Chapter 6a : 7th Day

I have been hooked to one of the best TVB Hong Kong Series. It’s about love stories of 2 different couples. The title of the show is “7th Day” (in English). For Direct Chinese translation (for easy search for you people who are interested to find it online) it would be “The Most Beautiful, 7th day”. —> Dude, I’ve tried my best.

I teared for the last 10 episodes and let me share with you why? 

One of the couples, named Jia-En and ZiYing, somehow brought together by Jia-En’s dog. By fate, they were together despite Jia-En’s misconceptions of his outlook behaviours; like a gangster, frequent job-hopper and don’t-care-attitude. They went through Jia-En’s father, who, like her in the beginning has a wrong judgment in regards of his behaviours, however zhiYing made a promise to her father to be someone and that he will proves him that he is capable to take care of Jia-En and he will find a job as an interior designer. Together, too they went through all problems brought upon ZiYing’s father, who constantly borrowing money from his son and his mother and left them with his own humongous debts. He even made used of Jia-En’s kindness and cheated her to lend him money with an excuse of dealing his business. Together, they also go through many differences in them, where Zhi-Ying learnt to be opened up with each other in their relationship if he treats the relationship seriously. This is the point where he decided he should share with Jia-En about the secret of his former girl friend, who was down with an incurrable disease, Aids and has been hiding in Japan to avoid her father; afraid for bringing disgrace to her father as he is a professor in a university and that he is a Christian and therefore ZhiYing has been protecting her and promised not to reveal the secret to anyone, including her father. ZhiYing was accused for being a murder and responsible for the dissappearance of the professors daughter for 5 years, for that cause. Yet, Jia-En still believes in him despite rumours and stand by him. She flew to Japan to find him and together, they took care of Zhi-Ying’s former girl friend. Jia-En truly have faith in Zhi-Ying’s love towards her. Jia-En fainted halfway when they supposed to meet at the bridge and forced to go back to Hong Kong by her father, who made a trip down to Japan to look for her. 

JiaEn was found with nose cancer and what can be worst than having multiply cancers heritaged by her mother, who died due to multiply cancers. Not wanting ZhiYing to get sad over her illness, she lied to him that she was no longer in love with him. ZhiYing unwilling to let go and refused to give up on her;  looking for her continuously(how man… I love this kinda man) and trying to find out the truth but to no avail. Until one day, when Jia En lost the will to fight and her father got to beg him to talk to her into fighting her illness, he knew he wants to fight the battle together with her. To cut the story short, JiaEn allowed him to fight the battle together with her in the end. By the way, the most touching part is when ZhiYing trying to get her back, he drew the design of Jia-En’s dream house and as a result the “Our Dream House” interior design won a competition. 

ZhiYing make sure everyday is a happy day for JiaEn and asked her to live as if her illness didn’t exist at all. They got married and still, living each day based on 50-50 possibilities that another type of cancer might just grow again. 

Jia-En was yearning to bear a child for ZhiYing, not wanting him to lead a lonely life, in case she died. However, she might need to go through many processes to make sure her illness will not be passed down to her child; her healthy needs to be careful selected. ZhiYing worried, however he knows her intentions clearly and supported her idea.

Halfway, the pregnancy, a tumour was found in her brain. She refused to abort the child and get rid of the tumour, which was only the size of a coin then. 7 months in her pregnancy, she got her relapsed and her tumour is growing. She has to bear the child 2 months earlier and proceed to her tumour surgery. Before the tumour surgery, Zhiying made a promise to her that he will bring her to places she has been wanting to go, snowy place in Japan. The operation was a success and as promised, zhiYing brings Jia-En to the same place every Year at that season. Sadly, JiaEn left him and their daughter, 6 months after their 5th trip. And on the 6th Trip ZhiYing brought their daughter to that exact place instead. 

Their stories truly, move me a lot. Their determinations and their selfless love is so empowering. What made me really teared is knowing Jia-En is living in what i named it as “Borrowed Time”, to spend good short life time with zhiYing and their daughter. ZhiYing, knowing he is living in very limited time with JiaEn, treasured every moment with her, loving her to the very inch. 

Sometimes, I thought this kind of story only happened in a modern fairy tale. I hope it can happened to me too. Not as in having cancer, but it’s the truth; If only we live as if there is no tomorrow, this world might be a better place, loving and treasuring each other. 

And I know, in relationship, I do treasure… 

By the way, in the end of the series, this is what they share, 

“God has created the heaven and the earth and many creatures in 7 Days. He presented the most beautiful things to the man in the world. Therefore, when you live in this world, no matter what you have been going through, If you know how to treasure, All things coulge be the most beautiful.”  

A Song

Finally I found the song I have been Looking for. I have been searching this particular song up and down….  It’s You and I Both by James Mraz… My girl friends hubby sang this song on their wedding day, kneeling down right in front of her door, “begging” her to let him in once she is satisfied with the song he sang. How Sweet. Enjoy… It’s like travelling back to the past (as this song is kinda old enough to be remembered, i think).

Love,

Leoda