Cinderella's Sister

Oh my, it's been six months since I last watched a Korean drama/series. Well, I've been avoiding getting hooked on a series, be it US or Korean, since it eats up most of my time. Ako pa naman ay medyo mahina ang EQ pagdating sa ganyan- Once you pop, you can't stop nga, diba? But for this one, I blame ABS-CBN. Since they show Cinderella's Sister very very late and I get very impatient waiting for it, I decided to buy a copy.

A modern twist to a classic fairy tale, only the protagonist isn't "Cinderella."

Having to live with a mother (Song Kang sook) who has switched men a million times, Eun jo's childhood traumatized her in a way that she doesn't get attached to people or things. But with a simple twist of fate, their lives crossed paths with Hyo-seon/Brianna and her father, Dae Seong.

angst-ridden young Eun-jo

Already without a mother, Hyo-seon who is looking for a mother-figure sees it in Song Kang-sook. Kang sook seeing this as an opportunity for her and her daughter Eun jo to live conveniently, she grabbed this chance.

Hyo-seon in happier days

Hyo-seon was very much excited with their new family, their new set-up. But Eun jo always had this thinking that they wouldn't last in there, that some day she and her mom would run away just like they did before. Albeit the warm welcome and kindness her stepfather and Hyo seon was giving her, she rejected all these. Scared to give her heart away and risk having it hurt, she chose to shut people out of her life, except for one- Ki hoon/Timothy.

Eun-jo: “It’s strange. It feels really strange. The way he talks, I’d want to believe him even if he said the moon were square.

With a face that cute, I would also believe him if he told me the moon were square. Ki hoon was the reason she didn't run away from Dae Seong Cham Do Ga. It was unspoken but both of them knew that they were both special to each other. Foreign to this new feeling, she still put up a front and didn't give her heart to him. She was devastated when Ki hoon left without even saying anything to her.

Fast forward to 8 years after...


After finding out about the betrayal, Dae seong suffered a second attack which led to his death. Kang sook, who realized that she has learned to love Dae seong after his first attack, was distraught. Hyo seon was mourning for her father's death. Eun jo, too, was bereaved for the death of the man who believed and never gave up on her but she didn't want to show it. Ki hoon was feeling mournful and guilty. Everyone was hurting. Every. One.

“It hurts when I don’t see him, and when I do. It hurts whether he’s here, or whether he’s not. Hurts whether he smiles at me, or smiles at someone else. Hurts whether he calls my name, or doesn’t. As long as I don’t disappear into the earth, I think I’ll continue to feel hurt, Jung-woo, but still, being here is better. Being able to see him and hate him is better than him not being here.”

Hyo seon's impossible optimism has turned into frustration that she could never be at par with her sister and sadness also that nothing is solely hers anymore

And Ki hoon's smile gone. Always spaced-out. Serious mode palagi

It was like I was also in this story- crying my eyes out with matching hikbi pa. I swear I don't get it why these people complicate their lives. Well, I wouldn't know haha. And I think it's good that I don't. I don't know if I wanna know. I loved each and every one of the characters, how they evolved and shaped by the events in their lives.

What I like about this drama is it's not only about love, it's about relationships between sisters, mother and daughters, husband and wife, father and daughters and WAITING. If you wait and don't give up on a person, things might turn out for the best. I like waiting. It could be torturous but I like it. And in this story, after eight long years, everything turned out for the best. Dae seong didn't die in vain. It was all part of a grander plan.

As with classic fairy tales, it had a happy ending. I just loved it that it had an ending. I was browsing the net and I read someone's comment that it was open-ended and she was hoping for a part 2. I was preparing myself for not having an ending-ending to this story and I just abhor open-ended stories. I don't care whether it's sad or happy. Just give me an ending. Capisce?

lola kisses make me giddy ☺

I LOVE EEEET!!! This is why I love Korean dramas... they feel real. And it would seem as if you're feeling what the characters are feeling in that moment. Cathartic, it is. Plus the theme songs, waaah! Yes I can feel your pain, stab me with a rusty spoon why don't you...

na ireoke haru handareul tto illyeoneul
na apado joha
It's okay if I'm hurt for a day and a year like this
nae mam dachyeodo joha nan
It's fine even if my heart hurts
geurae nan neo hanaman saranghanikka
Yes because I'm just in love with you