Bring it on! Let's fight! 덤벼라! 싸우자! - Kkondae Intern 꼰대 인턴

Kkondae Intern is an office comedy drama for all generations. It has a good touch of drama and comedy as well as a few tips on how to succeed as an employee or as a manager. It's not equivalent to a business book for employees and managers, but it is definitely worth your 12+ hours of laughter and tears. I watched this with my family!

There are SOME SPOILERS in this episode. It'd be best to watch the drama before you listen to this episode, if that's your thing.

00:00 monologue, introduction, greetings
04:00 weekly vocabs and study tips!!! (details below)
10:05 discussion starts here, my current K-drama watching habits
11:50 plot synopsis, the concept of kkondae, comments about the synopsis, why I like "office-based" drama, business k-drama
22:30 family businesses, conglomerates, having a family member as a co-worker, impressions about Lee Mansik, the idea of tough love
25:45 work/office culture is changing, people change all the time, some lessons from the drama, scenes that made me laugh a lot, Park Hyejin playing bromance roles, Korean trot music, song recommendation of the week, Kdrama words of wisdom
and more!!!

For more information about the drama you can check out the following page: Kkondae Intern - AsianWiki

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**Vocabulary Words of the Week**

1.  꼰대
usually an old person who is very authoritative and thinks his/her ideas are always right
old school, oldie, boomer

sample sentence:
나 지금 좀 꼰대같아보인다.
I am getting a bit preachy here.


2.  라떼
short for 나 때는 말이야, in my time

sample sentence:
꼰대 라떼 한잔 드세요.
Drink one cup of kkondae latte.



3.  뻔뻔하다
to be shameless, brazen

sample sentence:
부끄러움을 전혀 모르고 뻔뻔하네.
He knows no shame and has a lot of nerve.



4.  부질없다
to be vain, useless, futile


sample sentence:
부질없는 인생이라도 늘 웃으며 살아야죠.
Even for a futile life, you must live always with a smile.


5.  아웅다웅하다
to quarrel or squabble

sample sentence:
저 두 사람은 항상 별것 아닌 일로 아웅다웅한다.
Those two are always quarreling over little things.


**Study Tip**
For reviewing vocabulary, always use active recall. Reading is not the same as learning.


**Song/Music Recommendation of the week**

Hey Friend 친구야 - Jeong Dong Won 정동원


**K-drama Words of Wisdom**

흙수저라 탓하지 마라 결승점은 다 똑같단다
Don't blame it on being a dirt spoon. The finish line is the same.
- from the song 친구야