Thursday, February 28, 2019

Belated "Big" review

Watched this series ages after it aired, and now it's to late to join the general hate reviews of its unsatisfactory ending.

I wasn't really interested in watching when it was on TV, but got suckered into it over iFlix. I was only curious how they switched. Hail instant gratification!

Biggest selling point: GY's beautiful, beautiful (almost) naked body. And his admirable acting skills. Seriously, I totally understand why he's a superstar. Droolworthy.

Storyline: I totally get why Gil Daran would fall for KKJ. While SYJ was aloof and never defended her, KKJ actually stood up for her and pushed her to grow.

There were hints of SYJ actually loving her. At one point, he had a "ham sap" look to show he wasn't a total mama's boy underneath his perfect gentleman exterior. But his loving was more towards protecting his weak, ditzy fiancee. Rather patronizing, actually.

I kesian the girl playing the other doctor crushing on SYJ. She always gets the jilted rich girl part.

Hated Jang Ma Ri, although her brattiness was helpful sometimes. Cannot brain why her dad would let her do whatever she pleases. Jeez.

The bratty KKJ was annoying too. And his constant swearing "Jesus!" Was so irritating.  Rasa nak sabun mulut tu. Don't say the Lord's name in vain, boleh tak?

I adore GDR's brother for being so sweet. And her parents. You don't have to be perfectly brainy and rich to be happy. Yunjae's parents were sickos in comparison.

School VP and uncle side story were a waste of time. Fellow teachers were adorable. I'll forgive their cheesiness.

Cannot brain how SYJ could get away with not doing much at the hospital. Hello, in Korea? Really? And learning to be a doctor thru books? 미쳤어??

The saddest bit was what actually happed to the real Yunjae. I think his story was swept under the carpet after KKJ took over his body and his girlfriend. Many things didn't make sense through the drama. Like, why did he have an engagement ring hidden away when they were already getting married? Shouldn't that have been used for the proposal? Don't tell me he never proposed to GDR properly. Even real doctors find time to propose lah.

I think, after watching the much more believable Han Keol, I was disappointed that they had like 2 lukewarm kisses and no serious *ahem* hot scenes. At all. Sigh. This drama is R rated, meh?

The ending- so very the meh. KKJ and SYJ are fraternal twins. They shouldn't look exactly the same. Jeez. Jual GY's body to the max. I thought they never switched back. I echo the general unhappiness that they were never "properly" switched back. Yunjae just disappeared from the storyline... in a way, he matched GDR because at some point, he seemed as undecisive as his fiancee. Geez. Grow some balls, man.

I guess that's why things got interesting when KKJ took over his brother's body. He wasn't afraid to push boundaries and get stuff done. Although I cringed at him buying a house using another man's hard earned savings. Not cool at all. His signature would be different from the real Yunjae's. The bank should have spotted it from a mile away. SOO many loopholes!

The "having an affair" with another soul in the husband's body was the funniest plot twist for me. It seemed that Yunjae did love Daran though. There should have been something more to their story. It looked like a one sided love when it could have been so much more to it.

Sigh. I really hate the ending. To think I got so addicted until I skipped work, just to get a bleh ending like this. Yeesh!

I hate Goblin. Age of Shadows tak best. Damn it, Gong Yoo. If I'm going to get addicted to you, at least give me something worth watching la.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019

Why do I do this??

Learning Korean has been more difficult than I thought. There are so many different endings for basic words and it's hard to keep them straight. You can't go around spewing "saranghae"... they would think this ajumma has gone crazy!

I'm thankful when I get a breakthrough though. My understanding has improved somewhat, but speaking a proper sentence is still a challenge.

I'm still unsure how I can benefit from learning it, but insya Allah something would come up. I just need to be ready when the opportunity arises.

Furthermore, the market for BM-English translators is already saturated. A 3rd language would be really useful.

I'm learning other languages on Duolingo too, but I feel it's to basic. Repeating the same words over and over ad nauseam is not going to help me learn. It's ok for a start, but each language has tonbe supplemented with other learning channels as well. I use Google Translate a lot for this.

Well, hope I can improve my language capabilities soon. Hwaiting!!