SO! The couples have already settled in and are making their first meals together as "husband and wife". From the previous episode, we know that Taecyeon is the "bomb" in the kitchen and Gui Gui's cooking skills are much to be desired. And Hong Ki didn't exactly impress Mina with his Korean spaghetti/ramyun concoction. =P Mina shows Hong Ki what she has prepared.
Hong Ki and Mina
Gwiyomi time! Hong Ki and Mina's segment started off with the two preparing dinner. As they donned their aprons, they remark how cute they look. Mina then mentions that Korea is known for their cuteness or "aegyo". Hong Ki isn't very comfortable with aegyo (as his fans know) so he immediately dismisses it saying that it isn't true and he wonders where she learns this stuff.
Mina showed him that she could do cute by performing the "Gwiyomi" song. (Trust me, you are going to want to YouTube this cause some idols can do it really well. It's a cute song, but can get irritating quickly.) She wanted Hong Ki to do it as well, and after a few moments, he agrees, but only if she did it with him. Hahaha. What followed was a very awkward rendition of "Kiyomi". Watch one of the popular "Kiyomi" videos and then watch their clip and you will see the difference! I nearly passed out from laughing cause Hong Ki looked so uncomfortable!
On to dinner! Mina has brought some goodies to make onigiri (おにぎり, rice balls) from Japan. These onigiri aren't just regular rice formed into little balls, they are seasoned with different seasonings. Mina showed Hong Ki natto (なっと, fermented soybeans, the sticky slimy, yet yummy stuff) and furikake (ふりかけ, seasoned seaweed flakes with sesame seeds). But wait, Mina also brought her favorite, umeboshi (うめぼし, pickled plum), to put into the onigiri. Once Hong Ki sees this, he immediately snatches it up and tells her that they can't use it. Unknown to Mina, Hong Ki had a bad experience eating umeboshi. He absolutely can not eat it. Every time he tries to, he feels like he has to throw up. (I remember hearing him say this on a show once, and I felt really bad...Umeboshi isn't that bad once you get used to it. Frankly, I think natto is a lot worse!) But instead of explaining this to Mina, he quickly puts it aside and begins to make his kim chee tuna stew.
This was an interesting episode in finding out what the other person likes because you have Hong Ki who will not eat umeboshi, and you have Mina who can't handle food that is too spicy.
As Hong Ki is making his stew, he throws in Cheonyang spicy green peppers. These are the same peppers that you see alongside cooked pigs feet and they pack quite some heat. Oh Hong Ki, why do you want to do that to your wife? He even tried a pepper, and it was too spicy for him. Yet, he still left it in!
Soon, their dinner was ready. Spread on the table was a lobster that they had cooked together, Hong Ki's tuna stew and Mina's onigiri.
As they sat down to eat, Hong Ki began to handle the lobster by trying to crack it with a mallet. He is unsuccessful in cracking it, so Mina takes a shot. (A couple of really good whacks, actually.) She finally cracks open a claw and she gives a piece to Hong Ki. He says it's "delicious" and he hands a huge piece to her. I think he liked making her squirm trying to stuff that whole piece of lobster in her month. LOL!
After they clear away the lobster, they try Hong Ki's special tuna stew. Hong Ki tried it first and admits to her that it's a little spicy. Mina tried it and you can tell she's trying to be polite when she says it's good and a little spicy but still delicious. Her mouth is mostly closed and she's trying not to laugh, but you can tell she doesn't like that it's spicy.
Mina gives Hong Ki her special onigiri that she has made for him saying the one she was holding, in particular, was full of her love. She tells him to eat it quickly! After a few wary moments, Hong Ki accepts the special onigiri and puts it into his mouth. Hong Ki paused in bite and asked her if she put wasabi into the rice (わさび, green horseradish, spicy!) to which she admits she put a little bit of everything, wasabi, natto, and...umeboshi! LOL! Take that Hong Ki! Hong Ki sickly tells her that it's delicious. But you can tell from the look on his face that he's already not feeling too well. He tells her that her love is "sour, delicious and greasy!". To which she replied, "my love has those charms. It has that deep taste." =P
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| Hong Ki tries Mina's special onigiri and can barely hold it in. |
After dinner, they decide to drink wine, but there's no corkscrew to be found. So Hong Ki improvises by using a type of screwdriver and a mallet. Mina jokes that there's always the sound of construction at the house. As they desperately try anything to pull the cork out, the screwdriver comes loose and wine squirted out onto Mina. Whoops! After more struggling they are finally able to pull out the cork and enjoy their glasses of wine.
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| Tap tap tap, thump thump thump. |
As they sat talking, Mina brings up that she still has a wish from her postcard left. (The puzzle card that Hong Ki asked her to put together when they first met, the message on the back said that she could have one wish.) She wishes that Hong Ki would sing to her. Loose from the wine, Hong Ki gets up to sing "Hong Ki's Live House Version" of "Love Love Love"/"사랑 사랑 사랑". As he sings, Mina begins to cry with emotion which surprises Hong Ki. He is so touched, he tells her that he will sing for her whenever she wants him too. In return, he asked that she sing for him one day.
