In term 3, I went to my classmate Candice Xia’s housing estate. It is called: Qian Qiu Qing Yuan. I turned myself to be a cleaner. It’s very interesting and full of novelty.
On 29th of March, I arrived there. It’s a very quiet and harmony place. I met Candice in front of the gym. I also saw her dog. Its name is: Zai zai. She took me to their administration and asked for work. The server received us patiently, and then she telephoned the director. She said we should wait for the director. Ten minutes later, the director came in and gave us brooms and a dustpan. She told us to sweep the bicycle park. We went there quickly, it’s a huge area with big sums of bikes. So, we decided to divide this area into half. We began to work! There was a lot of garbage around bikes, I swept very carefully. Suddenly, a burst of wind blew through the windows. It made all the garbage out of the dustpan and I felt very mad. But the only way I could do is to sweep again and prevent dropping again. Finally, after two hours, we turned the dirty park into a clean place. We were very tired but very content.
A week after, on the 5th of April, I went there again. I wanted to try some work, so Candice borrowed two scoops from a cleaner. I asked what we could do by using them, she said that we could clean the grass. I still didn’t understand the meaning, so she explained to me that we could use the scoops to straighten out the yellow grass. It sounded interesting! So, we started to work! First, we cleaned the grass in front of Candice’s apartment. There was a lot of yellow and blasted grass. When I shoveled it, I felt it had a strong power and I nearly fell down. I couldn’t imagine that I would be labored when I shovel the grass! I was a little discouraged but I didn’t want to give up. At last, we finished. We also cleaned the grass near the lakes. Practice makes perfect, it became much easier after doing a lot. It lasted out about two hours and both of us were be drenched in sweat.
For the next three Sundays, I also went there to do cleaning work. The main courses were also sweeping the floor and cleaning the grass. Sometimes, we felt very tired, but we also achieved precious experiences. The director was very pleasant and praised us a lot and hoped we would come again next time.
During this volunteer work, I realized the difficulties to be a cleaner. I used to consider that cleaning was one of the easiest jobs. Now, I must change my mind because I have experienced on my own. It needs patience, carefulness and backbone. I think this work experience is very necessary to my future. I won’t forget this memory in my life.













