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kdrama, life · June 1, 2022November 4, 2024

One Weekend: Pandemic Edition, from your favorite kdrama girl

It’s been raining the past few days and I love it. Rainy days are meant for being at home curled up in bed with my favorite kdramas and books.

So are we going to ignore the fact that my last blog post was four months ago? I know I know. I’m a terrible blogger. I mean I don’t even have a niche, to begin with. The least I could do was blog about the kdramas I’ve watched but my lazybones self couldn’t even string together coherent sentences to share with you. I couldn’t even cobble together passable words to convey how intriguing and ghastly “Rose Mansion” is or how “Shooting Stars” is both hilarious and sweet.

Life happened and I know it’s no excuse. I’m not even going to come up with one. Lazybones, remember? Ha! But. There’s a but, though. This unplanned hiatus was good for my headspace. It was something I needed without even realizing it. I hope you’re doing well, you who are reading this. Whether you’re a first time visitor or you’ve been here before, that one is for you. I hope you’re doing well and that you’re giving yourself the time and space to feel better in so many ways. We owe that much to ourselves.

kdrama · December 30, 2021November 4, 2024

Drunk December Report: Some Holiday Scares and Spooks

December is finally about to bow out of the game. Have you all survived yet or just barely? I don’t know about you, but Christmas Eve in my tiny pocket of this world was tiring. It’s taking me days to recover. Heck, I am still recovering as I type this down. Introvert problems, yeah? But on to some holiday ~~cheer~~ scares. You read that right: scares. Because what would this blog be without something horror, right?

kdrama, life · December 15, 2021November 4, 2024

If the group chat was a magazine

The group chat was on fire that day and, like most all-girls chat, it started out so innocently. All I can say is that if the group chat was a podcast episode that day, we would’ve been on the noisy list. Too bad (or not) we aren’t into podcast creation, though. For posterity’s sake, I created a what would have been a magazine cover instead. And vintage, to boot! Now before I dive into the heart of this post, I’d like to thank Template app for this wonderful, wonderful creative accompaniment to this post. What started as a random inspiration for my Instagram story soon turned into a blog post. I love it when creativity breeds creativity. I am all for it.

But yeah. The others’ reactions that were brought to light on that fateful chat: I never knew Greek mythology was like that! You’re telling me “The Little Mermaid” never had a happy ending? “Hellbound” gave me chills for a number of different reasons. Also, you told me I wasn’t getting out of the house so I dressed like this.

kdrama, reading · July 26, 2021November 4, 2024

Tears, Beers, and Candles

It’s been raining nearly all week. The night sky is starless. The wind cool and soothing. As I type this down, a vanilla-scented candle is wafting its sweet scent and I feel grounded. Almost at peace, if only my mind would learn to quiet down once in a while.

While no tears were shed this week (unless you count tears of laughter, which this household never seem to run out of in regular doses) and no beers were consumed (except for honey water, which I’m having right now), I am happy to report that the cedar wood vanilla candle from Bath & Body Works is really making me feel all calm and relaxed, in spite of the week-long rain and the dangers it posed.

kdrama, life, reading · June 20, 2021November 4, 2024

June Heat: Words, Strawberry Milk, and “Memoir of a Murderer”

I am writing this all down in the midst of drilling sounds and after finishing reading “Standing Firmly at 24” by Zhang Yixing/Lay Zhang of EXO. It’s been a weekend of waking up earlier than usual and running errands, but also of unwinding and finding more time doing what I love. The little things surprise me and I am grateful for it.