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YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH KOREAN DRAMAS


I'm not one to make new year resolutions; I mean we mostly stick to them for like three months then drop them to go back to old habits with the cycle repeating itself the following year. Sounds familiar? 


Anyway, for 2020 I decided to be more intentional about living, nothing ambitious. More coffee shop visits and reading, take the swimming lessons I've been postponing, go on more trips with my friends. Simply, take life easy; after all, we are not getting out of here alive. 


Then COVID19 happened. As a nurse I haven’t had the luxury of being under a lockdown to work from home. Neither have I experienced the level of boredom others complain of. Granted, I cannot step out during my off duty days to go about life like I would have. All the same I do have a new routine now. 


I’ve picked up going for evening walks with my friends Agnes and Julia where we cover a distance of 5km to 7km. With this, we’ve seen more of our enclave in the last three months than I've done in the last four years of living in my neighbourhood. 


One lesson I’ve learned with COVID19 is that I can never have enough Korean/Chinese dramas! I have felt all the emotional rollercoaster of watching some of my favourite characters; Ye Hua and Bai Qian from Ten Miles of Peach Blossom falling in love and experiencing the pain of separation. 


I cried when Su Su (Bai Qian) jumped off the Zhuxian terrace, cheered when Ye Hua realized Su Su was alive and was actually the high goddess Bai Qian. Yoon Se-Ri finding love in North Korea. And Park Bo-Gum’s sweet romance with hotel heiress Cha Soo-Hyun in Encounter. I could go on.


I've also discovered that despite the times we live in, people remain kind. Last Sunday night after work my car decided to have an attitude, like all cars do when they smell you have a few cedis on you to spare. It threatened to leave me almost halfway home but thankfully I arrived home safely. 


The following Monday morning as I was contemplating on whether to pick an Uber or to go with good old trotro I heard my neighbour drive out of his house. My mom stopped him just in time so I could hitch a ride with him. 


He was to drop me at Achimota yet he drove me all the way to work! Such kindness. This is one of many acts of kindness I have been shown the past few months. 


For more acts of kindness, you should watch Prison Playbook. It is totally daebak! As we Koreans like to say *wink*.

 

Corona Feelings by Yve (Auntie Nurse)


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  1. Ann22 July 2020 at 08:59

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  2. Ann22 July 2020 at 09:02

    Kindness surely goes a long way in these times.

    And yeah, as the pandemic rages the best one can do is to live in the moment and indulge in the little things that brings them happiness.

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    1. Esallyn22 July 2020 at 10:58

      The little things count. A bit of kindness here and there and then the world is happy.

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    2. Bogusgirl22 July 2020 at 11:09

      Absolutely

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  3. Mawutor22 July 2020 at 12:55

    It doesn’t hurt to watch them twice either

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  4. Yawa22 July 2020 at 19:29

    Will give a shot..

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