BRIDGERTON SEASON 2: An Honest Review

“Dearest Reader,

Did you miss me?…”

-Lady Whistledown

For those of you who are yet to watch the Bridgerton series, please do skip this post as it contains several spoilers.

For someone who have already read the entire Bridgerton book series, then I share the same sentiment with you; excitement and eagerness to see our dear Viscount Anthony Bridgerton tightened his lips against the one and only Miss Kate Sharma whose words are sharper than Lady W’s pen.

As expected from a book adaptation series, it does not exactly looked like a book adaptation. 😅 Number one on that note was the sequence of the entire story line. Although some notable scenes from the book were present, like the most anticipated Pall Mall game. For those who does not know the game, please ask Google. He will be able to provide you enough information about it.

The viscount and Miss Sharma, the elder one, did not specifically met at dawn while horse racing. They met during the first ball of the season to which I will remind you, their story took place only a year after our dearest Dapne Bridgerton secured her true love match the last season. Although there is one thing the adaptation did justice to the book, and that is the never ending, no losing, no period arguments between the two. 

Kate and Edwina’s surname was never Sharma but the show still found a way to incorporate their real surname from the book, Sheffield. Lady Danburry was never the Sharma’s sponsor for their return to Mayfair. But well, considering the show’s eagerness to display deep affection among the ton, it was just right to let her sponser them.

Newton, the corgi dog, I hoped he was more playful in the show. After all, he was a very playful dog in the book. The river scene happened at a later episode in the show but that scene was actually at the first part of the book and that started the Anthony and Kate’s hate/love relationship. This part was where Anthony began to have lust dreams about dear Kate.

The Aubrey Hall country party was indeed became the turning point on Anthony and Kate’s relationship. Like stated above, the Pall Mall game with Kate securing the mallet of death deepened the bickering of the two who never wanted to admit defeat. The execution of the game is the best in the show, it’s my favorite part of the show actually. Though it was a bit sad, our Duke of Hastings was not in the show as he was supposed to be in the book accompanying his Daphne.

The library scene was even more intense and emotional in the book than in the show. It was actually the real turning point on their relationship. The viscount saw the one and only weakness of the woman he desires the most. Storm give Kate the fears of a child whose mother died on a rainy and thunderous night. They gradually opened with each other.

And the next scene, the bee sting. The fear of a man whose father died of a bee sting. Anthony, worried, tried to extract the sting on Kate’s bosom, and soiree! The mothers witnessed the respected viscount’s hand on a lady’s bosom. The scandal!

This was actually the thing I was looking forward to a lot in the adaptation but it seems, the production decided to turn the whole story line into a love triangle between two sisters and one man. This is the biggest difference of the book and show. 

I was hoping they would not exaggerate a love triangle but they just did. Edwina was never in love with the viscount. She preferred a scholar who love books and not ledgers. Although both in the book and in the show, Anthony was really set to marry Edwina as she is the diamond of the first water and fits all the viscount is looking for a wife, except, of course, true love. That is totally out of his equation.

The bee sting scene was supposed to be Anthony and Kate’s engagement. But it turned out different. Instead, they let Anthony proposed to Edwina and even let the innocent girl fall in love with him. This caused a major reap between the sisters’ relationship. But I do think our show’s dear writers wanted to emphasize the bond of sisterhood. In the name of love, trust between sisters will never fade. 

Well, in the end, despite the differences of the book and the show, they manage to reveal the deep emotions of both persons who, above all else, will do anything for their families. That above all else, before their desires for one another, the importance of the family shall still comes first. And in the end, it is still a happy ending.

The entire series also showed some parts that were never in the book and there were parts that were mentioned in other books. A great example, Lady Whistledown’s identity. It was not known until the 4th book where Colin Bridgerton finally decides to find a suitable wife after his travels from Greece. Penelope Featherington was indeed a total wallflower whose existence was never of notice even in front of Colin. But in Romanticizing Mr. Bridgerton, PoLin’s stans win. Also, Eloise Bridgerton was the last person to know the identity of Lady W because when Colin and Pen announced her identity, she was off somewhere else. If you want to know where, please read the book. El was never the first one to know the truth. Although in the show, it was Madam Delacroix who identified Lady W’s identity first. Well, she was never in the books.

