Friday, January 18, 2008

Wonderful ride

The sun was just over the horizon when I lazily woke up. 'Another boring weekend ?' I thought to myself. That was when my parents told my brothers and I that we would be going to The Escape Theme Park. We jumped up and down in excitement behaving like little kids. It was as though God had heard my wish to leave our usual dull schedule.

At the scene, the atmosphere was electrifying and was packed to the bottle neck with people , was filled with screams of excitement. I guess everyone had the same idea as us. My brothers and I decided to go straight to the main course by trying out the latest and scariest ride called SpaceShot. As we were lining up in the dragon- long queue, I soon had butterflies in my stomach due to the fact that I had a phobia of heights. In this ride we would be taken up twenty stories and be plunged down at brakeneck speed which would send even the bravest of men shivers down the spine.

After what seemed like hours, it was finally our turn. It was like soldiers going to war, trying to conquer the enemy which was in this case the ride. It ascended slowly and as every second ticked by, the people on the groud soon became the size of ants.' Why did I have to do thissss......' Before I could even complete my sentence, I was plunged down, leaving my shadow behind. My heart beat continuosely and I was too terrified to scream.

Before long, we were back to the ground. I had never been so appreciative to have my feet planted as it was definetely than being scared out of your wits in mid-air. Have I conquered my fear of heights?Well not quite but someday I promise, I will......

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