I just discovered this site that does facial recognition on pictures and tells you what celebrity you most closely match. You can try it for yourself at MyHeritage.com. I tried it out on two different pictures and the results I got were startling!
So this is a wierd coincidence. Both of the people that I matched up with most were Korean. In fact, I’ve seen several of the Korean dramas that Bae Yong-jun has been in. I still haven’t seen any of the Korean dramas that Kim Tae Hee is in. I guess what is wierd is that I am neither Korean nor a famous TV actor. On the other hand, I have recently become more and more fascinated with Korean culture. I wonder if somehow I’m actually Korean. 
Anyway, I just thought it was interesting to see how my face just happened to match up with two famous Korean drama stars. I’ve had people tell me I look like Bae Yong-jun, but when an objective computer program says I look like him, it can’t be wrong… or at least I look 72% like him!
There is something that has been bothering me for a while now. It’s something that I have to deal with in real life. When you break up with someone, is it ok to still be friends with the person, or is it better to end hating each other? Furthermore, if you love someone that is not in love with you, is it better to let them go or to stick around in the hopes that someday it will be something more? I started thinking about it because of this quote:
Eun-Jae: Do you remember me saying the best thing I did in my life was not holding on to your hand? I shouldn’t have held your hand… Then…
Hyung-Sun: Then? I would’ve died. I would’ve died… because I need your love.
Eun-Jae: I’m going to move out now. You told me to move out slowly. But, I can’t even do you that favor. Remember me… the one who always hurt you, and made you lonely. And with that memory, get rid of me… from your heart.
~Only You (Episode 11)
Some people say you can’t even just be friends with someone you are attracted to. How sad. There is so much to learn from both sides of a relationship. But it definitely confuses me. It made me remember another quote from one of my favorite Japanese dramas:
I don’t believe in platonic male-female friendship. I once said this earlier but… a platonic male-female relationship is either bad timing or an everlasting one-sided love.
~Momo-chan to Minami, Long Vacation (Episode 9)
So therin lies the problem. How do you know that something is bad timing as opposed to everlasting one-sided love? In one case, it could be worth it to stick around in the hopes that one day the timing will be right. In the other case, it is better for both parties to separate from each other forever. It is truly a dilemma. I wish I had an answer.
I’m going to confess… I’m addicted to Korean Dramas. There’s something about the way the stories are told that are so true to life. I keep finding things in them that cut to the core of raw human emotions.
Su Yeon: How can you be so understanding and patient like that? Don’t you even get angry?
Hyun-Sun: I am angry… but it doesn’t matter. The person who’s more in love is the weaker one.
Su Yeon: I think the one who’s more in love is the stronger one, because that person can do anything to win the love.
~Only You (Episode 8 )
Talk about the story of my life… I’ve been on both sides before, so I know what it’s like, but I’ve never felt stronger for being in love with someone. For the longest time, I wouldn’t admit that I loved anyone… and I still don’t.
Is it because I feel weaker for feeling that way? Is it because I feel like I’m not in control? Maybe with the right person, you don’t feel weaker for being in love… maybe with the right person, you feel like a better you, you feel happy you are who you are.
To some people, love is like a piece of gum. They spit it out after they’ve chewed up all its sweetness. But some people risk their lives for love. Consider yourself punished.
~Moo Hyuk to Min-Joo in I’m Sorry I Love You (Episode 9)
It’s so interesting to see different peoples’ views on love. It makes me wonder whether anyone truly understands it.
Yun Hee: To like someone, to love, is that much time really necessary?
Tae-Jun: Well it must differ for everyone.
Yun Hee: If you’re really in love, does it stay unchanged even following a separation?
Tae-Jun: I think that depends on the person too.
Yun Hee: “Unchanging love,” “everlasting love” Do such things really exist?
Tae-Jun: I haven’t experienced it yet.
Yun Hee: What are unrequited love and requited love?
Tae-Jun: Marriage?
Yun Hee: Marriage implies love’s completion?
Tae-Jun: That’s possible.
Yun Hee: Then what’s divorce?
Tae-Jun: A defective marriage.
Yun Hee: If marriage is completion, it shouldn’t crumble.
Tae-Jun: Maybe.
Yun Hee: Then marriage is no completion. In true love, being in love itself can be a completion. I can do that.
Tae-Jun: By yourself?
Yun Hee: [nods]
Tae-Jun: I hope your pure heart stays uninjured for a long time.
~excerpt from Hotelier (episode 19)
For some reason I really think this is true… maybe true love is completion itself, even if the other person doesn’t feel the same way.
The more you hear the word love, the more you crave it, the more you fill up on it, the more famished you become. So it’s a word that should be conserved
~Yun Hee to Han Tae-Jun, in Hotelier (Episode 14)