{"id":2914,"date":"2022-11-04T16:48:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:24:31","slug":"volunteering-for-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2022\/11\/04\/volunteering-for-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering for wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting from October 30th on, the whole country has officially entered its wintertime. Have you started to feel depression and loneliness because of the early darkness, wet weather and fast-approaching assignment deadlines? Have you ever wondered how long this awful wintertime will actually last before you can regain your peace of mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are pleased to welcome Sun Xingge (\u5b59\u90a2\u683c), MSc candidate in Advanced Professional and Clinical Practice from School of Nursing and Midwifery, to share her fresh experience of joining the Student Union’s (\u5b66\u751f\u4f1a xu\u00e9sh\u0113nghu\u00ec) Volunteering (\u5fd7\u613f\u884c\u52a8 zh\u00ecyu\u00e0n x\u00edngd\u00f2ng) and Wellbeing (\u5b89\u5eb7 \u0101nk\u0101ng) Fair hosted on Wednesday 2nd November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s been amazing that Queen’s Student Union hosted this Volunteering and Wellbeing Fair at this time of the year as it sets a goal to make us aware of the importance of taking care of ourselves and others. From 12pm to 4pm at the Mandela Hall, One Elmwood, I took part in wellbeing activities like dog petting, crafting, DJ taster session, yoga and more, which was lots of fun and a fantastic feel-good experience.<\/p>

But it’s about more than just having fun. As a Nursing student I’m keen to meet a range of not-for-profit organisations (\u975e\u76c8\u5229\u7ec4\u7ec7 f\u0113i y\u00edngl\u00ec z\u01d4zh\u012b) to find out about the opportunities available to me, to meet new friends, to discover new interests, to build my confidence, all through participating in volunteering. I believe that this could help me gain invaluable experience for my life and my future career. For example, I had a chance to join the simulation game of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR, \u5fc3\u80ba\u590d\u82cf x\u012bnf\u00e8i f\u00f9s\u016b), which has updated me with the key steps of undertaking CPR.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Flowerpot design<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Among the many activities, I particularly enjoyed the flowerpot designing activity, as I had the luxury of choosing from loads of flowers to design my own flowerpot, which really stimulated my imagination and increased my sense of achievement. When I was focusing on flowerpot designing, I actually tended to forget all my worries and felt much relaxed. I chose orange as the theme color and picked up sunflowers, roses, and daisies, which represent sunshine and hope. After finishing making the pot, I brought my product home and presented it to my friend as a little surprise (\u5c0f\u60ca\u559c xi\u01ceo j\u012bngx\u01d0). She was so grateful (\u611f\u6fc0 g\u01cenj\u012b; \u9886\u60c5 l\u01d0ng q\u00edng) and loved my gift. See, my joy from making this flowerpot and my friend’s joy of receiving my little gift has already awarded me double happiness (\u53cc\u500d\u5feb\u4e50 shu\u0101ngb\u00e8i ku\u00e0il\u00e8) during the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n