Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river.

After episodes and episodes and seasons and seasons of kesengsaraan and hence milking viewers’ emotions, the tear jerking drama Dalam Hati Ada Cinta (“DHAC”) finally ended last night. (At least I think so lah. Who am I kidding? Entah2 ada sequel or episod baru lagi. Tidaaaak!) Although I do not follow DHAC fanatically, selalunya aku akan tertengok juga sebab Ibu is a huge fan and it helps that DHAC has good script and big names.

FYI, the main characters, Lia (Umie Aida) and Wan (Ako Mustafa) hanya bahagia dalam beberapa episod dalam Season 1. Dalam Season 2, 3, 4 dan 5, mereka amat sengsara. Terpisah, terhalang, self restraint, mengangis, frustration, gelisah, merajuk, ego, semuanya cukup. And they were not even too happy to begin with. That is why I don’t get it why they still want to be together, tak boleh nak cari kebahagiaan lain. Even when Lia met Aqasha’s character and later, Fahrin’s character, she ended mengecewakan kedua2 lelaki yang sangat baik ini. And for Wan, not even the beautiful Intan Azura nor Fazura could help him get Lia out of his mellow, unrealistic head.

The problem with this couple roots from Wan being a man with no integrity. Tiada pendirian. Orang tolak ke hulu, ke hululah dia kemudi. Orang tarik ke hilir, mendayunglah dia ke hilir. Daddy tersilap pinangkan kakak Lia, Tina, instead of Lia, on the nikah day itself baru nak say No. The same thing happened with Fazura, he couldn’t lafaz the akad as “Saya hanya cintakan Lia”. Stupido. Tetapi senang saja cerita ini berakhir: Wan kejar Lia (finally dapat buangkan ego dia after persuaded by Tina), got on his knees (with his hideous blue shirt) and proposed Lia (finally!) with an ugly looking ring, and Lia who was initially angry and pissed and crying tiba-tiba senyum girang and said Yes. Kan senang tu!? Tension betul dengan lelaki-lelaki macam ini. Get a grip of yourself lah, macha. Be decisive. Take control. In 3 words: BE A MAN.


Irrelevant Postscript: I cried in the commuter today. Lucky me, I was having my regular morning flu, maka camouflaged lah tangisanku. Oh, the reason? I was reading The Dogs of Babel (Carolyn Parkhurst); still haven’t finished, but it is really good; I’m sure I’ll write about it later.