JnB Shrine Blog: March 2007

Do you believe in fate? Do you believe that we are born to find our match, our perfect other half? Do you believe in the kind of love that you are bonded to for eternity?

There's a fine line between stubbornness and persistence.

Are you crazy or are you a fool to wait for someone that may never return to your life? Or, is it simply because your heart can only beat for that one true love?

Barbie Xu was a timid yet strong-willed girl. She never knew love until the fearful rebel, Jerry Yan, entered her life. That was eleven years ago, when they were young and naive, when they knew no boundaries to love, when they made those sacred vows...

"...In love, you will find happiness and sadness. You will rise to heaven and fall to hell. Faith and trust are your only hope..." The witches words never meant anything significant to them until the day they realized that their eleven years of separation and agony were only caused by a misunderstanding, by their lacking of faith, by mistrust.

Were they going to make the same mistake once again? Or, would they reach out for each other because their young love never died in their hearts? Faith and trust were their only hope… and their love will keep them Bonded.

Committed
by Elle Wu

Cute but somewhat geeky Jerry Yan is not yet ready to tie the knot. But his beautiful and emotional girlfriend is.

And that's where trouble begins...

Barbie Xu would do anything to get her boyfriend to marry her...even if it would take a winning raffle ticket to convince Jerry to walk down the aisle...NOT!

So when Jerry doesn't pick up the clue as to what his girlfriend of five years really wishes to happen, the impending breakup becomes a reality. Soon the ex-couple find themselves taking desperate measures to win each other back but at the expense of losing each other.

Will Barbie finally learn that love is not just all about getting married? Will Jerry realize that marrying the person you love can't be all that bad?

Join Barbie and Jerry as they go through the ups and downs of dating in the twenty-first century in a story about a comedic battle of the exes and finding out just what it takes to stay Committed.

Hearts At Work
by Kayla

Barbie Hsu made a startling disappearance from the press conference four years ago. The media thought she walked out but unknown to many, she left the world that embraced her because she needed to escape. She is Barbie Hsu - an actress, a host and a singer and the female lead of Asia's most unforgettable drama, Meteor Garden- but she left without a trace and without saying goodbye especially to someone who she feels something deeply for. To hide from the past that was filled with misery, Barbie Hsu became Kathleen Kendall, a writer for a London-based entertainment magazine, Celebrity. Gone was the silky long hair, the tattoos and the love for dressing up but fate seemed to be playing a trick on her when she was assigned to go back to Taiwan and interview F4 whom she haven't seen for years.

Jerry Yan is caught up in a cellphone scandal that did not only raise the questions of what his relationship with Lin Zhi Ling is but it also questioned his sexual preference. To erase the doubts and once and for all make Lin Zhi Ling stop using Jerry for publicity, Angie Cai decided to seek help from a matchmaking business Hearts at Work which is run by Sarah Forrester, Kathleen's best friend. Sarah, determined to keep her budding business bustling, puts all her effort to find that match for Jerry. But after the three disastrous dates with a holdaper, a stripper and a transsexual, Sarah realized that the perfect girl for Jerry has been the one he fell in love with four years ago all along -- her best friend Kathleen a.k.a Barbie Hsu. And so her pursuit to reunite the two people she deem fit for each is in sight.

Despite the many changes of time and with the past untapped as they cross paths again, Jerry found himself still in love with Barbie Hsu. The reunion of hearts would have made it work but the reason behind Barbie's escape made a comeback. The fear of being hurt again is what’s keeping her from accepting the love Jerry is offering her. Now, with the truth revealing itself and with their hearts speaking this time, can they finally be freed from the heartbreaks of the past?

Hold You Tonight
by Baoshan n Cutie

Jerry vowed that he would be Barbie's protector, be her shield from the preying eyes, her cushion when she falls, her family and her life. He hoped, he planned and he knew that they are meant to be together, that when the right time comes, he would confess his love for her. But then, his dreams was not the same as hers, she didn't plan to live her life forever with him, for her heart belonged to someone else.

Love, what can it do? When it hurt you so bad? When you felt like it ended the life you wanted to have? Would it heal your pain or would it ask you to scream, to inflict that pain to that person who caused it? Jerry Yan, who promised heaven and earth to the woman he loves chose to be the latter, that maybe for one night, he can hold her and tell her how much he loves her. Was he wrong?

