A reflection on the activities i joined

Even before coming to Manchester, I'd already sort of made up my mind about clubs that i was going to join. I'd canoed twice before during camps in secondary school and I enjoyed it very much, so the Caneoing Club was on my list. But I drop the idea after learning that I have to pass a swimming test first (thats swimming for a 50m lap). I don't know whether I'd actually finish the course considering that I always go really breathless after swimming for a distance of around 30-40m. When I was in Malaysia, I was also quite determined to continue learning taekwondo here, only to be let down by a demonstration. The taekwondo style here is just too different that I'm not sure whether I can adjust to it or not.
Browsing through the freshers' fair, I was actually quite attracted to some of the clubs, which include the Nightline, the Choral, Scouts n Guides Society etc. I ended up signing up for the Malaysian Society (which cost me about £3 - but I never hear from them again...), Buddhist Society (which I havn't taken part in any of their activities yet), CAOS - Choir and Orchestra Society (which I'm still a sleeping member for now, but I'll definitely have a look one day since Lauren's asked... n it sounded quite fun) and The Socialist Workers Society (actually just attracted to the anti-bush, anti-third-world debt, anti-G8 things). I haven't been active in any of those clubs. On my way out of the student union building, I was dragged and pestered by someone to join the Party Animal club. To be honest, I hated the name of the club (It sounds so improper..) but so far the activities has been good. I took part in the badminton session they organised at a really cheap rate n got to meet really nice people.
On the other hand, I signed up as a volunteer for quite a number of Medsin projects. After attending Medsin Explained, I was just so excited about the many activities that match my interest. I joined the After School Club, which gives academic tuition to the local Somali refugees, because I think it won't that up that much of time (only an hour per week). I'd also signed up for Heartstart, which teaches 13-14 year old kids Basic Life Support. I think it'd certainly brush up my BLS as well as my communication skills. I'd just attended the first training for Heartstart and I found the people that I know from that occasion simply great! In addition, I'd put my name on the Chernobly Children's Project (CCP) and the Teddybear Doctor Project. I have yet to hear from the Teddybear thing but I'm thinking of dropping the CCP thing because it'll be quite time consuming for me, not to mention the inconvenience of always having to attend the meeting down at Fallowfield...
I'd always have a great interest and passion about doing voluntary social work, people who know me should be able to tell. But I really don't want to simply dwell in voluntary work through out uni life and miss out on opportunities to participate in more exciting activities... Yet i just couldn't let go of any opportunity for me to volunteer... maybe I should just follow my instict until one day I get sick of it...