Saturday, March 28, 2009
I went for a walk and got caught in the rain. The gentle raindrops came pattering down all around and made the would-have-been-warm night cold again. While it may be a bad weather and time for others, I found it to be nice. The beautiful raindrops falling with a backdrop of fluorescent lited buildings. The tiny and gentle little raindrops pattering against your skin and coat but is never harsh enough or in large enough quantity to make them all wet. The sound of the raindrops falling or rather, the sound of car tyres rolling over wet road. And finally, the one that makes even the harsh cold surrounding feel welcoming - the smell of the rain. Or if you want to be scientifically correct,
the smell that rain causes.
Just to clear some things, I walked in the rain a little but later took shelter in a bus-stop. And I was wearing a coat, so the only skin in contact with the rain was my face. Well.. The rain here are like drizzles in Singapore. I would have walked in the rain if not for fear of damaging my headphones. Yes. I finally gotten a pair of Senheisser 212 headphones and I love it. You won't believe just how much sound can be blocked off when you play music on it.
Anyway, back to the rain. There were two things that made it all the more enjoyable. They were nice music in your ears and freedom. Well... Music contradicts the line about the nice pattering of raindrops on the ground in some way but if you think about it, it will be boring to listen to the same song over and over again. It applies to the nice pattering sounds or car tyres going over wet ground too. And freedom was the fact that you have nothing else to do next or nowhere else to rush to. It just gives you the time to sit in a little bus-stop and watch the raindrops come down. (There are some bus-stops here with transparent roofs!)
The Origin. 3/28/2009 04:07:00 am
