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Re: All I want for Christmas… « Result #1 Yesterday at 7:25pm »
You're just the best teacher! Everything I've ever read about Rain's real life has been so appropriate and complimentary. We old ladies have good taste!
Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #2 Yesterday at 6:10pm »
Here is page 2 of her school paper! I think it may be ok like this to read, I tried to copy it all to paint, but it was too large. Thanks for all the help from everyone. I think I may understand how to do this now- but am in no hurry to try again Please try to read this and let me know what you think.........
Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #3 Yesterday at 5:54pm »
Ok-- thanks for all the help! I retried this using Imageshack and posted the first half of my daughter's article. I hope that works, I looked for a way to post it, but couldn't find it. I will try and post the rest of the article in the next post....Hope you enjoy reading it.
Re: All I want for Christmas… « Result #4 Yesterday at 5:04pm »
Oh jkn, I am not a fan of Ninja or Assassin bloody type movies at all. Never saw one. I saw this one strictly because this OLD OLD lady only wanted to see Rain. There, I put it into print. (although I think my own children suspected my motives.) Thanks to GPaul, I have a lovely photo of Rain dressed only in his blue jeans framed and in full view in my house. LOL
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Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #5 Yesterday at 4:57pm »
When you click "reply" to post something on an existing thread, there now is an attachment option right up near the top so that you can attach a file to the reply. So click on "reply"; then click on the "browse" button that's next to the attachment line and you should be able to attach the paper from wherever in your computer you have it saved.
I've never done it, but it seems like it should work. If it doesn't work, then I'm sure knov1 can suggest something.
From Dae Jang-geum: Sun-dol: "Are you trying to dry me up and kill me? Why do you say the same things over and over every day? Rather, come and hit me once! Aigu!" But then: Dr. Lazarus: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan... You shall be avenged."
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Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #7 Yesterday at 2:40pm »
Open the document on your computer to full screen. Make sure the text is legible. Hit the PrtScn button above the Insert button). You can then follow this tutorial for making a screenshot....
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Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #8 Yesterday at 1:48pm »
Is there some way you can do a "save as" on the document (on your computer). Try it. Open the document, and try either "save as" (or "print"--see below). Save it as a PDF if it will allow you. (A PDF is like a photograph.) Then try posting that.
On some systems, you don't "save as" to get a PDF but, rather, you go to the print menu and there's a little dropdown menu that lets you save things as PDFs. (My Mac does this.)
Also, I'll ask knov1 if he has any ideas, he's our big techie guy, not to say nobody else knows anything but, you know, I don't. LOL.
From Dae Jang-geum: Sun-dol: "Are you trying to dry me up and kill me? Why do you say the same things over and over every day? Rather, come and hit me once! Aigu!" But then: Dr. Lazarus: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan... You shall be avenged."
Re: Comment about a past post.......... « Result #9 Yesterday at 1:28pm »
Ok, I need help. I finally got my daghter to email me a copy of her report, but when I went to Imageshack to try and post it, it would not accept the "file type" (rft). Does anyone have any suggestions???? thanks
2. Jumong (tied with Dae Jo Young) The actor who played Jumong was charismatic, Seosono was a terrific heroine, and every episode told a good story. It loses points for the tedious and contrived Yesoya-as-hostage subplot.
I thought the King Kumwa story was the best part of Jumong. His love for Jumong, but inability to punish his own sons for their crimes, and his inability to give up Jumong's mother (was that Yesoya?), made him a really tragic character. I don't normally like tragedy, but his life story was very moving. I liked the Sosuhno story too, with her tribe as travelling merchants. And wasn't her husband the same actor who played Munno? The one thing I didn't like was all the mystical mumbo-jumbo, with the Sorceress being the King's co-ruler.
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6. Seodongyo - As cute and fluffy as its hero and heroine, this show is K-Drama-Lite, but I loved it. I think this is the only show I've watched where the lovers got to be happy together.
Finish watching Dae Jang Geum, and you'll see another. And this is just the kind of drama I like, which focusses not just on a love story, but on the central character's intelligence, in this case, a scientist/engineer, who advances the state of technology in his time. And also, like Dae Jang Geum, the cental character is fearless and notable for his perfect integrity.
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Dae Jang Geum - I've only seen the first 18 episodes so I don't know where this one will fall yet. So far I'd put it in the cute and fluffy category with Seodongyo, entertaining but not compelling.
