Once again i succumbed to temptation. I bought the entire vcd series for the korean drama airing on tv - Stairway to Heaven! Having to wait week after week for it is just too agonizing for me so I rather that I have control over when I wanna watch it.
Basically the same thing happened to me during the craze for "Autumn in my heart" and "Winter Sonata".. and in case you are wondering, I have the complete vcd series for the two drama series too!
I finished the entire series within two days and of course I woke up with swollen eyes on the morning after because it was just endless tearing during the whole time I was watching it. The best way to describe the experience is that the screenplay is so captivating and touching that every time they play this particular rhythm / song, your tears will automatically flow. And the actor/actress don't even have to say anything, they just have to wear that intensed expression on their faces, my tears will automatically flow too..
Actually voyeuristically, the storylines are similar - childhood sweethearts got separated, then re-united, followed by crisis then tragedy and there's always some villians trying to separate the ill-fated couple.. but somehow the formula just works for me! Yes I am a sucker for romantic series!
I think one of the main reason for my "addiction" to such series is that the story always depicts the "ultimate" love story - that when you truly love a person, you'll do so-and-so for him/her.. only if you've reached that "level", then its indeed true love. In certain sense its stereotyping and can be quite scary if its so in reality. As much as I "believe" in this version of "true" love, I can't imagine loving someone to that kind of extent. I mean it's about waiting for this person (and never forgetting him/her) despite physically separation for a long period of time (good few years, sometimes at least 5), always keeping the feeling real and close to your heart for the whole time and willing to give up everything for them. I mean EVERYTHING. Its so.. unimaginable.. so unreal.. so.. terrifying!
Maybe at least once in this lifetime, I would want to know how its like to love someone more than I love myself.
Maybe that's when I know he's the one for me?
*ni ai wo ai dao le wei xian de cheng du le ma?