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Katsuragi
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I am going to this drama that go me soooo hooked. Hidden Love is available on Netflix. What made me love this series are these three characters: Sang Zhi, Duan Jiaxu, and Sang Yan.
It follows the life of Sang Zhi (#Zhao Lusi) and Duan Jiaxu (Chen Zhe Yuan). Sang Zhi has always have a childhood crush on Jiaxu ever since she was young because of his gentle personality. However, Jiaxu sees her as a little sister when they first meet each other as a 14-year-old girl. Her feelings let to her first heartbreak. Their situation and relationship will change as she moved to college in Yihe and they have no one to rely on but themselves. They always got entangled in each other which brought the two closer.
I told more details in the episode so if you're curious to know make sure to listen. I'll also talk about the brother-sister dynamic, brewing bromance, and their straightforward personalities that made me love this series to pieces! It's just so refreshing to watch as it carefully tackles a sensitive social issue that comes along with their age gap and circumstance.
Today, I am going to give my insights to the Chinese drama Falling Before Fireworks. This story follows the encounter of Siqing (loan manager) and Jing Chen (craftsman).
In this episode, I will talk about:
- The synopsis of the drama on the perspective of Siqing and Jing Chen.
- A bit of spoilers
- My verdict if you should watch it
I watched the series in iQIYI, but this is a VIP drama so you will need to subscribe. I do not know where to watch this completely free but do share
In almost an hour long episode, I will be sharing a lot of my inner thoughts. This is almost 5 years in the making. I realized that my social anxiety was getting in the way of my own personal growth. I was scared to make another step toward my goal to become independent and start my goals because I thought of people's ideas on me and my plans.
Two things that I ask myself now in making big decisions and also some of my social interactions:
- Will this contribute to my personal goal positively?
- Will this hurt another person?
The second question is still thinking about other people, yes. However, this is a huge difference against thinking "how the people around me think of what I'm about to do?". Now, it is just a proper social awareness to consider that you have no intentions of hurting anyone and that it generally is still within the social norms and morality. Ha ha!
If you want to understand these better, listen to today's episode as I talk to you about how awkward I was and how I literally tried to become detached. The moments that it just donned on me that I can't be like that anymore. I want to be a highly functional person in this society. I need to change.
I hope this gives you comfort that you are not alone. There is another person out there, struggling and also continuously fighting.
It is not often that we talk to the game streamers about the things they do outside playing games. We are joined in today's podcast, one of the voice actors of Sarada Uchiha, Lexelle. She is a streamer of League of Legends and various horror games with over 3,000 followers in a span of almost 2 years.
In this episode, we will get to hear more of her talent and her career in the voice acting industry. This is the first time she shared these details about her voice acting talent and you are going to be pleasantly surprise about how much you didn't know about this woman.
We will get to know more about the streamer #BehindTheMicrophone of HeyItsLexelle. Furthermore, we talked about:
- Voice acting career
- Her first voice impression
- Her best and most difficult voice impressions
- How she learned about her voice talent and what she does to enhance her skill
- Her future plans to pursue being a voice actor
- Five surprise questions from Katsuragi
- Five questions from the live audience
HeyItsLexelle's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HeyItsLexelle
Listen and watch her do:
Game announcer voices: https://fb.watch/h9ypZwao1g/
Male League of Legends Voice Impressions: https://www.facebook.com/HeyItsLexelle/videos/347104237275929
League of Legends Voice Impressions: https://www.facebook.com/HeyItsLexelle/posts/1103529583509860
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Were you told "kakalaro mo yan" at least one instance in your life as a child and a young adolescent? Non-gamer adults tend to perceive the video games as a notorious activity that puts people in an unlikely circumstance. What is it in games that gamers enjoy and non-gamers do not appreciate?
In this episode, we are going to tackle one of the most common stereotypes of the video games- violence. I am with another guest who will share us his experiences as a child, what brought him to the gaming world, made him quit and returned him.
This is a live podcast episode, so we also got a change to hear thoughts of the live audience about gaming; talking about the good and the ugly.
