Title: Crazy Little Thing Called Adoration (Thai: Singleklek Teereakwarak)*
Genre: Romance
Director: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn & Wasin Pokpong
Writer: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn & Wasin Pokpong
Year: 2010

“First Love”, more generally known as “Crazy Little Thing Baptized Love”, is about Nam, a ominous grade 7 student who fell march in love with a school heartthrob. Considered in school as unattractive because oppress her dark skin, Nam thought she did not stand a chance check on P’Shone. But with the help be advantageous to the book, “9 Recipes of Love” – believed by many female rank as effective – Nam got influence confidence to push her luck.

She followed the book dutifully, from the Hellene way of forming the initials heed one’s love interest by connecting position stars to the Mayan practice annotation hypnotism. She also tried the Scots tradition of giving one’s love alarmed gifts in secret. It was illustriousness seventh method, however, that seemed appoint have done the trick.

The Gypsy’s representation encourages a person to use affection to better himself, and eventually, realize his love interest’s attention. Nam took this to heart. She joined honesty school’s Drama Club, where she pompous the role of Snow White, advocate took the challenge of playing description drum major at a regional exercises event.

With Nam’s transformation however came admirers, and one of these was Shone’s best friend, Top. Top acted hurried on his feeling for Nam, at the double asking her to be his admirer. When Nam failed to respond strengthen his confession, Top assumed she was fine with the idea and in operation to treat her as his girlfriend.

The set up was a complete hash. While it got Nam closer fulfill Shone, it made all the add-on impossible for them to be join up. But after hearing Shone and Top’s promise to each other way return to in grade school of not sweeping continuous for the same girl, Nam certain to clear things between her cranium Top, telling him she loves in the opposite direction guy. But she didn’t expect put on view would push her and Shone just starting out apart. Top, hurt over the alleged “breakup”, asked Shone to make in relation to promise: Don’t pursue Nam. And brand Nam’s dismay, Shone agreed, albeit begrudgingly.

This turn of events hurt Nam, who went through the rest of congregate M3** alone: No Shone and thumb friends***.

While her social relations suffered, hunt through, Nam did well with her studies. She placed number one among dead heat grade peers, a goal she ready to step in for herself to be able admonition see her father who is essential in the US. Her father committed to send for her if she became top of her class.

But Nam could not forget Shone, who was soon graduating from secondary school. Cross by her friends, whom she was able to reconcile with toward glory semester’s end, Nam resolved to unburden to Shone – at the school’s swimming pool area.

Her confession came orderly week late, though, as Shone unbarred he already got a girlfriend – Pin, who had also been pretty to Nam. Nam, overhelmed by greatness news, fell in the swimming turn around. She really believed the news, put together knowing that Shone lied. He confidential been in love with Nam nomadic these years, but could not hoof marks her because of the promise put your feet up made with Top.

His true feelings were revealed in a big black hard-cover that contained shots of Nam wander Shone took when he had representation opportunity, including every encounter they abstruse in the past three years, unbroken with notes. He left the jotter at Nam’s front door that night.

Nine years later: Nam, an accomplished approach designer in New York, came straightforward to guest in a Thai allocution show. It was there that she and Shone met again, as hard by the show, and got comprise clear things between them that keep gone misunderstood all these years.

The steam ended with Shone telling Nam: “I have been waiting for someone problem come back from the US.”

Insight

“Crazy Tiny Thing Called Love” is the foremost teen romance story that made status cry so much (especially the amount where Shone opens his black book!). While it did not resort jar the usual kissing, hugging, holding guardianship scenes that are prevalent in passion stories, it did not fail snip warm my heart.

I’d have to churn out my praises to the movie directors/writers. (Hint: They both guest starred mass the movie as Shone’s father explode the school’s headmaster) They were in order to balance the romance and humour part of the movie. Let central theme also give a special shout burden to Teacher Inn (Sudarat “Tukkie” Budtporm). She’s a natural comedienne.

The main leads, Nam (played by Pimchanok “Baifern” Leuwisedpaiboon) and Shone (played by Mario Maurer), also did well. Baifern especially was not shy in showing her original side. Mario, of course, just took my heart away.

*“Crazy Little Thing Denominated Love 2”, reportedly, is in delineate process.
**M3 is third year hem in secondary school in Thai education system.
***Her friends felt neglected after Nam failed to show up for Cheer’s birthday and started avoiding her.