Monday, December 19, 2005

Flying ain't easy at first...

Flight

I can fly. Really. Not the way a bird flies, flapping my arms wildly. Certainly not like superman, leaping over tall buildings at a single bound and many times faster than the speed of light. How ridiculous is that? My flight is somewhat like that of an astronaut in zero gravity. Except I can't bounce around like the man on the moon. When I fly, I feel like a leaf floating on the surface of a slow-flowing river, carried by the gentle undercurrent.

I discovered I could fly about a year ago, maybe less. Almost by accident. I was in a relatively relaxed state of mind at that point when I started to drift. I've learned there is a method to it. I stand with my feet apart, parallel to my shoulders and concentrate on not concentrating. Let the mind drift as it will. My body then falls forward slowly til it's at a fourty five degree angle to the ground. My toes are still touching the ground, the same way a scuba diver achieves neutral buoyancy by pumping air in or out of his BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) when he's taking his dive exam. Then my body floats off the ground completely.

When I first started flying I did not go beyond the confines of my bedroom. I just drifted around the room, looking down on my bed and the other things within my room, and generally getting acquainted to drifting, sometimes resting at the corners where the walls meet the ceiling. I have always liked corners.

Then I found myself outside. I was nervous at first not knowing how to control my flying, clinging on to the branches of trees and sometimes lamp posts so that I would not drift off into oblivion. As my confidence in my newfound abilities grew I ventured higher and further. Now I drift above treetops and double storey buildings without fear. I feel the same serenity that I do when I'm diving, without a care in the world.

I haven't been too far tho, only within my neighbourhood of section 5 and Bukit Gasing. I like flying over the green canopy of trees there. Perhaps one day I shall fly over the Petronas Twin Towers or the Eiffel Tower or the entire length of the Great Wall of China.
Or maybe see the whales swimming off the coast of Newfoundland.

I want to fly off to all these places but there is never enough time. I always get home by 6.30am. When my alarm clock goes off. And I find myself on terra firma and the warmth of my bed. I shall have to learn to fly faster or set my alarm for later if I am to go further.

Or, perhaps one day I won't set my alarm.

12 Comments:

Blogger ThatJames said...

That probably came from beating the aeroplane too much. Hah!

2:11 AM  
Blogger linguadeboi said...

chap, I stop smoking so much of that herbal shiznit! ;)

5:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just drop by to say hi.

9:01 PM  
Blogger stevo said...

Hi, Ah Ling!

11:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fly birdie fly up up to the sky.....

err.. can cowboy fly???

1:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fly birdie fly up up to the sky.....

1:07 AM  
Blogger stevo said...

Hello A.Nonymous. Look at the diagramme...no boots!

1:35 AM  
Blogger Suhaila Mohd Shukor said...

Cik abang... bila mau update blog ni. Sibuk romen jek ye.

6:15 PM  
Blogger stevo said...

Romen? Mana ada?

10:24 PM  
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