**Well it's just another day in paradise**

My my my, what a country malaysia is!! Holy crap does it rain here...and its not that grungy depressing rain...its beautiful rain. Warm and constant. In fact let me tell you what i experienced a couple of nights ago. (Read slow okay)

It was late, about 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. At this time my friends and I are still frantically trying to get our homework done in the common room. Occasionally i would step outside to climb the stairs, which led to my own dorm room. Well, i stepped outside. It was dark all around the Hostel. The sky was pale orange, i imagine from the dust particles in the sky. It was so easy on the eyes, to just look up and see the faint silhouettes of the trees, dark brown and black. The trees surround the hostel, atop a hill so nothing beyond them can be seen, except the sky of course.

I was walking up the stairs when suddenly a lighting bolt hit behind the tree line. The sky lit up in a blaze of orange and the dark clouds that were strewn across the sky were illuminated. It was amazing. The clouds that you would never suspect were there because the night was so enveloping, were now uncovered by the briliant radiant orange.

Once again, and again the lighting came. It never stopped coming, each unmasking a different portion of the night sky, revealing the dark clouds that lay beneath. Every so often you would actually see the bolt of lighting dancing among the clouds, like Heaven at dawn. It was so powerful, but so common for these people.

I stood there in awe as my friends watched with me. "Whoa" i said everytime a lighting bolt hit. But they looked at me funny, as if i was locked in a cellar all my life. I told them how lucky they were to live in such a magical place, but i don't think they understood. It was enthralling, and my senses are still tingling to this day. I only hope one day i can paint such a lovely sight.

DO NOT take advantage of the wonderful things that happen around you!! This world, this universe is so mystical...so random and inspiring. Whether its the light of electricity flashing through the heavens, or the serenity of rain against a grassy hilltop, please stop and look, and for my sake, stop and wonder...