Sunday, August 26, 2007

Oasis


Like the deserts miss the rain.

I miss the desert. Reading The Alchemist over the weekend only brought back vivid memories of the desert; Of wandering the desert by the light of a full moon, of esacaping the scorching sun in the shade of a tiny oasis, of washing up with fresh spring water, of the unforgiving winds, whose names are full of character. To see a world in a grain of sand.

2 Comments:

Blogger fabianlua said...

did u watch/read the english patient? michael ondaatje has such beautiful words for the desert.

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have u been to books actually? i just went there today, and it's a really great place - they have many "antique" cameras esp polaroids and kodak brownie-ish ones. and in general, thoughtful selection of books and well crafted notebooks...

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Blogger Jammy said...

Yeah i love Ondaatje. I think the book was better than the movie. Is Books Actualy the one near Amoy Street? I've been wanting to check that out for the longest time.

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