In total, the whole series is still a big success despite the difference in the sequence of the story line in the book and in the show. The actors gave justice to all the characters specially Viscount Anthony Bridgerton.

So for all who have yet to watch the show, embrace yourselves with slow burning romance between the Viscount and Miss Sharma. Enjoy the unending bickering and playfulness of the Bridgerton siblings. I do hope I will see more of Francesca in the next season since she will making her debut as well.

GOING SEVENTY! SAY THE NAME!

Pre-script: Late upload. Composed this few months ago... 

GOING SEVENTY!!!

Okay, so here's the catch.

I think I have written an essay about my journey slipping into the diamond life of Seventeen. I stanned them knowing someday, they will all be making a very big decision that might change their future and the group's future.

And I did said no matter what decisions they make, I will wholeheartedly accepts it.

The fact that Seventeen has 13 members, few individual activities until recently, each member opening up their instagram accounts and being active here and there, I thought the toughest decision must be coming near. After all, only a year away before the Kpop jinx comes into effect.

I had always adored Seventeen's friendship and bond. Even though at times when watching their reality show 'Going Seventeen', I thought one or two members must be deeply hurt inside when the other members teased them. I thought, at one point, that bond would wore out and reached its limits.

Remember how I wrote in my first essay I wanted to see how far can their rings bring them together and their bond bring them to the future even beyond their idol image; I knew back then, I was hoping more. I was hoping that everything about their rings and bonds were not mere company business.

As I watched them everyday, my hope is seeing light. I started to trust their trusts for each other.

Like I said before, I am a second generation fan. My greatest heartbreak was Jessica leaving Girls Generation so suddenly that I lost focus during my Nursing review days. So is 2NE1 being on long hiatus and suddenly, Minzy left the group then a year after, the total disbandment of the group. 

For the case of 2NE1, I knew from the very start the disbandment would come. But more than the disbandment, I looked into how they would still be together and treat each other as sisters.

AND I WASN'T WRONG.

THE 2NE1 MEMBERS DID HAVE A STRONGER BOND BEYOND THEIR GROUP'S NAME AND FAME.

Everytime I saw their mini interactions and still celebrating their debut anniversary each year, I am astounded. You can agree or disagree with me on this but you can't deny YG is one of the best company to let their previous artists who left the company but can still use their fame and their original group's name no matter what they do and where they do it.

As for SNSD, I am still happy that they also celebrates their anniversary despite three members leaving SM but it will never be the same. I am happy for an OT8 but I will be happier if it is an OT9. No matter how I try to understand, it seemed Jessica was never been there in the first place. A lot may get angry on me with this one but seeing them celebrating it together as 8 members and the members only mentioning Girls Generation as 8 membered group, I can't help but be sad and the same time, mad. Up until now and even maybe in the future, I would never know the reason why SNSD never mentions her already.

Then another heartbreak in the midst of the pandemic, the group I never imagined would disband, disbanded. 

And yes, I am talking about GFRIEND. 

They were immensely popular, they were part of HYBE, they've been very active together before the news broke out. Then suddenly, Weverse announced, GFRIEND is disbanding. 

I still don't know the reason behind, I thought they have big plans coming up, then BUDDIES were devastated APPLE would be the last title track.

After GFriend's disbandment, I grew anxious about Seventeen's future. After all, GFriend was considered as Seventeen's sister. What if 'Ready to Love' would also be the last one?

I admit I wasn't ready. I thought I would be ready no matter what, but it seemed I wasn't. 

Then suddenly Weverse notified, 'ALL 13 MEMBERS RE-SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT'. 

I HAD TO ACTUALLY READ IT THRICE. 

Weverse could have use other terms rather than RE-SIGN. Every English Carat like me really interpreted this in a whole different meaning before we finally understood it. 

Weverse, I beg you, next time please use RENEW!

