Personal Narrative: My Journey To Shenzhen Bay Control Point

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When our coach arrived Shenzhen Bay Control Point, I knew my trip had already come to a full stop. All of them said they hope to stay for more days, but this never came into my mind. I missed that young face, yet I was sure he mustn’t have the same idea as me. I wouldn’t forget the way he stared at me in the past few days. I could feel the anger from this young fellow, and I promised I wouldn’t return to that place again.

Several days ago, I’d joined a five days voluntary teaching trip travelling to Qingyuan with my schoolmates. We didn’t mean to teach those primary students wholeheartedly, just because it happened in normal school days, then we could have some extra “holidays”! And what’s more exciting is, we only have to teach those kids in the last two days, wasn’t it just a trip for fun?

We’d travelled a lot places in the first three days, like the Niuyuzui Original Scenic Resort, the Three Gorges of Huangchuan, watching Yaozu dancing, and to name but a few. Though it was full of smiles and joys, none of them became part of my memories now.

Xiao Liang, he was the only one that I could
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“I like you. I enjoy meeting with you!” He’d surprised me. “But I hope I’ve never met with you. You know, every year guys like you come to visit us, and yeah, it supposes to be happy. We can learn a lot from you guys and you treat us very well too.” He cried. “But at the same time, I feel suffering too. You know, the chicken we ate tonight, I can only eat once a year. It is every year when people of voluntary teaching group visit us, my mum will cook it. But then do you know, sometimes we sell the chickens or their eggs for earning? And look at the watches on your hand, look at the shoes on your feet, and now you look at me, what’s your feeling? Very disgusting? Yeah, same as mine. I know I never can be people like you. You think you bring us the feeling of visiting heaven? No, it’s hell

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