HIVE LEARNERS: MY HOBBIES

Week 07 - Edition 01 Topic
“YOUR HOBBIES”
There are things you enjoy doing when you are less busy, things that you can do for a very long time without getting tired... What are those things?

Very well, there are a lot of things that go down when people are less busy – it is like water that goes under the bridge…
But personally, I consider that interpretation of that less busy to being bored. Well, I could be busy doing some things which may even seem childish at this period of time. This does not mean I am not the serious type though.

Starting from the normal thing some people may do during their less busy time is to watch movies. Yes, I do a lot. But what I love to watch, that is, the kind of movies I watch are usually retro-movies. These are the ones that I refer to as old, basically, meaning that they are not just the latest. Most times, when the latest maybe blockbuster movies get released, I do not have the anxiety to watch them as most people would.

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I let the hype die down and then I gracefully go download and watch it. And when I do, if it’s a series, I like to have like at least 3 seasons at once before watching commences. I think I would soon venture into giving movie reviews on the chain. Soon, maybe.

My weird aspect to using my less busy period is really weird. Most times, I do this when I am at home – at my parents’ house. The weird thing is that I practically searching for no lost thing. Our house being an open one, doors are not locked as some would have today. At times, I may just start from my own collections, scatter them and starts to re-arrange them. During these moments, I get to see some pieces of paper that I or anyone could have written something worthy on, even money; I once remember seeing a 1 thousand naira note in one of my brother’s books. Don’t ask me whether I gave back the money!

And now to another normal part, it is during this time I read novels. You could guess that are the ones that engage on different topics. Yes, you may be correct. But I am someone who has different tastes in books at different times. Once, I could just want to read, you know, those literature books used back in primary and secondary school – yes, I still have most, if not all of them on my bookshelf. At other times, the serious mindset comes in and I am in on certain kinds such as finance, relationship, or just normal novels.

Lastly, here comes the funny part. Well, no one would testify to this but I dance when I am less busy and ALONE. Mehn, I am a voracious dancer in two folds actually. One when I am just happy and I sing and dance to gospel songs. The other, I am a lion in dancing when it comes to Michael Jackson pop songs – I really do breakdance to a point that I almost sprained my ankle trying to do the Moonwalk but I can do that seamlessly now.😁

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Well, these and others left unmentioned are the thing I do when I a less busy or just feeling like not doing any work.