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
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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!

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It’s me. Hi, I’m the problem. It’s me.

So! We’re almost halfway through November. Almost  but not quite. How’s everyone feeling? I’ve always wanted to experience fall and winter, but I only get rainy days and cool nights this side of the globe. Inflation is a pain in the ass and purchasing power is a joke.

December can’t come soon enough. But hey! Forward  march!

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Happy Unbirthday + other notes

Others hang out in Starbucks as their choice of place to work or unwind. Me? It’s the nearby grocery store’s food court.

There is something oddly satisfying about plunking down my butt on one of their thinly cushioned steel chairs as I help myself to some food while I watch a kdrama or cdrama. (Recently I’ve been watching “Love is Sweet” as I wait for my current kdramas to air their most recent episodes.)

The food court is small and I think I tried everything they have to offer, save for a stall or two. My favorites are definitely the takoyaki and siomai stalls. I gulp it down with a plastic cup of gulaman and I am happy.

Sometimes I go grocery shopping because we need stuff. Sometimes also because I secretly buy things that I think will help us in case the zombie apocalypse starts. I know we need all those canned food.

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Ohai July!

Crystal mind magenta feelings chica cherry cola

Is it too early in the weekend to start referencing a 90s song? Okay how about this instead: How is it July already? No scratch that. How is it the middle of July already? Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not in the middle of a time slip. I swear I left my brains back in February, when I told myself I’ll start going back to exercising regularly and not sporadically so I’d lose at least 5 kilograms by July. HAHA JOKE’S ON ME.

Some things have changed and yet so much remained the same. COVID-19 is still here, for one thing. I still haven’t lost 5 kilograms, that’s another thing. And I still think Lay is the one of the sexiest men alive, which I doubt will ever change. At least not in my book. Oh! And so. much. great. kdramas. *chef’s kiss*

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