I just learned that it is the season of observing the Perseid meteor shower. This year the meteor shower is said to be active from July 23 to August 22. Here on the Big Island of Hawaii, too, where you normally see enormous number of stars in the skies, you just look up to the night skies and can see the shooting stars even before the peak (August 13 in 2011.) I saw several last night.
It is said that your wish will come true if you can recite the wish three times to a shooting star before it disappears. But who can? Let's consider just seeing one brings you a luck.