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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!

@mademoiselleHaha I'm glad you're adopting still when all of us have been so quiiet this year! I was about to ask what those half naked guys were LJW's event got postponed indefintely the night before I flew out... so now I'm here and it's not going to happen BUT they're saying they want to reschedule it... which is worse than cancelling in my opinion because I could have reschuled my trip to match if the cancellation had been announced earlier. But to be fair they didn''t really have a lot of time to decide and in my heart I knew it was going to be put off out of respect, which is totally understandable. So while I'm totally happy to be here chilling and having a vacation and doing other things I love, I'm wondering when they'll postpone it till. If it was like next weekend, I could extend my trip or if it was next year I could take another triip...but if it's like the end of this month, that would suck...unless I stay here a month But they would have to announce it while I was here to decide Maybe I should just admit defeat and waiit tiill Korea trip next year, but it's just so much more convennient when you know they're going to turn up somewhere! Why am I so into fan meets? I don't know myself! I guess I won't have to worry about crowds now. I am also really traumatised - the day before there was a huge protest against the horse racing and there were so many people that I ran off to the quieter roads. Though it was the day after the SK incident and so I noticed there were ALOT of cops out and they evenn closed off roads and put barricades to direct pppl I was horrified when I heard of the news. At first I couldn't get my head around it and how people could get trapped like that. But a few Koreans drew stick people diagrams and explained the domino effects of how people would have fallen and gotten trapped and how those behind would not have known and continued pushing which caused death. The whole thing made me feel so sick to the stomach and I'm so heart broken for all the families. It's just extremely tragc, @abs-oluteM Haha, yep! My memories of 1U have always been busy, but it was happening I would have been there super early to get a vantage point of the best spot! Me tooooo!!! Though maybe I'll watch some now that I'm on holidays

@mademoiselle You don't know Hu Yu Wei? Annie Chen's Husband? He was in a lot of dramas with the OG Taiwanese stars like Rainie Yang and Annie Chen. But then he went off to China and mainly does dramas there now. https://mydramalist.com/people/1280-hu-george (Yep it looks like he's in this)

The good thing about this is that it wasn't ticketed - it's a public event, one done to promote Malaysian- Korean travel. It's not like a personal fan meet, but more like an event where he'd appear and do some interview stuff/ games. But I'm not sure about government tourism events. Many events in the Kpop world and bigger government events in SK are being cancelled since everything was so tragic and shocking. The cancelled events mostly related to Halloween though. But the official mourning period is till Nov 5th and he's due to appear in Malaysia on Nov 5th. But as it's Malaysia, I have friends/ family and there's a bunch of shops/ restaurants I wanted to visit, so I'll still be doing all the things I wanted to do regardless. Nothing has been announced either way, but I guess it's mixing in with the rest of my pre-travel anxieties

AHHHHHHHH!!!! I saw the videos of him hanging with all the EY guys and AHS as well and I was so in love! Those guys are so totally handsome I hope he's still going to be in Malaysia this week because I'm actually going! But I'm not too sure anymore given the Halloween Itaewon tragedy That incident was so horrible and they're in a national period of mourning and a lot of things are being cancelled. I totally understand if they don't go ahead, but the heart is still...hoping. Although I'm not a huge fan of HSH, I think they both look good visually. So pretty

Yes! I'll definitely be watching. I love Tifanny Hsu. But I've seen Chris Wu be a psycho before and he is really freaky. I've actually never thought he was hot or attractive and I kind thought his acting was over rated. But as a villain, he does the job. George Hu is in this one too, i think?

Hahaha someone's photoshop! Been meaning to pop in here and respond to everyone's thoughts, but been very busy lately! I'll write sooooon. Missing TaeBin!

Oh cool! I'll try a few episodes. Lately, I've been in a bit of a drama slump or break. Haven't felt like picking up many things so variety might be more fun for me. Also is it just me or is Rowoon's hair looking a little longish?!

I will take a lot of pictures and probably make a vlog or recording of it Hahaha @SilverMoonTea I noticed your shocked reaction I think when Tea is at her most hyper, she changes Oppas almost weekly, so you're still pretty loyal comparatively I think they look good together, but not a strong fan of either so haven't picked up the drama...lately I think I'm in a bit of a drama slump/break. Not feeling much like watching anything aside from One Dollar Lawyer, which I'm still not up to date on. Wow reallllyyyyy I thought ithere would be some sort of sunburn cream in existance!

Hahaha guess what? I've arranged my holidays around LJW's event so I can go see it. The power of my love for top tier oppas. @mademoiselle dropping the Eng sub version of that trailer

I'm excited for all the Chae Jong Hyeop dramas coming out soon Feels like it's been awhile since this boy has been on scree, though technically he was on earlier in the year. I just didn't really like Love All Play

@Tofu & @mademoiselle Hahaha both those shirts for YSW and KSH were horrible! I think I saw these pushed to me the day they came out because I have webtoons app on my phone. They must have invested so much to get these popular actors to do the CF. CEW just looks like he comes out of a comic anyway (welll I guess all 3 of them do) There's Eng subs if anyone wants them!

