the first thing that comes to your mind when the word wings is said is probably about flying...

wings are, in the most laymen terms, the substitute for hands in birds and other flying creatures... it's main function is to enable the animal to propel themselves through the air, something which humans have long desired... it became so much a want of the human that so many people tried crazy ideas to fly, with similar made structures, umbrellas, vigourous flapping, of which all failed, til the wright brothers came up with the first successful testing... as such, flying has been treated like a dream, a dream pending to be fulfilled, hoping a miracle would strike and move you through the air... and hence, wings have taken on a new meaning - that of desire and aspiration, that of hope and miracles!!!!

i have no idea when did wings come to have the connotation of protection... big spreading wings which are used to protect whatever dear to one... maybe it's idea of mother hens protecting their little chicks with their wings... the idea of 老鹰捉小鸡, with the mother hen flapping the 'wings' to protect the little chicks behind...

i think wings are beautiful things... many a times we hear of songs having the word wings in it... please give me wings, if i'm not wrong, is taken from a anime of similar desire... singapore idol 06 theme song, you give me wings, is also one of hope and miracle... sometimes u just wished u had wings so that u could fly, and could do anything, just to help somebody or people dear to you... to break free the helplessness of not being able to help those dear and in need... please give me wings...

anyway, i just read about 5cm per second and i wanna watch it... yea i'm quite outdated, but for those who're even more outdated than me, 5cm per second is an anime movie... dun ask me the exact story... just go google it and u'll know... it seems very touching from what i've heard... i wanna watch it...

hopes for the day:
mama gets well!!!!
saw is happy Hokkaido-ing!!!!!!
retard can come for this sun's farewell dinner and yet still perform!!!!!