amuseMEnt

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the world is an amusement park.
our life is the ride we chose.

i've been having this bittersweet dilemma about roller coasters and carousels.
the adrenaline-pumping roller coaster, full of loops, ups, and downs. it always leaves you breathless, but you always come back wanting more.
the carousel, spinning round and round its pole, with tri-coloured horses marching up and down.
less thrill, but it never ceases to captivate you.

i chose the ferris wheel instead.
a bit more predictable than the roller coaster, but not as monotonous as the carousel.
the roller coasters are too fast to enjoy the view, blurs the view and confuses us. the carousels are way too subtle, too safe.

at least with the ferris wheel, we can stop and marvel at the view from above.
we can see the city lights burn.
if we're lucky, we can even see the sunset. the horizon.