Years had passed, pain scarce the heart, and yesterday became a nightmare. Even how he tried to erase what had been done, she appeared to him once again, now with honesty in her heart, love in her eyes to the man that became her shield and a promise that she would be his, forever. But she only ask for one thing, share the pain in her heart, heal her nightmare. But how can he succeed if he was the one who caused it? Would love be enough?

Maybe… maybe not.

In The Shadow Of The Past
by C.R.

Love... There are many ways to show your love to the people you truly cared about. You go out of your way to make them happy. Yet in the end, they get hurt because of you. Guilt... That's what you are going to feel once you learn the truth. Time and death can't even help you forget your mistakes. All that is left is to live In the Shadow of the Past.

Jerry Yan despised his father for abandoning his mother and him when he was merely five years old. He only came to see the dying man so that he could have his chance to vent his pent-up anger and hatred. Yet, his short trip with a simple agenda spun off the track when the family nurse, Barbie Xu, stopped him from leaving his estranged father's house.

He was her paperweight guy. She could not erase his charming smile from her mind as she had involuntarily used him as a shield against the one that she truly had feelings for, Vic Zhou.

She was his paperweight girl, the one that made his heart beat erotically, the one that he had an one-night-stand with about a year ago. He was finally able to profess his love to her at this unexpected reunion only to find out that she wasn't who he thought she was.

Their true identities made it impossible for them to reconcile with their past. Their love for each other was their only hope for true happiness. However, just how long would it take them to realize that?

Madison County
By C.R.

They could have met each other years ago since they were both frequent visitors to Winterset , Iowa , the center of the covered bridges of Madison County. However, they did not until that fateful hot summer day. There was chemistry between them at first sight. However, he was too careful to be brave and straightforward, which was totally out of his character when it came to women. And she was too serious and stubborn to pursue a short-term relationship based on shallow feelings generated from lust and superficial charms.

Time flied. The harder they tried to stay away from each other, the harder they could keep each other out of their minds. He believed in perfect moments that could live forever as pieces of memories. She believed in waiting for eternity for the one that could promise her the forever happiness. It was the difference in their definitions of true love that had kept them apart and struggle to find the way away from each other. Yet, they couldn't help coming back to square one, again and again, right in each other's heart. And the more important question is... did they really believe in what they claimed to believe in?

Meant To Be
By Y2

After five years of separation, Mu Ye Shan Cai came back in Dao Ming Si’s life with Ah Xing, a child he never knew existed. Years without each other did not diminish the love Dao Ming Si has for his dearest Shan Cai but her love for him was encapsulated in her ice heart.

Without the opposition of his mother this time, the two are free to love and be together. However, fear and insecurity stood between them and once again put their love to test. Shan Cai who has been chasing after Dao Ming Si is now tired. But that did not matter to him. Geared up with love, he chased after her, determined to melt down her barrier of ice and make Shan Cai run the path to their happiness with him. Afraid to get hurt, she refused to trust him with her heart again. She had once fallen during the race and she didn’t want to fall any further but he refuses to take his hand back without hers in it… for she is his son’s mother, his future children’s mother, his life, his love.

Overwhelmed by his love, she accepted his hand and together, they run hand in hand, not in fear but in love and joy. But the road to their happiness is not smooth at all.…. Not when Dave, a man who took care of Shan Cai for the last five years, deem Dao Ming Si unfit to love Shan Cai and is determined to make her his bride…. And not when Betty, Dao Ming Si’s ex-finacee is back to her evil plots.

But together, they continued the race for their happiness and for their future. They are determined to win the prize that was meant to be theirs --- the prize of being happy, being a family, in love... and together. And they will, because it is Meant To Be.

Memory Pieces
by Bedazzled and Jeda

Theirs is the kind of love that is unconditional, immeasurable, boundless, timeless…

The first time Jerry Yan laid his eyes on Barbie Hsu, he knew that she is an exquisite treasure that only comes once in a lifetime. Mesmerized by her innocence and enchanting beauty, he vowed to see her again. Just when he thought his search is hopeless, he saw her again... Showing a brave front at the wedding of her Ex-Fiancé and best friend, yet on the inside, he knew that she was falling apart. There was no need for words but his mere presence comforted her.

Theirs is the kind of love that is rare… Exchange of love letters followed since then, allowing them to get to know each other, just like how a photographer knows every part of his camera. Through their exchange of letters, they have become the most important person in each other’s life. A dear friend, a trusted confidant, a worthy adviser, a comforter, a crying shoulder. More and more Jerry realized that Barbie is the woman he’s been waiting for all his life.

