About my hobbies.

There are a lot of things I like to in my spare time.

Here is a list of my hobbies:

1. Watching movies.

2. Reading books. 

3. Playing the piano.

4. Singing.

I think these are my hobbies. Since I have a lot of hobbies, I don't get to be bored even though I get to stay at home often. Now, I will briefly talk about each hobby in more detail. 

1. Watching movies. 

I love watching movies because I don't exactly know why, but they entertain me a lot. Of course, there are some kinds of movies that I don't really like to watch because they are either too violent or too vulgar to watch. For example, I don't like movies that have to do with murder and horror. Every time I watch these kinds of movies, I suffer from a few weeks to as long as two months with nightmares and from seeing things that aren't really there. Thus, it's a good idea for me to avoid watching these kinds of movies for mental and physical health. My most favorite movie of all-time is Pride and Prejudice. I love this movie because it's very romantic and it's based on the very famous novel written by Jane Austen. Also, my favorite actress is the main character for this movie. Some people don't like watching movies because they need to seat on one spot for more than an hour and they simply don't like staring at a screen for a long time. However, it's definitely different for me. Watching movies helps me relieve stress that I get daily and it's a wonderful way to entertain myself. I always get excited every time I go see a movie. 

2. Reading books. 

My second hobby is to read books. I didn't like reading books when I was a lot younger than now (approximately, when I was in elementary school) but I learned to like them step by step because it's a good idea to be able to create my own imaginary world by reading stories and the ones that are impossible to happen in our real world. Also, I started learning English with the start on books. Therefore, books mean different to me from the way they generally mean to others. I don't really differentiate among genres for books the way I do for movies. However, I always try to avoid reading violent and vulgar books such as the ones about murder and ghosts. Also, I don't like reading mysteries because they can be extremely spooky, they give a huge amount of goosebumps and scary parts about those books appear as my worst nightmare. I also think that reading books helps people improve their vocabulary skills and expands a level of one's knowledge. I am also interested in famous people's autobiography (biography as well) and non-fiction books about current issues and any topic in general. My most favorite genre for books is romance, fantasy, non-fiction and classics. 

3.  Playing the piano.

My third hobby is playing the piano. I started learning how to play the piano since I was five and I enjoyed learning till I was thirteen years old. I continued to learn through my middle school times with a private tutor, but I had to study a lot more than before and sadly, I had to quit. Still, I play whenever I have time. Unfortunately, I gave my piano to my grandmother who loves to sing and play the piano as well. I have a keyboard which my mom bought for me when I was living abroad so that I can play anything I like. I think of it as a piano, even though it is a lot different from piano in a few ways such as feelings I get when my fingers touch the keys and sound. I personally think that the piano sound is extremely beautiful. It is also becoming with other musical instruments and I feel so relieved and free by listening to those sound combined together harmonically. I usually like playing classics. They are pretty difficult to play but I think playing them is a lot worthwhile than playing pop songs. Besides, it's not such a bad idea to know about classics and to play those songs in front of people once in a while if I can have the opportunity to do so. The best thing I love about playing the piano is I feel like I am in a brand-new place when I flow through the rhythm I hear in my ears. Of course, I don't like seeing the reality after I opened my eyes because it's so much different from my imaginary paradise, but I don't mind it as long as music can take me to my musical paradise.


4. Singing.

To be honest, I am not a good singer. However, I love singing and I've been singing since I learned to speak. I am in my church choir and I sing whenever I want to at home. I usually like singing slow songs and not many fast songs. I enjoy listening to slow songs more, too. I love going to karaoke and I mostly don't put down a microphone if I go in. But these days, I somehow don't sing that much in karaoke but that doesn't mean that I started losing interest in singing. I think I got my love for singing after my family because most of my family sings too. My aunt, grandmother, my uncle, my aunt and my cousin are all in our church choir. One thing I regret about my singing is that I used to sing a lot better than now when I was in elementary school. However, when I went on to middle school and left Korea, I began to be far away from being active in choir and singing which led to losing my singing abilities. My heart breaks into pieces every time I think about my singing ability back when I was young. I want to try anything to get it back but I can't find any way to do it. I just can't go high as I used to and every time I sing gospels, my voice becomes so thin that makes me hard to sing for a long time. I sound okay when I sing pop songs, however, and my aunt isn't pleased with this fact at all. No matter what the circumstances are, I love singing and I will love it forever and ever.