I want to know your insights about this as well, so make sure to check out Spotify's Poll and Q&A to share ideas to get a change to be featured in our next episode.
This is the first time I'll be having guests over in my podcast. To make it even more exciting, this is pretty much impromptu. Our guest is learning a new language and I am confident to say that her reasons though as funny as it sounds resonates to a blot of us who become fans of a certain show. We are no different. Is it amusing how there can be several languages that we can learn and history of its origins can be as rich as the others.
In this episode, we will just talk about it lightly with a bit of a comedic story and realization at the end. Tune in for a facepalming experience told!
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After weeks, I am here to give another thoughts for archiving. I was browsing my phone the passed days and I've come across a photo saying, "People don't always need validation, often times, they simply want consideration - that they were listened to. That maybe, just maybe, their thoughts might be of value".
I saved this in December 2019 without much thought how this can be of use for me 'till this day. I am surprised that as much as I forgot that this was saved in my phone, this is the whole point of my creating a podcast channel. I talk my thoughts aloud in the four corners of my room and I manage to realize a lot more things than when I am just thinking it. Funny how our senses work, right?
Hello everyone! I am glad I was able to gather my thought again today because I've been a mess lately. Every single day has been a new challenge of my character and principles. I was in the verge of actually letting go of myself and be a karma. After some weighing of things I value, it was not worth losing myself. My mental and emotional stability are the most important thing right now.
Sometimes, we are deep in our thoughts thinking how unfortunate we are, how we are in the darkest period of our lives. But when you ask yourself, would you rather be here or there? If you'd rather be here, then you would probably feel better hearing this episode.
Episode 0
I created this series to help myself see clearly. Our problems and difficulties are like sand dusts that clouds the vision to our destination. We focus on getting read of the itch in our eyes instead of stepping forward to and away from the debris. I am in probably the most difficult part of my life right now where I only see the dust clouding up. I forgot where I want to go and I forgot all the joys around me. I fake a smile and a laughter so nobody notices the itch in my eyes. Nobody notices the allergies developing on my skin because I'm allergic to dust.
I realized in the passed few days that a lot of people, even those who I thought was living a comfortable life, are suffering from depression and anxiety. The way they described how it came about was also as vague as I can describe my insides. It is beyond the human words and understanding to explicitly curate our circumstances to others. So nobody can truly help you through thoughtful conversations unless you accept and validate your emotions. Don't be the first one to think that you have no right because of some other stuff.
This is a series for everyone and our healing journey. No toxic positivism just recognizing the painful situation and getting out of it.
I am not a risk taker but this is something I need to learn to survive. All I know is I'm depressed but I don't want to stay the same for the rest of my life. So I've been fighting against myself and throw myself out of my comfort zone.
First podcast episode for 2022! Find out what my thoughts are about the book. I have read chapters 16-45 live and these are uploaded in my YT channel Sakurako Katsuragi.
I give you the rundown of 10 chapters. If you want to hear the story out of the book, listen in my live Read with me in YT. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLInHCryVKJ1I0XSrvGkZHkWg1Ao-OsIDw
This story is escalating in betrayal. Jason had actively gone to a quest for the golden fleece but it was no easy task. No easy that if it were not for the Medea, he would never succeed. She seemed to have done everything for him but why did they end up in misery after a victory?
Quickly touching chapters 9 to 15. Stacey's life is complicated because of the mysteries revolving her nightmares. She and her mom's relationship is also not the best but they're working on it. She just can't find support in terms of her weird nightmares with her mom. Drea is not ready for another ghost hunting and creepy encounters. Stacey is not treating Chad the best. It seems like they are busy with their own lives. The email sender is still unknown.
A new Netflix series from South Korea. Released in Sept 17, 2021, the thriller series is gaining worldwide attention because of an interesting plot. 456 people at the edge of the salvation from the real world is gathered in one unknown place to play a children's game. They are all seemingly helpless and is in dire need of money, they are promised a huge sum if they win 6 games. At first, they are clueless of what was at stake in every game and when they found out, they all are all caught in utter shock. Our main characters, Gihun met an old friend, Sangwoo, and they made new friends while playing. But how strong are these friendships compared to their need of winning that prize money on top of their heads? Find out and watch it on Netflix!
