Wednesday, February 20, 2008

V E R A N D A

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Have you ever driven a car with no rear mirror?

A couple of days ago, my uncle called me from the balcony; to see how the moonlight was magnificently reflected in the beautiful salty gulf waters.. I went to the balcony & stared & stared for a few brief moments.. It was wonderful.. Very enchanting.. I don’t really like to stare into the ocean at night though, but the moonlight was incredible that night (this is coming from a person who hates the darkness! I can’t even sleep in the absolute darkness, I get frightened..).. However that very night, I sensed this ummm, what word can I use.. ummm, this serenity in the air.. It was very soothing.. It was as if the whole world was held still & only the waves were dancing in the moonlight..

I love our balacoonah (from Italian “balcone”).. I love what I can see in & from our balcony.. In our balcony, there are these lovely plants that (like any other plant) lose their flowers in winter.. They look sad in winter.. But the good part is that they get new flowers & leaves by the end of each winter.. From our balcony, I can see the blue sky in the sea.. The sea looks so lovely at dawn & very sad & almost cold at sunset.. Can you tell the difference between dawn & sunset time?

Pudding made me this yummy hotdog sandwich last night & brought it to me.. I didn’t ask him to make me one.. He just came up to me with the sandwich behind his back telling me “surpise :D” I was almost gonna eat him.. I don’t know about you guys, but these things mean the world to me! Thank you puddingy :) You’re my man ;)

People are different, things like that affect me.. BIG TIME.. But others may not be affected at all!! There’s this interesting Arabic proverb that means: “If it wasn’t for the different tastes, goods would last forever (i.e. never get sold out)..”.. It’s so true.. I hated that dress we saw the other day so much & made fun of it.. But if everyone hated it, who'd buy it?! I don’t understand how my friend would ever think that I could marry that dude!! But when you come to think about it, some other girl would love to share her life with him! It’s like that.. That’s how life goes..

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everybody here is out of sight

they don’t bark and they don’t bite

they keep things loose they keep it tight

everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

dancing in the moonlight

everybody’s feeling warm and bright

its such a fine and natural sight

everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

we like our fun and we never fight

you cant dance and stay uptight

its a supernatural delight

everybody was dancing in the moonlight


~ Written by Sherman Kelly in 1968 ~

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