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Renovation Day 13

It's day 13 already and today we are doing another side of the false ceiling in the Living room.

Every evening I question myself why did I do that? I could have gone without one. 😖🙈

It is a real battle of wits to get all this done by staying in the same house. You see how work is done and you can see how much workers are slacking and it affects you emotionally as well.

When you are not there and not seeing things, going about your day normally then you are in a good emotional state to let go of things.

On top of that, if you have parents with you and they also question how things are going on, the whole thing gets on your nerves and makes you pull out your already falling hair.

This is the house I am living in nowadays.😩😵

Home Renovation Project during Pandemic!

My Apartment was a complete mess. We neither could store our stuff properly nor live comfortably. We were having frequent arguments. We started exploring our options, either to buy a new apartment or rent a big place. However, after seeing a few options we disregarded both the options and decided to renovate the existing place.

After reaching this decision, the quest started on how to do it? We started talking to our friends and neighbors for references. Within our society, few people were also renovating their homes, so we checked with them.

When we took this decision we didn't know much. We just had the desire that someone fix our place nicely within our budget. Fixing the place means that this place meets our functional requirements and looks good too. This could become a place where we enjoy our day and can do our work comfortably respecting each other's personal boundaries. 

This whole exercise made me realise how many things we accumulate over a period of time. Are they really necessary? Most of our arguments were around the stuff organization. Unknowingly we accumulate so much over the period of time that house seems for things not for people. Lockdown is the reason that we stayed together in a house for so long. I'll keep posting my journey through this project. This whole ordeal making me realized lots of things about myself and the way we have been living our life. Stay Tuned!

My top 15 K-dramas list

It has been more than a year since I got hooked on Korean dramas. I like the happy ending (mostly) and stories are finished in 16-20 episodes. It's difficult to choose out of all the dramas I have watched so far, still picking up a few which I could recall instantly. Here is the list, will share a detailed review of each of them in my next post. 

Happy watching!!!

1. Korean Odyssey(also known as Hwayugi):

2. What's wrong with secretary Kim.

3. Descendants of the sun.

4. Coffee Prince

5. Wok of Love

6. Vagabond

7. Fight for my way

8. Itaewon Class

9. Doctor Stranger

10. Kill Me Heal Me

11. Record of Youth

12. It's okay to not be okay

13. The master's sun

14. Her private life

15. Don't dare to dream

Korean odyssey: One of my first foray into K-Drama

This is one of the earliest drama which I got hooked on. 

We all love fantasy, intrigue, and romance with a little dose of humor. 

It has all that and more.

Recently I read one book and it talked about how our thoughts affect our life. 

Surprisingly what I read, this drama depicts that in a visual sense.

 It's fun to share the principle with kids showing some clips from this drama. 

I would recommend watching this. Another reason to get hooked on K-dramas, 

to again believe the ancient stories of Good vs Evil, positive values, 

and power of thoughts.  

On top of that the most important lesson of life that 

"It shall pass no matter how hard it is now if you just hold up a little."

Things are never black and white. Good can be bad or vice versa. 

Don't judge, just take them as it is in the moment. There is always a grey patch in between. 

A little peek into the very first episode of this drama: Korean Odyssey.

 

 

 

Don't remember when it all started.

I really don't know how and when I started watching Korean serials. No matter when and how but now I am hooked. Initially started watching on the Rakuten website, then moved to the app and now Netflix has so many of them.

When started to watch the first serial, the male actors didn't look good enough, the female characters seemed to be too docile. I lost interest. Later maybe I was too bored and came back to that serial again.

As I keep watching, I liked the stories which completed after 16 or 20 episodes.

Actors who were not appealing initially grows on you as the character develops with the story. It was refreshing from our local serials where the story never ends.

I like them so much that I want to let all of you know about these wonderful modes of entertainment. Watching them is an interesting change, in fact, a very positive one. I want to share the reviews and list of the serials according to mood from my perspective for all of you to pick up the good ones to start. Now after watching so many of them, I picked up the language as well.

See you later! (Daame bayo - Korean)

Look out for different Domains!

At this time of recession people are trying out various different things. In last few days during my interactions with various people,I found couple working in the IT domain are now looking out the alternate careers in entirely different domains. Like I met one IT professional(Female) who is doing a Fashion designing course with her job. I was amazed to hear this. but the point is people are opting for such kind of options to mitigate the risks being husband and wife both working in the same profession.

These kind of courses adds an entirely new dimension to their personalities. Initially they opt this to pursue as a hobby but if one finds its lucrative enough then you can take the opportunity to start your own business also. People finding it initially to beat the stress level. These kind of activities are working as an alternate career options and fun too.