Sunday, February 26, 2006
My Name Is Kim Sam Soon?My Lovely Sam Soon(내 이름은 김삼순)(Korean Drama 2005)
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I watched all 16 episodes throughout last friday and saturday.
Brilliant show...comparable to Full House but the climate and story is better than Full House.
aja aja Sam Soon!
Most exciting moments:
1)Hyun Jin-heon,the owner of a resturant called 'Bon Appetti' was desperated to hire pastry chef.He tried to borrow a baker from his mother who own a hotel.
She refused flatly.
Kim Sam Soon was in that hotel for interview and the interviewer rejected her citing that she has too little job history.
After that,everything happened so fast in a kitchen where Sam Soon was peeking at baker and his staffs to make cakes,cookies and etc.Jin-Heon was there and told here to scram before he called security.
Her head hit his stomach as she turned around to see who was talking.
Unfortunately,her strand of curly hair struck on Jin-Hyeon's suit button.
She refused to listen him not to move about as he was about to unbutton it.
In the end he used a scissor to cut her hair.
She was devested that she pushed,punched and cursed him before throwing her mango mousse cake(it was supposed to show to interviewer) on his face.
She stomped and left.
He used his finger to remove the cake cream off his face and tasted.
He taste more of her cake again and again.
He quickly ran to find her as he knew that she would be the one to solve the problem by filling pastry chef position for his resturant.
2)As Sam Soon was going to be 30 years old and yet she was still unamrried,her mom arranged a blind date with her friend's son.
Meanwhile Jin-Hyeon's mother also arranged a blind date for him with her rich friend's daughter.
Concidentally,both blind date events are at the same hotel.
As Jin-Hyeon was trying to make her to lose the design of him by interrupting Sam Soon's blind date.
He claimed that Sam Soon was his girlfriend.
Sam Soon's blind date male and Jin-Hyeon's female blind date were stunned and walked away quickly.
After that,Sam Soon walked away alone as Jin-Hyeon walked behind her all the day long.
The most funny part is that Sam Soon went to draw the money from ATM machine at very late night.
Few minutes past by,the small bank shop that has atms suddenly close the door automatically and sound the siren indiciatng that it was going to close.
Jin-Hyeon and Sam Soon were so shocked and tried to open the locked doors.
Jin Hyeon blamed her that she should have known that she shouldn't went in just few mintues before the closing time.
(lol)*their expressions are priceless!)
3)Jin-Hyeon decide to tell his mother that Sam Soon is his girlfriend(relationship contract in pretext to stop his mother from arranging more blind dates).They set the conditions on what they should not do.
They still bickered and hit each other despite of that they don't love each other.
The love developed as they knew more of each other.
Even Jin-hyeon's girlfriend,Yoo Hee-jin who left him for Amercia 3 years ago(the few days later after Jin-Hyeon's car accident) and she never told him the reason and no postcards from her was written to him,couldn't get him back even she was in korea now because his feeling has took its change to like Sam Soon.
*It teach you that you cannot just assume that it is all in the place when you have steady partner with you.Who know everything will change in 360 degree turns by liking someone and ask the current one for break up*
To womens..if people call you fat by your apperance(a little overweight),just look at Kim Sam Soon.she has only little fat and not very silm as Yoo Hee-Jin and yet she won the handsome guy,Jin-Hyeon by means of her character interaction with him.
Never lose faith of your appearance and show your character.Someone will like you.
Very simple concept.
Aja aja,Kim Sam Soon.I like her character despite of her bad mouth that contain a lot of vulgar words.
Rating:9/10
No wonder this drama hit the highest viewing rating at Korea last year.
Taken from Korean newspaper
"This year’s biggest hit TV drama, ``My Lovely Samsoon,’’ airing on Wednesdays and Thursdays, came to an end Thursday, surpassing 50 percent of the total viewer ratings. According to TNS Media Korea, the last episode of the MBC drama recorded a 50.5 percent viewer rating on a national basis. It reached 53.4 percent in metropolitan areas.
There have only been five drama series with viewer ratings above 50 percent since 2000.
The drama ended with a happy and yet realistic ending. Sam-soon (Kim Son-a) and Jin-hon (Hyun bin) get back together despite opposition from Jin-hon’s mother.
Since the show’s first episode on June 1, the drama series sparked ``Sam-soon syndrome.’’ At the core of the syndrome are Korean women who identify themselves with 30-year-old pastry chef Sam-soon, who is overweight, single and has nothing to boast of, but is confident and outspoken in Korea’s appearance-oriented society. Skillful performances by actors Kim Sun-a and Hyun-bin drew attention and the drama gave birth to new stars like Daniel Henney and Chung Yeo-won.
The main characters’ lines have dominated online bulletin boards, inquiries on pastry chef courses have doubled, and bread sales have risen. In bookstores, the original novel of the same title and the German children’s novel, ``Momo,’’ shown in the drama, have become bestsellers. "
"According to the documentary, the Kim Sam-soon syndrome contributes to Korean women's opposition to an appearance-oriented society and helps free them from stereotypes about woman"
If u can't be that silm?you can learn a lot from Kim Sam Soon!*thumb up*
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