Dae Jang Geum is by far and away the best K-Drama I've ever seen. Nothing else even comes close. I certainly wouldn't call it cute and fluffy. Jang Geum suffers more than any human should ever have to, but perseveres in spite of it, and still achieves her own happiness. She's the most heroic character I've seen in any drama.
From Dae Jang-geum: Sun-dol: "Are you trying to dry me up and kill me? Why do you say the same things over and over every day? Rather, come and hit me once! Aigu!" But then: Dr. Lazarus: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan... You shall be avenged."
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Re: HELP: Golden Apple « Result #14 Yesterday at 10:09am »
I suppose you could try soompi, but I don't have any idea how to navigate it, and I don't think they are quite ethical. Good luck. Also, I can't get into koreandramas.net right now, but they have a lending library, you might look them up.
From Dae Jang-geum: Sun-dol: "Are you trying to dry me up and kill me? Why do you say the same things over and over every day? Rather, come and hit me once! Aigu!" But then: Dr. Lazarus: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan... You shall be avenged."
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Re: Love and Obsession **SPOILER THREAD** « Result #15 Yesterday at 8:22am »
Love and Obsession – Ep.112 – 117
Janghwa has been taken to a hospital for a mental examination. She’s been sedated, but even so, she suddenly jolts awake (with wires attached to her head, no less). She just rips out the wires, and walks right out the door. Nobody even notices that she’s missing until she’s long-gone.
Janghwa (thinking that SHE’S about to be married to Taeyun) heads for her parents’ home, where she scrounges up her old wedding dress. She shows up in front of Taeyun wearing the dress, and when he rejects her, she has a tantrum, breaks a few things, and then picks up a piece of broken glass and takes a stab at Taeyun, cutting up his arm pretty badly.
So, she’s back in the hospital again. Taeyun tells her parents that she should be committed to a mental institution, but the parents tell him that they’re too broke to afford something like that (which is probably true). Taeyun just walks out on them.
But, Hongryeon shows up at the parents’ house later, and offers them an envelope full of money to help cover Janghwa’s expenses. “That’s it???” exclaims Janghwa’s pig of a father, when he opens the envelope and doesn’t see enough cash inside. Hongryeon tells them that she’s not giving them money because she forgives Janghwa. She’s only giving it to them because she wants to marry Taeyun, and live a happy life.
Nice Guy Suchan even wishes Hongryeon the best. Looks like he’s finally over her – more or less, at least.
*****
Janghwa’s out of the hospital again, and she jumps into a taxi, and heads back to the hospital. But, rather than checking herself in, she heads straight for Princess’ room (who, after all this time, still lies there unconscious). She bluffs her way past the nurse, locks the room door behind her, and yanks the IV from Princess’ arm. And then, she grabs a pillow, and she begins to suffocate her.
She nearly succeeds, as it takes an eternity for hospital security to arrive and unlock the door. Princess seemed to have survived the ordeal okay, and some E-city security people drag Janghwa away to the police station – to face charges of attempted murder.
Taeyun hears what happened, and arrives at the police station, where he slaps Janghwa so hard that she goes crashing down to the floor. He then tells the police that he wants her charged to the fullest extent of the law. But later, Hongryeon urges him to have Janghwa committed to a mental institute instead, and Taeyun reluctantly agrees.
*****
So, Janghwa is committed to the mental hospital, and Hongryeon goes to visit her. But Hongryeon leaves the hospital feeling even worse than when she arrived, as Janghwa – believing now that they’re still high school classmates, warmly greets her as her Best Friend Forever, and cautions her that the principal might find out that they’re ditching class.
Hongryeon is shaken by Janghwa’s behavior, as is her brother (Janghwa’s Boy Toy) who begs Hongryeon to give up on Taeyun, and let Janghwa return to him so she can get better. Hongryeon doesn’t give him an answer.
*****
Park Seokdu is still determined to get his hands on Hongryeon’s $10 million dollar inheritance, and he files to register his family relationship with Hongryeon and Gilran. The counter person at the government office tells him that all he needs is approval from the mother. Otherwise, she tells him, it has to go to court. Seokdu seems ready for that.
*****
Janghwa is back in the mental hospital. She not eating, and seems constantly ill. A medical evaluation is made, and Janghwa is determined to be . . .
FOUR WEEKS PREGNANT (!!!).
The grim news is that Taeyun is probably the father, since it was just four weeks ago (when she was trying to patch things up with Taeyun) that she brought him home in a drunken state, and then jumped into bed with him.
