Lmangla
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@the_sweetroad ~ this is a real short vid on how to drape a sari. the lady has used 4 safety pins. so you will get an idea of how common and mundane item in our wardrobe it is.
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2 hours ago, the_sweetroad said:
I saw this on BBC yesterday and wondered if @Lmangla and @kokodus carry these around, too:
Safety pin: A tiny tool Indian women use to fight sexual harassment
hmmm; I guess it sounds different from an outside perspective but I did find it bit -- not sure what word to use -- oddly mundane??? (my first thought was the writer ran out of ideas)
so safety pin isn't something you carry for protection -- it is basically an everyday kind of thing that you would have on you like a hair pin or rubber band. many use it to pin their saris or dupatta (scarf) or their blouse tops. it is something so common that many women would have in their handbags in case of emergency (like a button popping on your shirt).
safety pins can also be quite fancy looking (especially for weddings) and sometimes look like a brooch.
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so yes, I have heard of women using it that way but if you raise an alarm, generally the public will attack by beating up the guy with their handbags or slaps or whatever, and would be immediately taken off the train / bus and taken to the police station.
that said, people's experience in public transportation varies. I have seen the humane side of people in public transportation.
when I was in morning shift, I would take the public bus to office. there was a deaf school near my office. so there was a deaf girl on that route who used to take the public bus to this school. this kid would be half asleep and sometimes drooling. the bus conductor, the bus driver and fellow passengers would wake up the child in front of the stop and make her get down near the school -- this was an everyday occurance and mind you, none of them knew sign language. they would just tap her shoulder till she awoke and point. she would yawn and they would shove her school bag and give her a nudge. at times the bus driver would give a kind of exasperated parental sigh but he would wait to push the pedal till the kid got off. every time I saw that, it would make me smile. this isn't a school bus but public transportation in a city. it wasn't even the same bus driver or conductor or passengers necessarily everyday but yet, they watched out for her because she was a regular on the route and all these people were vaguely aware of this child. so there are all sorts of people in this world.
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what is the connection between taeyan and serin? am confused why he is living at her house if he isn't related to them. she seems to be obsessed with him and serin's older sister is very concerned. rather than a status issue or something else, she is more concerned from the perspective of mental health as she knows her sister is acting loopy.
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6 hours ago, the_sweetroad said:
Thanks for the recap and this tweet was funny. Re: Pars...yeah, it would be so hard to recover and keep doing a show after the devastating earthquakes.
Too bad the writer took it out on him so publicly. 
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yea, it is a bit complicated. the writer's husband is an actor in the show itself (looked it up and he plays eren the police officer) and the hubby had also lost family in the earthquake.
so the writer apparently posted in her social media a clip of there drama where eren says "we are in pain but we work"..
am reading the translated articles and so it is bit difficult to say for sure but basically the actor playing pars either had a depressed meltdown or some sort of panic attacks and just wanted to be with his family. so he sent them a 'specialist doctor' (am guessing psychiatrist) note that would excuse him from the show.
basically the production's attitude was like "we are also affected but the show must go on". so, it sounds like the production was not listening or asking him to do 2 episodes at least (work for 10 days).
however, he is not in a frame of mind; he apparently told production that he felt all of this is meaningless -- maybe he was depressed or burdened. so he abruptly left or refused to show up. so production accused him of being unprofessional while he is like -- I sent you the doctor's notice and asked you for time off!!!
he is upset the writer didn't sympathize with him and production was indifferent. so in one of his IG stories, he put this quote from a famous psychologist there along with a note -- ''“ No one is the guardian of anyone's pain. ‘ My pain is better than yours ’, neither suffering nor interlocuting this sentence... Everyone's pain is individual and cannot be compared to another. You too like and saying that you will suffer in the same way is bullying.. ”
all of this is basically playing out in social media and part of the problem of live shoots and different ways of coping I suppose.
anyways, the audience is not amused that the writer chose to get rid of this character in the worst way possible.
I think they wanted a kinder death (maybe like truck of doom hahahahhaha) or him to relocate or something. hahahhaha.. I can understand the audience feels though -- this happened in this english sci-fi show called 'the 100'. one of the loved characters was killed off in the finale season in the most stupidest mindless way possible. all because of some beef between the actor and the producer. face palm.
