one winter night

it's all about life

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2521; A Fencing and Life

It's really hyped everywhere. Not just in South Korea, but also internationally; Twenty Five Twenty One, a Korean drama staring Nam Joohyuk and Kim Taeri, about youth, struggle, dream, and love. It's indeed a worth to hyped drama.

I started to watch this ongoing, as same as it was airing in Korea. I initially didn't know what this drama about, but who want to skip a Nam Joohyuk and Kim Taeri itself? I obviously didn't.

The first episode made me fell in love into the drama directly. Wow-ing and curious about the next happen after Na Heedo move to the new school and her further relationship with Baek Yijin. A Na Heedo itself potrayed as spirit school athlete who wouldn't give her dream up. She did everything for fencing. Including the weirdest and the extrem way.

Besides that, Baek Yijin, in my opinion, was a real potrait of what-happen-after-bankcrupt family. Everything was smooth when he was young, but monetary crisis in 1998 take that 'everything' from him. Not just being desperate of the situation, he wake up and try everything for continueing his life.

The one that I remember; not living your dream also okay. It doesn't mean you always have to live your dream. You just need to still alive.

Baek Yijin also said that success does not like a slope, it's not always go up. It's like a ledder, one step, one step, one step. You will feel like you don't make many change, many movement, but in fact, you always make a progress. Just don't give up.

I really teared up upon Na Heedo progress everyweek I watch. It related me who was on struggling also, that day. I feel like wanna hug her and say, it's okay, Na Heedo, let's do our best for achieve our dream. Also with her growth relationship with Baek Yijin, a one-two similiar with me. I impressed by all over this drama, including their friendship with Jiwoong, Seungwan, and the one and only rival, Ko Yurim.

It really stress me in the first episode, abstract conflict between Heedo and Yurim, a so-called olympian and newbie conflict, which reflect many aspect nowadays in another sport that I follow. From this and that episodes, I learn a lot from them. I can say confidently that this was my healing drama. I recommend it to you all.

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The Real Neo Culture : NCT

From the previous post, I have introduced NCT but haven’t tell why they really fit that ‘Neo’ things. Here we go, why NCT really really called Neo.

Neo is also another word of new. So basically, this NCT stands for something new in this K-pop industry. Besides NCT is a group from the former hallyu kpop wave, SM Entertainment, which we commonly know that they always make something out of the box, but NCT literally out of the box it self.

1. NCT Members known as SM Rookies members before debuted as NCT. They were all trainee in SM Entertainment. SM Ent. share their SM Rookies activities before they debut. Here we can see another trainee beside NCT, like Seulgi  and Irene from Red Velvet, and another trainee who didn’t even debut in NCT like Hansol.

2. The first track released for NCT debuted was 7th sense which all idol knows that this is one of the hardest choreography. Once you heard this track, it sounds weird but stick on your mind. Everyone admit it. It is weird but fresh, a slow motion look like but actually there’re no repeated part on the dance. You have to follow the rhythm slowly but carefully. It’s really a new concept for a track. The one that never you find before.

Here I attack the MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGMDJ9kZCA

3. The world ‘culture’ in their name really represent their self. Why? Because ya, they will be their representative of their country and will always bring their culture. For examples, you can distinguish between Korean culture and Chinese culture when you see NCT 127 vs WayV. And 127 will always bring Korean culture while WayV always bring Chinese culture. I think you will be know when you see all of them. Really, that ‘culture’ thing really happened. 

Besides that, this NCT also have their own culture. Like, every year they will add new members, in every two years, there will be a party for all of NCT, so all of NCT will gather and do a big project. Like, you know, 23 of them gather. It’s a huge fan party! And NCT it self have 5 generation in their group. First, 2016 which is NCT U 7th sense, 7 NCT 127, and 7 Dream, then 2017 Johnny add up, 2018 Jungwoo, Lucas, Kun added, 2019 Xiaojun, Hendery, Yangyang join WayV together, and 2020 Shotaro Sungchan join NCT 2020. And we all belief that 2021 NCT will make a new sub-unit for fix group and add up Shotaro and Sungchan there. It’s all their culture!

4. The word 'Technology' represent a new movement. In 2020, SM Ent. hold a new virtual concert with AI based. Although we know that the first one that use it isn't NCT but SuperM, I think the word Technology still represent them because their story really represent technology. You can check their concept of past and future, ether, and neo. Their name suit them well.

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A Brief Knowledge about Neo : NCT

We have been introduced to an unlimited but graduate base group like AKB48 since 2005. But have you ever heard about boys version of AKB48 but without graduate system? Yes, here we go, the first ever K-pop group from SM Entertainment have such a unique concept, NCT.

