As the plane landed on the ground, I woke up. It forced several seconds of thorough brain usage to recollect where I was. The aircraft slowed down and a calm mumble rose through the plane. I strolled down the steps, and off the massive metal plane. Later, we went to collect our baggage. I had thought that we would have to wait for a whole hour before we had collected our entire luggage, but, three hours later, we were still waiting for the rollers to run. I looked at all of the depressed faces, even though I tried to hide it, I was sure my facial expressions showed the same feelings. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the bags finally arrived and rushed to collect their luggage. A few hours later, we got out passports for inspection and we performed a lot of other tasks. I was so tired and aggressive by this time that I wanted to lie down & stretch myself across on the floor & go into hibernation.
As we got outside, the roasting hot sun started burning my skin. The sky dazzled my disturbed eyes and confusing thoughts flooded towards me. It required a whole hour of difficulty to get a taxi in the noise. Eventually, we set off on a long journey to East London. My bad temper began to collapse in the taxi owing to the visual effect the unusual view had on me. The non-stop buzzing stream of cars flowed through the centre of London, coughing out dirty clouds of black smoke, polluting the whole highway. This had led to only a few green trees remaining, which stood proud, but wounded by the daily human activity that causes pollution.
As we were approaching the hotel, it was surrounded by emerald green hills. Later hotel, we noticed an island nestled on the middle of a peaceful, deep blue lake. The island was a safe distance away from intruders, but was close enough to spark my imaginations. We were all looking forward to settling into our rooms in the hotel, located on the bank of the lake. Immediately after the car stopped, we were outside stretching our exhausted legs and inhaling the fresh air.
We were all very excited the next morning, because it was the day that we would be completing the final part of the journey. Soon, we would be fulfilling the dream that we had been dreaming about since two years. After hours of traveling, the atmosphere had started to change. I could no longer hear or see any birds in the sky, probably because of the cold.
We reached our final destination, Hotel De Platz, at exactly midday. After ensuring that we were dressed in thick, warm clothes, we walked to the nearby restaurant and had a tasty warm meal. The steaming chips tasted like paradise. Later in the afternoon, I went for a walk up the mountain to help me get used to the mountain area. The soft snow hardened beneath my feet as I walked up the mountain. It was like heaven on a winter's day. As I admired the nice view, an strange movement caught my eye. A colorful clash of red and blue against the snow connected through an imaginary number of posts. I watched, I was hypnotized until my fear suddenly turned into horror as I realized that the skier was off the ski path and gathering force as his body fights to gain control of his situation. Suddenly, she lost complete control of herself and started skidding down the steep slope. To my horror, I realized that if she continued sliding down in the direction that she was going in, she would fall off the cliff. Without thinking about the dangers that I would be put in by taking this daring risk, I ran to the edge of the mountain. A couple of seconds later, when the skier reached this point and was about to fall off the cliff, I flung myself onto the skier, to try and stop her skidding further down and falling off the mountain. This could have resulted in her being severely injured if not dying. Although I could not stop her skidding, I managed to slow down the speed at which she was skidding so that she managed to stop before he fell of the cliff. As she lay unconscious on the icy snow, I took out the safety blanket from my rucksack, and wrapped her tightly in it to try and ensure she remained as warm as possible. I hastened to my hotel and arranged for a member of staff to go and bring her to the hotel.
The skier was carried to the hotel in a stretcher, where she got medical care. After regained consciousness, she expressed her appreciation to me for saving her life, a sense of inexplicable pride within me. It was then I saw her in proper clothing, the skier I saved almost killed by her moist looks. She came up to me to talk to me but I stood confused, looking in wonder as I had never seen something so beautiful in my life, I think the only thing I remember her saying was her name, Silver. She appeared in a pink top and tight Levi jeans. She had black hair and hazel eyes and a figure that from what I have seen my whole life was amazing and unbeatable. Seeing a person look so amazing made my mouth run. From what I lived in my life I never believed in love, but now it felt like love at first sight. I figured out that this is what dreams are made out off. Then I was devastated as a bulky built man about six feet tall came and took her away. I changed my thinking about dreams. I was awarded a trophy for my bravery and quick thinking. From other people’s point of view, the golden trophy is a mark of my bravery, but to me, the trophy represents my awareness but I would have given that trophy back if only I could have Silver but maybe it was my childishness. Although the trophy stands significantly in the glass cupboard, the message it carries has been deeply carved into my heart where it will stay forever, and so will Silver.
I had always thought of myself as a "boring person" who did the most boring things and who would never fall in love but I was wrong. I used to think that my life was like a bittersweet symphony, similar to the words of a sad song, where the words have no meaning. My life had always been like a pointless existence in my view. This sad experience taught me that merely to exist is not enough. Life must have a purpose; a meaning; a reason. Life must take in dreams of hope. From that day, I decided what my goal of life would be. The realization of the value of life inspired me to become a doctor and help save other people's valuable lives. I guess I gained something from this journey…but not what I really wanted.
