I'll be at the front of the boat making sure you have a clear path.

The sea won't always be this gentle though. We will be met with wind and waves. And even typhoons will come our way.

So what if we get soaked in the rain? Who cares if the wind blows a bit... when we're in the same boat?

~ Hometown Cha-cha-cha

ohmyheart. This actually reminds me of the end of Lymond, which remains one of the most beautiful quotes to me: "We have reached the open sea, with some charts; and the firmament."

SPOILER WARNING

The last time I felt stunned by a korean drama was when W aired about 5 years ago, and I really could not predict what would happen in the next episode. The show was novel and creative in ways kdrama fandom was utterly unprepared for; it blew our minds, I remember well, hahaha. As a whole though, that show was flawed and did not wrap up well, but I remember thinking, mygoodness, korean entertainment is breaking new ground.

Fast forward to 2021: we have had the Oscar-winning Parasite, and the recent crazy success of Squid Games to corroborate this fact. Korea makes good entertainment, who can deny that now. For me though, I felt wonderfully stunned once again, not by these objectively good productions per se, but by this recent watch of Hometown Cha-cha-cha, whose finale aired tonight. 

It is a testament to the evolution of korean drama, that instead of getting the familiar angsty push-pull, sometimes toxic, usually childish, romance drama that we have been fed with for years, we actually get insanely mature romance that I feel I should be taking notes on. It's crazy! Every time I expect our male lead to act a certain way, he acts differently! I am literally gasping from shock and admiration.

I kept thinking, Is this for real? Are we really going to get a healthy functional couple on television working through stuff together? 

Here's an example, where they talk about needing to open up but understanding that time is necessary. Not to mention him accepting her confession on the spot, when I was sure he was going to push her away! My jaw dropped, really.

  

I keep telling Datin S, yes, korean drama actually gives good romance advice now.

take notes.

Letting go is like the sudden cessation of an inner pressure or the dropping of a weight. It is accompanied by a sudden feeling of relief and lightness, with an increased happiness and freedom. 

It is an actual mechanism of the mind, and everyone has experienced it on occasion.

~ Letting Go, David Hawkins

Just finding ways to re-center my self... oh, the wobble.