It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
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I love this photo/scene (poor tomatoes, but they were put to good use anyways)-16th episode
- Drama: It's Okay, That's Love
- Country: South Korea
- Episodes: 16
- Aired: Jul 23, 2014 - Sep 11, 2014
- Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday
- Original Network: SBS
- Duration: 60 min.
- Native Title: 괜찮아, 사랑이야
- Also Known As Gwaenchana , Sarangiya , It's Okay, It's Love , It's Alright This is Love , Gwaenchanha, Sarangiya , It's Ok, This is Love
- Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung
- Director: Kim Kyu Tae
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After a few months I watched it again from the start, and I am glad I did. I guess it's because it's the perfect time for me to watch it. No. It's not a guess. It is indeed the perfect time for me to watch and finish this.
The subject matters here are very heavy, presented in a lighter(still heavy, but...) manner(May I borrow one of the reviewers' words?), but not insulting to the people who have mental health issues.
There are many familiar faces besides our ML(JO IN SUNG), FL and the "aspiring young writer" in this series(cast and crew), and all of those familiar faces and more were very convincing, in my humble opinion.
Before I go on, if I could go on, please let me have an OPEN DIARY in between my thoughts about this 16-episode series first(if you don't wanna read it because it's PERSONAL, just scroll down until you see BACK TO IOTL:
I have scars deeper than the deepest valley, probably closer to Gehenna or Hades, whatever you believe in. The scars started at four years old when I was still in the US of A, some of the memories were healed already, but some are getting deeper and deeper, and keloids are getting bigger and bigger. Other scars were added through the years. Some were racial scars that never happened to me in the States even if they called me "China doll", and skin color scars brought about by mestiza-looking classmates here in the Philippines. Some scars were caused by people comparing my looks with my mother, and why I didn't get to look like her Spanish or Belgian side(my mom's eyes are very oriental, but the color of her eyes are grey), but instead... It was only when I was in Elim that almost everyone started to say I looked like my mom...
Some other scars were left due to sexuality. A lot of people called me repressed and looked down on me. Some called me a tease that never finished. Others taunted me by doing things they weren't supposed to...others tried to cross the line. Others would use the word "lambing" then would shock me by the words they used over the phone. Argh! Then some people's wives got angry with me just because their husbands called my name while they were sleeping, but all I did to them was smile. Argh!!!!!!!!
I value the sanctity of marriage. Even if I loved someone before, once they are married, hindi ko na sila papatulan. I honestly got tempted to have relationships with a couple of people who were separated from their wives, but as temptations go, it's not a sin, unless you act on them. ( I am not judging those who... these are my PRESONAL convictions)
Is temptation a sin?
I have burned a lot of stories that I have written as a young girl. Others even thought that I wrote them because of my experiences. Little did they know that it's because I have a vivid and wild imagination.
I have mood swings. Sometimes I am very happy and very patient, and sometimes I just get so irritated with the slightest thing that I snap.
I have a gift at solving OTHER people's problems, except mine.
I am actually an introvert...maybe that's why I write more than I speak. I look like an extrovert, but I would rather stay at home, write, research, draw, paint, play the piano, or whatever. I only want to talk to a few people at a time. If the person whom I choose to talk to seems to be dismissive, it's either I delete him or her from the narrative or it'll take a very long while before I speak to them again.
No to forced friendships...no to forced romances. Nothing or no one should be forced...ever!
I have declined a lot of invitations to parties, reunions, and the like because I hate crowds. Sometimes, when I have to, like when singing during wakes(besides being allergic to heavy pollinated flowers, too many people make me have palpitations), I stay with my choir, my little group.
It looks like I love to mingle, but I do not. I only choose the people I want to talk to, and I am not really the politician type, like what others perceive about me(yes, they...the ones who are calling me a "politician") because I wave at a lot of people...they just don't know, well, unless they read this, that SOMETIMES my waving is an acknowledgment of their presence, but I probably have nothing to say to them. Now, if I wave then approach them, maybe I want to say something...or if you wave and approach me, well...since I am not a snob, I would talk to you, whether I am edgy or not, and because I appreciate your not snubbing me, most especially if your smile is so sincere.
By the way, I have only a few close friends whom I open up to...really open up to.
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One of the reasons why I am off Facebook now is because of a couple of people I let in my life without a thorough background check. I was sort of catfished.
Posting stuff on social media has been my outlet, but *letting people in* that I shouldn't have was a big mistake on my part. My account is only active because most of my folks' photos are on my account. Ending my account there or even temporarily deactivating it, would make their pages look empty...something like that. I would probably be back one day, but maybe not. I do not know. They say it's nice to get connected with old friends, but when people that I have cut ties with would suddenly want to reconnect with me when they find out I am connected with this and that person, I feel uncomfortable.
