Me and a certain Xiu Ru’s current obsession is with the Taiwanese Drama starring Ella and Jerry Yan called Down with Love.

I was home last Saturday and it was showing on Channel U. So I watched the end of whatever episode showing then. I like Ella. Despite not knowing any S.H.E songs except for those that the girls sing at KTV, I appreciate the freshness that she brings to the teeny boppy scene that is antithesis of the flowy long hair girly teen queen which have polluted our screens since forever. And I appreciated that this particular show has Jerry Yan whose hair is longer than Ella’s falling haplessly and hopelessly in love with a girl that he thinks is a lesbian. Let’s digress for a moment. Just because Ella has short hair and is boyish, it is typical of lesbian rumours to fly. Let’s just not brood over how ridiculous people are.

The deal is, this doesn’t happen in real life. The deal is, no handsome drop dead guy would fall in love with a girl who has short hair and is a boy in mannerisms, who is darn cute but the truth in as our dear Xiu Ru mentioned, a guy like him will pursue a trophy girl like his girlfriend (then ex) in the drama that we are discussing. Hence, this is totally our show as we msn-ed high five each other.

Of course, like all shows, it was too good to be true, as Jerry fell in love with Ella like freaking second episode and I had to endure him pining away for her (I love fast forward, don’t you?). In the end, when they finally made out, I declared the end of that show for me. Sure, this is why girls everywhere believe that some Jerry (or insert your dream dude who has a good body) will come and sweep you away with various antics that will melt your heart. (Or in my case, make me want to throw up my hot and spicy shaker fries).

Honeys, all these don’t happen in real life. The truth is, love in the movies, TV shows and in songs on the radio do not exist. The truth is Cinderella went home with Prince Charming and had to do his laundry, clean the castle and pander to his silly alpha male (if she was so unlucky) needs. And then they got bored of each other and maybe she or he ran away with some other royal. The truth is so sad that that is why people want to break out of the current and find new things or people because they need the excitement to maintain their mindset of love which is built up by the rubbish that all this counter culture (new term I learnt) feeds them.

And that is why, for the nth time, I don’t watch movies. And that is why I enjoyed 500 Days of Summer because it was so true except for the part where Tom met another girl which is only to make it feel good in the end and is a Lie.

I don’t like to escape. Reality suits me. So I am a wet blanket. Totally.

But I would recommend watching the show for like the first 3 episodes. Until Jerry got annoying. Then please revert to good old TVB where love is found and bam slam bang, everything happens with a click of the fingers so no one feels nauseated. I love a quick getaway