Sensible Mode Living

 We've been seeing inflation here in the Netherlands since October last year. It's just plain ridiculous to see something that I paid 5 euros for a few months back is now around 7 euros or maybe more. That doesn't sound like a lot but when you buy about 50 things (food, groceries, toiletries, etc.) for your house, it all adds up and overall you are paying 50 to 100 euros more than what you were paying previously. But unfortunately, not a lot of us have seen this increase in our pay and many people have even lost jobs during and after the covid crisis. So it's only natural for us to want to save our money wherever we can. But that said we also do not want to compromise on quality. And that is where the idea for this post comes from. Kruidvat is a drugstore that is similar to CVS/Walgreens in the US. Products sold here are mostly hygiene products, cleaning supplies, makeup, and over-the-counter medicines. I have been shopping here for hygiene products for years. By now I ...

 In 2017 when I was in between jobs I had a few months of break which is when I first came across Asian dramas online and I was hooked. I started binge-watching them like there was no tomorrow. I got so addicted that I couldn't stop and I ended up watching about 50 dramas in a few months. Even after I got back to work I continued watching as many dramas as I could whenever I had time. While scrounging through the internet for good dramas I also came across a lot of not-so-good ones that I either had to drop after a few episodes or halfway through because they were just not doing it for me. Now that I have watched more than  100 dramas I know that there are as many bad ones as there are good ones. A TV drama is something that needs to make you feel and bring out your emotions. A good drama will make you feel everything the characters are feeling, make you forget all your worries, and distract you for at least the few hours that you are watching it. With that in mind, I cherry-p...