Hi all,
At the end, this might end up being my personal online diary but hey, (friends and soon-to-be friends) I really just want to collect and share genuine(could be random) thoughts of mine for those who are interested...
Ultimately, regardless of who we are, where we are from, what we are doing and etc... we all are breathing the same air trying to be good and happy everyday! For as long as we remain as imperfect human-beings, our real-life stories might be more or less similar in the sense that most of them are rather trivial and simple.
So here goes my first very simple story of the day. I just bought a new candle-holder today from a dollar store for actually $1.50 (yes, dollar stores do have things that cost more than a dollar sometimes!). It was "Made in China" (shocking!) of course, but lovely after all. It made my day and also, literally lit my night - thanks! Attached, please a find a picture of it, should you be interested. hehe
It's been raining all weekend. Yes, it's that time of the year. The monster monsoon has arrived! :-) I LOVE the rain. It gives me the best excuse to stay at home all day being all artsy (or trying to be artsy) and dorky with myself. What do I do with myself?? Here's what I do, but I am pretty sure there are at least 4 billion people enjoying the same thing as I do. (Now, that's more than 1/2 of the entire world population (6.8 bil))!!
Anyway back to the point, "j'adore" watching outside through my windows, observing what kind of umbrellas are in style these days (lol) trying to pick out Miss. Umbrella of the day, paying attention to how colourful the day gets with all these umbrellas in different colours (ahh what a joy!), drinking some tea, listening to some jazz tunes, reading all these books I've been meaning to read for a while, writing e-mails and most importantly, with my vanilla candle on! I must say though, my favourite kind is definitely vanilla. m m m
Something about candles... They seem to have an amazing power to somehow pause the time, capture you in that very special moment/space and let you feel the world. I find that effect extra amazing in rainy days. So, just to celebrate the beginning of the Monsoon season of 2010, I bought a new candle-holder that cost me just more than a dollar which will make this year's rainy season unique and artsy in its own way.
It certainly doesn't seem to cost much for one to be happy!! xxx
Just want to say I loved your blog entry and can't wait to see what will come in the rainy days to follow - perhaps a storm? ; ) The Chinese used to make candles out of whale blubber whilst Japanese candles were made from wax extracted from tree nuts, but the usual metaphoric symbol extracted from candles themselves is for many people - time. Anything Murakami writes about there is a clock marking time, I think that you lighting your candles represents the start of a new time for you - of domination, perhaps? haha
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