6 hours ago, the_sweetroad said:So out of all the daily dramas, was the fauxcest angle unique to Vengeance of the Bride? For some reason I would've thought fauxcest would have been a more-common trope. In watching VOTB did we actually see drama history in the making??
fauxcest was a trope in older dramas. you don't see it as much these days. this drama was just stupidly written and a total waste of breath in many ways. but I guess I needed something to watch on and off.
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@the_sweetroad ~ after a long break, I finally went back and picked up the dizi yargi again and started watching. basically it is all cat and games -- engin (the guy who killed the FL's sister) is now in jail and is ticking mad. basically he decides to exact revenge on everyone who has humiliated him and show that they don't have any right to call him a killer when they also have things to hide and are not perfect. so he has somehow managed to amass info over the years and picks on various people -- what is uncomfortable to watch is how much enjoyment he gets out of it. still, an interesting twist of revenge from the baddie. way better than the stupid revenge we hardly got in the fauxcest drama.
anyways, I was randomly reading and it turns out one of the characters, pars (the fella in the photo), quit in season 2 (which is still ongoing). apparently he was even more popular than the leads (hahahahahha) which I find hilarious. but he did have a bit of a snark in the way he delivered his lines which I guess the audience found amusing to watch. see the tweet below LOL.
(memory refresh: eren is the police officer, pars is a prosecutor, jaylene is FL and ilgaz is ML; jaylene works as defense lawyer while ilgaz is also prosecutor along with pars).
anyway, the actor playing pars quit after the earthquake due to emotional stress or something along those lines.
the writer was so cheesed off that she decided to kill off his character in the most worst way possible.
audience were not amused and wanted him to be written off in a better way hahahaha.... revenge from the writer said one article LOL.
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3 hours ago, partyon said:
@Lmangla sweetie, do watch the 30 min documentary I posted. This one really nailed it with all the theories out there - in a logical way.
yea I did see; narrator has nice voice.
hope the mystery is solved one day in the public sphere.
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10 hours ago, agenth said:
I watched all 3 Parts of the documentary, as they used family interviews and it made me so sad and frustrated to watch, that I couldn't imagine what these family members must be going through. All these years and no answer?????????
have seen many news and docs on this plane and I did like the netflix version because of the family interviews @partyon; it basically cuts through the conspiracies and why this mystery matters (not just from aviation perspective).
I also did enjoy hearing how some of the conspiracies developed and why they are disagreed with. that was entertaining from intellectual level.
just as the family members (the french guy especially), I do think that there is a cover up for sure and there are people who know what happened. I can understand a plane disappearing decades back but not now. and over a region of the world that has lots of air traffic.
the question is what exactly happened. for the family members sake, I hope that the truth does come out at some point -- they deserve to know answers
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2 hours ago, maribella said:
The wife is not only a doormat, she's also stupid. Can't she tell there's something between the husband and the assistant.
her hubby is not even the brightest bulb in the room; still he is managing to keep her at bay, hahahaha...
I find this two timer amusing in how dumb and lazy he is -- was amused at how aera didn't help yoojin at the meeting and cooly said that there were no materials to copy. hahahaha..
aera is somehow managing to make me amused as well; she is evil but she feels like prankster loki with the way she winks at the camera.
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10 hours ago, the_sweetroad said:
Is anyone else following the US Men's Soccer team drama? @JungAhIrin @LeftCoastOppa - are you guys soccer fans? And football peeps @Sleepy Owl @joccu:
This has been such a mess since the World Cup - The Berhalters and Reynas: Timeline of a decades-long bond ruptured by World Cup drama
It's so ugly, and it's so What Not To Do To Your Friend
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didn't know about this -- certainly would make a movie or a drama!!!!
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1 hour ago, maribella said:
The screamer is another woman. She's in danger of being type-cast as the other woman, and the guy as a two timing scum.
it depends but not all see typecasting as a negative thing.
so I am reminded of one local actor who had been typecast as a comic villain but he loved it. initially he started his career wanting to do a lot of serious type roles. however, those roles were few and far between and he was struggling to pay the bills. his first villain role was taken simply for financial reasons. however, he managed to lift the role beyond a one note character and made it his own.
because of that success, he started getting more offers for villains role and he took them. however, every single character he managed to make it different and funny and fleshed out. he actually became really popular and people loved what he brought to the screen.
so rather than being angry for being typecast, he was grateful for it as it allowed him to make more than enough money to do well for his family and become financially secure. he actually became successful enough to become a producer himself and then, produce the kind of films he had wanted to explore.
