a dozen doctors

note: i wrote this when i graduated from medschool and thanks to my stupidity, i posted it on FB (girl? haven't you learnt from friendster? your blog went puuufff!). haven't checked it for so long i didn't know they didn't put notes in the profile page anymore. luckily able to find it. so posted it here now

kpn hr aku dah nulis ttg teman seperjuangan dan additional player selama 2 taon ini, kye ga adil kalo aku ga nulis ttg my crazy gang.. i met them in the beginning of this journey and i'm glad we still together even though some of us facing blocks before they can graduate. i hope we can keep in touch no matter what choice we choose after graduation. karena kita ada selusin, kyk 12 bln, ehehe..so, i'll write according to our births.

1. nut2: she's our eldest and she's also the eldest in her family. that's why no one in our group is so calm, so wise, so religious and so mature like her. she's like our mom...hahaha...she's like a white and clean sheet...no spot at all. she's nice, pretty, patience, understanding, diligent, neat...looking at her i thought God forgot to give her some flaws..hahaha.. her notes also one of the most wanted among our friends. if you need to pour your heart out and find some relieve, she's the person to go. she'll calm you down and give necessary advice without offending our feelings. for his BF, you're lucky to have her by your side. hold on to her... :)

2. grace ariani a.k.a. bakpao: actually, i've known her in kindergarten and elementary school, so seeing her again in university kinda surprised me. ..hahaha.. she might be our second eldest, tp ga ada satupun di grup kita yg nganggep gitu..wakaka...she's a nice girl, but she can be harsh if you made her mad. kadang kalo liat dia, she looks so fragile that if we touched her, she might be broken anytime. but sometimes she could be tough too..she's smart too, but she rarely shows it. if i'm talk, walk, eat in speed of lightning, she's totally the opposite. she walk and talk in speed of snail..wkwkwkw...(no offense..peace2.. V^-^ )

3. it's supposed to be, but since i'm the writer, i'm gonna skip to the next person. aimee: she's another outgoing person in the group. she makes friends a lot and she's a lot of fun. sometimes she can make dirty jokes, but sometimes she's so religious. she can be crazy at times, but she also can be serious. she's also a very loyal person. she's also one of our stylish person. if i have to say what i think about her, i'll say: she plays hard and studies hard. she's also a tough girl. she might be facing some unpleasant life experiences, but she's able to stand up one more time and facing the world.

4. andini a.k.a sapi: she's the clown in our group. she's living life like had no burden at all. if you need to laugh all day, just call her. if she's in good mood, she might pick you up and drive you home since she's so free..hahahaa... she's so damn smart so she didn't even need to sweat to get good marks. she's also good in thinking of crazy scene..sometimes i wonder, where did she find those ideas? she's also so forgetful that she even forgets our birthdays. her only flaw is her on again-off again-on again BF.. maybe until they get married. hahaha.. honestly, from my point of view, she's idiot (sorry piun, but not only me who think that way), but love is unpredictable, so who knows?

5. lenny a.k.a len-Y: she's the smartest one in the group and the sharpest one. hahaha..i mean her tongue. if you didn't know her well, you might think that she's not sensitive but actually, she never had the intention of hurting anyone's feeling. she's telling you the facts. if you need some slap on your face, just go to her and she'll put the facts in front of your face. she won't cheer you or tell nice words since she's so straightforward so don't get her wrong. in short, she would never talk crap. she's also so loyal so that you could tell her even your deepest secret. she's also hardworking and religious person. she's also our high quality bachelorette..so if there's any men who's not afraid of her "tough" appearance, just show yourself :)

6. ruth dian a.k.a yanu: recently i read on FB abt what jurine thinks about her, and she said, " tiny and sharp" wakakkaka..it's 100% true. she's maybe less than 150m, but she's not afraid of anything. if anything bothers her, she might just spit it out. she's straightforward just like len, but she's more "manusiawi". she's tiny but her appetite is bigger than mine. she loves to eat and likes to try new foods. she also likes to shop. i guess all the shop attendances at PTC already remembered her..hahaaha..she's smart too. but sometimes, on our lazy days, she'll be glad to skip school and just have fun..hahaa..she's also forgetful about anything but our birthdays..hahaa..so don't mix me with her to remind anyone..because we'll end up forgetting about it..wakaka...

