hobby

When many people hear the word 'hobby' they think of it as a small project that helps to pass the time, on a rainy afternoon.

Richard Heeks has been taking the amazing photographs for the past few years and said it had become something of an obsessive hobby.

You might be able to pursue it within your current job, or do it as a side job or just as a hobby at first.

Many have abandoned hopes for one of the few safe sources of lifetime employment, and they practice job-hopping as if it were a hobby.

Having spent som any years with no other hobby, I should today be speaking every one of those languages much better than I do.

Doomed to my hobby will follow you, I with you to the wonderful reaction after collided.

Pace yourself, make it good stuff, and have the ambition and intention that this become a true business, not just a hobby.

This was a fine hobby and a sensible substitute for cricket, since you could play it all the year round.

He regards education as his life-long cause, while drawing as his hobby, which those researchers of him tend to ignore.

The hobby is a good one as it takes me to places that tourists do not go to, which enables me to see the "real" China.

He wants to work on his hobby of photography, but his equipment is all in the storage room in his apartment building.

But once he'd pulled out his photo album and they saw it was a hobby, they backed off, he said.

Asked why she did such a great age is still paper-cuts, the elderly, said that with is a hobby and interest.

Some will say that "this is just a hobby" and that they are not really in the business of photography.

Influenced by his hobby, his daughter gradually fell in love with pyrography too. His wife greatly supports their hobby.

But all I could see was that this was a grand chance to test the accuracy of my work, of my hobby.

On their travels they indulged their hobby of collecting antique furniture. As a result their home had become something of a museum.

Usually likes the matter which makes itself to like doing, the hobby surfer and plays the basketball.

Drivers were called "motorists" , as if it were a hobby.

So you've got something you're really passionate about. Perhaps it's a hobby which you think you could turn into a business.

I ran into him in about 1960 and told him that law was fine as a hobby but he could do better.

No, I don't want to talk to Sam. I can't stand another minute of him riding his hobby horse about invaders from space.

David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing, but he did not often get a chance to practice it.

Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, calls it a "hobby" business for rich girls that threatens the livelihood of poor shopkeepers.

A bit of me: My hobby is reading fiction books (Agatha Christie, Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook), besides study asian culture.

How about a gift that will add to her collection, or a piece of equipment to help with her hobby?

Since seeing the movie, Gerber and his wife have made something of a hobby taking photos of toys for himself and friends during his travels.

I wasn't planning on getting into photography as a hobby but a week later I had about eight lenses and all the other goodies.

Alex: Well, I do rock-climbing as a hobby and I also do a bit of cliff diving from time to time.

"I was asked what was my hobby, so I said 'same as yours, ' then they let me in, " he said.

When he was free, he would take a stroll around the village or streets and collect some folk potteries as a hobby.

Had the game gone too far? Was it a game any longer? In those prewar days, I stood to lose a great deal, for the sake of a hobby.

It could be so. . . well, I'd be very sorry if I say music is just hobby.

It was a hobby that she picked up and made into a small home business but had to stop because of the pain in her hands.

As long as you enjoy your hobby, you don't have to feel ashamed of being so-so . It doesn't matter what others think of your.

I've always thought photography would be an interesting hobby. What do you think of it?

One of the important ways to turn to low-carbon lifestyle, is kick at the cost of high energy sources of "consumption" hobby.

I've heard this place, but I've never been there. For many, a hobby is a means of expressing their creativity.

I can't stand another minute of him riding his hobby horse about valuable jewels and famous dresses .

For local politicians, reforming health care is something of a hobby.

I'm not as desperate for a change as you are. A change for me would be starting a new hobby or just buying something new.

This helped hone Martin's own understanding of folding, which had been a hobby of his for years.

One thing he needs to do is put aside his hobby of horse racing - likely to be his livelihood in retirement - at least for a season.

This ability probably has no direct connection with your background, education, work or even hobby.

Take a few minutes and sign up for email newsletters from competitors - choose a few on your favorite hobby or interest too.

John is such a know it all when it comes to history. I wonder if he majored in history, or if it's just his hobby.

That was where the money was, he told them-music was just a hobby.

His new hobby is now debate and he hopes that he can impress the girl with his skills there, just as he did with his singing.

