TORONTO, TIFF VOLUNTEER

2011 Summer
 I thought it happened about June or July. TIFF was a shorten form for 'Toronto International Film Festival'. I am sure that Everyone who study in abroad wanted to volunteer in tiff because there were good-looking tasks and awards was free tickets. I got 12 free tickets in response to 12 volunteer-days. This volunteer experience was rewarding and had a lot of chances to meet new people. Also I really love movies so there is not any choice to me.
 The one thing I really felt unsatisfied was that I did not took a picture during I volunteered. It was really huge mistake. :D
 I usually used website www.volunteertoronto.ca for applying volunteer jobs. These site is highly recommended.

TORONTO, YMCA VOLUNTEER

2011 June-Nov
 When I came Toronto, I really needed to work out. So, I decided to register YMCA. This place was really neat, compy and good! There were swimming pool, weights, sauna, running tracks and gym. The first time I went there, I just wanted to work out. But after accepting Toronto life, I deserved something more to do for me. So I applied YMCA volunteer. My position was a front information desk official. It was quite challenge for me because I was not a good English speaker. But everyone in YMCA didn't care about that and they helped me to speak English. I won't forget those people and my amigos.

 The real English was faster than I usually heard in a school. Their pronounce and enunciation were not as clear as English tapes did and people could not understand what I tried to say. It dragged me down but also motivated me to study English.
 Sometimes, People yelled at me like 'Don't you speak English?!!!' But there was nothing which made me sad, because near me there were always staffs and usually Native English people had common manners. They never yell at someone who they don't know. Usually, People who spoke English as an second language yelled at me. :D

TORONTO, GARDINER MUSEUM

  2011 Winter
 I went Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. It was in front of the Royal Ontario Museum. Actually, I didn't have those kind of hobby but  My girlfriend taught me(?!). ^^ So I can enjoy ART. Recently, there are a gallery of someone's collection which show me a ceramic creature form yore to now. It was quite impressing. Honestly, I don't understand exactly what the recent creature represent to us but I like old creature. When I saw them, I could imagine those who made it. And I really wondered why they did it.
  Ya! I really don't know what they think . Assume I were one of them. I might be really busy to catch a food. But they made it. Of course, a lot of thing are relative with myth and prey. ^^ I think I have to study about that. Anyway, those made spending time worthy.