Aku jumpe natang ni. Kelakar aku taip time Australia Day punye cuti:
It’s
Australia Day here and the big thing about Australia Day in Perth is the
firework on Australia Day.
So yeah,
the best view, they say, would be in the city
Darn it, I
can’t be bothered to go INTO the city on the weekends at such time
Oh lucky
me, Matilda Bay area is… pretty much I’m sure facing the city hence anybody
should get a decent view from there
But then
there’s the epic question of all time:
Do I have
it in me to make my way down there at that point of time
Oh,
fireworks start at 8pm. The time, I suppose, to make it family friendly
Do you know
they make kids go to bed at 8 bloody pm on the weekends, not take them out for
late night movies like idiotic parents in Malaysia?
Idiots
because:
1. Kids need LOTS of sleep for their
growth.
2. Who the bloody idiot take KIDS to
midnight screening again?
So I don’t
get why 6 something I got ready and went out. The plan was to go up North
because that’s the area generally with less people… less families
But darn
it, it was full
People here
are generally nice but when you poke out like a bloody wrapped up sore thumb,
you’d wanna go elsewhere. I mean, it’s their day, I don’t wanna make them feel
bad huddling with their loved ones while there’s that one lone me around
So I
wondered further down South for a spot to sit and enjoy the firework. To me
there wasn’t any spot for me to sit on my own and not looked awkward.
“is there
any place for this lone heart?”
Sigh
Oh well,
keep walking.
So there’s
this café there and I noticed some of the tables were empty. Perfect!
...Except the
business wasn’t closed at that point of time and I figured it’ll be
disrespectful to get a good seat without buying something so I bought a mocha
flavoured milk which I’m pretty sure wasn’t just merely… flavoured
Lucky me, I
got a table to myself eventhough when I was in line there were a lot of people
buzzing around the area
Sat on the
edge, closest to the water facing the city. It was magnificent with the full
moon large and the city skyscrapers (if you can even call them that) getting their
last kiss from the sun and the sky, a band of navy blue and pink, sort of
confused if it is day or night
It’s
blarney summer sunset is around 7.30pm
Then came a
couple asked me if their family could sit at the table. I was alone and it’s
not fair to hog a huge table to myself isn’t it?
So I said
yes.
The guy
went in to buy food and the lady sat down with the daughter. She asked me stuff
before introducing herself and her daughter and leaving the girl with me as she
goes on to look for the brother
The girl,
I’d say, gave me an interesting conversation
Not I’d say
she’s one of those kids who talk like adults but the sort of attention and
curiosity that she had was refreshing but she was mostly quiet
Really
charming
Then the
family was all together at the table. I stared at the friend of the boy
I swear I
saw that boy at Coles this morning
Should I
bring it up?
Nah, I
don’t want to get these boys into any trouble
Not really
the “boys will be boys” mantra I’d use but more of “been there, done that”
Let’s face
it, before I became an adult, I was a teenager and before that I was a kid so
yeah, I still do remember how was it like
Though for
some reason I don’t get parents they seemed to forget how being kids were like
which is really bad and sad and sometimes not helping the kids at all
Then the
firework started
The boys
were busy fiddling with the mom’s camera
The parents
were huddled together
The girl
was tired, laying her head on the table
Can’t blame
her it’s past her bedtime at that time
Half an
hour we watched it, a real spectacle
The
firework itself, the shadow it casts on the water between the boats that seemed
to multiply beyond possibility and its reflection off the buildings in the city
Breath
taking
When it was
all done, they said goodbye, thank me for letting them sit with me and wishing
me all the best in my studies
I sat for a
while longer before making my way back home
It was nice
not having to watch it on my own. Eventhough they were strangers but they were
warm towards me. Their eagerness to know how much I’ve enjoyed it here kind of
reflects how they are proud of this place that is their home. It’s the little
thing I like about people here. They will always acknowledge your existence,
asking you to pass through, thanking you if you gave them way eventhough they
didn’t ask for you to do so or just a nice smile if they’re not preoccupied
But I think
the thing that strike me most was when the girl was asking her mother stuff
while watching the firework, she asked about the fireworks and stuff. Her mother just entertained her and never told her to
shut it and just watch the show.
Then she asked a question which stumped her
“….I don’t
know, Gracie”
Sangat jarang aku tengok orang tue ngaku gitu kat budak2
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