oh hello pple! im back again, to brighten up your lives with another little entry! did u guys miss me? haha...
anyway, there's some time to type in a quick entry, cos prelims are over, and im catching my breather before the A levels now and then. surprisingly i didn't do too badly for my prelims overall; in fact better than the mid-years. im thankful that my european history grade was enough to pull my overall history mark from that dismal F to a more heartening E. didn't hit that D this time, but i'll try harder for A levels. aiming for B you know... my life is so filled with exams and stress now that sometimes even i forgot how to live and let go a little. i was forcibly reminded of that when i was persuaded to go out with my parents for a little evening walk.
we went to the Botanical gardens, and boy, were there a lot of people! everywhere we looked, there were cars and cars and cars and people and people and people...you get the picture. we found a new section: the Evolution Garden Walk. its truly a fascinating walk, takes about 1/2 hr -45 mins to walk through the whole thing. what the walk does is recapture the birth of our earth, and of its flora from like 450 million years ago to the present day. everything looks so lifelike, especially the plants (which are 100% real), and so unusual. i surprisingly found myself recalling information that i had once learned in primary school about plants and such. from there, we jogged all the way to the Ginger Garden and to the lake before making a turn and going back to the entrance of the Ginger Garden. there was a performance going on at the stage area, and it sounded entertaining. i caught a glimpse of people of stilts as i ran past. the scents coming from the Ginger Garden were refreshing and sweet, and the sound of the little man-made waterfall was boisterous. the swans on the little 'lake' were proudly elegant, and ignored all who went by, except those who were throwing bread to them.
due to not having run since my 2.4 km test, i guess i was certainly quite out of shape, and was exhausted on the way back. the 500m back seemed like 500km to my tired legs. i experienced quite a few dizzy spells and had to sit down a few times to get some oxygen to my brain. but i was so revived and energetic for the night, bouncing all over, and even when i went to bed close to 2am, i woke up the next morning at 6am full of energy and life. isn't if amazing what a little exercise does for you? i planning to go swimming this weekend. i truly miss swimming.
but what that run in the Botanical Gardens taught me was that i had been so full of study and books that i had forgotten to stop and take a look at the nature that surrounded me. the simplest moss seemed so beautiful to my newly-opened eyes. everything smelled fresher and cleaner, food tasted better, i was no longer so tired. i realised i had forgotten the delight of a child's laugh, the beauty of a delicate flower, the sharp tangy scents of ginger, the elegance of swans, the feeling of leaving my problems behind as i run. all these things are precious to me.
Deep within your mind you have been blind
Look around and find
There's somehitng in the air
Sometimes I can read it in your eyes
Keep the dream alive
There's something in the air
Don't know why the truth becomes a lie
Makes me wanna cry
There's something in the air
And I can feel it... Oh yeah
And I can feel it... Everywhere
There is something in the air
Our tears will dry tomorrow
No more pain or sorrow
There's something in the air
All the darkness turns to sunlight
(The) Dawning hits the long night
There's something in the air
We can heal the wounds of time together
It'll be forever
There's something in the air
I can feel the love that I desire
Come on take me higher
There's something in the air
(Sarah Brightman, song entitled "There's something in the air")
