Water Nymphs and Bonds of Water.

For those who know about my family, well and good. For those who don't... hehe lets talk about my dad, he's this workaholic who is unable to grasp the concept of having fun. Ever seen the glucon-d ads? well he is a typical case.


I'll give you an example, he hasn't taken my mum or me out to a movie for over 10 months.
That's the definition of going out. His idea of going out is limited to grabbing Chaat at the local grocery shop.

So it came as a surprise to me, when he said... do you want to go Ocean Park. It was a thunderbolt, my eyebrows shot up... my ears twinged a bit, and it felt like Rafa losing on clay.

I quickly recovered and vigorously nodded my head. Of course that meant we had take my grandparents (surviving)...

Anyway, i decided to drive and got into the drivers seat, after giving everyone semi-heart attacks and nearly crashing into a lorry, i finally got them to theme park. They looked thankful to be alive and thanked the heavens and the stars. :)

We got our tickets and hurried into the park.

I got on to the usual thrill rides and was generally screaming my lungs out... then me and my dad decided we're going to get into Bumper Cars! It was refreshing to know that i still have my love for childish things :) i was joyful and laughing, trust me.... bumper cars ROCK! :D

So then we walked towards the water park, for those who have dreams of seeing hot chicks in skimpy clothes, FORGET IT. I walk in and i'm treated to displays of over sized, out of shape tummies with flab and elephants on two feet, with water dripping on to their skimpy shorts.

I've never seen so many unhealthy people in my life! jelly like motions, made sure they were every bit the food they ate...

Anyway, frightening scenes aside... (i think visions of flabby men and women will forever haunt me) we got into the wave pool.

And now we come to what this blog entry is about.

I was shocked.

At the people, at how happy people want to be and how they want there to be no wall between each other. The collective joy of the mob, its the first time i've experienced it.
Once the Waves started, there was no holding them back. No one cared who they were crashing against... people didn't care who was smashed against another, who anyone was... for that half-an-hour everyone were friends... we splashed water at each other, no one knew any one. we let those we never know into our assorted circle, we didn't care as long as we were having fun...

Water let something loose in people! all the while i was there, i didn't see one bad moment, one moment where there were not shrieks of joy and smiles on faces.

It gets better... there was a dance floor with water spraying at you... "Rain Dance" they called it...
Strangers become one, the idea of differences is washed away with the water.

What changed us? why do we not smile at an unknown face? why do we walk away from kind words? when did getting lost in the sites and smells of a city, of a people become taboo and risky.

Where did we lose ourselves? where did we forget that of the 30 million species we are one, and too few, and at the root of it... family?

When did we start leching... Where is all the innocence gone?