Liu Ziyun, my classmate and roommate, is one of the people I admire most.
She comes from a poor family in the countryside, so she always leads a simple life. She is the only one who hasn’t a laptop computer among us six who live in our dormitory and her mobile phone is one that has been obsoleted by one of her relatives – For her family couldn’t afford a new mobile phone. There are only less than 5 pieces of clothes she can wear all year round, thus she seems to have nothing to say in common when we’re talking about fashionable clothes and online shopping. However, she often washes her clothes very carefully so that her clothes are always clean and tidy no matter how long she has worn them. Every day, she commutes between our dormitory and classroom only with a cloth bag, in which she puts her books in. She even hasn’t a pencil box; all of her pencils and pens are put in her sports shoes, which is her only pair of sports shoes, under her bead in the dormitory. Before going to have classes, she would take out some of the pens from them into her bag to use for the whole day.
However, she is a diligent and hard-working girl. On the contrary, her simplicity has become one of her advantages – While most of us are chatting, shopping online, watching movies or going to have parties, we can always see her busy with study. Often wearing a sunny smile, she has never stopped striving for a bright future, which looks as if she weren’t from a family that is worse off. As well, when someone of us needs helping, she is willing to give a hand at any time. Her grades are very good, always coming out in front among those of all the students in our class.