It was reported that this year's Leonid meteor shower would be a spectacular show of celestial proportions, with best seats to watch in Asia (source).

That would mean... we get to watch in Singapore tonight, right now! - cheering in excitement


I still remembered in my toddler days staying in the old house with my grandparents, I found myself insisting to tag along with my 3rd uncle whom sometimes would climb up to the roof top of the old house (illegally and with no safety devices) to watch the night sky. And yesh... those were the days where light pollution wasn't such an issue when comes to night-gazing. And boy... I would often amazed by the sparkling lights in the sky, thinking how did they get up there so high??


Anyway... I'm determined to watch the spectacular show, hoping to experience what I have experienced as a little girl. I've prepped in the afternoon for a pinic basket, with wollen mat, hand-cranked light lantern, some glow sticks, a compass, a pair of binoculars, a bottle of Villa M, tripod and camera, along with the husband. Unfortunately, as the evening approach, the husband had to rush work through the night, and the sky was filled with thick grey angry rain clouds with heavy lighting strikes.

The first peak of the meteor shower was estimated to happen at midnight. Sticking myself far out of my dining room window, I managed to see 3 shooting stars, in white with no trailing tails, in a small patch of clear sky in the mids of the huge and thick clouds within 10 mins or so.

I told James with confidence, that I would probably see more later at the 2nd peak, roughly about 5am onwards.





UPDATE: eh... its 6am now, I havent exactly see a shower of shooting stars. All I managed to catch were a few white and blue stars falling. Though they didn't have trailing tails, I'm very sure they were part of the meteor showers, and I'm very sure the angle I'm looking from was straight on, hence I'm not able to see the full trails as expected. Funny how things work... though we had one of the best place to view the shower, the weather wasn't kind to let you see it. I was lucky to be trawling the heavily clouded sky with my binoculars, staying put at each patch of clear sky long enough to catch a few falling stars. Not an experience I expected to catch a meteor shower. But a great realization of how lucky I am to be able to do so right at the comfort of my house. And yes... it is true that I have to camp at my air-con ledge to do so... kekekekeke!