Denz Flawless Chime of Ideal and Reality Without any plan, last winter I brought an easy piece of baggage, took the last night train and silently crossed the Tropic of Cancer.  I was desirous of seeking the mild weather in southern Taiwan.  The train was full of tired people, every one of them was sound asleep, and they seemed to be dead to the world.  I was the only one who was still sober and felt curious about the scenic sights of the outside world.  My entire body hungered for keen sensation, something exciting.  As the train spun over the railroad, time turned the color of sky brilliant blue.  The rows of betel palms represented an exclusive aura of southern Taiwan which was wholly different from the sulky weather of the north. When I stepped out the railroad station, Kaohsiung － a friendly, folksy city － was there waiting for me.  After putting down my baggage, the short days of the most unforgettable tour thus started.  Kaohsiung is an unfamiliar city to me; everything looked so fresh and interesting.  During this trip I was accompanied by a close friend of mine, someone who made me feel relieved and comfortable.  In the beginning we did nothing, just rode the motorbike and passed through every road and street to feel the unique atmosphere of the southern city. We tried to let us and the city fuse into one.  After this, we chose two scenic spots to visit, both of them were seasides, but each had a different kind of amorous feeling.  We went to Hsituwan first and saw many people fishing on the rock around the sea. Sunlight was sparkling the waves.  Taiwan Strait was much wider than I thought.  Lovers held hands walking along the coastline; waves were breaking along the shore.  The world was always easeful in the afternoon.   And then we chose to reach the small but scenic island Chichin by taking a ferry; therefore I could enjoy the beautiful scenery of the broad sea.  We sat on the beach until the night fell and the lights from the fisherboats were winking in the distance.  It was quiet around us two, the bronzy moon hanging on the sky seemed a little bit lonely.  After dinner, we went to the National Science and Technology Museum.  We sat on the bleacher shoulder to shoulder, felt the stillness of the night.  Neither or we said anything unnecessary to express how we were moved.  As long as I raised my head, I could see the twinkling of a starry sky.  After ending the trip back to Chung-Li, I didn』t expect that I would be so fragile when I faced the pressure that came after the trip.  It might be because the whole journey was like Alice in Wonderland.  When I dropped back to the real world at once, everything was like a bullet shooting through my head.  I had not yet adjusted myself well to handle things around me.  I had many unsolvable questions in my brain, continuously bothering me day and night.    Why couldn』t I choose my preferred life style?  Why couldn』t I do whatever I pleased?  Why could those people around me still be so obedient to the rules made for the boring daily life?  Mustn』t they too yearn to escape the frame of invariability?  I became solicitous of somebody』s help, but still no one could clearly point out what I really desired.   During those days, I just did nothing and lay on the bed thinking why should I act like other people, do the same thing every day, go to school and grab lots of dull things, do assignments that never seemed finished.  「Where was my beautiful day at the moment?」  I was extremely low-spirited that moment and could do nothing well; I nearly cracked under the pressure.  It lasted for a long period of time, until one day I saw my roommate sitting on her seat, gladly playing her guitar and singing her favorite songs, all of a sudden I knew actually life could be the shape I wanted and didn』t have to hold such negative ideas.  She found her way to balance the ideal life and the real life and did well in both aspects.  「Seeing that she can be so happy while living under such dull life conditions, so why couldn』t I?」  The simply glad sound from her guitar resolved all my past questions.              Since that time, I came back to the track of normal life again.  My life was no longer a mess.  I started to knock myself out to be ready on time when I had to accomplish any task.  I also learned to rout the right timing to have entertainments when I found myself was loaded with exhaustion.  I discovered the method to achieve the flawless chime of ideal and reality. All my wishes were answered.

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