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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    18 hours ago, angelangie said:

     

    this is good....continue it then and fighting my friends, you will get thru it again and came out stronger than ever :)

     

    Still fighting for sure.  Hugs!

     

    7 hours ago, Sejabin said:

    Thank you for making me this mess and destroyed to pieces. 

     

    Stand where you are and create something new for yourself out of the tattered remains.  A broken bone is stronger mended than one that has never been injured.

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    [Drama 2022] Exemplary Detective/The Good Detective 2, 모범형사

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    On 7/9/2020 at 1:35 PM, celebrianna said:


     

    .....I think the watch OJH is wearing will be significant. There’s only two of a kind in Korea so then the person who threw the female body into the river in the first scene of the show should also be a wealthy person. At first I thought that the watch OJH bought might have been the same watch but then I don’t know if anyone found it on the side of the street.....

     

    That watch has definitely got to be significant.  But it also made me wonder how exactly it was that OJH was able to spend $800K on a watch like that.  There's gotta be backstory there.

     

    On 7/9/2020 at 5:35 PM, taeunfighting said:

    .....Meanwhile, I wanted to mention something that I had previously read in an article. It described that in one of the teaser videos, the following key words were associated with each of the characters:

     

    “Silence”

    Kang Do Chang (Son Hyun Joo)

     

    ”Truth"

    Oh Ji Hyuk (Jang Seung Jo)

     

    “Justice”

    Jin Seo Kyung (Lee Elijah)

     

    “Power”

    Oh Jong Tae (Oh Jung Se)

     

    “Conspiracy”

    Yoo Jeong Seok (Ji Seung Hyun)

     

    Based on what we have seen so far, I could kind of see why these particular words were paired with each of the characters (except not with OJT’s yet). Especially with KDC, when it becomes more evident that LDC was falsely sentenced to death, I think he will momentarily struggle with keeping silent or not partly because his promotion will be at stake, but mostly because it will wreak disruption within the department which will have a domino effect externally. Consciously though, I believe that he will do the right thing and truly partner up with OJH to uncover the truth.....

     

    This character list is really intriguing.  Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

     

    .....I've only just managed to watch the first two episodes, so I'm still catching up before we have our next episode on Monday.

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    12 hours ago, angelangie said:

     

    hahaha.... no worries.... u need some laughter now and the best we can give u is virtual laughter :) 

     

    and as long as u got food im sure u get it thru....i know u will not be able to clean your house and all that....just take a small part a day and honestly it is really alright to say 'IM NOT ALRIGHT' :D 

     

    The only problem with laughing is that it makes me cough.  :lol:  It's still good to be joyful anyway.

     

    I will have to ignore the mess in the house.  The dust isn't going anywhere.  The laundry will wait, although I will have to do something about the load of wet wash I forgot in the washer last week--I discovered that this morning when I couldn't figure out what smelled so bad.  Oh my.

     

    I have no idea how I hit the spoiler tag (twice)--blame the Planetary Plague.  Ignore.

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    Before the big relapse hit, I made a dozen loaves of bread (something that I always do anyway).  There are containers of homemade soup in the freezer.  I would love to have fresh veggies but I'm otherwise okay and won't starve.  

     

    The herbal medication the other day is working, thank God.  I just need to be patient with myself.

     

    Thank you for your kindness.  :heart:

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    10 hours ago, gm4queen said:

    Dear chingu, I am crying reading your story here! It's been a long time since I saw you in Soompi! Hang in there! You have to fight with bad times in order to get a silverline! :)

     

    Bless you!  Thank you for caring.  It means a lot.

     

    10 hours ago, Sejabin said:

    If I get sick and must to spend many days on bed, I usually will watching kdrama or youtube. It makes time flies fast :) 

     

     

    My laptop has really been my "best buddy" while I'm dealing with this illness.  The funny thing is that I've become quite addicted to watching Japanese real estate videos on YouTube.  I don't know why.  But they are curiously soothing.  :lol:

     

    10 hours ago, MayanEcho said:

    I feel so disappointed for you on this. Sigh, I'm sure you had all the tests done years ago, and the records should have been there to prove you don't need psychiatric consultation.

     

    I have what is called a "differential diagnosis"--in other words, they prove the illness I have by proving what I don't have.  It can be confusing even for doctors, especially as my disabling condition has caused me to suffer from a "constellation" of other associated immune disorders.  Honestly, I find it difficult to recall them all myself.

     

    Actually I did do the psychiatric consult.  The psychiatrist (a true gem) told the nitwit doctor that I was Not ill due to mental disturbance but that she could see why I would have a reason to get depressed if no one believed that I was as sick as I really was.  The doctor backed down when he heard that.

     

    6 hours ago, Lawyerh said:

    Thanks for sharing your story, sorry I don't have any good advice but we're all here with you. 

