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Wednesday, 17 January 2007

The affair

Hello, Stephen,
Thank you for your comments on the photos. Actually I have a lot of photos on my computer at home. But I couldn’t upload much beautiful photos on the blog because I did it at the office.
You suggested me to write about my family history on the blog. I’ll write abut it soon.

I had a dinner with my colleagues last night and we drank Soju a little, ate Sam Gyup Sal, a part of pork. Have you ever eaten? I don’t think you’ve tasted it before.
I went to a meat shop to buy it in Manchester but the seller didn’t know what Sam Gyup Sal is. I tried to describe it as I know, but he didn’t understand. I took a step towards Tesco then bought a pack of pork. Sam Gyup Sal is most Korean’s favorite. It sold out very large amount in Korea according to the newspapers. There are a special recipe to roast pork in some restaurants. They soaked pork in a red wine for a week or a month before roasted it. I roasted it with the grill on the table. When it’s well-cooked, I started eating. I wrapped it with lettuce, sesame, garlic, spring onion, mixed with hot peppers. Can you imagine?

We moved to a café for having a coffee then. I prefer to drinking tea. We talked something about the affair of married couple and real love after marriage. No one has married in my group and we chatted about the other’s affair but we heard it through the grapevine. Is it rumor?
The main subject of Korean TV dramas is about the affair at the prime time and housewives like to watch that TV shows after finished a dinner.
A friend of mine, want to be a scripter, she said it’s already systemized by broadcasting stations that TV producers only recommand her to write the story about love and betrayal. Other subject is not accepted for TV audience according to audience rating surveys. Can you believe? A few TV drama is about medical, law, campus of Uni. Students. But the audience rating is lower than the affair.
I don’t know why married couple is broken by the affair. How is it possible to love another one even if they want to keep a family? Am I conservative? Probably not, I think we have to take a responsibility for the family after married. It’s a promise with spouse and society.
What do you think about it?
Besides, one of us said, she could accept to fall in love with another man after married if it's true love. Falling in love is not easy for me because I don't open my heart to others easily. But if I realised someone loves me from his deep heart, I'll be loved. How can I know?
Love is compliated and difficult. But true love is a wonderful thing.

Have a good day,

Comments

Dear Soyoung, how romantic you are! It is a fact that family should be important for those who face a project of life like getting married. But your couple is so important as your children are. I mean a couple isn't more faible because you don't have children, at least it shouldn't be that way. The most important thing is commitment to others, no matter if it is your spouse or your children, I agree with you: WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE. You are a lovely young woman, be patient, true love is waiting for you somewhere, in my case I found it when I was 25 ( in my country at that age you are old to be single) and 31 now and hope we'll live happily ever after. Bye!

Dear Soyoung, I started reading BBC blogs a couple of weeks ago and I thoroughly enjoy them.I love your descriptions and photos of Korean dishes, esp.the last one about roast pork previously soaked in wine.I'm going to try to make it.Thanks for your interesting blogs!

Howdy... In everyday I usually launch the Internet for reading your articals after lecture and laboratory .BBC is the best resouces media of English.For instance the articals all over the world, songs , blog ,chat rooms. The affair is one of the story of this day for me . Sam Gyup Sal that I am never test it before but if I have an opportunity to the Korea, I am sure.!! I effort to test it first. The Korean food have varity test .I suppose that the Thai food too. Do you like Tomyumkung ? I am really like it . However,at KhonKaen University has a festive time now that one year is comming again . Agricultural festival of course . It is very interesting festerival. It strikes to me that you should to travell at my campus . I able to guide you to travel around KhonKaen .At this time , I need to go my dormitory for sleep . This is because when I acess the Internet ,I have to launch at complex as a big canteen . Bye Bye ...... Best regard ....

Hi, Soyoung. I'm waiting for a girl like you. Smart and so beautiful... I read your blog every day and almost fall in love. Kisses.

