The most vivid memories I have of any place is its scent, and the way the air feels on my skin. I rarely remember details - names of places escape my mind, although addresses and phone numbers have an annoying knack of sticking in my head for much longer than I need them for.
I went to Mecca when I was 5 or 6 with my parents. All I could remember was the smell of the air, which I encountered once on a hot (40 degrees) Melbourne summer day. The dryness of the air, combined with the feeling of the sun toasting your skin brought me back to the Holy Land.
This afternoon, as I was waiting for a cab home (I got an MC today, on the verge of a bad flu), I felt the breeze brush against my cheek. The sun was shining politely and as it didn't cause my eyes to squint, it almost felt like a cool spring day.
I miss spring in Philadelphia, autumn in Melbourne, and most of all, the torrential rains of Terengganu - there's nothing like the exhilirating feeling of watching a storm come towards you from the ocean, and watching the coconut trees lie back in awe.
Posted by Najah Nasseri at 2003年08月15日 18:45 | TrackBackVivid! So vivid. And yes, I agree about the smell thing.
I have a horrible affinity to smell. Well
sometimes its horrible, like when you go away to Florida for the summer after breaking up with your boyfriend and you smell someone doing laundry and it smells like him.....
And sometimes it's good, like when you wake up in the morning and want nothing more than to see your mother around, but you settle for the next best thing which is your mother's perfume all over the house, which in turn you remember when you spend your first yr away from home....
Thank you Najah!
Posted by: meesh at 2003年08月15日 22:09i like the way u describe weathers and smells. dat's just how i felt sometimes but would never find the word. :D
Posted by: soulie at 2003年08月17日 17:55Yep. Smell and memories have been proven by scientists to have a connection. Read about my experience here -> http://www.sarini.net/archives/000238.html
Posted by: sarini at 2003年08月19日 19:25My apartment sits atop a laundrette below...the smell of detergent sometimes waft into my living room...uhmmmmmm...smells good and clean....but..but sometimes too much of it can cause headaches..just like smells of paints can both make you high or sick !
Posted by: smiley at 2003年08月26日 10:48