very unnecessary fixation of the 'wind'

Since everyone has left so many reviews on how good the series is as a whole, I just want to point out a detail I really, really, really like that made this series more special for me, personally.

The concept of wind, throughout the series. Specifically, how the character Chief Phupha set the significance of the 'wind' metaphor. The first encounter we have with the wind concept that truly sticks out to me is the karaoke scene. The song he was singing had lyrics like
'May the wind take my heart away, From this land far up in the north,'
'Let it fly high in the sky to the horizon, May the wind bring my heart to that someone'
As we all can see, Phupha was quite literally serenading Tian with this song, he is expressing his feeling and just blatantly flirting with Tian. This scene happened after we were shown the time where both sides had an understand-ment of how they felt towards each other. It was as if Phupha wants his heart to fly from where he is (quite literally from the north, where he always been) to where Tian is. It also could be seen from the class difference, where Phupha is, its just too far away from the son of the Ministry, but he still wants that wind to deliver his heart to that someone.
Ep 5, in which they finally went to their little date had a little talk at night, both of them felt like this is the start of what couldn't be said. It was a starting point for both of them, its like they knew that they like each other, and now, they won't hold back anymore. The wind symbol came with the kite scene. The kite scene represents them flying high, letting go, being free... literally free flying, like a kite. Of course, the kite is able to fly due to the.. wind! The wind finally brought his heart somewhere it could fly high.
And then we arrive at ep7, the song Phupha has been playing on his Khlui was revealed to be a song titled ... you guessed it! "Oh Wind!"... with the lyrics such as:
'Wind, oh wind blowing back then passing away, a fleeting moment made my heart beats and flutters'
'How lonely I am, depressing my heart, Oh my dear heart, will you ever meet your better half?',
mind you, this song has always been what Phupha plays on the Khlui(ie. EP2), before he even fell inlove with Tian. It represents how lonely Phupha was, how much he yearns for that someone to come, even when Torfun is there with open arms, he still felt like he hasn't found that right one yet. However, as we finally hear him play the whole song and even sang it, we got an answer to the heart-wrenching song, him. Tian is the answer, Tian is the one, he found him, and like he said, he's there to keep him companied.
The most painful version of this metaphor: Wind - Num Kala. Wow yall.... this song had me in unbreathable sob... No songs could ever hurt me in a series as much as this did. Its legit insane.. because wtf is
'Wind oh wind blowing, the wind that brought you to me'
'Then it took you away from me'
'Wind, oh please, May the wind blow you back to me?'
name it , was it circumstances, was it selfless-ness of Phupha, was it Tian's need to grow out of his guilt, was it the class difference, was it Phupha's job... what was it? or was it everything combined that pushed this separation? ..... The song represents how much Phupha misses him, long for him, wants him by his side again, but knowing full-well that it can never happen, no matter how much he wants it. Phupha has the mindset of letting Tian have the future the world promises for him, so he will not be a hindrance even for love.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IM TYPING AT THIS POINT ! but these songs make me cry .. love love love the OSTs but these songs come up in the scene, and all its like someone punched my heart.
I just love the wind and A Tale of a Thousand Stars.. I'll go to sleep.

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