Essays

THINGS I LIKE TO DO
I have many interests. The activities I spend most of my liesure on, however, are reading, jogging and painting. I enjoy reading very much. I read widely, ranging from fairy tales to non-fiction books on outer-space and nature. Reading help widen my general knowledge and omproves my writing skill. Therefore, my parents think well of my hobby and often buy me books that I can’t find in the library. When my eyes get tired from reading too much. I would for a slow jog with my dog in the park near my house. Jogging ragularly make on healthier. I have also make a few friends among the regular joggers in the park. Sometimes, instead of jogging, I would stroll In the park, carrying with me my painting equipment. I love to capture beautiful things on paper. I have taken arts lesson since I was nine and I’m spcecially good at water color painting. Besides paiting pictures of the park, I also like to draw portrait of my family members. All my interests are funny and useful pastimes. I believe that everyone should their time on some useful hobbies rather than laze precious time away.

THE AVANTAGES OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY AND DISADVANTAGES LIVING IN THE CITY
Although I was born and brought up in the country I spent most of the my time in the city, howerver, a comfortable life in the city has never appealed to me at all. And the country with its advantages still has a call to me for good. First, the fresh air and clean air if the country make you feel healthier. How relaxed and pleasant you are you can enjoy the poor air wafted with soft fragrance og area and grapefruit trees as you leisurely take a stroll around your garden everymorning and night! The stifling and polluted atmosphere of a crowded city on the contrary akes you suffocated and annoyed.It may breed neurosis and other fatal diseases to urban residents. Second, living in the country you may feel safe while in town, the city dwellers are in state of continuosly being afraid od commiting motor cyclists. Third, if you have poetic soul you’ll find in the country a source of “divine inspiration”. To my mind, nothning can be compared with the moonlight through foliages of the gorgeous glow of the sunset on yellow rice fields. I often see the moon shedding its lights on the city but how deserate I feel! The moon its self has lost its natural beauty and it seem to me a pale dichanging shamelessly in a zone surrounded by angrily dazzling neonlights. The silvery moonlight in the country has mystic power to soothe your pain and suffering and it does help you from the material world. Fourth, if you’re fond of gardening, you can spend your free time digging. Planting and watering. Gaderning is my favourite hobby. What a serene joy I feel when I watch my fruit tree growing amid the melodious twitters of birds and how sweet and delicous their fruit are when taste my first successful result! I can’t help feeling sorry for the city dwellers who day and night have indulged themselves in debaucheries and can never enjoy a minute of pure bliss in the countryside. Finally, in the country you can rest from the noise of bustle of the town. Even though you have to get up early to catch buses to get to work in town, you can sleep better at night being disturbed by deafening sirens of cars or machines running noisily all the time.

A FRIEND INDEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

The proverb means that we shall know who our real friends are when we are in need. Those who desert when we are in difficultty are just unfaithfu friends. A true friend would remain with us whether we are rich or poor. Some people befriend the rich, simply for the sake of benefits from them. It is useless to have insincere friend because these friends remain with us as long as we are rich or powerful. It is better to have one or two good friends rather than having hundreds of insincere ones. A true friend will stand by us our triala and tribulations. He will be a great source of consolation and comfort in out troubles. So we must be careful in choosing our friend. It is difficult to choose a sincere friend overnight, it take years for us to find a sincere friend. PEOPLE PREFER TO EAT Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Man, through the ages, has undergone any changes from the time when he had to haunt for food to these days when he has to buy it. Some people prefer to buy fresh vegetables, meat and fruits and prepare food at home. However, other people prefer to skip that step with cooking and have dinner at a restaurant. I think that both of these choices have some advantages and disadvantages. Bellow I will give some reasons to support my answer. Personally, I do not like fast food. So, my choice is always between a restaurant and my home. First of all, I would like to say that cooking is a great tradition. It helps people to relax, reflect on some pleasant moments while peeling or cutting the vegetables. It is a means of eliminating one's stress and tension. Second of all, sometimes I do not want to have something too complicated for my dinner. I just want to have light food like a salad and a glass of milk. So, one of the reasons why I like to eat at home is because I can have what I want at this moment. One more great things about eating at home is that I can sit in front of the TV and watch an interesting program or a movie. Finally, having dinner at home allows a family communicate with each other, be closer and share some good and bad moments that happened earlier that day. Besides, eating at home is a great way to save some money. As for restaurants, I see some positive aspects about eating there too. First of all, I sometimes get tired from peeling, cutting, washing, frying, etc. It does not mean I do it a lot. Sometimes I just use the microwave and a preprocessed food that I bought earlier. I want to have something more delicious than I have in my refrigerator, something that is time-consuming to prepare at home. So, for me it is a good reason to go to a restaurant. There one may meet old friends or just has a great time listening to music and tasting some delicious meats. Also, restaurants are a good place to celebrate something. One does not have to prepare food for all friend who are coming, wash dish, put in order all that mess after the party, etc. In conclusion, I think that it does not important where one has one's dinner. What important is that it must be full and nutritious.