Essay#1

Topic : Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.


-Becoming familiar with darkness-


"Help me. I'm in here."
I shouted pounding the at the door but there was any answer. In that dark warehouse, there were only three things ; darkness, silence and me. It was just a piece of mischief. I played hide-and-seek with my cousins. Grandmother's house is a tile-roofed house which seems like the house in Chosun dynasty. I did not want to be found ,therefore, I tried to find where the tagger can not find me easily. In process of finding the place, I discovered a warehouse and I thaught that cousin can not find me out if I hide there. So I hid there and giggled hearing cousin's voice that called my name. Of course he could not find me and I felt tedious. Finally I fell into the sleep in there. Then when I woke up, I left in that darkness alone. Someone locked the door that I could not go out. It was really scared that left alone in the dark place, even more, the silence made my blood run cold. I could not see anything. I felt something like that I am the only one who exist in this world. The pitch-darkness crawled up my body creepily. Only I could do is pounding the door and waiting for that someone will come and get me out of this terrible place. However, as the hours elapsed, my eyes are adapted to the darkness. From then the world became entirely different. I could see all of interesting things in the storehouse. All kinds of miscellanies were in there such as chair, broken mirror, farm appliances and bags of rice located at the corner. My heartbeat was getting faster. I was thrilled about this new world I just found. The darkness was not scary anymore, I felt that it was embracing me comfortably like my mother. Most people feel fear when they can not see the way they have to go. On the road of the life, people are likely to be frustrated in pitch-darkness. However, it is just a short time. A little more time later, your eyes will find the way. Uncertainty is not always bad. I am under uneasiness at my future. What university I will go, what subject I will be major in and ultimately what I really want to do will be realized or not. My future is full of uncertainty, however, I know that I do not have to be frustrated or depressed because this darkness does not cover my eyes. It will help me to find fantastic new world as I found in that storehouse.