Kim Rae Won

That’s his name, the Korean telenovela actor I’m supposed to look like. It’s funny I have to write about it now as it seems like a self-promotion. But really, I have been ignoring such comments for so long. I think the first person who told me I looked like him was either my friend Ceejay (who’s into all those Asian telenovelas) or my former boardmate, a guy mind you, who thinks I look like the actor from Attic Cat. (Every time I’d come home he’d say “O, kumusta ang shooting?” and then I’d just manage a smile.) This was I think about 3 years ago. Ceejay told me of my resemblance one time in the car when from her vantage point she saw an angle of me that did look like this star.

Fast forward to 2008. About 3 weeks ago, I had a Singaporean client who said that she just saw “Love Story in Harvard” and she thought I looked like the actor there. “Love Story in Harvard” is also a Koreanovela, starring the same actor. I know it from Karina, who asked me to watch all of it while she was busy reviewing for her boards. Pretty much by this time I already knew how to respond to such comments, and I was able to act the part, even kidding my client that that’s the reason I am scared to go to Korea, i.e., I’m too afraid to be mobbed by adoring Korean fans. Hehehe. See, that still gives me a laugh when I say that.

What got me to finally write this piece is that, just over a week ago, I had a Korean client, and I almost thought I saw the comment coming when she said “You know you look like a famous Korean actor.” That was it! A real confirmation from a real Korean! People are not just conjuring the resemblance, maybe there is a real resemblance if this Korean says so! So that comment really made my day and gave me more license I suppose to share the funny anecdote to friends. The Korean even added the observation that “Filipino men are handsome” (really), and I thought maybe she was being general because she was too shy to tell me upfront that I was handsome. But we all know what she meant, right? Hehehe. Ok, I have stretched this topic for too long. Time to put my ego back to normal size. :) But I think my smile will stay as wide as possible for a while.

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Notes from the author:
(1) I am going to keep my blog posts also in my Multiply site: http://notnot0128.multiply.com.

(2) OK, so this first post after what, 2 years, is quite lighthearted, almost superficial... and it's what I would like my future posts to be... lighthearted, that is. I have a couple more posts already lined up, so hopefully this is the start of a more healthy and active posting from me, just like I said I would at the homepage.