so I think the effect of being type-cast can be negative or positive depending on the actor and their mindset.
the screaming lady in man in veil really did get a lot of screen time but I do think it was because she became more popular and stole the limelight from everyone else.
also with two timing fella, he may not have been remembered before for anything in the overcrowded market but all of a sudden, he is noticed and audience recognize him.
so perhaps thats why they are taking up similar characters. as long as they have talent enough to make each character feel different, typecasting can be a good run for an actor as it brings them recognition as well as steady stream of income.
it is only when audience feel bored that typecasting can be a bad thing for the actors. if we think about it, pretty much all the FLs and MLs are also typecast at many times --- they all seem one mould. we have to really think hard to come up with one FL who didn't go "otoke!"
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23 hours ago, partyon said:
PS. @joccu @LeftCoastOppa @Lmangla There is a new Thai lakorn out called Return Man.
saw alek's face but then the synopsis sounds rather meh to me. hardly any dramas are catching my interest these days.
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7 hours ago, sadthe1st said:
garlic ice cream, anyone???
I had it years ago in singapore. it was yum. I liked it!
has a sharp kind of taste along with sweet -- a nice combo.
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okay, I totally loved monk getting his revenge on bada. it was rather amusing to watch. I thought he would cave and be nice and say "oh I liked a you a little." nope, he was the true bride of vengenance and kept to his vow. no falling in love with enemies or feeling sorry for those family members who you once knew. nothing. he was clear about the role she played in his stabbing and that she was the daughter of the man who killed his father. in the end, he was the true revenge heroine.
so bcause of monk, give this drama a 5 for average.
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20 hours ago, Ameera Ali said:
Finally bada kill him , guy can’t die with brain Tumor
bada literally now vengeance of bride by killing her groom SD lol
so the real bride of vengenance is bada and not baram.
but then again not surprising. the true revenge nerd turned out to be boring monk who got very interesting once he became darth oppa. no hesitating or saying it is not safe or getting distracted by random romance or old family feels -- he was focused and really he delivered. good for you oppa, you did what you had to do.
baram turned out to be side character in her own story.
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I was thinking that most of the dramas are so serious that I don't watch and then I saw success story of bright girl -- the first kdrama I totally loved. yay! for a rom-com, it always felt so different -- instead of being saved by the prince, she wanted to be the one saving the prince.
also crash landing on you writer may have taken notes on landing on your future love through parachute -- this drama was the original!
it was pretty amusing to see her rather oblivious to his attempt to charm.
one of my favourite FLs certainly! the only one who dreamed of serving in the army and turned down his proposal to serve. the guy was flummoxed to say the least. hahahah
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1 hour ago, Wuzetian said:
@Lmangla Are you an author? Gosh I just admire your flair of writing...I can only write very dry science thesis and nothing else...Lol...
kekeke... thanks. no I don't write anything. when I was younger, I used to write for fun to entertain myself but haven't tried or been inspired for years.
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13 hours ago, joccu said:
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@Lmangla just finished Olivier documentary series. It was mind boggling. How many more victims they had? How come Olivier got shorter jail time? For me it looked like Olivier was more smarter than her husband. so who played/manipulated who?
the documentary is really well done in how well everyone spoke. but certainly really mind boggling.
in regards to your questions:
Spoilerthe final tally is probably somewhere in the 30s -- the prosecutor said he thinks it was 1-2 victims per year and there was a period of 10 years when they don't know what these two were up to. also, there was a small scene where they showed this guy in a bike. he was a former inmate and knew the husband from the early jail days in 70s. so he wrote to him saying the husband should not be coward and admit. and they showed letter where the husband had written down numbers and blanks. that letter was turned in to authorities and so thats part of why the prosecutor thinks there are indeed more.
as for who manipulated who, it seems they were both in it together. I felt for the defense attorney who is caught in this dubious position of believing every person has a right to defense and also dealing with a very manipulative person because he wants her to give details for authorities so there is some sort of justice. can you imagine how much energy it would take to deal with such a person?
ofcourse, he is defense attorney and sees all sorts of people but what really struck me by all these people in the interviews is that this couple was shocking for them and too strange to diagnose even though they had met so many career criminals. they even fooled that guy in jail and killed his wife...
the reason she got a different sentence is that she was named as accomplice but not co-defendant. the defense lawyer makes the distinction that according to law these are two different things and hence argued that way. technically he is not wrong in that in many cases, the accomplice such as a getaway driver in a robbery usually don't get so much sentence as they didn't participate. so to answer your question, it is about how law sees distinction between these terms but the victims families didn't see it that way. maybe the prosecutors also didn't have evidence to prove she was more than accomplice. we would have to ask someone like @agenth to explain why law makes such distinction.
