The Problematic of the Unproblematic

Anne: Hope everyone spent a great new year's! I, on the other hand, had a great new year's eve.. And ended up sick for the next two days. I still can't tell if I caught something or it's my usual sinus infection due to bad drainage and being allergic to my general environment. At least everything is back to normal...to a point.  Is it my imagination or did the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 just dumped a bunch of new dramas all at the same time? Blossom How great was the ending? It was one of the most complete ending of a drama in recent years. And how glad am I that our silly Ji Yong turned out to be a good guy after all. A real A-hole for all the scheming that he did, but I guess, it goes right with his character build up. He ended up still going into the monastery. While I feel a little sad that not everyone made it to the end, the characters did follow their paths based on their character setup. While it is also sad that some of these people, who could have c...

Anne: Happy Tuesday everyone! Well...my week went by in flurry of work and craziness that will probably continue until next year. It really was never a good idea to have a client meeting as one of the first thing Monday morning. After the meeting this week, where we didn't even finish discussing the agenda, I needed a drink. I had to schedule another hour for later this week with the hope that we can finish. Sigh... at least the end of the year is coming, and despite all the stuff that I still need to do...such as complete my written feedback for my team, the forced holidays will at least slow some stuff down. Isn't this a bit sad? I really need a cure for my work-a-holic sickness. Anyway... remember last week when I went through some of my favorite dramas of the year, and I said that if nothing unusual happens, then this year ended with a short list of dramas that caught my attention. Well...let's talk about my current obsession... Blossom This was certainly a surprise at ...

Anne: Hope everyone in the US had a good Thanksgiving break! Goodness... where did all the time go? At least on my end, it all ended up in my work. And...my little hobby of building these miniature "houses". Here's my latest large project. I actually completed another one that I didn't take a picture yet. This latter one is a bday/Christmas present for my mother-in-law. So...yes, I've been spending a lot of time at work and on this silly and sometimes very frustrating hobby of mine.  Between the last time I posted and now, a ton of stuff came out. Seems like everyone is trying to get to air before the end of the year. The problem is there hasn't been another show that has caught my interest... so...while I've been building my little miniature fantasy empire, the thing running in the background are the YouTube short dramas.  Let run through some of the shows that aired... and my first impression of them. The Land of Warriors Of all the season 2 that I was a...

SHUK: This episode was a rollercoaster of emotions, including both squee and disgust. Still, we soldier on to our (hopefully) happy ending. Trotwood: I'm not going to lie, I'm not sure that I would have continued with this show until all the epsiodes were out if I hadn't already read the webcomic and hoped for a good resolution. I kept saying to myself over and over "they can't change the ending, right?" EPISODE 12 We begin this episode with a Ji-won flashback, where she always, even as a kid, worried about her father and the hard work he would do just to keep the two of them with a roof over her head. Yet despite this, Ji-won was still subject to village gossip about her mother. One day after school, she followed him, only to find him following his wife as she cavorted with another man. Poor Ji-won! Poor dad, too. He seems like such a kind man. I'm not saying that the mom should have stayed married to him just because he was kind, but it seems like she di...