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Post by PippiBella on Oct 3, 2007 13:21:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know when this show ends? or how many eps its has? what ep are they on now? thank you
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Post by door60 on Oct 5, 2007 7:11:37 GMT -5
Will this snore fest ever end? I'm ready for another drama!! Dorrie
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Post by mikey on Oct 5, 2007 9:28:16 GMT -5
Reportedly, this drama series has 165 episodes total. So, it’s nearing the end. Sorry to say, but I have to agree: this show is indeed a “snore fest” . . .
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Post by zorro on Oct 5, 2007 9:50:30 GMT -5
I couldn't take it anymore… I stopped watching. I liked it in the beginning. The characters seemed more "real" to me, and there was no gratuitous dufosity that we've seen in the previous daily dramas. But somewhere along the line I got tired of Taesik saying "That'll be 16 dollars", and just stopped. Cold turkey. Not that you have to be High as the Sky to watch this, but the way they all drink on this show, maybe it would help.
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Post by PippiBella on Oct 5, 2007 17:02:28 GMT -5
could someone post a message the day this show is over. i am not watching it but would like to see what drama that starts after this one ends.. Thanks
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Post by Soju on Oct 6, 2007 16:41:36 GMT -5
The drama that replaces "High As the Sky" is titled "I Hate You, but It's OK". I've been DLing it from KBS, although I haven't really been watching it closely, since without subtitles I can't get a handle on the story. The all-star cast looks quite promising, though.
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Post by PippiBella on Oct 6, 2007 19:10:37 GMT -5
thanks Soju, do you know about when it will end? thanks
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Post by Soju on Oct 8, 2007 21:43:55 GMT -5
thanks Soju, do you know about when it will end? thanks Uh, not a moment too soon! ;D Actually, looks like around Thanksgiving.
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Post by door60 on Oct 9, 2007 7:19:49 GMT -5
I'm thinking this show will end this week (is this just wishful thinking?) I mean everybody is happy and doing well, and getting along and blah blah blah. I am surprised that "Aunt" is not pregnant. I figure that's gotta happen.
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Post by Soju on Oct 9, 2007 8:19:40 GMT -5
Ep 133 aired last night. With 165 eps total, that's 32 eps left; at five eps per week, slightly more than six weeks.
Six Looooooooooooong weeks . . .
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Post by door60 on Oct 9, 2007 13:11:18 GMT -5
As long as I'm "forced" to watch this, I did have a question regarding what happened in an earlier episode, and a recurring theme in K-Dramas. What's the story with people in debt ? Does debt get passed on if you don't pay it off? Is there a debtor's prison?
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Post by Lucy on Oct 10, 2007 15:28:38 GMT -5
I'm not bored at all! I like seeing everyone working toward happiness. Maybe that's because I'm creeping up on ajumma-hood myself. But anyway, all you bored people, wasn't anyone else excited by how GREAT Eunju's English was when she was on the phone a week or so ago? I would swear that was no fake phonetically learned English. Girl sounds fluent to me.
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Post by lfcfanatic9 on Oct 10, 2007 16:39:51 GMT -5
I think that it's not as exciting but I still find myself anxious to see how it turns out. Lovey-dovey, yes. But it's not the storyline that excites me. It's the way the Koreans act on screen. To be honest, as cheesy and overacted it may seem to some it's actually spot on how Koreans surprisingly act. I think alot of people can attest to that.
I forgot to reply to TheBo a few posts back about the computer rooms. They're called PC Bangs in korea. "Bang" for those who don't know means "room". Its seems impossible, but Koreans and other asians routinely die from playing too many computer games. The reason being is that they just punch out because of extreme exhaustion from staying up 3-4 days at a time just eating cup noodles and drinking coke. I read a story how some men would lie about having a job and just go play games all day. Since it is only a dollar per hour in Korea it's easy to stay stuck in.
It's a sad fact, but I think that since Korean women are starting to have too high standards in men, the guys just seem to give up on dating and spend their adolescents there. I partly blame the drama since you can see that every woman seems to be holding out for a Jang Young-Min in their lives. The ritualistic methods of dating in Korea also have a huge impact to that. Alot of Koreans don't have the courage to speak to a stranger they fancy. It's all about introductions and childhood friends.
One way to by-pass that is going to a Korean "nightclub" where the waiters take the awkwardness out of doing so. They literally grab women and bring them to tables of men to meet. Then, the men try to keep them at their table by flooding them with shots of liquer and cocktails. I remember feeling really bad for the ugly ones who had the women running from the tables even before they get there after seeing them. Don't feel sorry for the ladies. They're actually really excited to see which table they're going to kind of like Christmas. I think it's one of their only chances to have men almost cater to them at all costs. I remember speaking to a friend of mine and she explained that having someone come talk to you out of the blue in public almost equates to them being some sort of pervert.
I'm going off on a tangent so I apologize. Just alot of memories flooding back. It's strange and hard to describe, but I stopped trying to make sense of it long time ago!
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Post by door60 on Oct 10, 2007 17:11:44 GMT -5
lfcfanatic: Thanks for the cultural update -- I love learning about the customs. So what do you know about Koreans in debt -- since that seems to be a recurring theme. And also, almost every drama has a plot where someone is or was being raised by another family. Does that really go on too, or is it just a successful story line? Dorrie
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Post by lfcfanatic9 on Oct 11, 2007 8:50:10 GMT -5
No problem, door60. I do what I can. I'm sure others on the forum can chime in with their experience to give you a more rounded view.
Debt is a huge thing now. With more and more US corporations entering the frays of the Korean market, the issue of credit is evolving into a catastrophe like it is here. There's always been an issue with credit. Before, it was just more of co-signing on a contract like Taesik did with his friend who eventually defaulted and brought in the loan sharks. It's not just small change either. I remember when I was working as an architect/teacher in Korea, this contractor for a project was seriously skimming with the sub-contractors and the suppliers. When we found out, he just took off and disappeared with my interiors budget of $80,000.00! Where do you run off and hide in Korea? You're guess is good as mine. With the money the company had left, I had to take the "minimalist" approach!
Now, the credit card isn't just for high society in Korea. Koreans actually keep all of their account information in passport-like books. You can see it when Muyeung gives it to his mom for the wedding. When you deposit money, you don't get a receipt. They print every transaction onto the book. With more Koreans having increased funds and traveling more practically anyone can have one. The big Korean companies have dipped their hands into the pot and sponsor more and more cards. Since alot of younger Koreans don't make jack (working at fast food pays less than $3.00/hr), you give someone serious cash power they loose track of reality.
That's how I tie it into the perceptions of Korean society and dramas influence that greatly in my view. Since more and more women want to be extremely pampered and automatically exclude men who aren't filthy rich, the average joe spends what he doesn't have an will deal with the inevitable consequences when it's too late. Women like Jisu are a almost non-existent in my view. I remember asking my class if they would rather have a rich but ugly boyfriend/husband or a good looking/average one. The answer sadly was 8-2 in favor of the uglies. The two that were for the average joes were just saying that to show their so-called" ethical values in my view, but I'm sure it was a unanimous decision of 10-0. Sort of like a Cubs game this year.
When I was working there, they wouldn't allow me to apply for a credit card. Apparently, alot of the foreign work force that come in used to obtain a credit card and rack up bills upto $5,000.00 and leave without paying. I think you obtain a secure credit card and leave a $3000.00 deposit. I had my US cards so I declined.
As for the adoption issue, I posted something about that a while back. Adoption is something seriously taboo in Korea due to family and culture. It's sort of like the Tabasco for the dramas.
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