While I was printing my assignments in my parents room today, my sister said
"wow, the sky looks brighter tonight"
I looked out and..
it was indeed brighter than the other nights when it was usually pitch black..
I squinted my eyes to make out the number of stars I could count.
As usual, there were none.
However, there was a wonderful tinge of orange in the sky and all of a sudden I remembered..

That night...

It was the last day of our church camp by SJAOG at Cameron Highlands..and the whole bunch of us (youth) decided to sneak out past bed time to go into the beautiful Japanese inspired garden which was located within the hotel.

The grass was so clean we actually lied down on it..
Looking up at the night sky, I felt so small and insignificant...but at the same time..it felt good. =)
There were so many stars that night..and it was one of the most beautiful night sky I've ever seen. I could've probably spent my whole night admiring the stars because I've never, ever seen the night sky in all its glory. In my mind it was always just "a few stars here and there".
In camerons..it was as if I was looking at the whole galaxy.

I don't know how to describe it exactly..but it feels as though it was only me, the world and the sky..it felt so serene and I couldn't feel anyone else there although everyone else were chatting among themselves. I kinda dazed off into my own world.

Our little escapade got interrupted though.
'Cause in about half an hour of our 'escape', the adults found us and told us to go to bed.
As the good teenagers that we are, we scurried across the garden and made our way back to our rooms.

The experience was something so simple, yet it gave me such a lasting impact...
that everytime, when I look up to the sky at night, I'd be hoping to see the billions of stars shining brightly...
Somehow, I'm always wishing that one day, the night sky would be as beautiful from the balcony of my house as it was at Camerons. But it never happened.

I know this would sound weird but...
I miss the night sky so much... =(

I would like to buy a star gazer if I could. Or join an astronomy club.