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5A Chung Shing Hin - 2 Runner-up

Dear Keyboardwarrior 2020

Thank you for your letter and I am very sorry to hear the terrible news that you have
suffered from chronic knee joint problems and diabetes. You have mentioned that the
people around you have treated you with bad attitudes and have often looked down
on you. It must be hard to get along with them. Rest assured, however I am going to
give you pieces of advice aiming to tackle your health problem and conundrum of your
interpersonal relationships. This may even reinforce the connection between you and
them.

The first piece of advice I want to give you is trying to make exercise more interesting.
You have mentioned that you love eating so much and exercise have sounded like a
terribly boring idea. Why don’t you try to put different elements in your workout? For
instance, there are various sports categories you may choose as your regime content
like gymnastics, table tennis and so on. These sports require less movement, so you
may try at home. Having someone accompany you would be an incentive of doing
exercise. You might ask who you would invite to take part in the sports requiring an
opponent. Take table tennis as an example, if there were no one free to join you, you
could take the advantage of your house. Dueling against the wall may be an excellent
choice when you are alone. Other than running, you could exercise with background
music on. You could select your favourite songs and play them while exercising. It
works better than you have imagined every time because you can enjoy the feelings
those songs give to you and lose weight simultaneously.

Regarding your letter, feeling stares and hear whispers of the people behind your
back. I can totally relate as I was the victim of being excluded from the social networks
of my friends too. I was neglected when they hanged out together mainly due to the
lack of common topics. Timid as I was, I decided that things would get worse and
worse so I tried to break the silence between us and respond to what they were
discussing. It did not take much time for us to become good friends and I believe you
can too. Once you have a good physique from working out, they will not stare at you.
Stepping out of your comfort zone and taking the initiative to talk with them are going
to eradicate the mutual distrust and suspicion among you and your friends.

You have been facing the heartbreaking problems and somethings cannot put up
with, e.g. the negative feelings, crying at home and feeling terrible. I am sorry to hear
about your suffering once again. Nonetheless, please be kindly reminded that there
are still lots of people caring about you, including your parents. Whenever you want to
speak out your pain, do not hesitate to write to me. I am always here for you. In other
situations, you may consider taking action of exercising. Exercise helps you gradually
become normal in weight and as a result, clears out the mind that you are too fat to
play with your friends. Only then can you be happy in your friendship.

I hope that the above advice can guide you through difficulties and predicaments.
Exercise can help you lose a great amount of pounds and talking to your nearby
friends can strengthen your relationships. Please feel free to write back to me in the
future and tell me whether you can successfully solve the trouble and how you and
your friends get along with.
Regards
Chris

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