Little Forest (2018) Movie Review + Thoughts

I stumbled upon a post on instagram about this movie, and spontaneously asked my best friend to watch it with me online despite living at the opposite side of the world.

In fact, I’ve been eyeing and putting my nose in this movie for the longest time, because I am an admirer of Kim Tae-Ri, her choices of the project are always remarkable, not in the sense of those resulting in blockbuster-kind of success, but there is always this profound, bittersweet trails of the projects she has chosen.

My thoughts:

Hye-Won is a burnt-out college graduate, who stumbled past her dream of becoming a teacher. Eventually, she came back to her quaint little town that she’s been sickly wanting to escape in the past. Through her point of view, we get to experience her dwelling from initially wanting to just stay downtown for a few days, which stretched until the change of seasons and ultimately spending a whole year there.

I think all of us could relate to her at some point. Especially if we are living far away from home, in the vibrant and hectic busy life in the city, to pursue our studies, dreams and works. It took a lot of effort and sacrifices to finally fly out from the cozy nestle, brushing against the cold and harsh wind to get where we are now. But sometimes, there are times we got weary from trying to survive all the time, to be on the fly-and-fight mode each day, that the thought of ‘maybe it would be better if we’re at home now’ would come across.

Though Hye-Won left everything behind and came back to ‘square-one’, her story afterwards doesn’t dance in a sombre tone, but also not in a hopeful manner like other mainstream stories that turn it into superficial-forced feelings, but rather, it is the feeling of comfort that is found back when she revisited her root. That’s what I appreciate a lot from the movie. Oftentimes, in this cliche-coming-home trope, the protagonist would encounter a series of existential storms delving into episodes of disappointments and regrets. However, her story did not take us down that road, but rather let us float along the natural flow without having the need to slide through the bumpy emotional wave crashes foremostly. 

I guess this raw, real, unsuperficial sentiment struck deep inside my heart. Because it felt too real. I think that is the beauty of this movie, how it can make you resonate deeply, but not in an ‘artificial’ way that makes such extreme tugs in your inside, but rather, it is just as if a random stranger unexpectedly handing you a cup of hot tea on a cold snowy day. It is not something huge or extravagant, but that simple act of kindness just warms your heart and leaves a smile on your face.

 I think that’s what this movie is like for me.

Food and Souls

We perceive food as an essential (which is ofc the truth), but also a sort of enjoyment. However, for homemade cook, it’s profoundly connecting us emotionally to the warmth and love, whether it is the homemade food made by our mother, grandmother, or even ourselves. Knowing that the meal is made intentionally for our own appetite, not someone else's, there’s so much sincerity in it. 

Hae-Won told her best friend she came back to the town because she’s hungry.

“Instant food didn’t fill me up. I meant it when I said I came back because I’m hungry.”

When you live in a big city away from your loved ones and have the need to cater to your own self, you eventually realise the privilege of having food made by your loved ones. When you are struggling to make the ends meet, eating a nice simple meal is a huge privilege. Living in a huge city, it’s easy to get dragged by the hustling, fast-paced culture of modern society. To put it in an uglier sense, it feels like you’re living as a rat. It took so much energy and time to care for making your own meal as it feels like you’ll be losing the time to run to catch something else. Hence, it is the truth when Hae-Won said she’s coming back because of hunger. The hunger for warmth, nutritious, intentionally-made food and the satisfaction from slowing down and made time to care for your body and soul.  

A significant portrayal made in the movie is the stark differences between her life in Seoul and in her hometown. In Seoul, the scenes are pictured in a dim, darker and still mode. Whilst in her hometown, we can feel the bursts of sunshine, cosiness, and amiability radiating from the nature. This signifies how tough life is in the city, and it keeps draining her more and more.

“In nature, there is no hurry, everything happens at its own pace.”

Japonoshophy (Review of Little Forest movie - Japanosophy)

What Lee Jae-Ha Said

“Keeping yourself busy like that won’t solve your problems.”

I felt this to the core. I would say keeping myself busy is my best coping mechanism after indulging in heart-rending reading and show-watching. However, life is life. You can’t shut your eyes and pretend them as imperceptible. Howbeit, I wouldn’t say confronting every single problem is a wise choice either. There are distinguishments between difficulties, troubles, problems, crises and concerns. There are degrees of urgency and worthiness in facing it. But from this quote, it’s evident that some things are just inevitable. They shouldn’t be kept away for so long, as the untreated wound will be pungent and become uglier if left for so long. A problem could trigger others to arise, which will eventually bite us back wholly in the end. 

