away with nothing. Haha, I think I now may be able give some suggestions to my sister about her plan of opening a chocolate store.

Monday is the busiest day for me; I have continuous classes for a whole day. Even so, I choose to volunteer at night. What makes me so exciting? They are lovely British children. I work as leader/helper in the local scout. Every night on Monday, I learn from the activities we do and they learn something from me. We now know how to survive in forest and make fire without matches or lighter but our own hand and anything can be found in forest. I took them outside in fields in dark, use map and torch to find our way home, although the temperature was freezing, but everyone seemed have forgotten about it. We are now planning a new 24-mile-cycling trip. I will email the photos and tell you about it immediately after the trip. When it was Chinese New Year, we had a Chinese New Year evening. I told them about our country, fascinating fairy tales and taught them how to make dumplings. I made a standard dumpling as the same as you always did, one little boy asked me, 'Why you make it like this?' Dear mum, I can't answer this question, can you tell me how to? Anyway, I was not good teacher that day because the dumplings they made that evening got countless shapes; they called them 'creative design'.

When I started to do volunteer work, I didn't expect any rearward. But now I have received a certificate of 100 Hour Award signed by the secretary of state for young people and adult skills, and I am heading to the Award of Excellence which requires 200 hours. 'Why not have what you done credited' Terry introduced me to the Millennium Volunteers scheme. Then I have a very kind counselor Ruth who is always there to help me, answer any questions relates to the problems I encounter. They often offer some attracting activities and course to me. I participated in the 'Residential Course', there I met many new friends who are doing the same thing as me, and we played games, used recycled materials to form a band and learn to juggle. This half-term, I took four courses offered by them, Sign-language, First-Aid, Health and Safety and Customer Care. I hope that with these new skills, I will be able to help more people and myself.