Meteor Shower

17.11.2009 - The exciting day had come. Spreading from one country to anoother, from Edinburgh to Bath, it was said that there is going to be a meteor shower on that night. Wow, meteor shower - these 2 simple words can just make people link the whole thing up: Meteor => making wish = > wish come true => Taiwan drama Meteor Garden Eh???

Hence, there I was, wearing layers of clothes plus my hoodie, prepared to step into the darkness of 9.45pm and fight against the freezing cold wind. It's my first time attempting to watch meteor shower, hence it was kind of an exciting experience I guess. Not much of the hope of making a wish, I was just curious how it happens. From the rugby field, you can see different people doing funny stunts just for the sake for making a granted wish. Some wearing monolayer of clothes, were still unwillingly to leave because they didn't see one; Some drank alcohol to keep their body warm ; some complaining how they have missed the meteor; a lot busying taking photos with friends to remember this historical moment; while Some (including me) even lay on the ground, with their heads 90' degree facing the sky, and do not dare to blink just in case they miss the shooting star in a split second. People may somehow forgot to appreciate the magnificent view of the sky with thousands of blinking stars, just to search for one which is going to ''drop'' and disappear. Human beings are weird, aren't we? While waiting for the shooting stars to come, I have enjoyed myself so much in watching the sky. And that reminds me of the story of The Lion King~

And the cruel fact is, in this scientific era, meteor isn't that fantastic anymore when you found out that what you see is just the visible path of a meteoid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor. ( heartbroken~)

However, the fact that making a wish when the meteor comes and the wish is granted might be true. According to Buddhism, when we desire a thing so much and we are so concentrated in making a wish, we actually make a strong will in our mind and the will will finally leads us to the realisation of the goal.

Thus,why bother to look for outer shooting star which is unpredictable and impermenant? Concentrate and make a sincere wish to the meteor in our heart - that's the open secret in the bestselling book "Secret"!