Rhapsody in Blue
It's been a long time that I haven't seen a Japanese drama. However, I just finished watching one over a weekend. It is called "Nodame" in Japanese ("交響情人夢" in Chinese). While my friends introduced it to me in the early year, I couldn't enjoy the drama with them at that time. My Japanese friends also told me that it was the hottest show when it came out last year in Japan. Basically, it is a story, from a series of comics, about students in a music college. The two main characters are a talented pianist, Nodame, who had bad experiences of learning piano in her childhood; and a handsome and popular guy, Chiaki, with a great potential to be a symphony director, who has airplane phobia which inhibits him to go to Europe for further study. Of course, there are a lot of funny stories happened between Nodame and Chiaki.
I was touched by not only the students' passions for the music in the drama, but also the great background classical music. The main theme music is "Rhapsody in Blue." I think this version attached above is inspired and entertaining. Playing music should be happy, although it requires good skills. I always remembered the music teachers asked us to appreciate the music and to sing/play songs from the heart. Singing in a chorus also gave me great oppertunities to cooperate with other members. We communicated with each other by melodies and listened to each other to sing good hormones......Five years from then, this time I went back home, we sang together again. We found out we still have passions for the chorus and the life, althouh we are not majoring in music. During the rehearsal, we felt free (sometimes goofy and sometimes serious) as the jazz in the Rhapsody in Blue.
Other than the music, it is also encouraging when working with friends who can cheer you up. For example, the internship was stressful. It was approaching to the graduation time and each of us had our own goals after graduation, just like the characters in the drama. Luckily, my classmates who practiced at the same site as me were all supportive. We, five students, had to hold a Christmas party for the rehabilitation inpatients, besides the main treatment sessions and book readings. We came to therapy rooms every weekend to prepare the party. A shocking conversation was that one girl didn't like my personality at all because she can't tolerate my slow thinking process. Other people defended for me that it was good to think thoroughly before making a decision, especially being a therapist. You may think we were fighting, but actually it was a very interesting debate. Some similar debates happened every week when they sat in my car to seminar sessions. At the dinner after a seminar, the guy of the group always challenged us with one "brainstorming" question, like "do you want to be a ugly but rich guy or a beautiful but depressed person?"......Five years from then, this time I went back home, we five people gathered again. We found out we still have passions for the rehabilitation and the life. We exchanged information about therapies and health systems. We shared different life styles, symphathized the sufferings, and laughed loudly for funny stories.
Well...I murmured too much. Back in real life!! The data analyses need to be re-run because of a stupid mistake. It may take me a long long time, as listenning to the "Rhapsody in Blue" for 20 times. AH~~~
p.s. The Dvořák Slavanic Dance in the drama was rated the most beautiful song people want to listen to again. While I like that song, the follwoing song, which I love very much, shuld be recommended. In Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op.88 - 3rd movement: Allegretto (music), imagine the bird singins in the nature.
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