Paratrooper's Love

March diary
It was 1:30 am, and I just woke up and put on my stinky solidar suit quickly and prepared for a night march. I quickly ate some candys before this long walk so that I had more energy to go. It was the dead of night, and we walked quickly and quietly on the country road, and I wasn’t very conscious at the beginning, so I just followed my friend’s every step and had no stop. Four hours later, the sun came out, wow, it was a very very very fresh and cool morning. Good morning, sun, the earth, and my good friends. It was so great to walk in this early morning!

Ah! It was so painful! How long would this pain last? How long could I persist? When would this painful training come to end? Why did I have this training? Most of my friends had been complaining about it before this training and during it. For me, I quite like it couse' it was very different experience I would have. I saw my friends suffered a lot during this long march training. One of my friends who had already hurt his knee but he still finished the march, and I admired his spirit so much. “It was like a hammer hit me on my knee while I was walking.” He told me and tried to discribe how painful it was.

On one hot day of this training, I saw some of my friends trudged on the road, some staggered and some even limped. And I gritted my teeth, endured the pain, used all my energy, breathed quickly and hard and concentrated on my walking. I didn’t want to give up, if others could do it, I also could do it. Also, I needed to help my friends and gave them support though I was very tiring. It was the fastest walk I had ever experienced. It took us two hours to walk about 13 km, and it was my unforgettable day.

Had you ever watched the spectacular cloud ocean? Had you ever lived in a tent in the mountain? Had you ever watched thousands of stars in the beautiful sky in the mountain? Had you ever drunk the unboiled and pure and cool water in the mountain? Had you ever stood in the mist in the mountain and felt quite cool? I had, I had, yes, I really had. It was a rare opportunity to live in the mountain, especially in this beautiful Snow Mountain. I could feel, use, touch, watch and even eat a lot of nature things here. My most impression of the Snow Mountain was the clean and cool water because the water pollution was almost everywhere in taiwan, I really wanted to jump into the water when I passed through a brook in the mountain. I used it to cool my hot brian and drunk it a lot, and it was so dry and pure and cool. I enjoyed watching the scenery while I was walking, and these scenic views made my road easier and even more smoothly. The mountain had a lot of treasures, but it was pity that I didn’t know how use it. I had become very poor civilized person and embraced a lot of modern technologies and already forgot our nature.

It took me 16 days(6/20~7/5) to finish this 236km long journey and it was quite impressive. I had walked so many places, like the beautiful Snow Mountain and some aboriginal villages nearby. I used my two feet to know more about the beauty of Taiwan, and I also used my feet to love our living place. Taiwan was lovely, magnificant, beautiful and awesome place though it was just 36000 square km. I used my two feet to experience the beauty of Taiwan in this summer, and the impression was unforgettable. I was very proud of myself after this challenging training, and I also loved our living place more, I love you, formosa!