7. ellina a.k.a lintong: if i had to write all her nicknames..it will be no end..wakakaka.. she might be big in size, but none of us scare of her...in fact, we all bully her...poor tongi..whether she's present or not, we'll end up joking about her. about her and her old taste, her nose, her as dufan mascot..the bekantan..wakaka..but no matter how evil we joke about her, we never intended to hurt her..(just hoping you'd known that already)..but sometimes she surprised us. about her interogating skill and persuading people to open up..about her skill in answering the surgery exam.. (bravo tong!! tanpa UP!! ) about her cooking style...ehehe..still remember the spagetti she's made...and her artistic side..

8. zenia : our shopping queen...just don't mix her up with yanu and aimee together or you'll end up never get out from the shopping mall..wekekeke..just kidding zen..she's also our moody queen..but i guess edw has tamed her.. wkwkkww... i can't recall how long ago since she had bad mood since i never in the same lab as her during our young doctor period. she might seem childish but sometimes she could give wise advice. she's also religious in her own way..ah, and she's also has extraordinary style. sometimes i wonder, where did she get the gut to wear those clothes? and she's also caring in her own way. one last advice, don't sit next to her if she's mad, because her voice is loud.. peace zen.. V ^-^

9. yenni a.k.a cemeng: she's our man..hahaha...all of us were deceived by her look when we first met her. she looked like "girl" on the outside, but all "man" on the inside..wakaka..but later..she's even more feminine than me..wakakkaa.. she has the strangest luck i've ever seen. luck that giving other bad lucks..hahaa..she loves to drive fast, never washes her car. she's also another outgoing person in our group. and another "no-burden-in life" type. she's the one to go to if you want to forget all your problems and just have fun. and the surprising facts about her is that she thinks that someday she'll be a wife of a man that she loves, having kids and build a family. even i don't think of that today. ahahhaa...

10. mikarina: our lost member..since she rarely joins our gathering if babon wasn't invited..i've known her since junior high, but for me, mika back then is way different than she is now. she might deceived you with her innocent looks, well.. most of the time she is innocent, but sometimes she could be rebellious. she might look pretty, but sometimes she could say some harsh words (e.g..takjungkrakno lo koen ...wakaka.. :p).. she's the first in our group that had side job as course teacher. she's also smart, despite her schedule as a teacher, she could manage to handle both work and study. she's also a talented piano/organ player. we also teased her as the head of SKA (sie kerohanian ateis) since she never showed up in any of SKK (sie kerohanian katolik)/SKP (sie kerohanian protestan)'s activities.

11. venny: she's our last but she's the second smartest in our group. no wonder actually, beside her amazing memmory, she could stayed up all night before the exam just for studying at the last minutes.. i also have known her since junior high, but we were never as close as now. she's a multi-talented girl. she's a wonderful ballerina ...and she's also a wonderful piano player. she might looks super slim, but she could eat so many that we teased her that she had a dragon in her stomach...wakakkaa... (kalo cacing mah kecil..) but no matter how much she ate, she couldn't gain weight much..

that's all about my gang...i thank Him for meeting me with them..and i thank them for all the joy and sorrow that we've shared together. encouraging me when i'm down, supporting me when i need it. we might shared laugh more than tears, but i'm glad that i know that i could turn to you guys anytime. for those who still fighting...don't give up..it didn't mean that you're a failure, it's just bad luck because i know you're all marvelous doctors..and for those who had graduated, may all your next step could come true, no matter what choice you'll make....cheers my friends!

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where the stars land

I watched this because of lee je hoon. i watched him in taxi driver and remembered that he played in signal as well. so, i was curious about this drama as this one is a different genre from the other two. can he do romantic drama as well?

title: where the stars land

cast: lee je hoon, chae soo bin

genre: romantic drama

han yeo rum (chae soo bin)was just assigned to the passenger service team after a year working at the incheon airport. though she was still new, her track record was bad. she's known as a trouble maker. though it wasn't all her fault, really. she's just mainly clumsy and sometimes her emotion got he best of her. while lee soo yeon (lee je hoon) is a quiet and secretive man. he's also in the passenger service team. though he only worked there for a year as well, since he had better record, he was told to be yeo rum's supervisor. their different personality made them argue sometimes, but soo yeon hid a secret from yeo rum.

at work, both of them started to have arguments regarding how to solve problems at the airport. yeo rum wanted to prove that she's worthy to be in the team, while soo yeon preferred to stay hidden, and being with yeo rum made him stand out. yeo rum has another best friend at the airport, ko eun seob (rowoon). at first eun seob pretended that they were just friends. but when he wanted to make yeo rum as his someone special, yeo rum has fallen in love with soo yeon instead. 