     

    It really helped me a lot to share the story yesterday because I had been in huge difficulty for days.  

     

    Fortunately I managed to drag myself to the pharmacy to buy the herbal medication that I had run out of and that I really needed.  Having taken it, I feel like a different person this morning--not well but lots better.

     

     

    .....big hugs to everyone!  your encouragement has helped me more than you can imagine.  :heart:

     

     

     

     

     

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    1 minute ago, Sejabin said:

    @thistle I hope you will be better and get well soon. I am not a medical staff so I don’t know what to say. Sending you my virtual hug for consolation *hugggggggg

     

    :heart:

     

    Thanks.  Virtual hugs are the best.

     

    Based on my experience in dealing with my own illnesses, I know I'm doing the right stuff.  It's just hard to wait and endure and be patient.

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    [Drama 2022] Exemplary Detective/The Good Detective 2, 모범형사

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    1 hour ago, brooksmom said:

    Not free.  The not-legal sites give you porn ads for the "free watch". They are sneaky. They put the ad in the middle of the screen when the best part of the drama is showing. If you close your eyes on their naughty ads you miss the drama too. :o

     

    The not-legal sites that I use do not do this.  And I don't visit sites that do.

     

    1 hour ago, brooksmom said:

    Netflix is not free. Somebody's paying for it. Most families have it. We pay for it in my house.:) And  some people, not only have Netflix, they pay for Viki, Kocowa, HBO, and 200+ channels.

     

    No, it isn't free; that's surely true.  I have allowed myself the extra expense of one year of basic Netflix because there is a very special show that will air this year only and I wouldn't miss it for the world.  It is very much Not in my budget and I am giving up other things to pay for it.  When 2020 is over, I'm cancelling.  My budget is very slender indeed.

     

    I cannot imagine what people do with 200 channels.  I don't even have local TV service.

     

    It's interesting to know the options that are out there.  Thank you for sharing about ODK.

     

     

     

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    3 minutes ago, MayanEcho said:

    Virtual hugs! Hang in there. Have you been  in touch with any of your previous doctors who knew your medical case?

     

    My last two doctors have retired, unfortunately, and I've had difficulty in finding another.  Many doctors do not want to deal with my genetic auto-immune disability because they do not understand it and some even fail to believe that it is real--one insisted that I get psychiatric consultation before he would treat me. 

     

    The funny thing is that the symptoms of CoVid generally are similar to what I've lived with  on a daily basis for years because it mimics my disability.   It's just that the inability to breathe right now is much worse--it's exhausting and the lack of oxygen saps the ability to think properly.

     

    I'm not giving up; I promise.  I'm just sort of annoying that it's taking so long to fight this illness through.  And today I was just plain tired.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    32 minutes ago, angelangie said:

     

    sending u tons of love.....

     

    are there any groceries delivery where you stay? can get food to be send to your door steps? 

     

    giving u a virtual hug too!!! stay with us and check in with us k

     

    Thanks!  I needed that.  :)

     

    I don't live in a town, so food delivery might be a bit difficult.  The grocery store is only 3 miles away but I've been avoiding going there--I have enough food for now, so I'm okay.

     

    Will check back in.  It's actually a relief to be able to say that I've been having a problem.  

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    [Drama 2022] Exemplary Detective/The Good Detective 2, 모범형사

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    On 7/7/2020 at 1:56 PM, Auntie Mame said:

    I don't know what happened with Netlix. But, I read somewhere that it was being subbed by VIU.

     

    Since VIU coverage area excludes US, I don't know if some other site can obtain license to sub in US.??? 

     

    Glad to know what the problem is.  Frustrating but understandable.

     

     

    On 7/7/2020 at 8:18 PM, brooksmom said:

    Since a lot of you say you are in USA, why can't you get it thru OnDemandKorea.....

     

    Sadly, it is not in my budget --it's the dodgy not-legal sites for me.

     

     

    16 hours ago, snowlou said:

    .....For those who're more or less familiar with me will probably already know by now that I'm having trouble with expressing my thoughts in only a few words. So please bear with me from here onward :sweatingbullets: .....

     

    I am similarly afflicted by words.  I will look forward to reading your posts!

     

     

    .....and thanks to @triplem for the recaps.  I'm still in the middle of watching episode 1, and the recaps help me to make sense of it all.

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    Having A Bad Day? Wanna Rant? Right This Way!

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    May I say that I genuinely hope that I am the only person here fighting CoVid? 

     

    It's miserable, and I've been struggling since mid-April.  Thought I had it licked but I hit a bad relapse a few weeks ago and it just keeps getting worse.  This morning I was so exhausted by simply taking a shower that I needed a nap for a couple of hours.

