Zhihong
2A'07

The only lily visible in the small yet spacious pond

When I see this scene, I recalled last time when I was in my grandma’s village when I am about 6 or 7 years old. What I remembered is a pond full of white lilies spreading from the middle to all edges of the pond.
Nature can be imitated but definitely not as perfect as the “true” nature. Much of the plants we see on ponds and the ground are planted from man, and even in the reserve parks in Singapore, most of the canopies are replanted. They may seem to be real to most of us, and this is partially due to not having direct experience from primary forests (untouched). This also shows how men are getting lost touch of true nature. With men losing touch of nature, people eventually get less knowledgeable to the truth of Nature.

That’s me in the picture, walking in the foot reflexology path.
I was walking on this path that is well known for its health care purposes. It brought me back of flashbacks to the white lily. I wonder how this path was firstly invented, I wonder how the people discover the benefits of this, I wonder if back then when man have no shoes, do they walk around on rough ground which are somewhat similar to this. I looked at the some of the worn out pebbles on the path. I again wondered if this is caused by people walking on it, or is it because of nature’s weathering.
Nature’s weather is definitely the most powerful force of nature, all matter found in our world are inevitably affected by weathering. No one can disagree from this. Even though technologies of man have advanced so much, nature is still equally existent as compared to millenniums before.

A bunch of students walking under the shelters of the tall and magnificent trees, the shade that these caring trees give them, “ahh…just so wonderful”
During the trip to the botanic gardens, all of us became tired during the amazing race, walking back from the tanglin zone of the Botanic Gardens, we walked past these trees. The wind that blow from in front and the shelter that the trees provided gave us relieve, and it gave us motivation to carry on.
When I looked at this picture once again, I realise how the trees and plants are so caring to living things, and it reflected on nature being so very important or, in a more materialistic way, very useful to us. Nature serves as air filters to regenerate fresh air to us, without plants, no human can survive once all oxygen is used up. Furthermore, it might actually be true that nature might be more important now as compared to the previous generations, and this being due to the increasing degree of pollutions and harmful emissions. Thus, we must even cherish the tiny bits of nature that is left for us and not destroying them just to suit economic progress.