on the airport, there are other people like the passenger service manager, yang seo koon (kim ji soo). she's a cold and strict lady, but she's warm hearted and a bit partial toward soo yeon because of her brother. her brother has similar condition to soo yeon, that's why she helped soo yeon covering his past so he could work at the airport. apparently, even though she looks like a single lady, she was married to the head of the security team, choi moo ja (lee sung wook). she's been served the divorce paper but never signed it yet. their relationship is a bit funny though. they look cold on the outside but they care for each other secretly. 

while in security team, thanks to a case, yeo rum made friends with oh dae ki (kim kyung nam) and na young joo (lee soo kyung). dae ki is a bit warm hearted and friendly while young joo is cold on the outside and a bit weird. she pretended to have a boyfriend while in fact she had no one. at the end we saw that dae ki has feeling for young joo and vice versa, but the later is reluctant to admit it. however, at the end, she was forced to admit her feelings and it was really cute.

the problem occurred mainly because soo yeon's condition. apparently he had first degree disability, which meant he had problems with either his arms or legs. the fact was when he was young, he was involved in an accident because he was chasing his half brother, seo in woo (lee dong gun) who was involved in trouble. but his brother left him when he was hit by the car. the accident made him couldn't move his right arm and right leg, so he had to be in a wheelchair. he almost took his own life because he didn't want to be talked about or looked at for being in a wheelchair. when he almost took his life, yoo reum's dad stopped him and later introduced him to the person that would made him the prosthetic arms and legs, so he could move again. yoo reum's dad once showed him yoo reum's picture and later on his adult life, he's met yoo reum twice before they started working together at the airport. 

however, in woo showed up again as airport planning operation manager, and he was persistent to kick soo yeon from the airport team. even soo yeon thought that the problem was in woo didn't want anyone else knew that he was involved in the accident that caused him to be a disable person. while in fact, in woo was involved with a dangerous and shady businessman who got them into the accident years ago. he tried to let loose from them but didn't success. so he wanted soo yeon to be kicked out from the team to protect him, in case the bad guys found out that he was his half brother and used him to threaten in woo. at the end, soo yeon knew the real reason but it was a bit too late. 

the problem with soo yeon's prosthetic was sometimes it was malfunction when he was around yoo reum. and he overused it. he was supposed to take a rest from using it, but he overused it to save yoo reum and in woo. at the end, he was told to choose between dying or letting it go. he wanted to just die instead of trying again, but yoo reum persuaded him to try again and he agreed at last. after a year, we saw at the end a glimpse of soo yeon got back at the airport, but we never saw his face.

what i like:

- this is my first time watching an airport's life situation. i never think about problem that could occur because of simple thing like advertising banner at the airport. thanks to this drama, i get better understanding about airport's life. 

- most of the actors and actress are good. however, i think lee je hoon better stick to action/thriller drama instead of romantic one. somehow i feel he's a bit flat as a romantic guy. 

what i don't like:

- the storyline is a bit complicated. like how soo yeon is connected to yoo reum's dad. but yoo reum's dad was died at the end? and what about in woo's dad? how is is possible that a son can't recognize his own dad? and do they reconcile at the end? 

- there's too many side stories. like the history between the T2 director and the transportation service manager. and manager yang and manager choi. and dae ki and young joo. though the last couple is my favorite though. they're cute.

rating: 7/10

binge worthy: so-so

recommended for: someone who like airport life drama, fans of lee je hoon, chae soo bin, and rowoon, don't have problem with slow moving plot and a bit flat drama. 

taxi driver

i've heard good stuff about this drama, but i was watching doom first since i want to take a break from intense drama, and i heard that taxi driver is quite intense. this is the second drama of lee je hoon, oh wait, scratch that.. the third drama that i watched (the others are signal and move to heaven, and both are good). i bet this one is another good one since i keep hearing people praising this drama.

title: taxi driver

cast: lee je hoon, esom, kim eui sung, pyo ye jin

genre: crime story/life story

kim do gi (lee je hoon) was an officer in the special forces. he was the only son and he lived together with his mother. however, when he was on a break, he found his mother killed by a serial murder. he felt helpless and lost his way. that's when he met jang sung chul (kim eui sung). sung chul was a CEO of a taxi company, but he had another project on his "rainbow taxi" company. rainbow taxi acted as a front for his secret organization that helps victim's family to get revenge since they couldn't get it by law. sung chul recruited do gi to be the taxi driver that delivered revenge based on the client's demand. they didn't work together. with the help of ahn go eun (pyo ye jin), a cashier/computer hacker that joined the rainbow taxi to avenge her elder sister's suicide, and the technician duo, choi kyung goo (jang hyuk jin) and park jin eon (bae yoo ram) who both joined the company to avenge their brother/sister's death.

