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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 6, 2004 20:17:10 GMT -5
I know this Korean fellow who used to be a co-worker of a friend. This guy was very quiet and introverted, but he had a good relationship with my friend. He generally avoided women, and as far as I could tell, he had never had a girl friend. So I was shocked to find out that a very attractive Chinese lady who also worked there, had fallen in love with him! If you saw her, she would remind you of actress Kelly Hu and she had a body to match! And everyone at their office were absolutely stunned when word got out that they were planning to get married, and that she had proposed to him and would not take no for an answer! Yeah, my friend, who acted as the go-between, used to fill me in on all the details! It was one of those really beautiful, unusual love stories that I enjoy hearing about! . Heh, sounds like a "Tao of Steve" situation! How an ordinary Joe Nerd finds love and happiness when some beautiful woman falls for him. But I am sure there must be more to this story. Uh, did that guy win the lottery or something?
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Post by redstone911 on Jun 6, 2004 23:47:02 GMT -5
Heh, sounds like a "Tao of Steve" situation! How an ordinary Joe Nerd finds love and happiness when some beautiful woman falls for him. But I am sure there must be more to this story. Uh, did that guy win the lottery or something? Well, he was not exactly a "Joe Nerd" but he certainly looks like one. He is also quite short, being only 5'3 in height, which made him less attractive to women in general. His wife is at least three inches taller! What most people did not know that this quiet guy was a martial arts instructor who had black belts in Karate and Jiu-jitsu and had considerable knowledge and experience in Chinese Kung Fu! As a child, he was often bullied and made fun of by other kids so his worried parents sent him to a Karate school to learn self-defense. He excelled in that and martial arts became a lifelong passion. Later, he also acquired shooting skills after he joined the Army for a few years, and he became proficient with both pistol and rifle. He and his wife worked for the same firm, but for over a year, they basically ignored each other. But one day, the woman's equally attractive cousin came to visit, and immediately recognized the guy as the Karate instructor who trained with her BF a few years ago. That is how the woman came to know more about the Korean guy, and at the urging of her cousin, she even signed up for the self-defense class taught by her future husband, and that is how she fell in love with him.....
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Post by XB70 on Jun 7, 2004 1:55:01 GMT -5
Well, he was not exactly a "Joe Nerd" but he certainly looks like one. He is also quite short, being only 5'3 in height, which made him less attractive to women in general. His wife is at least three inches taller! What most people did not know that this quiet guy was a martial arts instructor who had black belts in Karate and Jiu-jitsu and had considerable knowledge and experience in Chinese Kung Fu! As a child, he was often bullied and made fun of by other kids so his worried parents sent him to a Karate school to learn self-defense. He excelled in that and martial arts became a lifelong passion. Later, he also acquired shooting skills after he joined the Army for a few years, and he became proficient with both pistol and rifle. He and his wife worked for the same firm, but for over a year, they basically ignored each other. But one day, the woman's equally attractive cousin came to visit, and immediately recognized the guy as the Karate instructor who trained with her BF a few years ago. That is how the woman came to know more about the Korean guy, and at the urging of her cousin, she even signed up for the self-defense class taught by her future husband, and that is how she fell in love with him..... That's a very touching story! But it must have been difficult for her to open his heart! I understand that guys like that do not fall in love easily and strongly resist these emotions....
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Post by Apollo on Jun 7, 2004 22:46:04 GMT -5
That's a very touching story! But it must have been difficult for her to open his heart! I understand that guys like that do not fall in love easily and strongly resist these emotions.... I guess the question is, what did she do to make him agree to marry her? Or was it a Min-jae/Yu-jin situation where she desperately loved him, and he agreed even though he didn't feel the same way about her....
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Post by xelaevoli on Jun 7, 2004 23:22:27 GMT -5
The romantic in me doesn't like your response! LOL I prefer to think he met the right person at the right time.
Sometimes it takes a special person to break down another person's barriers. :-)
Melissa
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Post by Tao of Steve on Jun 8, 2004 9:14:54 GMT -5
The romantic in me doesn't like your response! LOL I prefer to think he met the right person at the right time. Sometimes it takes a special person to break down another person's barriers. :-) Melissa Hmmm...I think it was the other way around...she met the right person at the right time! There are guys like that; the last thing they want in the world is the love of some taller sexy, attractive female! Not everyone indulges in the stereotypical adolescent male fantasy of wanting to be with a beautiful young woman....I believe that this Korean guy must have felt very incomfortable knowing this woman had developed feelings for him, and he probably wanted to avoid her as much as he could...not easy if she was enrolled in his self-defense class....
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Post by eaglestorm on Jun 8, 2004 9:51:30 GMT -5
Hmmm...I think it was the other way around...she met the right person at the right time! There are guys like that; the last thing they want in the world is the love of some taller sexy, attractive female! Not everyone indulges in the stereotypical adolescent male fantasy of wanting to be with a beautiful young woman....I believe that this Korean guy must have felt very incomfortable knowing this woman had developed feelings for him, and he probably wanted to avoid her as much as he could...not easy if she was enrolled in his self-defense class.... Yea, that's true. Reminds me of my friend His ex-GF is very pretty, but she has so much emotional baggage! After a couple of years, he finally found the courage to break up with her...and this only made her very mad! He's been avoiding women for well over a year, and would be feeling really good about that, but lately, his ex-GF has been calling regularly..(harrassing him is more like it...). She now wants to get back together, but he's just too nice to scream at her to leave him alone.....
