Do you believe in superstition? I don't. But, sometimes you just can't help thinking superstitiously. In our discussion of the the poem "Invictus" in our Critical Reading class, our future is uncertain. I don't know what will happen an hour from now. I'll probably be at the field, eating and talking with friends. But, it's uncertain. An hour may sound long to some, but 60 minutes is just a short time, really. Anything can happen. I don't know what will happen in an hour's time, what more in a few years time. Okay, where am I going with this? Hm..back to superstitious thinking. Just a few minutes ago, I was at the Fellowship Hall practicing for choir tomorrow. After practice, I waited for a while before going back to the dorm. I had my bike with me, and it was parked at the new parking space for motorcycles. When I went to the parking space, I saw that someone had placed some leaves on the seat, and some flowers on other parts of the bike. Who placed them there, I don't know. When I saw those, I was thinking, "Hmm, it looks like the bike is 'dead' with those flowers on it." (like how you place flowers on someone's grave). Then this thought came to my mind: "This is probably a sign that I'll somehow fall off the bike on my way back to the dorm." I brushed that thought away, not wanting to think superstitiously. So, I threw the leaves and flowers to the ground and started the bike. I was carrying my violin and my stand on my left hand, so I had only my right hand to control the bike. So far so good, I didn't fall off...yet. I turned the bike and when I thought I had total control and balance of the bike, I absent-mindedly turn the right handle (which was the accelerator) and I lost control of the bike. By the time I realized what I did, I was already falling off the bike! I threw my violin to the ground and sort of jumped off the bike onto the sandy part of the ground. For one second, or two, I just stared at the bike. Then, quickly I started to lift the bike, grabbed my violin and got onto the bike. Haha! So much for my stupidity in thinking about that sort of thoughts. I was probably concentrating on thinking of what I thought earlier. It amused me actually, I laughed at myself (inwardly of course) all the way back to the dorm. :D
It's 4.46 p.m. Time to go to the field, and enjoy my last Loy Krathong festival!