Not really, I didn’t. QGYH2 on digg did.  But who on the world would have known that this guy was on Google Maps the entire time! And sir, I want my money back.

I’m sure you know him (Google Maps)

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The concept of a soul mate is almost laughable these days. Yeah sure, there are some extreme romantics out there who do think it exists (believe me, I know of one personally). But what if you know that the ‘one’ is right there under your nose? How would you react? Well, this sitcom explores the complicated situations of love through four couples. If I said anymore, it’d ruin the surprise. Even though it’s a sitcom, it feels like a drama. A really refreshing and  brilliant one that you’ll gobble up into bits.

Nouvelle Vague - This Is Not A Love Song

Is it just me or doesn’t Phillip look a lot like Bae Yong Joon?
Now, recap’s ahead!

Su-gyeong and Phillip are heading off hand and hand to catch the local subway. The couple grabs a seat in the crowded subway cart and Su-gyeong rests her head against her boyfriend’s shoulder while Phillip fiddles in his pocket for the ring. He’s nervous. He suddenly stand up and bends down on one knee in front of a massive crowd and proposes to his longtime girlfriend. She’s definitely startled. She doesn’t want this. She knows she loves Phillip and they’ve been dating for five years but something in her heart tells her otherwise. The women in the subway car are muttering at how jealous they are and are egging Phillip on, taking pictures on their cellphones and whatnot. The men are chanting her to say yes. Thoughts are flying across her mind—the ring choice sucks, the place to propose sucks, his proposing line is so cheesy (she senses that he must have snatched it from the Net). No no no, it’s not the way she pictured it would be. She doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. Eventually, she caves in and agrees to marry Phillip under the crowd’s eyes—Social pressure sucks, doesn’t it?  She hopes that what she’s done is the right thing to do.

A wonderful character description can be found over here.

A man and a woman are greeting each other at a formal matchmaking date. Hong Yu-Jin is an innocent looking woman with big bright eyes, rosy cheeks, brand name clothes and wears Chanel No.5 perfume. She’s the epitome of the marriage starved rich conservative maiden concept. She only wishes to get married and has a peculiar way of speaking. Good enough for playboy Shin Dong Wook, she fits his criteria. After a few exchange of words, Dong Wook excuses himself and hides behind a wall in order to see Yu-Jin’s reaction. Just as he expected, Yu-Jin’s mother rushes up asking all sorts of rushed questions, whether she likes him or not, etc and how her daughter should catch his eye since he’s a refined music director and from a good family… Her mother hands her tickets to an art gallery and scurries off, hoping for the best.

Dong Wook overhears everything and decides that her spying mother is too much for him so he drags Yu-jin by the arm and heads out the door.

At the gym, Ryohei walks in and checks out the gym’s equipment. The women completely are mesmerized by his chiseled looks. Why wouldn’t they be? He is a male model from abroad (which he is in real life). While all the females are gleeing over eye candy and thinking of ways to make the first move,  Minae knows exactly woo a man’s heart.  She saunters over to Ryohei, looks at him in eyes and orders him to take off his clothes. Ryohei’s left speechless. Ooohh.. how bold.  She meant for him to change his clothes to work out and she’ll be his personal trainer. Oh my god, she certainly knows how to capture his interest… she keeps giving him skinship and slaps his firm butt while he works out at the weights. The people at the gym are confirming it: Maneater Minae’s got her prey wrapped around her little finger.

Phillip and Su-gyeong are on a stroll when suddenly Phillip grabs Su-gyeong and kisses her passionately on the lips. It’s his new air kiss, Phillip proudly suggests. Er, Su-gyeong’s not exactly pleased to see Phillip puffing up like a frog to kiss. Phillip then tries to be playful but fails and annoys Su-gyeong. Nipple poking? How is that supposed to be cute…? Anywho, Phillip arranges some time with Su-gyeong to spend some more quality time tommorrow but Su-gyeoung’s busy. Phillip hold her hands and thanks her for accepting her proporsal, telling her that she just saved his skin from any possible embarrassment. He tells her he loves her. She replies the same but not without hesitation. Phillip moves forward, gives a peck on her forehead and embraces her.

Lesson One: Sometimes the word ‘Love’ is used very cowardly.

Yu-Jin and Dong Wook are found to be at the local fast food restaurant, it’s very different from what Yu-jin usually eats that’s for sure.  She’s mesmerized by the wonderful taste of fast food and tastes meat for the first time. Dong Wook laughs and introduces her to soju. It’s too bitter for the Yu-jin’s delicate taste buds. No worries, Dong Wook shows her how to properly gulp it down like a man instead of sipping it. Her cute way of drinking soju is warming up to Dong Wook. Dong wook tells her to lose the formal tone from her speech but she can’t help it since she is a proofreader for a local newspaper. She turns around and points out that the sign behind her is misspelled and angers the manager in the process. Poor naive Yu-jin is left stunned from the manager’s scolding. She cries out her heart about how her work is always taken for granted but when she makes one small mistake, she ends up being spat at.