unfortunately, the team's case overlapped with kang ha na (esom)'s case, a prosecutor from seoul northern district office. ha na was straight and she wanted all criminals to be punished fairly by law, thus she didn't approve of some of the rainbow taxi's team work even though they worked against the criminal as well. she believed no matter what the reason was, the criminal should be judged by the law. thus she started to chase after the team after a main suspect from her case released from custody but kidnapped on his way home after being released. after that they stumbled on several cases, making ha na became suspicious of do gi.

there are some cases in the drama, but one by one we saw the connection between the cases and the crew member of rainbow taxi. from the killer of sung chul's parents, to go eun's sister ex-boyfriend that apparently contributed to the sex tape that was recorded without her sister's knowledge. the drama also presented a true story of a company worker abuse by a famous IT company CEO. they used a real story as background, but the rest i don't know for sure. in the drama, they connected the IT company to the illegal sex video cloud in which go eun's sister sex tape was stored. 

they also took care of bullying case gone bad (gee.. the bullying portrayed here was quite severe as the victim got into accident) and the last case was about the real killer of do gi and sung chul's parents. this was their last case as their previous case went awry. the suspects that have been kept in underground prison managed to escape thus creating some problems along the way. ha na's colleague ended up getting killed while trying to capture the devil twins of the loanshark lady whom sung chul got in agreement with to keep all his prisoners. after that incident, ha na was tempted to use the rainbow taxi's service. all the rainbow taxi's crew promised that after catching the twins, they would give themselves up. but the story of the real killer was put over sung chul's desk. fortunately, they didn't have to do anything since the real killer did the damage himself. he injured his own son who apparently worked as prison guard in the same prison thus he failed to visit his dementia mother that got his mother into accident for seeing someone as her son and tried to follow him. sung chul at first didn't want to reveal the son's identity, but at the end, he did and it gave a big blow to the psycopath. 

after that case, the whole team seemed to be on their separate ways. sung chul kept being a taxi CEO since his prosecutor friend decided not to accept him surrendering himself and chose to be removed from his position and became a defender for victim's family, working alongside with sung chul again. do gi travelled around the world, but at the end we saw he got a call from sung chul, asking for his return. the mechanic duo went back to their previous workplace, but later we saw they got a message from their rainbow taxi's beeper. while go eun passed her civil service exam and became a patrol officer and still helping rainbow taxi. while ha na still worked as a prosecutor, but at the end we saw her join forces with rainbow taxi crew. could this be a sign for second season?

what i like:

- excellent acting from all actors and actresses even the supporting ones. though i don't quite like the supporting actors and actresses from the IT company period. it seemed ridiculous that punks worked for high-earning IT company. 

- interesting story without any plot hole, though since there are so many cases in the drama, i was confused with the names as usual. too many supporting roles as the cases opened and closed one by one.

what i don't like:

- some scenes don't make sense, like the hacking part, all scenes involving accidents and explosions. well, at least the effects are better than vagabond, but still.. 

- can we say that the secret lair under sung chul's house is a bit too much? won't the neighbor at least complained and told the police that they saw the black taxi coming to and going from sung chul's house when being questioned? 

rating: 9/10

binge worthy: totally yes

recommended for: thrill seeker and crime story lover. maybe lee je hoon's fans that wanted to see him in action again. 

doom at your service

i might be a little bit to late to jump in the wagon, but i'm a bit hesitant about this drama. mainly because i don't get fantasy theme. sometimes the ending or the explanation don't get me. i do know that fantasy means it might be irrational ending, might be unthinkable, but still, it irks me. anyway, people has been hyping this drama mainly because this is the first drama that seo in guk played in after he finished his military service? i do adore park bo young though, so i'm about 50-50. call me weird, but i watched some spoilers first before deciding to watch this, and i'm more drawn into the second couple, so i decided to give it a shot.

title: doom at your service

cast: seo in guk, park bo young, lee soo hyuk, kang tae oh, shin do hyun

genre: love story drama mixed with fantasy

tak dong kyung (park bo young) is an editor for a web novel company. her life was pretty ordinary, but one day she got a bad news. she had glioblastoma and her doctor (as well as one of her writers) told her that she only had three days to live. not only that, she found out that her boyfriend apparently was a husband and about to be a father. the official wife confronted her in public and other people captured the moment and soon it became viral. she was scolded at work because of the case. however, when she chased a pervert that spied on her, she passed by myul mang (seo in guk) by chance and somehow the pervert fell into a sinkhole, created instantly when myul mang ignited his lighter.

couldn't believe her bad luck, she drank and when she saw a shooting star, she wished for the world to be doomed. such a wish is an interesting thing for myul mang, whose name means doom. he was a messenger between gods and human, and wherever he goes, dooms follow. anyway, his existence is quite important for the world to be in balance, and on his birthday, he gets to choose a human's wish to fulfill. when he heard dong kyung's wish, he decided to fulfill dong kyung's wish.

myul mang then appeared in front of dong kyung and made a contract with her. in 100 days, he would take awal all dong kyung's pain (he put on a special bracelet as a sign, but she has to recharge the power around midnight by holding myul mang's hand) and in exchange, after 100 days, she would died and the world would end. but if she decided to revoke her wish, the person that she loved the most would die in exchange of her. at first dong kyung didn't know what kind of deal she's getting into. but as time goes by, she knew it and tried to revoke it but she was afraid that her younger brother, tak sun kyung (dawon) or her aunt (wong hee jin) got killed instead. so she was on a mission to love myul mang in order to revoke her wish or to find a way to get around her contract with the doom.

well, the rest of their story is predictable. myul mang and dong kyung both got interested in each other and fallen in love as usual. and though the god figure in the drama has tried to interfere with their love story, she failed and thus at the end, doom was vanished, but somehow he became alive again, only this time as a mere human. don't ask me how since i skipped most of their parts because the fantasy idea doesn't get me. anyway, no love triangle for the first couple, but love triangle for the second couple, which is interesting.

na ji na (shin do hyun) is dong kyung's best friend as well as another writer in dong kyung's company. she used the pen name lee hyun because of her first love, lee hyun kyu (kang tae oh). back then, he left her because he was going to study in japan after he failed his swimming scholarship. he was embarrassed to admit his failure and chose to runaway, leaving ji na behind. apparently, at that time, hyun kyu had a tutor that also allowed him to become his housemate, cha joo ik (lee soo hyuk). when he saw ji na waiting for hyun kyu even though it was raining, he couldn't stand it and then somehow ended up kissing her, leaving her stun and left just a moment before hyun kyu finally got out from the apartment. ji na always remembered joo ik as the one that stole her first kiss.

years later, they met again when dong kyu was on leave and left her writers into joo ik's hand. one of them that had to be followed up was ji na. both were surprised when they saw each other again. joo ik was determined to show his feelings for ji na. while ji na was surprised meeting joo ik again. so far her career as a writer was not spectacular. her novels were usually about romance, but the main actor was based on one same person, hyun kyu, thus she used the pen name lee hyun (left the kyu part, but it was pretty obvious). she was further into the dilemma when hyun kyu popped up again in her life. didn't know which one to choose, she decided to give hyun kyu a second chance before deciding which one to choose. hyun kyu himself, didn't want to lose ji na second time, tried his best to win ji na, unknowingly that joo ik also liked her. well, at the end, it was quite sad as ji na decided which one to choose, hyun kyu decided to let her go and bowed down so joo ik could step up. 

what i like:

- park bo young and seo in guk make a good couple. their chemistry is quite natural. 

- i truly like joo ik's character in this drama. he's the main reason i managed to finish the whole series. anyway, in this drama, he looks like a webtoon character. 

what i don't like:

- well, i bet the explanation on how myul mang managed to live again as human at the same age as he was before might be ridiculous, but again, this is a fantasy drama. it might not be reasonable. 

- as someone who's living poorly most of her life, dong kyung has an unexplainable wardrobe choices along with several accessories. there's almost no repeat on her outfit. 

- can't they tone down the brightening base for joo ik, ji na and dong kyung? they all gorgeous, so at least tone down the makeup a bit.

rating: 8/10

binge worthy: so-so

recommended for: fans of seo in guk and park bo young, fans of love story mixed with a bit fantasy. fans of kang tae oh and lee soo hyuk. 

so not worth it

i watched this only because there's young jae of got7 in it. this is the first time he's acting in a drama, so i was curious how his acting would be compared to his fellow idol member, jin young who has been doing acting for awhile. looking at the trailer, it would be funny and light so it's perfect to fill in after two crime thriller dramas in a row. 