But despite the confusion, I was greatly relieved when I read the whole article. The decision was unanimous. They even renewed their contract a year before its expiration. And the biggest flex, THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP IS THE SAME!

Not many groups, even they have renewed their contracts, the line up were not the same especially in a group with 13 members. You would predict at least one or two would drop out, BUT NO ONE DID WITH SEVENTEEN. 

In this, I trust their trust with each other. As a fan, and a friend, I am very delighted to hear more 'SAY THE NAME'! I am very happy to hear more of their music, watch more of their variety shows. I can still hope for more SCoups' sulking, care and leadership, Jeonghan's brain and cheating methods, Joshua's Sunday morning version, Jun's endless 1+1 agenda, Hoshi's unending Horanghae meetings, Wonu's specs that never fails to drop during practice video, Woozi's universefactory, Mingyu and Seungkwan's as well as Dino and Seungkwan's constant bickering, The8's eye catching fashion, and Vernon's attractive MEME faces.

Cheer's to a fascinating and bright future for Seventeen. To everyone, do not be afraid. Just slip into diamond life and trust in Seventeen's bond, you'll never regret it.

To Seventeen, thank you for being an inspiration and to your continuous trust to Carats. The path will not always be flowery and heaven, it will also be rocky and hell. But, no matter what path will that it be, Carats will always be with you walking that path. You will feel tired, exhausted, but always remember, you are doing well. Rest if you had to, we will not demand. Instead, we will patiently wait for you. 

Until to the LAST, SAY THE NAME! 

LIFE IS ABOUT DECISIONS

As we grow old, there are decisions we need to make for our future. These decisions can either be the right decision or it can be the wrong one. But like in the title, life is all about making decisions. It is not about making the right decision nor making the wrong decision. It is about standing up for the decisions you make.

If you think that what you decided is the best for you and you never regret taking that decision, then no matter how rocky the road is, you will go forth and will stand by as it is the right decision for you. But if you glitch, thinks that you cannot do it and that it the most regrettable decision you have in your entire life, then you make the biggest wrong decision in life because you cannot stand the decision you make.

Now, every decision comes with great risk and great sacrifice. You will never know a decision if it is right or wrong unless you have risk or sacrifice one important thing or aspect in your life.

Take it for example, when you came of age, what is the best university for you to go for college? Of course first, the university your parents choose for you but you think that university doesn’t suits you. Second, you have a university of your choice but your parents insist that it is not the best university in your country and they do not offer the best quality education.

What will be your decision? Your parents desired university or your dream university?

What will you sacrificed? The trust of your parents as you will disobey their wish or your own trust to yourself that you can eventually prove to them that your choice is what’s best for you?

Another example, when you are choosing what major you will take for college. Your parents wanted you take any health related major such as Nursing or Biology so that eventually, they want you to pursue Medicine and become their pride as a Doctor. But then you felt Medicine wasn’t for you. You are fonder of playing with your paint brushes and sketch pads and canvasses. You wanted to become artist but your parents strongly disagree with you.

What will you decide? Your parents dream for your future or your own dream of future? Your parents will eventually try to bring your dream down as they will tell all the negative things about becoming an artist such as a little money can come out as a reward for that work and it is even not considered as a profession. They will tell you not all are successful in your dream field and will not make you enough of a future.

Can you sacrifice your dream for a better future because you know that becoming a doctor will eventually give you a lots of money and it will settle your future perfectly? Or can you sacrifice that better and perfect future your parents dream about in exchange to a more rocky and harder road of becoming successful as long as it is your dream and not someone else’s dream?

You see, like I said, there is no such thing as an easy decision. One way or another, there are external and internal considerations you have to consider. There are some important things you have to risk or sacrifice if you wanted to achieve your dreams. You may eventually regret those decisions one day, but is it not more important to follow what you desire and what you dream for yourself and your future?

Well, trust me, I am no different from those of you who are making hard decisions about the future particularly those who are working individuals who needs to sustain their families. Especially in the middle of this pandemic crisis, there is no room for selfish decisions and dreams.