What NCT stand for? Firstly I really doubt when someone said that NCT means Neo Culture Technology like what? really? Why a Korean group named so serious like that 'technology' and 'culture' thing? Why there's culture and technology stand besides? Why?

Oh oke now I know [insert Doyoung line from From Home]

It's all because they really neo! They really do that culture and technology thing. Why? Here we go.

NCT is the first K-pop group with this concept. The member will always be added every year. Limitless member. They all divided into some sub-unit with the different concept and different base! Different base? Ya! There is NCT based in Seoul, and there is NCT based in China [named WayV] and will be any other country also. And there is NCT originally applied graduate system based on their age.

Sounds weird and confusing? Sorry, sorry. Let me make it simple.

1. NCT debuted with sub-unit NCT U on April 2016. NCT U stands for unity means every NCT member can be NCT U member based on the concept and who fit the track. NCT U debuted with title track "7the Sense" with the member Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, and Mark. So this NCT sub-unit doesn't have fix member.

2. NCT 127 (one-two-seven or il-i-cil in Korean) debuted on July 2016. 127 is a longitude number for Seoul city means that NCT 127 started from Seoul and will be expand to the world like their slogan "To the world, here is NCT". NCT 127 is a fix group. Debuted with the title track "Fire Truck" originally with 7 members consist of Taeil, Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Winwin, Mark, and Haechan. Taeyong is the leader. On the early of 2017, Doyoung and Johnny has announced that they would be debuted as well with NCT 127 also and join the comeback. On 2018, Jungwoo has announced to be 10th member of NCT 127 and join the comeback on Regular-Irregular era. On the end of 2018, Winwin announced that he would be inactive in NCT 127 due to his debut on the new another NCT group. So, NCT 127 has 10 members in total and have 4 mini albums and 2 full albums.

3. The lovely maknae (youngest) group, NCT DREAM. This subunit originally have graduate system. NCT DREAM debuted on 24the August 2016. The member consist of Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung. All the members were minor when they debuted. This subunit made to be a representative of teenagers who can reach their dream even they haven't adult. On December 2018, Mark graduated from NCT Dream due to his age has reached adult age in Korean (20 y.o. Korean). But in April 2020, SM Entertainment announced that NCT Dream will not have graduate system anymore and Mark will be back to NCT Dream that make everyone cry for a reason! Mark is back! 7Dream is back!

4. WayV. This NCT subunit have different name, lightstick, fans name, and another different in the world but still share same braincells with the neos! Here it is WayV. WayV stand for WheisenV, it is a C-pop. WayV debuted in China and do their business based in China but actually they live in Korea. They debuted on 17th January 2019 with Regular track China version. WayV consist of Kun, Ten, Winwin, Lucas, Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang. They all Chinese except Ten who is Thai but have Chinese blood also. They naturally a global group because they at least can speak 3 language, and for Ten and Yangyang, they can speak 5 language. What a super!

5. Two new added member because nct2020 happened. They are Shotaro and Sungchan. They debuted on project nct2020. Shotaro debuted with Make A Wish track and Sungchan debuted with 90s Love track. These two will be added or formed new group. Let's see what will happen this year.

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A Letter for Chenle

Chenle ya, I might not know you as well as you know your self. I just being someone from another world, another different scents, and every-another in this world. First I know you suddenly when I looked at nct daily youtube channel and I found your chenji content in Shanghai. At that time, you caught my eyes. You're such a brave boy, I think. "Whoa, who's this no-fear boy? Is he always excited like this? Is he always brave like this?" And of course I also look at jisung like "it's me. I on my fear of everything. Hahahaha".

Even I haven't hear your voice before, I just curious about you. And I start to look at your another chenji content, then your vlive content, and the rest, I fell into a vlive while you sang puzzle piece. There, that time, was the time I falling into your voice.

I again start to know you more. Watching your vlive, checking your weibo update, and watching your content in nct daily. Don't worry, I am an university student, one of the best university in my country, majoring in engineering and yes, I am a girl. Don't think that I just look at you and ignore all my assignment. No! Instead, I start thinking to pursue my graduate degree and looking for much money hahaha because ya, I look at you, you're younger one year from me and you've work hard and pursue your dream. Why I can't? I have to work hard also, right?

Let's work hard together, Zhong Chenle :)

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Youth and Dream

I am currently watching Record of Youth. Just in one episode, I was crying silently but deeply. I was lying on my bed watching this on my phone, staring at the way Hyejun father get angry with him just because he wanna reach his dream. I feel like it just not Sa Hyejun problem here, but it’s mainly youth problem nowadays. We, as a 20s persons, being dilemma between idealist with a consistent principle or being realistic with the real problem faced. 

We have dream, right. We have one. But not always we have support system. We have support system, right, but we don’t know what thing that we wanna do. Or badly, we don’t have both. It’s rare to have support system with healthy relationship even a Haehyo who have his mother doing everything for him still feeling uncomfortable with the way his mother treat him. 

