Thursday, June 18, 2009'♥
Last year, I participated in the East Zone Chinese Music Competition for Secondary Schools. All schools from the East Zone are allowed to send representatives to compete against one another. Our school sent four representatives tot he competition, including me, and we achieved three gold and one silver certificate in total. I remembered how focus I was when I was practicing my Grade Eight music piece days before the competition, fine tuning my mistakes. Finally, just several days before the competition, I did a through check on the sound quality and spent hours tuning the notes. Although I was nervous during the competition, I managed to control myself an d the piece was played smoothly with only several minor mistakes. Despite this, I felt that I had done a good job as I was serious when preparing for the competition and tried my best in the actual competition. I enjoy taking part in competitions as they give me a chance to show my abilities to the judges. Although a lot of time is spent fine tuning the piece before the competition, I felt that it is worth it as I get the satisfaction after finishing the piece during the competition.
Many children enjoy playing computer games or video games as they are captivating and have stunning graphics. They may also like playing games with a simple objective or they like the feeling of having power in the game. However, computer games have disadvantages too. Firstly, they may be addictive and will thus affect the student's study. Secondly, some games promote negative ideas such as violence and other wrong ideas to gamers. As these teenagers play these games, they will be exposed to these negative stuff and this is bad for themselves. Thirdly, many games require you to pay real money in exchange for powerful virtual items that can benefit your character. This will lead to the student spending money foolishly without knowing how hard it is to earn money.