If you don’t like open ended or non-resolved movies, do not watch this! I enjoyed the movie purely for the humor and individual jokes. Among all of the movies I have seen so far, this might be the lowest on the scale as far as storyline goes. Basically you have a girl who is keeping a few guys in order to choose the best one and you get to see how she evaluates them and how she handles them.
I won’t give away the ending, but I can kind of relate to it. Right now I am just studying and doing my own thing. I have a goal in the future and right now I’m not going to let anything get between me and achieving that goal.
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Culture Notes
You see a few interesting points about Buddhist temples. One is that meat is sort of a taboo item inside of a temple. I don’t know if that is across the board but I have heard that many Buddhists believe they need to be vegetarians. In the temple in this movie, the guy trying to become a lawyer says that it’s forbidden to eat meat inside of the temple.
You also get to see the 1,000 bow ceremony (I don’t know if they really do this or not, does anyone know)? If anyone really does this, I can’t imagine how hard it would be just standing and sitting (basically) a thousand times.
While the main character participates in this ceremony, she holds Buddhist prayer beads. If you don’t know what they are, try googling (I’m not an expert on the subject). It appears that one says a prayer while holding the bead necklace and moves up one bead when they pray. I believe the beads are there to help one concentrate on making the bad leave and letting the good come in.
The Buddhist prayer beads sounds like the Rosary used in Catholic Churches. The Rosary is both the prayer beads and the devotional prayer that is prayed with the beads. Each bead represents one prayer, like the Hail Mary for instance. When you finish that prayer, you move on to the next bead and say the next prayer. I think the Buddhist prayer beads work the same way??
That’s what it seems like, though I’m no expert on the subject. I can’t wait to stay in a Buddhist temple when I go over, it’s a very interesting religion.
Oh, definitely. But, to me most things that are different are interesting. What I want to experience, however, is a 짐찔방. I am a sucker for saunas.
I know! That’s one of the first things I want to do! I’ve heard SO many good things about them. Hopefully it won’t be TOO awkward the first time. I hear it’s dirt cheap to go to them too. I had a friend who just stayed in 짐찔방s instead of hotels for like 15 bucks a night or something.
Yeah, me too. Even if it was awkward, I’d prolly keep going back with stubborn persistance until I convince myself it’s not awkward anymore. Though I also hear that people end up going to 짐찔방s when they want a hot water bath cause their hot water is turned off by landlords. I have yet to read why so many people get their hot watered turned off.
Bekah, just be prepared to be touched a lot by a lot of 아줌마들 they aren’t aware of personal space so don’t be alarmed. It’s just the way they are. Also be prepared for a lot of staring. That’s what Koreans do, we stare at anything different.