I was net-surfing when I came across the lyrics of this song. My favourite Bee Gees song. Actually this was our song, ie the song of my second ex and me. This song was from a Mandarin movie we both love, “Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday”, or to literally translate from the Chinese title, “Remember When I Was Young”.
The movie is on the pangs of teenage life and growing up. The main character was only fourteen when he filmed the show. The show is on secondary school days, the problems with his parents, he taking his best friend for granted, and of this girl whom he grew up with and always considered her an ugly duckling, but a summer vacation and a stay at her uncle’s place transformed her into a beautiful swan. By the time he realised he was in love with her, she hooked up with the coolest guy in the class.
When I first watched the show, it really endeared to me as I could totally relate to how the character feels on all these issues. The show itself is really heart-warming as at the end of the show, the guy learnt a lesson on how to stop taking the people and things around him for granted.
The sequel to the show came up a year later, entitled “Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt”, or the translation from the Chinese title, “Remember When I Was Young (Part II) – My First Love”. It was on his upper secondary school years, and focused more on his relationships. He managed to be with his first love (the girl he grew up with), but when they went to college, they broke up.
His best friend also came into age and instead of being overshadowed, became the one that overshadowed him. The show focused mainly on the guy’s relationship with a university undergraduate, who was taller and older than him. The show also dealt with the teenage peer pressure syndrome of pre-marital sex, ie everyone is doing it, why not?
Turned out he found out that his best friend did it mistakenly one night, his ex-girlfriend did it with her new boyfriend, but he was always so afraid even though his university girlfriend initiated it. Finally, he did it with her when he went over to her hostel. He wanted to break up with her as he still loved his ex and wanted to get back with her, but in the end spent the night with her.
But they still broke up the next morning, That was the part where there was a very meaningful message. He narrated, “So this is a real break up. A real break up will have no tears and no sorrow, as breaking up means moving on, and moving on is a good thing.” I have to remember that.
Where the prequel is heart-warming and innocent, the sequel is touching and dwells on more mature issues. But these two shows epitomise what growing up is all about, which probably explains why I love the shows as I can totally relate to all the issues featured.
The movie is on the pangs of teenage life and growing up. The main character was only fourteen when he filmed the show. The show is on secondary school days, the problems with his parents, he taking his best friend for granted, and of this girl whom he grew up with and always considered her an ugly duckling, but a summer vacation and a stay at her uncle’s place transformed her into a beautiful swan. By the time he realised he was in love with her, she hooked up with the coolest guy in the class.
When I first watched the show, it really endeared to me as I could totally relate to how the character feels on all these issues. The show itself is really heart-warming as at the end of the show, the guy learnt a lesson on how to stop taking the people and things around him for granted.
The sequel to the show came up a year later, entitled “Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt”, or the translation from the Chinese title, “Remember When I Was Young (Part II) – My First Love”. It was on his upper secondary school years, and focused more on his relationships. He managed to be with his first love (the girl he grew up with), but when they went to college, they broke up.
His best friend also came into age and instead of being overshadowed, became the one that overshadowed him. The show focused mainly on the guy’s relationship with a university undergraduate, who was taller and older than him. The show also dealt with the teenage peer pressure syndrome of pre-marital sex, ie everyone is doing it, why not?
Turned out he found out that his best friend did it mistakenly one night, his ex-girlfriend did it with her new boyfriend, but he was always so afraid even though his university girlfriend initiated it. Finally, he did it with her when he went over to her hostel. He wanted to break up with her as he still loved his ex and wanted to get back with her, but in the end spent the night with her.
But they still broke up the next morning, That was the part where there was a very meaningful message. He narrated, “So this is a real break up. A real break up will have no tears and no sorrow, as breaking up means moving on, and moving on is a good thing.” I have to remember that.
Where the prequel is heart-warming and innocent, the sequel is touching and dwells on more mature issues. But these two shows epitomise what growing up is all about, which probably explains why I love the shows as I can totally relate to all the issues featured.
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