We have several chinese video shops in Sydney.
They all sell DVDs of Japanese drama in Chinese subtitle.
I sometimes go there and buy Japanese drama. One full set
of drama usually costs about $20-$30,
With my friend's recomendation I bought
"1 rittoru no namida,"1 Liter of tears in direct
translation into English.
The drama was based on a true story of one
Japense girl, who had suffered from an illness of the
cerebellum from 15 to 25 years old.
The role of the cerebellum is to keep balance of our body
movements. Her sickness is a diminution of her cerebellum.
Beacause of that, she gradually finds disorders in her fine
movements, equilibrium, posture, and etc.
This drama told me the importance of life and
to live each day fully.
In the drama, she is questining what is a purpose of
her life.
With sickness or without sickness, I guess we all come
to this question one or many times in our lives.
Whoever can find the answer are the lucky ones that
can live their lives fully.
In the drama, she says many times "I want to be
useful to other people." This has touched my heart
deeply....