I have just recently returned from the 2010-2011 SAISA Track'n'Field event taken place in New Dehli, India. I personally found this years SAISA Track to have been much more rewarding than those of previous years. Mainly because I exceeded my own personal expectations along with other also showing tremendous heart and effort in all of their events. As a team we placed 6th place among the other 6 schools; Chennai, Dehli, Kathmandu, Bombay, Karachi and Lahore. I placed 5th in the 200m with a time of 25.57seconds which I too was also very happy with for this was my first time placing in Track EVER!!! ACHEIVED PERSONAL GOAL
We also placed in both of relays at 5th place for the 4x1 and 4x4 which in respect of the other schools was not the best that we could have done, due to faulty handoffs and an un-even track. We were also presented with the most coveted award of the entire tournament...SPORTSMANSHIP... :P in which the team and the school should be very proud of for it shows a tremendous amount of commitment and effort.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Simply Scenes... :D 2-23-2011
As a part and requirement of our IB DP coarse I must take place in a play production in part with my drama class. I am in 2 different plays; Burried the Child and A Street Car Named Desire in which I play male characters whom are both confident and a bit of a pushover at times. Today we have our performance at 6:00pm in the auditorium. I am also taking part in a play with Tara Nelson in grade twelve where i play an elusive criminal whom cannot be brought to justice. In previous rehearsals it has been quite good and run smoothly without any mishaps in which I hope will carry over into my performance.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
NEW SEMESTER!!! CAS
As for CAS fulfillments for this semester I will be taking part in Habitat for Humanity following my first semester of DAWG.
Goals:
1) Have fun
2)Go on as many builds as possible
3)Give as much input as I possibly can towards having a successful CAS
Goals:
1) Have fun
2)Go on as many builds as possible
3)Give as much input as I possibly can towards having a successful CAS
SAISA
I have just recently returned from SAISA(South Asia International Sports Association) Boys Football where we went to Dhaka, Bangladesh for the tournament. There were 10 teams from all over south asia and it was very competitive. Due to a variety of reasons, a few players on our team were cut so we were then forced to travel with the minimum, 12 players. We all avoided injury as much as we could but fatigue got the best of almost all of us and the games went on. We all played very well and i think that i also played exceptionally well taking into account that I am not primarily a football player. I found this to be a great experience and defiantly something I will look back on in the future as a positive as my time here at OSC.
FULFILLED GOAL #1
FULFILLED GOAL #1
Monday, February 21, 2011
Week Without Walls
February 22, 2011
This year for WWW(Week Without Walls) the grade 11 class went down to Hambanota, South Sri Lanka where we took part in a variety of activities mainly involving community service involving an issue of global importance. Overall I found this Week Without Walls in particular to have been the most rewarding out of all of mine for this one was solely CAS (Community, Action and Service) orientated. The main thing that i found it to be the most rewarding was that of painting the school. These schools don't have much and neither do the people that attend the school and when we all saw how happy and thankful they were after we did no more than a little polish and paint; it was all worth it. I personally think that even painting is great, the real need at schools such as these are not paint jobs and cleaning, the children need school supplies where I think would benefit them much more than some paint. But aside the minor issues with the school and what view as their needs i found it to be a good WWW.
This year for WWW(Week Without Walls) the grade 11 class went down to Hambanota, South Sri Lanka where we took part in a variety of activities mainly involving community service involving an issue of global importance. Overall I found this Week Without Walls in particular to have been the most rewarding out of all of mine for this one was solely CAS (Community, Action and Service) orientated. The main thing that i found it to be the most rewarding was that of painting the school. These schools don't have much and neither do the people that attend the school and when we all saw how happy and thankful they were after we did no more than a little polish and paint; it was all worth it. I personally think that even painting is great, the real need at schools such as these are not paint jobs and cleaning, the children need school supplies where I think would benefit them much more than some paint. But aside the minor issues with the school and what view as their needs i found it to be a good WWW.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
MamaPapaHome For The Disabled
I recently took part in a trip to the Mama Papa home in Northern Sri Lanka to go and visit an orphanage. In this orphanage there were a number of children with disabilities that ran all across the board from physical diabilities to mental. I found this experiance very moving for when I first arrived I was a bit uncomfortable about beign around children with mental and physical disabilities; but as time went on through the day i realized that all these children need is just a little of your time to make them happy. They will never complain and will always have a smile on their faces as long as you do as well.
The part that really bothered me about the whole experiance is that the facilities were not suitable for the caretakers and also the children. The children there have disabilities and will be happy no matter what but we know what types of facilities they should have and what should be their standard of living. The group I went with to the orphanage will be returning to teh orphanage as planned at least once every month and a half and also plan to have a fundraiser to raise money for their facilities and basic nessecities like diapers, blankets and powdered milk.
Also I also just returned from the IB TAPS (http://www.ista.co.uk/taps)orientations in Jakarta, Indonesia where we attempted to further our acting skills on stage and behind camera. We underwent a series of exercises that tested us both mentally and physically. The different classes we took were that of Masterclasses which works like a specialty clinic for certain acting skills and regular classes that involved the different aspects of acting and ways to use acting and drama to influence you, the audience and others in differnet ways. Overall a enjoyed the trip the Jakarta and taking part in IB TAPS and plan on doing it again next year...IN HOPES :) of furthering my acting skills!!! :DDDD
The part that really bothered me about the whole experiance is that the facilities were not suitable for the caretakers and also the children. The children there have disabilities and will be happy no matter what but we know what types of facilities they should have and what should be their standard of living. The group I went with to the orphanage will be returning to teh orphanage as planned at least once every month and a half and also plan to have a fundraiser to raise money for their facilities and basic nessecities like diapers, blankets and powdered milk.
Also I also just returned from the IB TAPS (http://www.ista.co.uk/taps)orientations in Jakarta, Indonesia where we attempted to further our acting skills on stage and behind camera. We underwent a series of exercises that tested us both mentally and physically. The different classes we took were that of Masterclasses which works like a specialty clinic for certain acting skills and regular classes that involved the different aspects of acting and ways to use acting and drama to influence you, the audience and others in differnet ways. Overall a enjoyed the trip the Jakarta and taking part in IB TAPS and plan on doing it again next year...IN HOPES :) of furthering my acting skills!!! :DDDD
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