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| "Annyeong nae sarang sarang sarang..." |
After dinner, they decide to play with some fireworks outside for a little while. Now mind you, it's still winter, so they go outside with their coats on to keep warm against the cold brisk air. Mina suggests a game. (These two are forever playing games and competing against each other!) They would each light a sparkler, and the one whose light goes out first doesn't have as much love as the other person. (I think this is a test to see which one loved the other more, supposedly.)
Hong Ki lights Mina's first and chuckles that he would be the one benefiting from that move in the end. As Hong Ki plays with his sparkler, Mina holds hers steady. In the end, Hong Ki's sparkler, much to his disbelief, goes out first. LOL, hello Hong Ki, you fanned the fire with more oxygen as you twirled the sparkler around! They continue to play with little aerials.
In their confessions, Hong Ki vows to lift Mina (support) and let go of his reservations a little. While Mina confesses that Hong Ki seems to be becoming more and more of a man instead of a brother to her. Aww....
Taecyeon and Gui Gui
It looks like it's been some time since these two have met each other last. And it looks like it's still quite cold because Gui Gui immediately asks Taecyeon for his coat once they start filming. (Honestly, I think she acts like a kid sometimes just to see how much she can get away with. Oh, us sly little females.) Being the gentleman that he is, Taecyeon drapes his coat around Gui Gui's shoulders.
They cautiously head down the street since it's very slippery. I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing the silver shoes he bought her. As they move along, they are given their next mission card. Today is their wedding shoot, so they have to come up a with a theme and take wedding photos! To me this is kind of weird because in America, you don't take pictures till the day of the wedding, with all your family and friends and bridal party. Very interesting that Koreans do a whole photo shoot prior to the wedding day.
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| Mission card time! |
Off they head to the bridal shop and begin to pick out themes and clothing. (@Primavera Luxury Wedding Shop) They are greeted by the wedding planner and she takes them back to a room that is lined with beautiful wedding gowns of all types. They have picked one out for Gui Gui, a sleeveless lace with tulle bottom with roses, based on her tastes. Gui Gui picked out another, a floral halter type of dress with lace. The planner suggests another type of dress with a different type of look, sort of like a mermaid. Gui Gui doesn't seem to understand the planner, so Taecyeon takes it upon himself to show her what type of dress it is. He started by outlining the shape of the dress, when that didn't work, he laid down on his side and moved his legs together as if it were the tail part of a fish. "Mermaid, you know mermaid?" he asked her. Quite hilarious and you can see that the planner is trying hard to be polite and not laugh. Finally, Gui Gui understands. She isn't feeling like a mermaid dress, but seemed to like a mini dress that Taecyeon had picked out.
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| What's a 'mermaid' dress? Taecyeon will show you! |
Taecyeon goes to pick up a tuxedo and immediately pulls out a white tux with a long tailcoat and stitching accents on the lapels. Quite princely and dashing. Although, Gui Gui makes fun that it's like a penguin. (does the motion) They both head back to their respective dressing rooms to try the clothing on.
Gui Gui gets dressed first, so Taecyeon waited for her in the waiting room, of course. After waiting twenty minutes, the curtain is revealed to show an enchanting Gui Gui in the dress the shop had picked out for her. Taecyeon has a huge smile on his face and claps in approval. Gui Gui likes the dress, and Taecyeon snaps a photo so they can compare later.
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| Enchanting Gui Gui |
As Gui Gui puts hers second dress on, Taecyeon decides to call around for groomsmen. His first call goes to ZE:A's Kwang Hee (To The Beautiful You) and he invites him to the shoot the next day. Kwang Hee asks if there will be anyone attending from the bride's side and I don't think Taecyeon thought about that, but he assumed there would be. Then scolds Kwang Hee saying that he's a married man, too. (At the time of filming, Kwang Hee was also in the all Korean version of We Got Married) Kwang Hee tells him he wants to look at the bridesmaids, not date them. Taecyeon tells him to look charming and handsome. And Kwang Hee says he will and that he will need to put extra cushions in his shoes because Taecyeon is so tall. Taecyeon jokes that he will need five of those cushions! Lol.
Taecyeon's second call goes to 2AM's Jung Jinwoo, who coaches him on how surprised and happy he should look when the curtain opens. Because, he reasoned, women look at how men react when they see them in the dress. He doesn't get to ask him to come to the wedding though because Gui Gui is ready in her next dress.
And Gui Gui appears in a vision of chiffon and floral lace and appliques. As coached by Jinwoo, Taecyeon over reacts to the dress by clapping and smiling exuberantly. Umm...you could already tell it was fake. And Gui Gui had immediately caught on. She tell him that maybe they should close and open the curtain again. Haha. Taecyeon you dummy...
