shocking train read

When somebody you know die in an apparent suicide on the way home from work after a night shift, there’s nothing but shock.

Before the korean wave in RP post-2002, i was clicking the remote for arirang tv, the english-speaking korean cable channel. i came across a soap one day and although the leading men were not robert sean leonard cute or not as dashing as keanu reeves or gabby concepcion, the characters seem to have tons of bottled angsts. regular tv then drove me to cliched ennui and this was pre-network war, before mulawin ruled the ratings in the national capital region and leave me with nothing but a bitter taste each time i read the comments sections of the local entertainment spread. i began watching korean soaps and movies in arirang. it was subtitled and i didn't mind reading the translations. the tale of two young friends with the same name sook hee blazed the trail of the habit, followed by fragrance of love to that weekly comedy about flight attendants i could no longer recall the title, to days of delight. when shim eun hwa of sook hee disappeared from the korean showbiz radar, i then tagged only three actresseses' work when time premitted-- choi jin shil, lee tae ran and kim hye su.

Choi Jin-shil of fragrance of love, was also a top movie star, with her tearjerker, the letter, a top box office draw shown also in arirang. but i especially enjoyed her perky comedies like ghost mama. there were her other soaps, memories (i couldn't figure the obvious ending) and roses and bean sprouts which i was able to catch a few episodes during a holiday in '03. she tied the knot with a baseball star, had two kids, made the headlines as a battered wife and got divorced in 2004. i google her from time to time and grasp the insecurity in her interviews. random conversations with a korean colleague two years ago made me discern the friable temperament of older stars. the term laos of my native vernacular never fails to spew its venom. i even caught a glimpse of choi jin shil in philippine network tv for my rosy life, for which she won an award, in my gloomy 2007 homecomings. tagalog dubs, i reckon, for korean dramas is somewhat uninspired. so with a startling reaction, i got to read this news in the tube. degrading comments will always hound our lives, it's always best to keep a blind eye. such fragile disposition shouldn't be the denouement in the saga of woes.

You’ll surely be missed.