Fascination for You are the Apple of my eye..
Click to view"Adolescence is like heavy rain. Even though you catch a cold from it, you still look forward to experiencing it once again"
I think the above line says it all on my affinity for the above movie. I been attached to the movie a fair bit. Ask anyone and they can tell you that i have it on my wallpaper. I listen to the song and finally bought a copy of the movie and watched it again. My manager ask you really do like this show huh? after my recommendation to her and seeing my wallpaper.
Why? Guess the fact that the show was set during his teen hood which is of course the time of my teen hood too.. Each time i watch this show, i reminded of my first crush and love. Each time i watch this show, it brings me back to that bitter sweet feeling that always leaves a tinge of both happiness(feeling that makes me glad that in my lifetime i get to experience it) and a tinge of sadness (because like the show,the person was not and was never mind to begin with).. Well thats another story.. perhaps maybe in my next entry it will be about this person.
The official song "those bygone years" written originally for this movie reads the many sentiments i feel about that special person who first stole my heart. those exact same thoughts of being the best looking person in whole wide world (silly me).
Now before you start thinking its all about this person, then you are wrong.. the show each has characters the fatty ( which i have one, in the story or two to be more accurate if its my story), the suave one ( which i also have in my adolescence story), the brainiac and the goody two shoes and of course the cool ones.. Each character in the movies brings about many of these faces in my eyes whenever i watch this movie..
These faces transport me back to that 4 years of my youth where there was so much joy in learning who i was, the laughters, frustration and the tears shed in the exploration of what is grow up and the hard facet of growing up - joy of the trust and independence and also the pain of sorrow and heart broken.
The issues that was portrayed in the show - masturbation (taboo to many but done by dare i say ALL of us) the exact translation pumping the gun or Ta shou jiang.. was hilarious and with the girls asking what is that? rings many many bells of those yesteryears.. How innocent we were then.. I guess thats the beauty of my teenage years.. where internet was a relatively new and our exploration was not through the internet but through words,books and those shhsss.. discussion in corner.. somehow as taboo as it is grew many bonds with many friends..
Those years of having stand on a chair, squat outside class room, screamed at by some teacher (whom we believe are having their period) explains the crankiness. Those were as much as i can describe were my beautiful years..
If i were given a chance again or a wish, i will ask to be 13 again, re-live those years.. Those wonderful bygone years that filled with so much emotions that is hard to describe even now. The feelings is more apparent now that i am turning 30. Those years suddenly seems so far although to me it always and will always be just like yesterday..