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kdrama, miscellaneous · April 30, 2024November 4, 2024

End of month missive: “Goodbye Earth” kdrama, Taylor Swift’s new TTPD album, and my freelance journey story continued!

Photo of high-rise buildings in Busan, South Korea by Hoil Ryu — Photo by Hoil Ryu on Unsplash

April has come to bid us goodbye, and I can say the same for my sanity. I feel like April was just… tiring, but also vibrant and inspiring. You know how on one end, there’s a swirl of grays and blues and on the opposite end, there’s a spinning yarn dipped in lemon yellow, sky blue, teal, golden orange, and streaks of white. In short: There is no middle ground. It’s either that dark and dull swirl or that colorful, colorful yarn.

Okay, enough blathering. Let’s get to the heart of today’s post. Buckle up because I talked a lot more than usual.

“Goodbye Earth” kdrama: first two episodes impressions

I’ll be honest: When I first heard the title, I thought, “Is this a sci-fi drama about aliens bidding farewell to our planet?” Spoiler alert: It’s not, but oh boy, is it a wild ride!

miscellaneous · April 21, 2024November 4, 2024

Today’s flavors: the bitter side of freelancing, lemon pepper pasta, and a deliciously quiet keyboard

Photo of a street in Busan, by Markus Winkler on Unsplash — Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Buckle up, fine folks. This is one lengthy post, only because I realized that I liked talking too much about the freelance side of life. 😆 (Do let me know in the comments if freelancing is something you’re interested in talking about and reading, too!)

But wait! This isn’t all about freelancing. Today, we also have the recipe I stumbled upon for… *drumroll, please!* Lemon Pepper Pasta with Browned Butter. YUM! As a pasta enthusiast, I was drooling while reading Alison Roman’s recipe for it.

Now, all my fellow mechanical keyboard lovers out there, raise your hands! I just saw the World’s Quietest Keyboard and I am now sobbing on my very own keyboard because I know I’d never own one because it is on the pricey side of life. Still, a girl can dream. Or live vicariously through that video.

Whew! That was a lot in one paragraph! Now let’s get started. 🙂

kdrama, miscellaneous · April 14, 2024September 29, 2024

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!

kdrama, miscellaneous · September 3, 2022November 4, 2024

Things I loved back in August

September is upon us and August pretty much left an impression on me both good and bad. It’s a fresh new month and I am looking forward to a couple of kdramas. I’ve actually written them down on one of my notebooks because I love writing things down. Pen on the paper. Callus on my finger. Old school style. My early millennial self is showing. *blushes furiously*

While August had been fraught with grated nerves and sleeping pills there are still things good things that it left behind. By no means are they weepy, sappy things worthy of Hallmark cards, though. But I guess every other person can relate to them.

miscellaneous · August 28, 2022November 4, 2024

This post believes that I just live in this heap of junk I call “my body.”

This heap of junk is currently unwell. I feel a flu coming and while I detest it I wonít let it hinder the growth of my blogging prowess. Did that even make sense? I’m sorry. It’s the meds talking. Believe me, this is NOT how I imagined spending my weekend. A long weekend at that too! I’ve had glorious glamorous plans. And being the awesome troglodyte that I am, I dreamed of catching up on my kdramas and Asian horror movies, of checking and planning on my content calendar, of creating more posts for my kdrama website, et cetera. Earth-shattering stuff, really. But my body betrayed me once again. And so my grand plans will have to wait until I’m feeling better.

But here let me entertain you with this week’s post while you’re here. Might was well make it worth your while eh?