[S4024 Alex]
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Title: Precious Experience
In January 3. I came here in CIA Camp. and I was very sleepy. During that time. I was very afraid. It was strange because my father. mother and younger sister are not here. I was a little scared because I don’t know the teachers. It’s hard to live with someone whom you’re not familiar with. However. after 3 days. it wasn’t that hard anymore. I became friends with my roommates. We often fight but not real fight. It’s like playing around. I hit them with pillows and sometimes punch them but not hard.
It’s not easy to use English most of the time because it’s not my native language and I am still learning. When I joined CIA Camp. I got to practice more in using the language. I became friends with the CIA teachers and students. I study hard and do my activities very well. Teaches too gave us delicious foods and allow us to play during sports class and free time.
In camp. I laughed often. We did level test every other Sunday. Test is okay since I’m able to answer the questions. The highest level in Elementary is C1 and my level is C2. I felt very good about the result of the test. Studying is not hard. It was actually fun. All of the Philippine teachers are kind. I like teacher Anna. Elaine. Voltaire. Melissa. Noime. Reane. Shin and Cobi. Korean staffs are friendly too but sometimes. very scary.
Classes here are divided in 3 categories; man to man. group class. and vocabulary class. I love group class. Group class has 4 students. and the teachers are teaching grammar. I love it because I can study with my friends. Studying with friends is more fun. Also. during this time. we can play a lot of activity unlike man to man classes. It’s also good to have 4 students because then. we can make a friendly competition and everyone would really try their best. But after two weeks. my level went down. I felt so down during that time. I’m trying to figure out why my level went down. Maybe I didn’t study that much that’s why my level went down. so now. I’m trying very hard to study. That way. my scores will be great again. I think my English speaking skills is better than before and I feel so good about it.
In sports. swimming is the best here in the Philippines since the climate here is hot. Though it always rained. I still love swimming.
I think going to CIA is very good. Every Saturday and Sunday. we have many activities like fishing. going to the mall. island hopping and home visit. We also did snorkeling. jet ski driving and banana boat riding. Fishing is very fun. I caught a fish and it’s a bit big in size. It was very cute. After. we ate Samgyeoupsal. SM on the other hand is a different experience. SM is a big mall. We go there every Saturday. We are being group together. so it would be easy to find us but because it is very big. it’s hard to find our friends who are in different group. Next activity was island hopping. We went to a small island and rode a banca. It was very fun. Home visit was another experience. During home visit. we went to teacher Analyn’s house. It was indeed a new experience. Going to teacher’s house and having dinner with them is something that other camps don’t have.
Lastly. we had snorkeling. jet ski and banana boat activity. First. we did snorkeling. Snorkeling is very exciting but scary because it was a bit deep and it has jellyfish. Luckily. I wasn’t attacked by them. Next. we rode jet ski. Riding it is really fun. I haven’t tried it before. We go slowly at first then gradually it went fast. There were many wave in front of us. so we had a bumpy ride. Lastly. we took banana boat. It started slow then eventually. it went fast. I drank so much seawater and got wet. We finished the course shortly after that. However. a jet ski passed by and we got well all over again. I felt yucky. so we went to the hotel first instead of going to SM right away. We had our lunch in Jollibee. I ate hotdog. It was very yummy. Edward. Harry and John ate spaghetti. After eating. we went to the national bookstore. I bought sharpener. mechanical pencil for the amount of Php1100. Then. I sold it to my friend John. It was so shiny. so my friends said that they will buy also. It can write very soft. Also. we met teacher Voltaire on the 4th floor. I was really glad meeting him there. He bought us gummy and ice food. Because I was thirsty that time. I ate it too fast. After. we went to the toy store. During that time. I think that Philippine store is good too. Harry and I bought the same souvenir for our sisters and friends. I felt so proud buying those when I thought of giving it them. Restaurants and fast-food is good too. I think the best store is Jollibee. Orange Balget and KFC – Kentucky Fried Chicken. I like their chicken. It is very delicious and cheap.
Finally. I will miss my CIA friends and CIA teachers. I learned so much about the importance of my parents and friends. I love CIA.
난 1월 3일 날 여기 CIA캠프에 왔다. 그리고 나는 정말 잠이 왔다. 그때에는 나는 두려웠다. 그리고 이상했다. 왜냐하면 아빠. 엄마. 여동생이 없었기 때문이다. 나는 친한 친구가 몇 명밖에 없었다. 거기에는 나와 가깝지 않은 선생닏들 뿐이었다. 그래서 나는 약간 겁을 먹었다. 그렇지만 영어까지 쓰는 것은 더욱 가깝고 친근하게 느껴지지 않았다. 오히려 한글만 입에서 톡톡 튀어나왔다. 그 다음날. CIA캠프에서 나는 가깝지 않은 친구들과 지내는 게 쉽지 않았다. 왜냐하면 성격에 맞지 않기 때문이었다. 다행히도 성격이 맞지는 않았지만 싸우지는 않았다. 또 다시 삼일 동안 같이 서로서로 참고 지내니 서로서로 친한 친구가 되었다. 한마디로 베프가 되었다. 그러니 또 호텔에도 익숙해져 길을 잃어 버리지 않았다. 내가 CIA 캠프에 좀 있었을 때에는 CIA 선생님들과 사이가 가까워졌다. 그리고 만약 우리가 공부를 잘하거나 테스트를 잘 보았을 때에는 맛있는 간식을 주셨고 게임도 같이했다. 개인적으로 잘 했을때에는 라면이나 쿠폰을 주셨다. CIA학생들은 Level test도 했다. 제일 높은 레벨이 C1이었는데 그 레벨보다 한단계 낮은 레벨의 C2가 되었다. 기분이 살짝 서운했지만 다행히 수업은 재미있었다. 모든 필리핀 선생님들은 친절하시고 착했다. 한국 스태프 선생님들은 다 좋으시다. 다만 우리가 말을 듣지 않고 심하게 떠들때만 무서웠다. 내 생각에는 CIA캠프를 간 것이 잘 생각된다. CIA 캠프를 통해서 부모님의 소중함과 친구의 소중함을 깨달았다. Cia camp is 조아!!!!