Hello Soyoung, You asked, how to recognize someone loves you from a deep heart ? But if he thinks in the same way ? Don't be afraid, take your chance. There is so much to win – a happy life. I keep fingers crossed for you, Pawel

Dear Lee You are so innocent and adorable. Falling in love is great and if you find a true love then you are the lucky one. The question is how do you know about the true love. Nobody knows but to me the answer is very simple, believe me, trust on your heart. True love speaks and your heart listen to it. If you find a person who loves you, cares for you, who is sincere, trustworthy, who understands you, sacrifies for you, even then, it is not sure that you would also have the same feelings for him. But if your heart goes for him and you want to reciprocate the same feelings then there is a chance that you may fall for him. The heart signals you that he is Mr. Right for you. However, as Stephen said he believes in "love at first sight", here all the above statements are proved wrong as we dont know about the person and we fall for him/her. He very rightly said that it is very intrigued and cleverly dealt with the subject. In marriage, love and trust are the major factors to keep the bond strong if there is an extra marital affair then the bond is broken. I reckon, Stephen will be angry to read it as it is going to be an agony column. So, I am leaving, love and take care every one. Farida

Hi Soyoung, your blog's been quite interesting, it's good that you are really open about your family and work. Soyoung i want to know about your childhood ,were you a bright student at school,how was the education system in Koria,what was your childhood ambition.

i,Soyoung I think your friend,who wants to be a script writer, probably right. Most of the evening drama's plot in England is about love affairs, betrayals and voilence.I' ve known some people who are addicted to those dramas. One of them can not stand missing a next story so she tries very hard to put her daughter in bed early.how pathetic!!! have a good day!

Hi, Soyoung, this is the first time I drop you a comment. You have the same surname, Lee as my mum, make me have a closer feeling towards you. Ya, I think I'll like the Sam Gyup Sal that you mentioned in your post,pork dipped in red wine and roasted, sound delicious! And I'm always a spicy food lover and fond with all kinds of spicy seasoning. feel good with HOTZZ... About love affair, you mentioned that the TV producer suggested your friend to write on script about love. Ya, love is always something emotive and draws most people's attention, especially Korean love series. However, i doubt that people nowadays know what LOVE is all about though they seem watching such related movies or series a lot. Someone one told me today, LOVE is a verb, where you feel it and you are there to act on it, which is how you love the people around you, it is not only the matter about boy-girl relationship, it is a true feeling that you care and love the people around you, be it parents, family members, friends, colleagues, and even sometime a stranger where you throw him a smile. He may feel your LOVE. While LOVE is not a noun, where people like to find and search for it,or even wait for it. We LOVE (verb) then we know LOVE!

Hello, Soyoung! What about Korean cars? That interested me. They will be produced in my land. And to be honest, I used to change my cars more frekvently than any others. This learning got me away from buying bargain one in december. But there are too much to choose one! (To my former comment, I didn´t write the truth- Barbora wants to Holywood, Lucia the elder wants study psychology.)

Hello Soyoung , You asked, how to recognize someone loves you from a deep heart ? But if he thinks in the same way ? Don't be afraid, take your chance. There is so much to win – a happy life. I keep fingers crossed for you, Pawel

Hi Soyoung, Do you prefer to have a tea after dinner? Stephen is addicted to coffee. Are you addicted with tea? TV serials have become part of our life for some people. Fortunately I am not that category. Some or other kinds or TV programme attracted to the viewers irrespective of the age groups. There will be no omission from child to aged. Do you agree with that? I hope it was vivid discussion after the dinner with colleagues it’s interesting to know that the topic you have chosen was love, marriage and affair. All the members in the discussion were unmarried. Which one is true love? You asked Stephen few days back about the love in first sight. Now you are looking for a person who is ready to show his love from his deep heart. Good luck. You will find a person if you show your heart openly without hiding anything. Is it possible? Are you ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the sake of true love? I have doubt on my own. Before marriage many people are ready to sacrifice just sake of attraction. How long this attraction goes on? That is the end of true love.

I agree with your attitude about love affair.

Hi soyoung, ur not conservative, what u said is correct, how can one person find pleasure outside his family,infact its kind of suicide.Family is more important.People fall in love at any time, but finding the right person is most important.In my opinion a person has to take time and think about there partner in well advance

Dear all, Well,when someone is committing in love is un predictable, it just an accident when you meet the person always or sometime. Now a days life style is tatally different from true love. it depepend how you brought up from which country.continue.....Kiri

Hi, SoYoung. May be you've heard that love is fantasy, marriage is real. Of course, there is no single person who could get married without love. However, it may also be possible for people to fall in love after they get married. I think that it's one of the reasons why the marriage arranged by a matchmaker shows higher success rate than marriage for love. Actually, they have higher resposibilty family they make because it is based on a prior condition that they'll do it.

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Hello friend, In my opinion family is very important. And If you've already created your family you should save it.If you fell in love you'd better cope with this feelings,because it can be temporary.

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