Being Different is beautiful...

Yes..it's a public service advertisement endorsing Korean society's (seemingly existent) pressure on women/girls to have an 'artificial' look by way of plastic surgery. 

This ad would not have been existent in the first place, HAD the social problem as it postulated NOT BEEN there in the first place, right?

Okay..let me jot down what it says. For those who may not understand Korean language, I'll try to translate the sentences. Hope I translate them correctly.^^ gee....

V -- 똑 떨어지는 V라인 'the exact V-line figure'

342434 Bust.Waist. Hip. 

S --- 완벽한 S라인 'perfect S-line'

대한민국 표준 여성코도?

Korea's standard codes for women?

세상은 나에게 똑같은 몸매, 똑같은 얼굴를 가지라고 하지만 난 그렇게 되고 싶지 않아

Although the world told me to have similar facial and physical figure, I don't want to do that

그건 내가 아니라 남들이 만들어놓든 기준이니까

because that is not me. Instead, it is a standard that others put upon me. 

지금 이대로가 세상에서 단 하나뿐인 진짜 내모습이나까

The way I look as of now is my real looks...the only one in the world.

나도, 당신도 지금 이대로 괜찮아

It's alright to be what we are now. Me and You.  

And I was glad to find out that this public service ad was created by an organization calle Korean women link.

Oh...I also love the copywriter of this ad made it in such a witty way that would give it a plus. At least for me.

다르니까 아름답다

The sentence literally means 'since it's different, then it's beautiful'. 

But the ad wittily emphasizes the syllable 다 in the word 다르(다). 

You see, 다르다  actually means 'different'

but, if you just take the 다, then it means 'ALL'

thus..here it is....ONE simple sentence WITTILY means two things:

(1) 다르니까 아름답다 'different, so it is beautiful'

(2) 다 아름답다 'ALL is beautiful'

I couldn't agree more.^^ 

The bar code that characterizes this simple ad on subways is what caught my attention in the first place. Now I see it on a daily basis on my way to and from school. 

I guess...although this ad is in Korea, I think it is applicable to all women in other society as well. I think. 

AND....I APPLIES to men as well.

I think society also sort of 'forces' men to act or look like what they want them to be...

If only we put our time to ponder again the very idea of why we are created different.

..that ALL is beautiful.

..that being different is beautiful as well.

That's my rant...

Let Me In ( A Magic Make-Over Show) in Korea

Korea has indeed been wired into the notion that physical beauty is really something of importance. But, I am sure that lots of other people in this world fall into this sort of idea, too, I assume.

So, I stumbled upon a re-run TV show on Story ON channel last night. 

I couldn't believe what I was watching. I grabbed my camera and got some pictures of how the show's done.

See...how shocked the audience was? 

She's Ha Ye Eun: the so-called 'good sister' who 's transformed into someone completely different.  

"I felt like I couldn't believe my eyes ...at what I am looking at"

Even the MC of the show was shocked. 

She instantly became the talk of the show. She was later known as the barbie girl. But I don't agree with it because her looks still look natural, compared to Barbie:-)

The show was arranged in such a way that the studio audience and the MC and even the hairdressers and other MC could not see the end-result of the make-over until it was finally revealed. 

Simply priceless.

I love to see the reactions from the MC and the studio audience. 

It's a good thing that she has become this! considering what she'd been through... 

Then, for the first time...she could look back into what she had become....through the big screen. 

For sure, she's a bit shy and blushed and...shun her face away...in disbelief. 

She looks like an actress. Well, some people may nod in agreement. 

Here came the laughter and burst of happiness in the studio. 

the interview session tagged along; mostly about how she felt being 'reborn'. 

what a show indeed it was.

One thing for sure..it showed the triumph of the doctors who managed to perform such a total surgery on her.

I wonder how she handled the pouring admiration that she kept receiving that night..and the days afterwards... 

Dadaaa.......that's what she looked like just 63 days before she was under the thorough operation!!!! Now I wonder what she might have in her mind... 

The audience knew it too well how she looked like and what she had become into....in just about 2 months. 

She said " I wish that picture's not shown that quick...")!

what do you mean? 

I am sure that she's bewildered....still. and in awe... 

Okay, plastic surgery and dental implant and the rest of the procedures were not the only procedures that she had undergone...

of course...extreme make-up make over were in hands. 

Hair-job: done. 

and here came another funny part of the show: 

apparently..the show recorded the pre-operated version of Ye-eun. Then, after the full-circle was completed, the scene was placed side by side with the new Ye-eun. 

They were walking together on one catwalk....:) 

This is 'before' and 'after' moment... 

The transformation.... 

the smile still looks the same: warm and sincere.

Well, she was dubbed ' a good-hearted sister', after all. 

Wow...how could this happen? 

whatttt???? 

Then, the doctors who did wonders came into the show and explained what kinds of operations they had undergone to 'change' her. 

I only managed to capture the 'eyes' caption. 

Then...oh my my...

she got her forehead, eyelids, nose, lips, v line of her chin, cheeks, and...I didn't know..

but just look at the staggering 35 million Won make-over. 

Hmmm..I think for those who think that money is not a matter of discussion, going such a painful yet rewarding operation is a worth all the trouble.

But...wait..she got it for free, right?

I bet she did. It's a TV show after all.

And who's this?

Yes..this is her disabled brother. She's dubbed a kind-hearted sister because it was she who'd been taking care of him. 

Surely she couldn't hide her tears.

and... 

her Mom came along with her brother, too. 

Well, all too well....the tears-jerking show came into the screen. 

Let Me In was staged in such a way that after the successful surgery, they were set up to meet with their parents or friends. 

I wonder if her brother would recognize her, though. 

They're trying to communicate... 

then came the part when she was asked what she'd do for and in her life. 

Really? *well, she's got on-stage offer to become a model.^^ 

Everyone's happily clapping hands and so were the audience members. 

A happy-ending show sealed with a hug from both daughter and mother in a seemingly out-of-this-world show : a Make-Over Show titled LET ME IN.

* As for me, well, as long as she's happy with the choice she'd made and she could make the best of it in a good way possible, I am all for it.

I am sure that the audience are grown up and matured enough to digest the whole idea of the show.

who are we to judge?

It's still after all a well-made TV show.