Starry Starry Night

There I was, sitting by the window, my favourite spot in any vehicle, during the journey home from Singapore on Monday night, minding my own business, fumbling with my phone's playlist...

And then I looked out the window...

"Wow..."

(What I saw was something like the picture itself... well... almost...)

Well, okay, I'm no jakun, and it's not like I've never seen stars before. 

But being a city kid -  born, raised and having grown up in the city, where lights are plentiful and never seem to go off even until the sun comes up, I've never really had many chances to actually sit back and enjoy the beauty of the night skies.

Being surrounded by all kinds of lights - streetlamps, house lights, billboard spotlights, huge blinking neon signs - all night, well suffice to say, all those lights would surely dim out whatever remaining lights you'd gleam from the sky.

And the few times I've actually had the privilege to enjoy star studded skies like these were either:

i) When blackouts occured and the whole neighbourhood is as dark as the sky itself (albeit being constantly disturbed by mosquitoes as well), or

ii) Enjoying the night sky whilst on the beach where there are minimal lights (I think I can count the number of times I did this with the fingers of only one hand)

So, being able to see something like this from inside a moving bus on the dark, dark highway was really something for me.

Okay, I have to admit though, I'm the kind of person who would usually just fall asleep in the bus/car/whatever vehicle it is I'm sitting in and be oblivious to everything else going on outside. (Although there was this one trip, where I recall waking up and looking out the window, only to see a really tall pole or tower of some sort and it was on fire... and I can assure you I wasn't dreaming... but that's a story for another day... and anyway why am I even talking about it... it's just so irrelevant =.=) And besides that, just like any other human being, I'm always taking things for granted. So appreciating the awesome things all around us isn't something I'd do until something hits me hard in the face and makes me go "Oh! Why didn't I notice this before?"... Or something along those lines...

I'm just glad I actually looked out the window that Monday night. The stars were just so beautiful. And staring out at the night sky that night, made me reminisce about my fascination with astronomy I've always had as a young girl, which actually, wasn't all that long ago. Wouldn't you agree that the universe is such a fascinating and interesting piece of creation? I certainly do. I've always thought the night skies to be intriguing and mysterious, and most of all, full of endless possibilities.

Ah, and wouldn't it be great to have a star named after you...

Guess I better stop here before I get lost in my little girl fantasies again... Heheh...

Star light, star bright,

The first star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight...