Em cứ như lá non, xanh biếc không phấn son

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I watched this movie when I was sixteen, when life to me was only lovely - all starry and moony The movie was so wonderful that I was avid for seeing it again and again, on TV of course. At that time, Internet was not even a word in my thickest English dictionary. Watching movies on ephim.com or listening to all my favorite songs on myriad music websites seemed unthinkable even in my wildest dream Therefore, I grasped and treasured every moment to see a good movie on TV, trying to fix all the scenes and sounds in my mind, being afraid that I could never have the chance of seeing it again. So many times have I recalled the last scene of movie ‘Casper’, when Casper returned to man’s shape and gave a loving kiss and a once-in-a-lifetime dance to Kat. His footsteps were as gentle as silk and his face as holy as angel’s. In my mind at that time, even ‘handsome’ was so humble a word to depict the impression that his presence had on me. Just too romantic and too cute to be true.

More than a decade has passed by and tonight I had the chance of seeing the scene again, thanks to Youtube! The impression is not as strong as before Casper is not as strikingly handsome as I thought he should be. I don’t know why. Maybe because I have grown too old to relive the fresh and profound feelings as I had in the good old days. It’s a dear price to pay to become an adult When you grow up, you obtain greater knowledge about the real world but your imaginary world keeps shrinking at the same time. Our heart becomes hardened and no longer feels so much for anything.

Maybe because I feel no pressing need to see the movie with all my soul since I still can see it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and after the day after tomorrow… When we don’t have something, we long for it, crave for it and even die for it, especially when it is something walking into our life so beautifully yet swiftly. But when we grasp it already, the glamour of the past will die down. It’s the intricacy of human feeling and the paradox of scarcity

Well, just some wandering thoughts. I will watch the movie again. Casper is not strikingly handsome but still very handsome, to me. And the soundtrack is so handsome too.

I know you can't stay
A part of you will never ever go away
Your heart will stay
I'll make a wish for you
And hope it will come true
That life would just be kind
To such a gentle mind
If you lose your way
Think back on yesterday
Remember me this way
Remember me this way
Hmm……….. this way