fireworks

i can't remember the first time i've seen fireworks... i mean those big over the top fireworks, not the one i used to play when i was a kid. but i remember that i was in awe, the whole time the show was going. i think it was after a buckeye's game outside my apartment, or was it the fourth of july... no couldn't have been fourth of july, i came to columbus after that.

anyway, it was always a spectacle for me, fireworks. it always reminded me of warm summer, or the time we went downtown to see the fireworks up-close on the fourth of july (i know cliche, but hey it's the midwest). and i remember one time this undergrad that i hang around with, anggi, tried to capture it, but he forgot to change the mode on his camera (mind you it was pre-dslr days, we used film back then, nothing can do to salvage the shots, on a side note, i always wonder what happened to anggi...so if you know anyone by the name of Bambang Sugiarto but goes by Anggi, please give me a shoutout). well anway, fireworks always fascinates me. well, it wasn't common in indonesia back then.

but now, fireworks are kind a thing in here, and they're always present in huge events. although it does take me back to those days of summer when we stood in our backyard or the parking lot trying to get he best angle to see it, the fireworks here don't have the same magic. back in columbus, they're all colorful and has kinds of tricks i haven't seen here yet. i long for the fireworks in columbus, i long for humid summer nights, chasing fireflies, watching football, calling up my friend ala' and talked until our ear hurts (we talk on landlines so no, i'm not in danger of any brain tumor...well not because of talking on the phone too much i'm sure). i miss columbus, deeply, and someday, and i hope really soon, i can be there again on the fourth of july seeing fireworks in columbus sky.