Secret Garden E14: Live “Transcap”

 

12/28 Updated: White Fox filled in more blanks

My biggest fear about the second half of kdrama is the “drama” part catching up to them and taking the story to places it does not need to go (ahem-cough-cough-nod to msoan).

What is so freakishly amazing about this show is that it doesnt have any dull episodes- the ones you skip over to get to the next good one. All dramas have those, but I dont have any for this-if anything I have the opposite problem- and wonder which was was even better than the last. 

As I watch each episode, I can’t help but take pause and revel in all the great scenes SG keeps offering us. Each episode has moved at a brisk pace without lagging in quality or content. For me, that is the ultimate gift this writer has given us this holiday and I for one will forever be grateful I started translating this drama. In the midst of all the late night transcriptions, I sit there sometimes and wonder how this show will surpass itself the next week and it finds a way to – every time. That kind of rare consistency comes along every once is a while so let’s bask in its accomplishments and not listen to people who want to detract from that fact by finding issues where it doesnt exist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG E14: Transcription

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oska tells R that his job as fairy godmother is only up to here (bringing her there)

 

oska goes up to seul and asks if she waited long

she says – why would i wait for you?

he takes seul away saying he remembered something

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JW asks R:where were you?

R: I’m right here

JW: why didnt you answer your phone?

R: that is why I came

JW: I’m not done being mad-dont move

he checks her dress label

you wore something nice

did your fairy godmother pick it out

did she tell you to come here dressed so pretty and disappear when midnight bell rings?)
R: that depends on you

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oska offers seul cheesecake

is this not something you liked?

didnt you say you liked it but since you were afraid you would gain weight you wouldnt eat it?

seul: who is that? is it that skinny girl?

oska : it wasnt you

he guesses seul doesnt like chocolate

seul: why are you doing this?

oska:  i’m in the process of remembering and one day I will remember it all and how I will return it one by one

i’m hungry

wanna share this?

 

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JW: answer me-why are you dressed like this

dont make me nervous

R: I wanted to come in but I couldnt come in so I  stood outside

but fairy godmother told me to come tell you

that I came to see you

to your mother, I swore on my father and promised I wouldnt meet you anymore

though my body turned away, my heart would not leave

If I meet you I know it will be really difficult in the future

but instead of having a hard time not seeing you

i think it will be easier to put up with if I see you and have a hard time

I came to see you

this is my answer

but I wont be your LM

so now you give me your answer

even now- can I only be a LM (to you)?

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JW’s daebak answer scene

some girl JW went on a blind date with comes over

the girl is impressed JW remembered her name

seul listens and comes over and takes the girl away

by lying and saying someone wants to speak to the girl

JW: I only went out on one blind date with her that’s all

the date you found out about- that one-so…

R: it doesnt matter

since I still havent heard your answer yet

so answer the question i asked earlier

Guy says to JW: were you here? we should have a drink together

who is it?

it’s the first time I’ve seen her face

introduce us

JW: she is someone you would never meet in your life

go and play

guy: why cant I meet her whenever it may be, we may run into in this narrow fields. (* imply the playground for the rich)
JW: I told you she is someone you cant meet

she is really something else. this girl drives like a car racer, if she sees a pickpocket or molester-for someone she doesnt even know-she’ll throw a punch. she doesnt have any money, her entire body is covered with scars/bruises-she hates spending even a moment with people like us-she is that kind of woman

I’ve never seen a more beautiful/cool woman before

this is my answer

guy: are you out of your mind?

and they all speak the worst english again to each other

JW: you know how to speak english?

R: it’s the lines from dark blood

i’m practicing for the audition

she says if “our oppa” (meaning oska) didnt dress me like this, I could have performed some kind of stunt on that guy but all JW heard was “dress” and he asks alarmed – “did he dress you himself?”

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the girl asks who wanted to speak to me and seul says it was me

then seul pushes her against the wall and asks if the girl likes dramas

 

 

seul used a line from gossip girl – the line blair said ” in this city the crazy ‘B” is me”

seul:what you just tried on KJW i already did it a few months ago

I’m telling that one girl(*referring to herself) is enough to hang around KJW simply by reason of qualifications are met.
dont hurt people who just now opened their hearts

quietly play and go home

then she hears oska playing a song she likes “She”

and he asks : this one is right huh?

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*seul’s bad acting threw me off but did she just stick up for JW and R? or am I off my rockers?

i listened to it like 10 times and i just cant listen anymore- my eyes and ears hurt from this woman’s crazy eyes and grating voice

man she is confusing – is she evil or really nice?

