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read between the lines
a sight to behold but with that off my chest, i did have a good time meeting up again today. (yes friend, you made my day today :) and it was good to get to finally see you and catch up on our lives after sooooo long.)and the sky was really a vivid display of brilliance this evening, more awesome than usual. too bad i didn't bring my camera. something in the sky started to tell when i was crossing the causeway and the sky started to turn the colour of a dusty road. it was highly unusual to see the whole sky a yellow ochre instead of the usual blue. and then it started to rain...and of course, the usual evening jam. and then later while my parents and i were having dinner out in the open, the sky started to really perform for us. behind me the sky was a bright orange, like someone had taken a brush and splashed out the colour orange onto that whole area behind. in front of me, i saw great contrasts of grey and blue as the clouds started to turn dark from lack of sunlight. soundless thunderbolts could be seen at one particular mass of clouds. and then the magic came. a really long and wet rainbow appeared before my very eyes as the thunderbolts disappeared and the tail of the rainbow emerged from there. the rainbow was so clear (it wasn't one of those weak rainbows where you can't see all eight colours) and so long that when i ran out to the furthest end of the road i couldn't even see where the rainbow ended (stupid buildings were blocking). now that, other than being a beautiful sight, spelled promise. anyone who's read the bible will know what i mean. my parents didn't see it that way, as usual. they just glanced up and "uh"-ed before continuing their conversation. they didn't seem keen on talking about the sky either. but i'm used to people in general not sharing the same appreciation i have for the skies i guess. i mean, i haven't known or seen anyone i know who is as fascinated as i am with god's canvas. they'll usually just go, "oh yeah. stars." and go back to their business...hahaha. i haven't seen anyone crane their neck to spot the stars or stare at the changing rays of sunlight as long as i have. and if anyone knows such a person, please refer me to him/her. haha. back to the rainbow, it disappeared after 5 minutes. so very fast. and when i turned around, the orange had turned into bright, thick bands of orangey-red. it looked like one of those simulated clouds in those computer games i've played before. surreal. great to see the sky come all out to perform like that today. and on an unrelated note, the patrons, my parents and i witnessed a near-accident in front of our dinner tables. it happened after the rainbow disappeared. some stupid lady driver forgot to put the gear in park and ended up rolling her white proton wira down the hill onto oncoming cars, with her passengers still inside and with one of them jumping out of the car. at first we all thought the one who ran out got run over, since she fell. and i thought the oncoming cars would crash into this unfortunate car. but thankfully god's angels decided to play host today and shielded them from harm. it's not like anyone of us up here could help in time anyway, cos it happened so fast, the place we were dining at was a raised platform area and it was quite a distance away. |
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