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00:02:22 If you spare my life,
00:02:24 I'll live it to the fullest.
00:02:28 If not, let me see my family.
00:03:03 Dad, where do people go after they die?
00:03:06 I don't know, Melody.
00:03:08 Dad, what's a ghost?
00:03:10 Well, some say they're the dead people
00:03:12 who can't leave those
00:03:14 who are still alive,
00:03:16 Some say, ghosts are the imagination
00:03:18 refusing to believe
00:03:21 Dad, do you believe in ghosts?
00:03:47 Police.
00:03:49 There's an accident on Highway 3
00:03:52 Yes, 2 adults and 2 kids.
00:03:54 Call an ambulance, now!
00:03:59 Dad...
00:04:06 Dad
00:04:09 Dad
00:04:13 That day was November 11,1998,
00:04:18 Dad could no longer tell me
00:04:20 whether there're ghosts in this world.
00:04:22 He's dead.
00:04:37 Dad has been dead for a year,
00:04:41 She can't sleep at night,
00:04:45 but only gets half way through every time.
00:05:09 Mom, don't cry...
00:05:17 I miss your Dad so much.
00:05:20 Why doesn't he come back?
00:05:26 What could I've done at this age?
00:05:30 I wish there were ghosts,
00:05:32 and Mom could see Dad.
00:05:36 Time flies and a decade has passed.
00:05:41 I'm in college studying literature
00:05:45 Mom has gone back to college,
00:05:48 taking one subject after another.
00:05:53 Dad, I won a championship again.
00:06:01 Honey, I've graduated.
00:06:04 Mom has got another PhD, so great!
00:06:20 Mom, don't cry.
00:06:31 I still miss your Dad a lot.
00:06:41 Time has healed nothing.
00:06:43 I'm not a kid any more
00:07:01 Mom.
00:07:05 Sorry, Mom can't sleep.
00:07:13 Mom, I want to write a novel,
00:07:16 about us.
00:07:19 The world in the novel would be
00:07:23 Dad didn't die but went blind,
00:07:27 we would be dead.
00:07:29 And there would be ghosts in that world.
00:07:32 We would make Dad...
00:07:35 live again in the other world.
00:07:42 In that accident, Dad has gone blind.
00:07:47 but we were killed.
00:07:50 Dad missed us so much
00:08:02 Dad is blind and by himself,
00:08:05 I want a Philippines maid
00:08:07 Maria will take care of Dad just like Mom.
00:08:08 Maria is not that pretty.
00:08:10 Maria is not pretty
00:08:13 Get a puppy to accompany Dad.
00:08:15 Oscar has turned into a puppy
00:08:18 Mom's coming back soon to cook for Dad.
00:08:25 A novel can fulfill
00:08:28 And the writer can come
00:08:37 I hope to write a novel
00:08:40 and help reunite her with Dad.
00:08:48 Police.
00:08:49 There's an accident on Highway 3
00:08:53 Yes... 2 adults and 2 kids.
00:08:56 Call an ambulance, now!
00:09:01 That day was November 11 1998.
00:09:07 I can't hear from wife and kids,
00:09:11 and can't give Melody the answer.
00:09:13 Do I believe there're ghosts?
00:09:17 Cos they're dead.
00:09:20 Time flies and a year has passed.
00:09:25 Maria is the Philippines maid
00:09:28 The place I visit most frequent
00:09:31 I wish there were ghost in this world,
00:09:33 my wife and children will look for me.
00:09:46 Maria, what if it was me who died?
00:09:52 I don't know, sir.
00:09:54 Maria, who decides who will die?
00:09:59 I really don't know, sir.
00:10:16 Maria, can you see Mom?
00:10:19 No...
00:10:21 It's getting late, let's go.
00:10:24 I'm scared.
00:10:31 Tell me when you see them, Maria.
00:11:07 Maria, I want to write a novel
00:11:10 where anything could happen.
00:11:12 There would be ghosts.
00:11:13 And madam, Melody and Oscar
00:11:16 Our family would be back together.
00:11:51 Stove on, ventilator spinning,
00:11:57 lights on.
00:12:08 My wife is back.
00:12:31 Man and ghost are just
00:12:35 A hand of fate will toss it,
00:12:38 and the sides keep flipping.
00:12:43 Heads and tails
00:12:45 are always on opposite sides.
00:12:50 Man and ghost are on different paths.
00:12:54 And the pain lasts into eternity.
00:13:08 Why are you cooking so late?
00:13:10 Sir, what're you cooking so late at night?
00:13:16 Sir, your favorite dish.
00:14:17 Oh, a ghost did that.
00:14:21 Your dead wife still
00:14:25 I though it's all over
00:14:27 It's not a good thing.
00:14:30 You watch out for a dog
00:14:34 in the next few days, it's your son.
00:14:37 He's willing to come back
00:14:44 Delivery.
00:14:46 This way. How much?
00:14:50 15 dollars.
00:14:52 Keep the change.
00:14:58 Hey, where's my egg sandwich?
00:15:00 How come there's so much stuff?
00:15:15 The ghost did it again.
00:15:17 Sir, I'm scared. I quit.
00:15:30 How can your wife be a ghost like this?
00:15:34 The living and the dead
00:15:47 No wonder, your daughter
00:15:55 My daughter is M'am Meng's protégé?
00:15:58 Your daughter has become
00:16:00 to lead the dead into the underworld.
00:16:04 And she has some power...
00:16:07 Don't eat it!
00:16:09 It must be your daughter abusing her power
00:16:11 and putting on this sneaky family reunion.
00:16:14 If she gets caught, you'll all pay for it.
00:16:21 But what if...
00:16:26 I really want this reunion?
00:16:31 If that's what you really want...
00:16:33 just pretend you don't know.
00:16:35 And hope it'll get by.
00:16:41 Just pretend these are
00:16:43 as if they're egg sandwiches.
00:16:57 How are you going to get home
00:17:00 No problem, I live close by.
00:17:04 I can get a cab if I really can't make it.
00:17:09 Taxi...
00:17:26 How come there's a bridge here?
00:17:39 How come there's a river here?
00:17:57 Help...
00:18:05 Maria.
00:18:09 Maria, sir has fallen
00:18:16 Maria, sir has fallen
00:18:20 Maria...
00:18:24 Sir has fallen and can't get home...
00:18:54 You can see me?
00:18:59 Maria, you can see me?
00:19:02 Ghost...
00:19:28 You all see me?
00:19:30 Ghost!
00:19:34 Honey!
00:19:47 I'm back.
00:19:51 Sir. I'm here.
00:19:55 Over here!
00:19:58 Sorry sir, I've left you behind.
00:20:05 Maria, you know I'm clumsy,
00:20:07 and you left me like this,
00:20:11 I won't dare do this again, sir.
00:20:12 Come help me up.
00:20:16 I'm warning you!
00:20:19 Don't do this again!
00:20:22 Fine...
00:20:41 Let's go home, Maria.
00:20:52 This is a peculiar moment,
00:20:55 like a coin
00:20:57 dropping on the ground,
00:21:01 but strangely standing just on its edge.
00:21:07 We don't want to spoil it,
00:21:10 just carefully maintain
00:21:16 Wow, Mrs. Tong is really something!
00:21:17 That maid is so scared that
00:22:10 Maria, I wanna hear some music.
00:23:09 Are you Mrs. Tong's twin sister?
00:23:16 Are you human?
00:23:24 Thanks, could you pretend
00:23:28 Mom... I'm back.
00:23:32 Oscar.
00:23:33 Ghost....
00:24:23 Did Mrs. Chan give us the dog?
00:24:27 Yes, sir. Thank you, Mrs. Chan.
00:24:54 Sir, have this and take an early rest.
00:25:37 Mom.
00:25:40 We've scared others,
00:25:42 we've got to move.
00:26:15 God bless me...
00:27:02 It's sis.
00:27:44 Melody, how come Oscar became a dog?
00:27:47 Mom, Oscar wants it this way.
00:27:50 The only way we could be
00:27:52 with Dad is to do sneakily.
00:27:54 We'll all live at the cemetery
00:28:02 Mom, I go to work.
00:28:03 What work do you do?
00:28:04 I'm now M'am Meng's protégé
00:28:06 Work hard! I will.
00:28:09 What does M'am Meng's protégé do?
00:28:11 I bring these dead friends to reincarnate.
00:28:13 You're great, Melody!
00:28:14 Let's get working.
00:30:19 Dad has gotten up.
00:30:50 Maria.
00:30:55 Maria.
00:30:56 Yes, sir.
00:30:59 When was the last time
00:31:01 Sorry, sir, I'll do it now.
00:31:12 How come I can't hear
00:31:22 Maria.
00:31:27 Let's walk the dog.
00:31:29 Yes, sir.
00:32:09 Hold tight, my dead friends,
00:32:11 you'll soon start your
00:32:18 Hold tight, my dead friends,
00:32:20 you'll soon start your
00:32:32 (Dad is imitating Melody driving)
00:32:39 I finally heard Mom's laugh.
00:32:41 So writing novels can really help
00:32:44 She is putting flowers at home
00:32:46 for the first time since Dad's death.
00:33:00 Writing novels makes me happy.
00:33:02 I feel close to my wife and children.
00:33:06 I can smell the flowers in my home.
00:33:08 It smells so good.
00:33:09 Where should I put them, Melody?
00:33:11 On the tea table. Tea table.
00:33:18 On the piano.
00:33:25 On the piano.
00:33:31 Window.
00:33:37 Television, dining room.
00:33:41 Stove.
00:33:44 Table.
00:33:58 By the window.
00:34:01 By the bookcase.
00:34:17 Though we're only reunited inside a novel,
00:34:21 I'm happy with that.
00:34:31 No, not enough. Oscar,
00:34:34 Good.
00:34:36 Not enough...
00:34:38 I need more scents, and colors, capiche?
00:34:40 Ok... I'm leaving, sir.
00:35:21 Let's go.
00:35:45 Somebody hurt!
00:36:23 Forget the keys again.
00:36:47 Who is it?
00:36:50 We're the police.
00:36:51 Are Mandy Ching and Oscar Tong
00:36:58 And they are your...
00:37:02 Mother and brother.
00:37:06 Anyone else at home?
00:37:18 Your mother
00:37:19 and brother were killed in
00:37:22 2 hours ago.
00:38:36 Forget the keys again.
00:38:41 Who is it?
00:38:43 We're the police.
00:38:45 Does Mandia, Maria V
00:38:47 live here?
00:38:49 Yes. And you are...
00:38:52 Filipino maid.
00:38:56 2 hours ago,
00:38:58 she had an accident on Flower Street.
00:39:00 She was dead on the scene.
00:39:07 What accident?
00:39:09 A fallen canopy.
00:39:13 Fallen canopy?
00:39:16 Why is it my family again?
00:39:19 Sir, calm down.
00:39:20 Is there anyone else at home?
00:39:22 No, I'm the only damn blind man
00:39:25 Sir, we'll contact a counselor for you.
00:39:27 Why not call God?
00:39:47 Why my family again?
00:39:51 Why my family again?
00:39:56 Why don't you take me away as well?
00:40:00 Take me away!
00:40:03 Kill me! Don't leave me alone!
00:42:06 Our whole family already
00:42:10 Why can't they just let us be?
00:42:13 What've we done wrong?
00:42:24 Not enough, not colorful enough.
00:43:06 Let's get to work.
00:43:15 What happened?
00:43:20 Oh, no!
00:43:23 Underworld Express, take me to find
00:43:27 Hey...
00:43:40 Why can't fate just let go of me?
00:43:45 I was driving. That makes me responsible
00:43:49 I asked Maria to buy flowers
00:43:55 Thanks, very nice.
00:44:01 It's all my fault.
00:44:02 I shouldn't have put on this reunion.
00:44:05 I did all this.
00:44:10 The coin on its edge will drop
00:44:11 even if it's just touched slightly.
00:44:15 When the me inside the novel
00:44:17 crosses paths with Maria,
00:44:20 it will be time to wake up.
00:44:48 Mom.
00:44:53 Dad. Hubby.
00:44:55 Honey. Somebody Hurt!
00:45:05 Honey!
00:45:08 Honey!
00:45:20 Honey!
00:45:24 Honey, Oscar...
00:45:31 Honey, Oscar.
00:45:38 Just punish me for it,
00:45:40 not my family, no!
00:46:48 (Dad has just finished typing)
00:46:51 (of Mom and Oscar, Melody)
00:46:52 (As if he is bidding farewell)
00:46:54 (Dad holds on to the typewriter,)
00:46:57 (sitting in solitude in his chaotic home,)
00:46:58 (lonely and helpless...)
00:47:19 Mom, Oscar, please don't die!
00:47:31 Mom and Oscar haven't died.
00:47:48 Mom and Oscar haven't died...
00:48:34 In a novel, anything is possible.
00:48:38 No fate, no chances.
00:48:49 I challenge death,
00:48:52 by taking my Mom and brother.
00:48:55 I can carry on writing,
00:48:56 and bring them back to life in the novel.
00:49:01 I won't give up
00:49:02 and I will bring them back.
00:50:10 Yes?