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Daebak of all daebak kiss scene in recent years

R and JW dance -well more like stare and barely move

he leans in and gives her a peck

R: everyone is just watching us

JW: of course since I just kissed a poor stunwoman

if there are any stockholders of our dept store near you-tell them to hurry and sell their shares cuz the president of that dept store has fallen for a woman and is in the process of ruining a major business deal

and he kisses her a lot more -starting from her forehead –

dang that is the most kissing I have seen on a drama lately

and everyone just watches

—

*thank goodness they switched songs to the new one

so i can just listen to the song over and over 🙂

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*ok my energy level just went up

—

oska shoots a cf

then he does an interview

the woman mentions something about the actor/golfer

oska does research about him

News Headlines:
-Left as a boy and came back as a man
-Have been in a love triangle – bambshell confession
-Sorry for those who I had hurt because I was immature
-Lee JunHyuk’s love rival is a Hallryu star?

and that is when oska figures out that Seul overheard oska and the actors conversation

and oska goes to seul

but on his way

some problem happens with the songwriter

people are accusing oska of doing all of it

that he planned to plagiarize and everything

he is furious and wants to know where TS is

Headlines:
-Oska connived in plagiarism, shocking confession from the composer
-Composer a Kwon turned down the offer of a huge sum of money
-Oska brought up the original song by himself
-Hallryu star, insensitivity of morality goes beyond bounds
—

JW is at his office

he is afraid to look at his stocks – fear of drastic drop but it is okay

so he is relieved

—

during the meeting

mr park is quiet

on a file of sales report for christmas event, it reads “may it rain at christmas (or may rain pour down at christmas)”
Mr. Park crosses it out and doodles “may he be dumped at christmas!” repeatedly.
and mrpark mentions he heard that JW had the most fun at the party

JW: you heard it and so what? by any chance are you yearning for me?
(*i think JW said it in the sense of ‘are you jealous of that i’m in love?’
but the writer purposely used the same word(dong-kyung:long, yearn) as Dr.lee said to Mr.Park in Ep12.)
jw calls an end to the meeting cuz he has a date

—

JL tells her something about the audition

she runs into JW on her way out

he asks where she was

he wants to know why R is always coming out of JL office

since JL is not the director anymore he asks cupid

for permission to take her away

and cupid says he isnt the leader yet

but JW takes her away anyway

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Build up for hand holding scene

JW has decorated her home with christmas lights and stuff

R: you did all this yourself?

JW: you dont have to be that moved

JW:This is what the sense of the leadership of society which makes poor and alienated neighbors’ year-end and New Year sweet is like.

JW tells her: from this moment on, dont stand in the pyungchang dong living room and erase all the bad memories here too-just remember this moment and sleep, eat, and joke and live.

R nods her head: thank you it’s really pretty but you didnt spend much money on it

JW: that tree is not the kind of tree you are thinking of

R: of course it’s not

she finishes the description the way he would saying it was grown in a special nursery by -what do you call people who grow trees – and how it was grown – what ? limb by limb? branch by branch?

i give up but white fox clarified:

tree-by-tree organically grown by Forest Service of Norway
(* is there a unit when counting trees? such as a ___ of pine tree)

she finishes with : it’s like that right?

JW is impressed

then he asks what time AY comes home

R: why do you want to know

He also calls “sec kim” to make AY stay out all night and not come home

AY’s voice narrates not to worry and have a fun time.

(last night he got her number from sec kim so he was pretending right now to call sec kim)

R yells at him asking if he is crazy – that it is embarrassing. why did you do this?

JW leans in and says :why do you think I am like this?

R starts to back away from him saying “really-are you not going to back off?

JW: why? we are both adults so what?

R: really you- you better not get any closer…

JW: really what? what is it that I want to do?

he grabs both her hands

he says:this is what I wanted to do-to hold your hands like this

why is it so hard to do this?

then he pinches her cheeks

—

what the ?????that’s it??all those lights and all for hand holding?

thank goodness for that kiss

—

TS yells at the songwriter

saying he she should have stayed quiet since he let her off easy

TS: how could you do this?

she says she didnt plan to go this far but it was the right thing cuz now he is standing in front of her

she asks if TS is still gay

she wondered if he had changed and he tells her to shut up

TS asks what did oska do wrong to deserve this?

