I’ll start off with a video of the Llandudno goats, who, after the recent storms have popped back into town for shelter and a bit of change of scene
I had a nice nice last night, three mini gins, a packet of hula hoops and the Korean disaster movie Exit
Bliss
The Korean movie business is indeed BIG business in the Far East and their take on my beloved 1970 disaster movies is an interesting one.
They are big budget, big stars and big effects just like their predecessors were but they have definite cultural differences which, in my mind, make them so very interesting.
Exit is an odd ball
Set largely in a large Korean Hotel we meet a loud extended family celebrating the patriarchs 70 birthday.
Only son Yongnam ( Jo Jung Suk) is a bit of a loser , but just so happens to love mountain climbing . He meets up with his mountain climbing crush Eiu Ju ( I’m Yun Ah) who just so happens to be the deputy manager of the hotel just as a mad terrorist unleashes poison gas in the city .
With his family trapped in the hotel, unable to reach the roof, Yongnam uses his climbing skills to get himself , his family and his potential and resourceful beau to safety .
Think of a Korean Die Hard, Cliffhanger mixed with Towering Inferno and you will get only a flavour of this sort of comedy drama. Korean movies always seem to have a traditional versus modern divide. They are not adverse to have the hero and heroine cry like babies when the chips are down and most of the characters scream incessantly when under stress.
I loved it even though it was rubbish.
One thing I love about South Korea is the traditional Hanbok dresses that many of the female characters wear in the movie. The juxtaposition between old and new in the new shiny Korea is a common theme in Korean films
Anyhow today the village is brighter and Lots of people are about. Groups of men with shotguns unlocked have met West of the village on the grass verges for a shoot.
I’ve been putting together a plant shelf on the patio.
I used to pride myself at being able to look after a ventilated patient with 6 infusions and 10 syringe pumps running together without batting an eyelid.
The plant shelf took me 2 hours to construct and I still have pieces left over
Didn't the gentlefolk Victorians have collections of euriculors on shelving(theatre's)very similar to yours John-and I do hope the beautiful goats stay safe-I know the shoot is common-I've been hearing it here for the last couple of weeks too but I am haunted by the sight of 2 trucks of various bleeding birds as I walked past one day with my dogs (A potpourri indeed) x
ReplyDeleteA cull isn’t on the cards as the over population has been sorted by transferring two groups of the main herd to places in England and Scotland
DeleteFlis,
DeleteThe Victorians were very keen on Auriculas!
I have an Auricula Theatre in our back garden. It's about seven feet tall, three feet wide, and a large plantpot saucer size deep. It has a pitched roof and is painted black inside to show off the colours properly!
A colleague many moons ago grew Auriculas and started my fascination with them. X
Very Nice Col-I had just 3 Auriculars!(thankyou) in an area looking lovely until a naughty man dug them out and slung them-supposedly accidentally x
DeleteI so want a plant shelf like that one
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DeleteI feel so intensely for those wandering goats, so vulnerable yet unaware of just how much. I'd just want to coax them to come back with me to wherever I lived.......but then what?
ReplyDeleteThey are contented Raymondo, they range into town and are happy to do so to pillage the gardens of their privit hedges
DeleteI think only one has been killed by traffic and they was outside the town on an A road
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ReplyDeleteIt made me very tense watching those goats standing at the edge of that busy intersection. I kept waiting for someone to dash out and stop traffic for them. I'm sure I would have.
ReplyDeleteThe billy goats a huge and are quite confident in traffic
DeleteI'm sure billy goats are fully aware of the amount of damage they'd do to a car!
Deletethe goats are out on the town and look very confident. is winter over enough for you to have plants outside already?
ReplyDeleteIt’s sheltered behind the cottage
DeleteThe goats certainly seem to know what they are doing - crossing the road carefully.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I thought your village was little - the video makes it look like a busy city.
My village IS tiny with only around 200 houses
DeleteThe video is taken where I work
Llandudno which is a fairly large coastal town
What a wonderful video of those amazing goats going about their business in town as if they'll soon return to their cottages for tea!
ReplyDeleteThat movie looks entertaining and I, too, love the women's traditional Hanbok dresses.
Love your plant shelf but think complicated patient care and putting a plant shelf together require very different skills.
Hugs!
I’m getting better with DIY the older I get
DeleteExcellent!
DeleteThis time of covid is the perfect time to try new skills, take up cooking, painting, or whatever because there are no hobby police. It's all good.
Hugs!
I hope the locals feel the same wonder I do when I see those goats in your pictures and videos. As for the plant stand, just assume you were given extra pieces just in case.
ReplyDeleteNo,, I think I fucked up lol
DeleteI think the locals in llandudno universally adore the goats
The goats roam as though they own the city center. They seem to stop traffic to cross the road. Hopefully everyone loves them and just gives them the right-of-way. I must try a Korean film.
ReplyDeleteThey have right of way , it would seem and are much adored by the locals
DeleteThe goats seem to have more road sense than some drivers and pedestrians. Not a fan of those type of films, but I love the traditional Hanbok dress. Being both vertically and horizontally challenged, I think I'd look like I was wearing a bell tent, though! The plant shelf looks good. I think if I was on a ventilator, I'd rather have someone who could juggle all the tubes and wires going into and out of my body, than someone handy with a hammer and screwdriver. As long as it stays upright, the job's a good 'un. xx
ReplyDeleteI always think that the dresses make the wearer look pregnant . In Korean films it’s common for pregnant women to appear ,
DeleteExit Bliss sounds extremely interesting. I'll have to look it up.
ReplyDeleteThat movie sounds great. I'll have to check it out. Dave was telling me about some new Korean show involving zombies? Sounds like lots of interesting stuff out there!
ReplyDeleteThat plant shelf doesn't look very strong -- through no fault of your own! Hopefully it's sturdier than it looks.
You are right
DeleteIt’s cheap Steve x
What was up with the men and shotguns? It doesn't seem like hunting season, as you seem to be moving into spring?
ReplyDeleteI love those goats! I'm glad to read that the locals love them too.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem like a place for goats. Are they headed to a park or some grassy area?
ReplyDeleteThe town is sandwiched behind a peninsula which is a huge wild Rocky outcrop where the goats live . It’s called the orme and covers 700 acres
DeleteI was surprised no one got out of their car and blocked traffic to let the goats cross safely. The guys with the yellow jackets could have given the goats a hand with traffic.
ReplyDeleteThey looked after themselves x
DeleteSpring is not far away so goats will exit again (hopefully) and you can all get back to normal.
ReplyDeleteLoved the goats.
ReplyDeleteI've become hooked on Chinese historical dramas I love the costumes and formal mannerisms and as a bonus am learning some Mandarin.
ReplyDeleteI’m jealous and shamed xx lol
DeleteI just love goats and love seeing this flock; the Billy is huge! I'm glad the people of Llandudno appreciate their courage and fortitude. That plant shelf is so practical. I need something similar indoors.
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland
Jo , you are right, they are the emblem of the lockdown for us all
DeleteMy son is married to a S Korean and got married in Korea wit h her and her mother wearing the traditional outfit. I should put pics on my blog. It was several years ago now.
ReplyDeleteI hope your Goats stay. They seem like a good omen to me; not unlike the Ravens at The Tower.
ReplyDeleteI really struggle assembling items at home!
ReplyDeleteThe goats are such a feisty little group.
Han boks have a 'language' even. Although many are worn just because they are colourful, some have a meaning: a white and darkblue one, with a blue stripe around the white underarm denotes the lady having 1 son.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting. I just take one look and think there is no way I am wearing one of those.
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