Theirs is the kind of love wherein one won't be able to live, breathe and survive without the other… He realized that she’s the last person he wanted to see the moment he closes his eyes at night and the first face to greet his sight the moment he opens them. He wanted to be with her every day, every hour, every minute, every second. He was determined to make her HIS wife… to love, to cherish, to hold… only HIS…

Theirs is the love that is perfect… until one fateful day. Darkness crept in and stole the bright future that is waiting ahead of them. Each bits and pieces of her puzzle that contain a special memory -- things that she would treasure forever -- was shattered by a tragedy.

Theirs is the kind of love that does not abandon despite the difficulties of time… the kind of love that is so deep that it could surpass any storm...the kind of love that will never fade, never falter, never wither, never die... Will her puzzle be completed once more? Can their love save their Memory Pieces?

Meteor Garden: Unfinished
By Merry and Sin

San Cai should have left, stayed away as far as she can when Dao Ming Si told her that even if he regained his memories he will love nobody else but Yesha. But she just couldn’t leave. Even when he loves another, she kept on loving him… even just from afar.

After two years, she found herself at Yesha’s funeral knowing that Dao Ming Si hurting over losing another woman would be like rubbing a salt to an already gaping wound. But it also served as a resounding slap on the face to wake her up from the nightmare she’d been trapped in. She knows she has to let him go. That, she is determined to do.

Dao Ming Si needed to leave Taiwan. He thought he wanted to ease the pain of losing Yesha. But going away didn’t help. It just made him more confused because memories of the past keep on haunting him. He didn’t know if he is hurting because of Yesha’s death or because of the nagging guilt he feels for driving San Cai away. And so he came back… along with him are bits and pieces of his memories. But he doesn’t know how to go back to the life he has before, let alone how to start it again with San Cai.

And when the moment for them to meet came, everybody around them still sees the flame they both once carry for each other. But Dao Ming Si and San Cai refuse to recognize it. Even when his memories are coming back and when his heart is making its way back to her, Dao Ming Si holds back his feelings for her. With Dao Ming Si pretending not to remember anything and with San Cai’s stubborn heart refusing to fight for his love, will their story remains Unfinished?

Nine Months
by Elle Wu

When chick-magnet Jerry Yan gets an unexpected visitor one day claiming that she's carrying his child that resulted from a careless one-night stand, his beloved grandfather gives him a choice: marry the girl or lose his inheritance. For someone who has never worked a day in his life, losing his inheritance is not really the most appealing --- especially if it's worth a stake in a growing business empire. Divorce is doable, but money is irreplaceable.

But Barbie Hsu is no easy girl. When Jerry offers her marriage, she flat out refused him. The reason? She's got a big secret up her sleeve, and Jerry's perfect older brother, Vanness, may have everything to do with it.

What ensues is a comical dilemma of telling apart between truths and lies. Amidst the craziness of changing diapers, reading sonograms, house-hunting, job-searching, morning sickness, and parenting, one may just realize that love is only Nine Months away...

The Log Cabin
by C.R.

No matter how strong the love is, it is also the most fragile thing that needs tender loving care at all times. And sometimes, no matter how strong the love is, it still can't bear a ten-thousand-foot plunge, especially when there are already little cracks here and there in the relationship.

Barbie and Jerry were so in love that they tied the knot with each other and vowed that they would stay on each other's side for better or worse until death do them part. What if they both thought the other one had broken a most important part of the vow, that is, to be faithful to each other. Or was it just because of those unintentional mistakes they made along the way during their marriage that they had to break the tie with each other?

It was a long and agony-filled divorce battle. It wasn't about money or properties they owned. Well, it would appear to be so because it was about a log cabin. That's what they used to call it even though it was way too big to be called a cabin. However, neither of them really gave a d**n about the one-million-dollar price tag on the vacation home. It was the memories in that log cabin that made them fight over it… because they were their memories. Both of them were just too proud and too deeply hurt to admit that they still loved each other, that they still needed each other in their lives.

Memories can be so cruel at times even if they are the sweetest ones. They can stab you right in your heart when you least expect them to. They can make you do things that would easily qualify you to be sent to an anger management class. Would the memories only become the source of their pain for the rest of their lives or would they be the magic to bring them back together again?

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