title: so not worth it

cast: park se wan, shin hyeon seung, choi young jae, minnie, han hyun min, carson allen, joakim sorensen, terris brown

genre: sitcom

well, as this is a sitcom, there's no big plot. only a bunch of foreign students in a korean university dormitory. the only korean/korean in this drama are se wan (park se wan), that's been acting as the the student advisor and was in charge of the dormitory management and hyun min (han hyun min), whose mother is korean and father is african and he has 6 other siblings from different dads thanks to his adventurous mom. since he's korean, he's not allowed to live in the dorm, but things happen and he managed to live in the dorm for awhile.

jamie (shin hyeon seung) is a newcomer from the US and apparently the son of famous US actress, barbara houston (thus hyun min's mom mistakenly thinking she was whitney houston) and later will fall in love with se wan. se wan herself has a troubled life thanks to her swindler's dad and her in-debt-forever mom. she has to work part time in various places to pay back her mother's debt.

while sam (choi young jae) was supposed to be the son of australian businessman (ain't this funny because in real life young jae's english is terrible and he didn't speak anything in english in this sitcom). he's a free spirit guy but tends to be very sulky. his flaw is he lies all the time even though people could recognize his lying to them since his ears would get burning red every time he lies. later he would be in relationship with minnie and even kissed her! if you're an ahgase, then you'd seen his fellow members tease him about the kissing scene, especially bambam. however, at the end of the drama, there's a possibility they would break up again since minnie probably cheated on him.

minnie (minnie of g-idle) is a thai student and loves korean drama, especially DOTS and is easily falling in love. she's bright and cute, but she cheats on her boyfriend numerous times. probably will do the same on sam as well. carson (carson allen) is another american student but she loves korean food and has korean boyfriend at first. she was pretty dedicated to her boyfriend but later she found out her boyfriend cheated on her. while hans (joakim sorensen) is a swedish graduate student that's pretty weird. he sticks to his principle in a weird way. and there's terris (terris brown), a trinidad/tribago student. he's close with hyun min but apparently he stole hyun min's ex-girlfriend but later broke up. near the end of the drama we saw that they make terris as an LGBTQ representation as he was seen in a date with another boy. 

what i like:

- the story is refreshing and light. quite entertaining. it would totally bright up your days.

- you'd see crumbles of got7 in the drama. young jae specifically said that he intentionally put green birds doll in sam's room as representation of ahgase. in the drama there's a "mark's meal" as well. 

what i don't like:

- why make the background story as "foreign students living in korean dormitory" when everyone is speaking korean? if you're telling the story as foreign students, ain't it not surprising that they would speak multiple languages? having them to speak only korean is a bit ridiculous. but i do applaud all foreign actors/actresses for speaking korean fluently.

- they try to insert the mystery of drug dealer in the dorm, but i don't see they reveal it in this season. the same thing with se wan's parents. perhaps this is a sign of second season? as so many mysteries keep being mystery even until the end of the drama.

- they insert another LGBTQ story. even though in real life, LGBTQ is not widely accepted in korea. 

rating: 8/10

binge worthy: so-so

recommended for: someone who wants a good laugh in this gloomy situation, fans of got7 and g-idle.

so i married an anti-fans

after two rounds of thriller drama series, i think it's time to take a break and watch something lighter. i have seen news about this drama being on hold but interestingly, it aired just when i decided to watch a simple rom com. they already shoot the drama long before the pandemic, even before the main actor went into the military. but they just aired it after he finished his military. anyway, i think it's a good choice to lighten up my days for a bit.

title: so i married an anti-fan

cast: choi tae joon, choi soo young, hwang chan sung

genre: romantic comedy

hoo joon (choi tae joon) is a rising idol star. from the outside, he looks cool but inside he was troubled because he managed to make his debut and became popular while leaving his old friends behind. while lee geun young (choi soo young) is just a contract worker as a reporter. she was told to attend a party that hoo joon attended as well. but later she saw hoo joon talking with oh in young (han ji an), his former trainee friends that was not supposed to be seen together with hoo joon. hoo joon was talking harshly to in young and geun young thought he was abusing in young. hoo joon caught her looking at him, so he chased and confronted her. didn't want to listen to her defense, hoo joon broke geun young's camera. that got geun young angry and threw her shoes at hoo joon and made herself at front page. hoo joon demanded her to be fired from her news company in turn for keeping the photoshoot contract between hoo joon's agency and the news company. angry for being fired because of hoo joon's situation, geun young decided to become hoo joon's anti fan and wanted to let the world know that hoo joon was not the good guy that everybody thought.

