"Meguriai" - Chance Encounter?

Me-gu-ri-ai is a title of a Japanese song. I suddenly remembered  this beautiful song while admiring an exquisite diamond ring outside a jewelery store the other day. So, do bear with me - with my sentimentality; as I take this walk down another memory lane...

Some time in the early nineties, I found myself hooked on many Japanese dramas on tv. I hardly leave the house during weekdays and gave up on my afternoon naps simply because these series were heck entertaining - mostly heart-warming and sometimes tear-jerking. I made sure no one bothered me during the one-hour shows by pulling off the telephone plug, doors closed and curtains drawn as if I was not at home. Some obsessions, you might think! But hey, that was the only moment I had to myself.

One of my very best memories about these series would be of, "Tokyo Cinderella Story". Somehow, like most other serial dramas, I seemed to miss their last episodes! But due to encouraging requests from tv viewers, they repeated the show and at the same time slot too. I was thrilled... but again, missed the last episode as I was vacationing in Langkawi! Silly of me sneaking out of my hotel room to shop for an electric  deep-fryer, and ran back just in time for the drama....arghhh...only to realise that I had locked myself outside and couldn't get to wake up hubby who was sleeping like a log! By the time I was done banging and knocking the door... ringing the bell and all, the show had already ended. When the door finally swung opened, I greeted hubby with a sulking face.

Later that same year, there was a rerun of the drama and this time, I got to watch the ending. Hehe...

As always, I love the soundtracks of Japanese dramas. And this particular song from Tokyo Cinderella Story, "Meguriai", was so deeply felt. Most of the songs too, were sung by these wonderful duo, Chage & Aska...
It was these songs that prompted me to write tonight and also, a conversation between hubby and me that reminded me of the story "101st Marriage Proposals", and the ring that I saw in the window...

Here's one of my favourite songs by Chage & Aska...