Physical Activity

Physical activity is very important; I want to be healthier, so I decide to do physical activities during the holiday. I like playing badminton, I let my grandfather play badminton with me, he often exercises, he is a very healthy elder, and my grandfather is used to running every morning, so I run with my grandfather though I don’t like running at the start.
During the holiday, every morning, I woke up at 7 o’clock, and then my grandfather and I began to go running. In the morning, the weather was a little cold, I was afraid of going out, but my grandfather said:” If you are afraid of such a minor problem, you will not be healthy forever!” Then my grandfather opened the gate and began to run, I looked at Grandfather's back and thought, after a while, I ran out and followed my grandfather. We were running along the street, there were few people on the street. I wanted a fit body, so when I was tired, I encouraged myself not to give up. When we ran for some time, I felt very hot, so I thought running was a good exercise. When we came back, I drank much water, I felt energetic though I was tired during the running. I made up my mind to run with my grandfather every morning. Little by little, I was no longer running so tired.
Every night, my grandfather and I went to indoor badminton court, we played badminton to exercise. I liked playing badminton and I thought I played it very well, so I was excited. My grandfather seldom played badminton, so he always lost to me, then, he told me to play badminton with others in the indoor badminton court, he wanted to have a break. I looked around the indoor badminton court, I found a girl, her age and my age is almost, she was sitting on the chair, I walked to her and said:”Excuse me, can you play badminton with me?” The girl looked at me and smiled, and then she picked up the badminton racket, she said:” Of course” So we began to play badminton, she was good at it, she played more wonderfully than me, upon that, I asked her some skills, she was a kind girl, she answered all my questions, so every time, when I play badminton in the indoor badminton court, if I saw her, I always played with her, she helped me to play badminton well. We made friends. When I were playing badminton, I must run around, jump and pay attention to the badminton, it would help me to exercise though it would waste my energy, too! However, after playing badminton, you would be more energetic.
My fitness goal is to make my body fitter, don’t fall sick. Running and playing badminton can give much energy, the two activities can help me achieve the goal, and I think I will keep on exercising though I had finished the 10 hours’ physical activity. As an athlete, during running and playing badminton, I learn that if we don’t pay, there would be no return. Exercising is tired, but after exercising you will be healthier, you will not be afraid of illness.

School Club/Organization

I am a member of Roller Skating Club, I like the activity, and we go to Gu Lou Square every Friday and two-day weekend. Our club leader is an active and kind girl; we all get along with her, our teacher is very strict but he teaches well, so we always have happy Fridays and two-day weekends.
I never played roller skating before, when I joined the club, in the beginning, I didn’t know how to play it at all. Teacher let me wear Inline Hockey Skates to walk, I tried my best to do it, but I could not balance myself, I always fell over myself, I felt painful! Teacher taught me some skills; he said that I should let my body pitch; my feet should walk ahead and my body should follow my feet’s movement to move, it sounded easy but if you were a beginner, you would feel hard. But I did not give up, I paid attention to the skills, I did the best I could to do it well. When I fell down, our members helped me up and encouraged me; our leader told me her methods. I smiled at them, I felt energetic at that time. I think helping each other and uniting as one are the club’s strengths. With the help of teacher and members, I made great progress.
Our club is a sport club, it is one of the reasons I choose the club. I always fall ill, I need exercise, but most sport, such as running, playing soccer, playing volleyball, etc. I don’t like them, so I exercise little. Going roller skating is my hobby; it can help me to change the health of my body, too! So, joining Roller Skating Club is a double benefit by adding things.
At the beginning of the term, we had few things to do, so we arrived at Gu Lou Square on time every Friday and two-day weekend. Little by little, we had many projects and presentations to do. Our free time was less and less, so we began to make default, at the start, we felt sorry about that, we promised that when we had free time, we made sure to join in club activities! However, because we had not exercised for a long time, we became lazy, when we really had free time, we didn’t want to go roller skating to practice, and we wanted to relax. The teacher was strict, we did want to be scolded and we didn’t want to fell over ourselves again, so we always found various reasons to make default. I was sure I liked going roller skating, but I also wanted to have a break after studying the whole week. I think indolence is the club’s weaknesses. I think we will do our best to improve the weaknesses in the future.
Anyway, since I joined Roller Skating Club, I learned a lot of truth. When we work in a group, we must unite and help each other; whether to do anything, we must persevere and not give up halfway; when we decided to do one thing, we will strive to do it well.