Maneater Minae is with her prey Ryohei at a fancy bar. In front of them are two rows of alcohol. She describes herself as one who always gets what she wants and she never loses when in any situation. Ryohei replies that neither does he. The consquence of losing this drinking game: Loser must abide with the winner’s wishes. One, two, three.. the glasses go one by one into their mouths, lips gulping down the liquor in one clean shot, intense eyes are at each other. Then Ryohei breaks the rules, he takes two shots in one hand and dunks the liquid down his throat like there’s no tommorrow. Minae smiles. It seems that her prey’s pretty clever. Oh, but she’s got something up her sleeves. She murmurs something to Ryohei,  he can’t hear her so he bends forward. Minae cuddles up really close to his ear, tells him that he still has a drop left on his cheek and kisses him on the lips.

Dong Wook offers to take Yu-Jin wherever she wants to go while they’re walking under the Seoul streetlights. Yu-Jin hasn’t gotten a clue and leaves it up to Dong Wook to decide. A bus comes to the stop and Dong Wook points at it. Yu-Jin doesn’t get it. Dong Wook takes her hand and runs for it. They manage to get on the bus and Dong Wook offers his arm for Yu-Jin to hold on to. Yu-Jin blushes.  She wonders if Dong Wook does this often to ladies he’s met in his life. Wait, could he be a player, she thinks? She brushes it off and takes in the moment. All of a sudden, Yu-Jin vomits onto the unsuspecting passenger before her.  The passenger wakes up and throws a hissy fit unto her until she barfs again onto his lap. Dong Wook, being the kind gentlemen he is, takes off his jacket and starts to clean up the stinky mess Yu-Jin made. That’s it, Yu-Jin’s fallen head over heels over him.

Meanwhile, Su-gyeoung is lying on her bed and chanting mantras in hopes of convincing herself that Phillip is her true love and she ’s happy that she’s gotten the proposal she’s waited for five long years. She still feels crappy regardless. She tries making up reasons for why she’s not feeling right about marriage with Phillip… right, the subway wasn’t where she wanted it to be, she wanted it to be in front of a castle with a gospel choir accompanied. The ring was bland, she wanted a solid diamond rock. No honey, that’s not it. Could it be Phillip? No no no, she brushes the thought out of her head. That could never be it. Frustrated, Su-gyeong ducks under the covers and shuts herself out.

Dream Sequence
… Su-gyeong in her wedding dress and marches straight towards the altar where her prince charming Phillip awaits.  Phillip puts out his hand towards her and she does the same too when all of a sudden another bride bursts out, sends her wedding bouquet flying and snatches Phillip’s hands before her. Su-gyeong shakes her head in disagreement and starts to yell in protest but no voice comes out. Phillip on the other hand kisses the other bride’s cheek while Su-gyeong starts streaming down tears. Isn’t Phillip who she wanted and was right for her? Why this? She hears the door behind her creak open and turns out to see a man’s silhouette engulfed in bright light. The man widens his arm, welcoming her for a hug. She starts running towards him—lo and behold, that man is Dong Wook!

Dong Wook wakes up in cold sweat over the dream he just had now. Just who exactly is this woman who came to him crying in his arms?

Minae wakes up in bed too and looks over to see the side’s empty. She wonders where Ryohei’s gone off too. She goes into the living room and finds Ryohei already has cooked breakfast for her and Yu-Jin come to admire his cooking. Yu-Jin rushes over to Minae’s side and compliments on Minae’s taste in men while she sobs about her nearing-the-thirty-range-and-not-married-yet dilemma and plastic surgery. Aww, Ryohei being the sweetheart he is, tells her that she’s pretty as she is. Yu-Jin wishes Dong Wook were a bit like Ryohei and wants him to call her. Minae tells her to go text him but that shocks innocent Yu-Jin. She believes it’ll make him think she’s desperate. Ryohei informs her that most guys nowadays like women to be proactive. Well, he’s the actual proof for that.

So Yu-Jin comes up with verbose messages to send to her darling for her first text message. Minae protests and tells her that the text message after first date must be short, simple and should not be over 10 syllables.  Men want innocent women, not the pitiful kind.

Dong Wook comes out of the shower half naked and delivers some fanservice to his female viewers, highlighting his rock steel abs and toned body while stretching. He scoots over to the expresso machine that he bought solely for decoration—the taste is too bitter for him so he add pounds of sugar into the teeny cup. He grabs his cellphone and sees the text message Yu-Jin sent him. He texts her back saying that he was about to call her. Liar! Fortunately, Minae’s caught onto his little game and knows he’s playing it safe. Then she starts lecturing about how the length of the ellipsis in his text message suggest many hidden meanings. And five dots (which Dong Wook put in his message) is a sure sign that he’s a player.

