PUBLIC SPEAKING TEXT

SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN TEMBAK, 09300 KUALA KETIL

THEME : WORLD OF SELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS

TOPIC : FAVOURITE PASTIME

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.