The Happiest, Star-Studded Memory Ever

Photo lifted from: http://blogs.greenville.edu/students/2010/12/01/the-observatory/

I will never forget October 31, 2011---while most people were probably out hopping from one Halloween party to the next, or visiting cemeteries, Cy and I, with our closest couple friends stayed in a farm, and literally slept underneath the stars. And for the first time in my life, I saw not one but TEN shooting stars.  There's no way to describe the feeling I had that night. It was just absolutely out of this world.

Photo lifted from:
http://1700louisiana.blogspot.com/2010/09/sleeping-under-stars.html

Unfortunately, we don't have any photos to capture this most special day of our lives--it was too dark, and I did not have the sense to bring my Lumix with me and dabble with the "starry night" function of my camera.

It all started when we were just curious if there were indeed a lot of stars that night. we climbed the roof-deck to do some star gazing. We were so overwhelmed with the view, that we suddenly just decided to be spontaneous and sleep underneath the stars.

So just imagine us, in an open-air roof deck of a 4-storey dormitory, where we laid out a makeshift bed made out of mattresses, blankets, and pillows, with some candles, and our ceiling consisted of a thousand stars. For the lack of better description and photos, the photos on your left would be the best way to "reenact" this night :)

Photo lifted from:
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8lg0q/anythingairbrushedart22/id14.html

The starry night was heavenly as it is--imagine seeing one shooting star after another. I literally didn't want to close my eyes. I couldn't believe that I was really sleeping in the open air and just being enveloped by so many stars. I felt small, but felt lucky to have witnessed a piece of heaven. I couldn't help but thank the Universe several times for what I witnessed, and I felt like meditating and contemplating about life and what it is really worth.

It is precious moments like this that make you think about life--and how shallow and petty it is to be spending your hours slaving away for big corporations, influencing people to buy products, spending hours working when you can be doing more important things like basking in the sun, appreciating nature, spending time with loved ones, stripped off of material things and shallow cares.  I'd give anything to break away from the rat race, don't you? And being in the presence of a thousand stars is where I will cull inspiration from--to strive for more days like this, instead of being engulfed by the daily grind.