A Good Day

Haven't had a day like this in a very long time. Lot's of feelings: Tranquility, nostalgia, acomplishment, thankfullness, relaxation, etc.

When I saw the clouds gathering this morning over the port area down at the west coast, I was rather certain that it meant rain, but I knew that our school was doing a cross country meet, so most likely, it wouldn't. True enough, the sky cleared somewhat, and watching the morning sun rise over a building with wispy clouds that look as though the sun had forcefully blown them out in its wake, I judged it was a beautiful morning. And to top it all off, orange juice was free flow. Completely. There's certainly nothing like cold orange juice in the cool morning.

The run itself wasn't too bad. At least I made it to the finish somewhere in the middle of the school, instead of slacking and being the last few in. Yea, I was tired and thirsty so.... Orange Juice. Yep. Like I said... free flow. I even managed to pinch some Milo from the van. (No one was looking, so I pulled up the shutters, placed my cup in and helped myself to a large cup of milo)

Lunch was quite fun. There were 13 of us, so certainly, alot of conversation. I always treasure time with my friends. Considering that I don't have any siblings, friends are the closest people whom I have who are around my age. And oh, the irony! My large order of fish&chips came first, and they were like, "If you can't finish, we'll help you with that you know...". And I'm like, "Oh, you don't worry about me..." And toward the end of the meal, I saw around 30% of food on each person's plate. Half of them at least. And they only ordered regular portions... Of course I finished mine, and was helping some of them finish theirs as well ^_^

What really made my day is of course the fact that I managed to get my EE done. FINALLY! Love thy EE as thyself seems to work, as my EE was being good to me. (Even my classmate's EE liked him on this wonderful day as well) So tomorrow, hopefully my supervisor approves of my method and results, and I'll be on to the paper work, which is much much easier than the experiment itself. And I must say, after being in the lab so many times in my life, I don't feel sian of it, in fact, I quite like it. (I've really been to labs alot of times. A research attachment had me going daily to one for 2 months, 8hrs a day. Another had me going once a week for 3hrs, 6 times in total. +normal school pracs, +exhibitions... so yea...)

To top it all off, as I alighted the bus near my house while half asleep, in the drizzle, I noticed a nice rainbow above the row of houses. As I looked around, it seemed strange to me that here was a thing of beauty, while all the vechicles rushed past, people walked briskly under the sheltered walkways, and a lady on the pavement holding an umbrella hurried past me. The rain had made the green on trees and grass so lush, rich and shiny as well. It reminded me of the time I was at a B&B near the edge of a forest, also with a light rain caressing the ground. Back to where I was, although the traffic noise was pretty audiable I still managed to find some sort of inner peace. It made me appreciate everything so suddenly. Everything. Life itself. We are so busy everyday to stop to appreciate the beauty around us. Stopping once in a while is definitely a must, or we will lose our meaning of existence.