00:50:15 Are you looking for a domestic helper?
00:50:25 Can you start right now?
00:50:27 Yes.
00:50:42 I haven't eaten for days.
00:50:46 Make me noodles, and tidy up my house.
00:51:51 It's ready.
00:52:08 How can I eat if you don't
00:52:42 I'm tidying up the place.
00:53:11 Are you blind?
00:53:17 Why be a domestic helper?
00:53:24 I'm by myself and have nowhere to go.
00:53:29 You're by yourself and
00:53:33 How do you know I'm on my own?
00:53:37 Don't kick me out, let me stay.
00:53:41 Why do you want to stay?
00:53:48 How did you become blind?
00:53:54 A car accident when I was 12.
00:53:58 Who else was in your family?
00:54:02 My mother and brother.
00:54:04 When did it happen? Where are they?
00:54:08 Gone to another world.
00:54:11 Another world?
00:54:17 You mean dead?
00:54:21 Where's your father?
00:54:24 What's your name?
00:54:26 Who are you?
00:54:30 Hey, why don't you answer me?
00:55:39 Are you human, or ghost?
00:56:20 I'm a ghost.
00:56:30 Melody?
00:56:47 Dad.
00:56:50 Why?
00:56:52 Melody. Mom.
00:56:58 Melody.
00:57:04 Melody.
00:57:07 Mom...
00:57:12 Mom and Oscar really didn't die.
00:57:18 Mom. Melody.
00:57:24 Melody.
00:57:33 Mom.
00:57:41 Melody! Honey!
00:57:47 Hubby... where are you?
00:57:56 So I really could die in their place.
00:58:00 Mom, no need to worry. I'm with Dad.
00:58:05 It's ok as long as you and Oscar are fine.
00:58:06 Melody, there're ghosts in Dad's world!
00:58:10 You're Melody?
00:58:16 How come you're Melody?
00:58:18 What? You all died
00:58:22 You were 12 and Oscar was only 5.
00:58:26 Are you human, or ghost?
00:58:29 Mom, Oscar. Hubby.
00:58:31 Honey, where are you?
00:58:35 Mom, I'm fine.
00:58:38 Melody.
00:58:44 Sis. Oscar, Mom.
01:00:03 How come it looks so much like my house?
01:00:40 In that accident...
01:00:42 Dad survived but went blind,
01:00:52 Mom and Oscar and I were dead.
01:01:02 There're ghosts in Dad's world.
01:01:09 We'll return to him...
01:01:13 as ghosts.
01:01:23 Mom and Oscar didn't die.
01:01:26 It was me who was killed
01:01:32 I went to Dad's world.
01:02:16 Where are we, Mom?
01:02:21 I don't know, but I see lots of Dad.
01:02:25 Husband's gone, wife's gone,
01:02:27 son's gone, daughter's gone.
01:02:31 You 3 are dead,
01:02:34 Who're you? M'am Meng.
01:02:38 We're dead?
01:02:40 You were crushed by
01:02:52 Oscar, we're dead.
01:02:59 How come you're dead, Melody?
01:03:04 M'am Meng, how did she die?
01:03:19 Melody Tong is not dead.
01:03:21 How come you're here? Go away!
01:03:23 Don't make me leave!
01:03:24 Melody Tong is dead.
01:03:28 Melody.
01:03:30 Mandy Ching and Oscar Tong did not die.
01:03:32 It was Melody Tong who got crushed
01:03:41 Who're you?
01:03:45 Little M'am Meng who
01:03:47 There can only be one M'am Meng.
01:03:50 February 2nd, 2008, 14:14 hour,
01:03:52 Mandy Ching 42, Oscar Tong 15,
01:03:54 they are crushed to death by a canopy
01:03:56 February 8, 2008, 14:14,
01:03:59 Melody Tong was buying
01:04:01 The canopy fell and Melody Tong was
01:04:03 the only person got killed
01:04:05 Yours is not the real one.
01:04:08 It was me who was buying
01:04:09 How come it was Melody that
01:04:11 I am dead. It was me who went to
01:04:13 It was Melody Tong who got killed,
01:04:15 Quiet!
01:04:20 (Mandy Ching 42, Oscar Tong 15,)
01:04:22 (they are crushed to death)
01:04:24 I was right. It wasn't you who died.
01:04:26 Go back and live a good life.
01:04:29 Melody. Sis.
01:04:30 Mom.
01:04:48 Mom, Oscar.
01:04:53 Mom, Oscar.
01:05:05 Melody.
