Sunday, November 09, 2008

Return of the pearl princess 3...
Returning of the Pearl Pricess 3, ( 环珠格格（三）), was not really well received than its part 1 and 2 perhaps due to the change of the actors, draggy storyline and abrupt ending. Nonetheless, there is a part of the story that really touched me and it goes something like this:

The Returned princess, zhiwei, married to a nobleman Erkang and had a child. All three of them lived lovingly and happily until the child was down with poxs. Zhiwei was distaught and she made her husband to promise that if there is a time that he is supposed to choose between her or their child, their child will always come first. Fortunately, their child recovered from the illness and three of them were back again.

Nevertheless, their happiness was short-lived and there was a war between their kingdom and another country. Erkang, being a highranking officer, was obligated to serve his country and fight the war. The war spanned from days, to weeks to months. During the heat of battle, Erkang got to know of the enemy's general who is the princess of that country. In the mist of it, the princess admired Erkang's skills and bravery hence grown found of him.

It was in one of the battle that Erkang was badly injured that he lost consciousness. His people all thought that he was dead as the injury was fatal. What they didnt know was that Erkang was saved by the enemy princess and was treated by the enemy.

In order to save Erkang, the princess has to use the poppy seeds to numb the pain. However, the side effect of this method was that once the drug was used, the patient would be addicted and have to take the drug on a regular basis. The princess was so determined to have Erkang as her husband that she really wanted to save him no matter what, hence allowed the use of the drug.

Erkang was eventually saved however his withdrawal syptoms for the drugs made him suffer and had to beg the princess for more of it. The princess used this opportunity to force Erkang to marry him and Erkang, due to the dependence of the drug, agreed immediately but rejected quickly upon sober. This led the princess with no choice but to force him physically by torturing him. Hence both physically and mentally he suffered. Everyday for him was long and dreamy and unreal. Perhaps due to the influence of the drug, Erkang started seeing hallucinations of Zhiwei coming to give him solance.

Zhiwei, on the other hand, was distaugh. She pinned for her loved day and night, it was till the extend that she ignored her child's needs despite her promise to Erkang. Everyone of her friends was convinced that Erkang was dead but she cant accept the fact. The impact on her was so great that she started having hallucinations of him coming back. Not before long, it seemed as though they met each other in their dreams and it was these meetings that made them pull through from time to time.

Both of them couldnt tell if what they were seeing were just illlusion or their ghost or if their soul really found each other.

Erkang spent months in the enemy princess castle. Everyday the princess tried all means to get through to him. From being gentle and polite, to being harsh and torturous, to mentally forcing him using his withdrawal syptoms. Many a time he tried to end his life but was stopped either by the princess who saw it coming or by the hallucinations of Zhiwei who appeared to him when his mind was most confused.

IT was few months later the princess tried to use another method. To pretend to let him go, knowing that he will return to her as soon as the limited supply of drugs runs out and he doesnt have enough money to get it from the money. IT was around that time, Erkang's friends got news that he might be alive all along thus they formed a team with Zhiwei and headed down to the enemy's kingdom in search of Erkang.

Ultimately, it was Zhiwei who found Erkang in the most unexpected place that he would hide, the pigsty. Erkang was too ashamed to face his friend due to his condition. Fortunately, with the help of his friends, Erkang managed to break free from the withdrawal syptoms and ended his reliance on the drugs.

On their way back, the enemy princess caught up with them and realised that her planned was foiled. She came to Zhiwei and told her that she had already lost long long time ago. She lost to an invisible enemy right from the beginning. The invisble enemy was Zhiwei.

I always wondered if such love story can really happen. Deep down in me, i believe, perhaps not so dramatic, that it does. How else could the script writer came out with such dramatic story in the first place? In the past, I use to wonder if such story can happen to me and it will be really cool if it can happen just like the story!

But if you are really in love, will you wish something like that to happen to test the love?

你是风儿 我是沙
缠缠绵绵绕天涯
珍重再见 今宵有酒 今宵醉
对酒当歌 长忆蝴蝶 款款飞
莫再留恋 富贵荣华 都是假
缠缠绵绵 你是风儿 我是沙

叮咛嘱咐 千言万语 留不住
人海茫茫 山长水阔 知何处
浪迹天涯 从此并肩 看彩霞
缠缠绵绵 你是风儿 我是沙

点点滴滴 往日云烟 往日花
天地悠悠 有情相守 才是家
朝朝暮暮 不妨踏遍 红尘路
缠缠绵绵 你是风儿 我是沙

Catching the falling leaves ...[10:19 AM]

****** ******