First of all. I will introduce some basic information about myself. My Chinese name is Song Mengyao, and my English name is Aria. My English name come from a TV play series called “Game of Thrones”.One of my favorite characters in this TV series is Arya Stark, because she is very be resourceful and brave. I came up with a name just like hers. I’m the only child for my parents, and I was the youngest child in the whole family until my niece was born the year before last, so all the relatives love me very much.
On a cold winter night in 1999, I was born in hospital in a city which is in the north of China. My hometown is famous for kites, the city is not big, but it is a good place to live. North of the city is the sea, there is a river through the city, the pace of life is slow.
I learned a lot of extracurricular interests when I was a kid, such as dance, swim calligraphy, roller skating and so on.
The original reason for learning roller skating is to accompany my cousin, in fact, I am very afraid of this kind of sports and pain, because I’m very timid. I still remember I couldn’t even stand steady at first, I must hold on to something, and my legs were shaking. I dared not move, I held the teacher’s hand tightly and said to my teacher in a shaking voice, “I’m afraid I’m going to fall.” The teacher smiled and said, “In the first class, we will learn how to fall down.” Next hour, all the students practiced falling forward again and again, from that class, none of us were afraid of falling down. After some days, my cousin had been promoted to a higher-level class, which makes me very angry, because I thought I had that ability same as her. I talked to my coach but he said I needed more practice, it undermined my self-confidence, my eye socket immediately red-up, eyes slowly welled up in tears, and then quietly slipped down the two lines of tears. From that day, I had a crazy practice in class. I fell down and stood again and again, my protectors were all broken. Finally, I not only entered the higher-level class, but also became the youngest player in many competitions.
I regret I can’t be able to stick to these hobbies, luckily, I found some new hobbies. Now, I like travel, photography, animals and music.
When I was in high school, I didn’t have much time to travel. So, I travelled to more places during my university, I went to many places with my friends and boyfriend: Changsha, Chengdu, Japan, Thailand, Jeju…… I hope I can travel around the world and take lots of beautiful photos in the future though there will be much difficulty.
One of my few vivid recollections of early childhood, I was very afraid of dogs. When I saw a dog, I would scream and run away, even if all my friends shouted to me,” don’t run!”, I still couldn’t stop.
When I was a child, I played with my friends in the park. Then my neighbor appeared with his dog. The dog is not big, but it is very strong, I used to think this kind of dog looked very fierce. I ignored my friend’s call me not to move, the fear made me cry and run wild, I watched it come closer and closer, only to think that the next second it would run in front of me, even bit and scratched me. The dog seemed even more excited to see me running, and even got free of its master’s rope and ran towards me. Suddenly, a protruding brick tripped me, the dog jumped at me, too.
I closed my eyes tightly, however, the French bulldog licked my face with his wet tongue, I suddenly thought the dog was so cute. They have soft fur and moist eyes. “they catch me only because they want to play with me!” Amazingly, after I had a fall by a dog, I fell in love with this cute animal and I even have my own dog!
About my character, you may think I’m a little cold when you first meet me, but after a short time I become outgoing and enthusiastic.
During my early childhood, I used to cry a lot because I was afraid my parents weren’t around. I was afraid to go to kindergarten. Once my mother took me to kindergarten by taxi, I was very nervous because I didn’t want to go to school. I suddenly grabbed the driver’s collar from the back seat and shouted to him: “Drive the car to my grandparents’ house!” My mother tugged at my arm and tried to pull me away, but she failed. Finally, she sent me home reluctantly.
When I was in primary school, I got good grades and awards. But something changed when I was in junior high school. Because this school is the best school in my city, our classmates all had good grades, which hit proud me very hard. Three months before the high school entrance exam, I even got a countdown on the final. I cried all afternoon when I got my report card at school, when my classmates came over and asked me, “are you ok?” I could only smile and say that I was fine, then I quietly hide the report card into my drawer. When I got home, I felt my eyes hurt from crying and face got hot, I kept my head down and couldn’t look straight my parents’ eyes. I turned and ran into the bathroom, I turned on the shower and set it to the coldest, the water ran into my hair and wet my clothes, the cold winter temperatures and icy water make me shiver.
Then with the guidance and education of this tutor. Meanwhile, my father checks my recitation and dictation every night, he analysed every picture and every sentence in the textbook for me. That summer, I went to the best senior high school in our city.
Although I had a lot of smart classmates, I still didn’t cry and timid like past. In this school, I made a lot of good friends, and also participated in a lot of clubs and activities. I harvested three years of growth amusedly!
Be thankful for the difficult times, because during those times I grow. When I went to university, I didn’t stop being optimistic and working hard, I’m still living a happy life with no regrets. Looking back on these four years, I hope the first thing that comes to my mind is happiness. Wish the future will be better and better.
I hope I can become a better person after the four years in the university！
Aria 