MY FAVOURITE HOBBY

Good morning to all judges, teachers, fellow contestants and audiences. I

would grasp this honour today to tell about my favourite hobby.

A hobby is a kind of amusement, an interesting pursuit which fruitfully

occupies our leisure hours. There are many kinds of hobbies like collecting
things, games and sports, photography, painting, reading or even gardening.
Hobbies may be constructive, lucrative or even useful, but what really matters is
that they provide constructive and interesting recreation.

My favourite hobby is collecting stamps. I have a lovely album in which I

fix the stamps. I have separate pages for each country. I also have separate
pages for stamps on birds, animals, great leaders, historical movements and
others. I have about 4000 stamps in all. My friends and relatives who are not
stamp collectors will collect stamps for me. This has helped me to collect
stamps from all over the world. I also exchange stamps with my friends.
Whenever I get two or three identical stamps, I immediately try to exchange
them for one that I do not have. I have managed to collect some very rare and
old stamps. Whenever the postal department issues a new stamp or a
commemorative stamp, I will see that I buy them.

There are many benefits from stamp collecting. The birds, fishes, dresses,
people, buildings and other emblems on the stamps tell us about various
countries, their culture, the lifestyles of the people and other things. It thus
broadens our mental horizons and gives us a peep into history.

Whenever I glance through my stamp album and look at my rare

collections, I am filled with a sense of pride and joy. My hobby fills my leisure
hours with interest and keeps my mind well occupied. My hobby will continue
and with the passage of time, I am sure that I will have an extraordinary large
stamp collection.