Everything is coming back to me like magic. They were playing some older popular songs on TV, like 九百九十九朵玫瑰 (999 roses). This song hasn't crossed my mind in so many years, but as soon as I heard it, it was so familiar. As long as I had the words on the bottom of the screen to follow, I could sing along. They also played 千年等一回, the theme song to the tv series I loved to watch, 白蛇娘娘 ("white snake goddess/fairy"). Today, I couldn't get it out of my head.