Comments on: “49 Days” : Coincidence? Fate? http://jo-hyun-jae.com/2011/03/05/49-days-coincidence-fate/ Tue, 22 May 2012 00:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wulijohyunjae http://jo-hyun-jae.com/2011/03/05/49-days-coincidence-fate/comment-page-1/#comment-4080 wulijohyunjae Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:11:21 +0000 http://jo-hyun-jae.com/?p=26165#comment-4080 緣份 (loosely translated as "fate" or "destiny" in English, but not exactly the same meaning, and pronounced "yuan fen" in putonghua or Mandarin [official Chinese dialect]) is a curious thing. The term is actually 2 things in one -- meeting someone is 緣(yuan); entering into a relationship with him/her (hopefully ending up with him/her) is 份(fen). So often two people have 緣 but no 份. Han Kang (JHJ) and Sin Ji-Hyun (NGR) obviously have 緣 but no 份, since he cannot declare his love for her. When they meet again, she is in another girl's body, so this is not exactly a second chance. However they meet, it looks like Han Kang and Song Yi-Kyung (LYW) will have 緣份 (destined to be together.) 緣份 (loosely translated as “fate” or “destiny” in English, but not exactly the same meaning, and pronounced “yuan fen” in putonghua or Mandarin [official Chinese dialect]) is a curious thing. The term is actually 2 things in one — meeting someone is 緣(yuan); entering into a relationship with him/her (hopefully ending up with him/her) is 份(fen). So often two people have 緣 but no 份. Han Kang (JHJ) and Sin Ji-Hyun (NGR) obviously have 緣 but no 份, since he cannot declare his love for her. When they meet again, she is in another girl’s body, so this is not exactly a second chance. However they meet, it looks like Han Kang and Song Yi-Kyung (LYW) will have 緣份 (destined to be together.)

]]> By: Whitney http://jo-hyun-jae.com/2011/03/05/49-days-coincidence-fate/comment-page-1/#comment-4079 Whitney Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:04:50 +0000 http://jo-hyun-jae.com/?p=26165#comment-4079 I think it must be a very special kind of 緣份 for JHJ to choose this drama, same for the other actors. When I see the lower-than-expected ratings for "Royal Family" and "Thorn Birds" which started broadcast this week, it seems "49 Days" is destined to have a good start. Also from SBS "49 Days" website gallery, I can see a lot of support for and expectations of JHJ. Compared to the couples in the other 2 dramas, the pairing of JHJ and LYW is like a breath of fresh air in the midst of sex and violence, power struggle, distortion of human nature, etc. that are the staple of most dramas. I think it must be a very special kind of 緣份 for JHJ to choose this drama, same for the other actors.

When I see the lower-than-expected ratings for “Royal Family” and “Thorn Birds” which started broadcast this week, it seems “49 Days” is destined to have a good start. Also from SBS “49 Days” website gallery, I can see a lot of support for and expectations of JHJ. Compared to the couples in the other 2 dramas, the pairing of JHJ and LYW is like a breath of fresh air in the midst of sex and violence, power struggle, distortion of human nature, etc. that are the staple of most dramas.

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