I tell you, sacrificing a definite future is like an act of suicide. Who else wanted to give up a very large amount of salary in exchange to a future which holds only a 1% successful rate?

Well, that is me.

Imagine, you are offered thrice the salary you can get from your own country and then just turned it down because you wanted to enter a scholarship only with just thousands of applicants from the entire world. Take note, ENTIRE WORLD! So, you won’t only be competing with aspiring scholars from your country but from entire the world. How fascinating, isn’t it?

But this is my dream. Now, I know, I said this time is not about selfish dreams. Before I exit from Saudi Arabia, I have weighed all the consequences. Almost every night, under my blanket, I cry rivers. I have always trouble going to sleep. I tried diverting my attention by watching movies and Korean dramas after work but it made it worst.

To tell you, I am talking about the GKS or Global Korean Scholarship program. It is a fully funded scholarship (with monthly allowance worth a million won that is around 40 to 45,000 pesos) offered to all aspiring international students who wish to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree in South Korea.

And as I said, it is INTERNATIONAL.

So the acceptance would be 1:50 successful scholar from one’s country. That is just an estimate ration. It still depends how many people knows about this scholarship and if you happen to be reading this lengthy essay, then for sure you are going to search about it. No worries, I will write a separate essay about the whole process of the GKS program.

Back to my story, before I permanently left the Arab country, I assured for an insurance. I made some back-up plans. Like I stated, the chance of getting this scholarship is like 1% only. So I applied to another job which I know it will take a long time before I could leave again the Philippines and will give me enough time to decide until the final result of the successful candidates of the scholarship is announced.

But then, this insured country even though I have a definite employer, there is a round of passing the language examination as well and you had to take 8-10 months to complete the whole language program. So I thought, another big risk but at least with definite employer in the end. At least, I just had to focus on studying the language.

My third insurance, go back to Saudi Arabia. Well, at first I don’t really like working in an Arab country because of some scary stories but when I was there, I saw the value of money and earning much to support my family. So if ever that those first two plans I had fails, then going back to Saudi Arabia would be the best decision.

After I submitted my papers to South Korea, countless nights filled with anxiety came along. The University of my choosing emailed me for an interview and after a day, I had my interview. It didn’t actually went that way I wanted. The department head of Nursing interviewed me, and no matter how kind she was, I was anxious. Some of the questions I answered perfectly with two outstanding questions I thought I failed to give and answer she wanted to hear.

Why my CGPA was low, was there any reason?

I knew well why my grades were not that outstanding during college. And I answered it with full honesty. My father died and he was the main reason why I took Nursing. I had a hard time coping up. But what I wasn’t able to answer was there were numerous times I thought Nursing wasn’t for me, that this profession was not my calling. I thought a lot of time dropping out the major and start another one. Then as time came, I graduated in Nursing.

Another tricky question, how do I diffuse about evidence-based practice?

I blocked out. I knew what evidence-based practice is but I just didn’t knew what to answer. I totally forgot what it was. Then I just answered briefly, through practicing in clinical setting. That was it. Then suddenly she asked, did you practice evidence-based practices? I blocked out again and just answered NO!

I thought that was it. I won’t be accepted. I have a slim chance of getting accepted. Anxiety day and night filled me. I am always thinking in advance. What if I won’t pass, what is next?

Then the results of first round came around April 30. My heart raced fast as I open the email and it trembles me a lot.

I PASSED THE FIRST ROUND!

That was the most thrilling part of my life.  I hoped 50% I will pass, another half percent I won’t. But I continuously prayed to God. This has been my target for a year. Because of this, I had a clear vision of what I want for myself in the future. After 6 years after graduating in college, I had another dream.  I have pictured myself for who I want to be and this is want I want to be. And I thanked God, He listened to me.

But then again, I was conflicted for another couple of sleepless nights with anxiety. While waiting for the second round of results which is slated on May 28, I had trouble making up decisions. I asked God for a sign. If my review for my German class won’t start before that date, then this scholarship is for me. A couple of days after May started, there was an update. And the date is set for our language class. It was two days before the result of GKS.

