Sing Along...

This is a very special song to me.

Though not intended to be read as such, I guess looking at it in general, it gives us inspiration to persevere when we are at our lowest and darkest moments.

It is and has always been special to me for this reason, but today, it is for another. I think those of us who are/will be flying off overseas will be able to relate well to it.

There’s so much energy and emotion in it. I think this is a fantastic song. After a bad/mellow/depressing day, I pop a can of beer open in the night, and if/when this song plays, I can’t help but shout:

WALK ON!!! :D

silon

Dateline

The overseas degree is really starting to get to me. All of the sudden and out of no where, I finally realized something: I have only a few more months here before I'd be off to Australia.

I have absolutely no idea when I'll be back again, hopefully soon -and often- but I wouldn't know. I have no idea how long I'll be there for either; a few years maybe. Hopefully.

While I'm certainly not over the moon or super excited about going off, I am (naturally) getting nostalgic. It's just a few months more before I'd be gone!

You know, I have so much I want to do.

I want to spend as much time as I can with those closest to me, appreciating their warmth and their wonderful company as best I can. I'd want these remaining few months to be both memorable and meaningful.

I’d like to “clean up” some of the messy bits of my life; I have so much bad blood with so many people. Though it has never really bothered me all this while -it still doesn’t- it would certainly be great to be able to patch things up before I go.

This is beginning to sound so much like I’m about to die (!), while in actual fact its just going to be me being a continent away for eight months on end. But I guess like death, in a way it highlights how precious time is for all of us.

It is something we rarely realize until an ‘end’ is really before us, and only then do we start appreciating life, the people and the things around us to the full.

And so, with about four more months left, I’ll be trying to make use of this time as best I can. When this is over, I want to be able to look back and know that not a second of it was wasted away.

silon

Cloud Nine

Moderately high up and above the clouds, there I sat in that cramppy little seat and all I could do was to keep looking out the window.

The sun's rays had this wonderful golden hue to it, and everything was almost magical. Every time I look at this picture, it always brings me back to one of the best and most memorable times of my life; meeting/being with friends closest to me, and having all the time in the world. 

And all the while, the one song that wouldn't stop playing in my head the entire month-long period:

Boy, it was all so fantastic!

silon