Taecyeon goes ahead and snaps a photo of Gui Gui and while he is fiddling with the settings, she asks him a question, "Tomorrow, Nichkhun will come?" I couldn't believe she asked that! Taecyeon's response was of surprise and questioned why she was asking. She replies that "Nichkhun is your team, so it's very yes..." (I think she meant he's a member of the group so why wouldn't he come?) But Taecyeon was already annoyed. He said "Wae, wae, wae? Why are you asking about Nichkhun? Nichkhun is not your husband!" LOL. She says that she hopes that he will come and asks Taecyeon if he was angry. Taecyeon, polite as always, sighs and says "no" and take a picture.
In his interview, Taecyeon stated that he WAS going to ask his members to come, but after that, Nichkhun will never come there. If he did, he was going to send him back immediately! Oo, jealous! It's so cute when guys get jealous!
Gui Gui tries on another dress, and emerges in the mini dress with tulle (?) skirt. It's actually the cutest of the three, but not very suitable for a wedding if you ask me. Taecyeon seems to be happy and he snapped another photo.
It's Taecyeon's turn to try on his clothing and he appears very princely in the white "penguin" suit. After parading a little around the pedestal in front of the mirrors, they both agreed they liked the suit. He was quite dashing, if I may say so myself! So handsome!
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| Dashing Taecyeon |
His next suit looked more like an event suit. It's a dark blue suit with plaid lapels and plaid pants. Umm...no. Wedding Taecyeon! Wed-ding!
They sit down to make their selections and once that's set, they are off to their wedding shoot. Gui Gui is reluctant to go, but Taecyeon encouraged her with exclamations of "Yeppuda"! "Happy!" (Yeppuda means "pretty".)
Through the magic of television, we skipped to the next day where Taecyeon meet up at the studio where their wedding photo shoot will occur. Taecyeon tells Gui Gui that he's heard that wedding photo shoots are a lot more tiring for the bride, so being the considerate guy he is, he gives her a signal to let him know when she needs a break. If she scratches his shoulder, he will lean over and offer his shoulder to lean on for a bit. And then once she is rested, they will charge back in.
The studio they've arrived at looks more like a beautiful two story home than a studio. They head down the winding staircase with the photographer to a garden area where they will begin.
Cut to the garden where Taecyeon is waiting for Gui Gui. He is dressed in a very formal black tux with white shirt and black tie. (When I saw this, I could only think thank God he ditched the plaid!) Still as dashing as ever! He looks up to see Gui Gui coming down the stairs and immediately goes up to gently guide her down the stairs. (She's dressed in the first dress, by the way.)
Their first set-up is with Gui Gui on the boat and Taecyeon helping out by blowing fog around her so she looks like she's traveling in a mist. Taecyeon tried his best to blow the fog, but unfortunately stronger winds were blowing the fog away from Gui Gui. This frustrated both Taecyeon and the photographer especially who was trying to get the perfect shot.
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| Right out of a fairytale |
Next, the photographer asks Gui Gui to sit down and look far off into the distance with an expression on her face like she's thinking of her love. The photographer mistakenly calls Taecyeon Nichkhun which illicits an outburst of "Nichkhun? Oh Nichkhun!" Whoo boy, if you looks could maim, the look Taecyeon had was just like that. Later, Gui Gui confesses that she liked to see Taecyeon jealous. She thinks that if a lover gets jealous, it means he loves her. Oh the tricks women play!
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| "Nichkhun? Oh Nichkhun!" Uh oh...hehe, he's giving me the evil eye! |
Finally, Taecyeon and Gui Gui are asked to stand face to face and look at each other. This seems to be too close for comfort for Gui Gui because she can't make eye contact and keeps laughing. She explains that it's "hot". Yeah, I would be too girl, I would be too...
After relaxing a bit, Gui Gui is finally able to settle down and do the final shots outdoors.
My thoughts:
Can I just say that I absolutely love wedding shoots now? How special to have a photo shoot before the actual wedding? You get more time the day of the wedding to prepare, you're not that stressed out, and I'm thinking, a shoot is one way of getting what you actually wanted done before the real thing! Genius! In America, we do engagement photo shoots to announce the upcoming nuptials. You can get pretty creative with those, but you don't really get dressed up for it. I think that's what I like about these shoots in Korea, you can get dressed up twice!
This episode was eye opening to me for both couples. Mina got a taste of what Hong Ki likes to eat, or rather can eat. And Hong Ki found out the hard way that Mina isn't as sweet as she looks. LOL, umeboshi!
I loved when Hong Ki began singing to her. His voice is so unique, you can tell it's him just by listening to him once. And even though it wasn't an actual performance, he still sounded great. I could seriously listen to his singing for hours. Oh wait, I already do! =P
And Taecyeon and Gui Gui's photo shoot was just so enchanting. If you search for their photos online, you will see what I mean. That photographer knows what he's doing. It was literally breathtaking. Makes me want to have that! And what girl wouldn't want to have photos like those, especially when you have to look into a handsome idol's face? Sigh...
One of my favorite episodes yet!
Sources: We Got Married Global Facebook and YouTube Channel
