Exercise

I found many Americans do exercise everywhere at any time. In China, most people do exercise in a gym any time. Or many people exercise in the morning and in the evening outdoors. And I have never seen Chinese exercise at noon, but in America I see many people jogging at noon outdoors. It's really different from China. If someone is jogging at noon outdoors, people must feel very strange and everybody looks at him. But in America nobody cares. I feel Americans really like exercise, and do very much. But I think that's good for health and it's always better than never doing exercise.

camping

I went to the students’ voluntary service for rural communities during the summer vacation when I was in university. I helped farmers to work out in the fields and weed a rice paddy for three days. When my friend and I were working in a rice field, we got some problem with leeches. And the fierce sunshine tortured us. But we were having fun with working in a rural community, which we never had done before. And at night, we could see many stars in the sky, and we were having fun with a campfire. And we could talk to each other a lot, because the cell phone was not working so we had to spend our time with friends. It was a really good experience, because usually we spent our time with computer, MP3 player or sell phone. It made us closer than at any other moment. I recommend it for friendship.

holiday

In Korea, we celebrate the New Years Day; it is called ‘Sul’. Actually we have two New Years Days. One is according to the solar calendar system, and another is according to the lunar calendar system. Sul is the second one according to lunar calendar system. We can take three days off. During the Sul we usually visit our relatives and eat many delicious foods. The most important food that we have to eat is rice cake soup. A bowl soup means one year that we are getting new. And we play some traditional games. It helps the family reunion.

Camping in K.S.A.

In Saudi Arabia camping is very popular; a lot of people like it in Saudi Arabia. One time my family and I went to the desert and we camped there. That was amazing; we slept there about five days and we were planning to stay for ten days, but something happened. We were asleep and everything was ok until a huge storm hit us. Then it started to rain a very heavy rain; we woke up and we were very scared. We started to collect our important things, and then we made sure that all the children were with us. Then we got into our cars and we ran away, and we saw all people were going out of the desert; everybody was trying to run away from there. After one day we were watching the news and they said that there was one family stuck in the desert, and they were trying to help them and they were close to the place we were camping in.

My Unforgettable Memories With Scouting

While attending the elementary school, I used to volunteer in “Saudi Boy Scouts Association”, but I left it afterward, since I traveled to another city leaving my friends and all my memories with scouting. In addition, I have a lot of memory about this work, and I went through unbelievable experiences that I wouldn’t have learned if I weren’t a scout. First, now that we were living in a mountainous environment, we had had great chances to learn climbing. Honestly, I did try to climb once, and actually it was the last time. Moreover, we learned to make fire, pitch tents, make food, and do trips and to visit many places, even outside the country; we went for example, to Egypt, Jordan, and Dubai. Furthermore, we took many courses either were religious, educational, or even for entertainment. On the other hand, what we were missing was a beautiful all-green forests, since the natural landscape of Saudi Arabia is mostly desert. However, I believe from all my heart that my days with my other scouts won’t go away forever; it is definitely an unforgettable experience

What I would like to do in autumn

In Korea, there is a saying that “autumn is a season of reading.” That mean it is a kind of an educational movement in which the government encouraged people to lower the illiteracy rate through reading books. Also, this sentence has a connotative sense that autumn is one of the most appropriate seasons for reading. Some of my friends say, actually, that I am not only a great reader, but a voracious reader. When I usually stay home by myself, I am used to having a good time reading books, noon and night. I do not eat anything while I am reading books. My parents are really concerned about my reading style. It seems to me that it is like doing drugs. Whatever, I would read books even if someone introduces a girlfriend to me. Particularly, I would rather read books in autumn than in other season.

Camping

It was great days when I was on a camping vacation. Two weeks ago, I was camping with my husband and our friends, which was the first time in my life. I was interested on that trip because I found and I saw many new things. I did many things, which I had never done before. It was an exciting attempt. At first, I was worried about how I could live in the tent without technology; for example, television, phones, or microwave, and how we could entertainment ourselves without those. On the first day, I felt uncomfortable with insects, dirty places, and sleeping on the ground in the tent, which is, hurt my back. However, on the second day the birds’ song woke me up in the early morning at four thirty. I felt refreshed, not like regular days in my home. Then I sat in front of the lake to see the sunrise, which was an amazing view. After that, we made our breakfast to eat. Then we were boating on the lake and fishing. After that, we came back to make lunch. In the night, everything was dark, so we let a fire and sat around it. That was a great atmosphere for talking and joking. I will never forget those days, which are the best days in my life.

