kdrama

“A show that causes one to have extreme, irrational emotions… Also a leading cause of sleepless nights. Growling stomachs also occur due to food porn.”

Thanks, Urban Dictionary. That’s pretty accurate.

kdrama, miscellaneous ·

Beyond kpop glitter, tasty rose cream tteokbokki, Baekhyun’s “Delight”, and my food/kdrama pairing ritual

Hi, it’s me. Your favorite absentee millennial kdrama fan – one who would rather chew glass than answer that unknown number calling my phone. How have you been? The weekend drives by too fast, as always. Sometimes, I wonder how many days it will take for me to become bored and not feel like each day is all about cramming things that I should do versus things I actually want to do (maybe also versus things I actually did do. *tee-hee!*)

pie chart for my everyday things, heystarshine.net

I think blogging once a week is doable for me. Hence, this post. Ta-da! Today, we’ve got another kdrama recommendation, a food that tastes like a party in your mouth, my heartbreak and fluttering heart combo over Baekhyun, and a long-standing habit (or should I say quirk?) of mine when it’s time to watch a kdrama.

Let’s get started!

Continue reading “Beyond kpop glitter, tasty rose cream tteokbokki, Baekhyun’s “Delight”, and my food/kdrama pairing ritual”
kdrama, life ·

The 3 AM curse of the weekend, a quirky kdrama, Park Hyung Sik, and no, his car isn’t yours

I need to stop trying to sleep early during the weekend, only to wake up at past 3 AM, and then go back to sleep at 8 or 9 AM, body sore and exhausted. Even though all I did was watch a kdrama or two (or a hundred) and then doom scroll through my phone. Anybody else go through this?

As I type this, I have finished the first episode of “Chicken Nugget” kdrama, played a bit of Sim City Build It, organized around 30 out of 7,567 photos in my phone, and had some rice and sisig tofu + Milo. Would I start another study session on Korean language? Maybe. My brain cells aren’t themselves when lacking sleep at past 3 in the morning. Next thing I know, I’ll be contacting aliens. *cue “The X-Files” intro music*

Continue reading “The 3 AM curse of the weekend, a quirky kdrama, Park Hyung Sik, and no, his car isn’t yours”
kdrama, life, reading ·

After Dark Dispatch: Featured frenemies in “Doctor Slump” kdrama, a multi-hyphen life, and yet another story in the making

Photo by Riza Gabriela on Unsplash

January’s closed. A done deal. February waltzed into the scene faster than I could say, “Stop!” For the most part, I still pause every time I type or write “2024.” That’s the general state of my mind this year.

In the past couple of days, I managed to get sick and overwrite my blog. Thank goodness for modern medicine and automated back-ups. I am forever grateful for those two. Meanwhile, I am going to have a talk with my remaining two brain cells.

Also, what do you think of my new header? I have fully embraced my persona as a millennial kdrama girl. 😁 But let’s talk about other things that spark joy and creativity. I mean, the world could have more of those, right?

Continue reading “After Dark Dispatch: Featured frenemies in “Doctor Slump” kdrama, a multi-hyphen life, and yet another story in the making”
kdrama ·

Kdrama report: Mafia game gone wrong, multiple lives, and time travel

Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash

How’s your January going? Mine’s okay, I guess. Sometimes, it doesn’t sink in yet that it’s already 2024. Or maybe it’s just me. Does time seem to fly faster the older one gets?

I’ve been taking things easy on my creative/passion projects. I know I’ve been working too much and too hard, because the number of unread emails in my (personal) inbox shows that. Burnout is real, folks. 10/10 do not recommend. 😅 Now let’s talk kdramas, shall we?

Continue reading “Kdrama report: Mafia game gone wrong, multiple lives, and time travel”
kdrama, writing ·

Naming one thing + November inspiration, with a side of revenge kdramas

South Korea at night, view of Namsan Tower
Photo by Yohan Cho on Unsplash

November started off like any other months this year: Unassuming. I wasn’t expecting life-altering news, but I also wasn’t expecting this month to be a playground of creativity. I’m not complaining, though. This month, I joined NaNoWriMo. I even talked at length about that here, theme song included. I was excited and ready, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Except that the more November shed its days, the more I realized that I will never reach the 50k word count by month’s end. Will I continue to write “Love % Of”, though? Oh, absolutely. I just won’t be waving my first draft in triumph this month.

Continue reading “Naming one thing + November inspiration, with a side of revenge kdramas”