For
the March break of 2013, during the election week this year, my parents allowed
me to go skiing in Faraya, a ski resort in Lebanon, with my friends. Julie is
one of my good friends at the Lycee Francais Franco-Libanais Nahr Ibrahim, my
old school. Arriving in the Faraya station, I was extremely exited and nervous
to start skiing. Being Lebanese, i've lived in a country where it snows every
winter my whole life. However i've only started learning how to ski after the
age of 10, which explains why i'm not a perfect skier. Therefore, Julie and I
got a private skiing teacher for the few days I was there. His name was Patrick
Sassine, and we skiied with him everyday from 9 AM till 1:00 PM for 3 days. The
rest of the day was spent skiing with Julie and our friends. Patrick taught me
many new techniques, which improved my skiing skills a lot. For example he
taught me how to use my sticks, which helped my overall skiing position and
with my balance. We practiced many hours on the same slope until we perfectly
executed everything he had asked from us. Our friends started complimenting us
on our improvements and our growing confidence, which motivated me even more to
learn. These lessons really helped and I could clearly see a change from the
first to the fifth day. I also fell a countless number of time but I
learned that when you fall, you must get back up and do it again, in order to
learn from your mistakes, instead of letting them discourage you from your
goals. Although this was a tiring experience, which required a lot of
physical effort, it was all worth it at the end. I'm very thankful for Patrick.
It's an extremely fun sport and it made my march break even more amazing. Faraya
was a great destination to escape from the stress and pressure that IB students
are under.
But I realized after all that Tennis will always remain my favorite sport.
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