Month: September 2016

Play this song while reading. It’s the English version of a song from the Descendants of the Sun OST.

Artist: Gummy [] Song Name: You Are My Everything

 

“What is so good about Korean dramas?” my brother asks. I feel joy from watching them. When I am resting, it is my form of excitement. I watch Korean dramas (K-dramas) for the unique storytelling and screenwriting. Most of them have similar concepts: Cinderella and her stepmom, rich guy and poor girl, a rich girl and poor guy, old women and young man, an old man and young women, and sick man and healthy girl. Even though these concepts are so similar, I watch for the drama hence the genre, drama.

Korean dramas are not similar to American dramas because American dramas represent the mindset of the one’s directing the drama, while Korean dramas can focus on a wide set of people and mindsets. The really good dramas are able to differentiate between good writing and good directing. There are really not separate, but synonymous with each other. For all Kdramas, there is only one writer and one director. Once all the writing is done, the actors are hired and the director is chosen. Most dramas that had popular actors act in them had high ratings. In South Korea, since these dramas air on a TV network, the drama’s life is determined by the percentage of people watching the drama as it airs.

2016 has been one of the best years for K-dramas. Many of the highly rated dramas aired this year and last year. Dramas like Signal, W-Two Worlds, 25 Task Force, Uncontrollably Fond, and Doctors. All 5 of these have different flavors. Signal was about a guy getting a radio that enables him to communicate with a person in the past. W-Two Worlds is thriller K-drama about a female surgeon that has a father who draws a cartoon comic named W, but the surgeon is able to travel to the comic world. 25 Task Force is about conning people for the good of society. Uncontrollably Fond is a melodrama that focuses on a rich actor who becomes diagnosed with a terminal disease and falls in love with a girl. This one hits the correct emotions at the right moment. Doctors is about two neurosurgeons falling in love but meet several obstacles in the workplace and their private life. There are a variety of dramas about different things.

Amazingly enough, all those dramas I mentioned are better than most of the trash that are made in the US. If people were to ignore the culture differences and watch Kdramas without any prejudices, they would enjoy watching the art.

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Finally! High School is over. After four years of dreadful hard work and countless hours of studying, I am finally ready to move on to the next chapter in my life. I’ll be honest, Flatbush High School will definitely be missed. The challenge of keeping up with fellow honors students, the satisfaction of seeing 300 familiar faces in the halls, and, of course, the tremendous Avenue J food. Pizza, sushi, bagels… You name it, We had it. As I soon learned, though, the world is much bigger then the two block radius I once called home.

This past spring I took a trip to the infamous island of Cuba, just 90 miles south of Florida. After taking several steps outside of the airport, I realized just how astonishing Cuba really was. Immediately there was a line of hundreds of people who were waiting several hours for family and friends to arrive with simple gifts they couldn’t obtain like a small radio, a piece of furniture, or a television set.

The term “living in it’s own world” was practically invented in Cuba. Not only was I cut off from current events, but the entire country was cut off. Seriously. The Communist Cuban government Can an does censor all search engines and communications between even Cuban citizens. They block any web address that’s anti-government, anti-Cuba, or even if they simply just don’t agree with it. Growing up in New York, where I’m currently writing this for anyone to see, you can understand why it seemed so astonishing.

After seeing all this, my mind was blown. I couldn’t understand how an island, just a one hour plane ride away from miami, could be so isolated. I came to the conclusion that I needed to step out of my small life bubble and truly experience the world. I see Baruch as my perfect opportunity. Now, I get the chance to meet people from all around the world and hear all about where they’re from and what their country is like. I hope to continue to meet new people from various places and hope to one day actually travel and experience it all for myself.

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