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Where is it?

It's in Kaohsiung City.

I'm from Kaohsiung.

Oh.

Oh, I see.

Wow!

So what's going on here?

Wait, I dreamt of it before.

Michael Jackson walked into

a cafe just like this.

Really! I did dream of it.

Yes, I have the same experience.

They call it Deja Vu.

Exactly! It really happens sometimes.

I feel so awkward.

You look great!

Nonsense.

Hello! Can you guess who I am?

You're... the ugly duckling!

I'm not a duck!

Then... what are you? Penguin?

Yes, I'm a penguin.

Does a penguin have such a long nose?

Yes.

My name is Yabi!

Who named it?

I did.

What's your name?

Mine? My name is Tsung.

How to spell it?

T-S-U-N-G

Let me show you.

It feels so strange.

Feels like an animation.

Yeah.

Let me try.

Look! Well, my hair looks so messy.

If you take more pictures,

it'll feel more like an animation.

Yeah.

I dreamt of you before.

Me?

Yes.

When?

A long time ago.

I dreamt of you

wearing the military uniform.

On a ferry.

Why didn't you tell me about it?

It only occurred to me just now!

So, I was on a ferry...

Yes.

And then?

You were on your way to Kinmen

for the military service.

Kinmen?

Yes.

For the military service?

Yeah.

Damn! Why am I so unlucky?

Why? What's wrong with Kinmen?

It's far far away!

So I won't be able to see you much.

But it's Okay.

Everything in the dream

is the opposite.

What?

Don't you know that?

Everything that happens in the dream

is the opposite to

how things are in reality.

So I won't go to Kinmen

for military service.

Yes!

Really?

Tsai Hsien-tsung!

Here!

[2094th MILITARY LOTTERY]

[ASSIGNMENTS, 2010]

[Republic of China Army]

I, Tsai Hsien-Tsung,

am here to draw an assignment.

Read out the name of your new unit.

Kinmen Defense Command.

Kinmen Defense Command.

Hey, wait a second.

It's late!

Why are you still on the phone?

Hang up now.

Just one more minute, please.

You'll be in trouble if you're caught.

So what?

Just one more minute.

Hello, it's okay. Nothing.

Yeah, right.

Right.

Yeah.

Fine, fine.

You know who died a year ago today?

Who?

Who?

Michael Jackson!

It's his first death anniversary.

You like him?

Not really.

But my girlfriend really adores him.

She's watching a MJ special right now.

And she's crying...

What?

What's eating you?

Go back to sleep.

No. It's so hot!

Even though you

still have to go to bed.

Otherwise if you're

caught fooling around here,

both of us will be in trouble.

Both of us?

Yes.

Wuss!

I heard that the ferry

would be delayed.

Who said so?

My girlfriend.

She says there is a typhoon coming.

It doesn't look like it.

Yes, it does!

My girlfriend

watched the news on TV.

Okay, just go to bed.

Oh, okay. See you later.

See you.

Then why are you here?

What on earth does he want?

Don't be afraid.

I've got something to tell you.

We're not in the real world.

What?

We're in a dream.

In a dream?

Yes.

We're dreaming.

What?

How did you know that?

You told me so.

I told you?

I don't even know you!

What's up?

I dreamt of you going to Kinmen.

Really?

You'll be in the military uniform.

On a ferry to Kinmen.

Yeah?

I'll be there as well.

Yeah.

I don't know you in the beginning.

Oh, really? Then?

We won't get to know each other

until you arrive there.

Then... will you come to me?

Yes, I will.

Really?

I'll come to you

even if you're on the rocket to Mars!

Silly, why are you crying?

I'm not crying!

I promise I'll come to you.

Yes.

Don't let it eat you up, okay?

Promise me, you'll come to me.

Yes. I promise.

What year is it now?

But I'm in 2010.

How could it be possible?

When you wake up,

you'll get to know me.

Then one day

you'll tell me

that I will have the same dream.

Right here.

Right now.

On a ferry.

On a ferry to Kinmen.

Are you joking?

No, it's true.

People could have the same dreams.

But not necessarily at the same night.

Like what's happening to us now.

I'm having this dream now.

But you had this dream

one year ago.

I'd been drifting.

I didn't know where I was.

I'd seen the sun rise and

go down three times.

It rose and went down

in different directions each time.

The blazing sun dried up my body.

I hated the sun during the day.

But when the darkness fell,

I longed for it.

I had different dreams each day.

In these dreams,

I gorged myself on food and drink,

but when I woke up,

I felt hungrier than ever.

We celebrated our son's second birthday

just before I left.

I pray to God

Even just one more glance at them.

At the vast open sea,

I imagine the twinkling stars

as their eyes,

When the thought of

never seeing them again occurs to me,

I feel as if my heart

was torn to pieces.

You'll definitely see them again.

You must believe that

as long as you really, really want it

God will give you another chance.

How would you know that?

I've once lost someone

who is very important to me.

I thought I'd never see her again.

But I kept thinking about her.

And finally get to see her again!

So you've found her?

I'm not sure whether I've found her

or she's found me.

You must be really happy.

Do you know when you caught my attention

for the first time?

When was it?

Remember you were squeezing bubble wrap

in the study center?

You just kept squeezing.

I was thinking,

'Who is this nuisance?'

Nuisance? Really?

Of course you were!

We were in a study center!

You're such a pain.

Well, I just want to say,

it's such a familiar sound to me.

It's true.

When I was little,

we had tons of bubble wrap at home.

When I was alone in the house,

I'd keep squeezing it.

One day

when my mum found out what I'd done,

I was punished to death!

You sounded so weird.

Why did you squeeze the wrap alone

at home?

My parents were very busy at work.

I was often left alone at home.

When I was on my own,

I would count the bubbles

when I squeezed it.

That's how I kept myself busy.

So you're afraid of being alone?

Not now.

You shut yourself up?

Not really.

Not now.

By the way

Why do you have that compass

with you all the time?

This?

Yeah.

This is a special compass.

Can you tell the difference?

No, but the arm spins just the same,

doesn't it?

It tells you which way north is.

Why do you have it

with you all the time?

It was from my dad.

He had once said to me,

'As long as you know

which way north is,'

'you'll never worry about getting lost.'

Getting lost?

Oh.

So you are worried about getting lost?

We're not talking about reindeer?

(a pun on getting lost)

No, we're not. I know that.

Are you often worried

about getting lost?

Not really.

Did I tell you that

my dad was a sailor?

I probably didn't.

Once...

he worked on a ship bound for Japan.

And he never returned.

What happened to him?

He went missing.

Missing?

How come?

He just vanished into thin air.

When I was little, my mum often told Me

my dad was such a good swimmer that

he must have swum to

some unknown island.

But I can't help myself thinking

maybe my dad is

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