I'm not lost, but this is just soooooooooo makjang! Of course, we need to revive a dead person! I am critical, but I still enjoy thiese cliffhangers where I'm like, wait, WHAAAAAT?! Also totally agree with the punch in the face. I mean, she didnt treat In Joo as a friend. More like a pawn in her game. In a way, she's just a different kind of Won Sang A Choi Do Il is the only reason I'm still here. I'm not on the ship coz In Joo annoys me, but I just wanna know if the guy is bad...or badly in love Nope you are percent correct Hahaha I was disappointed too! I mean I hate the childhood romance trope in Kdramas, but in the book it made sense and it didn't make sense that he edned up with Amy?! Ughhh. Haha also Winona Jo made a big mistake rejecting Christian Bale Laurie for sure And that was when he was at the hot young stage too Ah Kaya toast. Which can be found anywhere in Malaysia and Singapore, but least of all in some fancy restaurant. Maybe they just picked it because in my experience a lot of Koreans already seem to know what Kaya is. I was shocked that they ate it with cheese in a cafe I went to. So true! I think the writers would probably justify it as Won Sang Ah enjoyed her secret nature and being fake in front of her child. Also I guess sh only had to treat her as a pet since the housekeepers would look after her. Probably why she grew up relatively normal compared to her psycho parents Hahaha I wish I could say it's changed, but I think it's just been reinforced I know shes not her character, but she always seems to pick the exact type of characters I really dislike. And I think it's a combination of naive, unable-to-sense-danger, I'm-the-victim, needs-protection type characters. I mean In Joo in many ways reminds me of her Goblin character too. And maybe she's really good at this role, because I always feel irritated when I watch these characters. Lately I've not been too bad! 1am?

Hahaha This has been my feelings the entire series. Even though I've caught up now and know what has happened up till Episode 11, I still feel like I found all the characters pretty frustrating even when they manage to get themselves out of the situation or you find out there was a bigger scheme going on. I think it's one of those series where you're meant to hate everyone a little bit, as much as you're meant to like them? I am highly critical of all of them though, especially In Joo who gets on my nerves. I can't believe it took her till episode 11 to realise that she's being greedy and there are more important things in life than money, which she already had. I wish I could empathise on the proverty front, but aside from the sister who died in the past, I felt like her obsession with money was for really superficial things. It's not like she stole the money to pay rent or buy food, but for ice cream and lip gloss? ...and then the way she tried to justify it when the lawyer was explaining how the court works was very ignorant? Selfish? Not saying he was a good lawyer, but honestly, if every person used her excuses then no one would take responsibility for embezzlements. Ignorance is not an excuse in court Good thing In Hye is able to hold her own ground as @Chocolate pointed out. Also I agree with you, of all the sisters, the somewhat cold and aloof In Hye is probably closest to the sister I'd relate to. At least she has brains and is more normal comparatively? I was tempted to drop several times, but then they hooked me on every plot twist!!! Hahaha you guys and your rules. I still can't get past the No gum rule to be honest! Mmm, I'm noot Singaporean, but I also like to complain. Like my rant above about In Joo I definitely found In Kyung annoying too in how extreme she was and her inability to just put on a face to get things done. But I feel like I'd rather take her character over In Joo as I had a hard time with her naivety, I'm-the-victim mentality, obsession with money and lack of literacy for most things. Also she'd just blurt out whatever she was thinking to the person who could just kill her? Hmmm, also the villains are a bit lame if I think about it because they could so easily kill others, but they left the 3 sisters alone? Doesn't really make sense Totally agree - I think of it almost entirely as a different project to the book. It's sooo makjang...more so than most of the things I like watching. But damn those plot twists...I just come back because of them!

Hahaha yeah this was not a romantic drama in any way really. But then again, I don't think the original Little women book is very romantic either. In fact Jo (In Kyung's equivalent) ends up rejecting her childhood friend...so at least in this version it looks like she has somewhat accepted him with a hug? Or at least hasn't outright rejected him to marry an old man which is what happens in the book Oh man, this couple were all sorts of toxic! And I totally agree - it's like backstabbing, snakey Won Sang Ah and violent burte force Park Jae Sang. And then everyone who died for their entertainment or to cover up their crimes! I feel so sorry for their daughter who seems sweet and innocent. How did they manage to raise a child like that?! This is such a waste!!! Malaysia and Singapore have some of the best food in the world, but they just want home food?! Hahaha. But that drink was so artifically coloured!!! And she didn't even check the cup, so she had no concerns about the cleanliness or whether it was someone else's drink either. It was a bit of a Godilocks moment Also I would not trust a bestie who had been involved in such a complicaed situation before her death not to spike my drink

This is an interesting theory!

