Usually, I ignore the long-winded Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea drama. For me, watching those drama are nothing less than waste my precious time. As always, I’ll rather spend my time read up good books like The Monk who Sold His Ferrari ( my fav book ) or enjoying my time with friends and family.
Having said that, there were a few drama that really made me indulged in the whole episodes from the beginning till the end. Moonlight Resonance is one of the drama. It is about the life of a family where a couple with 6 children divorce due to third party. The story revolves around Yan Hung, the evil stepmother and Siu Ho- the mother of the six lovely, obedient children fighting over the children, husband and family business.
Throughout the drama, the family has to go thru one after another obstacles with Yan Hung constantly having conflict with Siu Ho until Yan Hung is put into jail. To cut the story short, the drama end with a warm, happy ending story. Right here, I intend to share with you, my taught that arise after watch this tense, thrilling and emotional drama.
1. Family relationship is priceless. Most of us know that money cannot buy the happiness we have with our family but yet too many people ignore the importance of family relationship until at later stage. Most of us including me, take our family for granted. We can shout and scold our brother, sister and even mother but when it comes to friends, we will usually tone down our voice. We will think twice before quarrel with our friends but we hardly think twice to raise our voice with family members. It is pain in the ass but it is the truth.
2. How many family really practice heart to heart talk among the family members? In Asian countries, our culture is way very different compared to the Westerners. We are more reserved. Less open up but does that mean we should continue to be shy and keep our worries and sadness to ourselves? Most of you will admit that in some part of our life, when we are down, we rather find our friend(s) than our family members to talk to. We fear them for they will lecture and scold us. Sometimes, get beaten by them. The irony is friends are better listener than family members. Is it because friends’ expectation on us is lesser than family members? Siu Ho in this drama is very observant and she listens attentively to each of her children. An awesome, attentive listener! This is something that I need to learn and continue learning.
3. Forgive each other. In this drama, the family constantly forgive one another no matter how big the mistakes are. Do you count how many times the family forgive Siu Sa? What about Jo pa? His children forgive him for his misdeed during their childhood time. This is something that I miss and regretted. My late father is a great man. He passed away in year 2005 after over a month stay in the hospital. When he was alive, I used to blame him for things that happened to my childhood and our family. I seldom think of what he did for the family but what he doesn’t do for the family. The day he passed away, I forgave him but I didn’t have the chance to tell him. And that is the day when I really learnt that no matter what kind of mistakes my father or my mother ever did, I will always love them and miss them. That is where FAMILY comes from – Father and Mother I Love You. Looking back, if not because of my father, I will not be who I am today. A more mature thinking person. Thanks, pa.
I can go on..and on about the drama but I think I’ll stop here. If you can, please spend some time to watch this drama at alittlebiteveryday and watch it with your family. I’m sure you will recall some family memories and along the way recollect yourself and give a thought about your family.
Enjoy!
Sam, both of us are watching this series as well but not “chasing” like crazy. At the same time, I am also watching Macross Frontier.. very nice.