Bunga Bakawali - The Night Blooming Cereus
My dad's discharged from hospital today, after staying in NUH since Tuesday night. He had a mild attack which scared us. Thank God he's better now but he has to go back to the hospital for another ballooning procedure next month.

The weird thing is, this whole incident just made me a lil melancholic today and the weider part is that I'm listening to this malay song, 'Bakawali' and I'm enjoying it very much. It kinda complements the mood I'm in right now.

I think the song lyrics just felt meaningful to me. And it interests me to realise how the songwriter connects a flower to facts of life.

Bakawali, which is also known as the Night Blooming Cereus, apparently is a rare flower that blooms only once and it will only bloom in the middle of the dark night. It also lets out a very strong scent and seems to glow in the night. Take a look at a picture of this magnificent flower:

Doesn't it look amazing? *smilez*

Apparently, the songwriter relates the blooming of the Bakawali flower to real life, saying how if one just keeps dreaming, then work will not be done and in the end, we ourselves will lose out. Just like in the Bakawali's case, it blooms only once, and after that, it's over. So that's life. We only get to live once so I guess we have to make full use of it and fill it with lots of meaningful memories... *smilez*

---An Endless Story---