Monday, March 28, 2011
Lifeguard Training. Day 3
First stage completed! I passed my lifeguard test. Exhausted, but happy. Now the only thing left is to finish my training at the lifeguard camp at the end of May. Well, not the only thing of course. I need to get a visa, buy tickets and all that kind of stuff... Oh, that's going to be a very busy spring...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
World Theater Day!
On the March 27 is the World Theater Day!
In my family it is a very important holiday. My parents run a theater, so I've been in this atmosphere since childhood - theater is my home and our theater crew is my second (and first :) family. When I was in high school, I helped my parents in the theater a lot and today I'm in our University drama club myself! I don't think I'm going to choose it as my future profession, but as a hobby I enjoy it a lot.
So happy Theater Day!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Lifeguard training. Day 2
Hard day. We did more training, but the rescuing techniques become more and more difficult. Today we used a back board and were taught how a lifeguard should response when the guest in distress has a neck or spinal injury. Oh, I hope I won't mix up anything. Also we were shown how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (I've never imagined I'm going to to anything like that!) Tomorrow we have the final test, so the rest of the day I'm going to study the material.
Oh, and there is one funny thing I've noticed - sometimes I tend to behave like a real teacher (which I actually my major in the University - English teacher :)
Our instructors were testing our English knowledge today, so we had to read some lifeguard-related sentences in English. Oh, I got a headache from all those Russian "r"-s and "th"-s! =) I was about to start making corrections (just like on our phonetics classes) Yes, I'm horrid. I guess I need to take it easy :)
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Lifeguard training. Day 1
Yes, I'm through the first day of my lifeguard training. I'm a bit worn-out but with a touch of happiness. Actually it was much more interesting than I expected. And the swimming test wasn't that hard - we had to swim across the swimming pool, then reach the bottom of the pool and finally float for one minute not using your hard. Likely I passed everything (as usual I was underestimate my abilities and exaggerating the difficulty of the task). The we were shown several rescuing techniques and then listening to some theoretical material (also with some practice). Now I know what to do if somebody is choking and stuff like that. So actually it is very interesting and useful. Also we have very fun instructors and there are quite funny guys in my lifeguard group. So, I should say that I like it a lot! And I have two more days to go)))
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Get ready for summer!
Tomorrow is the first day of my lifeguard training. I'm planning to work as a lifeguard in the swimming pool this summer, so I need to complete this training. I'm quite nervous. I guess I'll have to pass some kind of exam or something like that... and listen to a small course of lectures. I just hope everything will go smoothly. And then - hello summer! :)
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
I love life
I saw a butterfly yesterday.
A tiny beautiful creature.
It was like pure joy against the grayish and brownish background.
I'm happy that spring is here.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Proud to be a donor.
Finally, I was able to make my second blood donation yesterday. I made my first blood donation in June 2010. I've made several attempts after that but unfortunately I got rejections due to the low haemoglobin level in my blood. So I started to get ready for my next donation. I was taking vitamins rich in iron and keeping a diet, which consisted of "red" products. And finally my haemoglobin level was hight enough and I was able to make a donation! I should say that being a donor is one of the most positive experiences in my life. In my childhood I was afraid of injections and syringes but this is a completely different thing. I have such an emotional rise! And the more I hear about the recent events that happen very close to us the more keenly I feel the importance of such things. I feel like it can really make a difference.
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