tirukaka kurukuru

a baby lizard fell on my nape a week ago while my friend and i are waiting for a ride home. it was the most gggrrrr feeling! 

i told my friends about it the morning after. and right then and there, while we were walking along jm basa street on a drizzly day, berl played the "butiki" song to me. ugh! the song was as gggrrrr as the feeling when the lizard feel on me. there was no doubt that the composer of that song was possessed by the soul of the naughtiest lizard. 

the day after that, andy gave me a copy of two Korean movies. i chose to watch "love phobia" first. and what a surprise! a lizard played an important role in the movie! great! my friends, really, have a great sense of humor!

 

Tirukaka Kurukuru Kantapia Saurus 

the cute lizard in the movie

 

i loved the movie anyways. it made me laugh and cry early in the morning. ahh, Korean movies and their Shakespearean endings!

 

Love Phobia

One sunny day, a young boy named Jo Kang met a curious young girl dressed in a bright yellow raincoat. She told everyone in school that she is an alien and whoever touches her or gets touched by her will be harmed. Everyone in that school got afraid of her except Jo Kang. Jo Kang befriended the girl, Ari, and fell instantly in love with her. Ari started telling stories to Jo and he believed everything she said. He did everything for her. One rainy day Ari lost her pet, Tirukaka. Jo did everything to find her pet lizard in the middle of a muddy field. Ari told him to stop looking for the lizard. They warmed themselves in Ari's yellow raincoat and instantly he gets affected by Measles. The next day, Ari just disappeared and Jo and his family moved to the city.

Ten years later, Ari contacted Jo Kang, now in high school, and asked to meet again. Although they have not seen each other in a decade, they had a wonderful time together. Ari told him that there are hot springs in her temple and the mountain is a volcano. Ari continued telling stories to Jo. She said her English got better by getting trained from an English ghost that visits her when she is naked, Jo believed her. She also told him that she will marry a banker so that she can rob the bank and leave the planet. Jo brought Ari her favorite dish from his home. He traveled the whole night to ask her father to make some sushi and brought the dish back to the temple as a surprise to Ari the next morning. She kissed her and Jo got affected by Flu. Ari disappeared once more, leaving Jo Kang devastated.

Jo Kang waited a very long time for Ari. One day Ari appeared in a bank where he was working as a teller. Since he was busy, he tied her leg around the chair with his shoelace. Later that evening they had sushi at Jo's home and Ari explained to Jo's father that people from NASA kidnapped her since the magnetic force in her body attracts the UFO's. Then Jo planned for something nice to do the next day, but Ari told him that she is leaving for the states. At the airport, Ari told Jo not to cross the line design, which Ari usually tells him to do since childhood.

Jo's friend got stuck in an accident and got admitted to the hospital. When Jo visited his friend he saw Ari. With pain and confusion, Jo visited Ari's Uncle (The Priest), seeking explanation. He discovered that Ari is suffering from AIDS that she got in a blood transfusion when she was a child, where she got in an accident,where her mom and dad died.

Jo designed a sign said to be left by an UFO in a grass field in order to fulfill Ari's destiny to leave the planet (which he believed). Then he brought Ari to the lawn from the hospital. Ari spent the last moments of her life with Jo while reminiscing their childhood.

In the final scene Jo explained the Aroma of love left by Ari. He still believed that she lives in another planet waiting to meet him again one day.