i smiled today at 6:45 PM



A friend once told me several years ago, that if I ever feel lonely, alone, or home-sick, "look up to the sky, find Orion's Belt, and then you'll know that you are not alone. It will make you feel better".

That advice got imprinted in my mind, until today. The Orion constellation is very significant in my life, because whenever I feel lonely sometimes (especially not being around family most of the time), it is nice to look up to the sky - and I get reminded that we are all underneath the same big sky. Up till this very day, at night, I sometimes look up and find Orion. In some way, the constellation is like my assurance and my companion - that even though the stars are far away from me, I know there is something greater out there watching over me.

Try looking for Orion when the night sky is clear. The picture above is actually Orion - the stars slightly more yellow than the rest. I identify it by finding the *three stars* that form a line, with *four stars* surrounding it like a rectangle-ish shape.

Over in Malaysia and Singapore, I know for sure that it is easy to find. I see it all the time whenever I look up, especially in Malaysia where the night sky is always clearer for some reason.

Recently, I even had the chance to lie down near the beach, enjoy the cool night breeze, and look up to the sky. I saw all the stars shining, and I definitely saw Orion. It was peaceful. I was in awe. We hardly have time to find this kind of feeling nowadays - being busy and busy and nothing else but busy (even though we sometimes actually have nothing to be busy about - which makes us still busy).

Indeed, we do all live underneath the same big sky, no matter how much we feel otherwise.


When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are;
Anything your heart desires will come to you.