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The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.
~ by Sir Hugh Walpole ~
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Why
do I love Playful Kiss, Kim Hyun Joong and Jung So Min?
Honestly,
Playful Kiss is not the only Korean drama I’ve watched but it is the first
romantic comedy and the only drama I fell in love and hooked with as in finding
myself searching or googling more info about them after watching it. The moment I saw MM in uniform, waking up
from her dream in Epi 1, brought back a lot of high school memories – who didn’t
have a crush in school and day dreamed in class? I think it’s safe to say we all did,
correct? Anyone who disagrees or denies my statement
must be related to Pinocchio. hahaha
I
watched Playful Kiss around Sept/Oct of 2011… yes, a year after its initial
showing in SK. Just like BSJ & OHN, I
also had fond memories of my high school years and that’s probably why their
story in PK is so close to my heart but what drew me to spend dozens of hours
searching info about them is the on-screen chemistry.
Their
chemistry on-screen is undeniably great and their “kiss in the rain” triggered
my curious mind, not in a malice way, but knowing that kiss in Korean drama is
usually just a peck or a lip-lock which they call ‘bobo kiss’. I also asked myself was that a real kiss? It would be a lie, if I say I didn’t rewind-and-play
that particular scene over and over… hahaha Also, questions like “how did they feel after?”,
“did they date after?”, “did they remain friends, at least?” came to mind. I believe these are typical questions a
person have in mind when you see two attractive actors initiate an intimate
scene on screen. Well, to make story
short, I searched and googled their names to find out more about them. It’s funny because I found in yahoo or google
an item titled ‘kim hyun joong and jung so min romancing”… hahaha which I
thought “wow, really?” hahaha turned out it was an article in dramabeans in
reference to Epi 14 when BSJ confirmed to their family that he wish to marry
OHN. Hahaha
Needless
to say through google, I found Wikipedia and the Minjoong thread in
Soompi. Believe it or not, I read Minjoong
thread from page 1 on. From there, I
learned about HJ from his long time fans.
I didn’t even know he was in a band.
I have seen parts of BOF because of my nieces who are into Kpop and also
Korean drama but I didn’t really sit down to watch the drama because the story
is not relatable for me. Yes, I found
him handsome in BOF but not curious enough to ask about him and I wasn’t sold with the plot of the story. I was impressed with MM because of her being
an independent and a working-student because like her, I had to support myself
through college too.
My
curious mind intensified when I saw the bts pictures or screencaps posted
early on in the thread particularly ‘the massage, the stares before the back
hug/balcony scene rehearsal, and HJ reading the script while MM’s taking a nap
in bed together’. From there, I also
found the link to AFF but I didn’t start reading stories in AFF until around
early January this year, as I was in getting-to-know stage with the couple… not
literally though. Hahaha
In
AFF, I started off as a silent reader for about a month or two, I think, as I
read the older stories first and felt there wasn’t a need to comment as some of
them looked abandoned by authors. I
slowly started leaving comments in GF Serene’s story but the first commentator
I encountered with was GF Snowy in HDYK.
From there I also met GF Mhel… we were like the 3 stooges. hahaha We had so much fun to the point that we drew
readers to join us but some may have been intimidated of our naughtiness… it
seems all we did is giggle and laugh. In
AFF, I also got to practice my Spanish through the help of GF Cyni.
Thanks
to Playful Kiss, I learned to appreciate Korean drama even more, the meaning of
fandom, fangirling and/or couple fandom as I never understood the concept of
being a fan and thought it was a waste of time… like what do you gain from it?…
yet, being a fan I learned to do screencaps, tweeting, blogging, etc. Just like what the quote says above, the most
wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being or
people with whom relationships has a growing depth, beauty and joy… from our
bonding GFs, we share from each other’s strength, knowledge, care and laughter. Best of all, my love for HJ and MM have open
my mind and heart to meet new friends in Soompi and AFF, forget troubles/problems in life and to laugh and always smile.
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