The Library View
I'm here at my new favourite haunt, the National Library.
I'm at the 11th floor, in the reference library on the side facing Marina Bay. The view here is gorgeous. I've got the DHL hot-air balloon on my left, the Indoor Stadium, the Singapore Flyer right in front of me, Suntec City, Marina Mandarin, the Esplanade and the Cenotaph towards my right. It's beautiful. This must be the skyline that the Singapore Govt wants to display to the world when the F1 hits Singapore next year.
It all looks calm peaceful and surreal. Until I stand closer to the windows and look downwards. Look beyond the large penstrokes of the big buildings into the small details on the ground. Then I see the mad rush that is Singapore life. The cars are rushing at 90km/h on the Nicoll Highway, traffic lights are flashing, people are jaywalking across the road to Miss Clarity Cafe.
Just like when I look at the general picture of my life now, it kinda seems a little uneventful at times. But when I sit down to reflect and think, I realise, it's really a mad rush. Like what Lydia said this morning.
It reminds me of the Earth picture in Louie Giglio's Indescribable talk. How when we look at the picture of earth, we don't see the strife, the pain, the glamour or the shame, the hunger and the wealth.
Will the bread for which I labour satisfy?
How we can't see how difficult life in Myanmar is just by looking at the statistics. Sorry, that was a side-thought from my project.
I'm at the 11th floor, in the reference library on the side facing Marina Bay. The view here is gorgeous. I've got the DHL hot-air balloon on my left, the Indoor Stadium, the Singapore Flyer right in front of me, Suntec City, Marina Mandarin, the Esplanade and the Cenotaph towards my right. It's beautiful. This must be the skyline that the Singapore Govt wants to display to the world when the F1 hits Singapore next year.
It all looks calm peaceful and surreal. Until I stand closer to the windows and look downwards. Look beyond the large penstrokes of the big buildings into the small details on the ground. Then I see the mad rush that is Singapore life. The cars are rushing at 90km/h on the Nicoll Highway, traffic lights are flashing, people are jaywalking across the road to Miss Clarity Cafe.
Just like when I look at the general picture of my life now, it kinda seems a little uneventful at times. But when I sit down to reflect and think, I realise, it's really a mad rush. Like what Lydia said this morning.
It reminds me of the Earth picture in Louie Giglio's Indescribable talk. How when we look at the picture of earth, we don't see the strife, the pain, the glamour or the shame, the hunger and the wealth.
Will the bread for which I labour satisfy?
How we can't see how difficult life in Myanmar is just by looking at the statistics. Sorry, that was a side-thought from my project.
hey buddyyyyyyyy *hugs :)