#Ae Hee Lee

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In fairy tales and myths, people are warned not to eat from the strange place they've lost themselves in, or they won't be able to leave it. Persephone swallows six pomegranate seeds from the underworld and becomes wedded to Hades forever. In each country I call home, I eat my way into belonging.5

Self Portrait as Daily Sustenance, Ae Hee Lee

5. so often my longing for a kinder world has been a scalded palate, going for another spoonful of soup that won't cool. And yet-

[dk-thrive]

You love better from a distance: a gap the size of wind under a swallow's wing.

— Ae Hee Lee, from "On You Loving" in "Edge of a Time Zone: Two Poems" (Asian American Writers' Workshop, March 8, 2016)

[6peaches]

Ae Hee Lee - Green Card :: Evidence of Adequate Means of Financial Support

I needed money. There’s no poetic way to say this. Even so, when you touched my face, brought my cheeks to the nook of your neck, I burrowed into it— a firefly seeking shelter from winter, far underground. Then,

         you told me there’s no application form that can hold          the entirety of a life, because our days constantly spill like wine.          Imagine that, you said, apricot tones all over the page!

         you told me about your ferns, bejeweled with jade dew,          their coiled fiddleheads full of unfulfilled,          twirling futures, and I forgot about my fixation with earning          people’s respect, among other things for which          I’d been told it was proper to plead          until granted.

         you told me, if immigrants could enrich a country,          you didn’t want to know          our melting point and whether we would shine          brighter than gold.

         you told me how I could stop confusing belonging          with belongings,�� good with  goods, by sharing          the way our hearts continue to beat          resilient, even without an assurance of worth.

         you told me there can be solace in a dead end, in knowing the sea          still collapses, still runs and soars carrying its broken          shells, somewhere out there. And then,

                     you buried a kiss in the dark                      earth of my hair. I believed it all.                      What else could I do?

- Green Card :: Evidence of Adequate Means of Financial Support by Ae Hee Lee

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[text: Let me tell you how I wished for a long, unfractured life: I slurped noodles, threaded needles. But again and again I dreamt I was a series of footprints pressed deep into the earth, covered in snow.]

AE HEE LEE, from "Prelude"

[missedstations]

"(Dis)ambiguation" - Ae Hee Lee

Occasionally an automated e-mail or a person I just met halves my name, addresses me as Dear Ae, not knowing this to also mean Dear Love, * Are these the names they call themselves too, I wonder: Sparrowhawk— Bluethroat— Many times, I've not recognized myself— a fistful of dark feathers caught between a caller's teeth. * At a coffee shop, I introduce myself as Ruth. The cashier scribbles it down on the cup, says, What an American name! about the woman who had become a foreigner for a foreigner.

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Squid Game s2 cast X

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Out-of-context screenshots | A Virtuous Business, Episodes 05-06

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Squid Game (Season 2)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Squid Game (Season 2, 2024, South Korea)

Director & Writer: Hwang Dong Hyuk

Mini-review:

I didn't quite see the need for more Squid Game; despite the somewhat open ending, the first season was a thoroughly satisfying watch. And now, after seeing the new one, my opinion hasn't really changed. The first half is basically a rehash of the concept and themes, with a slowed-down pace to drag the story out into two seasons. On top of that, more than a few of the new characters are ridiculously annoying (and it doesn't help that half of the cast is made up of awful people). That being said, the games remain thrilling and entertaining, easily the best part of this installment. I'm still curious to see how the story ends, and most of my favorite characters managed to survive, so I will be tuning into the final season next year.