Face your fear and the reality, even if it seems daunting- a note to myself. 

I didn’t think much when watching the movie, it just gives me momentary peace of mind amidst the havoc of my life now. However, by writing this, more thoughts and reflections come streaming, wandering in my mind as if a person just turn on the faucet and left it unattended. I guess I like this movie much more now than before. 

So, if you are someone who feels a bit dreaded of this life, give it a shot, it might land in your heart.

*all gifs are credited to various tumblr accounts!

Law School Episode 12 Thoughts!!!

Hello everyone!

Few weeks ago, I've finished this one drama JTBC Law School. I am not a fan of legal drama as I find myself always getting lost in the process of it, my mind is too slow to catch up the fast-pace storyline of legal dramas. I've watched some before, but never particularly being too much invested into it. This is the very first legal drama that my mind actually enjoy! Though the main premise is about revealing the truth of the murder of Professor Seo Byung Ju, I would say that wasn't the main focus of this drama. One by one, the story unravel the truth and secrets of each of the students (that epic squad), each of them have their own backstory and goals they want to achieve. And coincidentally, all are related to Prof Seo Byung Ju. His death was the trigger of the further action taken by the students.

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I've written a rant on this one episode that literally keeps me on the edge of my sit the whole hour, and let me ponder upon it for a long time;

SPOILER ALERT (Episode 12) !!!

1. Power manipulation over law 

As we can see, that scumbag Assemblyman Ko diverted all the media attention to Bad Fama Case. He garnered all his resources to sweep his son's case under the rag. It disgusted me to see the law OBEYED down to his power even though law supposed to possess the authority power above everything. This reflects the sickening situation in our world where the law only protects those who have the power, and instead, did injustice to the poor citizens. It was utterly satisfying to see Professor Attorney Yang to go against the odd and won the trial without any dirty tactics, instead just sticking to the facts and logic. As usual, I am the most invested during Professor Yang's courtroom/lecture session. The fact he got to pull back the audiences judgement from getting swayed by the crafted story of the prosecutors, to stick to the fact and logic reasoning amazed me. Also, I love how the juries leaned to Professor Yang's explanation of ''beyond reasonable doubt'' by the end of the trial, which pretty much explains his internal skills in lecturing criminal law in a simpler form even for those who have the slightest knowledge of the legal terms! 

This reminds me to a famous saying: 

''If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself''. 

- Albert Einstein 

I can't wait for Assemblyman Ko AND his son to get pushed down the hill of destruction and shame. Gosh knows what disaster could be with the existence of those kind of monsters in our society, even worse when possessing the POWER above citizens' life!

2. Professor's Yang Undivided Attention Towards His Students

As we all know. He is notorious popular as the 'Killer Lecturer' aka Yangcrates. Yup as in Yang (His Last/Family name) + Socrates, the notable Greek Philosopher. Though torturing students the most mentally is what they see of him, but deep inside, he actually have a great attention and care towards his own students. And obviously he won't say it out aloud nor admit it.

He would be the epitome of  "Action speak louder than words."

   Though he is cornered in the corner because of his trial, he still came out and volunteered to be Ye-Seul's lawyer when no lawyer dare to represent her in afraid of Jerk Ko. His decision of requesting a jury trial was a double-edge sword decision, but we all know he would never take a risk without having an incredible plan in the back of his mind. 

   I think the most emotional scene was when he 'resigned' as her lawyer, because 'his client herself is not defending herself'. He turned the situation into lecturer-student interrogation situation just like in his usual lecturers, driving Ye-Seul into objectively study her own case. Though it was mentally cruel, but it was the last strike needed for Ye-Seul to make her own breakthrough and save herself. 

Which brings me to the last discussion;

3. Ye-Seul Defying The Victim-Blaming Projection

Since the start of the accident, she's been apologizing to that jerk ex of her as she still believes that it was her fault. The people on his side has been keeping her on edge by manipulating her into thinking she committed a fatal crime and responsible for life. But after Professor Yang turned the trial into his 'lecture' session in which they are 'studying' Ye-Seul's case, he let Ye-Seul to break through her situation and see herself objectively from a third-point-of view.

