Gloom

March 7, 2007

There's nothing like a gloomy morning! Just the way I like it- gloomy without the rain. I don't know, maybe it comes with my personality- the pessimist negative thinker trying deeply hard to look at the bright side of things. Today I AM ALIVE! Hope the weather stays that way for a long time…

Half of the day passed and I'm almost done with my work - low volume today… Will have reason again to think whatever it is to think about. For the recent days, i've been on a wanderlust. Suddenly, I feel the urgency to go anywhere but here in my heating chair now. I'm thinking of boracay and the crisp breeze, or even just tagaytay and starbucks (great combination). My mind's floating somewhere in Jumeirah Beach watching people fishing. I'm recollecting the feel of being in Kish Island (Iran) biking and smoking sheesha under the tree, in front of the beach. I'm revisiting the memories of being in Muscat, Oman with its breathtaking mountains and it's palace-like Shangrila Hotel. I could go on and on and even daydream of being in a place where i've never been to.

 I've always been fascinated and amazed with the foreign places. I remember during my early age, I'd often read an atlas that i have with it's maps sideprinted with photos of people, colorful things, breath taking sites of nature, and gigantic buildings of each countries. During those days, I'd totally be lost in the places narrated in the book and often wonder of  how it would be like living in each countries. I could remember having United Kingdom as my favorite place in that atlas because it talked of queens and monarchy and shit about UK/Great Britain.

 This and my restless, adventurous nature made me fell in love with Dubai as it is, because it is multi-cultural -being hospitable enough to host, i guess, all nationalities in the world. And the sites and sounds -exotic and modern rolled in one. I could dream on and on, and wish of not ever coming back to my senses…