I told you to do something else

singer: that’s why I am doing something else

and forget all about someone like you

oska comes in saying he knew they knew each other

oska to singer: why are you doing this? what did i do wrong?

the singer: you are wrong/have blame

you have no talent

used your wealth did music as a hobby and became a hallyu star

oska : even if i did those things how could you lie?

singer: do you have proof that i lied?

osak: what?

singer: of course what I said was a lie

but people believed it

you should have worked on improving your image

instead of “that would never have happened” people are saying “knew that would happen”

is that my  fault?

in the past oska had thrown her demo CD and said her music was not good in front of (her) the composer when she was a beginner and oska doesnt remember doing that to her

singer: the quickest solution is to solve it with money

she wants to be paid off to solve this whole problem

she says you are rich but i dont have much

she says she will say that oska is a victim if she gets money

* interesting tidbit from white fox

(* she loved TS but was rejected. she thinks he’s a gay.
but as far as i understand, TS is not a gay sexually but refuses women’s love mentally due to bad memories about his mother. )
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oska is refusing to pay

the manager says just pay her off cuz this is something that could ruin oska cuz korean ppl hate liars

but oska says he will be ruined

oska tells his manager to cancel the concert and return the money

TS blames himself but oska says he wants to blame him too but oska led this kind of life so bad things are coming back to him

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jwm gets furious cuz she heard about the kiss at the party

she calls her son a crazy guy

and to call someone at personnel

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sec kim to JW :AY is packing up her stuff right now

why did you fire her? why?

JW: tell me clearly

sec: she just got a call from personnel office so why are you acting like you dont know

JW; what are you talking about? i didnt do that?

sec: liar!

i dont think i can be your assistant anymore

remember you asked me once what kind of president you were?

can i answer now?

you dont have manners and are vicious (evil) and you’re a bad president

JW: i said I didnt do it!

connect me to personnel

sec: you really didnt fire her?

JW glares at him and grabs the phone away from sec kim

—

jwm calls R again and warns her

she tells her this is the start and refers to AY getting fired

AY comes home carrying a box

she lies and says she got into a fight with an older employee and quit

AY says I should have done it sooner – it feels good to get it out of my system

I’m gonna play for a while and catch up on old dramas

R goes out

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Switch scene

R is about to ring the bell

JW stops her

JW: I heard the news-I  will handle this

R: I have to do it

JW: how are you going to handle it? let’s go

R: how can I go? AY wont even tell me she got fired

she is saying she quit on her own

JW: so what is your plan?

to say you will break up again?

why couldnt you think of calling me before you came here?

is the dept store president my mom?

R: because this wont be all of it

it began with AY but after that it might be the action school

JW: that is why I need to resolve it

because someone like me keeps chasing you around saying I like you

cuz you think they all seems to live like that, you don’t have a sense?
(* to put it plainly – you think they’re as easy as me but you have no idea yet.)

just leave it all up to me

I am more skillfull than you know

R: what are you going to do? do you have any plans?

JW: yes- I am going to tell on her to my grandfather(tattle to my grandfather)

R:what?

thunder starts

it starts to rain and he is upset cuz his car is open

JW: aish -my car! wait here- the seats cant get rained on

spain leather craftsmen made it stitch by stitch …

R: ya is something like that important right now?

they switch bodies again

R-jw: what is this? why is my face over there again?

JW-r: we switched again? again?

why did it have to happen at a moment like this?

i’m gonna go crazy

jwm mom comes home

the sec guy hands JW-r the umbrella but R-jw grabs it and opens it and holds it over JW-r’s head

jwm: now you guys just go around together? come in

R-jw: just talk to me

JW-r: what are you going to do with my face? I’m going to go

jwm: we can just all meet-dont make me waste time on each of you separately- hurry and come in!

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JWM gets owned by R-jw scene

JW-r: Instead of the person concerned- messing with the friend is mean/cowardly

jwm: am I going out for the Olympics with you? in this matter you thought I would use fair play?

R-jw: you’re too obvious

first the friend, then the job, then pay off the landlord and have me kicked out, then leave the country

this is the order you’re going right?

jwm: how did you know? have you been through all that?

JW-r: no this is the first time

jwm to JW: you ..just….

jwm to R: so since you already read my actions- you’re saying you two are just going to continue meeting

R-jw: no I wont meet him

jwm: of course – you should do that

Rjw: we’re just going to live together

jwm: what?

JW-r: ya!

