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I just found a drama called 'My Name is Kim Sam Soon', or 'My Lovely Sam Soon'. It's different from the other stuff I've watched...
Firstly, the main character is a middle-aged. overweight patissiere. She's really not that fat. She's just not as skinny as all the other attractive asian girls you see in dramas. Anyway, there's a rich, young, handsome restaurant owner Jin Heon. He first meets her after she's dumped by her cheating boyfriend on Christmas. A little while later, he finds Sam Soon and wants her as his patissiere. Well, she agrees, but only on the condition that she could be known as 'Hee Jin' rather than 'Sam Soon'. Jin Heon fights this, and I mean, he really doesn't want to call her Hee Jin. Eventually, he loses the argument and she starts work as a Patissiere at his restaurant, Bon Apetit.
One day, Jin Heon interrupts Sam Soon's blind date (which was going really really well), and pretends that he's her boyfriend so that his blind date would leave him alone. Sam Soon, incredibly angry, goes the entire day doing random stuff, while Jin Heon follows her. She gets drunk, and stuff happens, and she wakes up in Jin Heon's apartment. His mother comes the next day, and that's when the idea of a love contract comes together.
At some point, to make his mother happy, he asks Sam Soon to pose as his girlfriend. In turn, he pays (50 million won, I think) so that Sam Soon doesn't lose her house. It all looks normal, right? Everything's the way a drama should be. There's some funny stuff that goes down. There are ups and downs, and you expect that after after a dozen episodes, they'll start liking each other and everything will be wonderful, right?
Not at all.
Jin Heon's ex-girlfriend, Hee Jin, from the states comes back, claiming they never broke up. He's all mad at her for not calling or communicating for three years, and she's mad that he didn't wait for her. At first, it seems ridiculous to expect him to wait when she apparently didn't give him any notice, but as the series continues, it makes more sense, and you feel a sort of pity for her. Hee Jin just complicates everything.
So, I have never been so conflicted when it comes to pairings. I kind of want Jin Heon and Hee Jin together more than he and Sam Soon. They seem so perfect. But Sam Soon deserves happiness, and she probably could find it with Jin Heon. Hee Jin deserves happiness too, and she has an amazing back-up guy who also deserves happiness, but dammit, the only way she feels she'll be truly happy is with Jin Heon! And I really don't care whether he's happy or not, because he's a bit of a jerk who has a few good points. He looks so peaceful and happy with Hee Jin, that I can't help but believe they are perfect for each other!
So this drama does feature a song or two you might recognize. I found a link for the sheet music if anyone's interested: Sheet Music Cafe. It has sheet music from KPop and Dramas, and other things. I haven't browsed the entire thing yet. But it's amazing.
Firstly, the main character is a middle-aged. overweight patissiere. She's really not that fat. She's just not as skinny as all the other attractive asian girls you see in dramas. Anyway, there's a rich, young, handsome restaurant owner Jin Heon. He first meets her after she's dumped by her cheating boyfriend on Christmas. A little while later, he finds Sam Soon and wants her as his patissiere. Well, she agrees, but only on the condition that she could be known as 'Hee Jin' rather than 'Sam Soon'. Jin Heon fights this, and I mean, he really doesn't want to call her Hee Jin. Eventually, he loses the argument and she starts work as a Patissiere at his restaurant, Bon Apetit.
One day, Jin Heon interrupts Sam Soon's blind date (which was going really really well), and pretends that he's her boyfriend so that his blind date would leave him alone. Sam Soon, incredibly angry, goes the entire day doing random stuff, while Jin Heon follows her. She gets drunk, and stuff happens, and she wakes up in Jin Heon's apartment. His mother comes the next day, and that's when the idea of a love contract comes together.
At some point, to make his mother happy, he asks Sam Soon to pose as his girlfriend. In turn, he pays (50 million won, I think) so that Sam Soon doesn't lose her house. It all looks normal, right? Everything's the way a drama should be. There's some funny stuff that goes down. There are ups and downs, and you expect that after after a dozen episodes, they'll start liking each other and everything will be wonderful, right?
Not at all.
Jin Heon's ex-girlfriend, Hee Jin, from the states comes back, claiming they never broke up. He's all mad at her for not calling or communicating for three years, and she's mad that he didn't wait for her. At first, it seems ridiculous to expect him to wait when she apparently didn't give him any notice, but as the series continues, it makes more sense, and you feel a sort of pity for her. Hee Jin just complicates everything.
So, I have never been so conflicted when it comes to pairings. I kind of want Jin Heon and Hee Jin together more than he and Sam Soon. They seem so perfect. But Sam Soon deserves happiness, and she probably could find it with Jin Heon. Hee Jin deserves happiness too, and she has an amazing back-up guy who also deserves happiness, but dammit, the only way she feels she'll be truly happy is with Jin Heon! And I really don't care whether he's happy or not, because he's a bit of a jerk who has a few good points. He looks so peaceful and happy with Hee Jin, that I can't help but believe they are perfect for each other!
So this drama does feature a song or two you might recognize. I found a link for the sheet music if anyone's interested: Sheet Music Cafe. It has sheet music from KPop and Dramas, and other things. I haven't browsed the entire thing yet. But it's amazing.