01:05:11 Melody.
01:05:20 M'am Meng, I am dead,
01:05:22 It was me who went to buy flowers,
01:05:25 Melody, what's going on?
01:05:27 Where're Mom and Oscar?
01:05:29 M'am Meng, I am dead,
01:05:31 It was me who went to buy flowers,
01:05:33 Melody.
01:05:35 Dad is here. M'am Meng, Let me back!
01:06:03 I'm really dead?
01:06:06 The canopy killed my wife and son,
01:06:10 and my daughter is left by herself.
01:06:13 Melody.
01:06:17 I want to go back...
01:06:20 I'll get back if I am dead.
01:06:46 Melody...
01:07:03 Don't...
01:07:19 Help...
01:07:23 She is trying to kill herself, Help!
01:07:25 You've gone too far...
01:07:36 I won't let you die.
01:07:38 Let Dad beg you.
01:07:40 Melody, don't!
01:09:22 Please have the M'am Meng soup
01:09:24 No, I can't let go of my daughter.
01:09:27 They won't board the car.
01:09:29 They are not dead.
01:09:43 Hubby!
01:09:58 Dad!
01:10:03 You were killed in a car accident
01:10:04 How come you're only
01:10:21 Which one is mine and which one is yours?
01:10:22 They're not dead.
01:10:23 Who are you?
01:10:25 M'am Meng, don't send my daughter away!
01:10:39 Dad, Mom!
01:10:44 You're M'am Meng?
01:10:45 Does my daughter kill herself?
01:10:48 What're you talking about, honey?
01:10:54 I saw her hanging herself,
01:10:57 but I couldn't stop her.
01:11:00 I'm dead already.
01:11:04 You're not. Dad knows you've grown up.
01:11:06 I'm dead already. I know,
01:11:07 you're Melody Tong who wants to be dead.
01:11:31 February 10th 2008, 14:24,
01:11:34 dies from jumping off a building.
01:11:38 There are 5 more minutes.
01:11:42 February 10th 2008, 14:25,
01:11:45 dies from jumping off a building.
01:11:48 There are 6 more minutes.
01:11:50 How come you die twice?
01:12:03 Don't, Melody, don't die!
01:12:04 We'll be a family again soon.
01:12:06 No! Dad won't let you die!
01:12:09 M'am Meng, how can I save my daughter?
01:12:11 You daughter wants to die
01:12:13 because you haven't moved on,
01:12:24 Have the M'am Meng Soup
01:12:27 If we move on, our daughter won't die?
01:12:28 I don't know. If you can't let go,
01:12:30 she won't either.
01:12:32 Don't drink it! You won't remember me
01:12:35 We'll never be together again!
01:13:01 Why is it my family again?
01:13:03 What have we done wrong?
01:13:05 No one's at fault.
01:13:07 Death is not a punishment,
01:13:10 The Books of Life includes all families,
01:13:13 there's death, separation and reunion
01:13:16 in the next life in each
01:13:18 Let go, Melody.
01:13:58 Let's get going.
01:14:02 Sit tight, my dead friends,
01:14:03 we'll soon go into the afterlife.
01:14:30 Die once.
01:15:11 Mom? Dad? Oscar?
01:15:13 How come I can see?
01:15:15 Am I dead?
01:15:22 (Melody Tong, 22 years old,)
01:16:10 Sorry, I won't do it again.
01:16:56 Mom, Dad, Oscar,
01:17:00 I'll remember to be good from now on.
01:17:24 If death is not the end,
01:17:28 there's M'am Meng, the Underworld Express,
01:17:31 there's a farewell and a new life,
01:17:35 I won't be scared any more.
01:18:44 In the novel,
01:18:46 things will happen as I wish.
01:18:49 I write my novel
01:18:56 But who's writing the story
01:19:02 Who decides life and death?
01:19:57 If you spare my life,
01:20:00 I'll live it to the fullest.
01:20:03 If not, let me see my family.
01:20:10 Subtitles: Arigon
01:20:30 In the novel, I use death as a way out.
01:20:37 In real life, I'd chose to live
01:20:44 In the beginning, I wrote the novel
01:20:49 about Mom and Oscar
01:20:51 Now, I'm the only one left behind,
01:20:54 trying to heal myself.
01:21:07 I feel better right this minute,
01:21:10 but I may feel agony the next.
01:21:15 This is the way it has to be.
01:21:20 I'll tell myself to live better each day.
01:21:23 To live a long life.
01:21:26 To life a good life.