Dear\nElinor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We haven\u2019t seen\neach other for a long time. How\u2019s your school in Singapore? I hope everything\nis doing fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, our\nschool held the first Healthy Living Day. It\u2019s just like a normal school day\nand we still got lessons in the morning. But after lunch, there were plenty of\nactivities, games and talks for us to join. If I remember correctly (because\nthere\u2019re really quite a number of events), there were board games, leisure\nreading, art workshops, DIY lip balm workshop, emotion management talk to help\nus put our burdensome schoolwork aside, and take a break! I really enjoyed the\nactivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I only joined the\nboard games session and the talk. I played board games with Bianca, Yuri,\nEsther and Gladys. At first, I had decided to do some reading, but you know\nthem, reading is never their cup of tea. It\u2019s more like a \u201ctask\u201d, so we had\nboard games! Those games were not simply Flying Chess or Chinese Chess we used\nto play when you were still in Hong Kong. Those were new games which we\u2019ve\nnever heard of. That\u2019s why we spent almost an hour trying to figure out how to\ndefine the winner and loser, what actually the guidelines mean\u2026and we encountered lots of\nproblems about what\u2019s the next step should be. \nEventually, we spent another hour just trying to find out if we did\nfollow the instructions correctly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all felt\nfrustrated when the bell rang because we had no idea about who the winner was.\nWe probably were the noisiest players in the room since we argued about the\ninstructions so loudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But anyway, it\u2019s\nreally relieving when we were playing board games. We can\u2019t yell so loudly in\nlessons, and I haven\u2019t really had games with Bianca and the rest of them for a\nlong time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later, we went to\nthe talk. As I have mentioned, it\u2019s about managing our emotions. I can\u2019t\nremember the details because I didn\u2019t pay attention indeed (don\u2019t blame me!\nHalf of the students fell asleep. I have tried my best to stay awake!) But the\nconclusion given by the speaker was really inspiring, \u201cDon\u2019t let frustration,\nsadness, anger or pressure nest on your head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think the\nHealthy Living Day can really help me get rid of the bustling schoolwork and\nexams. I do hope that we can have an entire day of games and leisure but not\njust a few hours. I really enjoyed it! I know that schools in Singapore are\nvery strict and demanding, and I also know that you\u2019re striving to get good\nresults. But please, don\u2019t forget to take a break and spend some time chilling\nout with your friends. Or there will be an enormous nest on your head!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write back soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vicky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DeaElinor<\/p>
We haven\u2019t seeeach other for a long time. How\u2019s your school in Singapore? I hope everythinis doing fine.<\/p>