Entry 3: No Big Thing

You are always being asked to write in superlatives: what was the most significant experience in your life or who was the most influential person. What about thinking the other way? Do you ever try to minimize the importance of people or events in your life? Under what circumstances do you try to "inflate" things, and in what circumstances do you try to minimize them? Why? Choose a recent event in your life and try first to make it seem more important than it was, and then less important. Which was easier?

• I have sometimes unconsciously tried to minimize the importance of an event. Two reasons to explain why I would do that would be because I don't want to feel embarrassed or because I don't want to make other people feel bad about something. Anyways,  I am going to use the previous mentioned topic of going to St. Petersburg, Russia again for this entry. The first narrative is an "inflation" of the essay, while the other minimizes the essay.
• The journey to St. Petersburg can be said as a "spiritual" one, quoting Vivien. The place was extremely beautiful, with all the whiteness of the snow and the brilliant colors of the buildings. St. Petersburg is a city full of culture and history. This should be an extremely appreciated trip because this is a very rare life experience. 
• The first thing I felt was the coldness in the air. I had to pull my coat closer to keep the warmth in. The flight from Taiwan to St. Petersburg was not a comfortable one, and all the elevation and air pressure is creating a giant headache and making my ears ache. My hair was all oily, sticking on my face. The conference was not very ordered. In fact, it was one of the most chaotic conferences I have ever been through. Another thing I disliked about the trip was that even though the food was good, it was never enough. And to be honest, they do not make cup noodles as delicious as the ones we brought there.