   You know that we tend to give advice or a way out to others easily, but not to ourselves when we are in a freaking same situation? It's because we are trapped in our own jumble of feelings and judgements, clouded by these internal and external factors that impeded us from helping our own self from the disasters.

   I think Professor Yang's way of leading her to see her own self from the third eyes help her to think more rationally and not be apologetic to whatever guilts she had before. And this was the scene that leaves me in awe. And makes me realize how easy it is for people to set us in this cage of self-blaming, projecting all the blames to the 'self-prisoner' in the cage, rather than extending a hand to help.

   I'm really glad that in the end, Ye-Seul managed to stand on her own feet, defending her own self without needing to depend on the others. The writer is so brilliant to make the event turn this way. It's even more impactful than letting Professor Yang giving out logic arguments that could turn the trial over in a second, finishing it all by once. Insted, the writer-nim let Ye-Seul to shine and hold the ultimate power. I think this scene was so gripping and emotional, and I hope this will inspire the poor souls who are in the same situation of her to stand up and defy all the resistance. 

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Updates:

The last time I wrote this was on August 2021, and now it is the end of August 2022! I got tired of writing halfway because of the spiralling emotions inside me that is hard to explain by writing which got me frustrated because I was unable to convey my entire feelings and thoughts! ANyWay, after almost a year I came back to this draft that has been hiding in my blog for a year, and I think, it is actually already completed? I actually just need to refine a lil bit and just click the PUBLISH button. Being a perfectionist, it doesn't really baffle me why I left this when it was already 90% completed lol. But I think this is still worth it to be read by people, so.... here we go!

Please share me your thoughts too on this drama <3 I would love to read them! 

*pict courtesy of Pinterest

Hospital Playlist Season 1 Review (2020)

THIS. DRAMA. IS. A. MASTERPIECE

I wasn’t expecting that I would love the drama this much. Actually I’m not a fan of medical drama before, but since I watched Romantic Dr. Teacher Kim S1 and S2 earlier this year, I become obsessed! And to my surprise, this drama is really one of a kind among ALL dramas that existed.
 I was curious about this drama because of Shin Won-Ho PD, he’s well-known for The Reply Series which I love. I always remember the warmth from Reply 1988 that I watched few years ago. Even though I’m quite sad that there’s only one episode per week, but I have a huge RESPECT to Shin PD because he tried to make a new change to korean drama production, which would not tire the life out of the crew productions, giving the best show while maintaining the quality and the welfare of those involved in the productions :’ It never crossed my mind how hectic and overworked the staffs are to produce 2 episodes per week (especially during this pandemic). I really hope this will make a good start and example for k-drama (and other) productions to take care of all staffs too! Oh and anyway, if you do the math of the duration of all 12 episodes, it would be less and more equivalent to the 16 episodes of regular kdramas, as one episode is approximately 1.25 – 1.5 hours . So we are not actually losing a lot from this 'new system'.

At first, many people weren’t sure if this drama going to success or not since it’s a ‘non-linear’ drama, no main plot or ‘problem’ that drives the story. But turns out this drama gets the recognition it deserves by both Korean and international audience! This drama is really a fresh story to our frantic life. As usual, Shin PD-nim took the risk to create such a ‘normal’ plotline with a lot of characters. I was quite reluctant to watch it at first, but I trust Shin PD and Lee chakkanim’s vision of drama and proceed watching it as soon as the first episode is released.




There are a lot of things that makes me love this drama so much. The main reason is because the characters. The ’99 squads; Chae Song-Hwa, Lee Ik-Joon, Ahn Jeong-Won, Kim Jun-Wan and Yang Seok-Hyeong as the main stars have their own distinctive and subtle traits and charms that attracted the audience. I love every single one of them. Even though they have different personality; Song-Hwa the wise all-rounded perfect human-being, Ik-Joon the happy virus and party leader, Jeong-Won the pure and kind one, Jun-Wan the grumpy strict yet mature and righteous, and Seok-Hyeong the introvert yet attentive and cute, they really make a perfect squad! All the characters are really lovable and relatable. This drama is very different from other dramas because the storyline isn’t just revolving around the 5 leads, but we get to see the glimpse of other characters’ life and it was done very subtly and smoothly that I don’t feel overwhelmed at all to focus on several characters. The fact that we get to see different side of the story makes me feel more attached to other characters as well! I can relate much to some of their stories and it really makes me feel warm in my heart.