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Upcoming Kdrama April 2023 💚

10/4: Paper Moon with Kim Seo Hyung, Lee Chun Hee, Lee Shi Woo. 10 episodes; thriller, mystery, romance. Trailer

12/4: Bora! Deborah with Yoo In Na, Yoon Hyun Min, Joo Sang Wook, Hwang Chan Sung. 14 episodes; rom-com. Trailer

12/4: Stealer: the Treasure Keeper with Joo Won, Lee Joo Woo. 12 episodes; action, mystery, comedy. Trailer

14/4: Queenmaker with Kim Hee Ae, Moon So Ri, Ok Ja Yeon. 12 episodes; political, drama. Trailer

15/4: Doctor Cha with Uhm Jung Hwa, Kim Byung Chul, Min Woo Hyuk. 16 episodes; medical, comedy. Trailer

17/4: Family with Jang Na Ra, Jang Hyuk, Chae Jung An. 12 episodes; action, comedy, thriller. Trailer

26/4: the Good Bad Mother with Lee Do Hyun, Ra Mi Ran, Yoo In Soo, Ahn Eun Jin. 14 episodes; family, life. Trailer

28/4: Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3 with Han Suk Kyu, Ahn Hyo Seop, Lee Sung Kyung. 16 episodes; medical, drama. Trailer

So excited for JangJang couple reunion!!!

Which one are you going to watch? 😆

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90s korean actress fashion

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[2024 year in review ~ W Korea #3]

AUG - Jaehyun (NCT), Karina (aespa)

SEP - Go Min-si, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Hee-ae, Ryu Jun-yeol, Seo Hyun-jin, Ahn Eun-jin, Lee Yoo-mi, Jeon So-ni, Chun Woo-hee

OCT - Hoyong Kim, Han Ji

NOV - Jennie (Blackpink)

DEC - Ever Gabo Anderson, Marina Abramovic

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#GoMinSi, #KooKyoHwan, #KimHyunjoo, #KimHeeae, #RyuJunyeol, #SeoHyunjin, #AhnEunjin, #LeeYumi, #JeonSoni and #ChunWooHee have been selected by Netflix and W Magazine for the Best 10 Performances Special Issue.

[binging-asian-dramas]

Call It Love. 9

Story: 9

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Just Between Lovers (kdrama) ; When the Weather is Fine (kdrama)

Flat out has to be one of the most depressing but romantic melancholy healing kdramas. Male lead’s character is written in the most whump’ness way. Don’t get me wrong female lead’s character is just as whumpy, but oofing ML is dialed up to 💯 No matter the storyline flows excellently despite some questionable editing choices. Gosh knows how many slow motion scenes this drama, if you took a shot every time there was one you’d be drunk by the end of the episode. Despite that everyone did an outstanding job, both leads chemistry was oozing on screen, I mean honestly I’m a bit bias always with Kim Young Kwang dramas. For me there’s never a drama I disliked of his. He always manages to pull off excellent dramas (still standing on that D-Day is top fav) If you love melodramas, this should definitely be a must watch!

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AE HEE LEE, from "Prelude"

[rhys-bae]

11 eps of Queenmaker ™ are all it takes for me to spend days digging all the materials about Kim Hee ae all the way back to 1983-her debut year

Special mentions:

lee young ae (the resemblance!!)

cate blanchett (three sons vs two sons)

lee seung gi (got teased by hee ae not to worry about her driving skills because she got her driving license before he was born lol)

secret affair jtbc (best love story™, please watch)

[somanykdramas]

THE WHIRLWIND

GENRES: Drama, Political Procedural

SUMMARY: One man will stop at nothing to root out corruption in the highest ranks of government, one step at a time.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Phone calls, slush funds, chaebols pulling government strings, safe houses, cliffs, pant suits, comas, traumatic memories, hidden cameras, hidden recorders, press conferences, backstabbing, grave visits, and election tension.

HOT TAKE: I haven't seen this much back-and-forth scheming since watching 'Doctor Prisoner.' Everyone has an answer for every turn against them and they came up with it four steps ago.

Corruption in government is sadly something that we're also living with in the real world. I would say that the only redeeming value to watching something similar to our own news cycle is that here the bad guys get their due punishment, but it does take a whole 12 eps to get to that satisfaction.

Here's hoping we see it too.