A couple of weeks ago we went to Yangzhou on a school trip. I’m not sure if I’d call it
A couple of weeks ago we went to Yangzhou on a school trip. I’m not sure if I’d call it “fun,” but “interesting.” It was a time of reflection, at least for me. At Slender West Lake I would lag behind my friends and start thinking about things I haven’t thought about in a while. I was feeling a bit confused about feelings that have quickly risen up in me the days before the trip, and I wasn’t sure what to think. Was this moving on? Is this what it really feels like? I think it’s something else. I’ve changed so much as a person in the last few months. I felt a new confidence in myself after the Banco Santander Brunch. I was ecstatic and proud of myself, but in Yangzhou I retreated into myself and thought and thought. It’s more of a fear of the unknown, what might come in the future. I wondered what I actually wanted in life, what I wanted from people. I was a bit melancholic. So at Slender West Lake and Daming Temple, for much of the time, I thought. Slender West Lake itself is beautiful, even on a cloudy, windy day. It’s a wide expanse of gardens, trees, water, bridges etc. Yangzhou’s iconic Five Pavilion Bridge is there.I loved walking with my friends and I enjoyed watching them laugh and take pictures of each other, as if I was an outsider looking in. You can get lost in there, and I did, mentally at least. My friends were there though to bring me back to reality to enjoy the moment. -- source link
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