The Exquisiteness of the Lagoon

“What a nice day we have now to start a new life,” the first thing that came out in my mouth as I stretched my hands up in the sky. It was only 06:00 in the morning then. I jogged in the oval for almost an hour and I had decided to take a rest in the lagoon. My shirt was soaking in sweat and I panted heavily as I took my seat in the ground covered by the green thin grasses. I felt glad that I could rest my back in the broad trunk of the acacia tree behind me. The place around me was enveloped entirely by a thin white fog making me fell asleep. I put my head against my knees and I tried to listen attentively to every sound I hear. I heard the chirping of the birds, the blow of the wind, the sound of the leaves kissing each other, the creeping of the insects in the soil and etc.

I lazily lifted up my head and as I slowly opened my eyes I saw a tiny green worm, maybe a 2 cm in size, right in front of me. I jumped in surprise and that cute little thing really woke me up. After that, I decided to take a walk. Sluggishly walking in the gray narrow pavements, I saw dead leaves covering the ground, yellow butterfly happily dancing with the wind, frogs leaping from crag to crag, and nearby you could also find a school of fish swept like a silver arrow in the water. “This place really seems to have a lot of insect and microorganism,” I thought to myself. Tired in observing almost everything I took my seat in the elongated cement table lying near the Melchor Hall. I lifted up my knees and hugged it with my both lean arms and I looked upward. It was almost 08:00 in the morning but still it was cold and I finally realized that the light of the sun could hardly penetrate in the lagoon because of the trees. It felt good to have a rest here because the scent of the wind was refreshing but there were some areas here that you couldn’t bear the smell. It smelled very horridly because probably of the garbage thrown by the people visiting here. It really smelled bad that you could even taste how gross the wind was. You could see candy wrappers, barbecue sticks, plastics, junk food wrappers and paper bags all over the place.
I even saw a young couple threw their soda cans after they finished with it. I just couldn’t believe that they had courage to do that. They didn’t even realized how lucky they were to have a chance to see the almost perfect paradise place like this.
Lagoon is a place full of exquisiteness because of its rich wildlife. It is also one of the best places to have a rest because of the green trees and grasses that surrounding the area. It would be such a waste from us if we didn’t preserved the beauty of the lagoon.