After
an exhausting semester, I was tired of almost everything about academic
things. I told my mom that I barely have
any motivation to start another brain-killing semester. So we decided to go on a trip in order to
find my motivation back. After a long
discussion, we decided to go to the National Museum of Natural Science in
Taichung.
First of all, I have to say that this was
truly a special trip. Why was it so special? That's because my mom
came along with me. She had never gone
on a trip with me since I was seven.
Secondly, going to Taichung was one of my dream because many people told
me that the place was wonderful. And
thirdly, I had done some research before going there. By doing this, I could make sure that I
wouldn’t miss any important exhibitions.
Lastly, the curator was my cousin’s professor, and the department that
he taught was one of my dreaming department, too, so I would pretty much like
to visit the museum he runs. Therefore, we booked a hotel near the museum for
two nights.
There was still a long hallway before
entering the museum’s gate. The hallway
was pretty interesting. At the
beginning, it said ‘length of three bricks equals one point eight millions of the
earth history.’ There are ancient
creatures’ pictures on the floor for us to realize what era were we standing on. We walked through the history of the earth,
then finally to the gate. Inside the
museum was awesome!!! There are four
galleries, the Life Science, the Human Cultures, the Global Environment, and
the Science Center gallery. For me, the
most attractive one was the Life Science gallery. From the age of dinosaurs to the age of human
beings could be seen there. It was really
a wonderful place to discover the mysteries of lives, and it was quite
interesting to see some ancient creature’s models, like giant millipedes, large
cockroaches, enormous dragonflies……etc.
Since it’s soooo fascinating to me, I visited the gallery twice. Other galleries are just as awesome.
Watching some movies was also available
there. The theaters there were all
unique and in a low price(under $100).
The most impressive one was the IMAX(space)theater. The ceiling was the screen, but in a round
radian. The thrater displayed the starry
night sky that night. The commentator
would tell you some basic knowledge about those star signs.
On the second day, we went to the largest
botanical garden in Taiwan. Its landmark
was an enormous butterfly, which was said to be the wild species in
Taiwan. Inside the greenhouse, there
were some tropical plants and surprisingly, some fish species from Amazon river
or other river from Mexico, and also, some poison dart frogs, piranhas……, just
to name a few.
After the trip, I started to realize why I
should study. Without the knowledge, I
wouldn’t have understand the whole exhibition.
Studying is not only for earning more money in the future, but also for a
intellectual, brilliant, and great journal.
For me, the second reason is much easier for me to understand the
purpose of studying.
