The Rainbow

Once upon a long long time, there lived a little girl who believed with all her heart that someday, all her dreams would come true. On her way home from school one day, she looked up and there in the azure skies above her head, was the most beautiful rainbow she has ever seen. Dumbstrucked and fascinated, she marvelled in awe of the red and yellow and pink and green. That was the first and only time I've ever seen a rainbow, or a real one at least. Perhaps this is one of the reasons i adore rainy days, the anticipation and the longing, the disappointment and the forlornness, then again with conviction, the yearning and the hoping.

I have to keep reminding myself that with each passing day, i am closer to fulfilling my dreams of doing what i've always wanted to do. Only quite honestly, I've stopped believing that someday soon i will find myself teaching in China or being with the diseased/poor/homeless, doing whatever i can do to help, not everyone's that lucky i guess. Sheer luck could have explained Paul Coelho's timely intervention with his book The Alchemist, though i thought otherwise. Sometimes you have to want something really bad then somehow, miracles of miracles, you'll know where to go from there. You'd think most people wouldnt need half a decade to figure that out. Well, i guess i am not most people. Having squandered most of my precious youth being lost and feckless, now would a good time to put myself in perspective and fight for a change. The rainbow awaits, along with its promises.


Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Version: Eva Cassidy

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

Epilogue (I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees, and the misty memories of days gone by...)

Me (heart pounding and hands shaking): Nobody uses ICQ anymore.
J: So why are you?
Me: Well, I am nobody.
J: Who is this by the way?
Me: The name's Jamie.
J: Last name Tay?
Me: That's right.
J: Hey! How are you? Sorry, its been a while since i logged on to ICQ, dont know who is on and who isnt anymore.
Me(lying): I'm great, couldnt be better. Yourself?
J: Wow, time flies huh?

Small talk continues for like what seems forever

Me (deep breaths): So I heard you got married? Why would you do something stupid like that?
J: Hahaha, eventually everyone needs to settle down.
Me: So who is the unlucky lass?
J: You know who, same.
Me: You are lucky to have her.
J: I think so too. Yourself? Seeing anyone special? Found Mr Darcy yet, Bridget?
Me (muttering under my breath): Nah, Mr Darcy's too boring, I dumped him.
J: Hahaha. Not to worry though, I am sure you will find someone soon, just make sure you dont become too jaded.
Me (lying, yet again): Me? Ohh dont overestimate yourself, in case you are wondering, I am now the financially independent, sexy, intelligent woman with substance and inner poise, not to mention a sense of humour too.
J: Hahaha. Whatever you say Bridget.
Me: Well, I have to run, I have a lunch date.
J: Take care and send my regards to your family.
Me: Later.

Now, that wasnt as hard as i'd imagined is it?