I was deeply conflicted. Was this it Lord? Are you giving me a sign I won’t get the scholarship? I do not want to think negatively but I was really troubled. I look into a lot of considerations. I prayed to God I really want to pass. I am not losing hope. But I said, if whatever the result will be, then God knows what is best for me.

I had a hard time deciding but eventually in the end, I gave up Germany. It wasn’t really for me. I only wanted to go there because the salary offer is high and that I already had an employer. You see, I know my weakness and interviews are my weakness. So I thought, if I would give up this, how possibly I can find another employer who can accept with stammered interview. But this is it, I quit. I thought there are still other opportunities.

This way, I am only focus with one goal at the moment. That is to wait for the second round of results. And I am hoping for a very good news.

To Be Continued….

LIVING IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE

 LIVING IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE

It was not really an unknown place. It is a country known for its oil industry, for its friendly economy, for its high society. But for a first timer, traveling and living in a different country 5,028 miles away from home country seemed the place is uncharted, unknown.

So, how to live in a place you barely knew? How to adapt with its culture? How do you live without pork serve in your meal to which pork is practically your daily dose of energy? How to deal with its people? How do you know this woman is not that woman because all women are wearing the traditional hijab with black long dress called abaya and niqab covering all the face except the eyes? How to adjust with the traditions and beliefs?

No one said it would be easy. It will never be easy to just stay in the country for the first time and suddenly adapt to its rules and regulations. It will give you a culture shock that is for sure. But you will adjust. You will survive.

And how do you do it?

Simple.

Be like them.

Dress like them.

Think like them.

And you will survive.

Easy to say. Yes. But it is kind of hard to execute. Well, that is if your heart is weak and do not accept and welcome any change in your life.

So, living in a different country was never easy. Your family is miles away from you. Sometimes, when you feel very down, you just wanted a console or a hug from your parents. There is video chat, yes, but the impact is different when they are physically with you at your most vulnerable time rather than just chatting over the phone.

Another thing, the people. There might be people of the same nationality as you, but sometimes, they were the ones who will bring you down instead of supporting you. This was when you finally learn the meaning of crab mentality among your nation. People of the same country exposing dirt about each other to know who gain more sympathy. Some of them will treat you as their real family, some will be your best friends for a lifetime, but most of them will pretend they care but they only care about issues to spread and not your well-being.

Next, people of different nationality. Who said everyone will like you? That is a lie. Well, that is at least to those like you who came from other nations who also just resides in the country and working their shit off for a living and saves money. They will smile in front of you then 1 sec after, they began blabbering about your attitude to everyone even if you are not really doing anything to them. They just don’t like you, that’s it, and they began spreading rumors to other like a wild fire. Some gets your attention, show you some kindness but after accepting their so-called generosity, they will began playing you under the table and becomes the meal. Others, you thought they have care but behind the thought of being genuine comes a silent monster who don’t really know how to respect others. It was an act of being an elder to an innocent child but then suddenly uttering hideous words to a kid with no experience at all.

Then there was a challenge among the capitol. You wake up every morning, go to work and you have to pretend you do not know anything. You observe things but you do not know whether what is real and what is not. There were hearsays but no confirmation except for those good-poised people roaming around from the highest floors down to the basement. Still, nothing was confirmed, everything were just hunches.

Another, being in country opens you to a whole new world. Works are in whole new different level than what you used to do. But the thing was, you went to this unknown place and you should know the consequences. There will be ups and downs. Experienced that three folds. There were things that would bring you to hell and that death will suddenly whisper in your ears. Experienced that too three folds. But be brave. Accept those downfalls and you will find a way to go uphill once again. If you’re a Christian or Catholic, pray to God. If you’re a Muslim, pray to Allah. If you’re an atheist, then convince yourself you can survive on your own. There are more than a million ways to conquer the fear and stop the downfalls. You just got to be brave. Dying maybe a fast solution but it will never bring yourself back, nor even your dreams, your future.

