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Meteor Garden Madness, how so ?
Yes, it's true. I'm mad, crazy in love with Meteor Garden. Ever since it entered my life, I have not been the same. I feel like I'm a new person. Have you ever experienced that feeling of admiring something so great that everything else seems beyond your control? This is how it all got started....

Enter Meteor Garden
It was September 1, 2003. I was online surfing the internet for some cool birthday gifts for myself. I was browsing the Hmongonline Message Board when a topic caught my attention. It was focused on Meteor Garden. I remember visiting some sites just a few months earlier about the drama and the characters. Since those web sites I saw didn't seem very appealing, so I soon forgot about it. At first the characters looked weird and dorky. As I read on Hmongonline how the users rated the movie as one of the best dramas they've ever seen, I decided to give it a try. I ordered my copy from YesAsia.com. I waited for two weeks and the DVDs finally arrived on Friday, September 12th. That same weekend my sister Sonya, her husband, my sis Maileyna, and brother Kou came to visit. We all had arranged a mini vacation to Treasure Island in Wisconsin Dells. Friday night we stayed at my place and watched disc one of Meteor Garden together. On Saturday morning, my sister couldn't pull me away from my tv. I didn't want to go to Treasure Island because I was getting hooked on the drama. I told my sister I wanted to take my dvd player and dvds with us to Treasure Island. My sister told me that if I took it, I might not enjoy the waterpark because I'd be spending it in our room watching the dvd. Hehehe, she was right. And so, I left Meteor Garden at home and we went to Wisconsin Dells that weekend and had a blast! -- However, the whole evening, I kept anticipating the moment coming home to watch Meteor Garden.

Meteor Garden All Nighter
We came home Sunday afternoon. My sisters went home to MN. I must have been driving super fast because I got home in about 30 minutes, instead of the usual 45 minutes from Wisconsin Dells to Madison, WI. The first thing I did was turn on my dvd player. I watched Meteor Garden from 3 pm until morning. I didn't even stop to eat or to use the bathroom. I LOVED THE DRAMA so much, it was as if I'd step out of reality into FANTASY. It felt like my real life was NON-EXISTANT. The characters that seemed weird and dorky at first, I came to love and admire. At first, they weren't very handsome but as the story progressed, their characters took on new meaning. I loved Shan Cai's character. She was this strong willed, bright girl who was very brave. I deeply admired F4's friendship . My favorite character was Dao Ming Sz, the leader of F4. I loved his charismatic character and even though he was a spoiled rich kid, he had a really good heart. His love for Shan Cai was so genuine, my heart would race each time he couldn't control his emotions, especially his tears. It made me remember just how much I loved my first true love and how my heart would race each time he was close to me. I laughed, I cried, I loved everything about Meteor Garden. After 20+ hours of watching the dvds, I wasn't tired at all the next morning, I just kept thinking to myself, OMG .. there is a Meteor Garden 2 I have to get!

Meteor Garden 2 Desperation
I wanted to get Meteor Garden 2 so desperately that I searched for 3 days on the internet looking for an english subtitled version. NONE. I found a lot of sites with English transcripts and I downloaded them all and read the entire story online. For one week, I slept only 4 hours per night because I was up all night looking for Meteor Garden stuff. In the morning, I'd wake up to see if my downloads were finished. I don't know how I found the energy to live day by day. The feeling of liking something so much, just drove me over the edge. The story touched me so deeply that I cried endlessly reading the script of MG2, my heart would not rest until I got the DVD. I searched endlessly and finally found a girl in the Phillippines who was selling one. I thought back and forth, what if I send her the money and she doesn't send the DVDs? Finally after one day of deliberation, I decided just to send the money via Western Union. I was too desperate to get the DVDs that I took my chances. Three days later, I received the package. I was so happy! As I was driving home from school, I almost fainted from happiness because I wanted the DVD more than anything!

Meteor Garden 2 Tears
My heart never cried so much as it has when I watched Meteor Garden 2. I clung onto every word, onto every passage. It was so real ... it was so touching. It broke my heart so many times watching MG2. The music videos ... especially "Broken Vow" by Lara Fabian rips my heart out every time. You might wonder, "if it's so freaking sad, why watch it?" I don't know. It's like this luring feeling, you just can't seem to let go. It's like you want to know how the story unfolds and you want to know how the story ends. It was like watching your first true love, loving someone else. You just sit from afar and painfully die moment by moment. Yet because you love him so much, you keep hoping with each passing day, he might remember you again ... he might remember how much he still loves you. And so, you wait.. and wait .... for that impossible day to arrive. Ahhhhh--- my heart. That is love.

New Found Energy
I don't know where this energy comes from or how it drives me forward each day. It's like I love myself more and more each day as I grow older. Whenever I feel stressed out or tense, all I do is turn on Meteor Garden and it seems to chase all my gray skies away. For a quick energizer, I listen to some song clips of F4 and the music seems to sooth all my worries away. The feeling is like falling in love again for the first time, remembering how good it feels to love and be loved in return.

I remember... (how Meteor Garden relates to my life)
I remember our walks in the bungalows at our old school.
I remember the way you held my hand, slightly snugged but not too tight.
I remember how you wanted to kiss me, even in front of people, and I would cover my mouth with my hands, and shy away.
I remember how you would wait for me on top of the hill of school.
I remember our late night conversations and how you'd always wait until I let go first.
I remember being stubborn and hiding my true emotions towards you.
I remember your patience and willingness to accept me the way that I am.
I remember being in your strong arms and having you hold me close.
I remember your tears and how it made my own come forward.
I remember that evening, the thunderstorm, and how we both held each other in the rain.
I remember the fear of losing you.
I remember my insecurity of being second best.
I remember your perserverance of making me #1.
I remember finding myself more and more in love with you, the power that was the strongest force I've ever felt possible.
I remember loving you ... wanting you ... missing you ...
I remember you.

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