Pastime

4. Pastime

After a long drive an automobile needs fuel for regaining power and speed , the same we find when a human being needs pastime after a day’s hard work . Pastime is leisure activity that is done for enjoyment rather than work . Some like pastime inside the four walls of the house . Again some go out of the house for pastime . Many pastimes around the world are common . Some of these common pastimes are watching television , reading newspaper, reading books , listening to music, gardening , walking , gossiping , fishing and going to picnics . On the other hand , some pastime are not common to people such as hunting , bird watching , oregamy , camping , painting pictures and writing poems . Some pastimes are for the young only. For example martial arts , skiing , skateboarding , snowboarding , baseball and football are remarkable. Pastimes like golf , tennis , fishing , boating , walking and hiking are for both the young and the old . Besides traveling , going to parks , visiting family and friends , watching television are very popular. Pastime varies country- to- country as well as age-to-age . In our country the city people are more fortunate to enjoy different types of pastimes than the village people .To make life meaningful and to remove monotony , pastime can work as a life tonic in our life.