Jimmy who?

Jimmy Liao - This name doesn't mean anything to me before "Turn left, Turn right". Somehow I'm quite striken by the show. Life seems so simple...and yet so real at the same time. Been trying to get my hands on the DVD for so long...looking it up at HARCO GLODOK whenever I was there. But each time, they only have the mandarin version. I left feeling rather disappointed.

I finally found a copy at Speedy late last year at Genting. Of course, without a second thought...I bought it. And was happy for more than a day. I've watched it for more than 5 times now...and as I'm writing this blog...I'm getting the urge to watch it again. Can't help but to play the theme song by Stephanie Sun on my winamp...just to relive the moments of the show in my mind. After 'Turn left, Turn right'...there was another...'Sound of Colours'. I kinda like this one too, but not as much as the one before. Still...this is alright, I got the DVD from Ratu Plaza at Rp.25K. Not original...but hey, its cantonese and with DTS. What more can one ask for?

Later on, during one of my visits to Kinokuniya at Plaza Senayan....i finally got the chance to see the real 'art' of Jimmy through his comics. Simple as it is, these drawings are just mainly simple characters. A cat, a kid, a moon, a truck...with just very few words...all in chinese though. Although I'm half-blinded when it comes to reading chinese, those drawings are just too tempting and in the end, I just couldn't resist but to get myself a copy of it. Couldn't remember the price, but it's not cheap for such a thin comic book. I'm now a member of his official website too...found the link through google - jimmyspa (btw, there's chinese and english version-link at the index page, but the english version is not working just yet)
You can download wallpapers, screensavers and other goodies there...all for free...all his work of art.

This is a quote I copied off the "extras" from the 'Sound of Colours' DVD:

"Everyone always has a Railway inside their heart,
and the destination is called "Hope". However, because of love, they would somehow lose their
ways inside these packed compartments, and keep either getting on the wrong train, or getting off
at the wrong station.

In the event, they keep on losing their direction, feeling lost and getting hurt.
Fortunately, the recovery would not take long.

Somehow, someday...they would definately find the right train and get off at the right station.
For "Hope" has finally found them.

If you tried to search for hope and always fail all the time, be patient
for "Hope" will someday find you."


A piece from - 'The moon has forgotten'