On the way

It’s a long long journey

Till I know where I’m supposed to be

It’s a long long journey

And I don’t know if I can believe

------Journey 

This is one of my favorite songs.

Someone has said, “Go travelling, or do some reading. Either your body or your heart, at least one of them should be on the way.” I cannot agree more. People ought to keep themselves on the way, otherwise they can hardly make any progress.

I like travelling, and there are so many places I would like to have a look. The first option is Taiwan. It is known that Taiwan is famous for its human landscape and abundant culture, as well as delicious traditional food and fresh fruits. What is more, a lot of Taiwanese literature works have not been imported to mainland, which attract me a lot. Japan is another place where I always want to travel. It is said that the view of Chang’an in Tang Dynasty can only be seen in Kyoto. It is sad but true. Besides, I also look forward to going sighting in Korea, Thailand, Europe, and so on.

However, for such a lazy guy as I am, travelling is not an easy thing. If go with travel agency, there is very little freedom; but if go by myself, I have to start preparing everything long before the journey, which is so tiring. This is one reason that I prefer do reading rather than go travelling. Meanwhile, another reason is that travelling costs much more than reading. As we all know, an ordinary book is no more than twenty or thirty dollars, but we can read it again and again until we get tired of it; if the book happens to be a masterpiece, we will never be tired of it. Compared with travelling, which costs us thousands of dollars at once, it is so obvious that books are much more worthwhile. No wonder it is said that we can never pay a book up.

For these reasons, I spend most of my spare time reading various books. Most of the books that I have read are novels, including fairy tales, romantic novels, Kung fu novels, science fictions, and so on. These books teach me a lot about how to deal with the complicated real world. Poems and stories about poets are my favorites as well, especially Chinese ancient poems. The world inside books is so fabulous that I cannot leave it at all.

St. Augustine said, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” You see, travelling and reading combine together again. Be on the way, and always gain something new. Thus the life must be rich.