Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The braces monster.

The braces monster.

I walk home, together with Mum, side by side. It has always been a joy for me, to walk home on that path. It has become a routine by force, no doubt, to walk home everyday after school. And yet, it has been a routine that has been comforting to me, as if it's a closure to the day.

The sun, while setting, gives out its brightest for the day before it concedes to the onslaught of the darkness. The houses are bathed in the warm golden glow of the sun, and provides this bit of comfort and content to the onlookers. The sky, an impossible light blue, with wisps of clouds softly teasing the sky, as if taunting the sky to turn white too. Oh, the palette.

The music blasts through my ears, and this pause in between songs opens my ears to the world outside -- The laughter of children running of the path, the murmur of Mum talking something about buying bread, the panting of the runner whizzing past me, and the sounds of the nature. The music comes on again, and it's back to relying on my sense of sight.

The world at that point, seemed so perfect, so untouched. It's beauty is probably too much for anyone to comprehend.

And yet comes other days when you're given a reality check, and it's back to the ugly nature of Man. Oh, the balance.


P.S: I think I'm corny when I'm all philosophical and descriptive. Like Por Yee (:

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Braces make me uncomfortable. Yes, I've put them on and I don't have the privilege to choose colours! Cos what I'm putting on is the well, more expensive metal thingy which is supposedly good for reducing time taken, and the pain. So well. But I feel like someone took chunks of metal and stuck them onto my teeth. Not very comfortable. So, there is no way I could think: Oh, it'll be better soon (Like a headache or a blister). I'm going to have it on for 2 years! Oh My God, it'll be J1 before I can see the centre of my teeth again. Too bad. I feel more conscious with braces than with my teeth :\

You're always on my mind.

This is what we dreamed about
And the only question with me now
Is do I make you proud?