When watching the couple of Little Women episodes set in Singapore, I was a little amused about Singapore being used as a money stopover. Little did I know then that it was a prelude to a real money laundering case that broke into the news! Did the producers know something about feeding ill-gotten gains here that many Singaporeans weren’t aware of?! (This was my first time seeing our $1000 notes!)
Generally, I found the Singapore episodes rather funny. I could not help laughing when Adrian Pang explained the Fullerton Hotel’s orchid suite and such in his pseudo ang moh accent. I hope Koreans know that most of us don’t speak like that. And why is Bridget Fernandez a “Mrs Foster”? It would have been better to give her a more typical Eurasian name, no? For example, she could be Mrs de Souza, Paglar, Pereira… or Fernandez. I liked how Bridget tried saying “Mr Choi” in a Korean way, though! Bridget easily had the funniest line in the whole show, when she declared that In-joo looks like "an edelweiss with morning dews". Aiyoh, which Singaporean talks like that?!
On names, I also hope Koreans know that we in Singapore, including Bridget, Aaron Mossadeg, Ebi Shankara and Adrian with his accent, would have gotten In-joo’s name correct! We all would have called her Ms Oh In-joo, not In-joo Oh.
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| come on Ebi, you know it's Ms Oh In-joo |
It was funny seeing Kin, Ah Boys and Mediacorp in a Korean drama and I’m sure the actors are grateful for the opportunity to be on the regional/global screen-stage. Presumably, they didn’t mind doing just a few seconds as a security guard or gardener. I don’t know why but when the gardener said, “Good morning, Ms Oh”, I thought of Henry Thia! He could have done that!
I thought Bridget and orchid auctioneer Joshua Lim came off best in the Singapore scenes.
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| ah boy Joshua Tan in his awful red receptionist jacket |
Even kaya toast had its moments of glory with In-joo and Hwa-young.
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| this I've never done -- enjoy kaya toast at Boat Quay |
It was comical that the littering law was used to usher in Do-il’s rescue of In-joo! However, the bigger crime – possession of firearms – got off really lightly. People were handling that pistol, pointing it at others and so on, yet no one got the severe punishment they should have had!
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| not something you would even think of trying here |
Other than these entertaining aspects, the show made Singapore look stunning! It must be their filming or angles? Even our MRT stations looked glamorous! (But why was In-joo lugging the suitcase around on the trains? She could have taken a cab/Grab car.) Made me prouder of Singapore than the night scenes of F1 ever did. Thank you, Little Women!
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| that fantastic Fullerton hotel suite! |
Finally, a nagging question – was Mrs Foster in Sang-ah’s pay like the other Singaporeans were? She helped In-joo with the bricks to trick Sang-ah and that is unexpected if she was part of Sang-ah’s conspiracy. It would also be surprising if Sang-ah didn’t recruit the butler.
Anyhow, we’re glad they enjoyed themselves in Singapore! Do come back again and next time, bring In-Kyung along too!
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