before Christmas ride. I love Jack and Sally, but it turns out the Japanese do too - the wait for the ride was 3 hrs from memory and i just couldn't justify that for like a 5-15 minute ride. Hahaha, then your love is not as true as you thought Jk JK...what can I say?. I'm just extra Yes and No So I tend to go to KL on the regular anyway since I have people I know and care for there, but since I saw that LJW was coming to KL on a specific date (and it would have definitely happened if not for the Halloween tradgedy), it just seemed like a good way to take advantage of that since it's unlikely that I'll ever run into him in Korea and it was going to be free and you could take photos (For context, Park Eun Bin's fan meet in Singapore was like $200 a ticket and you're not allowed to take photos apparently though I'm sure someone will do the sneaky). And even if LJW had a fan meet in Seoul it would be sold out in seconds...so that was my rationale! But also: I hadn't seen my KL peeps for a long time due to no travel during covid years. Also I had/have an excessive amount of leave (and several types of leave) that I haven't used, so even HR/ work was encourage me to use it As for travelling to see a celebrity, this is nothing new or strange compared to all my travelling to Taiwan to see Jasper multple times I guess as @mademoiselle says travel depends on what you value. For me, I enjoy having some purpose for travel - sometimes it's to go see a celebrity or sometimes it's to go to an exhibition that will never come to my country or sometimes it's to try some pop-up restaurant that is only around for 3 months and then gone forever. I think I like having some exciting experiences Some people don't care about seeing celebrities in real life and I wouldn't say I care per say or make it my life goal to see everyone I like, but if the opportunity is there and I know can do it and want to do it, I just think 'Why not?' If I'm going to waste all my time watching them in so many shows and talking about them all the time, I guess I may as well see if they are as cool/nice/ pretty in real life to theiir fans as they seem on screen...most of the time there is a surreal kind of magic seeing them in 3D and being candid whhen the camera is not on them....And It makes for a fun travel story! Hahaha I think we just have different travel styles - it sounds like you like the relaxing, do nothing/ leisurely schedule type holiday...that is like my worst nightmare I would get so bored unfortunately. I don't need a lot of sleep, so sleeping in is fine for a few days, but it would really irk me if the person I travelled wiith insisted on sleeping in everyday and wasn't keen on splitting up and meeting later (I've had this happen before where the friend was too scared to split up but was also stubborn in theiir ways.) Also I guess I'm hardcore. I'll be out the whole day till 9pm. Or in Japan, till 12am

Ahhh, this makes more sense. I think most people hate plane rides for the motion sickness. It's quite common that people get very pale and try to sleep. I think my closest friend who is the best person to travel with has really bad travel sickness and just takes Valium to knock herself out. Uncomfy seats = economy? Have you tried the more spacey planes or business class (if you can afford - I cannot/ but also don't personally need or value it) Ohhhhh this is pretty I'll put it on my list for next Japan trip...but I think it'll probably be a few years before I go back since it's one of the places I went iin more recent times and I'm trying to go to new places too. If you ever eventually choose to do it, the hack is you have to go in Autumn :) It's the easiest season to see the mountain. Winter apparently is ok too, but cold.. It's much harder in Spring and Summer. Lake Kawaguchiko is a good point. The Lake itself has beautiful autumn leaf areas. And you can go to the town and there's souvenir shops etc. It's very cute - all my food was Mt Fuji shaped . Haha, at least they're not huntsmans! Yep they're totally into themes and special limited edition merch. Japanese people literally buy the pass to go to the shop to buy limited ediition merch. I first found this out when following a stationery instagram shopper. She seems to make a lot of money off this as she resells her purchases in USD! As for special ocassions, I was at Disneyland Tokyo for Halloween and that was the best day of Halloween EVER. Literally everyone was in costume but me and they were giving me strange looks Also all the food was like Halloween themed. It was just so cool.

Wowww this stuff look so nice. I also love museums due to work and so these places that your kiddies like sound fun to me as well. Nagoya is such a beautiful and calm city - my BFF lived there as she moved for work for a few years so I visited her (and that city) just before covid hit! What's in Shirakawago? I hope your BFF recovers and you both get to go to Japan. It's such a fun place and you just never run out of things to do, no matter where you are really. I had so much fun in all the cities I visited. Yes! Go to Malaysia and Singapore. The food is exellent and there's lots of places to visit. I actually have to properly plan my Sth Korea trip now. It's getting closer and we have booked nothing Never! @Tofu has a good list going - hope you make it to all your dream destinations. There's so many places in the world I'd like to go to as well. I've done most of central Asia almost twice so I'm tempted to go on a tour of all the places I haven't been (and are a bit harder to travel solo) so I can just see them and tick all the boxes. Places like Cambodia or Phillipines I hesitate to go myself...but on tour it seems like it'd be fun. Would love to head to Europe and see the other sides and at least step foot in a few countries in Africa so I can experience going to that continent. But I have also just never been to the US, Canada or Sth America...so many places, so little time

I'm back from KL guys! From my failed attempt to see LJW It's been postponed and I hope they can't get him to come again this month or next because then there's litle to no chance of attempting this again. Also, Song Ji Hyo is in Malaysia this weekend and signing stuff at a mall. But I didn't know about it till late/ didn't feel that compelled to extend my trip for it/ she already siigned my Witch's Diner OST Still a good trip for me though. Ate lots of food. Bought lots of stationery. Visited all those mega malls (Damn that new Pavilion 2 is big!!) Lots of flags everywhere for the big election, huh. Sleeping is good though - at least it's a very calm way to travel! I'm scared of plane rides, something that's almost a phobia, but I can talk myself into them and override the panic side. It's ironic, since I love to travel. But yeah, I get very fixated about flying before I fly - I think i started 7 years ago, that year when MAS had the 2 strange incidents (plane disappearing/ plane blown up). I wish I could sleep like your friend on the plane, but the panic side of my brain is like "Wake up, you need to be alert in case of an accident" Are you also scared of plane rides @mademoiselle??? It's not a museum but a theme park It looks super amazing...not sure if it's true, but they say tickets are booked out till 2024 any way, so it'll work out if you go on a later trip and want to go there @mademoiselle is correct. I love this man and am glad he's getting a lead role even if it's short! Not a huge fan of FL, but don't mind her so I guess I should watch. I haven't watched a drama episode in ages now! Let me know about Dubai if you end up going! I've always been curious about that place but never been My post covid trips are all to places I've been before (Malaysia = country I spend 2nd most time in) and Korea I've been to before (ironically for a Ghbili exhibition which kinda looks like the theme park now!) I find one type of trip I tend to do is going somewhere for a specific things/ event / fanmeet/ exhibition/ friend+ family and that often brings me to countries in Asia that I've already been to Need to plan an advennture trip to somewhere new soon! Wow, where have you gone already @abs-oluteM??? Travel is like Kdramas for me too!