Personal State
Zoe Yang
July 27, 2013
Direction: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there and why is it meaningful to you? “Zoe, go through the West Bridge and get a pot of hot water for me,” said my grandmother. “OK,” I answered. The West Bridge is the symbol of my whole childhood. It is near my grandma’s house. I just need to walk for 50 meters to attain it. I love it so much because it almost represents my homesickness. Since I was a baby, I grew up with my grandparents in a small countryside. The West Bridge always stands there with the river, the farms, the lawn and all the fowls which rely on this land. They constitute our whole hometown. This stone bridge is old enough to let people respect it. My grandpa told me that since Qing dynasty, this bridge had already been here. When I first had the memory, I remembered that the steps on the bridge were very uneven. Also the face of the steps is rough. There are many little holes on it like caused by hydrops of the rain. It looks like a wrinkled face of an old man. Under the bridge, there is a small river. Around the river, there are flourish grass and trees growing by the two sides. I love the bombax the most among these plants. When spring comes, flowers grow happily on its branches. They are so beautiful even when their petals are blown on to the ground. I enjoy most when the petals spread over the bridge while the wind brings the perfume to me. When the West Bridge is covered of petals, it looks surprisingly dreamlike because they match so well to be old- timey. It is a beautiful scenery line in my hometown. Since I could walk by myself, my grandpa started to take me to play on the bridge. I was very shy at that time and could only always play with the stones on my own, but children in the countryside were more hospitable and outgoing. They also liked to play, run and enjoy on the bridge. When they saw that I was alone, they
July 27, 2013
Direction: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there and why is it meaningful to you? “Zoe, go through the West Bridge and get a pot of hot water for me,” said my grandmother. “OK,” I answered. The West Bridge is the symbol of my whole childhood. It is near my grandma’s house. I just need to walk for 50 meters to attain it. I love it so much because it almost represents my homesickness. Since I was a baby, I grew up with my grandparents in a small countryside. The West Bridge always stands there with the river, the farms, the lawn and all the fowls which rely on this land. They constitute our whole hometown. This stone bridge is old enough to let people respect it. My grandpa told me that since Qing dynasty, this bridge had already been here. When I first had the memory, I remembered that the steps on the bridge were very uneven. Also the face of the steps is rough. There are many little holes on it like caused by hydrops of the rain. It looks like a wrinkled face of an old man. Under the bridge, there is a small river. Around the river, there are flourish grass and trees growing by the two sides. I love the bombax the most among these plants. When spring comes, flowers grow happily on its branches. They are so beautiful even when their petals are blown on to the ground. I enjoy most when the petals spread over the bridge while the wind brings the perfume to me. When the West Bridge is covered of petals, it looks surprisingly dreamlike because they match so well to be old- timey. It is a beautiful scenery line in my hometown. Since I could walk by myself, my grandpa started to take me to play on the bridge. I was very shy at that time and could only always play with the stones on my own, but children in the countryside were more hospitable and outgoing. They also liked to play, run and enjoy on the bridge. When they saw that I was alone, they