5:35 PM, Nov 27

Went to catch the last 暗恋桃花源 at 首都剧场。Chun left in the morning to treat her hair and didn’t show up at the theatre until 7:30PM. There are several 黄牛selling tickets for much higher price. But we waited till the play started and got two 100s for 300 Yuan. Turned out it was so worth it I wouldn’t mind doing it again.
This play has been running for over 20 years and is deemed as a classic. It was adapted into a movie play by Lin Qingxia from Taiwan. It is about two plays had conflicts on using the stage to rehearse, and have to make compromises to complete the rehearsal that night. One of the play is called 暗恋 and the other is of course 桃花源. 暗恋 tells a story about two lover was separated by the end of the civil war, and finally met 40 years later after they each has their own families. 桃花源 is about a fisherman left home for a fishing trip, leaving his adulterous wife and her lover. He stumbles into 桃花源 and becomes a new man. He left after a few days to bring his wife to 桃花源 only to find that years has passed outside and nothing is as planned, but he cannot find the way back anymore.
The audience was pulled back delicately after becoming absorbed into either one the plays, and the two interact with each other in such a smooth way that I marvels at the writer’s talent.
I have so much to say about this play but my language skill does not allow me to fully express my thought. I will go down load a review and post it here.
Chun and I laughed so hard and still couldn’t stop going over the parts after we got out. The we took the bus, bought a 煎饼果子 when we got off. She told me a extremely funny incident which was later spread out through the internet. This material contains coarse language mature subject. Listeners discretion is advised. She saw it actually happened on the bus with her mother in Beijing and the whole crowd on the bus laughed on hearing the conversation.
He is coming back this Wednesday. No call from his after that night’s conversation. Why did he even bother calling after that noon’s little chat? Did he realize that I turned out to be the silly person I always thought I was? It was still awkward to talk to him. Or is he a changed person from who I thought I knew from my memories and the letters? Seems his life evolves around work. I asked when was the last time he took a break and the answer was two and a half wks ago. He does not draw anymore. He does not have recommendation of any new songs (though it might also be the result of the superfluous music industry), no books (same as music). Is he still the young student with romance treasured proudly in the heart?