It is also me who sometimes cry just because one of my plan getting ruined by miscellaneous thing. And I believe, it just not me, it’s us. One of the biggest gap of pursuing dream between Haehyo and Hyejun is about privilege. When you become Haehyo, unconsciously it’s easier to reach your dream. But it doesn’t mean always easier. Some people may get harder because of their family background, for example, if someone from an educational family and his parents are professors. Not every educational family give permission their children for doing entertaining. Fortunately, Haehyo family doesn’t. They keep supporting Haehyo even in the wrong way.

When you become Hyejun, from a standard income family, being realistic with a stable job sometimes better than still pursuing your dream. Money can pay your bills but your dream not always can. You don’t have connection, you don’t have many followers in your social media, but you have big spirit for still pursue your dream position. Ya, at least you have the last one. But I’m really into Hyejun. I mean, what’s wrong with our dream? It makes us happy. It makes us life. So, in spite of all our problems, it’s worth to do! I encourage you all to pursue your dream.

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Did you all recognize that our gong myung being cute just before and after getting kiss?

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Gong myung always give his best to sera. He treat sera sweetly. When he surrender to buy Sera meat, helping Sera for her election, even offer his self to be Sera secretary while we know he always back to home at 6 p.m. He does so much thing to Sera and Sera deserve it.

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A Reveal

From episode 11 of this Was it Love, I just wanna adore this episode. All Aejeong and Daeo pain pondering. Daeo tears touched me so hard. He sounds like have so much pain for this 14 years never know that he have a child. He did. His tears when he confess all to Aejeong, to Aejeong eomma also. He specialized for this role, right? When he ripped all his book, when he said that it's not true, it isn't the fact, he really sounds like his world change suddenly. It is.

Basically, I get so much frustrated back 10 episodes before because of my curiosity of Hanee father. I don't expect it would be revealed this fast. First I think it would be the end game for the last episode. But it revealed so beautiful, with some tears, also.

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Did We Love Each Other? : An Introduce

This one drama give me its best impression for the teaser from her daughter perspective. At the beginning, I think it would be comedy one drama for hunting the daughter’s father, but after watching for several episodes, yes, it would be a warm-hearted drama with a comedy inside. What I was telling is a drama named Was It Love? or  우리, 사랑했을까?

I give my adore to the one No Aejeong for her struggle to be the best mother and the best father for Hanee, her daughter. Hanee such a strong girl with no fear inside her but in fact, she really wanna know about her father. From a 14 years old Hanee, we learn about to be strong despite of thing that we never had but almost everyone have. 

The one that I like also about how Aejeong still have big willingness to pursue her dream. She do it from the first step and reach her goal. To be accountant first, and to be production director then.

Of course it will not only tell about Aejeong and Hanee, but also about past Aejeong, 14 years ago, and her love story. From this 14 number, we know it would be related Hanee and who’s actually her father? This question really frustrating. 

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A Representative Mawon-gu Section: Goo Sera

I'm on my on-going Korean drama, Into The Ring/Memorials/The Ballot. Ya, it has so much title but more popular with Into The Ring one. The conflict come from Goo Sera, a spirit young women who always cheer up and never give up although she like drinking so much. She does everything that makes money including being a Representative from Mawon-gu, a district in Seoul.

In the beginning, no one believe her decision to join Mawon-gu election except her best friend, Hanbi, who owned a cafe comic book. Sera do amount of work but no one last long. She gets so much unfair treatment from her colleagues, but still, she will not give up looking for new job. At the end, Woo Young, also her best friend with Hanbi, and Ja Ryeong, the little boy babysitting by her also support her choice to be Mawon-gu Representative.

One day, she met her old best friend, Gong Myung in Mawon-gu Administrative Building. In the beginning, she doesn’t acknowledge him due to his last name isn’t the one Sera recognize. Something coming up after Sera struggle for her elective and finally she recognize Gong Myung as her old best friend back in elementary school.

One of the thing that getting my attention so much is when both Sera and Gongmyung sometimes meet up accidentally, such as at drugstore, food mart, and even in the way to back to home. Their meeting represent of their destiny.

I like how they both supportive each other and how mature they are as couple. This romance comedy drama with politics slice inside never get me cringe because of their love story. Sera is a badass one but have big spirit to do ALL, including being a sales for vegetable juice.

This drama come to end next week and I am pretty sure I will be missed this goo sera from Mawon-gu

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Hana

Hana in Korean is ‘one’. This one is my first post. This account I made for remembering story in a drama, Korean, Chinese, even Japanese one. For me, every drama have their own story. A warm story to be remembered. Let’s hype together!