My hobbies

Since I was little I wanted to have collections of something, anything. Because I saw on TV that people were very passionate when collecting and had much fun in it. In cartoons people had collections of stamps and letters from baseball players, and they seemed to know a lot or be very important. When I grew up I realized that you could have a collection of whatever you like: letters, rocks, insects, feathers, leaves, sand, books, video games, action figures, movies in any format, toys ... but unfortunately I never had one. At the moment I have a small collection of metal caps of bottles, whenever I find one in good condition I keep it to put it in a plastic glass of Starbucks on my desk, yes, very elegant. Some are from drinks and others from well known beer brands, but others are from craft beer and only have one color so it is not possible to differentiate them. But I like them. A hobby I would never have is to collect things that are alive. It goes against all my principles. I have been vegetarian since I have memory, and I'm strict about it since a month ago.

Another hobby I had at some time, and still have sporadically, is to place leaves of trees and flowers between the pages of books. I do not know if it is considered as a hobby but I consider it as one. My mother had this hobby when she was young and it was she who inherited that custom. One of my aunts usually brings me books that one of her friends has in her house and she does not use, this friend studied to be a science teacher so she has books that I currently use to study when my aunt brings them. The point is that the books are old and between the pages there are always leaves, flowers, messages in small papers, even bus tickets. It is a custom that seems very beautiful because it keeps important memories for the person and later when reading that book can remember important moments tied to what was saved between the pages.


The hobby I have now is read. It started several years ago, eight years to be exact. I always liked to read but the afiction of doing it for pleasure began with a book that at that time was very popular.. I bought it non-original in San Diego and came back the next weekend to buy the remaining ones and order the one they did not have. Reading helped me improve my spelling, writing and reading comprehension. I have many books on my desk, most of them I have already read but I have others that I still have to read. My whole family knows I'm a library rat. Even my parents give me books for Christmas. It is the only gift I ask.

"When I hear that a man has the habit of reading, I am predisposed to think well of him" Nicolás de Avellaneda.