back to singapore - the blue moon

the 18-hr direct flight journey was apprehnsively felt by marathon man when he stepped onto LAX. but what the heck! anyway he's heading home.

the check in was smooth. then he headed for the star alliance lounge. the security at the boarding entrance caused 2 long queues. the guard who checked the identities of the passengers kept repeating identical greeting when he was asking each passenger for their passports and plane tickets - hello, how are you, doing good.... you passport and ticket please.... excessive show of courtesy is a good thing, it makes every body's day easier.

the whole journey is chasing fell under the dark side of the earth. but the day was the 15th of the chinese 1st moon - the full moon played its crescendo with calm lights across the whole sky. the fluffy clouds displayed the eerily cosy whiteness, the ocean below reflected the scaly shining rays.

he watched five movies -"something about mary", "lymelife", "my one and only", "a love affair to remember", and the chinese movie "in the mood for love" - .花样年华.

and the moon, a big yellow ob with dark streaks appeared on marathon man's right-hand side window, when the plane landed in changi airport at 0614. suudenly, the song "blue moon" somehow popped up in marathon man's thots - the blues are always there if you have the peaceful mind to embrace it; for marathon man with so much worries, anxieties and fires, this blue moon brought back some perpective to his hectic life