however, geun young didn't get far with her revenge plan. but a producer and a screen writer became interested in her story and wanted to shoot a "reality show" with hoo joon and geun young as the main casts. they wanted to portray their life as "husband and wife" and thus the title "i married my anti fan". the idea of the reality show was to put hoo joon and geun young in the same house, acting like they were living together so both could know each other better. however, at the same time, geun young was kicked out of her old apartment and got nowhere to stay. she decided to squat at the penthouse where they were filming the reality show as she remembered hoo joon's manager told everyone that it was empty. unfortunately, hoo joon found out about it when he was going to the penthouse to visit the room on the second floor that he has been keeping from everyone else. he let geun young to stay until she could find her own place. 

long story short, their relationship started to get closer thanks to the reality show and geun young staying at the penthouse. she even got to know better about hoo joon's past. how his current CEO faked hoo joon's life and betrayed JJ and in young. JJ tried to protect in young but at the same time hurt in young in process. that led in young devastated as she wanted to get the fame hoo joon's been getting. as we can predicted, hoo joon started to fall for geun young and vice versa. but problem started to arise after that. after the reality show ended, geun young's laptop, which contained her previous angry notes about hoo joon, fell into the hand of her current cunning CEO and made news, telling everyone that hoo joon was a fake. hoo joon's CEO tried to put the blame on geun young and stopped her from meeting hoo joon while hoo joon believed geun young was innocent. at the end, we saw hoo joon severed his contract with his previous CEO, but still paid his debt because he felt grateful that he got the fame thanks to his CEO.  JJ and in young realized that hoo joon was suffered as well and both decided to slow down before deciding whether they would come back to the entertainment world or not. while geun young tried to fix the situation while hoo joon was away, maybe back to his mother in alaska. as we can predicted, at the end hoo joon came back for geun young and he proposed to her romantically.

what i like:

- light and heartwarming story perfect for buffer after getting my brains boiled because of mouse and beyond evil. 

- the chemistry between choi tae joon and choi soo young is really good here. though we're not supposed to ship them as both of them has girlfriend/boyfriend already. but they do look cute together here.

what i don't like:

- there's no explanation about JJ and in young. i do get that JJ wanted to protect in young and somehow it could hurt in young but why he was so against in young getting famous?

- what's the purpose of hoo joon getting away for awhile? and then when he came back, he's still as famous as before. like people completely forgot about his scandal. and there's no clear explanation about geun young's effort to clear hoo joon's name. is it working? or isn't it?

- geun young has too many clothes and too pretty clothes for someone who's squatting at someone else's place. 

rating: 7/10

binge worthy: just so-so

recommended for: someone who likes light romantic comedy story, fans of choi tae joon and wanted to see him after his military finished.

brain dump: how the pandemic affects me

this might be the first time i wrote anything about this pandemic. bahkan seblm pandemi ini mulai di indo, temen2 udh pada pesimis pemerintah bisa mengatasi pandemi ini secpt mungkin. dg jumlah penduduk banyak, lokasi yg tersebar ga merata, terpisah lautan, dan juga tingkat pendidikan yg ga sama rata. belum lg dg banyaknya berita hoax di sana sini yg malah lbh santer dan cpt tersebar luas dibanding kebenaran ilmiah. setahun berjalan somehow pandemi spt tertahan. aku sdh bilang berulang kali, kemgknan kenyataannya lbh parah, tp tidak diungkap di media. banyak temen sejawat sdh melihat beda angka yg dipajang di medsos dg kenyataan di tempat kerja masing2. tidak meratanya fasilitas kesehatan, bahkan ada bbrp tmp di pedalaman yg ga punya PCR. cuma mengandalkan rapid antibodi. tdk ada rumah sakit besar, atau pun kalo ada harus menempuh perjalanan sekian lama utk mencapai rumah sakit. blm lagi opsi lockdown yg berkali-kali hanya omong doang, tdk dilaksanakan atau cuma ala kadarnya, tdk ada gunanya sama sekali. 

bakalan panjang kalo ngmg soal birokrasi. blm lagi carut marut pegawai pemerintahan. ga akan ada selesainya. setahun awal nakes sdh sempat merasakan dampak pasca libur panjang lebaran dan akhir tahun. peningkatan pesat jumlah kasus membuat rumah sakit penuh. membludak. susah cari obat. tapi dengan vaksinasi membuat nakes kembali semangat melawan. tapi tidak ada kesadaran dr masyarakat hingga sekarang muncul varian delta yang lbh virulen. otomatis penyebaran lbh gampang. ditambah dg motto bangsa "mangan ra mangan asal kumpul" plus masker yg hobi diplorotkan. sudahlah, kebohongan sdh tdk bisa ditutupi lagi. kasus meningkat pesat. rumah sakit semua penuh. bahkan nomor antrian sekian panjang sampai tdk terpikir lagi kok bisa spt itu. blm lagi krisis oksigen. obat. 

