Enjoy Your Freedom

Who wants to be in Jail?
22nd Sep 2003, Monday, Sunny

Today, I was trapped in a 6-floor building's stairs. It was hot and not nice at all. Now I tell you why.

I actually always walk up and down on the stairs in that building. Then today when I was going to leave the building, I walked by another exit door in the building. Without paying too much attention (I was actually thinking about some question from the class), I walked into that door thinking that it's great that there is another exit in the building.

After I just went into the stairway, immediately I felt so hot. It was because the stairs were on the side of the building that was towards the sun and there were glass walls everywhere. Hai, I already came in and will be out soon, so it doesn't matter I thought at the time.

Ok, then I started walking down. Floor after floor, walking faster and faster, I just hoping to get out of the stairway soon...

I was down to the last level, and what appeared in front of me was a big bright-red coloured door which made me feel even hotter. And next to that red door it said: "Fire Exit Only" Opps!!! I knew I was in trouble : (! So the first thing I did was actually look at my cellphone, and there was no signal at all, "great!"

That time I thought that if I exited from that door, then it will trigger the fire alarm which I didn't really want to happen and make an unnecessarily scary situation for everybody in the building. So I decided to walk back up and exit from another door.

I quickly walked back up to the second floor, tried to pull on the door. "Ah Oh!!!" The door was locked. I walked faster to the third floor, tried to pull, the same, and this one is even steadier, not even moving a millimeter. AHHH OHHHHH!!! I was wondering if all the doors were locked. I knew that I was really in trouble. When I looked from the little blurry window to inside, the first three levels that I tried looked totally empty.

But I decided to walk back to the bottom floor and try my luck on the big red door, hoping it would open-even with some "noise". I don't want to do that if the doors will open in the another level, but I had tried them all. And I was feeling extremely hot and I started sweating from running up and down, I felt almost out of breath there. So I tried, AaaaaaaH OooooH!!!!! You know what? My last chance - it's locked too!

What could I possibly think in my mind: Haha, at least I am trapped in the stairs not in a lift!

I think this red door would open when the fire alarm box is broken. But I don't really want to try that, rather, I run back up and looked into each window. Empty, empty, and empty! The only chance that I can escape from the hot pot is to go back to where I came from, there should be people there still?

I knocked very hard on the door and yelled: "Excuse me" with my loudest voice! Once again, I was hot, tired and worried! And finally, someone came to open the door, smiled and said: No worries!

So that's my little scary story one day when I was at school. When I was out, the first thing I felt is Freedom! I suddenly feel that I can understand the people in jail so much and I can feel the same after they finally come out of the jail.

The wind was blowing on my face, it's so cool, nice and the sky is beautiful, I even feel so happy when I was looking at all the trees on the road. The little birdy was jumping and the seagull was singing. As long as I am out of that place, everything is especially nice today!

So people, next time remember pay attention at the signs on any doors, and the most important thing is remember to enjoy your time when you are free because you will never know when you might be trapped!


 
Pages in N's Diary:
 
1: Nancy's Diary
2: 我真傻
3: 有幸与罗豪才副主席会面 Meeting with Mr. Luo Haocai
4: 温家宝总理给在英华人带来的温暖 Get Close Up with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
5: Enjoy Your Freedom
6: I went Sailing Today
7: Let's be better!
8: This day: Oct 30, 2003
9: 记胡锦涛主席访新Hu Jintao visits New Zealand
10: Auckland University Uniguide Leader Meeting