Whatever, Yu-Jin doesn’t care. She would rather be whisked away in his Casanova ways.

So more chaos ensues when she asks Minae and Ryohei on how she’ll respond back. Finally they agree to send him a text indicating how Yu-Jin doesn’t believe him in banmal tone to fit under the ten syllable rule. Dong Wook chuckles when he receives the message. At least she’s not the type to whine over a broken nail or make him carry a tiny bag for her, he thinks. So he makes her even more confused and sends her a message with only two circumflexes. Poor Yu-Jin can’t wrap her head around it. She desperately wants to see him but wants to abide by Minae’s rules. So on Round Three, she sends a message asking him what they’ll eat for dinner tommorrow night, leaving no choice for Dong Wook to back out. As he prepares to respond, he’s interrupted by a phone call and heads out the door.

Minae gets ready to leave but is blocked off by Yu-Jin who wants her help on every step of the way. Minae doesn’t care and leaves Yu-jin crying her out on her own.

Sometime later at the newspaper office, Yu-Jin is scolded by her stuck-in-the-seventies Boss for being late on her first day of work. It turns out our Su-gyeoung works in the same office and she’s late too.  Anyways as punishment, Su-gyeoung is appointed to be Yu-Jin’s supervisor and to show her the ropes in the office. Su-gyeong’s fed up but continues working on a newspaper articles and shows her snarky side to a male newspaper reporter. Yu-Jin’s in complete admiration.

Jung-hwan grabs a can of pop out the vending machine at the gym and wishes how wooing women could be as simple as that. Ryohei’s confused. Dong Woo, the ulimate playboy, points out that that’s what dates are for—it’s too find out what they’re really thinking deep in their hearts. And there are mail-in order brides if he wanted a woman to solely fill his specific needs. Jung-hwan, frustrated, points out that women are so much more complicated and have already a list of criteria that their men must raise up to… his salary, choice in college, bed size, and even choice of underwear and colour. Regardless, they’ve got it sorted out. They are players.

Dong Wook and Jung-hwan now focus their attention to Ryohei whom they’ve heard the latest rumor about him being picked up by a woman in their gym. Ryohei tells him that she’s a woman who’s impossible to figure out. Cue flashback dream sequence for Dong Wook. He tells them about the dream and the girl who he can’t figure out—he’s never seen her but he feels that somehow he’s known her for a long time.

Back at the office, Yu-Jin shares details about her boyfriend to Su-gyeong including how he cleaned up her vomit without hesitation. Yu-jin’s eyes are totally lovey dovey. That reminds Su-gyeong of how her relationship with Phillip was like five years ago. It just doesn’t have the spark anymore. Speak of the devil, her phone rings and it’s Phillip calling to tell her to take care of herself when eating. He rushes into the elevator before the door closes and Minae stops it. Anyways, Phillip does some lovey dovey talk while Minae eavesdrops. She can’t help but be interested in his cute speech to his darling. Whoa, I forgot to mention but Minae teaches an English class and Phillip’s one of her students. Anyways, Minae decides that prey #2 is Phillip and saunters over towards him while he’s confused. She asks for a taste and he’s a nervous wreck in a split second. She snatches his coffee and drinks it and exits out of the elevator, not forgetting one more sensual look before the door closes. Phillip’s left speechless.

The newspaper proofreaders are having a company dinner over barbequed intestines. They’re not exactly festive though and Su-gyeong is wallowing in her own self-pity. They find out about Su-geong’a marriage proporsal and compliments her on her wedding bliss. Her Boss is feeling jealous…  she doesn’t want to believe she’ll be a spinster her whole entire life. She gets her mind off of it by telling a naughty joke involving three women, a man and big boobs. Yu-Jin’s phone rings and she’s ecstatic to hear from Dong Wook. Unfortunately, it’s a text saying that he’s gonna be late for their dinner because of a meeting. She’s upset and binges on the intestines.

They’re not the only ones having dinner. Minae accompanies Phillip and two other men (who are also students in her class) to a chic restaurant. The two other men are throwing compliments on her sexy figure and are obviously trying hard to flirt with her. Minae bluntly tells them they fail. She learns about Phillip’s longtime girlfriend and wants to know more about her. Phillip starts to stammer on compliments on his fiancee. Something doesn’t feel right. He’s too mesmerized by Minae. She proceeds by tapping her foot onto his leg. He’s a goner.

Ryohei’s on a go-see with Dong Wook for an upcoming fashion show.  Dong Wook hopes to please the designer with his song choice for the runway. The designer is not happy, claiming the song needs to be soothing and “jjan”, whatever that means. He disses him, claiming his style of music cannot compare with Yoji Yamamoto.

