We are now on top of a small hill waiting for a teacher to
come and give us a lesson in Kung Fu. There are lots of those grass things that
make noise here, so we are playing with those now.
I am not looking forward to climbing the mountain. We
are going up 嵩山
(Song mountain).
~
By the way, we are staying at 少林(Shoa Lin) Temple. It seems
to me that all the boys are around ages 10-17. If it was me going to train all
my life here I would not do it. I just feel so sorry for them, none of them get
to have a normal childhood, which is something that you cannot have again.
We just came back from hiking 嵩山 (Song mountain), which is
one of the top 5 mountains in China. It was really amazing. The first 10-15 minutes
was painful, but after that I started listening to “Sound of Music”. The cool
thing was that I could hear the birds and stream in both the music and in
reality. And then when I got to the top, “Climb Every Mountain” started playing.
The mountain included 2,201 steps, just going up! (This Madelyn counted).
After, we had the choice of going to a suspension bridge, but we went after the
big group went. “We” included me, McKaela (my other friend), her mom, Mrs. D,
and Matthew. Me and McKaela are scared of heights, but I was sort of acting
more scared so McKaela wouldn’t feel so bad. Instead of going on the suspension
bridge, we walked along a cement cat-walk that was built into the cliff edge!
And at some points there were holes that you could see really far down. It was
very scary, but worth it.
Today, “I learned how to Kung Fu” (quote from Corner Gas, a
Canadian comedy TV show. It is very funny and I am able to take about
any situation and find a Corner Gas quote from it).
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