reminiscence

One high-ranked senior I respect once said, “my job is communication.” He said it casually, but I listened. I constantly ponder what it means, or how to manifest communication ever since. For example, a close related concept is connection. After all, you communicate because you want connection. (well…don’t be picky, you could abuse communication to distance connection too) Practicing social distancing for more than 3 months, I have to admit that I miss connection so so much. (reminding me that the game elona has an attribute of “you feel more in touch with the world”. The designer must be a genius!) A fun retrospective is I found myself re-watching old stuff (movies and dramas mostly, zero book :P ). Not sure if it is simply because I know the ending already, reassuring the definite outcome brings satisfaction and peace of mind, which kind of makes sense as we are in fact in an uncertain world. Echoing the movie “Midnight in Paris”, everyone thinks they live in the best time. Given choice to travel in time, everyone stays.

I want to recommend this Korean drama: reply 1988. Top reason is it depicts real reality. Life brings happiness, and life in the same time brings challenges, medical bill, rent, accidental misunderstanding, betrayal. This is real life. People struggle for all sorts of sources. In the year of 1980s, living. Filming realistic is a recent Korean drama theme, I guess. What makes reply 1988 excels is its PURE positive energy. Facing mishap, family, neighbors, friends, always support each other. Playing optimistic is hard, just so hard. I admire those virtual characters’ courage and wisdom. You could almost envy their smiles 30 years later when they remember their sweet and bitter memories.