Caitlyn Wong

Let me just say, I feel compelled to write for the underdogs. And this is one of those that won’t win any awards but did I laugh? Yes. Did I cry? Yes. There were touching moments such as when Orn and Dinneaw try to trigger Sangmin’s memories (he lost a lot of his memory after surgery) . I teared up when Sangmin was leaving for Korea with his birth mom and his song Memories was playing in the background. Love that song by the way. I laughed at half of the antics but cringed ant the other half. Cringy scenes were mostly with the 3rd couple (Guy & the horny one, Rikter, both attended the internship program but worked at Hana’s resort). My favorite characters were Sangmin and Orn. Sangmin’s backstory was just so tragic. We find out during the ten years he was in Korea, he was neglected by his mom and frequently beaten by his stepdad. His biological mom and stepdad were scum of the earth. Just a comment here that I don’t believe Sangmin meant to murder his stepdad, as he mixed the poison they intended for him (in pill form) into a powder substance that his stepdad drinks. I think the drug potency was diluted. Just a little payback, not outright murder.

I quite liked the second couple and Hana as well. They were very good friends to Sangmin & Dinneaw. Oh, almost forgot freaky Ms. Pony. Don’t know how I feel about her as she was sometimes sweetness and sometimes cringe. But she was instrumental in Dinneaw ‘s success as an artist and in saving the homestay so can’t dislike her.

Anyway, I have rewatched this series a few times, and definitely have scenes where I totally skip over. Despite some of the more juvenile attempts at laughs, I found this drama better than some others I have watched.