His phone rings and it’s his mommy who called to check up on her son. She’s upset that he hasn’t told the details on his matseon. She’s nagging him to get hitched up already since he’s already in his thirties.

We head back to a karaoke room when Su-gyeong is belting out off-pitch melancholic tunes in front of her co-workers. The coworkers including her Boss are cringing in pain. This was supposed to be a happy wlecome party for Yu-Jin but Su-gyeong is ruining it! It doesn’t matter though. Yu-Jin is too focused onto her cellphone—it rings! She excuses herself out of the room with a huge grin.

Dong Wook wants to meet with Yu-Jin right now. She’s in total euphoria that she skips her own welcome party and starts to dance as if no one was watching.

They meet at the intestines fast food place again. Yu-Jin is disappointed. She just had cooked intestines a couple of minutes ago with her coworkers but she doesn’t dare tell Dong Wook. She keeps quiet and shoves the intestines in her mouth while smiling. And to add more fuel to the fire, Dong Wook orders another two portions of intestines, liver and tripe for his girlfriend. Yu-Jin can’t hold it in anymore—she’ll puke! She keeps quiet when Dong Wook mentioning how he likes girls with good appetite.  Dong Wook continuously feeds her and all the food she’s held in her mouth comes crashing down on the neighbour behind her. And it’s the same passenger she barfed on in the bus.

Oh crap.

Obviously she’s embarrassed and she takes her hand out towards the coat that Dong Wook is wearing. she tugs at it, hoping he’ll take the hint. He’s not exactly willing to ruin his nice coat but complies anyways.

The coworkers at Yu-Jin’s welcome party haven’t even noticed that Yu-Jin’s not there. Su-gyeong is still depressed out of her mind to even care. She’s too busy moping about how guilty she feels about accepting his ring when she doesn’t really love him. She abruptly snatches the mic from her boss, picks at the lyrics saying how everything they mention about love is wrong, wrong, and wrong and collapses onto the floor.  Her co workers thinks she’s gone nuts.

Phillip is still at the chic restaurant with Minae, telling her that yesterday was it was his and his girlfriend’s fifth anniversary. Ugh, what a doofus. Why on earth are you spending time with your hot teacher when you could be with your fiancee? He’s stammering again… Minae is looking at him with her sensual eyes. She smirks, and gets straight to the point: she asks if he wants to sleep with her.

This is the moment where everything I built in five years crumbles away in an instant.

End of Episode.

Thoughts:

What the hell. WHAT THE HELL. I can’t believe he’s actually considering it. I never liked Phillip (the character obviously, not the actor) but to go that low… UGH. Ryohei is such a sweetcake by the way. He reminds me of a puppy. And I want Dong Wook to lose the hairband. Hairbands are nice on girls, not on grown men. It just makes him look like an idiot.

N’uff said. He’s a genius, fabulous, brilliant and the winner of Project Runway Season Four. You can’t help but fall for him. And I bet you’ll be including ‘fierce’ in your everyday vocabulary once you see this video.

Gah, I’m mesmerized and hooked by the kdrama Soulmate. I’m seriously losing sleep. From amazing choice of music, nice paced storyline and stellar cast, it is too full of OMG. For the past two days I’ve got Nouvelle Vague’s This Is Not A Love Song and Lasse Lindh’s Comon’ Through stuck in my head. It even got me too distracted while on my biking routine and almost crashed into this poor old Lebanese woman. Why oh why isn’t there a season two?

It’s too much. I haven’t been this hooked since the first 12 airing episodes of Hong Gil Dong.
Thank god for limited internet (stealingwifi from neighbour) and summer vacation. I remember skipping breakfast and running straight to the internet streaming channel trying to get a tiny glimpse on the next episode before I head off to school.

Okay, I’ve gone mad.
At least on the plus side, the series is complete. No more anxious feelings or mixed emotions. :)
Now I’m gonna hunt down the Soulmate OST.

Remember what I said when I was supposed to be on hiatus until August 10th?
Erase that. Stealing wi-fi from your neighbor can be so handy at times. Muahahaha.  Clearly, I have commitment issues.

En lieu with The Dark Knight Bonganza, I couldn’t help but laugh my ass off from this video.

Is that what I really think it is?
GOD, I HOPE NOT.
They’re making a live action Dragonball Z movie?
NO WAY.
And it’s filming in my city?
OH NO.
How nostalgic.