I did not know which importantly individual hobby and the academic record do compare.

As long as I don't bring up the subject and treat it more like a hobby, I can get away with it.

Church guy, hobby-shop guy -- they were lunch meat by the time I got there. Maybe they were possessed, but I can't prove it.

He retired on account of poor health, but on no account would he gave up his hobby.

He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.

If has with my similar hobby schoolmate, may come to ask me to exchange together.

This month will be special for any sort of creative effort, whether it is work-related or for yourself, as a hobby or personal pleasure.

My hobby is to travel with my family or to read books at home quietly.

Watch the skies: Father-of-two Mr Jones pursues his hobby after his children have gone to bed.

He said men tended to be more interested in specialized publications about a specific hobby or sport.

Neighbours described their only hobby as "takeaways, " as they frequent the local fish and chip shop three times a week.

The chairman spoke for an hour and a half; there is no stopping when he's riding the hobby horse of drink and prohibition.

What makes you think I didn't take up wine tasting as a hobby on my own?

Now, I still that like singing, but I knew, it is only my hobby throughout, I also have a bigger dream to wait for me to realize.

If I have had a special hobby, that would be to have a good rest on Sunday.

It was eminently practical reasons, and not the mere caperings of a hobby-horse, that prompted me to undertake my historical researches.

I have no hobby to do book keeping till last month, i just start to try to see where are my money going. . .

I think many students used to read books as a hobby before. Do you think this generation is not reading as many books?

Enthusiasm is a hobby, an attitude, but do not make it too or out of limitation, just so so.

Participants are generally not in it for the money, but rather to pursue a hobby and achieve recognition by their peers.

Most people take up a hobby for pleasure , friendships, or to develop new interests.

Just like the hairdresser he plays in the film, in reality Wang can only sing as a hobby.

My hobby is reading books and newspapers, although my personality is quite positive, but I still love to be peaceful.

Instead of having them be a constant distraction in your days, set aside a period of a few days or weeks to all-out indulge in this hobby.

By reading books, I've learned a lot, which is of great benefit to me. I think I'll keep up my hobby for the rest of my life.

Ayn Rand was a passionate collector of stamps, a hobby that seems altogether too mundane for her, as far as we're concerned.

He earned only a small salary, but there was not much work to do and he was able to practice his hobby, which was painting pigeons.

Think about how it will be , if you will decide to resell , in case you discover that this hobby is just not for you .

If you don't have the money for your children to try a different hobby or sport every season, look for free opportunities.

I used to collect cameras for hobby in the past, but I lost interest after all the shootings I had to go through for work.

Well, that's thrilling. Plus, some guy blows his head off in a church and another goes postal in a hobby shop before the cops take him out.

FOR millions of East Asians, online gaming is not so much a hobby as a way of life.

Or what does it matter if she doesn't enjoy your love of a certain hobby, if you never participate in it with her around?

It turns out Andy's favorite hobby was to tin' his wall out into the exercise yard a handful at a time. . .

But in Beijing to move the pain of like stabbing already in the chest, it let me have to rational control his hobby of purchase from desire.

Franzen's main extravagance is watching birds, a hobby he took up after The Corrections.

For her, fashion is fun, a hobby, and not to be taken too seriously.

E. T. built his own communicator out of the fuzz buster, some hobby pins, a knife and fork, and the UHF tuner from the TV set. . . E. T.

My dad is thrilled that I have taken a liking to his favourite hobby, even if it took a boy to get me interested.

And the hobby is apple TV, the reason I called it a hobby is because a lot of people have tried and failed to make that a business.

This continued for about a year until one day I figured out that I can actually make some money from this hobby of mine.

My favorite hobby is skiing so I spend a lot of money on it, but I try to save some money for my old age.

This continued for about a year until one day I figured out that I can actually make some money from this hobby of mine.

My favorite hobby is skiing so I spend a lot of money on it, but I try to save some money for my old age.

The queen had a hobby, Don't go out in the house, and often surf the internet all day.

Nevertheless, to gem, she does not have special hobby however, however off-the-peg design goes, do not importune must order do.

Similarly, the hobby man gentle, kind, amiable, with a strong sense of responsibility, give a person a kind of security.