Volunteer/Work Experience

During the holiday, I went to my mother’s company because I wanted to be a volunteer in my mother’s company. My mother was always busy and she was very tired when she came back every day, so I hoped I could help her! My classmate Nelly lived closely with me, so we decided to work together in my mother’s company.
On February 1 morning, we went to Sunshine Supermarket, my mother was the boss of the supermarket, the shopkeeper was very kind, at first, and she arranged us to clean up the goods, she said it was a simple job, we both thought it was simple, because we just needed to clean the cabinets and then put the goods away on the cabinets. We wore the dungaree and began to work. The weather was bad and there was no hot water, so I must use cold water to clean the cabinets, I felt terrible about that. The cabinets were dirty, so I needed to change the water again and again. Before long, my dungaree was quite dirty and my hands turned red, I felt cold. When I cleaned them up, I was very tired, so I sat on the floor and took a deep breath. I looked at Nelly; she was having a break, too. She smiled at me and we encouraged each other, after a moment, we continued to work. The goods were in a mass, I needed to assort the goods, and it was so troubled. Some goods were easy to damage, so I was careful; some goods were heavy, so I used much energy, but because of this, I didn’t feel cold anymore. We almost spent the whole morning doing the task, when we finished it, we both sat on the floor and drank much water, and however, we still felt happy, because we finished the task by ourselves. By doing the job, I wonder something looks simple but when you do it, you will feel hard. The shopkeeper said the task was so easy for them, we looked at each other, we felt surprised, she told us the skills, we needed to work together, one person cleaned the cabinets and the other person put the goods away, she said the skill was very useful! We thought we needed to practice more.
In the afternoon, the shopkeeper changed our work, she let us to be the cash collectors; it was our first time to do it. We felt nervous because we needed to be responsible to the buyers and money. It was important! But we both treasured the chance; we decided to do it well. This time, we learned a lesson from last task, we worked together. One person took the goods out from the basket, the other person use cash register. At first, we tied in very well. However, when the buyers were more and more, we needed to work fast, that made us upset, then we made mistakes, but we didn’t give up, we corrected the mistakes as soon as possible and became more careful. The shopkeeper was helping us, too! Little by little, we both interested in the job, we worked happily. By doing this work, I learn that if you believe yourself, you will do it well! We spent all the afternoon being cash collectors, so we comprehended some skills, for example, when we used the scanner to let the computer record the same goods, we didn’t need to scan goods one by one, we could import the amount firstly, then we just needed to import the goods once, the skill helped us to save time.
At the end of the day, our volunteer work finished, the shopkeeper gave us two notebooks as souvenirs, we felt very excited. Although the notebooks were common, it contained our sweat and effort. I liked the notebooks.
By doing the volunteer work, I think the experience of volunteer is quite important, it will help us know the community, and our employability will be improved, too! The experience will help us and community.

With your friends/family

On December 9, I went to a restaurant named ‘Bebbis’ to have a dinner with my friend--Winona. The restaurant is on the negative first floor of Eastern Shopping Center. I arrived there at 6 o’clock. The food in ‘Bebbis’ are from Switzerland, we didn’t eat the Swiss food, so we decided to go the restaurant.
In that restaurant, I ordered a dish of Swiss rice, a cup of coffee, a cup of ice cream and some bread. I thought the coffee was just so so, it was almost the same as the common coffee; however, the bread was quite special! The worker cut the big bread into many small pieces, he put them in a nice basket, and then the worker gave you two different kinds of Swiss cheeses, one kind was black, the other kind was light yellow, then burned the cheeses to keep the cheeses warm, then you could rub any cheese into the bread with your fork, the cheeses made the bread tasty, I couldn’t say clearly the taste of the bread, but I was sure the taste was quite special! The Swiss rice was delicious, too, there were many other vegetables, when join them together, the rice would be different. The ice cream was beautiful, there were four different colors, and there were some fruits in it, too! The taste was nice. I liked the food I ordered, because they were delicious and they let me know the Swiss taste.
The environment of the restaurant was good, there were many Swiss pictures hanging on the walls, the desks and tables were made in Switzerland, the workers played Swiss music, the floor was clean. The restaurant was full of Swiss feeling, so the atmosphere was suitable. The workers were very polite, they always smile, and they were patient and were willing to help others, so I thought the service was great.
When I was eating in there, I also met my classmates—Nelly, Candy and Bruce, etc. They were eating with Grade 12 students, I was glad to meet them. They all thought the restaurant was good. So I would recommend other people to eat there.