Korean Drama - My Daughter Seo Young

As a K-Drama newbie, I chose to watch this series because of the lead actor Lee Sang Yoon.
He has a very heart-wrenching face, adorable smile and he does act very well.  He has the ability to actually look angry, confused and hurt on screen.

I didn't care much for how they dressed him in this series since this isn't a recent screening.

I get the storyline but I think the script was over done when the protagonist lady kept up her iron-clad appearances when clearly, if it was reality, it wouldn't have been possible really.

K-Dramas remind me that once upon a time, men were like their lead actors....strong and sincere.
Somewhere along the way to the 21st Century, everything took a turn for the worse.  Men behaved like cheap sluts which left very bad tastes on the tongues of most women.  So we get a higher divorce rate and a higher proportion of women who prefer to spend evenings with the K-Drama team and dump the failure of men in society today.  Perhaps it's our (my) way of keeping myself from becoming jaded about reality.

Men these days, don't have words or thoughts that are even worth a penny.  They lost their ability to be honest people just because they believed that once you are born with a sack between your legs, you can do whatever you want and forget about sincerity in the simplicity of life.

Tell a failure of men to do that and they get lazy on you.
Tell a failure of men to not trouble themselves, they get fat and useless.
Tell a failure of men to pick themselves up and do better, they grow pig-headed.

So watch this series because it reminded me that for the 98% of men who are just people in briefs, there is at least 2% out there somewhere, who were brought up well and humbly.  We all need to be reminded that it may well be that every corner we turn has a failure of a male species, but if K-Drama script writers can write about the 2%, then they do exist - perhaps just not where I reside.

THAT's OK.
After too many years of disappointments, I'm now at peace and happy with how things have turned out.  I may have sounded bitter in this post, but I'm not....I'm merely stating a painful fact.

I wake up each day and I look forward to watching the birds flying around my plants for nectar.  I hear them twittering about and it's heaven.

ACER for Mother's Day

This is what my Mother's Day 2017 present looks like.

I do not celebrate calendar occasions simply because people celebrate it.

So, this gift was a surprise.

It was from my son (S).

It all started because I bought an ACER gaming PC for my son, blew off 2k+  !!!
My good ole' DELL was still going strong, but there is a slight graphical lag for a super high graphics game that we play ie FINAL FANTASY XIV and because the 2nd expansion to the game is coming up in June, the DELL had to be retired from gaming.  She runs a NIVIDIA 650 and that's way too 'old', given that the the world is now in the 1000+ series - She has served me so well, and she will have a place in my room, once I clear some space up for her.

So, my son got himself a gaming desktop with a 1060 and I inherited his 900+ series desktop.  All was great until I plugged the TV - the view on screen was terrible......terrible.  I wasn't sure if my eyes went kaput or I was just not used to playing on a wide screen.

BUT as with all things, I moved the TV unit further back and still managed to survive the game play....I always zoom as far out as I can when I'm in game.

My other son (actually my son's ex-schoolmate/best friend), came over the next day, and he was horrified that I was allowing my eyes to go bonkers with the TV.  Apparently, the TV (toshiba) is quite old too....and it's about to meet it's dying day.....and because I wasn't in, the boys decided to buy me a new monitor, make it Mother's Day present, but to make sure I don't bitch, give it to me before the day (since I will not accept gifts or otherwise on that day itself).....and since we are 4 days away, it was their perfect excuse.

So now, I have this beautiful ACER monitor.  Thanks to my sonS.

Funny how I always joked that he's my other son - and now that they are both grown up, they really touch my heart....

We all went out for a lovely late lunch at SHABU SAI.....great to watch boys eat.....they CAN EAT!

It's the acknowledgement of being a 'mom' that touched me most....that two boys could bicker over the awful resolution and come up with a solution they both agreed was best...not for them, but for me.
For the years, moms look after their kids.....we wait for that day, when they are old enough, mature enough to actually be able to say MOM, THIS IS BAD FOR YOU, WE BOUGHT YOU A REPLACEMENT....