The idea of having a hobby for your leisure hours to keep you entertained and busy when you're not at work is quite commonplace in Britain.

He applies the same relentless determination to his hobby, mountain climbing, as he does to writing.

Making modules for Neverwinter Nights has seemed more like a way of life than a simple hobby these last few years.

If you want your blog to advance beyond the hobby stage, you need to take it seriously and treat it like a real business.

I think it does not suit for me to have press conference & give interviews talking about the occupation, hobby, and look of my precious one.

Going shopping is also my hobby . I find it a pleasure to spend money.

A joint project or a common hobby is not so different. It's something that's important to both of you and hence helps strengthen your bond.

Wherever you live, there is always a hobby for you to choose.

"I would describe it as an expensive hobby but it is better than buying an LV (Louis Vuitton) bag, " Chu, who runs a travel agency.

I hope my son enjoys this hobby as much as you seem to.

Train sets are a perennial Christmas present and in the US serious collectors of model trains spend $500m a year on their hobby.

One of her recent hobby was collecting small pieces of Derby and Worcester porcelain.

Mr. Kirk is dedicated to his hobby, often travelling up to 500 miles a day to capture storms on film.

My interest hobby is very widespread, the badminton, the ping-pong, study, listen to music . . . But I most like the pingpong.

Xiao Ming, your class tall and handsome that the boy is when you turn to the class? When he was born? His hobby is? Can detailed and I say?

the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money.

For a lucky few CEOs, having a hobby has turned out to be rather profitable.

His hobby is watching cricket, he said, and his strength is punctuality.

Chrissy has taken up a new hobby which involves filming everything she sees for her class project.

If you are interested in this hobby to me, I will be very happy to share with you!

Some see them as just a hobby, while others view it as some kind of emotional release.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of the first importance to a public man.

I favorite star it makes up to be SJ , My interest hobby is to paint.

"Our boss was interested in aviation. It was kind of a hobby for him, " said Zou Xianggu, Sunward's vice-general manager.

And so in his spare time he took on side projects that relied on his creative hobby.

In the dim twilight, you give a pleasant smile of a woman comes, a dialogue I know had a hobby, interest group.

It is no longer just a hobby or a side project or a money-making scheme.

Because my favourite hobby gives me a lot of pleasure, and I can learn a lot about geography and history from stamps.

Magic can be a lifetime hobby and card magic is considered to be the poetry of prestidigitation .

Review your subscriptions : Are you still getting subscriptions for some obscure hobby you were only interested in a year ago?

Whilst my trip to China was essentially a business trip, I always take off a few days and follow my hobby of steam trains.

They named their little hobby the "Lying Down Game, " and like that it sat for the next 10 years, a memory in two young boys' minds.

before he ' s done , yucca enthusiasts may wish he ' d taken up a more traditional hobby , like stamp collecting.

In choosing a hobby that will suit our individual needs we have to take account of several factors.

A hobby: An investment of a stock certificate and a wheel slip and sing, and, basketball and table tennis.

Replace some of the time you spend watching bad television with your new hobby and you'll feel productive and fulfilled.

Learning French is just a hobby for me in the spare time.

You know, I have recently joined a golf club for model cars. I have dreamed of getting to know people with the same hobby as mine.

There were also "dozens of hobby projects" that had to be shut down, with even minor capital-spending decisions subject to board review.

If you are the not-as-busy person, take advantage of the time by picking up a new hobby, getting in shape, reading a new book, etc.

'They say - Mrs d'Urberville says - that she wants you to look after a little fowl-farm which is her hobby.

Maybe you derive pleasure from a hobby that you can turn into a lucrative enterprise.

Plenty of men are excellent cooks as a hobby.

Play with it but my hobby, one of my dear friend ah, tumbling, they will play hide-and-seek.

A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits.

Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

Broad hobby, being a steady worker broadly, be rich in sense of responsibility , take the team cooperation seriously.

He spends three hours a day on his hobby, sitting on his bed, with his sewing machine next to his mini-fridge.

One of hobby spending self holidays with the fact that development of society , the tour already become people when lying fallow.

Some people seem to do it as a hobby.

My biggest hobby is football, although I can only play it on an average level, I watched a lot of the matches.