There are some characters that I would like to mention;

- Jang Gyeo-Wool

-          My first impression of her wasn’t that great. The first scene of her was when she being blunt and straightforward in telling the patient’s mother that she could’ve save her child earlier if she do the CPR, but was confronted by Jeong-Won, him telling her that a doctor shouldn’t just straightly stating the fact without consideration beforehand, especially when it involves to the patient’s life. JGW immediately realize her mistake and make up for it. Even though she’s a very cold and blunt person, she learnt her mistake quickly and become more sensitive towards other. I really enjoyed seeing her character progress throughout the drama. I also love that she didn’t give a damn of what other thinks of her, she just being herself all time but open to personal growth. And of course, it was Jeong-Won who became the main protagonist in melting Gyeo-Wool cold and rigid heart *winkwink.

- Do Jae Hak

-          Awwhhh I really love his character. He’s soooo precious!! At first he seemed like the kind of person who’s very careless, sloppy, and could not do anything right. But turns our he has such a big and lovely heart. His interaction with Professor Jun Wan never fail to make me laugh and feeling warm. If I could make a simple metaphor, Jae Hak is the water and Jun Wan is the fire. Although their personality totally clashed together, but they really compliment each other. Jae Hak’s huge compassion is really really heartwarming. He’s really sensitive when it comes to other feelings and actions. One scene that strucked my heart was when he was at the lowest point of his doctor life after getting trouble with fussy patient along with getting scammed for the money he and his wife saved for years, he still have the will to move forward and not succumb to the sadness any longer. It was already hard for him to even be a doctor, the fact that it took him years to pass medical school. He said that even though he’s lacking a lot in term of ‘living decently’, the only thing he’s good at is working and studying hard, so he shall stand with it till the end. His determination and strong-will is very admirable WE NEED TO PROTECC HIM AT ALL COST!!! I’m really sure he’ll be a good doctor in the future <3

- Chu Min Ha

-          I didn’t pay attention at her at first, but as time goes, I grow fonder of her character. I love how she’s straightforward and very hardworking. Although she is fast to complaining and venting her anger, she’s very considerate of others and honest with her own feeling. She endured the hardships very well and determined to do a great job. I’m wishing her well for her relationship with Seok-Hyeong, they really suit each other well  <3

Love Line Story

The love line of the story is very well executed. I was not expecting that there’ll be one since it is not the main theme of the drama and of course, it’s not the main driver of the story. But I’m very glad that it’s also included as it gives me the pleasure of fangirling for each episode! What I love about it that it was done very subtly and realistically, not forcing the love-line to us viewers all at one.

 Lemme fangirl for every love-line story here;

-        1.   The first one would be The ‘Dove’ couple, Jun-Wan and Ik-Sun. Though their love story escalated fast in the beginning, but it didn’t slow down my excitement towards them. I love how mature and understanding their relationship is. Though Jun-Wan is a rigid person, he’s very understanding towards Ik-Sun as he cherished her very much. Ik-Sun at the other hand never failed to amaze Jun-Wan (and me), I can totally understand why he’s attracted at her! One thing I learned from them is that; COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY! Also, I think the chill-outgoing personality really does runs in her family lol. I really stan her with her brother they’re very hilarious together. I can’t wait to see what’ll Ik-Jun say about their relationship later (even though deep down I’m pretty sure he already knows that because EXCUSE ME? Ik-Jun is the most fast-witted character that ever exist there). The ending of ep 12 was sad though, I hope there wouldn’t be turbulence in their relationship ☹ Jun-Wan has sacrificed a lot to let her be happy in her own way :’)

-          2. Min-Ha and her brave love for Seok-Hyeong is very admirable. It started off with Min-Ha’s prejudice and one side judgement towards Seok-Hyeong, which later blooms to an admiration and respect. I love how their love story line is portrayed subtly yet surely, their progression is very cute. Not sure if it’s going to work out in the end, considering how complicated it would be by the moment Min-Ha knows the intricated side of his family. Seok-Hyeong draws a distinct line between them from the very beginning till the end, but I’m sure he did that because he cared much for her that he didn’t want her bubbly and lively self to get involved with his life messiness :’ Ahhhh Seok-Hyeong is so considerate and attentive I’m really rooting his happiness with Min-Ha <3

