You Light up My life..
Reflecting back on this 20 episode series, I felt that “My Sister of Eternal Flower” went by pretty quick. The series had a simple story line, to match the “simple” Fa Ga Jie. It was quite light-hearted and had some fairytale /kiddish feel to it (especially the themevideo), but also had many heart-felt moments which I really liked! I quite enjoyed following the series and hope to keep some of its happy memories here on my blog 🙂
I thought Raymond was very adorable in the series. At the start, he played a spoilt rich guy. I enjoyed watching his funny, immature character and all the funny expressions he had were refreshing. He wasn’t a “bad/evil” person- he was good at heart but just wouldn’t “grow up” and was rather directionless.
In the early episodes, Raymond decided to persue Fa Lai Ju(Charmaine) in hope to fool his grandpa in giving Xenus (their company) to him. Those scenes were quite silly and funny because he would do all these “romantic” things (some quite exaggerated) but she still wouldn’t get it haha. Although he was only playing around with her- pretending to be “Wah-Dee” XD Charamine eventually did fall in love with him like the “prince and princess”. Those episodes reminded me of the early episodes of ” Men Don’t Cry”(Gan Yan Gin) when Dayo made Cecilia fall in love with him only to use her (and then they later falling in love for real xD)
Raymond having dreams about Charmaine XD
I really started to appreciate the series more from about episode 9 onwards when Raymond was starting turning into a better person because of Fa Lai Ju(Charmaine). At times, I found Fa Lai Ju pretty annoying but I started to overlook those when we see her saying/doing so many sweet things for Raymond- letting him stay at her house; stood by him to care for him after he lost everything (even after he told her he only used her); and having utmost trust and belief in him. She only wanted him to be happy and would do anything to make his dreams come true. No matter how many times Raymond hurt her, she would always put him first before herself. The time he spent while he stayed at her place (after he became homeless) were pretty cute and we started to see a very strong bond grow between them. Raymond eventually fell in love with her and became quite protective/jealous over her. Once, he remembered Fa Lai Ju had mentioned she feared thunderstorms the most and when it started raining, he ran to find her and was there to protect her 🙂 However, he tried denying his feelings and tried to avoid her to make those feelings go away.
I shed tears watching the scene where Raymond forced himself to leave Charmaine and move back with Agnes (Yoyo Chen)- his ex-girlfriend. I was so torn watching that scene because we know they both love each other so much…He “knew” he shouldn’t have fallen in love with her and forced himself to try start over with Agnes.
The other very sad scene was when Raymond yelled at Charmaine and forced her to sell off “Pig Pig Ju” in hope she would forget about him; thinking it was the best for her and not to hold onto the past. He knew how much the pig toys meant to her but didn’t want her trapped in all the unhappy memories. At the end, she ended up selling the rights to the design/toys away- not because Raymond told her he didn’t like her anymore; but because she saw how much” pain” he was in, and didn’t want to see him sad or angry because of her. She wanted to see him happy everyday even if it meant making the pigs disappear or not showing up in front of him again. Raymond later realised he could never forget about her. He leaves Agnes and the two finally get together during sunset 🙂
The two were so happy together and he really cared for her and protected her. it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside- They made love seem so simple and geniune <3
Later, Agnes and Raymond’s grandfather comes in between them and more problems seems to surface. Another tearful episode was when Agnes made Charmaine realise that her children may end up like being her and that would make Raymond really sad. Charmaine tearfully breaks up with her YekYek (Raymond)…
After much separation and going back together, and then separating again, the two finally get back together in the last episode when he realised how much she meant to him; and didn’t care if their kids may not be normal, as long as they are as kind-hearted as she was~
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