And then the wind blew;
And her wishes came true.
I love ferris wheels. It takes me back to my childhood when I used to be terrified of them, and once screamed in my aunt's lap when it stopped with us high above the ground. Yeah, I was a coward. A big fat coward.
But as the saying goes, you never appreciate what you really have till it's gone.
Ferris wheels like these don't exist anymore. The beautiful traditional open-air ones, with quaint little carriages that let you see as far as the eye can go with the wind blowing softly around you. I was too young to appreciate that. I wish I could at least just turn back time; I wouldn't be such a chicken then, I would savor every bit of it and go on it a hundred times, yes, as many times as I was allowed to sit in the middle of the sky, to peek into either the clouds or the night stars and feel the silence of the wind and the air around me.
I went to Pyramid the other day; and seeing the really lame indoor ferris wheel struck these thoughts within me. It was just... such a weak imitation. Where's the giant steel monster with flashing lights out in the open air? It's not the same anymore. Nothing can replace those ferris wheels of my childhood. Man, do I miss them right now.
I doubt such ferris wheels still exist. The ones back in the day were part of a travelling funfair(there used to be loads and they always occupied Klang every now and then), but I think they've vanished out of existence now. They're all but extinct. *Sigh*
"Pretty little lights, moving and reflecting,
A dozen dancing sparkles, they splash undeterring
Blurred explosive stars, color all a-fading,
Burst into darkness, and fear comes preying."
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