I do paint a little bird, but only as a hobby . How did you know, anyway ? " Oh, a little bird tld me . "

Soon the hobby leads to travel, perhaps to a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search of a rare specimen.

I also make many good friends from whole -wide world . We have at least two same hobby --travel and peace .

Little of the author's hobby is lovely, toy car is really a lovely, as boys, natural like these cars like the toy.

The recession, however, has hurt what used to be a lucrative hobby.

Sure, a bunch of it may be about what someone had for breakfast or someone's pet-rock hobby.

You know, my dad is good at this I learn from him. Then, what's your hobby?

I would continue to read books as a hobby, I decided, and look elsewhere for a way to make a living.

I was able to pay for a lot of my college expenses with this little hobby business.

Hearing of his hobby, a Nan Guo thought to himself, "It may be a good chance to earn money. "

That was my hobby, there was a bit of money, and at that time in Russia a hundred US dollars salary a month was good money, so I survived!

But what if you could turn this hobby into a home business?

For me, a good friend should have the same hobby with me.

In this case, a folding screen or shutters can be painted and serve as a focal point, representing the entrance to the hobby or craft space.

But this temporary confidence is nothing in comparison to the confidence one can obtain by excelling in sports, academics, or a hobby.

I am an ordinary middle school students, but with an extraordinary dream, because this dream and I have such a hobby.

If you aren't much of a reader, listening to relaxing music and working on a hobby like knitting or puzzles works well, too.

I'm not now nor have I ever been a homicidal killer. It doesn't interest me even as a hobby.

An activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment; a hobby.

So as far as possible to disarm or less absorption, most people do not smoke should not infected with this hobby.

"Now that is a bit unexpected, " I said, "It's a hobby of yours? Comedies, I mean. "

Dog training is a business for some people, a serious hobby for others, and a once in a life time experience for many.

Washing the car seems to be your main hobby.

We look upon gardening as both an outdoor and an indoor hobby and thoroughly recommend it to those who wish to enjoy their retirement.

Lying on the beach, I looked happily at my new hobby, Lee. ' How you feeling, Mrs Blake ? he smiled.

However, personal interest and hobby are the important evidences in selecting jobs, not the whole evidences.

Photography is said to be the most popular hobby in the United States .

Physical fitness and healthy lifestyles have changed from fashion and hobby for a few to.

With the constant stresses life places on us, we all need a release. Finding a hobby, activity, or interest can be a life saver.

Ambitious dilettantes might learn to fly a plane or pick up a language as a hobby, but few people dabble in nuclear engineering.

And by 2007, what started as a hobby had turned into a book proposal and then a contract with Public Affairs.

Take a walk, shoot some hoops, and maybe take up a new physically active hobby. Who knows, you might find something new you really like.

The pundits said. Well, he had plenty of interest but none sufficiently systematic to qualified as a hobby.

I call XXX, is an open and bright girl, some people said that I am long look like the foreign-style doll, my hobby is widespread.

My hobby is a basketball, about NBA, I basically knows from A to Z in particular, if does not believe, you may the scene inquire me.

So over the past 2 weekends, I've worked on a hobby project, which lets you turn your Hudson cluster into a Hadoop cluster.

For him to forfeit his favourite hobby would be impossible.

These die-hard fans of anime and manga aren't putting on their costumes for treats, though, but for the fun of a hobby called cosplay.

Classical European art has interesting aesthetics, and choosing this was homage to a previous hobby of mine.

Apart from doing modeling as hobby, she loves listening to music on her black iPod classic.

Birdwatching is a hobby that allows you to enjoy the wonders of nature without an excessive commitment of time or money.

Instead, use some of the energy you would normally put into work to delve into a new hobby.

For me, the biggest hobby is watching movies, I put the film as a part of my life.

Pickup a new hobby that you currently have very little ability to do. Musical instruments, cooking, painting, writing, dancing, etc.

This can happen when one of you finds a new pal or even a new hobby that takes up tons of time.

It would be impossible for him to drop his hobby.

To prove to work, steadfast, work conscientiously, the hobby is widespread, especially electricity dozen outstanding achievements.

I have a hobby, it is to see the animation, I have to mention that I said this is a One Piece fan.

