I saw "Back to the Secret Garden" on 8TV last night. There's nothing else worth watching. The story reminded me of my own secret garden behind mom's chicken shed a long long time ago. Of course my secret garden is nothing like the secret garden in the story but I love it very much. It's a small fenced area behind the chicken shed with one big tree, bushes of pandan leaves and many other small plants.
Anyone remember a TV episode "Land of the Giant"? I saw it in the 80s. The show was last aired in the US years before I was born. I'll sit at my secret garden and imagine this would be a perfect place for all the castaways to hide. When the chicks came out to play around the bushes, they'll be in trouble though. We have a garden in the front yard too. A real garden with roses and other beautiful flowers. I wonder why I prefer the one behind the chicken shed :)
More privacy I think. A place where the big sister can hide from annoying little brothers. I think what's nice being children is having imaginations. Nowadays I wish my imagination can take me disappear from the real world for a while.
Sunflower gives the connotation of cheerfulness, bright, jolly, merry... you get the idea! However, if any content in this blog didn't fit the cheerfulness implied by its name, look at it this way... I'm putting down all the wretchedness, gloom, melancholy feeling in here so I can continue living up to the expectation of making the association to the sunflower.
2 comments:
Dear Sunflower,
How have you been? Feeling a bit nostalgic from what I can gather. Its good to think about the old days (whenever that time period might be) once in a while to remember where we were and where we came from. I remember when I was small I used to sneak out to the river behind my house and take a dip. I could not swim but I did not know about danger then. Then I would wait for the afternoon train to pass by and wave to everyone in it. I used to think of jumping on the train and seek some adventure but I could not run as fast as the train. Sigh.
I am going mountaineering this weekend with some friends. We are determined to reach the summit of "Le Feu". They say the view up there is fantastic but it can be quite windy and cold. Will take some pictures. Wish me luck and success, sunflower. Speak to you next week after my conquest.
hi PW,
when u mentioned train, i remember a Rescue 911 episode where a boy fell into an empty train carriage. he was found days later when a toddler keep saying he heard the train talk. that's not u eh :)
good luck with your mount climbing.
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