Living in an unknown place is scary. Fear will totally cover you. You do not know what kind of things you may experience. You do not know what kind of future you will have in that place. Your experience might bring you disaster, or it may bring you fortune. This place might deliver you to your lowest self, or it may deliver you to your highest. There is no surety how you will survive, if you will survive. But there is one thing you can be sure of. Living in an unknown place will teach you a lot more than books can teach you. It will shape you as to who you what to be. It will help you find the path you long to find or the path you lost and wanted to walk at it again.

GOODBYE 2020, HELLO 2021!

 Forgetting the pain of the past year.

Just forget everything and move on.

An easy statement to utter but really hard to do no matter how much you wanted it to happen.

Forgetting will never be easy. The pain. The scar. The wound. They maybe bare in front of everyone’s eyes but they are engrave in the deepest of one’s memory.

There are things that are just hard to forget. You may forget it temporarily but the pain of the moment will remind you of the things that you wanted to throw away. No matter how hard you try to forget, you just can’t.

As for me, I’d say if you can’t forget, then at least try to make those painful memories into life lessons. If you can’t forget the pain of the past, then make them your inspiration to be a better person than you are right now. Turn those wounded memories into healing experiences.

The year 2020 became a year full of fear and anxiety because of a deadly virus. The normal environment we used to live in change. We used to smile big and wide showing our whitest of teeth but right now, the genuiness of a smile and reality of happiness only shows through our eyes already. Before, only health care workers on duty were using masks as they attend to their patients, but right now, the mask became a fashion trend in every corner of the world already. We used to gather in large groups to celebrate special occasions of our love ones without thinking of anything but just to have fun, but right now, even eating without adhering to the recommended social distancing between two people is already a big sin, and posting on social medias which we usually do to extend our celebrations and showcase our happiness through our group pictures are already forbidden.

As the year passes, as the deadly virus continued to increase, the fear and anxiety of people increases, most if not all. Protocols, rules and regulations were imposed in every country to fight off and prevent the rapid spread of the virus. The crisis changes the people and the society. Though some  still are not afraid of the aftermath of the deadly memory, people followed the necessary precautions because of fear and for the safety of their families.

In this year, the pandemic crisis is already engrave in everyone’s heart. A lot of innocenct people lost their lives. A lot of families lost their members. Our frontliners most specially our health care providers sufferred the most this year with sleepless nights and heavy duties. The pain brought by this crisis will forever remain in our hearts. We may tend to forget it as time goes by but history will make us remember the sufferings we wanted to throw away.

The memory of this crisis may never leave us but instead of crying over the pain of remembering the past, let us make this as a lesson to improve the health care system and prepare ourselves for any kind of crisis we may face in the future. Let us make our past a long lasting experience that taught us to become a stronger and wiser person.

As a personal ending note for this year, aside from the fear of fighting this pandemic crisis and serving the sick as a health care frontliner, this year drowned me in a lot of tears. There were personal problems I have to face which I almost gave up because it became too much for me to handle. I lost my grandmother and was not able to go home to send her peacefully. I deeply hurt a very dear friend. I blamed myself for a lot of things other people saw as useless things. I may never forget the scar, actually, I will never forget the scar but I will look into these memories as a reminder that I can get through even the hardest of time for my dreams, for my family, for the sake of my future.

So to everyone, we survive this year, we will survive it next year. No matter how deadly this year may have been for us, we will move on and stand up to face the fear of tomorrow. We will end this year with an open heart and we may face the upcoming year with a smile and positive vibe.

K-DRAMA: START UP!!!

So, here's the catch! Who is currently watching this beautiful k-drama series?!

Present!!! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Who among you here is torn between the Dosan-Dalmi and Jipyeong-Dalmi couple?

I think, maybe a lot right? Well, some of you wanted the real Do San to be with Dal Mi but I think many of you are getting this second lead syndrome wishing Ji Pyeong to be with Dal Mi in the end.

So here is a personal non-biased opinion.

A little background about the drama. Start Up is about young entrepreneurs who challenge themselves to start up their own business. It is a world created for aspiring entrepreneurs to enhance their skills and put their wild ideas into the realm of business world. 