org2 yg panik dengan mudahnya memborong semua yg diblg dapat membantu mencegah covid, tanpa ingat dr awal sudah diingatkan, masker. jaga jarak. tapi semua milih mengabaikan dua hal utama. memilih menimbun obat, oksigen, dan mencoba segala terapi yg katanya berguna. lupa mencegah lbh baik drpd mengobati. skrg tdk cuma yg sakit covid yg kena dampaknya. org yg perlu cuci darah. org yg mau melahirkan. vaksinasi anak. org yg kecelakaan. semua terdampak. mau ke rumah sakit semua penuh. semua terisi pasien covid. rumah sakit jd tmp penularan. 

satu persatu tenaga di rumah sakit dan fasilitas kesehatan tumbang. pemerintah dg enaknya sesumbar menambah jumlah kamar, jumlah rumah sakit darurat, jumlah peralatan untuk isolasi mandiri. tanpa ingat bahwa nakesnya ini manusia yg ga bisa dicopy paste. muncullah komplain pasien tdk tertangani, ditelantarkan. nakes lagi jadi sasaran, katanya mengcovidkan pasien tp tdk mau menangani. apa yg mau ditangani? tangan kami hanya dua. kaki kami hanya dua. nafas kami juga bisa ada habisnya. vaksinasi yg kmrn didapat bagai tameng yg skrg sdh compang camping diserbu hantaman pasien yg datang bertubi tiada habisnya. 

yg tidak di rumah sakit berusaha menahan bendungan pasien. menawarkan konsultasi virtual untuk pasien isoman. agar kondisi mereka tdk memburuk. agar mrk tdk sampai ke rumah sakit. untuk mengurangi beban teman sejawat di faskes rujukan. tapi apa daya juga? yg di rumah tidak selalu punya fasilitas untuk monitoring. sekedar termometer dan oksimeter tdk ada. jgn bilang obat. obat saja hrs berebut dan antri, entah brp hari lagi baru dapat. blm lagi saat saturasi sdh turun. cari kamar susah. kami pun tdk pny kuasa untuk memaksa teman sejawat menyediakan tempat untuk semua pasien isoman. satu persatu berita pasien isoman meninggal bermunculan. geram rasanya tdk bisa berbuat lebih untuk mereka. tp apa daya kami? tangan kami tdk bisa ke mana2. kami tdk bisa menciptakan obat untuk mereka minum hari itu. tdk bisa menyediakan oksigen yg mereka butuhkan. 

blm lagi saat istirahat. bukannya mendapat ketenangan, isi medsos kami penuh dengan berita teman sejawat, senior kami sakit. butuh donor plasma. satu persatu meninggal. mungkin tdk semuanya aku kenal. bahkan mgkn dulu aku juga tdk dekat dg mereka. jengkel dg mereka karena mereka mendapat priviledge sebagai keluarga dokter sedangkan aku di sini hanya rakyat jelata. tapi sedih hancur skrg melihat, mendengar informasi mereka sakit. dirawat. butuh donor menandakan kondisi mereka tdk baik.

saat ini sampai aku tdk tahu hrs menyebut nama siapa saat ditanya lebih baik konsul ke siapa? aku sdh tdk tau lagi siapa yg masih selamat. siapa yg masih praktek. siapa yg isoman. siapa yg sdh meninggal. masih banyak dokter. iya mgkn masih banyak. tp yg pny pengalaman dan ilmu setinggi mereka tdk sama jumlahnya. biar bagaimanapun mereka senior kami. kakak kls kami. jam terbangnya lbh banyak. pasien mereka lbh banyak. kalo mereka tdk ada, ke mana kami bertanya? menunggu pengalaman kami sebanyak mereka tdk secepat mata berkedip. 

at this moment, i feel helpless. i might not be their family, but i feel the despair. i feel the sadness. biarpun status kami tdk sama, biar gimana juga mereka jg melewati hal yang sama. sekolah 6 tahun. praktek di rumah sakit. jaga malam. makan makanan jatah. sama2 kena damprat senior. sama2 tidur geletakan saat jaga. we took the same oath. we promised we would call them our family. and now my family is hurt. one by one i lost my family member. kami yg notabene dokter, kami bahkan tdk bisa menyelamatkan nyawa sejawat kami. senior kami. i just hope we could get through this. at the end, i hope i can see some familiar faces. i can still hear some familiar names.