Rainy Starlight Experience

After agreeing to go watch Batman Begins with Ray at the Nokia Starlight Cinema yesterday, it began to rain. Since the Starlight Cinema is an outdoor cinema, it disappointed me a little. I was looking forward to watch the movie, and in the last 3 years we've never missed going to the Starlight event. Furthermore, Ray had so enthusiastically packed mat, pillows and blankets for the event.

We thought it would still be alright if the rain stops. The mat will protect us from the wet grass and it will still be fun. So when the rain did stop, we happily were on our way. When we got there, we found a parking space and the place was crowded. We joined the rest of the people walking up to the entrance. It was a long walk, almost about 10 minutes just to get to the entrance. By that time, a drizzle had started. So there we were, clinging on to 3 pillows, a bag of pizza, snacks and umbrella, going ahead with it.

When we got inside, it was a colourful scene with the many umbrellas held up and people sitting close to each other right under their umbrellas. we found a spot close to the screen and stood there wondering if the rain might just get worse. Ray started to lay the mat and we sat there holding the pillows and food still.

Then it poured! It didnt' take us long to decide that we should just walk out. So we got up, huddled together more closely under the umbrella this time and started the long walk back to the car under a heavy rain.

I took the mat and covered myself with it while Ray took the umbrella. It was better than the two of us squeezed under that one umbrella. We walked in silence most of the way as we watched out for cars in both directions and puddles of water. It was such a relief to have finally gotten into the car.

We dried ourselves and drove off. We headed to ProJet and had our pizza there. We spent a good 2 hours there eating and chatting. It was alright in the end. Maybe Batman is meant as an indoor cinema movie with THX.