Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Getaway

"Tibet?!!" I exclaimed.

"Yah. Why not? It's exotic and has many beautiful scenery. We will take a plane up to Guangzhou and from there, we can take a train all the way up and reach Tibet," said my friend.

My friend and I were discussing to go on an overseas trip after our ORD when he came up with this suggestion. We were thinking of places like Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan - the type of places where tourists normally go. Tibet? It seems so far-fetched.

It was then I recalled my trip to India 3 years ago - that many 3-4 hours car trips travelled, the 10 hour long train ride where we passed by god-knows how many plots of greenery where you can see a tall tree suddenly erected smack in the middle of nowhere and cows moving on the road like nobody's business. No tall buildings. No glamorous clothings. The beauty of simplicity. The only pity was that I didn't have a camera with me then.

Yes, I would love to re-live that again, especially that 10 hours train ride where I sat on the edge of the train's door, watching the beauty of nature's art. A trip to Tibet could just be that perfect getaway which I have craved and waited for so long.

Ok. Tibet it shall be.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Picture Comprehension


Picture Comprehension(or is it composition?)
This is a picture of a park with many people. There are many trees in the picture. Some of the trees are tall and some of the trees are small. There are boys, girls, men and women in the picture. The people are sitting and standing on the grass. Some of the grass are green and some of the grass are brown. The children are sitting in a circle. They are very happy because they are sitting. The big men and the big women are standing around the children. They are not happy because they are standing. The big woman in white is crying and she is using her hand to cover her crying face. She is crying because she is unhappy. She is unhappy because she cannot sit down. The woman in black in front of the crying woman is pleading with the children to let her sit down. She wants to sit down because she is very tired. Only one big woman is happy because she is sitting down. The man on the right hand side of the photo is half-happy because he is half-sitting down. There are a very brave man and a very brave woman in the far background of the picture. They are very brave because they are standing on a dinosaur. They are not happy because they are standing up. They are happy only when they can sit down.