How I see myself is as a car enthusiast, an avid skier, cyclist, and a good son and friend. I’m always willing to try something new and love the life that I have. Since in can remember, sports and cars were a passion of mine. Both passions started when I was young. My father thought me how to ski when I was very little, seven years old to be exact. I have grown to love the sport as I aged and gained more experience. Now I go skiing almost every weekend in the winter. Skiing, to me, gives a rush of adrenaline like no other. When I am going down a steep slope at a fast rate of speed, the only thing between me and the snow is a just a pair of skis. It is fun to see what I can handle and be on the borderline of crossing my limit. When it is not skiing season, cycling takes over. It keeps me fit and gets me places that I need to go if I can’t drive there.
Another passion of mine is cars. My love of cars also started when I was young. There was just something that I loved about them; I don’t know if it was the sound they made, the speed they could reach, or just the sleek design of some, or maybe all these things and even more, but that something made me like them. As I got older, this passion became more involved. When I was about ten years old, my father bought me a racing go-kart. I loved racing it upstate on weekends. The feeling I got behind the wheel was like no other; driving at 50 mph only two inches from the ground was an exhilarating feeling. Although I stopped two years later, my love of cars still continues. Now that I have a license, I love to drive my car around and to take care of it by washing it and detailing it whenever I get the time. I also love to watch car shows and to go to car shows, such as the annual Auto Show in the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan.
Friends also play an important role in my life. I love to hang out with them whenever I can. We always have a great time, whether it’s playing sports or just talking about all the things in our lives. We are always in some sort of competition whenever we play sports, even if we say we won’t argue there’s always some argument on who has how many points or if a certain point counted, but we always end the argument after a few minutes and continue to play. Recently towards the end of summer vacation we all went go-karting at Grand Prix New York in Westchester. Overall, we had a blast and had some “friendly” competition between each of us.
Two months ago, school started for all of us. So far, school has been great in my opinion. I love being in one of the most active cities in the world. Everything you want is within reach in Manhattan. I’ve made many friends. I love the free time in between classes that I have this semester. My biggest challenge thus far in college is the workload that the professors give us. The challenge is to get everything done, and to also get a good grade. Overall, college is more a free environment. You are free to do whatever you want. No one is after you if you don’t complete something. This freedom, however, does come with more responsibility. But hey this is college; no one said it would be easy.