R-jw: I cant break up with your son

this is all for your son’s sake

if we break up like this- your son could die from lovesickness

jwm: what? lovesickness?

R-jw: AY was a model employee for five years

even though you are related to the president

you can’t fire her on your own whim

if you get involved in personnel matters again I will report it to the labor union

so dont mess with us

if you really cant stand watching us be together, we will go live abroad

do you want to live without seeing your son?

should I make that happen?

jwm is stunned out of her mind

she says to her son: KJW why are you just sitting there doing nothing?

what do you think of what she is saying?

JW-r: I think she is right

I want to trust this person now

jwm: what? what?

R-jw stands: then I will be going now

she turns to jw and says “let’s go”

jwm is in shock and worries about her son and says that girl is something indeed

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JW-r : I knew this would happen

how could you talk to mother like that?

when I am already a “b” who lured her son 

Rjw: it’s the truth

JW-r: how is that the truth? who is the one doing the chasing?

why did we have to switch bodies at a time like this

Rjw: that is why – to begin with – let’s move

let’s find the cause

JWr:move? what move?

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they come in to R’s home and switch

JW: just pack some of your clothes-

cuz i laid up something(*), i will show it to her (for real).(* this one-word verb means originally ‘buy something or lay a bet impulsively’ and i’m not sure if i translated into right words.)
R: what are you talking about?

JW: didnt you hear what I said earlier?

we decided to live together

R: is that something that urgent to us right now?

JW grinning like crazy-dimples showing: to me it is

even just thinking about it is so nice

I must be crazy…

R: did you just realize that now?

JW grin goes away

R: what about AY? what is going to happen to AY?

JW: dont worry – my mom can mess with me but she cant mess with labor union

R: thank goodness

then from now we should figure out why this happened to us….

JW: let’s start with the moveeeeee

R: looking at your own face – you really want to?

listen up

i dont think this is a regular change

cuz the period is not constant. what rule does it have?
was there something in common when we switched our bodies?

JW points out it happened first at jejudo, then jail, then today

they look at what happened each time

what triggers it ]

and R figures out that it rained each time

JW: so when the next rain comes are we going back to normal?

R: if rain really is correct ….weather forecast

she looks it up-it is a week away

JW: aish! so for up to a week – we cant kiss?

R makes a hitting motion

JW grabs her phone and looks something up

he looks up with a happy goofy grin saying:it is raining in NY-let’s go

R: to kiss- go all the way to NY?

then how did you hold it in all this time

JW: kim sooroo…you know this?

R: for now we have to wait for that next rain to  make sure so let’s wait

since we’ve already done it once, shouldnt it be easier this time around

they switch again

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they are sitting across from each other

Rjw: you start first

JWr: i have an important audition

i sent a demo of my action scenes so an answer will come soon

he/she has to practice so they start training

R narrates:

if i fail (in audition), my heart will hurt but there won’t be any problem particularly

by any chance if I get chosen – you might have to audition for me

JW’s voice: are you crazy?

R; there is no other choice so practice till you die starting from today

{cute training scenes where R goofs around and JW is seriously trying to teach}

Rjw: I’m going to go crazy for real

JWr: (what you will have to do at the audition are) a demonstration of the action one is most confident in and a scenario reading.
for reading – you will be better than me at it cuz it is in english

in return I will practice very hard trying to sign like you

Rjw starts talking business about how from the first week of jan there will be a regular new year’s sale

….

{cute scene where they practice his signatures}

JW voice: first say “is this the best you can do? are you sure?” then copy the document and bring it to me. just sign what i give you permission to sign. also dont greet employees back

JWr:why?

Rjw:what do you mean why? that is what i always do

JWr: even if you always did -fix that

that’s not something to brag about that you did well so why keep doing it

if any employee greets me -i’m going to greet back

JW-R: don’t try to rule but gain respect. true charisma is a fear grounded on respect.
Rjw: who do you  think you are lecturing?

JWr: if you dont like it then date some other woman

Rjw: fine but in return I have a condition

stand up

close your eyes

JWr: what?

they switch

JW: even tho we switched bodies-let’s hug each other once a day

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JWr signs a document then texts Rjw saying : I just promoted AY- I just signed off on it

she gets it during her break from sword practice

cupid and JL watch Rjw and she isnt any good

cupid guesses she might have been dumped by JW

so that is why she sucks during practice

JL says lets call him and beat him up

that reaction startles cupid

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Rjw: after we finish each other’s work every day

let’s meet here and settle the work from that day

and discuss what to do the next day

JWr: ok i brought the papers you need to decide on

just tell me what I should do with them

ah you’ve been called up for civil defense training- i should push it back right?

