Volunteer Activity

I had done some volunteer work last year. I want to anneal myself, so the first thing I did was helped Ms. Mitschrich and her drama club painting. The other thing is went to KFC to be a volunteer.

The first day I went to drama club was a sunny day, I was excited because I didn't do anything like this. In fact, I did less thing in the first day, I had no ideal with it. I have to made a leaf with staple. Slowly, I did some work well, but someone said my leaves are too small. So, I gave up. The second week, we had a big "wall" to paint. At begining, we all think it is easy and funny. In the course, we met many problem: someone don't know how to use the brush and breach the draw; someone moisten too much water, so the colour was too light; someone moisten too much paint, so the draw was too dark...Anyway, we foul up the first paint. Then, we got a sum up and we keep trying. Finally, we got a successful painting. When the drama on view, we felt very proud.

This Spring Festival, I went to KFC to be a volunteer. I want to know how to make a hamburger. I think it is not very easy but manager told me that is very easy because the material was ready. I was excited that I can have a chance to make a hamburger. First thing is wash my hand carefully. I cannot wait a bit. I got two bread from a box and took some lettuce between them. Then, I got a piece of beef and put some cucumber in it. Final, I put them together. A hamburger was borned. After three days, I felt tired. I thought their work are comfy befor. I know everything are not easy now.

No one can got the pie from sky. The work is very meaningful.

Club Activity

Last tearm, I join in two clubs of GCA. The piano club and the badminton club. The reason why I join in these two clubs is I like play badminton and itcan training my body. Although I cannont play piano, I like listen to piano and I want to learn to how to play the piano.

The piano club usually have activity at lunch time. We always listen someone play a melody and the proprieter will indicate the wrongs of the people's play. However, I cannot play the piano, so I just listen to it and give some advice for player as a audience. I think this way is very good because it can found the problem that player have. After a period of time, the proprieter want me to try to play the piano. I think it is very difficult and imossuble. First, he try to teach me how to posing correct and the cruces. Soon, I knew the bedrock and had some improvement, but I still cannont play well. I hope I can have more advancement the next term.

The other club is badminton. I like play table tennis and I also like play badminton. Tell the truth, I was not good at badminton. At the begining, I offten lose the game. I feel a littel depression. My best friend gave me great encouragement at that time and I retrieve confidence soon. I join the badminton team to improve my level. Time is quickly, we have a game in GCA. There would be some students from Nanjing International School join us. I feel nervous because my level was not well and I thought I will lose the game. At the race day, my friend give me encouragement again. Despite I lose the game, I thought I something new. Not impossible, only the unexpected.

I like my club and I also will join them the next term.

Physical Activity

I like sports, especially table tennis beacause it can let the hole body movement. It is good for my health.


I think sports are good for everyone because sports can make people more healthy and keeping fit. In all of the sports subject, I think table tennis is the best one because it isn't a dangerous and very easy so everyone can play it.

Like many other sports, table tennis began as a mild social diversion. Descending, along with lawn tennis and badminton, from the ancient medieval game of tennis. After the name Ping-Pong was introduced by J. Jaques & Son, the game became a fashionable craze. The game was popular in Central Europe in 1905-1910, and even before this is a modified version had been introduced to Japan , where it later spread to China and Korea. After a period when it had dropped out of favor in Europe, the game was revived in England and Wales in the early twenties. by that time 'Ping-Pong' had been registered as a trademark, so the earlier name of table tennis was re-introduced. National associations were formed and standardization of the rules began, both in Europe and the Far East.Then, over the next sixty years, table tennis developed into a major worldwide sport, played by perhaps thirty million competitive players and by uncountable millions who play less seriously. However, the game itself has not changed in essence since its earliest days, though it is faster, more subtle and more demanding than it was even only twenty years ago.

It had an interesting thing aboud table tennis--Ping-pong Diplomacy. One of the first public hints of improved U.S.-China relations came on April 6, 1971, when the American Ping-Pong team, in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, received a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the People's Republic. Time magazine called it "The ping heard round the world." On April 10, nine players, four officials, and two spouses stepped across a bridge from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland, ushering in an era of "Ping-Pong diplomacy." They were the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949.

In various ping-pong games, the most famous is the world championship competition, which was held once a year at the beginning, now, it is held twice a year ever since 1957.

I usually play table tennis in the University of Nanjing. I like play one on one games because if I lose the game, no one would blame on me. Someone suggest me to try two on two game, it can make me learn more things from table tennis. After I try it, I found it isn't the show time for myself, we are teammates, we should know ourselves are not an individual, we are the whole. This is team spirit. Team spirit is very important. In many ways, we need the team spirit, such as work, game, study...

I like sports, not only it can make me more healthy, but also can make me experience.