Tuesday, May 24, 2016

1.1: Reflecting on memory, identity, and place

Have you ever thought of how you can know if a person cares about you or not among people? Everyone in this world has family, relatives, and friends. Each one of them, indeed, cares about someone in a certain way. However, some people aren’t aware or able to see that care clearly. In addition, people can take another way of looking at this care which is looking at other’s behaviors. In other words, people can see what a person is doing for them whether behind or front of their face. I have seen this conception in my grandma’s behavior on our farm.
            One day, my family and I had a camping trip on our farm. We had this trip once every blue moon, so it was crucial for us when it came. We took the road heading to our farm. When we arrived there, everyone got excited because we knew for sure that we would have lots of fun there. On our farm, we have this giant sophisticated gate, which would open by a remote control from my uncle’s car. When I entered the farm, I saw a long path that leads me to our place in which my family and I would camp. In addition, on the sides of the path, we have many kinds of trees, so it could give us nice shade over the path; furthermore, one of these trees has the ability to thwart mosquitoes from flying around the farm by releasing some kind of aroma. Also, among these trees, there are small paths which lead us to our animals that we have, such as cows, chickens, and camels.  While we are on the path, we always turn off the air conditioner and open the windows, for we can smell many kinds of flowers all over our farm, which can give the farm a notable aroma. After all of these scenes, we will be there where we camp.
            After we arrived to the camping place, we parked our cars in front of our swimming pool that had just completed. Then we started setting up our needs.  Who was there from my family were three of my uncles, mom, my aunt and her kids, my grandparents. Furthermore, everyone started doing his job; my uncles obviously started doing the hard jobs, such as setting up the tent and preparing the fire in order to have the BBQ. On the other side of my family, my mom and my aunt started preparing the food, such as washing chickens from its blood and cutting vegetables. It is notable that we did not let my grandparents make any because we wanted them to get relaxed and rested as much as they needed. While my family members were doing their job, I was the person preparing the relaxing environment for my grandparents by setting up the coffee and putting down the carpet so they could sit dawn and rest because of the long trip; It took about two hour to get to the farm, and it is well-known that the orderly people will get exhausted.
               Then “the fun part came for me,” which I always take a tour on our farm so I can see if there is anything new that I have not seen before. After I finished my job, I went back on the same path that leads us to the camping place. While I was walking back and looking at the trees on the sides, I saw this tree that attracted me and looked familiar to me, but I did not see it in our farm; therefore, I took a step further to see what it was. When I came in closer, I realized it was a mulberry tree. I love any kind of fruit which has a sour taste; in fact, I had this brilliant happy smile, and with excitement I took a big bucket and started gathering some mulberries. Besides, a precarious event came while I was collecting some mulberries. Whenever I moved my feet, I heard this scary sound, which was like hissing or like the sound of breath when someone is whispering to you. At the same moment, I felt like I would forfeit my rights of staying alive if I did not turn around and see where the sound was coming from because it was so quiet and peaceful before the sound started to be released. When I turned my back, I looked down, and I saw that blatant venomous snake, which I could not endure looking at.  Just right after I realized it was a snake, I started running like mad and screaming, and I couldn’t even salvage my collection of mulberries. When I arrived to my family, I told them about it and at the same time I was talkative because I was so terrified. What would happened when my grandma is not there is they just tell me to let it go and forget about what I have seen, but my grandma pounced and hugged me. She pulled me and said “take me to where I saw the snake” She was very jittery and she ran with me like a grown healthy women. It was abnormal to me looking at my grandma standing with me like that. She took a sharp stick to kill the snake, and I leaded her to where I saw the snake; it was still there. My grandma started hitting the snake violently and said “Do not come close to Khalid again ever,” I was close to cry. After she killed the snake, she hugged me again and told me that I should be resilient next time.

            In short, among whether our family, friends, or relatives, we can see how much they care about us from their actions, which sometimes be abnormal to us. For instance, my grandma’s action showed how much she cares about me when she went to kill the snake just for me and because I was threatened. What I learned is that when someone says I care about you, you should say show me, don’t tell me because the action makes the words more efficient. 

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