-          3. Ik-Joon and Song-Hwa’s pure love. I wasn’t expecting Song-Hwa’s love story to be with one of the guy of 99’ liners, but I’m relieved that we get a huge hint between her and Ik-Joon, and their relationship is actually that becomes the most anticipated story for season 2! Knowing Shin PD’s style of giving vague hints and confusion especially for love story, he totally caught us unguarded at first, though some of us speculated of them at few first episode ( also with Jun-Wan), but it was merely speculation because we didn’t get visible hint earlier. Deep down, I’m sure that Song-Hwa also have a deep feeling towards Ik-Jun, at least some kind of crush in their med school life. And they are really perfect together, I love how Ik-Joon only show his vulnerable side towards Song-Hwa, and always end up looking for her by the end of the day as if that’s what he’s anticipating the most when finishing his work. But even so, their story is going to be really complicated. They are already in safe zone of close friendship for about 20 years, it’s not easy to cross the line and evolve to a relationship, especially that they both already got history together before, new commitments and works. But I really hope their relationship will work out in the end :’ I mean, boy Ik-Joon has been suppressing his feelings for freaking 20 years for the sake of friendship because of his big heart!! We need a happy ending for him, and of course, U-Ju needs to get a new ‘real’ mom this time to grow up with lots of loves and affections <3

-         4.  And lastly, our main end-game of the drama, Jeong Won and Gyeo-Wool, or our precious ‘Winter Garden’ Couple! <3 Oh my I’m fangirling them very very much!! I love how innocent Gyeo-Wool’s love towards Jeong Won. Their scenes together always gives me a butterflies in stomach, even if it was a simple gesture of their eyes-lock during the surgery scene. I love how Gyeo-Wool didn’t give up till the end, even though it seems like there’s no hope anymore to stop him from becoming a priest. I think most of us can relate to her one sided unrequited love :’ But even so, she didn’t waver and still be honest with her feelings. Jeong Won in the other hand, he totally drew a clear line since the very beginning (that makes my heart ache for Gyeo-Wool), didn’t give any visible hints and keeps denying his feeling. But welp in the end we knew that Gyeo-Wool has always been deep in his heart asjsfskjwkjfipwfn. I love how their love story is not forced just because of the viewers demands. We know that he’s always been wanting to be a priest, not wanting to leave his dreams despite his mother’s clear opposition ( I can understand how devastated Mama Rosa would’ve felt when all of her children becoming a priest and not having a family of their own:’) ). But in the end, he realised that he’s always been loving his work. He’s the best example of a good and virtous doctor out there, especially that the fact that medical field is seriously lacking of paediatrician. In the two last episodes, we can see how his determination to be a priest waver, and we’re shown of multiple scenes of his pure passion for taking care of others as a doctor, and adding to his great affection towards Gyeo-Wool that become the ‘trigger’ for him to stay at Yulje Medical Center <3 I totally enjoyed and fangirl this slow burn romance very much, looking forward to see the cute side of them later in season 2 dknfoknfonwdpkwn. And of course, HUGE THANKS TO Ik-Jun for representing us as the cupid for their relationship!!! I LUV YOU IK-JUN!!!!  I’m sure Ik-Jun will be a proud father knowing that it turns out well in the end xD I can imagine him teasing Jeong Won forever HAHAHAHHAHA . Can’t wait when for it :p *smirk.

 

Special mention;

Mama Rosa and Jong-Su everlasting friendship!! They’re veryyyyyy adorable and playful together even though they’re already at old age. At first, I thought Jong-Su and Ju Jeon are another ‘greedy’ men of power wanting to overtake the hospital after the death of the hospital’s director, but turns out that they’re very virtuous and responsible. I love every single scene of Mama Rosa and Jong-Su, especially the bickering part asdhsfindkd! One of my favourite scenes was when they’re looking for her car in the hospital parking lot, only for her to remember that she actually took a taxi to the hospital lolol. And how in the end they just got dumbfounded and laugh out of loud together, realizing that they’ve gone old and slowly forgetting things easily :’) Ahh I really wanna spend my old days happily and joyfully like them :’) <3 I stan their friendship very much. I do hope Jong-Su will find serene in his old days just like how Mama Rosa successfully prevent Jeong Won to be a priest, and getting a new daughter in law too!! :3 <3

 

The Ost (s)

I love all the soundtracks and their band performance. Every single songs in this drama has this nostalgia feelings that makes me wanted to reminisce the old time (that I don’t actually have lolol I’m gonna play the playlist again in 20 years later). Each song tugs my heart and makes me feel very happy and warmed. The beats, the lyrics, and the vibe just light up my mood everytime.