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I have blamed my mom for a lot of things for the longest time, including my being high strung...for my confronting other people(she urges me to confront people then when I do she blames me for doing so---the first couple of times, I guess were her fault, but the others, well, they were mine because I should've known better)...for my staying "here" when I had big chances abroad...for this and that...haist.
Yet, in retrospect, I think she knew best...that if I followed my heart's desire twenty-four years ago, I don't think I would have lasted the pressure abroad, and maybe I would cry and call her more often than I should. Maybe this is really where I belong.
I blamed my mother, but I guess I am her mirror. Physically, I am the darker, a little bit plumper version than herself, a little bit more intelligent, but not necessarily wiser than she is. After all, she's the real polyglot, and not me. We are more the same than different, and maybe that's why she makes my blood boil.
My relationship with her is also one of the reasons why I stopped serving in the deaf ministry. Most of our fights have something to do with her misunderstanding what I have said, and what other people said. I felt like if I continued serving our deaf brethren while not understanding my very own hard of hearing mother(my dad is hard of hearing too now), then I am a hypocrite. Well, I am not a hypocrite, but as long as I don't allow my relationship with my mom to get fixed, I cannot serve our deaf brethren. I am in touch with some of my deaf brethren through social media, and I see them around from time to time, thank God.
Thankfully, we have those movies and drama series with subtitles to enjoy together. We also have those local movies and telenovelas even without subtitles(the ones on youtube, iflix, and WeTV have subtitles), as long as Mark A. Reyes V directed them(he's my mom's favorite director). We often have streaming marathons...we've seen Encantadia (the Two versions and the spin off) several times already. I think it's good because I realized that I missed some episodes like the Hathor charging Lira's phone, et cetera.
When we are eating just by ourselves, like let's say at a hotel lobby, we usually communicate by using our cellphones, if we are physically distanced from one another (so not all people "texting" at the dinner table are ill-mannered). She hears music from gadgets and in theatres, thank God. When we're here at home we do talk without gadgets, but there are times I have to text her what I am saying even if we are just beside each other. It's a long story why she is bothered wearing a hearing aid, so let's not go there.. .
Occasionally, when we're face to face, we could talk heart-to-heart too. No matter what differences we have, she's still a good, caring, and generous person. I think I got those traits from her. Well, I hope.
When my autistic savant brothers were alive, people were praising me to the point of patronizing me. It made my love for them look insincere, but I love them truly. Yes, I love them until now, and I miss them every second of the day, but I know in heaven, they are made whole. They wouldn't have last this pandemic. They would not understand lockdowns, or wearing face shields and masks...or they would be irritated...so now I am grateful that they did not need to experience what we're experiencing now.
There are no flying cars---well, there are, but not as many as to how our predecessors imagined them...and our situation is not as horrible as how dystopias were depicted in many Hollywood films, et cetera.
BACK TO IOTL...
As I mentioned before there are a lot of mental health issues here, but there was one scene where the oncologist started to say something negative about his psychiatrist friends, and then suddenly Jo Dong Min started a litany on how human doctors are. Something like oncologists can have cancer...surgeons have someone else to operate on them, et cetera, et cetera...so why can't head doctors have other head doctors to treat them? It turns out the oncologist has stomach cancer(did I remember the scene correctly?) and the two doctors ended up crying.
I love how Hae Soo stayed professional even if she has emotional attachments with Jae Yeol...my golly, she loves him, and it's really hard to handle his case. When she was embracing Jae Yeol when "Han Kang Woo fell off the bicycle fighting for him", I couldn't help, but cry, for I remember someone close to me loving a psychologically disturbed person very much, that she became his true north. I pray that she would be blessed more and more each day because of this. She really is the yin to his yang.
The other love stories were also quite interesting, and of course, the family issues were very relatable.
This is one of the best stories ever told worldwide, but you have to prepare yourself mentally and emotionally for this and/or prepare a box of tissues, and water to drink.
Before I forget, I must say that I felt Jang Jae-Beom's pain. His youth was stolen from him. It kind of reminded me of Jean Valjean stealing bread to save his sister's son and nineteen years was taken away from him. Jae-Beom's stint in the prison was relatively shorter, but when he went out, he was like a child with white hair. Yang Ik-June played Jang Jae-Beom convincingly.
Sigh.
I want to say more, but I am getting so emotional so don't think I could go on, but I thank the whole team for creating this series. Kudos to the cast and crew. Kindly click the links below for more details:
Get ready to cry buckets.
It's Okay, That's Love
- SBS - 2014 - 16 Episodes
Melodrama, Comedy, Grade: A+ (Masterpiece)
- SBS - 2014 - 16 Episodes
Melodrama, Comedy, Grade: A+ (Masterpiece)
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Still from MY DRAMA LIST:
- Jo In Sung. Jang Jae Yeol.
- Gong Hyo Jin. Ji Hae Soo.
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- Lee Kwang Soo. Park Soo Kwang.
- Jin Kyung. Lee Yeong Jin.
- Lee Sung Kyung. Oh So Nyeo.
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