Title: 여인의 향기 Yeoineui Hyanggi
English Title: Scent of a Woman
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Year: 2011
Episode: 16
Cast:
- 김선아 Kim Sun Ah
- 이동욱 Lee Dong Wook
- 엄기준 Uhm Ki Joon
- 서효림 Seo Hyo Rim
SYNOPSIS
Lee Yeon Jae gets into an accident and her medical tests indicate that she has a tumor. She is given the grim prognosis that she only has a short time left to live. She decides to quit her job at a travel agency and live her life to the fullest.
Kang Ji Wook is the only son of the chairman of a huge conglomerate. One of the companies owned by his family's conglomerate is the travel agency where Yeon Jae works.
Cha Eun Seok is the doctor who notices Yeon Jae's health issues and he is also her old classmate in elementary school.
REVIEW
Lee Yeon Jae is someone who suffered and saved for the sake of her future plans so it must have been quite a shock when she found out that that she is terminally sick and she probably has only six months left to live.
We are constantly reminded to work hard today so we can enjoy the fruits of our labor in the future. The concept of working now and enjoying later is evident even in people's more simplistic habitual actions such as setting aside one's favorite parts of the meal to savor later when eating, or choosing to work longer hours and forgoing vacations when one is in his 20s or 30s.
Of course, studies even show that people who practice delayed gratification (especially if they started doing so at such a young age) tend to have higher intelligence scores, are more competent socially, are better at handling stress, and are less likely to be overweight or obese.
Although I do think it is always prudent to exercise self-control, I think it is also important to live our lives in the fullest now and make the most of today, because we can't ever really go back to the past and we can't ever be really certain of the future.
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여인의 향기 Scent of a Woman
