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bookmarks:
aphazia TO TRY (strengthsfinder)
HAPPY TIMES (Thank you universe)
TO TRY (Bucket list for the big 3-oh!)
wishlist (bucket list 2014)
Polaris to do (quarantine work and personal to-do)
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1) cooked dishes:

  • deep fried sweet potato balls
  • cabbage pancake
  • strawberry crepe cake
  • kbbq set-up
  • broccoli caserole
  • dill + parsley dip / with egg and avocado salad
  • Humble Chinese eggs and tomatoes
  • homemade pizza

2) cleaned out old paper work "shred party!"

3)added new plants

4)ordered bday flowers for G.

may 5 2020 ∞
apr 3 2021 +
  • Because This is My First Life - Tackles unaffordable housing, patriarchy, misogyny, sexism, underemployment, societal expectations + romance
  • Cheongdamdong Alice- I love this oldie. The chaebol plot is a commentary on social mobility.
  • Diary of a Prosecutor- follows the mundane lives of prosecutors. Realistic and hilarious.
  • Fight My Way- Questions the concept of success, dreams and career. For latebloomers, life curveballs and failure + romance
  • Hot Stove League- a baseball sports drama depicting the power struggle between running a struggling organization and a corporation intent on cutting its losses.
  • Life - follows the struggle between profits and ethics in healthcare.
  • Misaeng - Daily life, nepotism, self-este...
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City Films- themes of urban alienation and loneliness

  • Mee Pok Man (1995)
  • 12 Storeys (1997)

Pop genre with urbane sensibility in films:

  • Fun Bar Karaoke (1997)
  • Transistor Love Story (2001)
  • Last Life in the Universe (2001)

Pen-ek Ratanaruang- his cinema is not bound by national traditions anymore but is directed towards some transnational or cosmopolitan group of people that share certain traits, interests, and attitudes,

may 5 2020 ∞
may 5 2020 +
  • Koi wa Ameagari no You ni- student athlete gets injured, has a crush on her restaurant manager. Reflections on youth, growing up, lost youth. Coming of age
  • Kimi ni Todoke - highschool friendships and romance.
  • Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma- Set in the Victorian Era (more romance than slife of life, still cute.)
  • Barakamon -Artist learning humility and responsibility, connection with community. Coming of age
  • Utakui-liberal interpretation of Japanese poetry and poets
  • Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori-more foodie focused, very calming and relaxing. Set in a traditional style Japanese cafe.
  • Boys Be -Romance.

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apr 3 2021 +
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