Pleasure @ the fair grounds #2

Here are more photos of the fair grounds. 

Hope you have an awesome and magical Christmas. 

I am off to get ready for the Christmas Eve mass *smiles*

Pleasure @ the fair grounds #1

On one of the short trips we had recently, B and I had the pleasure of visiting and old school fun fair. This fun fair was the kind of fun fair that used to be popular way back in the day (you can tell by the look and condition of the rides really) and which children (and adults) of today would wrinkle their noses at. 

These fun fairs are awesome to me. They are picturesque and evoke memories of a forgotten time. A time when XBoxes, Playstations, super cool arcades, the interweb, 3D movies were just ideas and dreams on in someones mind. 

It's a place where families go to have wholesome family fun. 

As I strolled with B around the fair grounds, I wondered if our children would one day experience these simple pleasures in life and if in the future these fun fairs would actually still be around. It's sad but the fun fair that we went to will cease to exist come 2011. The whole of Danga Bay in Johor will in fact be closed for development. What a shame. I mean do we really need another couple of high rise monstrosities and overpriced condo living in Malaysia that only a select few will be able to afford? I think not. But there is nothing that I can do against over zealous businessmen who think "development" (mostly of their bank accounts) is needed in this part of the world.

Ok. Enough ranting. I shall instead present you three 

or so posts about pleasure at the fair grounds. Enjoyce!

spinning

Sometimes I feel that the world is spinning around me so very quickly.

I pause to catch my breath and to stop my pounding and sometimes

fragile, aching heart and I hope that just this once,

the world would be waiting for me for I have been good.

 But the world continues to move and turn 

without a backward glance at me... without a care.

And I find myself hurrying to play catch-up with the world, 

with the people around me. 

I run walk in circles briskly, 

chasing something...

something that I can't quite identify, 

something that eludes me,

something I can't quite understand.

And because there is nothing much I can do

after having tried my best...

and because I am rather tired of this 

chasing and running after the wind thing,

I decide to sit calmly for a little while

to watch the world go spinning by.

And what an awesome view it is.

I think I will sit here for a little while longer. Join me?