Tonight was just another night, I guess. I have been working on night shift for a couple of months now (I think it's already been half-a-year since that started, on and off), and this night seemed to be of no difference from the others.

One particular thing that happened tonight, though, that does not always happen, is that we took quite a long break. After wolfing down some folded pizza, my three colleagues and I went to a coffee place and our (very pretty, I should say) female friend ordered her drink. I did not get anything for myself, as the beverages from that place is absurdly expensive (even though their stuff do taste good); still, we decided to park ourselves outside that coffee place and enjoy some chilly night air.

We sat around this round table with a huge umbrella. One of us leaned himself towards the table and directly went to take a nap. Our female friend went on to sip her coffee - iced and layered and all. The other guy entertained himself with funny jokes, and I raised my eyes towards the in-between-evening-and-dawn sky and relaxed my head.

There were ducks floating on the pond in front of us, and the lamps nearby flickered brightly. There were only a few visible stars on sight, and the moon was sliced. A spanish-y guitar acoustic was playing in the background, one of the many sounds that danced with the quiet reverie, and there were people around us - conversing, typing on their laptops, reciting office-related words and numbers.

Little conversations happened among the three of us, from pause to pause, seconds and minutes apart; though mostly, we were all just silent. I am not sure what was running through their heads that time, these three friends of mine (one of them asleep) - but I am certain that it's better than anything that they were thinking about before we took our time off there.

I strongly felt the happy, unblemished urge to smoke one cigarette again, after a long while. And also I thought, it's at times like these when you realize that we really are just passing through life, things, and moments.