24 February 2009, Tuesday, 2127hrs
Jordanic night
A stoney Tuesday. It was rather an unusual Monday late night for me. What's new, when you are out about with Mr. Christoph, the descendent of the notorious Marie Antoinette, you'd never go out of breath. Christoph would go on and on and on about politics (his favourite subject so far), travelling, books, poet/ems, musicians, paintings, histories - all in the name of passion for life. Don't get me wrong, of course, I don't find him a nuisance (if not, why the hell would I be out with him at midnight downing Tiger at Lavender Food Centre last night) but rather, an infotaining fellow to hang out with. Ah well, he's rather bored while I was rather bored-er, so we kept each other accompany.
Never knew Jordan is such a beautiful country! It was intended to be a Bali sharing session, and we ended up browsing through Chris' escapade to Jordan in 2005. He brought me through Amman, then to the ancient city of Petra - the entrance to the ancient city is through a 1.25 km narrow gorge in the mountain — called the Siq. In the city are various structures, all (except two) are carved into rock, including al Khazneh - known as the Treasury - which has been designated as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World", then went on to monasteries, the Roman theater, the Royal Tombs, the High Place of Sacrifice, Crusader Castles blah blah blah... AND the unforgetable one night stay in the Tent in Ma'an's desert. I was totally awed by his descriptions and those pictures he took. Absolutely stunning. How not to be impressed by this Bassoon player when he iterated the history of the Roman Empire, the medieval era, to the renaissance in France, with such positive energy... It felt like a crash course, and I am not sure how much I have absorbed, but one thing for sure is, I am truly impressed and mesmerised by his European roots, as well as his passion and love for the meaning of life. His general knowledge is certainly by far, the most outstanding amongst many friends of mine. I was completely bought over by him, and Jordan, please await my arrival... ...soon!
Here's another knowledge i gained last night: Fish and labyrinth are actually symbols of Christianity too. You know one always thinks that the classical labyrinth is complicated to fathom, but Chris taught me the technique to draw out one without sweating or even the need to blend the brain juice. It's very easy and simple, and it basically applies on the symmetric theory. Amazing. However, both of us still couldn't break the code for the medieval labyrinth, which requires more strokes. It really intriques my mind to see through the tricks in figuring out how to draw one medieval labyrinth.
Anyway, the conversation led us to the sharing of our Turkey trips. From the Ottoman Empire, to Roman Empire, to the Celtics, we simply enjoyed ourselves last night thoroughly. It was all good and reminiscent.
*yawn*
*yawn*
Holy cow, double yawns... you can imagine how tired I am. Shall read a chapter or two of Eat Pray Love before i catch up on some sleep.
Till then. Rather abrupt, but my eyes aren't quite focusing on the screen.
Psst..... Lang Lang means Long Long in German... go figure out who is Mr Lang Lang... haahaa
Jordanic night
A stoney Tuesday. It was rather an unusual Monday late night for me. What's new, when you are out about with Mr. Christoph, the descendent of the notorious Marie Antoinette, you'd never go out of breath. Christoph would go on and on and on about politics (his favourite subject so far), travelling, books, poet/ems, musicians, paintings, histories - all in the name of passion for life. Don't get me wrong, of course, I don't find him a nuisance (if not, why the hell would I be out with him at midnight downing Tiger at Lavender Food Centre last night) but rather, an infotaining fellow to hang out with. Ah well, he's rather bored while I was rather bored-er, so we kept each other accompany.
Never knew Jordan is such a beautiful country! It was intended to be a Bali sharing session, and we ended up browsing through Chris' escapade to Jordan in 2005. He brought me through Amman, then to the ancient city of Petra - the entrance to the ancient city is through a 1.25 km narrow gorge in the mountain — called the Siq. In the city are various structures, all (except two) are carved into rock, including al Khazneh - known as the Treasury - which has been designated as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World", then went on to monasteries, the Roman theater, the Royal Tombs, the High Place of Sacrifice, Crusader Castles blah blah blah... AND the unforgetable one night stay in the Tent in Ma'an's desert. I was totally awed by his descriptions and those pictures he took. Absolutely stunning. How not to be impressed by this Bassoon player when he iterated the history of the Roman Empire, the medieval era, to the renaissance in France, with such positive energy... It felt like a crash course, and I am not sure how much I have absorbed, but one thing for sure is, I am truly impressed and mesmerised by his European roots, as well as his passion and love for the meaning of life. His general knowledge is certainly by far, the most outstanding amongst many friends of mine. I was completely bought over by him, and Jordan, please await my arrival... ...soon!
Here's another knowledge i gained last night: Fish and labyrinth are actually symbols of Christianity too. You know one always thinks that the classical labyrinth is complicated to fathom, but Chris taught me the technique to draw out one without sweating or even the need to blend the brain juice. It's very easy and simple, and it basically applies on the symmetric theory. Amazing. However, both of us still couldn't break the code for the medieval labyrinth, which requires more strokes. It really intriques my mind to see through the tricks in figuring out how to draw one medieval labyrinth.
Anyway, the conversation led us to the sharing of our Turkey trips. From the Ottoman Empire, to Roman Empire, to the Celtics, we simply enjoyed ourselves last night thoroughly. It was all good and reminiscent.
*yawn*
*yawn*
Holy cow, double yawns... you can imagine how tired I am. Shall read a chapter or two of Eat Pray Love before i catch up on some sleep.
Till then. Rather abrupt, but my eyes aren't quite focusing on the screen.
Psst..... Lang Lang means Long Long in German... go figure out who is Mr Lang Lang... haahaa
posted by chilliseedz at Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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