《女汉子真爱公式》“The Rise of a Tomboy 2016"

Ardon and I watched 《女汉子真爱公式》“The Rise of a Tomboy 2016" on Youtube recently. This, being a romantic comedy, was hilarious at times and we enjoyed watching this movie. 

He Xiuwu (starring Zhao Liying) , a Masters degree student, believed that everything can be explained by Mathematics. Her Masters thesis was about finding the right mathematical formula for true love. She hoped that everyone could find true love during the prime of their years via the most accurate mathematical method. She believed in helping the most compatible people find the best love possible. 

Her dissertation was not approved by her professor, Maria. Maria asked Xiuwu to change the topic of her dissertation because Maria did not think that true love could be proved with a formula. Xiuwu refused to do so. Xiuwu was confident that her formula worked because she had experimented it on her roommate, Lily. 

However, when she found that things did not work out well for Lily and her boyfriend, Xiuwu decided to do the experiment on herself.

She did some calculations and found that she would find true love on 23 September, in Beijing, China.

So, she went back to Beijing. She met Liu Siyi (a man whom she had mistaken to be Lily's ex-boyfriend) in the airport. She took his luggage by mistake and subsequently ended up staying in his house. 

Xiuwu's friend recommended Xiuwu to work in a company to develop her "True Love Formula" into a smartphone app. Coincidentally, the manager of the company was Ge Yang. He was the boyfriend of Sun Qiao Qiao (the girl whom Liu Siyi was infatuated with). 

Things took a turn later and Ge Yang later broke off with Sun Qiao Qiao and started wooing Xiuwu. 

In the meantime, Siyi realized that he had fallen for Xiuwu. Xiuwu also realized that she had fallen for Siyi and was in a dilemma because the face of her true love that appeared from her True Love formula app was Ge Yang.

She chose Ge Yang as she wanted to stick to her principle of being rational in love. They seemed compatible as they both believed in the True Love formula. However, she was not truly happy and always felt uncomfortable whenever he professed his love for her.

She realized that Ge Yang was not the one for her and her formula might be wrong too. She decided to follow her heart and looked for Siyi. It turned out that Siyi was the son of her professor and they finally got together.

So did she really miscalculate? 

While I think love could not be calculated, I do think that one should still be rational to consider some important factors before taking the plunge.

《关怀方式》 (“The Way I Care”)

I first heard this song 《关怀方式》 (The Way I Care) on TV in the telemovie 《七月俏佳人》 (“Cupid Love”) .  This telemovie was shown on TV in 1995.  The lead actress was 朱茵 (Athena Chu) and and lead actor was 陈汉玮 (Chen Hanwei). The storyline was a simple but touching love story.

Initially, I thought this song was sung by Athena Chu and Chen Hanwei.  Some time later, I found out that the female singer was 蔡礼莲 (Leelian Chua).  This was the song that brought her to fame.

关怀方式  The Way I Care

Verse 1:

寂寞开在心事旁，随手种一些伤感，

不让星星来窥探，找个沉默的夜晚。

Verse 2:

找个沉默的夜晚，不让星星来窥探，

随手种一些伤感，寂寞开在心事旁。

Chorus:

我的关怀方式是你无法察觉的悲凉，

只能在你不经意时才锁上我心房。

你往常的亲切友善是我今生的遗憾，

受伤后无悔的埋在不流露的脸上。

Each phrase ends with a word the the "an" or "ang" sound which really rhymes.  You can see there were some phrases that I put in purple, blue, green and red.  The words in each phrase are the same for the phrases in the same colour.  You will also notice that the last phrase in verse 1 is the same as the first phrase in verse 2, third phrase in verse 1 is the same as the second phrase in verse 2 and so on.  Such a unique way to write lyrics and still make sense when the phrases were sung in reverse order.

This is a simple song.  Simple in the sense that it did not have too many different lyrics yet the words were so meaningful and touching.  Of course the tune is very nice and catchy too.  I also love the fact that the guitar was used as the main musical instrument in this song.  Simply love the sound of guitar.

I think this song had become a classic.

This is what I understand from the song.  Hope the translation is correct.

Verse 1:

Loneliness is in the mind, planting seeds of sadness,
Don't let the stars come and pry, find a silent night.

Verse 2:

Find a silent night, don't let the stars come and pry,

Planting seeds of sadness, loneliness is in the mind.

Chorus:

The way I care is something that you are not aware.

I can only keep my feelings so that you are not aware.
Your usual friendliness is my lifelong regret.
No regrets will be shown even after getting hurt.