Flicks and Tears

The night my brother, Rej, was packing his luggage to prepare for his departure back to where he belongs, Timothy and I were messing with him as we both comfortably sat on the couch with Tim checking his mails and searching for stuff while I was doing..nothing. I was seriously bugging the two.

Anyway, for some reason, Timothy and I ended up talking about movies and he made me watch this - A Millionaire's First Love. He was telling me to get ready because this movie will definitely bring me to tears. Given that I have the tendency to oppose whatever Tim says, I instinctively told him that, "no, I'm not going to cry over some cheesy Korean film." Well, well... boy, I was wrong! 


The movie is about this typical rich brat, Jae-kyung. He's rich, arrogant, and has no goal in life. He's bound to inherit his grandfather's fortune when he turns 18. However, it came to him as a surprise when he found out the conditions of his grandfather's last will and testament -- to leave everything behind and transfer to a new school in Gangwondo, which was set in the middle of nowhere, and graduate there. Until then, he is stripped of so many privileges such as access to his penthouse and cottage and his credit card has been canceled. Should he fail or drops out, he forfeits the opportunity to enjoy what's supposed to be his. With not much of a choice, he heads out to that small town in the countryside. 


Shortly after settling into his new humble abode, he meets Eun-whan who happened to run into him back in Seoul. They didn't really hit it off. He's just too arrogant and "cool" for school while she's the ever-positive person who sees hope for him and sets out to make him realize that it's not too late to change. 


Just like any other love story, they became close, and thanks to so many coincidences, school projects and mishaps, they learned more about each other. One time, during a play rehearsal at school, Jae-kyung notices that the plot of the play is like that of his life. His parents died at an early age leaving him in an orphanage. There his grandfather found him and adopted him to what he calls his home now. At the orphanage, he left his childhood friend, Eun-whan who was an orphan herself, a promise. He made a vow to return to her however, Jae-kyung has forgotten this. With this, Jae-kyung approached one of the staff of the play to ask who the author of the play was. It came to him as a shock to find out that it was Eun-whan.


If one thinks that everything goes well from here, sorry but this was just the beginning. Their joy would not last so long since her health condition will eventually challenge the integrity and level of commitment in their relationship.


How far can you go for the one you love?

Will you give up or keep loving him or her no matter what comes your way?


"Nothing is more important than the true love of your heart." -- how true is that?


I guess at the end of it all, it's nice to be reminded that what we have here in life are all but fleeting  moments. We always have to make the most out of it. This further reminds me of what my youngest bro keeps playing on my iPod:

You only got 86,400 seconds in a day

To turn it all around or to throw it all away

We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em 

while we got the chance to say

- Gotta Live Like We're Dying

Kris Allen

Tell the One you love that you love them before it's too late...

~ oOo ~