Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Something alil weird happened to me this evening, when i was on my way home...
I alighted from my bus, crossed the road, and was walking towards my block. Weather these days has been pretty wet, so i was silently pleased that i need'nt hafta be hindered by the rain. As i walked into cover, i suddenly heard a rumbling sound (even tho i was listening to music).
Taken aback, i turned around, and to my surprise, it was suddenly pouring heavily! I noe its quite assuming to imagine that the rain waited for me to reach shelter b4 it started, but its at tis kinda time when one (like me, heh) would suddenly assume an imaginary sense of self-importance. Oh well, the abruptness of the rain really caught me by surprise lah. My left foot barely stepped into the perimeter of the building.
Anyway, all those thoughts happened, in like the 2 brief seconds whereby i turned my head to witness the meteorological phenomenon, afterwhich i walked on towards my home.
After switching on my lights, i went on to open my windows. in case no one knew, i hate rooms with bad air-circulation. As i was doing so, i was taking the opportunity to take in the view. The instant i looked out, the rain was already reduced to a drizzle. Within the next 10 seconds, there i was looking at the streams of rain get thinner and thinner, and then all of a sudden, it was no more.
Oh well, anyway, i was really thinking about the common saying, that rain cant keep going on, metaphorically. I must say that anyone with minimal knowledge about precipitation would concur with that on the surface. But i wanna really take the opportunity to tell my friends around me that bad times will eventually run out, like the way rain does.
I noe alot of u guys are going thru various rough patches of ur life, and sometimes, we all really feel disheartened and negative. Patience contemplates the virtue; wait out the bad times. Sometimes if u r sick of waiting, then be proactive to eradicate the bad times. =)
All my 24 years of life, i tink i've been a tad too positive. many frns always ask me, "marv, y u so positive ah?" u noe, i dun find that a gd thing, really. So apart from the saying about how rain gotta stop somehow, i tell myself:
"The sun cant always be up."
I can't be perpetually positive about things, its wrongggggg. So i aim to be moderately positive tis yr. =)
Anyway, to illustrate the point, i've uploaded the lyrics of a chinese song by Jolin (and recently, Wei Jian), Tian Kong a.k.a. "Sky". Well, paying particular attention to the chorus, it really does depict how i'm feeling now. so apt, so nice to find a popular song tat describes the way we r feeling eh?
(if too small can doubleclick on it to large)
Well, for the less-motivated, it can simply mean:
In my sky after your exodus,
I feel like a kite, reaching out for the farthest dreams.
In my sky after the rain,
I continue my search for my fast-disappearing emotions.
Yet I'll remain positive, awaiting the elusive rainbow tats due after the rain.
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(if too small can doubleclick on it to large)