Flashback

I’ve just watched the film Leap Year again, this time on TV. It’s a light-hearted romantic American film about a girl  falling in love with a stranger who helps her through difficulty when she is alone in a strange country. The girl has her fiancé, but realizes later on that he’s not right for her. He has what she wants, but not what she needs in a husband. She doesn’t need a man who cares only about the material things, but a man who can stay with her through thick and thin no matter where she’s going.  She puts everything behind to fly 3000 miles to meet the man who gives her what she needs, and they live happily ever after. The plot is simple and somewhat unrealistic, but it provides food for thought: life should not be a race against the time, but a journey full of surprise and joy. The unplanned things may turn out really good and necessary for us to recognize some true values in life. After all, there are things which are much more important than money, social status, and plans. And it all depends on our attitude to recognize what those things are.

My favorite quote is the man’s saying at the end of the film: “I want to make plans with you.” I remember having said the same thing once. I must have been dreaming then. And dreams do not last forever. I was wakened up earlier than I expected. I was very much sleepy then, and my drowsiness till frustrates me now. I’m half asleep and half awake, and I do things crazily. I should have shrugged off that dream and moved forward, but somehow I cannot forget it. Still my life must go on, and it's time I needed a new plan.

It's raining hard outside...I'm listening to Rhythm of the rain.

"Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain.Telling me just what a fool I've been. I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain. And let me be alone again.The only boy I care about has gone away. Looking for a brand new start.But little does he know that when he left that day, along with him he took my heart. Rain please tell me now does that seem fair for him to steal my heart away when he don't care. I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away."