strange... as strange as can be...

Woke up early Saturday morning from a strange dream...

My colleague and I were exploring a building... I remember the walls were made of glass and that the place was pretty spacious... We were probably on a high level of the building... I was too busy looking around that I didn't realise my colleague was no longer next to me. However, I then managed to catch a glimpse of her slowly disappearing from my sight. She had sat on a sloping slide... the slide was pretty much like a water slide in a theme park - the kind that gets you wet as you slide and land at the bottom of the ride.

I followed suit and sat on the slide. And before I knew it, I suddenly found myself half-naked. To make matters worse, I was sliding down real slowly and the lower levels were bustling with people! Instinctively, I crouched my body over and hugged my legs to cover myself.

Then out of nowhere, a guy approached, asking me if I was alright. But he was obviously merely pretending to help as he stood there right in front of me just humiliating me with his stare. I felt a surge of anger rise up within me and imagined punching his jaw. I can't remember if I actually did, but he soon disappeared from my sight.

But the speed of the slide was just so incredibly, frustratingly slow! I desperately wanted to move much faster and as I also wondered where the hell the slide would lead me to, a white cardigan appeared just above me. Simultaneously, I heard a voice saying, "Take this, it's Adeline's cardigan."

I looked up and was terribly surprised to see two of my male ex-classmates. Fortunately, I was still clear-headed enough to remember to put on the cardigan. Things happened real fast soon after.

I remember talking but I can't remember the conversation...
I remember my friends' hurried steps as they tried to keep up their pace next to me on the slide...
I remember the dream ended with me thanking them gratefully as I continued to slide down the slope...
Then everything else slowly disappeared...

I woke up.

..................................................................................

I can't make out whether it was a dream or a nightmare...
My mother once told me that dreaming about not being clothed is a sign of impending shame or humiliation...
I'm trying not to think about it, but I won't deny that it does disturb me...
I can't help but wonder what it meant...
Will I be facing a tough challenge in my future?

And it was so strange to see my old friends - the two whom I haven't been in touch for so long...
Plus Adeline was one of the guys' ex-girlfriend. They had broken up ages ago back when we were in secondary school... Sp that certainly added further to the strange factor...

If I could remember correctly, the predominant feelings I experienced in the dream were geared more towards frustration and strange surprise, as opposed to extreme humiliation... so I'm hoping that it wouldn't really be like what my mother had dreamt and experienced before... I really can't imagine going through what she did...

But... if anything were to seriously happen...
I pray that I'd be strong enough to ride it...
And find comfort in knowing that He knows best.

Cos though life may be strange or even painful...
I know that it is in fact beautiful...
in its mysterious ways...