Alice in Earnestland (성실한 나라의 앨리스)

Alice in Earnestland

1 - Psychotherapy

Hours of operation: Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Maseok Community Center Free counseling services

You know,

last month...

Can you come back tomorrow?

Pardon?

You're too agitated.

We can't have a session like this.

Let your emotions settle down first.

Come back when you feel better.

We'll talk again then.

Today's sessions are over.

You should all come back tomorrow.

We're closed for the day.

Do not scream.

I'm very good with my knife.

I'm sorry but...

did you get counseling from me?

What's with the knife?

Why are you doing this?

What's this?

What is it?

I work in a restaurant.

Ha!

I see.

No wonder it tastes so good.

What you're doing is a serious offence.

If you had a problem with the session,

you could make a formal complaint.

Alright.

Things like this can happen with counseling.

It's not like I don't understand.

I assure you, I'll never speak of this to anyone.

Can you at least tell me why you're doing this?

It's a rather long story. Is that okay?

Sure.

When I was sixteen...

which was the final year of my middle school,

I was faced with a huge decision.

Do I get a job in the local factory

or do I go to high school and study three more years?

It was a matter of paramount importance.

Because it was a choice between a life as a factory worker and as an elite.

After some serious deliberation,

I chose the life of an elite.

It was a reasonable choice.

Typing, abacus calculation, and bookkeeping...

I got certified in all disciplines in the field of bookkeeping.

By 10th grade, I had 13 certificates under my belt.

I've always been naturally dexterous.

Anything you do with hands, I could mimic after one look.

JEONG Su-nam, 10th grader Holder of most certificates Anything you do with hands, I could mimic after one look.

JEONG Su-nam, 10th grader Holder of most certificates

JEONG Su-nam, 10th grader Holder of most certificates When I got my 14th certificate my teacher told me,

When I got my 14th certificate my teacher told me,

'Your real weapon that others can't have

even if they tried... It's your body.'

'A woman who knows that can get anything she wants.'

I had boobs as big as my aspirations.

Back then, I had hopes for a bright future.

You're all like that at that age.

Only while out on placement

did I realize that my certificates were completely useless.

I once saw my landlord's son going to a computer class

and asked him.

What do you learn there?

'We just play video games,' he said.

And I thought my landlord had money to burn.

Eventually,

I got a job in a small factory where they didn't have computers.

My teacher knew to advise about my boobs

but had no idea that computers were taking over the world.

And my boobs...

They were nothing.

You made a mistake with the calculation again.

Don't you know how to use a calculator?

Are you retarded?

What did you do at school

while everybody was learning?

There, I had my first drink, tasted the bitterness of life,

and experienced a man for the first time.

Let's buy a house first.

We need a house if we want to have kids.

Let's think about baby later.

I won't raise my kids the wayl was raised.

So, we must buy a house before having a baby.

I'm so happy now.

I want to be with just the two of us.

Let's put off our honeymoon

until after we buy a house.

Okay?

Can we do that?

Did you listen to any of the things I said?

There is nothing wrong with the hearing aid.

Hearing aid is fine.

Then what's the problem?

You don't have to shout.

But, I wasn't.

It's not the hearing aid.

You have lost your hearing ability completely.

Tell him 'almost' not 'completely.'

Almost...

Have you heard about

a procedure called 'cochlear implant?'

When does a human being feel happiness?

If you want to know,

go into the forest and open your arms wide.

Then you'll find yourself closing your eyes

almost automatically

in order to hear sound.

The sound of the wind.

The whisper of bustling leaves.

The chirping of birds.

The most sensitive of our senses

is the sound.

But you can't hear sound?

That's why we have cochlear implants.

Do you want to hear the sound of happiness?

We guarantee you'll benefit 100% from this procedure.

But we'd like to emphasize that we cannot guarantee

that there will not be any side effects.

Price - USD 20,000

It's too expensive!

You're not gonna have the surgery?

House first, surgery later when we have the money.

It's too expensive!

So, you'll shout like this until we buy a house?

Am I shouting now?

Surgery first. We can buy house later.

But house is the priority.

We can't raise our kids the way I was raised.

That's why we need to buy a house first.

Then, this marriage is off!

Okay, fine! I'll have the surgery.

I said I'll have the surgery!

Can you hear me from here?

Yes, I can.

It's good that you had the surgery, right?

It costed like hell. It's nice and uncomfortable.

It's good to be living together, right?

Give me a smile.

Isn't he a good man?

I told him since we weren't going on a honeymoon,

let's go to a nearby beach.

Su-nam, it's your husband.

He had an accident!

Between a prostitute and a gynecologist,

who do you think knows better about venereal diseases?

A prostitute?

Or a gynecologist?

It's prostitute.

They notice even the smallest changes in their bodies

and can tell what disease it is.

Because it's their body.

They're incredibly professional.

Next time

if this ever happens again,

bring back the fingers in iced water.

Some people wrap them up in a cloth or tissue paper.

But it's best to simply drop them in a glass of water.

It keeps them fresh that way.

Okay?

If you bring them back like that,

I'll sew them back together like brand new.

Okay?

I swear to God...

I had no idea I had them in my pocket the whole time.

Put the damn knife away where I can't see it!

It's PTSD.

Pardon?

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

A kind of an anxiety disorder.

That's why he is terrified of knives.

He must've sustained a severe trauma from the accident.

You shouldn't dismiss it lightly.

It can trigger depression

and make the social life difficult.

The counseling offered here...

We aren't sufficiently qualified to provide real help.

He should see a real doctor.

No.

That won't be necessary.

We should buy a house first.

We can't raise our kids like I was raised.

That's why we should buy a house first.

There was a much simpler way

A wedding is a promise. A house is a vow. to bring happiness back into his life.

A wedding is a promise. A house is a vow.

Buying a house.

270,000 divided by 50 equals 5,4,000...

270,000 divided by 60 equals 4,5,000...

45,000 divided by 365 equals 12.3.28...

divided by 70 is 3,857 divided by 365 is 10.567...

80... 3,375... 365 days... 9 years and 2 months...

At 80 dollars a day...

9 years and 2 months...

I have no time.

I can sleep later.