I was very much fascinated with the stars. Before perverts entered our neighborhood and became our neighbors, I used to go outside our house and look up. It was so serene... the bright, simple spots in the sky was very calming. It was silent communication between me and the heavens. I would stare at the sky for hours, reflecting, contemplating, discerning.
There was no internet that time, and so I only relied on our science textbooks and the library. Compared to the generation now, research back then was hardcore! Kids nowadays do not know how the dewey decimal system works. It's such a shame that they only know google or wikipedia. :(
I tried to learn more about the skies, the planets, the asteroids, the galaxies and the different theories. I was only in grade 3 then. And then...
Mom bought a set of encyclopedias. At that time, having an encyclopedia set was already google. You have a shelf of man's common knowledge. Call me a nerd, but yes, there was a time when I browsed through encyclopedias for interesting articles, persons and terms. I like the part on the human anatomy...
It was already a haven for everything I wanted to know about the heavens. The pictures were fantastic (they were colored!) and at the end of each write-up, they would place similar terms for me to look up. It was a roadmap of information.
After the encyclopedia mania, cable came.... and I loved Discovery Channel (yes, I'm inclined to geekiness). I took note of programs that showed the solar system, eclipses, the space race and everything in between. I made sure I wouldn't miss it.. or if I did, I'd check the schedules for replays.
It was then that I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be an astronaut. To go up there and explore beyond my bubble. A dangerous beauty, and I wanted to know her more.
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