Explain how this is crazy…
by jenmercury
It was said that resolutions were made to be broken.
One of my new year resolutions: write weekly.
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When I told people what I was planning to do on the very last day of 2010 the responses were rather mixed. Naturally they all asked why – Lillian thought it was romantic; Cass thought it was the sort of crazy I typically do; my mom thought it was scarily insane and was really distressed when she couldn’t convince me not to go; forgot what Apple’s response was but I’m pretty sure she didn’t find it that weird (I wonder what does that say about her); and Tannessa thought it sounded like a suicide story in the making.
What was I up to
Nothing exciting actually; I just went to Dai Mei Duk. the “country side” in the New Territories, which was at least one-and-a-half hour away from Hong Kong Island. People go there to have barbeques (HK style), maybe go fish or row a boat… so to give my trip some meaning, I thought “okay I will go see the last sunset in 2010″. But honestly, honestly I just wanted to go there to see the sea at night time, and it was better if I go during day since I don’t exactly know how to get there on my own. After sunset it’s night, so the story fits my plans perfectly.
Why I just Had to go there
Two years ago at a friend’s birthday, while everyone was having fun at the barbeque and I probably wasn’t in the truest sense (which happens often enough for me to deduce that Jennifer doesn’t know how to have fun), I left the crowds to sit at the docks to get away from the noise… and the unexpected serenity and peace I found there made me promise myself to come back one day.
What drawn me back after so long
The 270-degree view of the ocean and the shimmery lights that highlighted the mountains at the background (being astigmatic makes everything look very pretty at night). The staircase that led right into sea; its surface so smooth that it seems if I were to walk on water and towards the lights, I easily could (hmm turns out Tannessa had a point over there…). It’s all very simple, nothing spectacular, and probably not what most would call “scenery” but I guess that’s why I like it so much. It was just somewhere I could just empty my head, but still conscious to be enjoying the simplicity of existing, if it makes sense…
So how did it go yesterday?
I sat by the docks and read under the sun, oblivious if people around me were staring; I watched the sun set and whilst slowly wait for night to fall, school kids with foul mouths and tiny fishing nets went right in front of me, knelt so close to the edge that I feared if one were to fall in, I would be blamed for not looking after/pushing them. I did however, kindly offered advise when they argued at the top of their lungs about how the tiny fish was dying cos he/she wasn’t willing to go get something to hold the fish and water while shake it in the air. After they left and forgot their fish I had a few minutes of silence and took in the night sea when three teenage girls came over and talked about how low they’ve sunk to please their boyfriends. I then realized I’ve stayed for almost three hours and decided it was time to leave. Not that I didn’t enjoy having a glimpse of young minds today but it was an easy decision when all three of them found out the other two smoked.
Despite not getting my peace I was hoping to experience again I’m very glad I did go. Maybe next time I will go later at night now that I know my way. Although I get why people think it is, but not really comprehending, is why it is “okay” if I do this with other people, but “crazy” if I do it alone.