Janghwa’s pig of a father is jumping with excitement over the news. He’s hit the jackpot, he exclaims, as his daughter Janghwa is now carrying the only heir to the E-city fortune!
*****
Hongryeon finally gives her brother an answer (about leaving Taeyun, and letting Janghwa get back together with him). She tells him that after all the things Janghwa’s done to Taeyun (abandoning his mother, and then trying to murder her) there’s no way that Janghwa could ever get back with Taeyun anyway. So, she’s going ahead with the marriage.
*****
The E-city beauty shop owner (Janghwa’s friend) tells Taeyun – on the eve of his marriage – that Janghwa is pregnant. Poor Taeyun doesn’t tell Hongryeon, but he barely sleeps that night. The next morning, Hongryeon notices that he’s not looking too good, but he insists that everything’s fine.
*****
Wedding day! It’s a “simple” wedding – by wealthy people’s standards, at least – and Hongryeon is simply gorgeous as the bride. And things are going well, too . . . right up until they begin exchanging vows . . .
And that’s when Janghwa’s father (dragging a semi-conscious Janghwa behind him) goes storming into the wedding hall, breaking things and demanding that the wedding be stopped, because JANGHWA’S PREGNANT.
Well, that sure put the brakes on the wedding.
The next day, Janghwa’s pig of a father arrives at the E-city food court, strutting around like a rooster, and ridiculing Hongryeon. “The queen is pregnant,” he sneers, “so there’s no need now for the consort.” Nice Guy Suchan (who stops just short of beating him to pieces) drags him away from the food court. But, Pig Dad then heads for Taeyun’s office, where he issues him an ultimatum. He expects him an answer from him on Janghwa’s pregnancy within two days.
And two days later, Taeyun shows at the hospital, where he tells Janghwa parents that he’s giving up all rights to the child. He’s going to start a new life, he says, and though he’ll pay for the child’s education, he will do nothing more for it.
This wasn’t expected, and it must have been tough for a father to disown his own child. And it gets even tougher for Taeyun, when the mentally imbalanced Janghwa (in a tizzy because Taeyun didn’t come to visit) starts bleeding. Taeyun gets the news, and tells the hospital not to call him any more. But, even though he’s being the tough guy, this is something that’s obviously bearing down hard on him.
***** At the hospital, Janghwa’s drunken father (furious that Taeyun has disowned Janghwa’s unborn child) is going about breaking things in Janghwa’s hospital room. And when Janghwa’s mother tries to calm him, he starts beating her up. It only stops when Janghwa takes a big bite from his arm.
*****
Park Seokdu pays Hongryeon a visit, accompanied by two lawyers. He’s filed suit against Hongryeon for parental rights. The smug attorneys sneer that they have a “99.99% chance” of winning.
As if Hongryeon didn’t have enough problems . . .
*****
Janghwa’s mental decline continues. She’s now “biting people and drooling,” says her mother. So, the psychiatrist at the mental hospital had Janghwa draw some pictures.
The pictures (looking to be about 3rd grade level) were analyzed by the psychiatrist, and he concluded that Janghwa had a painful teenaged life. Her drawings showed her father (wearing devil’s horns!) beating up her mother, and the teenaged Janghwa - who hid during the beatings - seems to be blaming herself for not protecting her mom. The bright sun in the sky, says the psychiatrist, represents Taeyun, the savior who rescued her from that house. And now that Janghwa has lost her savior, she is in shock because she’s been forced to reunite with her parents.
The psychiatrist suggests that the parents won’t be of much help in healing Janghwa, because she doesn’t trust them. The only person she trusts is Taeyun. He’s the only person who can really help her.
Janghwa’s father goes again to Taeyun, apologizing (apparently sincerely) and begging him to help Janghwa. Taeyun tells him to leave . . . but he seems to be wearing down.
*****
Hongryeon tells Taeyun that she understands the pain he’s experiencing. She gave up her whole life for Gilran, she tells him, so she understands how difficult it must be for him to disown his own child. And she tells him that, so long as he wants her there, she’ll be by his side, no matter what. So, whatever he decides about Janghwa’s baby, she assures him that she’ll be there to support him.
Gongmi (Hongryeon’s heavyset friend) tells her that she must have been crazy to suggest such a thing.
