I am the type of person who likes to try new things by Advita Singh

PERSONAL ESSAY          ADVITA SINGH 6-B

I am the type of person who likes to try new things

Everyone has an opinion of himself or herself, right? Either you think you’re shy, good or bad at something or you have something else that you like about yourself. I think that I am the type of person who likes to try new things. I know that I could say anything and you would have to believe me- I have no proof. But that’s not the case. I have three true reasons of why I think I’m that type of person:

I see many new things everyday and want to try them;

I am a very adventurous and curious person, and

I like to learn from the experiences that I’ve had.

I know you’re thinking- “where’s the proof there?” “ How am I supposed to believe that?” but I actually do have proof. Here are three true stories about my statement. If you want to believe those or not, is your choice….

“I see many new things everyday and want to try them”

I was visiting a close friend in Bombay, a few years ago, while my parents were back home in Bangalore. This was already a new experience for me, as I had never traveled without my parents before.

One day, my friend’s uncle came over for lunch. “ I’m going fishing later” he said “would you girls like to come?” I immediately got excited and was eager to go, but my friend didn’t seem as thrilled. “Fishing?” she moaned. “How BORING!” Come one, we should try, what if it’s fun?” I asked her. “Trust me, it is anything but fun”, she replied distastefully. “How do you know, have you been fishing before?” I asked her. “Well, no, but come on! Fishing is like the most boring thing EVER!” she said.

Eventually, I persuaded her to agree and we got ready to go fishing. As we got into the boat, my friend started to look more excited.

My friend’s uncle and his fishing buddy, Rajiv showed us the basics of fishing: how to make bait, how to use a fishing rod and where to find the fish. The wait was quite long for the fish to bite, but they eventually felt a tug on the rod and pulled out a fish called Goby. We put the fish back into the water and eventually went back home.

This whole fishing experience made me realize that even the things we think are boring can be fun if you take it the right way, so you must try different things

“I like to learn from experiences that I have had”

In the last summer vacations, I had gone to Patna to meet my grandparents and some family. I love doing this because I get to spend time with my cousins. One day, we were planning to go out for a bit of shopping. My grandparents lived in a small apartment complex that opened into a lane, which led to the main road. Over the past two days, my cousins and I had spotted a litter of about 8-10 puppies at least living outside a shop in the lane near the apartment. We would have gone to meet the pups but we wanted to keep our distance from the mother.

The three of us being animal lovers would watch the puppies everyday (from a distance). So, when we were waiting to get into the car on the lane, my cousin brother, Avi and I decided that we would take a closer look at the puppies.

“This should be enough”, Avi said when we were at a pretty safe distance.

“No, let’s get closer, the mom doesn’t seem to be here anyways”, I said, inching forward. This seemed like a good idea at that time.

“Aaaw…” I said, pointing at a small brown and white pup. “Its adorable!” I squealed. “Yeah, they’re so cute!” Avi replied.

Suddenly more puppies started to come out and bark in their tiny voices.

“Ha-ha, that’s so cute!” I said.

Suddenly a bigger white dog jumped out of nowhere and started to bark at us. It was the mother. We screamed and ran as the mother chased us and I jumped over a bench but poor Avi got chased by the mother, but saved himself by diverting and dashing into the car park.

Since then I’ve always kept my distance from stray puppies in case the mother is lurking around the corner…

“I am an adventurous and curious person”

      

This incident happened a long time ago, when I was about four years old. This story actually proves that I’ve always been the curious type. Err.. more curious then than now, but still….

So, one day, little four year old me was painting and drawing and having a great time. When I was painting the beautiful scribbles, I had scattered on the page, I probably thought, “why does paint only go on paper?” and then I probably thought, “ What would happen if I paint myself?”. You’ve probably guessed what I did next ! Yup, I painted myself.

All reds, yellows and blues I was painting with, got all mixed up and created a muddy blackish-brown colour. I did this when there were no adults with me. Then I probably got scared that my mom would get mad at me. Then I decided that I would just go up to my family and see their reaction.

So, covered head-to-toe in paint, my four-year-old self bravely walked up to the living room and stood there. My mom was the first to notice me and instead of getting mad at me, she began to laugh loudly. Everyone turned to look at me and began to laugh. I was so relieved that they weren’t mad at me, I laughed with them as well. Then my mom took me and gave me a bath.From this, I realized that my curiosity and adventure leads me to try new things, puts me in big messes and sometimes even both.

So that is all the “proof” I have for you now that tells you how I am a person who likes to try new things through three pretty embarrassing stories. Being this type of person helped me discover so many new things about myself and the people around me. It helps me see things rom a different angle which me wriggle my way out of situations and most importantly makes me who I am.

Hope you enjoyed !! J