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Just got a very fine copy of Bjork's Vespertine today. Bought it from half.com for 5 bucks. Considering how epic and wondrous this album is, it's a steal!!

As I listen to the songs, and looking at my blog, I was suddenly struck by an epiphany about myself and couldn't help thinking, "I am a pretty gloomy guy." Well, I didn't mean it like 'gloomy' as in 'constantly sad and depressed', but my overall taste on everything: movie, music, game, aesthetical designs, etc., is... well, 'dark'. I always cater to the underdog, the muted and silence in the design and color of our universe and my surroundings. For example, just now I was thinking of picking up a new template for my blog, after browsing through a few, I end up returning to this template because... the other templates are too bright and colorful. Maybe that's why I also ended up loving Bjork's music. (btw, in case you haven't noticed, the title of this blog and the small lines beneath it are taken from Bjork songs, 'All is Full of Love' and 'Hidden Place.') Her songs, like Enya, are just beautiful. It's ever so rare there are songs that I can close my eyes to and let myself drifted away by their sounds. The songs I love most are those that have an undercurrent beneath them that flows through me and pours into me, and then... they kept echoing inside me.

What have I written?

I was just re-reading that last paragraph and was dazed at what I was writing there. How weird. Is it the magnitude of the moment? Well, actually, it isn't so much as magnitude as it is peaceful. It's 2:00 PM now, the sky is cloudy and looks like it's going to rain. I'm alone at my apartment right now, the trees are still bald from autumn, and the usually strong gusts that blow outside are still now.

How Zen.

Maybe that's the other problem with me: I daydream too much.

But daydream or not, it's times like these that I can feel the divine seeps in, and I couldn't help but feel gratitude to Allah SWT for hushing the chaos of my world and painting it with silence.

My existence is Yours. And this is my hidden place.