Mom's Diary, My Ugly Duckling (My Little Old Boy / 미운 우리 새끼)

- Welcome. - Welcome.

Welcome.

(Trot Pavarotti, singer Kim Ho Joong)

- How have you been? - Oh, my gosh.

Happy New Year.

- Stay healthy. - I'm a fan.

- She's an ARISS. - I'm an ARISS.

- Yes. - Thank you.

- I even went to your concert. - You did?

Why do you look so young like a baby?

- He looks much better in person. - Thank you.

- You look like a baby. - Thank you.

- I'm an ARISS. I'm a fan. - I see.

- It's nice to meet you. - It's nice to meet you too.

Let's take a picture together later.

- Why are you being like this? - Sure.

Sure.

I've never seen Ms. Choi acting like that.

- Thank you. - I'm a big fan.

- Hello. - My hands are cold,

- It's totally fine. - but I want to shake hands.

It feels like he's running for an election or something.

- I think he lost weight. - Yes. You lost weight, right?

- There's not much weight to lose. - I've been on a diet.

- Well, - You became slimmer.

people are always on a diet.

(No matter how much they diet, it doesn't end.)

- Pavarotti in the world of trot. - Yes.

Trot Pavarotti, Ho Joong, came to My Little Old Boy.

It's been a very long time.

- It's been three years. - Yes.

Apparently, he knows how to capture older ladies' hearts.

- I see. - Yes.

He calls every woman under 100 by their name.

We're under 100.

- He should call us by our name. - Yes.

Happy New Year.

Thank you.

It made me so happy.

- Thank you. - Thank you very much.

Don't forget to give me New Year's money later.

(Don't forget to give me New Year's money later.)

Actually, Ho Joong...

- is born to be strong. - Yes.

That's why he's also called Power Ho Joong.

- He's put Kang Ho Dong... - Yes.

on his shoulders.

Oh, my gosh.

But...

I can't imagine. How did he do that?

(Kim Ho Joong, Gimcheon High School of Arts, 12th grader)

(He appeared in "Star King" when he was 18 years old.)

(He was singing comfortably with Ho Dong on his shoulders.)

- Ho Dong was quite big. - Right.

Back then, I was in my 20s.

- Now, - Now?

my prime days are long. They're ancient history.

- If he were still in his 20s, - He's only in his 30s.

I would've asked him to put Jang Hoon on his shoulders.

You know, the ladies didn't say anything yet.

But they're looking forward to this...

- I see. - since you're joining us today.

They're anticipating that you might sing a song for them.

Ladies, do you have any song requests?

- Yes. - "Person Who Shines."

- I see. - Gosh. I was worried that...

she might ask me to sing "Ing."

- "Ing." - I was...

- quite surprised. - That's my favorite song.

- "Person Who Shines?" - That's a great song.

- He wrote the song himself. - Right.

- Yes. - I love that song.

- Since the ladies do shine, - I see.

- let me sing a snippet of the song. - Sure.

- It'll be my present to you. - Yes.

- That was so cool. - An encore.

- How can he sing this well... - Right.

- That's fascinating. - while sitting down?

- How can he sing this well? - He has...

- a booming voice. - He has a great voice.

- So his voice... - His voice resonated in the studio.

resonated in the studio.

- Right. - Yes.

- In Sook has her hands clasped. - Right.

(It's one dark evening in the new year.)

- That's Seung Soo. - Gosh.

- Gosh. - It's Seung Soo.

So many of my get-togethers...

are overlapping tonight.

Should I give him a call?

Hello. You're still there, right?

I'll be there soon. Just wait there for a little longer.

Where's he going?

I wonder where he's going.

A lot of people are having the New Year's parties.

- The New Year's party. - The New Year's party.

(A party people throw to celebrate the New Year)

(People assemble and throw parties to drink together.)

(It's the season of the New Year's parties.)

Cheers to its future.

(To this popular guy, 24 hours isn't enough to attend the parties.)

- "Pushover's New Year's Parties." - "Pushover's New Year's Parties."

- He's going to get drunk then. - Gosh.

This is the place.

(Let's start the New Year's parties for 2024.)

Hello.

- Welcome. - Hey.

- Gosh. - Welcome.

- What are you doing without me? - It's Park Ho San.

A New Year's party without me?

He's a year younger than my son.

- Right. - His hair is white.

(Park Ho San, an actor from the same agency)

We were waiting for you.

- Have you been well? - Yes, I have. Happy New Year.

- Gosh. Right. - Happy New Year.

- We should have a drink. - A New Year's party without me?

You can't have a New Year's party without me.

- It's the people from his agency. - Gosh, no.

- He was done with work. - I... Yes.

- He wanted to have a simple meal. - This was a last-minute party.

There's no way we would leave you out.

All right. This one is for U Make Company.

Cheers to its future.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

- Happy New Year. - Yes.

- Old people like doing that. - Happy New Year.

You're still a kid since you never got married.

You're not an old man.

(He's 52 years old, but he's still a kid.)

Seriously. A few days ago,

the elders of my family were sitting around in the house.

They said that those without any children...

were immature and still kids. Goodness.

I ended up becoming the youngest in my family.

My first cousin once removed had a child.

So I'm practically a grandpa.

I'm like a grandpa.

But they treated me as if I was younger than that kid.

They said people who weren't married were kids.

I watched you on My Little Old Boy two days ago.

- My Little Old Boy? - No, not My Little Old Boy.

- "Invitation from Bachelor-agains." - "Invitation from Bachelor-agains."

They keep inviting me to the show when I'm not a divorced bachelor.

When I watched the show, here's what I thought.

"Gosh. Some people got married, got divorced,"

"and then remarried. Some people did it more than once."

"Some people did it more than once."

I made me wonder what I was doing, not even married once...

when other people got married twice.

(That's what I would like to ask too.)

So you're aware of this.

- You got married and then divorced. - Yes.

- Afterward, you remarried. - Yes.

How is that for you?

Seung Soo. Here's what someone told me.

People get married when they lose the sense of judgment.

People get divorced when they lose the sense of patience.

People remarry when they become forgetful.

So you still have your sense of judgment.

(Seeing how you're still single, your sense of judgment is intact.)

I'm sorry, Ms. Choi.

That does make sense.

To be honest, it's not a bad idea to continue living as a single guy.

- You know what? - Losing my sense of judgment...

Then as for...

all the cash presents you gave at weddings,

you won't have a chance to get them back.

Whenever I think about that...

How much money have you given away so far?

- You must've done it for 30 years. - Right.

- I did it for about 30 years. - Yes.

- This even happened to me. - Seriously.

I was attending someone else's family event.

People who couldn't make it called me instead.

They asked me to give the cash presents on their behalf.

Then a lot of them didn't pay me back.

Then a lot of them didn't pay me back.

Afterward, I could neither get in touch with them nor meet them.

- Gosh. - Oh, my.

So this is what happened. You were going to an event.

- Right. - "Give him some cash on my behalf."

- Then I would forget about it. - Right. That's it.

- It's iffy to ask for the money. - Right.

- This guy is a fool. - I would forget it.

- You're a fool. - He would forget it too.

I should take advantage of him often.

Right.

Exactly. So if I were to count all the cash presents like that,

I would have been able to buy an apartment unit...

in the outskirts of Seoul.

- Gosh. - Seriously.

- That might be true. - I...