Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Walk - One of the Best Cat Tien Memories ♥

 Clutching the bottom of my seat, I let the wind blow through my hair. As the speedy safari bus maneuvered through the forest, small branches pricked the skin on my forearm. The breeze drowned out the laughter of the friends around me, and I focused on avoiding the bigger branches from whacking my head.

With Darlene near the big tree :]
  When the bus stopped, I quickly hopped down, creating a small patch of dust around my ankles. It pinched my skin as I followed the crowd into a rocky pathway inside the cool forest. Twigs crunched under my shoes and a variety of leaves tickled my calf during the walk to Crocodile Lake. Beads of sweat condensed on the back of my neck and on the inside of my shirt, making it stick to my damp skin. The neon yellow sun sent rays through the spaces in the elephantine trees, causing whatever wrinkles I had on my face to appear.

Best Friends ♥
Familiar voices started to spill into my ears, and right then I was participating into whatever conversation my friends had to gossip about. It was like that for the whole journey; loud singing awakening the nocturnal wildlife sleeping in the forest. Adrenaline rose within my body, carrying my feet faster into the woods, waiting to see what we came for. Surely the five-kilometer walk there had to be worth it.

Best Friends in style ♥
 Disappointment was written all over my face when we reached our destination, realizing that there were no crocodiles to examine. All the hope that was in my body broke loose, and I was ready to drag my feet back to my lodge room as fast as I could. Anything to get out of the displeasure I was in. If the crocodiles could write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day, I bet they would win numerous awards.

THE best Americans alive ♥
  Despite the walk, it was still a great trip. All the pictures we took were memories being captured. And the thing I've learnt out of this experience is that every moment is a memory in the making, so why not make the best of what we've got. Even if it's just a cheap lodge room with spiders and frogs [:

ViVi: I'm gona go suicide in the pond kay?
Kris: no one cares :)
   But there were so much more indescribable memories I had in Cat Tien; the late-night laughs with Kristine & Darlene, the blasting of music out of my speakers in our block, the private times talking around the campfire, the visible stars illuminating the sky at night, the peaceful walks from this room to that... Every single moment of it was unforgettable. If I were to retell the whole experience, I would've done it without hesitation (:
Just smile through it all ♥


3 comments:

ViVi Hearts Nguyen said...

For my word choice I think I did okay with choosing synonyms of dead words to make my writing more impressive. I didn't overdo my vocabulary and made it sound as if I put together a bunch of complicated words to make myself sound smart. psh (:

My sentence fluency I think went along well. The words glide off the tip of my tongue and onto the next sentence, and it doesn't sound like a bunch of nonsense I put together.

For proofreading, ohmygod, like I've read it over & over just to make sure its flawless. But i'm pretty sure you can find mistakes if you strain your eyes. It just seems flawless for the moment.

My spelling and grammar I think are fine. Because grammar comes naturally to me I think I know when something sounds wrong. And spelling, sure I had to check the dictionary.

Overall, I think I deserve a 11.5/12 ♥

NickTDT said...

Your vocabulary, organization, and sentences are very good. I think u will have the maximum score.

Alex Nguyen said...

I really like the pictures. :))

I think you used quite good words for your description. They are not too repetitive, but you used a lot of verbs and adjectives that really painted a picture for me.

Your sentences have a variety of sentence beginnings, which is great. The whole thing sounds really good when read aloud.

There is obvious organization in your narrative. It is ordered in chronological order and quite easy to follow.

There are some grammar mistakes such as "If I were to retell," but obvious, there is a lot of proofreading, and the mistakes don't really interrupt the flow of the paragraph. I think this essay will score really high marks. I think it gets a 11.5/12.

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