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Drama Inspired Recipe: Korean Style Corndogs

Drama Inspired Recipe: Korean Style Corndogs

I’ve been watching the Korean sports drama Run on on Netflix. In episode 3 of the series, Mi Joo eats a delicious looking corndog. The corn dog that she was weating looks different from the American ones I’m used to seeing. After some research, I discovered the difference and I wanted to try it out myself. I decided that I will attempt to make the Korean style corn dog. Korean Style…

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2020 Year in Review

Time to take a quick look at how this year went on the blog

Time for the 2020 review! What should have been an inspiring and great year on the blog turned into a desertion. In one of my impulsive tempest, I had almost got rid it altogether. I ended up losing some articles and then had to replace them again. The amount of dedication I administered here on the blog was minimum. I told myself last year, I would do better. Yet, I only did worst. At a…

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Drama Review: Love Lasts Forever

Drama Review: Love Lasts Forever

Love Lasts Forever (also known as An Incurable Case of Love and Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomademo) is a 2020 Japanese drama that is based on a manga with same name (Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomademo).

Genre: Romantic Comedy, drama Episodes: 10, 45 minutes each

Summary

Love Lasts Forever starts with 18 year old Nanase Sakura who met Dr. Kairi Tendo when she visited Tokyo for a class fieldtrip as a…

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June/July Feedback Survey

I have been in a mood. I have lost all motivation to work on this blog. I think the Corona Virus has a lot to do with it.

So earlier today, I was working on an assignment for class (I’m working on a Master’s Degree). The assignment consists of creating a Google Doc Form and I’m suddenly inspired. An hour or so later, I am here on my blog creating a feedback survey for readers. Please if you…

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Book Movie List: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Book Movie List: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

In the book To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, the author mentions a few movies. I’ve decided to write more about them, mainly for my own curiosity.

Fight Club

Source

In the book, when Lara Jean and Peter were deciding upon some rules for their contract relationship. Peter mentions Fight Club. Lara Jean had never heard of it and so he decided that they’ll watch it sometime.

Fight…

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Kamayan Feast

After watching Crazy Beautiful You, there was a short scene of food on giant banana leaves being eaten with hands. As I learn about cultures, I had to know more about this practice and the history behind it. I learned that it is called Kamayan. I wanted to create my own Kamayan and so I did. In the time of Coronavirus, I made a hand-fed feast.

Here’s the short clip from the movie.

To…

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Holiday Traditions: Easter

I haven’t written much about holidays here on the blog. I planned to write more this year and I have been seriously writing less. So now with a little more extra time on my hands, I will try to write more frequently. The first holiday I’ll write about is Easter. Easter is originally the day to celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It has also become a somewhat secular celebration…

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Crazy Beautiful You Movie Review

Crazy Beautiful Youis a 2015 Philippine romantic comedy movie. I was browsing through Netflix when I decided to watch it.

Genre: Romantic comedy, drama Length: 1h55m Directed by: Mae Cruz-Alviar Produced by: Chari Santos-Concio and Malov N. Santos

Summary

Jackie, a rebellious teen, gets in trouble (again). After her parents discuss it, her mom signs her up to help volunteer for a…

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Kilig: The Feeling of Romance

Imagine. You are walking with your friends around town about to visit a new restaurant. Suddenly someone walking by catches your eye. Your heart stops. You hold your breath. You get butterflies in your stomach. The other person smiles at you without breaking eye contact. You pass each other, smiling at each other–it’s like you both share a secret no one else knows. Once gone, you can breathe…

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Monthly Adventure: Explore Photography

In the movie Crazy Beautiful You, the female lead was interested in photography. She spent most of the movie photographer different things and eventually progressed in her skills and abilities. Eventually it lead her to have an exhibition of her work.

Thoughts on Photography

It seems like, alongside running, photography has become a popular past time here in the United States. I personally…

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Crash Landing On You Episode 4 Recap

Crash Landing On You Episode 4 Recap

I will be writing weekly episode recaps about Crash Landing on You (or trying to). Recaps are typically uninspiring. If I want an episode play-by-play, I can watch the show. This is a disclaimer: There will be spoilers, be prepared. If you would like to start from the beginning of the series, go here.

Five Things That Happened This Episode

Trip Postponed

Se Ri works on Captain Ri’s…

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2019 Year in Review

2019 Year in Review

2019 was a year of minimal articles here at Metta Cultura. I’ve had many ideas to write about, but not the energy nor the time to write them. You may see several back posts added later because my ideas will haunt me. In 2018 I had written twice as many articles than I did in 2019. This years views and visitors stayed consistent with last year. I had 21,000 views from 14,000 visitors again. Thank…

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Switched Drama Review

Switched is a 2018 Netflix Japanese science fiction drama. Its themes are centered around suicide and self-love.

Genre: Drama, science fiction, thriller Episodes: 6 (33-44 minutes)

Synopsis

Zenko Umine commits suicide in from of the person she envies, Ayumi Kohinata. Ayumi passes out and when she wakes up, she realizes that she now is in the body of Umine. She now has to…

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Drama Inspired Recipe: Red Bean Bun aka Anpan

Drama Inspired Recipe: Red Bean Bun aka Anpan

It has been a while since I’ve written. Life has certainly gotten the best of me. So I’m going to try my best to write more frequently, but we shall see. I made red bean bun aka anpan. It was inspired by the Japanese drama Switched.

The character Umine had eaten red bean bun for breakfast regularly. It was store bought, but it still looked delicious. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to…

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Learning About Culture: Jinn Season 1

Learning About Culture: Jinn Season 1

Jinn is a 2019 Nexflix Jordanian drama. As far as culture goes, this drama doesn’t have very many things.

Nabateans

In the drama, the class took a trip to visit the Petra. There was a guide that discussed the Nabateans. The Nabateans were continually mentioned throughout the drama. I have never heard about them beforehand and so I had to find out more.

The Nabateans were nomadic…

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Jinn Season 1 Drama Review

Jinn Season 1 Drama Review

Jinn is a 2019 Netflix Jordanian supernatural teen drama. Its release was followed by a lot of controversy.

Genre: supernatural, thriller, teen, fantasy Episodes: 5, 30-45 minutes each

Synopsis

A group of high school students go on a field trip to visit the ancient city of Petra, where the jinn live. When a student is bullied, he unexpectedly releases a jinn which leads to the death…

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Netflix Drama Jinn and the Outrage over Mira

Netflix Drama Jinn and the Outrage over Mira

This article is my attempt to understand the outrage that is directed toward the character Mira from the Netflix original drama Jinn. I could be completely wrong or not, but this is what I think.

So I’ve spent a lot of time watching Asian dramas. They are extremely conservative. The characters seems happy if holding hands is the only physical intimacy that they share. But let’s discuss Mischie…