Rjw: go attend on this occasion

JWr : you wanna die?

talk about it later

he mimics :text came in text came in – in a cute girly voice

Rjw: dont do that

JWr: i told them i didnt want a refund

Rjw: what is it?

JWr: our oppa fan club president -(unni) sister

he cant do the Christmas concert

these days cuz of the switched bodies

I havent been able to see his face

he must be upset

Rjw jealous: what about me?

because of the state we’re in I’m torn up inside too

wait – if that concert wasnt canceled – you were going to get rid of me and go there?

JWr I was going to go there then the action school

we always have a yearly party

Rjw: party? do they know what a party is?

JWr: dont make fun

we are each other’s santa claus

Rjw: you’re really going to go?

you wont be able to get a present anyway

since you cried

how do you have a party?

you dont by any chance order pizza, sit around playing, and pass out presents

JWr: how did you know?

Rjw: what ? you really play like that?

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oska’s fans wont cancel concert

oska tells the manager i told you to refund them

manager: they wont return their tickets saying they will wait

for however long it takes

they believe in oska

out of 2,000 only 132 want to get refunds

oska says return their money – that he isnt someone they can believe in

tell them not to wait cuz he isnt the person they think he is

and for the guy to put on santa outfit and pass these out to an orphanage i think he said

oska asks where the older manager is and he is at the venue to pay the balance (for rent)

—

oska apologizes to his manager saying it is his fault but the manager doesnt blame him

they went thru it and canceled the concert

—

seul shows up bringing cake cuz she is worried about oska -that he shouldnt be alone since it is xmas

she wishes him a merry christmas and is about to leave but

he offers her cookies rice cakes and drinks

so she sits

she asks if he wants to eat the cake too

she lights candles on it

oska plays piano

he says :thank you for coming to my concert

I want to thank you

he gives the speech he is was going to give his fans

and he sings “here i am”

he really sings well

seul cries

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JW-r comes in holding a present and sees all the xmas decorations, presents, and food

JW-r asks cupid: where did all that come from?

cupid: why are you acting like you dont know?

R told us so thank you

JWr:  GRI came here?

then he spots her

jw-r : why did you come here?

R-jw: it’s xmas eve so I came here to spend it with GRI -why?

one guy gets up holding a bouqet saying he has something he must say to her

he uses her name to propose to her-like to date him

Like “gil” =gil ra im subaenim

“ra” =ra im ah

other guys say : what is that? he must want to be hit

“im”=im ja (soulmate /my other half*) -please accept my love

some laugh

but r reacts with anger and says she will kill him and they have to hold her back

as they drag him off he yells : sunbaenim – dont date that jerk-though i dont make good money, I am younger than him!

each guy goes up and performs something

while the performances are going on

JW and R hold hands behind someone’s back

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*thanks bella012

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JWr is shaving and there is shaving foam and JW closes her/his eyes and inhales

R’s voice: the scent from his lips was this scent

if I close my eyes like this

it’s like we are standing together

JWr finds JW’s meds and wonders what it is for

then flashback to oska referring to an accident by mistake and then taking back what he let slip out

oska to jw: you’re really strange today

it feels like you are the young brother I used to know before the accident….

jw-r: huh? accident?

oska: no i mixed up the words- not accident (sa-go) but private high school (sa-lip-go)…

then JWr remembers the time in front of the house when JW didnt know the house code and oska asking about jw’s memory and advising him to call doc lee (ji hyun)

he goes down to see oska

oska is with doc lee

JW-r says : sorry -I didnt know you had a visitor. I’ll come back later

oska says he called her for sleeping pills I think

oska: why did you come?

JW-r: it wasnt urgent-(talk) later

JW-r bows to doc lee and says : please continue talking

doc lee: it’s not funny -i have an appt later at night so I dropped by before I went to work

R’s voice: I must know this person-who is she? what do i do?

oska and doc lee both stare at JW and give him confused looks

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Rjw stares at a photo of R’s dad and says the dad looks familiar like he had met him before

JL gives R coffee and she complains his coffee is the better one and hers is the cheaper one

JL: isnt it the 5th Dec in lunar calenday (* it’s 8th Jan, 2011 in solar calendar assuming it is 2010 currently in drama.)
R: what is? what is (special about) that day?

ah- is it your birthday?

