today there was a total solar eclipse.
and i woke up at 8 am specially for it.
am proud of my achievement,
given that 10/11 am is my usual hour of peeking open my peepers.

not that sg's getting any 'total',
we were supposed to have 'partial'.
it was dark out the window,
and i thought the solar eclipse was getting ahead of itself.
but turns out it was just dark cumulonimbus clouds,
waiting to unleash its many little droplets of h20 mixed with acidic contents.

and so i turned on the telly to ch u.
watched the live telecast from china.
can't believe i put myself to listening to rapid chinese spoken with a curly tongue early in the morning.
but come to think of it,
with all that poisonous smog layer over there,
who can see the total solar eclipse,
let alone the sun??
shall give them credit for trying.

at about 9.30am,
india had the first experience of the total solar eclipse.
but they didn't have street lights.
so it was moon moving over sun,
moving,
moving,
moving,
taking its own sweet time,
moving,
then poof!
total darkness in the live feed.
except for the circular rim of light up above,
it was just black plus cheering/screaming/chanting from the people near the cameraman.

things were better when it happened in china.
at least we could see the host and the locals.
thanks to the wonder of streetlighting and thomas edison.

japan was supposed to have the longest total solar eclipse,
at about 6 mins 30 secs.

so the moon covered the sun.
and turns out,
the duration that the moon takes to move off the sun completely is about 1 to 2 hours.
oh my, yes, BIG GROAN.
no way was i staying awake till 11am for that.
the moon can stay over the sun for all i care.
then it wont be so warm in sg,
YAYE.

wow,
the next total solar eclipse will be in year 2132.
hope i'll live long enough to see it.
any tips for longevity?
i'll need to survive the next 123 years.