Now don’t get me wrong, I was a Dragonball Z fan when I was eleven. It sounds silly coming from ex-female fan who watched in one sitting all episodes of the series with an old neighbor one night. It is a great show if you gave it a chance…Given in mind I was eleven and could be influenced very easily. Nah.. at eleven, I was more into watching the WWF wrestling competitions with my father and dressed myself in baggy pants and hoodies to oppose the other girls who were into makeup, tube tops and boys. I didn’t have any interest in those kind of things.  But that doesn’t mean I would’ve watched Dragonball Z in the first place. I shrugged it off at first seeing it on YTV as a show meant for boys with its non stop grunting, testosterone filled fighting scenes and angry looking and gender question aliens (Sorry Piccolo, I initially thought you were secretly a woman but hell, you’re a hermaphrodite). Just google Freeza and the Ginyu team already.

Pfft, I don’t know how I got into it but… it is a good show. I can’t believe I typed that. It is the first show that introduced me to the whole, you know, streaming movies online.
I see that this post is going nowhere.

But how in the world will they pull this off? I mean, green colored aliens (Ah hem, Picolo) and its perverted sense of humor will turn some people off. Who in the world calls their kids Trunks and Bra?  No wait, I take that back. Parents call their kids anything these days. Even his mission will sound hilarious for the newcomers—Goku who has a heart of gold searches for the seven magic balls in order to be granted a wish by a long dragon who pierces the sky (Freud anyone?) How are they gonna do the Super Saiyan effect? Use maybe massive amount of gel and blonde hair dye? He doesn’t have much hair to do that in the first place.

Mr. Akira Toriyama was on crack when he wrote Dragonball Z. Honestly, this show isn’t meant to be on the silver screen. It promises one thing though—Hilarity will ensue.

So this weekend, I finally got to see Alone from Montreal’s Fantasia Film fest. Another flick by the duo masters of horror (Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom) who also did Shutter. I didn’t expect that night to be a full house! It was impossible to find seats for the four of us. First thing I have mention is that I am possibly the biggest scaredy cat out there. I don’t know what in my right mind made me even want to see this movie but somehow the trailer convinced me. I was insane when I rushed out to the admission counter and bought tickets. Yup, that must be it.

Siamese twins with romance tearing them apart… how epic.

Pet peeves for the film audience that night, I know that even though the directors and co-writers of the film were to host that night, IT DOES NOT MEAN TO CLAP EACH TIME YOU’RE TERRIFIED OUT OF YOUR MIND. Uggh, the guy behind me was indescribably rude. He was cheering loudly each time there was a brutal accident involving an animal’s death. I AM TRYING TO WATCH THE FILM YOU SADISTS. Why oh why… I would’ve slapped them all but I only have two hands. And don’t bring sushi to a horror film. You may choke and die a stupid preventable death. Plus, the vinegar rice smell is irritating on my nose. No wait, I’d prefer the girl who sat next to me choking over her sushi.

Geez, I’m totally aggravated right now.

Alone tells the story of two conjoined twins, Pim and Ploy, who separated themselves over a guy named Wee whom they met at a hospital. That’s really it. Except the directors really took the myth to heart that if one twin dies, the other one follows. Your usual scare cliches were there…. the bath tub scene, the closet, the running scene, random noise over ceiling scene, the scene scene scene but hell, there were scenes I did not expect! Gah, I couldn’t get my mind over her legs gently floating over Pim’s sleeping body. I’m shivering as I type this. And her dead skin cells rejoining with her sister… whjohaekfjkajqkas. Insert here more incoherent blabbery.

It turns out that the current alive ‘Pim’ isn’t ‘Pim’ at all but Ploy disguised as Pim in order to get Wee’s affections. She kills her own mother who knows her secret and then goes on a killing spree and tries to kill Wee.

Being the wuss cat I am, I did not like how the film refused to create ‘tension’ and delved straight into the scare pit. It was one scare after another… It was like riding on a roller coaster, really. A gruesome two hour roller coaster. It’s hard to keep my poor eyes close for that long.

Then the Q&A for the makers followed up. Questions in the audiences were great… despite their immaturity. I learned about how the directors now are making a political drama movie. I wish them well in their future endeavors.

Sissel - Lær Meg Å Kjenne

The directors were right. Fear is universal.

On an irrelevant comment, I changed my layout for the timebeing.  Bear with this change while I find one that suits.

I bet most of you academics were warned bout how copying and pasting research materials and claiming the work as your own lands you in hot scalding waters. What I’m surprised about is that nothing is done when other artists in a different country could profit at the expense of others. I’m pointing at you, Mr. Pritam. Don’t tell me it’s not a coincidence. I would have never found out if I didn’t pick up the latest copy of Race at my local Hindi rental shop and watched Delightful Girl Choon Hyang beforehand. Music can overcome geographical bourdaries, sure, but don’t blatantly steal it without giving credit.

