Slice Of Life - KDrama Addict

 Continued from Part 2 , you can read Part 1 here too.  Because This Is My First Life She's so cute, ain't she? I wanted to write a full blog for this but restricting myself here. Cute storyline, a man and a woman get into a contract wedding to suit their conveniences - one for a cheaper accommodation and the other to shut up his parents. It is a different take, especially that of youngsters' thoughts about marriage, commitment, parental pressure, societal values, etc. How they become friends and open up to each other forms the rest of the story. The story also traces two other couples' lives in parallel with the main leads. OST is super nice, there is this fat cat that is an integral part of the story. Overall, lovely watch. I was floored by the actors - Jung So-min and Lee Min Ki. Must-watch! Thirty-nine Story of 3 best friends who are single and how they find their better halves while also discovering one of them has a stage 4 terminal illness, all this as they near...

 So we continue from Part 1 ... Strongest Deliveryman Watched this after being mesmerised by Kim Seon-Ho's Chief Hong in Hometown Cha Cha Cha and his second lead role in StartUp. Nice story, and has the usual elements, my first Goo Kyung-Pyo drama, and I loved his understated playing of the lead role. Has a strong female lead too. Overall a good story about community, being helpful, and being grateful. It was nice to see how the delivery boys have each other's backs almost all the time.  Itaewon Class This one deserves a separate post but since it has been quite some time since I saw this KDrama, I will stick to a short review. Park Seo-joon all the way! Love his crew-cut hair and how he plays the character to the T. I don't know why but I love him in such roles, I saw one recently (Midnight Runners) and the way he exudes innocence and honesty in the roles he plays is truly worth noting.  It is the story of how the underdog takes on a giant and wins. OST is awesome, espec...

Image from Viki Rakuten When I started watching this series, I had no idea what the theme was but I was surprised to realise it was based on terminal illness and the story was set in a hospice. Everyone who watched the first couple of episodes was either raving about it or saying how heavy it was so out of curiosity, I began. Just a short backstory. Back in 2016 or so, when I was working with a med-tech company, I was a part of a campaign we did to raise funds for a hospice. It was the first time I heard that word and I also wrote a series of blogs about terminal illness, raising awareness about the disease, the struggles of caregivers, and why there is a setup like a hospice. It changed the way I looked at the world.  Coming back to If You Wish Upon Me, well, we have romance king Ji Chang Wook to keep us hooked and so also Mr. Kang Tae Sik, played by Sung Dong-il who I first noticed in Reply 1988 as Doek Sun's dad. He somehow gives off warmth to the character he plays, like an App...