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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 8, 2004 11:51:45 GMT -5
Yea, that's true. Reminds me of my friend His ex-GF is very pretty, but she has so much emotional baggage! After a couple of years, he finally found the courage to break up with her...and this only made her very mad! He's been avoiding women for well over a year, and would be feeling really good about that, but lately, his ex-GF has been calling regularly..(harrassing him is more like it...). She now wants to get back together, but he's just too nice to scream at her to leave him alone..... You mean the guy who tutors his niece? I can understand why she would want to get back together...just like all those other women who learned the hard way...sometimes a good man is hard to find, and when when they finally get one, they don't realize how lucky they are......Incidentally, with all the tension in MJ and YJ's relationship (eps. 144-145...), looking at their situation, if she were divorce him, does anyone think she would come to regret it one day?
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Post by TheBo on Jun 8, 2004 11:57:37 GMT -5
I usually think these things correct themselves, but...
You guys are WAY off topic here. Do you have any points to make about the show--specifically, about Yu-kyung's "power"--the subject of this thread?
Bo
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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 8, 2004 12:14:05 GMT -5
I usually think these things correct themselves, but... You guys are WAY off topic here. Do you have any other points to make about the show? Bo Yeah, it is off topic, but in a way it relates to the OMR characters on a much broader scale, as in how things are in real life: Woman being in love with a man, who hardly pays her any attention, but she doesn't give up easily.....Min-jae in a broad sense represents a lot of guys who are more on the quiet side, a bit introverted, having few friends, a difficulty in expressing feelings... Min-jae and the other guys described here have a lot more in common...especially when it comes to having beautiful women in love with them....
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Post by XB70 on Jun 9, 2004 20:45:47 GMT -5
Hmmmm...1064 views, 54 postings. Off-topic or not, the recent discussions on this thread certainly have sparked interest in a good number of people! It certainly is not being ignored! Actually, I think they are all relevant. If you look at how this thread, it starts out like an Ode to Yu-kyung, but the love-fest gets a bit serious when it starts discussing her "dark side", and questions about character and behavior...and goes on about the differences between her and Hye-sung....Then it shifts gears and comparisons are then made with another notable Type-A personality, Martha Stewart, then more about the issue of character....... Then it evolves into a discussion about marital or romantic relationships involving seemingly mismatched couples in real-life; how they fared...(keeping in mind that Hye-sung and Yu-kyung are too very different people....) I see it as more of a natural progression of this thread....
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Post by Seoul Calibur on Jun 9, 2004 21:51:16 GMT -5
Hmmmm...1064 views, 54 postings. Off-topic or not, the recent discussions on this thread certainly have sparked interest in a good number of people! It certainly is not being ignored! Actually, I think they are all relevant. If you look at how this thread, it starts out like an Ode to Yu-kyung, but the love-fest gets a bit serious when it starts discussing her "dark side", and questions about character and behavior...and goes on about the differences between her and Hye-sung....Then it shifts gears and comparisons are then made with another notable Type-A personality, Martha Stewart, then more about the issue of character....... Then it evolves into a discussion about marital or romantic relationships involving seemingly mismatched couples in real-life; how they fared...(keeping in mind that Hye-sung and Yu-kyung are too very different people....) I see it as more of a natural progression of this thread.... I have to agree...and if not for these other discussions, this thread would have died awhile back. If anything, the other discussions have made this thread more interesting!
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Post by eaglestorm on Jun 9, 2004 22:47:34 GMT -5
I usually think these things correct themselves, but... You guys are WAY off topic here. Do you have any points to make about the show--specifically, about Yu-kyung's "power"--the subject of this thread? Bo One thing I can say about Yu-kyung's "power" is that it has its limits, and that alone does not necessarily bring someone peace, love, and happiness!
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Post by XB70 on Jun 11, 2004 13:01:08 GMT -5
One thing I can say about Yu-kyung's "power" is that it has its limits, and that alone does not necessarily bring someone peace, love, and happiness! With something like "Yu-kyung's Power", there is room for a wide range of sub-topics....Everything from the increasing social, financial, and economic clout of women, to the subject of seemingly mismatched couples, the issues involving type-A personalities, and so on and so forth......... There is so much that can be discussed!
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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 14, 2004 17:58:04 GMT -5
3 cheers for Yu-Kyung. She is probably the only positively empowered woman on OMR. Self-made, self-assured, urban, professional, entrepreneurial lady who can hold her own against all the power-mongers on the series. Notice that nobody dares bully/talk down to her--not the Ohs, not RH, nobody! That prestige comes from having your own money, heading your own business, and not letting it go to your head such that you could marry the man YOU love, albeit your subordinate, and doing double duty as cashier at your mom-in-law's new restaurant which you put up the cash for! What a gal!! IMHO, my favorite scenes involving Yu-kyung was when she visited Keum-ja twice in order to convince her future mother-in-law to approve of her marrying Hye-sung....It was in her humility that I saw her greatest power, and not just in the character and personality traits previously attributed to her.
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