Sunday, February 21, 2010

A Year Of Paper Crane, A Year Of Love

February 22, 2009.

Let me tell of you a story way way back February 22, 2009 and how it all started. I was talking to Josche, if I remember it right, and we were talking about my our used to be favorite Fahrenheit member, Calvin Chen. We talked about the crazy things he did when he was in a relationship, like how he gave 99 roses to his ex-girlfriend, and how he told the girl that she is his 100th rose. I remember watching how he and Chun reenacted that on their fan meeting.





Ok, so I was wishing that I will be his 100th rose as well.

And then, Josche mentioned him giving paper cranes for a girl.
An idea hit my head.

Since Josche, Tin, MM and Laine are going to the Valentine's dinner to be with Fahrenheit, I decided to give Calvin 100 paper cranes!

And so, I learned and made paper cranes to give to Chun and Calvin. And while I was making the paper cranes, another idea hit my head. I decided to make a story out of it.

And so, "99 Paper Cranes" was born. The story revolves around Calvin, a straight-A student, who received a paper crane and a love note from a mystery girl. As he receives the paper crane each day, he found himself falling in love with this girl, he finally decided to find her. Together with his friends, Kit and Danson, the search for the paper crane girl began. There were two suspected paper crane girls in the story - one is Trixie, the snotty girl who will do everything to have Calvin's love, and the other is Hannah, the shy, musical prodigy who wanted to confess her love for Calvin before she leaves for Vienna. And then, there's Joy, who is Calvin's apple of the eye. Another characters that joined this story is Jiro, Joy's boyfriend who turned out to be Kit's first love, and Chun, the buffer of the story.

Some of those who read it may say, this is a typical best friend story. I guess I've read too many best friends story to formulate this one. I first posted this on the FRH Family forum, and it was accepted by some readers. At some point in time, I have decided against finishing it. Until one day, in plurk, I saw Corina reading the story. Her cousin read it. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same day Josche and Tin texted me telling to update the story. Yay for me!

99 Paper Cranes will always be close to my heart. I don't know... maybe it's because of the fact that it's the first (and last) long fan fic about Calvin Chen that I made. It's because my friends anticipated the story. Joschie and Tin helped me with some chapters when I have this writer's block. It's because I see myself as the girls in the story. I am Kit when I am in love. I am Hannah, who holds back how I feel, and I am Joy, who only wanted to be loved. In this story, I've done something I knew I should have not written - I wrote about a painful memory I had. I only realized that when I reviewed it. Maybe it's because I gained more friends because of this fan fic. Maybe it's because that I gave my all as a writer when I did this story.

Out of all fan fics I've written, this is the one that I would read over and over again. It's because of the fact that it's Calvin's story, and somewhere in my mind, I wish that I can be his leading lady. It was through this fan fic that I've let all of my emotions run through. I wrote this one with all my heart. Everything that's in this story, you can see my heart, my mind and my soul.

This fan fic will always be special in my heart. Of all the sleepless nights I've had for the past 6 months of writing this story, I can see that it's all worth it. I am ever so glad that I did write this story.

Labels: 99 Paper Cranes, anniversary, commercial