Dal Mi who lived with her grandmother aspires to become like his late father, a man with great ideas in business innovation. Because of her major heartbreak when her mother and older sister left Dal Mi and her father alone, her grandmother make Ji Pyeong to write love letters towards young Dal Mi to ease her aching heart and to comfort her. Not wanting to reveal his name as it was just a fake stunt, young Ji pyeong used a pen name he saw on the newspaper the day he wrote the first letter, Nam Do San.

Fifteen years later, Dal Mi wanted to meet Do San. Ji Pyeong, on the other hand, finds the real Do San to pose as the person who wrote those letters from fifteen years ago. Without knowing anything and because of the great offer in exchange to posing as Do San, he accepted it.

As the drama proceed to the next episodes, a lot of fans are getting torn between the male leads to whoever is much better for Dal Mi. A lot are getting feel sorry for Ji Pyeong as he deserves to be with Dal Mi since he was the real person behind those letters. Meanwhile, some wanted Do San to be with Dal Mi because he is the real Do San.

So here is the catch. 

Both men deserves to be with the woman they love.

Ji Pyeong wrote those letters out of pity but after seeing Dal Mi with Do San, he realized he fell in love with Dal Mi and regretting not using his name on those letters because he could be happy now with the woman he have known for so long. Meanwhile, Do San fell in love with Dal Mi while playing a role he did not know and keeping a lie while spending time with woman he started to love.

So, if you will ask me, both men are pitying. If Ji Pyeong only uses his real name on those letters, he could have already been happy with Dal Mi. On the other hand, Do San may be happy being with Dal Mi all the time and that Dal Mi really likes him, he is walking with her with a deep lie that could hurt Dal Mi.

Ji Pyeong cannot be with the woman he loves because of his action from the past while Do San maybe with the woman he loves but he doesn't really know if she loves him back for real or she loves him because of those letters.

In the end, it will be Dal Mi to decide who she loves more, the man who wrote those letters from 15 years ago, or the real man who bore the name on those letters.

Everyone has their own opinions. So if you pity Ji Pyeong more because he deserve to be with Dal Mi in the first place, I understand you because I also pity him. But whatever the circumstances are, I pity Do San more. If his name was not used on those letters without his consent, he could have love Dal Mi the other way and that he would not feel insecure if who Dal Mi really loves. His name was the root of all the confusions. I understand his suffering because he knows he cannot love her because everything is a lie most specially those letters.

So everyone, we have our opinions but never disregard the feelings of a person. Enjoy the whole dram guys! 😊

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WELCOME 2020!

Another year is about to end. Another year has yet to begin.

There were many memories created at this year. Some of it were happy, but most of it were painful. It was a year full of challenges. It was a year full of disappointments. It was a year full of ups and downs. If was a year full of secrets and mysteries you wished you should have not known. It was a year full of lies, full issues that destroyed lives of people.

Some people greatly lost their lives because of the harsh reality of life. Some took their lives because of the hurtful words of disrespectful humans who do not have any other lives but to destroy a person’s integrity. Some almost took the liberty of going to the afterlife because of words that are worth a thousand stabs. In short, there were lives who were wasted and almost wasted.

This year showed a new face of reality of the world. It showed how you should trust first yourself before trusting others. It showed how you should not give your full trust to others, but instead, only trust yourself. It also showed how to love first yourself before loving others. That loving others too much more than you love yourself can destroy you. This year also showed that God will always be there for you when you will you are lost in the middle of a dark corner. That even if you lost your way, He will be there to bring you back on track.

But when you thought you will be okay, it showed you, it still hurts. That healing is never been easy. Healing the wounds inside will take time. Forgiving and forgetting might take forever. But, stand up and be brave. Face the new year with a smile and a positive thought. Burn the bad memories into the past, and bravely start new memories in the future.

It will be not be easy to move on. It will not be easy to forget and it will never be easy to forgive. But give yourself a time to heal, a time to move on, a time to forgive and forget. Because remember, God himself forgives those sinful people. And so you will be.

Start the new year with no negative emotions, with no regrets, with no pain. Celebrate the coming of the new year with positivity, happiness, and joy.