On Remembering

Disclaimer: I did not realize that my recent post was on the same topic.

I've always been the out-of-sight out-of-mind kind of person but for some reason, some stuff--they just get stuck inside my head on sweet nostalgic replay.

So, click happy mode was on this lazy Saturday afternoon. I clicked on Windstruck to re-watch the movie as I've realized that i've completely forgotten what the story was about. (I watched this back in 2006, I think.)

The movie was of course charming and cute but half-way around I found myself bawling my eyes out. My tears just won't stop.

The trigger scene was this: The lead guy character, Myung-woo tells the lead lady character, Kyung-jin, that he must be the wind or part of the wind in his past life. He wishes to be reincarnated into the wind again when he dies. He also tells her that if he's not around, she'll remember him whenever the wind brushes her face. So... (spoiler coming) Myung-woo dies.

Now, as i watched the movie again. I think my brain lit up here and there remembering these and those memories: A windy day at the university. Making paper wind mills, and etc.

And, I wondered: why did The Paper Dragon Boy thought the same. Did he relate with Myung-woo. Why did he ever liked this sad movie with all it's cliches and montage script. Why do I still talk to him even when it's possible that he doesn't remember me anymore. Why does the human brain try to see patterns out of circumstances all the time. Does connection with a soul transcend the physical world?

I've always been the out-of-sight out-of-mind kind of person,  or so I thought.

Ahh, my head hurts!!