Taeyun finally chooses to visit Janghwa, and Hongryeon (coincidentally) decides to visit her as well. Neither knows that the other is visiting. Taeyun arrives first, and Janghwa’s beauty shop friend asks him to follow her. Janghwa is getting an ultrasound done, and he has a chance to see the unborn baby on the ultrasound screen. But Taeyun – right there in the room with Janghwa – refuses to even take a look. But the doctor says just listen: you can hear the baby’s heartbeat. And Taeyun can’t help but listen.
And we see that Hongryeon is just outside the room, and hearing everything that is being said . . .
***** Subplots:
It’s finally dawning on wannabe actor husband that his middle-aged Cougar might have lied to him. But, she settles him down by assuring him that she’ll change his life.
Gongmi fills out divorce papers, and presents them to her wannabe actor husband. She says she’s already signed them, so he can sign and submit them if he wants. Hubby is shocked that she’s offering a divorce – but heck, he’s living at the Cougar’s apartment. What did he expect??
Junghae is determined to cure Hyunggu of his impotence, and she spends an entire day hiking in the mountains, looking for some mysterious black mushrooms that are supposed to offer a cure. She returns from the hike sore and wounded – but she came back with the mushrooms!
Re: New MBC historical drama 'Queen Sundeok' « Result #17 Yesterday at 7:50am »
Well, here's how I'd rank the historicals I've seen. I loved just about all of them, so I ranked them by their negatives.
1. Queen Seonduk. Like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.
2. Jumong (tied with Dae Jo Young) The actor who played Jumong was charismatic, Seosono was a terrific heroine, and every episode told a good story. It loses points for the tedious and contrived Yesoya-as-hostage subplot.
2. Dae Jo Young - Because of its length the plot had its ups and downs, but what other show had so many watchable, memorable, entertaining characters, and who can resist DJY's soulful eyes?
4. Age of Warriors - I didn't start watching this one until 70 or so episodes in, so I guess I missed the best bad guys. Vastly entertaining even without them, and I'm still mourning for Kyung Dae Seung.
5. Yi Soon Shin - If the writers had concentrated on YSS and his men, this might have been number 1. But there was too much padding with tedious subplots and political intrigue. Still, my heart raced every time I heard someone yell, Paamporaaaaah!
6. Seodongyo - As cute and fluffy as its hero and heroine, this show is K-Drama-Lite, but I loved it. I think this is the only show I've watched where the lovers got to be happy together
7. Emperor of the Sea - It started off really well, but degenerated after they all moved back to Shilla. I never "got" the love story, and the ending was awful.
8. Great King Sejong - Bland and disappointing, even with an appealing title character. It was merely OK.
Iron Empress (no rating) - I'm going to be harsh here. I stopped watching this at around Episode 20. The only interesting character, Psycho-King, died early on, the women seem to be always yelling instead of acting, the characters' hair styles and make-up look like a Manga, and the lead men look pudgy and going to seed (not surprising, since all the good-looking men seem to be down in Shilla).
Dae Jang Geum - I've only seen the first 18 episodes so I don't know where this one will fall yet. So far I'd put it in the cute and fluffy category with Seodongyo, entertaining but not compelling.
Hangul being used in Indonesia « Result #18 on Dec 28, 2009, 7:18pm »
Reporting from Seoul - South Korea, known for high-tech exports such as cars and cellphones, is sending a new product abroad: its alphabet.
A tribe on a remote Indonesian island, in danger of losing its culture because it has no written language, recently designated Korean Hangul as its official alphabet.
"Of Indonesia's 700 local languages, most lack a writing system," said Chun Tai-hyun, vice president of the Hunminjeongeum Society, an academic research group that studies how to promulgate Hangul.
A nine-member delegation of the Cia-Cia tribe arrived in Seoul last week to visit the homeland of their adopted script. The tribe, which numbers 60,000 people, is centered in Bau-Bau, a town on Buton Island off southeastern Sulawesi.
"I am very elated being in South Korea," Fitriana, a 16-year-old high school student, said at a news conference, reading Korean letters on a placard in front of journalists. Like many Indonesians, Fitriana goes by one name.
Cia-Cia primary and high school students now enjoy a weekly Hangul lesson, officials say. Most catch on quickly. (more at link)
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Re: All I want for Christmas… « Result #20 on Dec 28, 2009, 4:11pm »
If you guys want to have a get-together, you're welcome to use our place again. We don't have cable or dish, but we do have DVD and VHS capabilities if we want play something, stereo sound and a pretty big screen.
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