My favourite OSTs are;

-         -   Introduce Me a Good Person by Joy

-         -  Gather My Tears by Whee In

-         -  Beyond the Rainbow Forest by Park Hyu Jin

And my favourite Mido and Parasol  performances are;

-         -  Aloha by Cool (Seok-Hyeong is so cuteee!! now I feel like going to noraebang with my crackhead friends too)

-          - Oh! What a Shiny Night by Crying Nut (the end is so funny sksksks)

-        -   Confession is Not Flashy by Lee Seung Hwan (we know who you’re singing to Jeong Won ;p)

-          - With All My Tears by Seo Ji Won ( this is very heartbreaking ☹ )

 

Last Note

What I would like to highlight the most from the drama is how relatable the story is to a lot of us. Sometimes, we forget that we are actually the main hero of our story just because we don’t have this ‘life-turning’ or grand bombastic event in our life. This drama depicted that despite everyone leading a different path of life, having different professions, works and commitments, we are all just human in the end. We all suffer, cry, and laugh together at some point of life. Even though there’s no main plot/catalyst in the story, it was the characters who drove the story. This drama didn’t require all of our attention for its plot, rather, just letting us to immerse and enjoy the very mundane daily life of people of hospital and the patients. The side story of the patients always hit me hard in my heart. I always thought hospital as a scary place where people being bedridden sick and dying, but this gives me another view of hospital, rather now, I see hope and compassion of people at the hospital. There are a lot of scenes that makes me cried, and also makes me grinning alone and laugh like a mad girl alone. The interaction between the patients, the doctors and other medical staffs really warmed my heart. This makes me appreciate doctors and all involved in medical field more, because each one of them will always be doing their best in treating the patients and wishing for their health and happiness <3

By the end of each episodes, with the particular drum beats that gives us reassurance and perfect closure feelings, I always have this warm feelings in my whole heart and mind. This drama makes me wonder a lot and I learnt a lot about ‘life’ in every episode. All the characters’ story resonate very well for me that I’ve grown TOO attached with their life. I felt like as if they all exist in real life. Watching this story makes me want to work very hard to reach my dream, but also to enjoy every single moment in my life with big heart and mind. And of course, finding some wholesome squad like the 99’ers! I really hope that I’ll get to do things I’m really passionate with later, and surrounded by kind and wholesome people just like them all <3

What I’m looking forward for Season 2;

-          -  Ik-Jun and Song-Hwa’s relationship

-          - Winter Garden CUTE MOMENTS

-          - Whatdeheck seok-hyung’s ex-wife want appearing again in his life

-          - The truth behind the returned packaged of Jun Wan’s gift to Ik-Sun

-          - Why Jeong Won always has a headache (I hope it’s nothing serious if not I’m gonna cry he is about to have a happy life with his loved one skciowdoiwdnfo)

-          - Chi-Hong’s development to be a better doctor, becoming a new and responsible chief and moving on from Song-Hwa HAHAHAHAH ( I never ship them :p )

-          - Mama Rosa and Ik-Jun’s reaction to Winter Garden couple

-          - Jae Hak getting happy moment (oh dear he suffered a lot already)

-          - Yoon Bok and Hong Do ‘s characters development

-          - U-ju and his cuteness!!!

-          - MORE AND MORE BAND PERFORMANCE TOGETHER!!! (hopefully they’ll get to perform publicly in the hospital and showcase their talent!)

I find myself rewatching back few scenes from this drama, watching the FMVs, Mido and Parasol’s performances, and real doctor reviews of this drama after it ended. Can’t wait for season 2!! I have a lot more to write (especially the 5 crackheads) but I’m going to save it for season 2 review skdnncsdnnw.

