omg i didn't even cry when i saw the series (vicki n leo's). but i cried when i read the book (on the part where shu huan was beside yi ping's bed, confessing all the mistakes and told her how much he loved her, in a way that moved my heart!!!!!!!!).

i mean both are so unimaginably stubborn. i still don't get it why he was so upset with the diary (didn't get it when i was watching the series, and still don't get it now after i read it in the book).

rule of thumb:
1. don't read other people's diary. they're really off limits. sometimes they don't contain facts, but 'the way it should've happened', 'what i should've said', 'what i should've felt', 'words to encourage myself to be stronger'. i myself had a diary and used it as a 'trash can', and should really be put in the trash can where it belong or just be burnt away. definitely not for others to see.

2. before making decisions about hating someone and taking revenge on that person, check and recheck your mail. and email. and voice messages. oh and sms, and offline messages.

3. buy a buttonless raincoats. the slip-on one so if u forget to button it up, u won't get soaked in rain.

difference from series upto now:
1. yi ping didn't become bai mei gui. she still doesn't sing in the night club even now. so i think there's no chance of that happening?

2. yi ping didn't sing on the bridge. that was one scary scene in the series. she just came down the embankment thank god for that!

3. fang yu didn't date ehr hao. i think she never will. they don't even seem to know each other. at the beginning i thought the boy she fell in love with was ehr hao, but now i don't think so.

4. yi ping still had not reconciled with her father now. i think during the series by now she was in good terms with her father. i recalled it was after the time they rode horses together.

5. shu huan's mother played more role in the book. in the series, they were confused when shu huan was engaged with ru ping while they thought shu huan was talking about yi ping continuously before that.

6. no crazy girl in the book and her family. can't remember the name. the one who tried to commit suicide from the top of the tall building but failed. saved by shu huan and du fei, i think? probably the characters were drawn out from fang yu's family? both are poor, nice family, always helping yi ping, and somehow i think fang yu also has a tendency to commit suicide!

7. ehr hao is meaaaan in the book. mean! i don't like him.

8. i missed the du fei character. sometimes i feel it's sooooooo sad i wish it has dufei's funny character in it to cheer up the mood a little bit. i could imagine how the series could be sooooo gloomy without dufei. hooray for dufei!

9. to be honest, i still don't get why yi ping hates his father so much. okay she was thrown out, but that wasn't his fault - his mother said so too. she knew it was aunt hsueh's fault. okay she was beaten up, but that was only once, and he regrets it so much after that, the attention and love he poured over yi ping after that was beyond his ability. shouldn't really hate him that much, it hurts me everytime she gave him cold answers. not fair on him.. not fair at all.. whatever he did to his mother, shouldn't really affect her, because he could be a bad husband but a wonderful father. a person can be an ex-husband, but never be an ex-father. she's so cruel. and deserve all the punishment. i wouldn't sob in the end if she doesn't get shu huan. she deserve all of it. she doesn't deserve shu huan. shu huan.. come to mama .. lai lai..