on why I love Kim Sam Soon...

not in any order of preference or importance, just reasons why I like the show...

1) Great Soundtrack - easy on the ears melody. No need to know korean or french to enjoy the songs particularly. Sets a great ambiance to the show. Local production houses should take note ah...

2) Cute stuffed pig. yes, the stuffed pig grows on you. :p and the script writers actually incorporates the pig into the plot, so that it's just not a cute eye-candy. Nice!

3) surreality. especially the dream sequences and the the day-dreaming sequence. Aw, come on, you know you've done it before, where you dream of doing stuff that you wouldn't normally (dare to) do... Kinda Ally McBeal in that aspect...

4) Great food shots. okay, so this isn't another "Jewel in the Place", where you get shown tons and tons of image of food. Still, must admit the shots of the food and the preparation is a feast on the eyes. and i learnt new stuff, about patisseur*, madeline**, cakes^, pastries^, chocolates^,  "chok" 粥，kim chi...

5) Pudgy Sam soon. yeaps, apparently the actress, Kim Sun-ah, had to gain 8 kilograms of weight for this role. And it's sorta of a calculated move, to deliberately make the main lead a "fat" woman.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507200032.html

Despite this "below-the-belt" tactics of gaining viewers' sympathy, I still love the character of Sam soon. well, cos' I think it's a realistic portrayal. Plus "rooting for the underdog" syndrome...

6) Learning about contemporary Korean culture. Lotsa of snippets. Playing cards la, going for 拜拜 to remember their dead, blind-dating 相亲， sons still being hit by moms (sob!)

7) Love tips - on what to do and what not to do. For the jerks who wanna break up in style, I recommend watching the first episode of this serial. Hear the guy's "My love can only go so far" speech. sounds very logical, but if the gers hear it, definitely would want to beat up the guys.

okay, think i've written enough in this ode for now. should start on my ode to Sophie Scholl...

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* a professional term for "baker"

** the most famous/favourite french biscuit (??)

^ on how they can really make you fat :p