#WelcomeToSamdalri

 #WelcomeToSamdalri signing off

*Rom-Com 

In this healing drama, after suffering a fall from grace, a fashion photographer returns to her hometown and reconnects with her childhood friend and sweetheart, rekindling an unfinished romance, and rediscovering herself.

“As always, we’re going for only as long as our breath allows without being greedy.

And whenever we’re out of breath, we’ll come back to that place.

Our small stream, Samdalri…”

Having a place to return to is an incredible relief.

SECOND CHANCES. I paused this drama at Episode 5. As I was watching this along with #AGoodDayToBeADog and #Boyhood, I felt a disengagement from my end. Although at the time, after getting sick and being  sidelined for a while, my appetite did not return right away. I even finished #GyeongseongCreature and #TheBequeathed ahead of these 3. I like the leads #JiChangWook, especially after #WorstofEvil and #ShinHyeSun after #SeeYouInMy19thLife and they look good together, so what was wrong with me?

I gave in and gave it another chance. Which went well with the theme. Second chances at love, life, career, friendship, relationships, among many other things. I was surprised that after Episode 5, my watching went smoothly. I was crying, I was kilig with the leads, I laughed at the funny situations, got mad at some point. I liked the subplots – the back stories of their parents, Samdal’s sisters (one’s a divorcee and the other is a widow), their friends, the one-sided love, the kontrabidas, the community. The oldies have their share of heartwarming and tearjerking moments. It actually reminds us of #HometownChaChaCha and #OurBlues, how smalltown people stick together and root for each other no matter what. Fighting! 

At first, kainis ung abeoji ni SongPil, but later on, you will understand where he is coming from. Yung effect ng loss and grief to a person. Pero syempre para magfit sa 16 episodes, kailangang tapusin at madaliin ang pagmove on ng bawa’t isa at pagpapatawad niya. Bakit nga ba at their age (30s), may bearing pa rin yung parents and what they say. Not that I complain. Bakit nga ba yung public opinion, sobrang taas ng ranking sa buhay nila. No wonder, andaming nagkakamental health issues, suicide attempts, bullying, etc. It was even explicitly said in one episode that “(The) truth does not matter.” WTF.

As usual, Wookie’s charms are all over the place. I could tell his leading lady found him charming too, may mga scenes na parang nanggi-gigil sa kanya si Hye Sun (refer to the pics). He looks so much in love with Samdal, na ano ba! Pwede bang tapusin na natin ang mga gusot at magmahalan na lang kayong dalawa, please? Also, when you’ve watched a lot of dramas like this one, naiisip mo, talaga bang sila eh isang tao lang ang minamahal? Posible ba talagang isang tao lang ang mamahalin mo sa lifetime mo? Wala nang chance ang iba na sumingit? Si Samdal naman, ang swerti swerti, may 2 guys na inlove sa kanya, tapos ang loyal pa ng tropa nya...san ka pa!

Watch out for cameos #ChaEunWoo (poster lang actually) and #KimTaeHee (na sobrang ganda pa rin).

Pero ang ganda talaga ng Jeju, bhie. Kaya even if ok na sila sa mainland, uuwi at uuwi pa rin sila. 

Where home is both a place and a feeling.

• Kim Mi-Kyung – Doctor Cha, Crash Course in Romance, pambansang Eomeoni

• Seo Hyun-Chul – Boyhood, Heartbeat

• Shin Dong-Mi – Liver or Die

• Kang Mi-Na – Moonshine, The Law Café 

• Kang Young-Seok - Military Prosecutor Doberman

• Lee Jae-Won – Revenant, Record of Youth

• Yang Kyung-Won – good guy siya dito, Big Mouth, Vincenzo, Crash Landing on You

#WelcomeToSamdalri is streaming at Netflix 

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