Noron soron namin.. ~ sungkyunkwan scandal

Title: 성균관 스캔들 / Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Genre: Period, romance, comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Aug-30 to 2010-Nov-02
Soundtrack: Sungkyunkwan Scandal OST

i, who do not learn about Korean history.. the story brings me such a ‘pening’ful puzzle..for the first 3 episode, I totally didn’t understand what is the different between those three (noron, soron and namin).. so I did an intelligent guess.. here we go..

the hero - lee son joon is a noron.. son of prime minister, rich and hold a character who is so bound to the rules and principles.. so, noron must be people from golongan pemerintah dan kaya raya.. kim yun shik the main character is a namin.. she’s so poor and desperately needs money to help her family, working as a man at the book store.. at that time of course all books were written by hands.. :) so namin must be orang kebanyakan and poor..

after that, came moon jae shin – as soron, with a character rambut sepah2 and always wearing dark robes and rebellious .. rude and not following rules is his specialties.. so, my impression : he must be kind of pemberontak or something.. he is a senior – most probably failed exam and repeating his year in kim yun shik and lee sun joon class.. he is a soron.. whose father, he said covering up his hyung’s death by noron for the sake of power..

last but not least.. my favorite character.. yeorim gu yong ha.. likes wearing flashy robes and kaki pompuan.. playboy, a bit gatal.. but I loike.. hehe.. ~is a senior.. at start he is friendly with the antagonist.. but not long after that yeorim + 3 of them is an item.. and by the way he’s a noron..

the conclusion I made, without reading 1000 year old korean history, I think I can go with my instincts.. ~noron and soron is like two political power in the government.. satu parti pemerintah (the ruling party).. another one is parti pembangkang (the opposition).. the different is, they cannot choose what party they want to be in like in our world now..whether is it noron or soron it depends on their fathers.. turun temurun.. bound by blood.. they are both bangsawan (nobilities).. separated by power and land.. both have times in the past, rules the country..

for current drama, the king’s dream to have a society that live harmony regardless political power, noron, soron and namin live together without differences.. and it create conflict between good and evil in this drama.. and kim yun shik as a namin survive as a man to gain jobs for money and enter sungkyunkwan university is the main plot of the story.. and most of them really damn funny.. :)

The drama is based from the novel The Lives of Sungkyunkwan Confucian Scholars 1 and 2 written by Jung Eun Gwol. Bad Milk has written a comprehensive translation of the novel in his blog here.

i love this chibi..

yeorim : popo.. *love* ~ kiss kiss

geol oh : mi chin.. ~ crazy @ giler mamat ni.. heheh

p/s: feel free to correct me if i'm wrong

all picture credit to owner.