Is it normal to tear up over a screencap?

welcome back. super congratulations to you and mrs. samsooki. and no need for apologies. we are the one who should be thanking you with all of our hearts for sharing your time with us to write the beautiful recap when we know you must be absolutely busy with your bundle of joy. please send our love and appreciation to mrs. samsooki and baby samsooki for sharing daddy with the rest of the cityhallers.

you are so right about their acting. kim sun ah and cha seung won are perfect. their eyes were so expressive. just that scene alone, without speaking, conveyed more emotions than any number of words can.

more importantly, thank you for your insight on smr’s inaugural speech. iam non-korean so i didnt really understand the significance of the speech. i thought it was just some mayoral speech but your explanation on the original korean words used shed new light on the speech. thank you for sharing this with us.

again, thanks so much. it was well worth the wait.

We all appreciate your passion and enthusiasm for CITY HALL, and the ton of research you do is evident in the high quality of your recaps!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

That’s all.

The more I go back to the oppa scene, the more I wish I left it in…. dang. *shakes fist at myself*

Yeap, Mrs. Samsooki reads the drafts before release and offers suggestions and comments, which I then incorporate or not, depending on whether I agree. It’s good to have a person who disagrees with me on k-dramas quite often, as I see points of view that I’ve not considered.

(like, she didn’t like Snow Queen and can’t figure out what I see in Sung Yuri, which, to me, is like, wuh, that’s obvious… She likes Cha Seung Won a LOT, she likes his cockiness / confidence but to me, I would think that that would be a turn off…. and then we get into it, with me making some stupid comment like, ‘it’s just because you think he’s good looking’ and then she makes a face and says ‘that’s a dumbass thing to say, how come they let you into college…’ etc. Sometimes, I want to watch my k-dramas in another room.)

@80, birdscout –

Well, I’m a bit on the obsessive side (can you tell, lol) when I really like something. When I don’t know something, I take the time it takes for me to figure it out. That’s how I do translations and subbing. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly and with the abilities I have at hand. And with subbing, as with recapping, there is a TON of research that goes on. I have multiple eng-kor and kor-eng dictionaries on hand on my desk, along with resources on the internet.

I’ve heard some subbers call it “dictionary hell” (lol) but I call it “getting better at Korean.” I have quite a bit of knowledge in my brain, but usually that’s not enough to figure it out completely, but it is enough to point me in the right direction to get me the answers I need to recap and translate.

For me – enjoyment of k-dramas extends to recapping and translating, and really, they are all part of the same thing. Figuring out what it is that makes me like them so much.

With all the heated talks over which is the best/favourite dramas for 2009 at another DB posts, I’m not motivated to put in my two cents there but rather come back to this CH re-cap to re-read what you guys have said. I know very well which is my best drama of all time and favorite drama for the year – it is City Hall! (I love YB too but at a totally different level.)

Thanks to samsooki and crew for CITY HALL!!! episode 12 recap!!!

In another post, samsooki, you mentioned you only understand about 80% of the dialogue in a kdrama. How is it you translate so well and can write these detailed and insightful recaps?

Thanks for the recaps of Ep 12. Another pivotal episode in terms of the GuMi relationship.

@ 39 frac
You took the words right out of my mouth!

5 months have passed since this drama ended and still garnering City Hallers! I’d thought my fever would have died down a little but no, reading the recaps gave me goosebumps all over…especially the hill-top bluff scene.

And since I know some Chinese, I have a lot of appreciation for your “Jung-Chi” exposition.

Last but not least, a belated Congrats to you and Mrs Samsooki on the birth of Baby Rain. He must be nearly 2 months old now. How time flies.

Samsooki, out of curiosity, I’m wondering if Mrs Samsooki reads your recaps or your drafts.

“waves” to all Hallers. What a ride!