Specimen One - Sarangaheyo from DGCH OST

Specimen Two - Pehli Nazar Mai from Race

Of course, I realize that the music industry is relentless towards its artists (Look at Hyori’s case with Get Ya and Britney Spear’s Do Somethin’). It looks like Pritam plagiarized more than one song. I’m already questioning his music credentials. But to go this low for fame? That’s despicable. Does he even know how many months a genuine artist spend in their studio to compose a three to four minute song?

What are your thoughts on this?

A new feature on the blog I’d like to call OddBites. As you well know, the internet is a treasure trove of information and goodies. Whether it be downright weird to the most exceptional head turner, it’ll be here. All of what I feature on OddBites will be posted in the Time Capsule page (it will be up sometime soon).

A Guide to Life : Things They Don’t Tell You (But Should)
By WINSTON ROWNTREE

Why go though life to learn all of these lessons? Be aware! This comic presents a cynical but honest guide to life in general. What? A little cynicism never hurts. And it’s cute too.

I’ve got three words: I love this.

Bear with these nicknames. The names are revealed gradually and I’m typing this up as I watch.
Deok Ku - Younger guy.
Jang Chul Soo - Older Guy.
Anna Jo - Lady in Red/Lady of the Damned/Lady From Hell
Billy - Anna Jo’s Hubby
Head Butler - Mr. Gong

Two men are cruising along the highway. One man looks fairly nervous. Cue eerie music. Something’s clearly not right. He nervously asks his partner if he’s got the ‘weapons’ and they shouldn’t be doing this. It’s not right. The older man hints that he can’t betray him now. They’ve got to use this opportunity to expand their scope and do this abhorred task together. It’s now or never. The duo reach their destination of doom and both look at each other one last time.

Brother look of doom.

The younger man exits the car and walks slowly with their luggage. Isolated area. Huge wind gusts. Mourning music plays on to hint the viewer that this is the end for the two. Only two minutes and I’m thinking, “Oh no, we’re already at conflicts for our protagonists? Are they going to die? ARE THEY MAFIA PEOPLE?” I mean, they’re both dressed in navy blue trench coats and are starkly fit for their age.

…
WHUT!!?! The men pass a sign indicating that they’re entering the female bath area. Half dressed giggly plump ladies are at awe seeing the two good looking males while applying lotion. Well, looks like the two guys are plumbers called in for a clog job. How cute. The younger guy is hiding his face behind his collar as he whizzes past the women. The manager leads them to the hair clogged pipe and the plumbers start to clean it out. Deok Ku (Younger Guy) tells the manager some useful advice about not eating yogurt in the bathing area. How right of him. There’s everything you could possibly imagine stuck in there.

Ew hair.

After the job is done, the older guy notices that the manager gave him three notes short of the expected price. Cheapskate manager ignores the plumbers. Older Man is not going to let this one out. He’s going to get his money’s worth by having a bath in the ladies’ bath area for his missing 30,000 won. Clearly, he’s gone mad. He wants his money. He starts stripping off his shirt…

No comment.

Well, pardon me for an estrogen relapse. Rock hard gorgeous abs. Belt unbuckled. Pants on floor. And then he PULL HIS UNDERPANTS DOWN. The middle aged ladies faint. Man, I wish I were there with the group of giggling women. I’m liking this already. Mission successful, the boys get their 30,000 won after their bath. The shock tactic always works.

The camera takes us to an opulent auction house in New York. Bids start flying off the roof for James Wood’s painting start off at two hundred thousand smackeroos. But what’s this, a crazy Asian woman bidding at five hundred thousand !? Oh you go girl! There’s an intense bidding war between this woman and the lady in red. The Lady in red wins at one million smackeroos. The woman comes over snapping the Lady in Red for usurping her father’s painting. Ouch. Lady in Red knows of the James Wood’s near death and his daughter’s cruel plan for money from her boyfriend. Touche. It looks like bribery works well in Lady in Red’s world. An attendant tells her that she’s ready to leave for Seoul.

“New York, the weather sucks. ” Fine words as spoken by the lady in red.

Meanwhile, Lady in Red’s husband is playing golf with his butler in Korea. He’s successful and wealthy most definitely as you can tell from his attire but something’s amiss. The husband discusses solutions to avoid going to America. His life is peaceful ever since his wife left for America three months ago. His house is decorated the way he wants, his pet fish Solomon loves him to bits. His empire, staff and crew are in one piece. All is well and sweet. That is until, he hears a cat’s purr in the next room. He goes to the next room to find a cat sitting on top of luggage. Oh crud. It’s the Lady in Red’s cat, Princess.  Poor guy. He gets a phone call from the Lady of the Damned (his wife) confirming that she’s on her way to Seoul to shatter his utopia.

The flight attendant asks the Lady politely to shut off her cell phone to prepare for takeoff. Unfortunately, she gets the bitter end of the Lady’s mouth and tells her off to mind her own business. Arrggh, I’m already disliking her. In the Seoul household, servants are hustling about trying to make sure every details suits the Lady’s picky taste. And when I mean PICKY, I mean change everything from the ceiling to the floor, from light fixtures to smooth toilet flushes. One strike and you’re out. Even the employees were laid off just because their faces didn’t suit to her taste.

