2010-06-17

Tower

*This is quite random

Passing through the darkness, I finally found myself standing before a gigantic tower. Aside from the tower standing still right in front of me, green field and white cloud are what I am able to see at that moment. Neither do I know how tall is that building nor what is inside it, I decided to march towards the tower. As I walked closely to the door, a pair of hand stretch towards me. Without much hesitation, I raise my hand up to hold it.

Lies behind this door is a wide stretch of purely white hall with little decoration around. I slowly put my first foot step onto the marble floor. Everything is just clean and white without a single bit of dirt. The floor is freezing cold. Slowly, I walked through this hall while starring at each and every corner of the wall. Before I realized, two unfamiliar figures are seen walking side by side with me. I started to feel the warmth. Very soon, I came to the end of this hall, where I saw a stair connecting to the next level. As I was about to make my first step onto the stair, I was carried up by one of them and we slowly climb onto the staircase.

Similar to the first floor, the second floor is pretty much the same. In this level, I started to know the two of them more. And most importantly, I started to enjoy being here although I do not know where is this place. I just felt that this place is very comfortable. And without realizing, I came to another stair. This time, I told them that I would like to try walking on my own but they refused to let me do so. Finally, one of them gently carry me up and we proceed up onto the staircase into the next level.

In level 3 and 4, I started to learn how to communicate with them. They were amazed and happy when I called them for the first time. But at times, they were so angry when I wasn't being very obedient. As soon as I stepped onto level 5, the hall is no longer only the three of us. I started to see others running around like how I used to be when I was in the level below. And of course, the purely white wall started to have colourful decoration all around it.

Level by level, the decoration on the wall changed. And tiny bits of dirt can be seen around. The hall is no longer as clean as it was in the first level. Or rather I should say that, I have actually forgot how does the first floor looks like. But one thing I am glad, the two of them are still accompanying me side by side, giving me the warmth I need. As I entered Level 7, the wall started to have numbers and alphabets appearing on it. I was told by the two of them to read it carefully and try to understand them. As I goes up the level, these wall decoration tends to become more and more complicated and as usual, I was told to try my best to understand it as much as I can. Besides exploring on the wall, I do take my time to look around the hall and try to talk to them. Some are friendly, helpful and caring, while some are being quite cold towards me. Some walks with me along the hall, while some chose to keep a distance away from me. At the beginning of every staircase, I will have different groups of people accompanying me towards the next level.

Something wonderful happened when I was at Level 17. I was lucky enough to get to meet with someone who is willingly to walk side by side with me for as high as this tower can be. I was of course glad and happy at that moment. We have pass through several levels together happily. And I was drown in that happiness till the extend I forgot to hold others hand who have been walking side by side with me all this while. In times, we really enjoy walking together, but still argument do happen and we can only make it till level 19. I have passed through the entire hall in level 19 in deep sorrow and sadness. I do not even bother to look at the wall decoration on that level itself. The two of them are deeply sad as well to see me walking across the hall with tears on each and every foot step of mine.

Level 21 was rather a whole new level to me, as well as a level for me to learn to look back at the wall decoration that I have missed at the level below. It is in this level that I first walked on my own without the two of them, temporarily and I started to have more people coming towards me. Some are those who have once accompany me last time, while some are new faces that I have never seen before. The moment in Level 21 was a great one to commemorate and it will never be forgotten even when I reached to the higher level next time. No matter how great is it to be at this level, I will soon reach to the staircase which will lead me to level 22. I do not know what I will be seeing in that level, nor I know whether this group of people will still be with me on the next staircase, and I do not even know whether I can make it to the next staircase. But one thing that I know that, being in this tower at this very moment, I feel glad and thankful, for having all of you with me.