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They say that a picture speaks a thousand words. Well, I didn't have my camera this afternoon so instead of a picture I'll type a few hundred words in its place.

Picture this: a golden sunset that lights up the sky, contrasted with a growing blue of the evening. They both blend into each other at your zenith. The shapes and shades of the pillowy clouds bring out the depth of the sky. You can fool yourself into thinking you were staring at the world’s largest piece of canvas – with solid colors melting into gradients. It was majestic.

It wasn’t just the sky. Just minutes before I stepped out of my house it was pouring. Lighting ripped across the sky, thundering off a monstrous roar. I had to turn up my television volume up to the twenties to hear the dialogue in Thank You for Smoking. Yet, when I stepped out of the house the air was cool, the sky was clear. The city smog had been lifted like a blanket. The colors and texture of everything stood out brilliantly. And as the sun was setting, its last rays struck the sides of red and yellow buildings – making its contrast with the deep blue sky even more awe-inspiring.

And it’s not just nature. I hopped onto the jeepney where my visibility was cut down to a small windows worth. But as I stared at the black asphalt I saw the brilliance of reflected candescent lights as the layer of water had settled on the ground. I thought to myself, is this what John saw when he was describing the new Jerusalem in the book of Revelation? The roads really were golden, and the streets were teeming with neon lights. Different colors glowed as the sky began to darken. We didn’t need the light from the sun, moon or stars. We had out own flames that burned just as bright.

Later that night I tried describing the scene to a friend. She just nodded along. She had been indoors the whole afternoon so she missed the perfect sunset. I pitied her. We all need to spend more time out doors.

That's 328 words. Not even close a thousand . . . But I hope you can construct an image in your head of what I thought to be a perfect sunset.