HAHAHA I just watched Episode 2 and the humour is soooo my type of humour Totally chaotic I'm feeling a bit lazy and dont want to see spoilers so I'll write something proper once I've caught up!

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Yeah or I'm wondering if they're looking at who will be most popular and shove those guests on? It would be hard to pick - probably between Extraordinary You and The King's Affection? They really didn't have anyone for Sunbae huh. Ok I'll poke around on my Kdrama sites and see. I'm sure someone will point the way

I just caught up and have things to say, but I'm gonna do it tomorrow. People are liking these 2 though. I see it everyone on the bird app This is a cute move on both their parts though

Actually on this point today has been a bit tense with like a mini fan war between PEB & KTO fans because apparently PEB didn't mention KTO in this interview and this upset some people. Once again, I feel like fans took things out of context because they were talking about the group chat and so PEB mentioned the other 3 because it's well known that they talk a lot on the chat, while her and KTO only join in once in awhile because they're busier and not that much into texting. This is why I must tell people to listen to my latest podcast episode!!! It will help you to develop context about Park Eun bin and Kang Tae Oh and be happier as a fan rather than unhappy/ accusatory etc

@innrukia So well said! Also we share the exact same thoughts because I also said all this too in a podcast! Like it's so spooky because we made almost the exact same points I think it means that it's super clear that there's a context around the dramas that shapes how the actors would act in the Behind the Scenes videos - it's not like they act the ways they do just out of personal feelings, but rather because it matches the dramas they promote. I think it wasn't cut off as such, but it just became more subtle? I also think it was very much a scheduling thing for promotions. After the drama shot to fame, they would have been booked individually, especially because they belong to different agenncies so I think it was maybe really hard to match up their schedules? Anyway, this is a good segway into my recently finished project...I think everyone whose been in this forum might take comfort in this ( @buguz @taebinfan @Kismet_06200904 @Yunn @Unnie0110 @innrukia @cico) It's a podcast episode that talks about EVERY thing that has been giving Taebin fans anxious thoughts and making them think of conspiracy theories (which I wish people would stop doing). I provide a lot of context for things like no selcas, no hugs, behind the scenes video ediiting, why PEB and KTO behave as they do behind the scenes, no photoshoot, KTO's rings...I think you'll find my points to make sense and to be quite comforting. The podcast is 2 hours long, but if you're missing EAW, it's a good discussion. The first part talks about EAW episode 13-16 and about shipping culture, but if you only want to listen the part about TaeBin and then possbilities and controversies about season 2, start from about 45 mins in and continue onwards. You can listen here: Podcast Notes If English is not your first language, and you'll have a hard time understanding, but still want to know my main points, you can just google translate a summary of my notes below. It's better to listen to the episode though because I link my arguments so that they flow much better In this episode, let's chat about these topics (Click Spoiler bar below for longer notes) 1.The rough penultimate episodes as well as the beautiful ending that unfolded in episode 16. 2. Defining Shipping culture & Comforting Taebin fans who are anxious and worry that Park Eun Bin or Kang Tae Oh don't get along. We talk about why fans 'ship' their favourite K-drama actors and what the extremes of shipping can mean.I also present a comforting analysis on why Taebin DO get along and go through and provide context for every single rumour or point of angst that I've heard from anxious fans. 3.The Possibility of a second season for Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young Woo. Evidence for the points I make in my podcast - Related articles and Interviews: Proof that TKA selcas are agency photos rather than PEB personal photos: Park Eun Bin's agency CEO has the selcas of Rowoon and Park Eun bin on his instagram, so these are probably agency photos rather than personal sellcas Interviews where Park Eun Bin talks about wanting to maintain a pure image: Park Eun Bin Arena interview Interviews about the challenges of playing Woo Young Woo Park Eun Bin talking about staying in character while filming Park Eun Bin talks about the challenges regarding her role as Woo young Woo Park Eun Bin talking about how hard it was to play the role of Woo young Woo (Fan translation) Kang Tae Oh talking about Park Eun Bin having a hard time filming in Star One magazine (Fan translation) Interviews about how Park Eun Bin and Kang Tae Oh enjoyed working together Kang Tae Oh talking about how well him and Park Eun Bin worked together Park Eun Bin calling Kang Tae Oh a good friend rather than just an actor she worked with (Fan translation) Proof that Kang Tae Oh and Park Eun Bin finished on different scenes: Kang Tae Oh's last outfit at 2:56 on this video Kang Tae Oh's possible last scene at 2:19 on this video va. Park Eun bin's last scene at 7:50 on this video Controversies surrounding season 2: ASTORY CEO controversial interview