I am an ordinary boy living in an ordinary city. I don’t wear flashy clothing or try to stand out in a crowd. But I often daydream about how it would feel to be another person and what that person would experience being friends me. From their point of view, I would assume they would say my three distinguishing traits are my trustworthiness, my unnatural laziness and my determination.

            In my opinion, I think trustworthiness is an important trait that everybody should possess. How would you feel if you let your friend borrow your iPod and then find out that it was lost? Or if you and partner decided to share the workload, but realized it was unfinished the next day? Angry, let down, betrayed, unimportant? Well I definitely know how I would feel and trust me; it isn’t a good feeling at all. So that is why when I am entrusted with someone’s belonging or when I make a promise, I never let that person down. One time my classmate and I had started a writing assignment and we decided to split the task evenly. On the morning before the deadline, I had promised to finish the work but had succumbed to a strong, well-established fever. I could barely open my eyes but I knew my partner was busy so I dragged my feeble body to the compute room and dizzily spent the rest of the afternoon finishing up on the paper.

            Though I did end up finishing the paper, I could easily have finished earlier if I had not been so lazy and thoughtless by wasting my time, mainly on the computer. I always like to procrastinate by putting my work aside later if it is not due the next day, thinking it would somehow finish itself. For example, two years ago I was given a science fair like project. The teacher allowed two months for the completion of the many steps involved in the complicated project. For some reason, I decided to put it aside until one week of the due date. The end result was me working until midnight each day, a messy display board, a poorly presented project and a bad mark (in my standards). I no doubt have to abolish my laziness if I am to get through high school with favourable marks.

            As determined as I am when I do something that I actually want to do, laziness still occurs. But most of the time doesn’t affect what I’m doing as long as I am resolute. One of my hobbies and pastimes is playing the piano. When I first started 7 years ago, I was determined to achieve a level of playing that would allow me to perform all the pieces that I had only imagined myself play. I resolutely stuck to my goal and now I have the ability to play almost every piece of music given to me. Along the way I also learned music isn’t just about playing the notes. You can see from great pianists that they not only play with expression and passion, but also enjoy the music they perform. So now, after finishing my level 10 examination, I hope to pursue the dream of playing the way the pros play.

            Now that I realize my important traits, I think I am pretty special. But then again that would make everyone special. So I guess I am still a normal boy living in a normal city.