The Book of Travels

6.4 Fun facts & Trivia

Come let's talk about the things that lead to the creation of this story! As you may have known, Jeju isn't part of the original five stories and was added later, but here we are! We're finally getting to know how it all leads up here!

1. NAMES. Nagpost ako sa facebook before na naghahanap ako ng ipapangalan ko sa female lead ko at sa iba pang magiging characters ng story.

2. First ay ang pangalan ni Raijine! Thought that name was unique kaya nang makita ko siya na nagcomment sa post ko, I know I had to use it at binigyan niya rin naman ako ng permission to use it! Ang Elysse at Gilbert sa pangalan niya ay fiction na lang din. Her nickname Jelay came from someone na nagcomment din!

3. Si Chini! Ang pangalan ni Chini ay isa rin sa kinuha kong pangalan kabilang sa mga nagcomment doon. Natuwa ako dahil unique rin ang pangalan and suit for the Korean story so I did get it as well!

4. Baek Jin-hyeong's name isn't the original name na dapat sa kanya. Nakalimutan ko na, nabura ko siya sa sheet ko, but it's not the first name na naging pangalan niya, but his English name, Gunward Edmiston ay original. I think it was only mentioned for a few times since he's a star, he's using his korean name more of his alter name.

5. The story should all be set-up sa Jeju lang, wala dapat sa South Korea, but how the story would build up kung hindi kasama ang capital city, right?

6. TYPE ENT. Iyong agency kung saan nabibilang si BJH. Well, I was just looking where popular agency in Korea located at nakita ko na ang agency ng BTS ay nasa Cheongdam-dong, gangnam-gu kaya ro'n ko na lang din siya binase.

7. From all the leads na nagkaroon ng cameo sa story, si Bennett lang ang wala.

8. BJH's boy group name is one of the last thing na naisip ko pati na rin ang group members nito. Literal na sa Epilogue na ako, doon ko lang sila binigyan ng identity!

9. BJH should've hate Raijine so much that she has to quit her job and that would lead to the next fun fact.

10. Raijine's role at the end should be a new idol. Para bang kakalabanin niya si BJH sa spotlight pero nag-iba ang plot so I have to let it go.

1. When I thought adding South Korea sa first generation, Seoul dapat ang lugar na nasa title, but I thought that would be common na since marami na akong nakikitang setting ang Seoul so I picked Jeju--the island. Walang plot at kung ano man no'ng inisip ko 'yon, I just thought it would be unique.

2. I had a hard time what would be it's title. Since I thought that the setting would be in an island, vacation would be a great term for that... pero bakit naging bitter? And that's because of his past and his career--hindi siya totally bitter, but for him, it's really not working so people thought he was bitter because he's not as big as he was before.

3. Isang buwan ko rin siyang sinulat. I think mas madali ko itong natapos kaysa sa Manila na inabot din ng two months bago ko siya natapos.

4. Funny to think, pero lahat ng korean name nila ay galing google lang din!

5. I think Jeju has more places na napuntahan ng mga characters. I've had notes and they've got more places than the others.

6. Korean translations are accompanied by yandex translation. I don't know hangul haha!

7. Remember iyong solo act ni BJH sa concert niya? He was singing an original song--that should be original for Raijine if she was an idol. It was a song by Taeyeon called Fine. Napanood ko lang sa tiktok ang video na 'yon and then boom, concept and idea! PLOT it is!

Thank you for stopping by! Now, let's get to know the casts more!