Camping

It was great days when I was on a camping vacation. Two weeks ago, I was camping with my husband and our friends, which was the first time in my life. I was interested on that trip because I found and I saw many new things. I did many things, which I had never done before. It was an exciting attempt. At first, I was worried about how I could live in the tent without technology; for example, television, phones, or microwave, and how we could entertainment ourselves without those. On the first day, I felt uncomfortable with insects, dirty places, and sleeping on the ground in the tent, which is, hurt my back. However, on the second day the birds’ song woke me up in the early morning at four thirty. I felt refreshed, not like regular days in my home. Then I sat in front of the lake to see the sunrise, which was an amazing view. After that, we made our breakfast to eat. Then we were boating on the lake and fishing. After that, we came back to make lunch. In the night, everything was dark, so we let a fire and sat around it. That was a great atmosphere for talking and joking. I will never forget those days, which are the best days in my life.

Camping

In my home country we have two different holidays. We have different ways to celebrate on these two days. I like to camp with my friends. We go to the sea and stay near the sea for three or more days. We go there with no electricity. We are just a group of males. We do everything by ourselves. We cook our food and clean our stuff, and we have a lot of fun. We wake up early in the morning and we play many different kinds of games like volleyball, and football. We really enjoy our time. We like this time because we have fun in that time and we learn many new things in that time.

Outdoors

First of all, camping is one of my favorite habits that I like to do when I have fun with my friends. In my hometown, Jeddah, I like to go camping every weekend. One day, my friends and I planned to go camping in the forest, so each one in the group was brought some food that he created at home. After that we went to the forest, and we started to put the food in the warm place in our cars, and then we started to pitch a tent cseh it up. Since we were pitching the tent my other friends decided to go swimming in the lake. At night, we started to barbeque the meat, and all my friends sat around and played cards. A while later we started to eat the food and it was very good. The most upsetting part of this camping trip was that we could not sleep at night because of the bugs. But over all we had fun in these experiences because we did have a lot of fun.

Camping

I like to travel somewhere because when I have traveling, it reduces my stress and makes me happy. I like camping with my friends. I tried to go camping when I arrived in Carbondale. I did not have a car, but now I have one it. So, if it is possible for us, we have a camp out every weekend. Last weekend, we went to a lake. We had swimming, playing catch ball, and taking pictures. We had already bought things such as tent, icebox, and fishing rod. I think a tent is more uncomfortable than a home. Sometimes, I could not sleep there because the ground was more solid. However, I like camping with my friends. It is very exciting.

Summer holiday

In my country, there is Children’s Day. On that day, parents give children gifts. If children want something, parents will do everything they want. When I was a little girl, my parents brought me to the park. Now, many parents bring their children to visit other cities or countries. Parents want their child to know many things that they cannot learn in school. So, parents with their child go to unusual places. Now parents are very busy because they have to work. On Children’s Day, families can stay together. Maybe this is one of the reasons children wait for that day.

Outdoors

The Chinese dragon boat festival is one of the popular summer holidays in Taiwan. The festival is derived from an ancient scholar and hero who was a high official of the Chu State. It illustrated that a patriotic poet, Chu Yuan, drowned in the Miluo River, because the master of the empire did not have the ability to organize the country. Chinese citizens wanted to rescue the scholar and protect him from evil or ghost, so they threw the bamboo leaves that were filled with cooked rice into the water. By the way, the marine creatures could eat these foods rather than the poet’s body. Nowadays, people employ three methods to celebrate the honored poet. Firstly, people will take part in the racing competition on the fifth day in May every year. There is a drummer to drum, and paddlers must synchronize to propel the boat. The dragon boat that can reach the end early is the winner. Furthermore, citizens will throw the pyramid shaped cooked rice into the water. People believe that these foods will invite fish to feed, so these nutritions can protect the body of the honored from being attacked. Finally, residents will go to the Chinese temple, and invoke the scholar to have a suitable life in another world. In summary, the Chinese dragon boat festival is not only a significant memorial day, but also an interesting activity during the summer in Taiwan.