Pil-Seung & Soon-Young

I’m really getting addicted to Korean/Chinese/Japanese tv series and movies. And my current favorite is a Korean soap opera that I stumbled upon one Sunday morning while channel surfing. The title of the series is Pil-Seung & Soon-Young, and like Lovers In Paris, the recent Kimchi-novella that was a big hit here, this soap isn’t an all-out weep-fest but instead has many light, humorous moments.

The titular characters are the ones on the left. Pil-Seung is a simple provincial lad. What he lacks in smarts he makes up for with a big heart. He meets and falls in love with Soon-Young, a woman working as a clerk in a giant supermarket chain (think SM). But she has her heart set for the head of marketing of that supermarket chain (played by the actor on the right). Things get even more complicated when Pil-Seung is discovered to be the heir to the chairmanship of the giant supermarket chain. (Hey, told you this is a soap opera!) So now Pil-Seung is the boss of both Soon-Young and the marketing head. And that’s not all: to help him into his new role as head of the company, Pil-Seung is given a teacher (the girl third from the left); she eventually falls for Pil-Seung.

Love quadrangle itetch!

Most of the light moments are supplied by the actor playing Pil-Seung. He’s not really that good-looking, but he possesses great comic timing and isn’t afraid to look ridiculous for the camera. Which of course makes him look even cuter in my eyes! He’s now the latest in my long line of chinky-eyed crushes.

Hay naku. Now I really wanna go to Singapore or Hong Kong or Seoul.