     

    I live alone like a hermit, and I have told only one person (someone who checks on me once a month) that I'm ill.  I don't dare attempt to seek medical help because of my disability which attacks my cytokine system (guess what:  CoVid is also a "cytokine storm") and few doctors understand or treat my condition so the "assistance" that I could get would be more likely to kill me than cure me.  The most recommended medication right now is one that I am allergic to, although few people are.  It's really frustrating.

     

    I can't do anything.  I can't clean the house or wash the laundry.  I can just barely manage to keep myself and the cats fed.  Shopping is a nightmare, and there's no one I can ask to go for me--I haven't been to the grocery for a month.

     

    So I am just quietly toughing this out with common sense, prayer, and natural medications.  I am tired of being brave.  And I just can't breathe.  

     

    Sorry for my little rant but it all sort of got to me tonight and it was kind of a relief to just say it.

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    [Drama 2022] Exemplary Detective/The Good Detective 2, 모범형사

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    1 hour ago, jongski said:

    This premiered already but  no English sub yet. It's Netflix so... there's delay but  hoping to  see subs  after  first two has aired. Please!

     

    Checked the site again and there's no mention of Exemplary/Good Detective.  I am genuinely curious now:  is this on Netflix only in some locations?  I know that Netflix does that with some things (like the Studio Ghibli movies which I can't watch in the US darn it all). 

     

    Still no subs on the not-legals.

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    [Drama 2022] Exemplary Detective/The Good Detective 2, 모범형사

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    2 hours ago, brooksmom said:

    I got a Netflix alert on my phone that three kdramas were coming to Netflix this month. Good Detectives was one of them. I'm in usa. As of this hour, I don't see it anywhere.

     

    I'm onboard for this drama, too.  :)   And I was also just checking Netflix but saw nothing on the latest page and didn't get a productive response to a title search.  <_<  

     

     

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    [Drama 2019-2020] Crash Landing on you, 사랑의 불시착

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    1 hour ago, MsHoon2219 said:

    And the show is more than just about NK, the show is phenomenal for many reasons

     

    Thanks.  It is a colossal story and well-presented.  If it were not, then it would have been ignored as regards the political sphere.

     

    I found it particularly striking that Kwangachi says in his video that NKoreans are much more brainwashed than we in the West can imagine.  In that sense, even Kim Jong Un must necessarily be prey to his own delusions about SK.  It is sad that the drama is touched by this politically (and thus with a lack of awards) but it is also a testament to how well the drama shows some of the realities of NK.

    [Drama 2019-2020] Crash Landing on you, 사랑의 불시착

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    27 minutes ago, MsHoon2219 said:

    it’s a shame Korea couldn’t give the credit it is due because Kim Jung Un is having tantrums. 

     

    Another silent reader.  It is a shame.  But it makes sense politically to avoid dealing with an unpredictable tyrant because the SK government would be blamed for allowing the drama to be praised and trouble could happen.

     

    This reminds me of an article I read just yesterday on the BBC about Kim Yo-Jong's (sister of Kim Jong Un) very caustic over-the-top reaction to balloons being sent over the NK border apparently by NK defectors:

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    "Human scum - little short of wild animals who betrayed their own homeland - are engrossed in such unbecoming acts... they are sure to be called mongrel dogs as they bark in where they should not."

     

    Ms Kim then said the "owners of the mongrel dogs" - that is, the South Korean government - should be held to account.

     

    She threatened to scrap a no-hostility military pact, shut down the North-South liaison office, and withdraw from the joint-venture Kaesong Industrial Park.

     

    source:  South Korean balloons: Plans to stop people sending cross-border messages

     

    This is just an example and it has nothing really to do with the drama (aside from it being about things flying over the DMZ) but it does speak to the extremism of the NK leadership.  We cannot begin to imagine the deep levels of distrust and the hate that is preached there.

     

    One of the "problems" of this drama seems to be that it was so accurate in depicting the poor lives of those in NK.  And, worse, the "ease" with which the male lead seems to overcome the borders.  This would probably be seen as very subversive.

     

    I posted this before but it is enlightening about how one NK defector sees CLOY as accurate:

     

    It would have been wonderful if CLOY had been recognized at awards ceremonies but the fact that it was not speaks volumes about the potential ramifications politically between the North and the South.

     

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    [Drama 2020] The Flower of Evil, 악의 꽃

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    1 hour ago, -Love Blossom- said:

    I didn't think about "romanticising serial killers" part at all. Right that's problematic.

     

    I love "Byronic heroes"--you know, the wounded broody type. This has NOT been a good thing  in real life, trust me--much pain and not worth it--but in fiction, it's all good.  So, if LJG's character is like that, I'm in--fictional brooding, damage, and angst can make for great dramas.  But I'm kinda feeling anti-any-kind-of-violence these days, so I really do not want to see him aggrandized as a serial killer.

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