Hello again

It was during my freshman year in high school when I got captivated by foreign dramas. Who wasn’t obsessed in the F4 fever before, right? I even had meteor garden posters on my wall just so I can see Dao Ming Se before I close my eyes at night and happily gaze at him when I wake up. I was totally obsessed! As I read my high school diary, indubitably, almost half of it was occupied by my thoughts over the “hotness” and “kilig” feeling by becoming gaga over the boys and the story. At some point, I even thanked God for making meteor garden. You see, I don’t think I can deny how addicted I was with them before. I was even pleading for mercy to my parents so that I can go directly to Manila and see F4 in person—of course, I was denied. They just laughed at me and told me to just wait. It will be shown on tv anyway. And it took me almost a week of tantrums when my parents finally started to woo me. As a reconciliation gift, they bought me two original CDs and cassette tapes of F4 and the meteor garden OST. Of course, I wasn’t able to resist the offer. I became a very happy kid again.

Then another drama took my breath away—Winter Sonata. This one is definitely my ultimate favorite of all time. I broke up with Dao Ming Se and welcomed Kang Joon Sang wholeheartedly. Perhaps it’s because it’s somehow easy to relate with their love story since it started in high school (and I was a freshman in high school then). Also, Bae yong joon is so adorable; I dreamed about him almost every night. I also spent most of my nights gazing at the stars as I tried to search for polaris. Again, I tried to plea to my dad to buy me the same polaris necklace in the story while he was in Korea. But he failed to buy me one as it was highly in demand then and was immediately sold out (or maybe that was just his alibi).

Another reason why I fell in love with the drama was its sublime OST. The piano tracks and music used were very soothing and beautiful. Thank God for the internet, I was able to find the piano pieces for the OST. I practiced and played every piece on piano. In fact, there were days when I was playing just the same pieces over and over (even my mom was singing the melody after a while though she is not familiar with the show). My favorite would be “The First Time”. In fact, I still play this piece today—I’ve been playing it for years. It provides me with the feeling of falling in love for the first time (Try to listen to this song. It will melt your heart).

You might be wondering why I wrote this reminiscing post. Well, just last night, my brother knocked on my door and told me (in a gruelling tone) to switch my channel in Animax. There it was, the anime adaptation of my ultimate favorite drama—winter sonata in anime. I was appalled but in a good way—I was very happy indeed. It’s like musing over your first love again.

The anime adaptation has been released for quite some time now and I don’t know why I haven’t really heard about it immediately. And now I’m back to being fanatical over it.

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I'm sleeping with a smile on my face again.