the promise :)

i just watched The Promise (向日葵的约定) ytd on channel u. it's a telemovie. wah seh it's damn nice can! and also very touching. it touched my heart and i almost cried :( and yes man, i want it to be a global wide movie, not only in singapore, but the whole world! it's so nice and touching..

well anyways, here is the info i got from channel u about the show :)

info :

Born with mild intellectual disability (MID) , slow in learning and often gullible , 19-year-old Shan Shan is an innocent and friendly girl. Like any teenager, Shan Shan is going through a coming of age, yearning for a special someone.

Tan Mei Juan , Shan's mother, is a single-parent mother who has raised her daughter single handedly. Extremely protective of Shan , Mei Juan devises a “sunflower pact”. If Shan ever falls in love and the boy she loves can fulfill the conditions as laid down in the “sunflower pact”, Mei Juan will give her blessings.

In a chance encounter, Shan falls in love with 19-year-old Wen Yuan who happened to be a slacker in his studies and life. Shan's innocence and attitude to life changed Wen Yuan. However w ill Wen Yuan accept a MID girl as his girlfriend? Is he the one to fulfill the “sunflower's pact”?

cast :

Lee Shan Shan, played by Julie Tan
19-year-old Lee Shan Shan is born with mild intellectual disability with an IQ between 60-75, equivalent to that of a 9-10-year-old . A happy-go-lucky girl she brings smile to the people around her. Although slow in learning, she has a strong sense of determination to achieve her goals.
Shan Shan is naïve in many ways and hence she risked getting cheated by others from time to time. Her mother is her protector in her daily life.
Since young, Shan Shan has been introduced to sunflowers by her mum, and she has grown to love them. Her room, collectibles and tastes revolve around sunflowers.
Her greatest wish is to travel to a big sunflower field with her loved one and admire the flowers.

Tan Wen Yuan, Sam, played by Lawerence Wong
19-year-old Wen Yuan is one with boyish good looks. He comes from a medium income family but turns out to be a slacker in studies and in life.
Easily disinterested in the things he does, Wen Yuan has no concrete idea of what his future holds for him.
His relationship with his Dad is turbulent and his dad hated him for failing his expectations, time and again. Wen Yuan withers his time away in comics and drawing, a talent that he is quietly proud of. He keeps to himself and projects a loner image. The fact is, he craves for someone to share his life and someone to appreciate him, as he is.

Lee Mei Juan, played by Lin Mei Jiao
38 -year-old Mei Juan is a young but strong single parent mother. She raised Shan Shan single handedly.
Mei Juan suffered in love when she was young. At 13-years-old, she fell in love and at a young age of 17-year-old, she gave birth to Shan Shan. Her boyfriend disappeared and left her shortly after that.
Feeling responsible for her daughter, Mei Juan worked doubly hard, feeling all that follows in her life, her daughter's condition and the amount of stress she has to undertake, is a retribution for her wayward behavior when she was young.
Mei Juan wanted a different life for Shan Shan. She created a bright and sunny world for her daughter, hoping to raise her “normal”, find her a normal job and to be independent.
But there is one thing she will not allow her daughter to get into - falling in love.

Paul Ng, played by Zhang Wen Xiang.
48-year-old Paul Ng is a owner of a bakery shop . Effeminate in his behavior , Paul has a positive outlook towards life. Paul is seemingly a very mean boss with high demands, but he is really kind at heart.
Paul is Wen- yuan 's uncle. He is close with Wen- yuan 's mum but at odds with Wen- yuan 's dad.
As his business is going downhill, Paul has to resort to employing Wen Yuan and subsequently Shan Shan at the bakery.
Initially, Paul is very skeptical of Shan Shan's working capabilities and her attitude. But Shan Shan's positive attitude would eventually win him over.



here is the theme song. it's damn nice too. aiya everything about the show's nice! i think it's aimed at those ppl who are prejudiced against those with low IQ. they want those ppl who are prejudiced to know that PPL WITH MID ARE HUMAN BEINGS TOO. they deserve to be respected.

I LOVE THIS SHOW! it really touched my heart. and the story is smth like my case too... so that's why it touched my heart..

-i'm waiting-