The flight attendant returns to offer the Lady of the Damned a hot towel. It’s far too hot for the Queen and the poor flight attendant gets an earful. The neighboring old man tells the Lady that she should be considerate. Wrong move, buddy. She irks him out by telling him to move away from her since his mouth and armpit smells like crap. In the row behind her, an little girl is whining about how she can’t sleep unless her mother tells her the ending of the Little Mermaid. Lady of the Damned does an excellent job of killing her innocence by bluntly stating that Mermaid committed suicide after failing to kill the prince for having an affair. Poor girl was scarred for life. She’ll be having nightmares.

Oh what a posh life.

The flight’s over and the Lady in Red is pissed off when a servant delivers her car keys late. To top off her b—chy attitude, it’s pouring outside. She commands a passerby to open his umbrella and escort her to her car and leaves without saying a thank you. How many more pour souls is she going to take for granted?

In the bumpkin countryside, the Older Man in a red stained shirt is doing errand moving mannequins and paint cans into his truck. He’s happy to get his paycheck. He heads on home in the pouring rain to see his three children while the red paint bucket in the truck sloshes back and forth. On the other side of the road, Damsel in Red spazzes out on her cellphone claiming she’s lost. She passes a sign stating that she’s in an accident prone area Well, that’s a start in narrowing where she is. Foreshadowing anyone? Her cellphone shuts off and her imported sportscar is stuck in the mud. Hehehe, I’m happy to see that how karma bites you in the butt, Lady in Red.

Like a sweet bumpkin he is, Older Man comes across the Lady in Red and offers to help her, with compensation. Lady in Red goes into the car to get her wallet and Older Man is checking out her butt. While Older Man is digging out the tire with his shovel, Lady in Red notices that the man looks eerie in his raincoat but disregards it. More grumbles comes from Older Man who regrets not asking for more money for his digging. He asks for her help in pushing the car but prissy Madam doesn’t do physical work and scoffs at him. He tells her to go wait in his car while he pushes. And off she goes in the rugged vehicle. She starts noticing the trash around her like decomposing sandwiches, used pop bottles, etc and starts cleaning around her. She picks up a rag and feels something wet on her hands. It’s blood. She looks behind her and sees a chainsaw and mangled bodies with red stains. Oh dear.

Disguised Tall Man With Face Half Hidden + Chainsaw and Other Sharp Tools + Blood-stained Shirt + Mangled Corpses in Back Truck = Flight or Fight Response + MURDERER!!

The Older Man thinks on the other hand that she’s snooping in his truck for his precious money. He sees that Lady in Red is holding tight onto his red stained shirt that has his paycheck in it. It doesn’t help that Older Man drags his shovel and walks slowly towards her while she’s panicking for her life and takes out a plunger for defense. She gets out and whacks Older Man until he’s unconscious and gets into her sportcar with his plunger and unknowingly his paycheck. It isn’t later when she stops the car in a well lit area did she notice that she smacked a guy half to death other red paint smears on her hands. Oh you. From the rag, she finds a business card and learns his name is Jang Chul Soo and he’s not a murderer by profession.

Chul Soo collapses in his living room all disoriented and bruised from Lady From Hell’s powerful beatings. In the midst of being asked of what led to his current state, all he could think about was his stolen paycheck. She must be a professional robber who did detailed planning, he concludes. He vows to catch her before she attacks another clueless victim. Deok Ku interrupts his thinking by throwing a paint smeared mannequin on the floor, telling him this was the prime reason of his bashing and she is purely innocent.

Frankly, I now know of their names so let’s start using them okay?

Anna Jo’s husband pouts over his wedding photo and ring. He’s told of his wife’s arrival by the head butler. He rushes out the greet his wife with a smile but finds a disgruntled Anna charging out of the sports car ready to rip off someone’s head. She demands for a hug and the husband complies. Anna notices that he’s changed his perfume and starts picking at his imperfections. The head butler is not amused. He has to change every thing in the house to please the Madam. Even some employees are crying. Enough is enough, hubby won’t tolerate anymore of Madam’s shenanigans. He’ll confront her about her unpredictable tastes. He barges into the room to find his wife grooming her cat and complaining how she almost slipped and died in the bathroom today.
Let’s just say that his method to ‘be the man’ didn’t work too well when his speech was overwrought by her noisy hairdryer.

Chul Soo is intent on catching the Lady in Red so he hangs a huge sign on the side of the highway:

Looking for a witness
Car description: Red foreign sports car. The culprit is in her early-mid 30s. Wears loud clothing and has arrogant speech. Will reward those who will report. Phone number xxx-xxx-xxxx.

