I have just watched the TV drama "Saga no gabai ba-chan 2 (佐賀のがばいばあちゃん２)." Saga is the name of the prefecture in Kyushu (九州), the southern island. Gabai is the dialect of Saga meaning very but in this case great. Ba-chan is grandmother.
The original book was written by Shimada Yoshichi(島田洋七), a famous comedian and published in 1993. By April 2007, 4 million copies were sold and the story became a movie and TV dramas. I watched the movie on TV last year.
It is his autobiography. When he was a boy, his mother in Hiroshima (広島) sent him to Saga where his grandmother was to live with her. She was rather poor economically but very rich in heart. The drama depicted 3 episodes while he lived with her.
Her words are pregnant. Among them I like the following sayings.
The treasure that cannot be bought by money is the most important.
Have a dream. Have a dream until it will be accomplished. If not, no problem, it is after all just a dream.
Hardship is a warm-up to be happy.
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