Anticipation for a Journey

Waiting for a journey to begin can be a very anxious experience. In the 21st century, it is very common for students to travel alone, but although that is the case we still all got jitters imagining the odyssey.
As we waited for the departure date our mind began to wire-up like a computer that has just been turned on. The computer circuits which transports the electricity is like the blood flowing in our body sending signals to our brain. It yells ALERT, ALERT, ALERT I am going away. Many people begin to build an imaginary agenda of how the trip would go, throwing in a couple of casualties and personal desires of what they would want to occur. Once you let your mind run lose it's like a child at a candy-store, hard to control and full of excitement.
The last days before arriving at Bejing, China the thought of going to the other side of the world was un-real for many of us, of course we all had our tickets already, but the actual trip did not become a reality for many of us until we arrived. Some students tried to control their anxiety by going out and distracting themselves from the reality that they were soon to face. They went shopping for the usual necessities. Then worked themselves up about the differences each culture holds. An American student may worry about Internet connection while traveling the Silk Road. Food may be another worry for an American students. We were told to buy nutritious snacks to keep us going if we perhaps would not like the food. Those came in handy!