JL looks confounded

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oska: what is wrong with you this morning?

JWr: i was kidding

to doc :it’s been a while and holds up his hand in a wave

doc: what do you mean it’s been a while… you just saw me a few days ago

she stands up to leave and tells oska to get some daily exercise for at least an hour like a walk and not to rely on just the meds

she says goodbye to JW using informal language like usal

oska: just tell me what you need cuz I am going to sleep

JWr: you told me to contact ji huyn a while back

oska: so

JWr: so i want to contact her

-by mistake I lost all my contact numbers so by any chance do you know her number?

oska: jihyun’s phone number?

JWr: yes- cuz I have something to ask-do you know it? why?

oska looks really upset

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Rjw: i think I just forgot for a second

JL: what did you forget about?

are you doing this cuz you dont want to get a bday present?

R: what do you want to have?

JL kim jihoon subae called -he asked if you were doing well

R: ah – he did- wonder if I have his number

I’ll give him a call

JL looks scary

he just stares at her like he is seeing a stranger

R: what?

JL: who are you? you are not GRI are you?

she looks nervous

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oska : who are you?

you are not KJW

JW’s turn to look scared

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JL: kim ji hoon sunbae passed away 3 yrs ago

5th is not my birthday but the anniversary of R’s father’s death

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oska: the woman who just left is ji hyun

KJW’s doctor- park jihyun

who are you? where is my little brother KJW?

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I can’t believe how many people were on soompi earlier – like over 500

that is the highest it has been lately for this drama – it is like the whole world tuned in for that one kiss scene .This episode had less daebak scenes than yesterday, but one major kiss scene so no one should complain.

Did anyone else notice R wore a whole lot of fur today? even more than yesterday?

I keep doing the math on her wardrobe and it is getting ridiculous

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I watched the long trailer for tonight, but there was only one scene I wanted to translate – the one where JW decorates R’s home and tells her “from this moment on, dont stand in the pyungchang dong living room and erase all the bad memories here too-just remember this moment and sleep, eat, and joke and live.” R nods and thanks him. He also calls sec kim to make AY stay out all night and not come home and AY’s voice narrates not to worry and have a fun time. R yells at him asking if he is crazy – that it is embarrassing. why did you do this? JW leans in and says :why do you think I am like this? R starts to back away from him saying “really-are you not going to back off? JW: why? we are both adults so what? R: really you- you better not get any closer…JW: really what? what is it that I want to do?

This is the scene so many people were looking forward to (besides the party kiss), but all I could think was “if only he wasnt wearing the tracksuit when he said all that, it would have been ideal.”

 

So I read the switch is going to happen again, but is it for a shorter time?

I kind of hope it happens towards the end of the episode so we can watch them as a

couple for a few more scenes. It took so long to get here so I think they deserve more time together.

 

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I dont trust print media cuz people get misquoted all the time and it doesnt connect as much. there is a  youtube video of this somewhere so if anyone finds it I can translate it for you.

The only interviews I trust 100% are the ones where the actors come out and talk about their lives. I don’t know if many of you know, but during the time the oska guy played the lead in my fair lady with eun hae from coffee prince, he did a candid interview about his past. He mentioned how poor he was and how he had to hold down a variety of odd jobs (some were pretty awful) to make ends meet. One of them was selling food on the street. He was one of those street vendor guys and his female customers would remark how good looking he was and that he should find a more suitable job. When they realized he could sing well too, they encouraged him even more to try entertainment business. So he listened to all his customers and made his debut at a pretty old age for most actors and entertainers. I never forgot that interview cuz it was right when he was getting popular and there was no need to get that personal about his past. He could have kept all that a secret but he seemed like one of those actors who realize their humble beginnings make him a better person. He works harder than most and doesn’t complain as much too. People say he is genuine and you could tell from the interview. That was when I decided I would watch his dramas and stuff from then on. Except my fair lady was so awful I couldn’t hang on till the end.

When I watched him sing tonight – I was so proud of him for being on such a great drama and holding his own against Binnie.

I watch actor’s interviews when they come on TV sometimes and most of them use easy words so I get all of it. The next one I want to share is about Kim Hyun Joon. His true story is the most interesting cuz he came so close to death a few times and his background/early years is like a drama in itself. Did anyone watch him talk about his near death experience with a sauna boiler when he lived on the streets? people look at him now and only see his star status but I still see the kid who lived in unfinished apartment buildings struggling to keep alive every day.