Real-life Asymptotes

Turn Left, Turn Right: Real-life Asymptotes

All about the wall that separates us.

Some things just happen for a reason ...

                Maybe because of what we call "destiny" ...

But we do not seem to see the things which are just in front of us ...

                Maybe because we always look farther ...

And seek for the things we do not really need to look for ...

                Maybe because there always seem to be a right time for everything else ...

A right time to break the wall that separates us.

                Our lives may seem to be two intersecting lines meeting each other at one point, but we can not call it destiny if we are like a lane of dominoes in which I fell for you but you fell for the other. We're just two intersecting lines meeting each other at the point of intersection, but after intersecting, we're still going to part our ways and go even farther from each other.

Go left turn and I'll turn right.

                Turn Left, Turn Right is a movie based on the illustrated book A Chance of Sunshine, by Taiwanese author Jimmy Liao.

                This movie tells a story about a "so near yet so far" situation. John Liu is a musician and Eve Choi works as a translator. They have always been neighbors, so literally they are so near to each other. There's only a wall that separates their rooms. John and Eve have already met when they were still just a kid, when they were together for an educational field trip. They had developed a liking for each other before the other without even feeling it. Eve asked for John's number and even wrote it on paper but unfortunately, she left it on the train that's why she was not able to call him. Again, they met each other at a park when John helps her in picking up the pieces of paper she knock off to the fountain. They talked for a while and discovered that they had met each other before. Everything seems to be going smoothly, but they were caught by the rainstorm so they only exchanged papers with their contact numbers written on it. When they got home, they felt sick but were not able to take their medicine. Later on, they found out that the numbers have been washed out by the rain, so they just randomly dialed numbers. Then, both of them made a delivery call to the restaurant where Ruby works. Ruby fell in love with John at first sight. Seeing the smudged pieces of paper on their rooms, she told him that an old lady lives beside his apartment. Both John and Eve had a severe flu, so they were brought to a hospital where Dr. Eve met Hu, who has a crush on her ever since college.

                Exaggerated form of destiny was what the movie portrays. A lot of coincidences happened, but John and Eve were unaware of it. That thing called "destiny" was very evident for the two of them.

                Dr. Hu and Ruby prevented the two from seeing each other, but soon they fell in love for each other and realized that John and Eve were just extras in their love story. John and Eve were able to contact each other but were still unable to meet. They always went for the opposite directions. They are too close to each other without them even realizing it. They are searching for each other, yet there's only a wall that separates them. In the end, the wall between them breaks apart due to the earthquake, and they were able to see each other.

                A happy ending indeed, just like the other fairy tales. I sort of like the movie, but the story is too cliché and there are only few significant events in the movie. The message of their story is very clear. Do everything in love, but do not go looking for it. It will come to you in the right time. And sometimes you'll find it absurd to find out that the one you're looking for is the one you've always had before. Do not give up on things that are worth waiting for. Try to notice the things you've overlooked before. Lastly, do not push yourself too hard on things that were never meant for you. If you love someone, you've got to learn to let them go.

At first, they were just like asymptotes.