Watched 2 shows today, ok make that 3 if recorded shows are included.
One was fruits basket in the afternoon, then City of Glass at night
and also Malcolm in the Middle (Woo Hoo it's Back!).

But what's their significance or what did it do? What's the impact
on me to write about it here today? Well, the first 2 are rather
emotional. Did invoke rather intense feelings that have lasted til
now. While Malcolm is a funny show, but puts the feelings us humans
have into some kind of perspective. It's like a style that doesn't get
serious but is actually talking about rather important things.

Fruits basket was about memories. Memories of those departed. And of
those still living. Also about how we handle the trials in our lives.
Whether if we'll still be able to stand up again and smile if our loved
ones died. Whether we'll be able to carry on, and then there was this boy
who has this very cheerful character but has been erased from the memories
of his mother.

This was due to the fact that he is a 'monster'(changing into a rabbit whenever
a member of the opposite sex hugs him) and his mother couldn't take it.
She broke down. And as he puts it "...rejected him with all her heart...".
Seems very sad..... and yet he still is strong enough to want to carry on
to hope that one day things will be alright. Is that the human spirit it's
portraying...?

Then the show City of Glass, 2 love stories running concurrently, one about
tony leung and shu qi and the other is about tony's son and shu qi's daughter.
They weren't married to each other by the way(So it's not incest).
It was a rather nice show, with very nostalgic feel to it. Captured an essence
of the past and the turmoils of the 70s, 80s(If i'm not wrong) and of the fun
uni students at their time had and the things they stood up for.
Which is quite unlike today.

I somehow felt that this show was more of someone's feelings of the past and
was trying to show how things have changed and also managed to integrate a love
story into it. And had done so quite nicely.

Here's the lyrics to the song that was played and got stuck in my head..

~~Try To Remember~~
Try to remember the kind of September
when life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
when grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
when you were a tender and callow fellow,
Try to remember and if you remember the follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
that no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender that
dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender that
love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember and if you remember then follow.

Deep in December it's nice to remember
altho you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember
without the hurt the heart is hollow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember
the fire of September that made us mellow.
Deep in December our hearts should remember and follow.