The sun rises very quickly early in the morning. I wake up and have breakfast with my family. I look around at my neighbors, and I see that they hurry to go to work because today is Monday. The day is busy; some people have an argument, some people scream at their children. “Oh, it is so crazy,” I think. Even though Vientiane is a small city, many people from other parts of Laos, in order to get a job. Me, too.

The world changes every day. The price of food and drinks is increased, which is why we have to work harder and harder in order to survive as humans. Sometimes, it all makes me bored and I try to escape from this world, but I can’t.

Why? Because I have a duty to take care of my parents, who get older and older. Our family is still poor. So, it’s just only me who has a chance to study and am able to help them. I would love to be private and stay in the forest near the river where it is peaceful and silent, with animals and kind people. Anyway, I think one day I will have a chance to live there. However, now, I must do my duty first.

While I drive my motorbike to school, I see a crowd of people driving their cars, motorbikes hurriedly. When I reach my school I walk toward the school board quickly to the study schedule. I take a pen in my bag and write it down on a piece of paper. Then, I go back home. Today is very sad to me: nothing happens. I sit on the chair outside my house while the sun sets. Everything around me changes quickly. I notice that the yellow leaves on the trees fall down to the ground and into the pond that is in front of me. The fog is falling and the moon appears on the sky; suddenly there is wind and together the sky becomes dark. Children around me stop playing any activities and go to their house to have dinner with their family. Later, the weather changes automatically. I feel cold and colder. “Oh I see, the seasons change from rainy season to dry season.” It’s the same with people.

After we finish having dinner, my family goes outside to the same table. We discuss what we will buy, and make food to the temple for the “Khao Sa Lak” festival. This festival is held during the Buddhist lent in the full moon, according to the Buddhist religion. At this festival, Lao people will cook food, and bring flowers and fruits. After they prepare it they will go to the temple and give it to the monks to make a merit during the Buddhist lent. Therefore we have to prepare from today until this Wednesday morning. After we finish discussing, everybody goes separately to their bed rooms and takes a good sleep. I went to bed eventually at 10 p.m.

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