I was trying to find out what happened to the son -- whatever I could find was mostly in french and I used google translate. so the son was apparently 14 when he saw on the news about his parents. he changed his name and just says he is orphan. not sure if he was raised in care by govt or how it all happened when they got arrested. one of her other children (from the first marriage) committed suicide. this son has struggled with such thoughts himself and continues to feel the weight of knowing how they used him. slightly before the husband died, the son met him and tried to get details of other victims for the authorities but the husband played alzheimer and didn't reveal anything. but otherwise, the son didn't keep in touch with either of his parents after they were arrested. it seems he did one interview but he had covered his face with ski mask as he didn't want anyone to identify him.
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@joccu ~ have you watched the netflix documentary on monique oliver? the details of the case are shocking to say the least but the documentary is very well-made.
@gm4queen ~ I got confused thinking it was sunday today and then realized it was saturday after seeing your post earlier this morning. I don't know where my head is.
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14 hours ago, partyon said:
Has anyone btw been following the Yoo Ah In drug scandal? @Lmangla @MayanEcho maybe one of you chingus has been reading the gossip sites?
Every day there is a new revelation. It's a miracle he's still alive....
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yea I did read a bit but I am not even sure what is this drug they are referring to. why would you get anasthetic when you are not getting operation? am too confused by the details...
14 hours ago, the_sweetroad said:@Ameera Ali and @Lmangla Are you going to watch the next daily drama after Vengeance of the Bride? I don't think I can do it. 100 episodes is a lot, especially when the actual revenge moves as slowly as molasses.
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yes, the tea cup lady is there and who knows it may be entertaining. daily dramas can be hit or miss. sometimes they are craaaaaazzzzzzzzy and sometimes, nothing happens except fauxcest. eye roll.
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looks like there is a flu going around everywhere. @LeftCoastOppa -- if it makes you feel better, last week, I was also sick and down. these days, the flu comes and stays for more than a week. we all wonder if we have lost our immunity after lockdown or if we all got hit by covid but didn't know or if the flu is just stronger variant these days. who knows. it is kind of a bore though to be sick.
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2 hours ago, maribella said:
@backstreetboysfan is the next called the secret woman?
I am having reservations about it. I noticed that the alternate title is Woman in veil.
Is it going to resemble A man in a veil? @Lmangla are you doing any sleuthing on this coming show? Maybe more abs for connoiseurs?
I only saw the trailer and noticed the teacup lady from man in the veil is there. for taht alone, am willing to check it out. looking back, man in veil was hysterical till the end and was really entertaining.
this drama has gone off the rails. am still waiting for the 'revenge' which never seems to happen. I don't even get the point of the fauxcest here and how it serves any revenge since everyone knows who is who. what is stranger still is that everyone including taepoong calls her by the name she had as his sister and member of the kang family -- and that is supposed to be romantic?
my mind just zapps at this circle of logic.
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7 hours ago, Wuzetian said:
@Lmangla Do you wish to bend time?
hahahah not necessarily; just like @Thong Thin and @joccu, I am just surprised it passed by so quickly considering I didn't do anything. so it seemed even more of a blur.
@sadthe1st ~ this is certainly one of those WT??? type cases that just boggles the mind. to imagine that it was all for a property and they had planned it is shock to say the least?
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57 minutes ago, sadthe1st said:
it's monday all over again.. and month end too..!!
how days fly at times. it seems like the year just started and already two months have passed and it is all a blur.
does anyone else feel like that.
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I think they wanted a kinder death (maybe like truck of doom hahahahhaha) or him to relocate or something. hahahhaha.. I can understand the audience feels though -- this happened in this english sci-fi show called 'the 100'. one of the loved characters was killed off in the finale season in the most stupidest mindless way possible. all because of some beef between the actor and the producer. face palm.
also with two timing fella, he may not have been remembered before for anything in the overcrowded market but all of a sudden, he is noticed and audience recognize him. 
Is it going to resemble A man in a veil? 
my mind just zapps at this circle of logic. 
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it seems to be some sort of satin sari with embroidery. saw her channel and all her saris and blouse designs are top end designer type wear. guess she is into fashion
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