I must have watched Dal Ja’s Spring for at least three times but I never seem to get tired of doing so. It’s not just because Lee Min Ki is hot, it’s not just because his character Kang Tae Bong is my dream guy personified, it’s because I really feel I can relate to most of Dal Ja’s concerns and frustrations in life, being someone who’s on her way to spinsterhood.
I’m not going to give an in-depth summary of what DJS is all about — I recommend watching it. But I would like to show a snippet (sorry for the spoiler) of Episode 22, when Dal Ja broke up with Kang Tae Bong. (Please be reminded, I am suffering the after-effects of an informal breakup, if it really is a breakup to begin with.) It’s an all-too familiar transition: acknowledging the pain but telling yourself all the while that you’re OK, that your world with still go on turning, but then when all of the memories start congesting your heart and mind, you realize, dejectedly, that you are definitely NOT okay.
The following sequences of “The Morning After [The Breakup]” (timestamp 9:36) is the only way I can fully narrate clearly what I’ve been experiencing lately.
A bonus on this episode for me is how Dal Ja’s narration began with why a woman initiates a breakup. I’m pretty sure all of us who’ve been in relationships at one time or another, are guilty of doing at least one of these.
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1 jen // Oct 27, 2008 at 5:10 am
I just glanced at Dalja’s Spring while channel surfing at my parent’s place. I didn’t pay attention to it because there were no subs so I can’t understand a thing. Thanks for sharing it on your blog. I will have to add this show now on my to-watch list. Sorry to hear about your breakup though.
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