Rain or shine

mood: sleepy
i wonder what it'll be like to have a meteorologist as a friend. I was watching television ealier and i just started wondering...Would he be any different? Would he carry over into his personal life the detailed weather reports ("oh, you'd better bring an umbrella..we can expect low clouds coming from the northeast, bringing light showers and heavy fog"), the deliberate hand movements ( "over here *sweeping arm movement* we see that the weather will reach a high of 63 degrees while there *careful positioning of entire body* the low pressure system will yadayadayada..."), or the false enthusiasm (wow, that is a really exciting large rock in that corner over there!!!)..hmm..i think i've been watching far too many weather reports. =) I think they're quite interesting actually. I can actually stay totally engrossed in a 5 minute weather report. Must be something attractive about the swirling low pressure systems and the animated sunny/coudy/rain pictures hovering over the area i reside. Yep, i juz thought it'll be interesting to meet a TV meteorologist. In fact, most professions should be interesting in their own different ways. And of course, people are too. Coming to Berkeley has made me realised just how big and how varied the world is. I've met all kinds of people here. Not just people of different nationalities and colour, but people with different beliefs, different outlook on life, different goals, different cultures and different values. I'm sure many people only come to hear about Berkeley through reports of protests, riots, sex class gone wild, gays, homeless, druggies.(even a mini-earthquake!) Well, that's alltrue. In my short 2 years here, these have all really been a part of the experience. I've seen streakers running around in broad daylight, the homeless and how they sit around and beg, the punks/punkettes(?!) with an infinite number of piercings and tattos...
If there's one thing i've gotten out of this, it's acceptance. Here, people are not as quick to judge, more willing to listen and will accept whoever u choose to be. You counld walk around with curlers in your hair, or could juggle oranges walking to classes for all i know. In singapore, sometimes when u do something different on the MRT for instance, many people will stare/glare and look like they think you're crazy. Here, no one bats an eyelid. Okay, maaaaaybe they'll sneak a look, but generally you're left alone. No hard feelings, no premature conceptions....
...i have more to add...but i've been dosing in front of the comp (while typing!) for the past 10 minutes. It's time to rest, i have to come back to this issue another day, another time.... (oh boy, u should see the number of typing mistakes i'm making. ) I would like to type more..ack. but i reallycannot make it...not now at least