Staring into the starless night sky...

'Beep beep beep!' the shrill alarm of my handphone sounded, as if having a life of its own. It lit up the room and I woke up, startled. I checked the time: 1am. Wee hours of Tuesday morning. Good sign, I had woken up. Woken up for Mother Nature's great night performance. Rare as you can think but how often do you see a 'meteor shower' in Singapore?
The Leonid Meteor Shower has produced some of the most spectacular meteor displays in history,but it is unfortunately periodic in nature. They generally begin from 13 November and end at 21 November with maximum occuring on the nights of 17 and 18 November.
Ok enough of infomation, back to my story.
As I shuffled out from the bedroom, I walked towards the window and took a peek outside. There were indeed lights, but they seem to be...moving...at a very slow speed. Later I realised that the sky was filled with clouds and stars were nowhere in sight. So, the lghts couldn't be stars, they were AIRPLANES.
1.30am and I still haven't seen a star as the clouds didn't clear. I ran out of patience and set the alarm to 4am, with high hopes of waking up seeing meteors. But, I overslept. LOL.
THen just now I heard that the meteors passed by during 4.30-5.00. *Sighs* What a waste it was.
Another failure...