Thank you for reading my long fangirling and ranting post <3 Have a nice day ! 😊

Love,

heba

(8:40 a.m, 15^th June 2020)

till, we meet again in season 2! <3

*PSSS Extra Wholesome GIFs of Andrea cause asdkasjkadkwof <3

(all GIFs and pictures are from google image and tumblr, credit to the rightful owner)

WEEK 21 & 22 Life Update / Watchlist '20

WEEK 21 & 22 Life Update / Watchlist ‘20

Assalamualaikum and hye! This is the second post for weekly life update, well not exactly weekly since I combined 2 weeks into one because I just don’t feel like posting for the last week.

Anyway, May is like the starting point of my 2020, yep it took me 5 months to finally ‘start’ my life lol. And that’s on me doing things I’ve been wanting to do, finally designing my days to fit my comforts and mood. I’ve been enjoying life lately, for finally putting off the unknown pressure that’s been haunting my head since forever. It’s nice to finally have the moment for myself without thinking about a lot of thing.

Life Update

1.      Y O U T U B E

Finally after struggling for approximately 6 months, I finally edit and post my SPM vlog on my youtube channe! I must say, for me personally, doing something requires my ‘mood’ and motivation entirely. I used to think that I have so little time in my hand to do these things. But, looking back, I managed to post a few videos on my Youtube during my hectice senior year, even a few days before SPM. And that’s kinda crazy to consider my packed school schedule. After SPM, I straight out trim and arranged my vlogging clips for the entire year, that could be considered finishing half of the video. But suddenly, my motivation just gone afterwards. I thought that, ‘ ah maybe I need to rest a lil bit more and enjoy the freedom, wait till I got the entire time for myself to edit this ‘.  And woops, I took the rest till months lol. I was scared that I might not even post it at all! But suddenly, after the whole penpalling stuffs going on, and me finally posting an unplanned video, I finally get ‘THAT’ feeling back. ‘THAT’ feeling that I’ve been waiting since forever. I managed to edit the video in just a few days although it was really complicated and long (for me). I’m grateful that finally I’m getting my life together lol.

*Psss- a new short vlog upcoming!

2.      R E A D I N G

Guess who’s finally outta reading slump?? I’m reading The Infernal Devices trilogy and TOTALLY IN LOVE! I dislike TMI so I wasn’t really putting any expectation for TID (though seeing people fangirling Will Herondale makes me curious about him). And I’m not regretting reading it at all. I still have one book left to read and not ready yet for it. Though I’m planning to read the book choice by my summer reading club, Educated by Tara Westover. I also trying to slowly write reviews for books I read from the beginning of the year, both at Instagram and Goodreads.

3.      E I D  //  R A Y A

A different eid, a different experiences, one to be remembered forever. I wish to write more, but I’ll save it for another blog post *wink.  Hope you’re having a wonderful raya !

Watchlist

1.      A Piece Of Your Mind  (TVN)

I downloaded this drama when it first aired, but wasn’t really attracted to watch it. But now that I’m out of kdrama supplies, I read the reviews and it seems like the type of drama I would like. Give it a try and, I LOVE IT. The warmth, coziness, soundtracks, cinematography and all ARE EVERYTHING <3 Ya know I have a thing for cinematography and instrumental scores. I’m on episode 5 and loving it for now. Though sadly the drama is cut into 12 episodes (initially 16 eps), I’m expecting the plotline is going to be rushed and might be some things unsettled at the end :’( Nevertheless, my eyes has been blessed by the aesthetic of the drama <3

2.      Hospital Playlist (Netflix / TVN)

Oh oh my. I just finished it a few hours ago and I STILL CAN’T MOVE ON!!!! This drama is a gem! It’s just perfect and very realistic. The warmth and ‘realness’ from the characters and the story makes me experiencing raw feelings of human relationships. I can’t emphasize how much I love all the characters there, even the minor one. All of them are so real and distinct in their own ways. I might write a full review on this beautiful show :’) My writings won’t be sufficient to project how beautiful is it but I need to share my views on this drama with all of you , good things are meant to be shared <3 Anyway, this drama crept to my top 3 kdrama list, and it really deserves that. (well I have quite a standard for kdrama :p)

Thank you for reading my non-important life updates. Nothing really new, but I just wanted to document my life progress in my blog, even though when it’s just like another normal days; just binge-watching and reading books. But I’m trying to find ‘beauty’ and joy in what I’m doing, keeping track of them in a very chill-laid back way so that I could read them back in the future. Hope you’re having an amazing days! Farewell May, Hello June <3