K-Drama Review: Master’s Sun

Written by Kidge. I love this show. Enough said really, but where would the fun be in that? If you are looking for a fun, easy to watch rom-com with fantastic chemistry and acting, look no further, you have found what you were looking for. Quick summary:  A woman was in a coma for several years and woke up being able to see ghosts. Said woman meets a wealthy man with a troubled past, who makes the ghosts vanish every time...

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K-Drama Review: Secret

Written by Kidge. This show just recently finished airing, and had me on tenterhooks every week as I cried out for justice and secrets to be revealed. When I say cried out, I mean I was literally yelling at my screen as I bemoaned the evil deeds of characters and wailed that surely all the bad things couldn’t happen to just one person. Needless to say, this show is seriously well worth the effort, with excellent acting and a story...

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K-Drama Review: Good Doctor

Written by Kidge with interruption by Aimes. So I thought I would start reviewing some of the K-dramas that I have watched in the last year. Some are new and some are old. I won’t be giving them a rating, because being a teacher, I have to do enough of that already, and really, feedback is the most important thing. So sorry if that’s what you came looking for, you will instead have to enjoy my reflections on the good, bad and ugly...

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What I like about K-drama Episode 3: The Tropes

Written by Kidge. So this could be a book. As an English teacher, I feel myself noticing certain patterns and character archetypes which turn up in many of the dramas that I have watched. Admittedly, this pertains perhaps most to rom-coms as it is the genre I watch most commonly. Here are a few examples that I love/love to laugh at because they are so overused they have become clichés. Number 1: the Candy. I don’t know who came up...

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Weird and wonderful things that Aussies eat: Vegemite

To those who have not encountered this wonderful condiment, all we can say is, you are missing out. Vegemite is a salty, black spread that most Australians grow up eating, and find it hard to live without when overseas. If you have ever met an Aussie backpacker, you probably saw them whip out a little yellow tube with strange black stuff inside at breakfast time. Ahh, the joys of travel containers. Vegemite was developed by a chemist...

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