My scatterbrain decided that I want to talk tonight so I did. Chatting about the problem from the last episode and discovering Laurie Faria Stolarz, the author of White is for Magic, has instagram. Ang lastly, I finally thought of continuing my long forgotten novel.
In this episode, we're trying out a new format. I'm not reading the book but just explaining what happened in the chapter. Stacey's encounter in the boiler room is about to be unveiled through a mysterious email sender. Who is this? Will she meet up with a complete stranger? Too many people is getting involved in the mystery except Drea. She does not want to do anything with it because of pst traumatic incident. Discord link: https://discord.gg/vH5f3rKzkU
In this episode, we have heard that Stacey can actually see premonitions of someone close to her dying. It happened a few times but she was only able to save Drea out of the three. Maura and Veronica were murdered and killed because she was hesitant and tried to ignore the nightmares. If you're having nightmares of someone's death, what would you do?
Quite a scary imagery in this episode. Just a trigger warning for those who's not into it. Stacey seems to be going through a lot and these things from the past are bugging her now for some inexplicable reasons. Back-to-back nightmares. Maura, Veronica, who are these people hunting her?
Trese is released in June 10, 2021 in Netflix. The komiks is written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo while the animated series is produced by Jay Oliva, BASE Ent. Tanya Yuson, Shanty Harmayn. The series revolves around Alexandra Trese who is the successor of the Trese to protect the humanity and keep the balance of the wprld of human and supernatural beings as a healer-warrior. In this episode, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the cinematography, characters, audio, dubbing and overall. I must admit I have quite a bias because I am Filipino and it just hits different when you can relate to the environment and stereotypes instantly.
Warning: Contains Spoilers so don't listen if you haven't watch yet. In this episode, we're talking about the scenes in the movie, Train to Busan. The moral of this story, why it is not for people who are emotionally weak. It's literally one heck of a ride! (To Busan)
Covered a few things I find hilarious thinking it's asian when I thought it was every normal bejng is doing. One is counting the days in the month using our knuckles. Ofcourse, I can't forget about the rice diet. Other stuff, find out in this episode!
It's been weeks, everyone! It is my fault but all other things factored in to make it difficult for me to publish anything lately. One is my equipment. Two is life gets busy as I venture to new things that I love to do. Quite stressful but it's fun so it's worth it!
46 words in 8 seconds. Just half of the world's fastest talker. 586 words per minute. In comparison, he'll say 78 words within the same timeframe. 😲
This is just a morning routine but it's so difficult to get something started tht you're not used to. This morning routine is by Be Inspired and Jim Kwik. I'll do it slowly until I get used to it.
First episode I've created that is similar to the first podcast channel I had. A very random conversation, if you're alone right now and you want a friend to just talk to you about some random stuff- I'm that friend right now. I start with my first podcast then for some reason I got into the current problem that most Asians in different parts of the world are suffering- hate crime. And do you know the meaning of the word "dichotomy"? Yes, I'm that random in this one so don't tell me I didn't try to warn you
We're still in the same scene since the first chapter. Stacey's sees something that frightens her in the boiler room. Running back to their bedroom, the three decided to go back down together to see what scared her out.
There are a few things unfolded in this chapter. One is Maura's identity. Two is Stacey's lovelife complications or insecurities. Last is the white candle from her grandmother who told her that white is for magic.
We find out that she was not really trapped in the boiler room. Drea and Amber tried to reason out that maybe it's just one of the usual pranks they received. Stacey can't completely buy this idea especually after being reminded of last year- when she had a premonition of Andrea's death.
Many having nightmares would relate to Stacey Brown but... as she tries to overcome the sickening feeling it left and does the ritual, a voice unknown to her called in the darkness.
I thought this will be another abusive story but I was wrong. Baucis and Philemon are the humblest and cheerful mortals in the Phrygia. Learn how their encounter with Jupiter and Mercury went in this episode
In this episode, Chinkee Tan has broken down the reasons in 5 most common ones that we may find ourselves into or the people around us. I talked about two things here that is quite good to know: credit cards and financial illiteracy. Common myths about credit cards is that you will be drowning in debts without realizing it if you have one. This is just the reason of irresponsible spenders. People who are more literate to personal finance management would know how to take advantage of this product.
