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Singles Inferno: I ship Jin Young and Seul Ki
Seul Ki and Jin Young’s story line really awakens my kdrama senses. Their love story, pretty rich girl meets hot humble man? Reality TV gold
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Why does everyone hate Seul Ki? I don’t
I like her. I mean, I love her. It’s weird to me that people demonize feminine qualities as if strong women can’t exist in feminine bodies.
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The Ordinary Life of a Main Character
In films, everyone is ordinary until something extraordinary happens to them. The events are often something external at first, but one that awakens their internal struggles.
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My Liberation Notes
My Liberation Notes’ lives and characters feel like real people, and parts of them reflect what’s going on with me too.
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Terrace House: A Romanticized Version of My Ordinary Life
Terrace House is probably the only relatable reality TV I watch. It follows six individuals living in one house, all coming from different backgrounds and careers. One of the prominent theme of the show is how these six housemates take inspiration from one another and help each other achieve their dreams. The house is rent-free,…
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The Artist and Her Sh*t Sandwich
(*Written in 2016, while the author was in film school) Elizabeth Gilbert talked about the concept of “shit sandwiches”, which are the not so awesome things you have to do to get to your goals. This is where the phrase “you gotta eat your shit sandwich” stems from. A phrase my sister and I usually…
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The Artist: Reluctance and Creativity Bias
For the longest time I’ve been reluctant to call myself an artist. The closest I could get is my artist temperament. Jk. It’s to accept compliments when people tell me I’m a creative person. I’ve always needed some form of external validation that what I was doing was somewhere close to being an artist. And…
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Three Quiet and Healing Films to Watch
1.) THE TABLE (2018) Conversations between two people of varying relationships. The Table is just that, a film set inside a cafe, in one particular spot where different people have a sitdown talk throughout the day. It features four different pairs, each conversation an exploration of their relationship. We see a glimpse of a certain…
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Fight for My Way: A Relatable KDrama for Struggling Millennials
One of my favourite KDramas that spoke to my experiences as a struggling millennial was Fight for My Way. The most popular KDramas in the Philippines have mostly been focused on fantasy and glamour content. But while these were highly praised, I was always looking for something more relatable. Something where I could see myself…
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Small but Certain Happiness
Haruki Murakami introduced the phrase “small but certain happiness” in his essay Afternoon in the Islets of Langerhans where he describes small pleasures derived from mundane activities. For myself, this can be a cup of tea, sweet pastries, flowers in the garden, or light morning rain. Sometime in 2017, the phrase and concept started trending in…
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Hospital Playlist: When did Jeongwon Fall in Love?
A world without Hospital Playlist feels so empty. Thursday nights have become a watch party where we order in Korean Fried Chicken and root for our OTPs (one true pair). My OTP has always been the “Winter Garden” couple Jeong-won and Gyeo-eul. I first disliked Gyeo-eul’s blunt and seemingly cold character but after finding out…
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Curated Corner: Coffee, Art & Rain
This collection of curated spaces: A coffeeshop, an art museum and an anime is a nod to that particular feeling of surrealism and nostalgia when sun meets rain. Something particularly nostalgic about staying in coffee shops is during that transition from summer to rainy months when the rain would often fall even during a sunny…
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