BIRDS AND FLYING

BIRDS AND FLYING


This evening, I was at Macpherson Road waiting for bus 62. My last lesson ended at 4pm. It was already 5pm, and I was transferring a bus at MacPherson Road. The bus should not take too long to arrive, I deduced, considering that it's not yet the after-work peak hours.

I took a seat at the bus stop. If there's one thing bad about MacPherson Road, it's definitely the ever heavy traffic along that stretch of road. All the exhaust fumes from the cars; it really makes one feel suffocated. The air feels anything but fresh. I feel, deeply, for my pair of lungs.

The weather was great - bright, but not sunny. The wind was cooling - strong, but not too cold. I looked up at the pristine, blue sky. Just then, a flock of crows went flying past. The scene was breathtakingly beautiful; totally graceful. I wondered, how on earth do birds fly? They do it so effortlessly, so naturally! They make it look so simple! I mean, afterall, even if I flap my hands until they drop, I still cannot fly what! All of a sudden, I felt like the Wright brothers.

Sitting there, I was admiring the birds taking flight in quiet awe. Then, just like hitting the jackpot, I hit the million-dollar question:





WHAT HAPPENS IF THEIR MUSCLES CRAMP?!?!?!





Will they PLOP! down from the sky like bird's droppings? That'll be sooo comical! But it sort of makes sense, doesn't it? With all the flying, wouldn't their wings ever cramp? It is such a strenuous activity! In addition, before doing any exercise, the cold muscles also need to be adequately warmed up too, right? Therefore before taking flight, do the birds actually do some warming up, too?





I've said, when bored, I think senseless things.





At the end of the day, the profound conclusion derived is: not all muscles are the same. Some muscles are just so strong that they just don't cramp. Has your tongue ever cramped, anyone? You can yak yak and yak for the whole entire day, and it's not the tongue that's tired. It's either the mouth, or the jaw. I've heard somewhere that the muscles in our tongue are the strongest of all! Not forgetting too, how about eyelids? Can you imagine how many times we blink in one day; in 24hours? Do the eyelids ever cramp from all that blinking? NEVER.

This is just so weird. Never mind.





Anyway, there are 2 papers to sit for this Friday. And there's still another weekly lab report to do. There are so much content to study and get familiarized with, but I'm just feeling so lazy. Ohhh... And I've not touch the six strings since... like, what? Last Tuesday? Hmmm... This is not good. This feels guilty. I'll try to sneak in a few hours of practice before lesson tomorrow!