Damn. 10 months is a short time, I didn't think it would be this short. I'm leaving all these nice people I met here. I know I'll still be able to see most of my Adelaide friends back in Malaysia, BUT I'm gonna miss the proximity between us, and how easy it was to get together and have the kind of fun we're having now.
Geez, I'm a blessed person, blessed with a beautiful and wonderful family, and the best friends I could ever ask for. I'm not gonna spend time moping about how sad it is that I'm going home.
The day after we handed in our final assignment, the 17th of November, we went to Hog's Breath for a farewell dinner to our comedian friend, and my senior, Jenhan. He came over to visit all the way from Malaysia! Please check his blog Miniminimoe on my list for updates on his shows! He's a hilarious dude!
When we got back from dinner, I checked Twitter, and noticed that my friend Vlad had tweeted about the Leonoid meteor shower that was happening on that night itself. We checked countless websites for the appropriate times. It was very vague, because a lot of websites had said that Australia might not be able to see the shower at all, since we're in the wrong time zone and in the wrong hemisphere. Vlad said it was "12.30am Adelaide time", and Chris changed his Facebook status at 1.40am saying he had "...seen one".
Mind you, these are not shooting stars, so they don't really break into the atmosphere, so chances of seeing a really big one are prolly abysmal in our part of the world.
We decided to head to the football field nearby to hopefully catch the shower at the peak hour between 3 and 4am. The football field was pitch (mind the pun) dark. I didn't want to lie down, because the grass was prickly and I get itchy psychologically very often. However, when the gang started to see some tiny meteors "moving slowly" across the starlit sky, and suddenly a "big one with a tail", I gave in to my psych and just laid down.
I'm really glad I did. I saw a couple of tiny ones, that looked just like stars, just moving across the sky, some fast before disappearing, some slowly and lingering. Then I started to see big ones, with tails that looked like smoke trails in the dark sky.
We then noticed the sky was getting brighter (which was the reason why experts said Australia would not be able to witness the shower, since day started so early), the clouds were coming in, and some stars were disappearing behind them. From what we could see lying down, it was like a photo of a dark starry sky, BUT with clouds for frames.
"There's a big hole in the middle that hasn't been filled by the clouds yet. Let's start praying for a really big one here in the middle! C'mon, big one in the middle, baby!"
God must've been listening. Out of nowhere, almost catching us off guard while we were mindlessly prattling, a huge one came from the left. We started screaming. It had a bright tail of light behind it, and just before it disappeared, it lit up, bursting into a ball of green, orange and pink light. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen.
We were spazzing out like we had just seen Elvis come back to life, screaming "HOLY CRAP!"s and "OH MY GOD!"s. We would have woken up the neighbors if God wasn't so nice to us. It was so surreal, Jay had to convince himself it wasn't just a prank firecracker. Its tail still lingered in the sky, just like how you would still see a camera's flash even after the picture had been taken.
After lying down for a bit later, we left the field at 4.30am. We were disillusioned, not just at the sight of something so amazing, but also because we had been lying down too long staring at the sky.
I never thought I'd experience a meteor shower, let alone with my dear close friends. It seems like a scene from a movie, a book, a sappy Korean drama, an anime even. Of course I didn't get a video, they weren't appearing constantly, we never knew when they were just gonna pop out. So of course, I can't prove it to you that I have seen this.
I know I'm not bragging. I know I'm not lying. I had one of the most unreal incredible experiences of my life, and I don't need your acknowledgement to know I will always have this memory.
Okay, so meteor shower, CHECK. Next on the list, is the Aurora Borealis.