I am not sure where I got the idea that mythology is a cutesy romantic story of lovers. As we're nearing to finish all the brief tales of lovers, it becomes more apparent this is where we got all the tragedy of romance.
If you are reading the description before listening open this first https://www.idrlabs.com/psychopathy/test.php and let's answer together!
I bought a new book! This book is by an edutainer so we're assured that this is goig to be educational and entertaining. He has a podcast Chink Positive.
Don't turn your back. Sometimes, a simple rule would make or break you. For this story, it is another kind of love that we'll witness and all the sorts of things a lover will be so willing to overcome just to have a chance to be together again. But are they going to have that chance?
If you can't grow a plant, adopt it. There are a lot of ways to start doing what you want. Know yourself a bit better by doing and trying all sort of things that you feel more fulfilled. You may watch this episode in my youtube chann Sakurako Katsuragi! https://youtu.be/M683H0Wm3rk Also, I have a patreon page www.patreon.com/TalkYourThought
A sculptor who loved his own masterpiece. Does it sound familiar? This is not Pinocchio but Pygmalion starts with a letter P as well. Find out who this sculptor fell in love with.
Sisyphus is overflowing with issues right now. These are my predictions so far after watching episodes 1-4. The discussion will be divided into love interest and plot conflicts. Let me know your thoughts in www.patreon.com/TalkYourThought
Another story for the eight brief tales of lovers. This time, it is about Daphne. I just finished watching the Bridgerton so I kind of forced a connection between this and the greek mythology.
[Voice audio volume was too low. I am not sure what happened.]Back with another kdrama series, Sisyphus starred Cha Seung Woo and Park Shinye in this action, sci-fi drama. Two umimportant things that caught my attention: the greek mythology title and Park Shin Hye in action scenes. Listen to this episode if you would like to know more about the mythology reference and if Shin Hye is now kicking people!
A story of us against the world. When the life they were born wouldn't allow two lovers to be together, what will two young lovers do? Is it only going to end in tragedy or it's the true freedom they longed for?
I think we need to talk about this more. This is the most important need of human but we're bad at it.
One of my favorite tales- the heart and soul. Know that it can not be just one to fight for a love so difficult but it has to be both. Cupid has fallen in love to a mortal without the arrow. What's Hera/Venus going to do again?
Another victim of Hera's vengeance. This is also when the night was created. Zeus used this to hide Io from his wife but still failed.
Know more about the Bridgerton series before watching the drama. Or maybe listen if you want to know the general reception of this series from the audience by far.
Europa's story is quite short so I decided to add a bit more about Asia. Instead of finding out her story, I have a new perspective of mythologies now. Find out how Zeus fell in love with Europa and why Asia is controversial.
I am directionally challenged but Ioved travelling. I know I'm not the only one but I also used to doubt that I would be able to be anywhere else outside my home. Hear the struggles and what's inside the mind of people like me when in an unfamiliar place.
Flowers are beautiful but their backstories are ironic. One died of losing hope for love; one died of accident while playing discus; other died of reckless hunting. Persophone's disappearance was briefly tackled as well. Now, we know who's the criminal!
Know more about the haunted hotel's story besides the scary anecdotes. This buulding went through alot if I tell you that it is more a century year old, you'll understand why standing there would give you goosebumps.
Listen to the story of the god of Wine. Dionysus is also known to be the god of suffering. He is the son of Zeus and Semele, a mortal princess of Thebes. His ceremony is both fun but brutal. He goes within the consciousness of the mortals and what it brings to the earthly creatures is unpredictable.
First impressions on Netflix' Lovestruck in the City. The story about Park Jae Won and Lee Eun-oh. Or, should I call her Yoon Seon-ah? Is this something you'd watch? Hear my thoughts.
The story of Demeter's search for her daughter's sudden disappearance and how it affects mankind.