I doubt it’ll work.

On the same road, Anna’s on an excursion in her other luxurious sport car to a resort. She asks the driver is there was any report if there was someone who was killed by a shovel. The Head butler tells her no and passes by the two boys holding up the sign. Even though it was a sports car, Chul Joo dismisses it because it’s not the right color. Doesn’t it ever occur to him that the wealthy may have more than one car? Anna Jo tells the driver to stop and buy some milk for her cat, Princess and she must drink from a plate. At the same time, the boys stop in front of the same store. The sports car catches Chul Joo’s eyes and he investigates its beauty further. Oh wow, what a surprise. He doesn’t take him too long to notice that he touched the Lady in Red’s car. He calls her a psycho (and he’s darn right on that one) and infuriates the woman. And some bickering ensues. He demands an apology for the beating and wants his money back. Things get violent and it ends up with Chul Joo’s head stuck in the car’s window. She gets out and into the driver’s seat and tortures him. Thank goodness Deok Ku noticed and rushed to save his pal before his head becomes deformed. Anna Jo drives away and the two get in the car to start the car chase. This pal really wants his money back. Haha, I love how the clueless butler is left standing at the empty lot while holding Princess’ milk carton and plate.

Oh right, where was I? The Car Chase, right. Anna’s not slowing down for pride’s sake despite Chul Joo’s persistent yelling to stop. She doesn’t notice that there are highway cameras. Uh oh. But their expressions are hilarious! After a few minutes, she realizes that it’s stupid on her part for running away, she could just tell the scamper to get lost after she gives her check of one million won. She stops the car and readies out the check but after being hurled with insults she decides to forgo the idea. Princess sneaks out the Madam’s car and into Chul Joo’s truck while the two argue about laws, police stations and money. The last straw for Anna is when Deok Ku alludes her that her problems are shit, she scampers furiously to her car and drives off. Few minutes later after her monologue, she notices that Princess is missing from the backseat. Hehehe, unfortunately Princess is sold to the local pet store by Chul Joo for 500,000 won. In any case, he’s getting his money back.

Anna hunts him down given by the information on his business card she found on the horrifying night.
Meanwhile, Chul Joo is sharing a pizza with his nephews with the money he got from selling the cat. His nephews are proud of their uncle who supposedly caught the robber. Strangely, he feels that there’s evil tension in the air. He turns around and he sees no other than the Lady of the Damned herself giving him the death glare outside his house gate. You’re in big doo doo, Chul Joo. The Queen demands for her 10 million won cat back and she wants it NOW. She’s gone crazy that she’s taken the nephew’s beloved dog as hostage.

Observe her rabid fangs.

Chul Joo manages to get Princess back thanks to Deok Ku’s ninja snatching skills. He’s tempted to sell the cat again for the 10 million won but his nephews are crying for their little canine buddy. He gets the phone from her Highness and promise to meet up to do the pet exchange. The two meet near the bay and are at it again. They drop the pets at the count of three and move slowly closer to each other (of course, not without the compulsory death glare). They briskly run to pick up their pets. Chul Joo’s decided now that he won’t take any money compensation for all the trouble she’s caused and wants an apology. Anna refuses and threatens that she would’ve went to the police for catnapping and selling her precious Princess. Alright, they make a promise: the next time they meet, if that ever happens, the two will pretend that they don’t know each other and ignore their presence. Oh come on, this is too fun! It’s a korean drama… it’s fate that these two will meet each other again!

Hubby’s enjoying some iPod bonding time with his pet fish Solomon.

Head butler hasn’t heard from Anna in days and has that hopeful glimmer in his eyes that maybe, just, maybe Anna went back to America and everyone would be free from her wrath. Right then, Anna’s voice is screaming her hubby’s name declaring that she must go back to America and how much she hates living in Korea. Billy (the Hubby) clearly can’t stop himself from hiding his grin. Until Anna insists that Hubby tags along.

Chul Joo’s back at home pleading Deok Ku’s mother to babysit his nephews again while he looks for work. His next job is far from home but he’s promised to look for a caretaker in the meanwhile. What Chul Joo doesn’t know about his next job can’t hurt him right?

Anna is relaxing on her expensive yacht with her beloved Princess. She scoffs at Mr. Gong for blocking Princess’ and her exposure to the sun. She tells Mr. Gong to quickly fix the shower and off Mr. Gong goes fuming at her fickleness. Haha, Chul Joo is at the dock for his next job and admires the yacht. After he fixes the showerhead, he hears Princess’ purring. It doesn’t hit him until seconds later when he hears a familiar voice upstairs calling for her cat.

He’s face-to-face with her AGAIN. She slips and the next thing you know, Madam She Devil is in Chul Joo’s arms.