Monday 29 March 2010

SPORTS CAR AROUND HIS MUM'S WRIST???




Taiwanese entertainer, Jerry Yan will be coming out with a photo album titled Man & Boy on March 30th and in a monologue featured in the book, he mentions about his dream sports car being wrapped around his mother's wrist. Initially I was wondering what he meant until I read the excerpt below.
Jerry Yan's dream car is worn around his mom's wrist

source: Tw.Next Media
Translated by PA@ cpopaccess.com

When I was a boy, I had many many dreams: Make life better for my family, be someone that my mom is proud of.....hm, I think I even wanted a sports car. Ha! Because almost every boy at that age wants a sports car.
But I rarely talk to people about my dreams. Almost never, I don’t usually talk about it, not even to my very best friend. I don’t want people to think I’m a kid who didn’t know better.
I've had a few cars since then, but none were sports car.
Although many would think they are old cars, but I like them, they are very practical, and fulfill my needs at the moment: filming and resting, taking my family out..... For those demands, I don’t need to care how (the car) looks. As for the “grandpa car” that I disposed just recently, that was something my good friend and I – He was an adult in my eyes at the time. He sold the used car to me. It was the first car I've ever had. I think it had a special meaning. It wasn’t until the car wouldn’t run anymore, when I finally disposed it.
Ha! My current sports car might be on my mom's wrist!
It took me a ton of effort to fool my mom into going to a jade shop recommended by my friend. A female artist friend who knows a lot about jade, said wearing (jade) improves the health of seniors.
I brought my mom to the shop. She thought I was only taking her out for dinner. I said I have to get a gift for a friend, and needed to borrow her hand...Once the bracelet was put on her, I didn’t let her take it off.
My mom is very frugal. If she knew the bracelet cost 3 million, she would never have bought it.
But I like buying things for her. Every mom deserves to be treated well by her children.
Later on, I was really worried that she would do the same as what I did to her, happily telling everyone that the beautiful bracelet on her wrist only cost $3,000, and then give it to her friends as a gift, so I told her the real price.
I now joke with her once in awhile: Wa-Sai! Not bad! You are wearing a sports car on your hand!
So you can say I did fulfill my dream of having a sports car... ...
That was truly a happy time for me.
That kind of love and constraint, it is what I like, and (what I) also can’t resist.
Excerpt taken from: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/717036-jerry-yans-dream-car-is-wrapped-around-his-moms-hand/

COMMENT
Hmm... after I read the article, I finally understood what Jerry meant by his mum wearing his sports car around her wrist. I was actually moved to tears after reading about how much he cares and loves his mother. When I told Kamariah and Asiah about the story, they too were touched by it.  Wah!  What a lucky lady she is to have such a filial, loving son. 

p/s:  The currency mentioned is in Taiwan dollars which means the bracelet costs about RM300,000 which is more than enough to buy a sports car here in Malaysia.

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