18 VS 29
My interest in Korean soap operas got the better of me. Last Holy week (a week long holiday in the Philippines), I watched a Korean soap titled 18 VS 29. 16 episodes in all. Never got to finish it in a day. I started wathcing it thursday and finished it just yesterday. Thus keeping me occupied the whole vacation. Besides the poor subtitles, the series has a good story. Also, like every other Korean soaps that I've watched, they have the most annoying and beautiful antagonists, marriage is not a big deal to these antagonists and parents (or guardians) are always a hinder to the protagonist's marriage. The difference of this soap among the others is that the guy really love his wife. He never did have a relationship nor fell in love with another woman.
The story is about a married couple on the brink of a divorce. One fateful day, 29 year old Hye-chan, the wife, was on her way to the trial court to submit the divorce papers when a truck crashed into her car. Her husband, Sang-Young, also 29, is an actor who is rumoured to have a relationship with his co-actor in a TV series. Sang-young was on an interview when he heard about Hye-chan's accident. Hye-chan apparently survived the car crash but unfortunately, she lost her memory. She didn't entirely lose her memory. But all she can remember was from up to a certain day when she was 18 years old. When she was 18, that was when she first met her husband. Funny thing is, she hated his guts in high school. So when she woke up, she thought that she was still 18 and upon knowing that she married the guy who she hated, couldn't accept it. Her sister and husband tried to make sense out of her. They thought that she was only faking it in defense to the rumors surrounding his husband. The wife only thought he was having an affair when she spotted him carrying his drunk co-star to her apartment. Which apparently, nothing did happen. Being a loving husband that he is, he really convinced his wife that she's already 29, she's married to him and that they love each other very much. He tries to make her forget all about the bad things that happened to their relationship and about the divorce. But, as usual, certain factors tried to hinder their love in the form of a jealous, obsessive co-star, a love struck high-school student and a grumpy old grandfather.
It's tough enough to take care of someone who has amnesia, but this time, having to take care of someone who has selective amnesia or retrograde amnesia (as they call it) is far worse. Especially if you know that she hated your guts back to that event in time that she only remembers. The soap's funny. It kind of reminds me of the movie 50 First Dates and 13 Going On 30.
The story is about a married couple on the brink of a divorce. One fateful day, 29 year old Hye-chan, the wife, was on her way to the trial court to submit the divorce papers when a truck crashed into her car. Her husband, Sang-Young, also 29, is an actor who is rumoured to have a relationship with his co-actor in a TV series. Sang-young was on an interview when he heard about Hye-chan's accident. Hye-chan apparently survived the car crash but unfortunately, she lost her memory. She didn't entirely lose her memory. But all she can remember was from up to a certain day when she was 18 years old. When she was 18, that was when she first met her husband. Funny thing is, she hated his guts in high school. So when she woke up, she thought that she was still 18 and upon knowing that she married the guy who she hated, couldn't accept it. Her sister and husband tried to make sense out of her. They thought that she was only faking it in defense to the rumors surrounding his husband. The wife only thought he was having an affair when she spotted him carrying his drunk co-star to her apartment. Which apparently, nothing did happen. Being a loving husband that he is, he really convinced his wife that she's already 29, she's married to him and that they love each other very much. He tries to make her forget all about the bad things that happened to their relationship and about the divorce. But, as usual, certain factors tried to hinder their love in the form of a jealous, obsessive co-star, a love struck high-school student and a grumpy old grandfather.
It's tough enough to take care of someone who has amnesia, but this time, having to take care of someone who has selective amnesia or retrograde amnesia (as they call it) is far worse. Especially if you know that she hated your guts back to that event in time that she only remembers. The soap's funny. It kind of reminds me of the movie 50 First Dates and 13 Going On 30.
Bounce!
posted by INGGO! @ 4/17/2006 01:19:00 PM
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