Eugene: Officially in June 1997, but I had been working on this as a hobby since 1989.

Swedish man has been arrested after attempting to split atoms in his kitchen, claiming that he was only doing it as a "hobby" .

She used to be a history teacher. Her hobby is reading.

Which hobby do you think takes up the least space?

Help your child develop a non-sports hobby. Then provide him with books on the hobby. Hobbie help develop curiosity.

"I hope my wife will understand my hobby, " one 40-something man says, opening his mouth widely around the English words.

Though scientific research was his pastime hobby, he attached great importance to precision and practical applicability of research fruits.

Writing is only one of my hobby.

You may have to continue your hobby in the evening and get a real job, of course.

Oh, in the beginning, it was only a hobby for me.

Gault turned a cost-cutting hobby into a career and says she gets a runner's high before haggling.

Among the folk customs of the South Yangtze Areas, the fondness or hobby of tourism is most striking.

LD: Singing? Singing, I started it just as a hobby. I sang in choir at school and in church.

I have a dream as well, and my dream is to be a computer scientist, because my hobby is playing computer.

Enjoying a good hobby for a while after hard work helps people relax.

His hobby was metaphysical philosophy, and what he wanted to know was far beyond the range of Edgars normal thinking.

He cites reading as a favourite hobby, although he has to check with an assistant for the exact title of the book he is currently enjoying.

what do you think of photography? Betty: Photography is an expensive hobby.

With all this talk of danger, why would anyone take up this hobby?

Interest hobby drawing, the building blocks, reading, house, play computer games, the small dance. . .

What do you think art means to someone who really enjoys creating art as as hobby, but has chosen to do a different career?

My parents yes I learn hard, they do not allow the own hobby of my exercise.

So the lesson is: take time to mess around. Have a hobby. It's good for you, and you never know where it may lead you. . .

You see, almost everyone has some kind of hobby to get his mind off his work.

His hobby is Go, known in Chinese as weiqi. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and 2 sons.

You know, for many years, I didn't think I had a hobby.

Hobby had chemotherapy, radiation and a double mastectomy, among other surgeries.

Her childhood interest gradually developed into a hobby.

On the internet. To me, photograph is just one of my hobby.

But since she married my grandfather, she had to forget her hobby and became a good mother to her children.

I don't learn English for my work since it almost has nothing to do with English, but my hobby needs English, extremely.

Photography is believed to be the most popular hobby in the United States.

I'm not very good at it, so I just take it as a hobby.

The greatest thing about turning a hobby into a business is that it probably won't even seem like work.

The people spend the way, spends the thing which buys to be able to reflect individual interest hobby.

I am one of the happy people who managed to turn their hobby into their profession.

Well, I liked to do so many things so I didn't really have a regular hobby. But I was a rock singer and I still perform occasionally.

Volunteer for a cause you believe in. Try a new hobby, like sailing, mountain climbing or even gourmet cooking to refresh your spirit.

Gardening is an outdoor hobby my mother enjoys in her spare time.

I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999.

What all could not imagine was, this handsome Idol drama star's biggest hobby was to stay at home.

We have the freedom to develop of ourself interest and hobby, and of course learning is our priority.

Good. I love to watch him, sort of hobby.

Maybe you both enjoy the same hobby or grew up in the same area.

You could go to a restaurant with friends, read a book, watch TV, play computer games, sleep or even get a hobby like kite flying.

We have hobby group activities twice a week.

He used to say that he was too busy or too young to have a hobby.

Woodworking can be a safe and enjoyable hobby or vocation, IF you follow some very basic and simple rules.

I yearn to see NBA. . . My other hobby is music, I grew up practicing the violin, have now passed 10.

Even if his hobby is preventing murders, there's no reason why he shouldn't make money at it, is there?

Many young businessmen and businesswomen are hard core jocks who consider sports to be their number one hobby.

Cooking is an occasional hobby and a vehicle for celebrity chefs.

As your knowledge your hobby grows , you may find that it will help you decide what you want to do .

Brian Crews, a California-based venture capitalist, set up a Zlio site as an outlet for his hobby: chilli sauce.

What kind of person are you in life? Could you talk about something of your hobby?

Pc games are a time-consuming hobby to students and occupy all of their valuable time.