Objective Last Semester

"This will be the last CAS Objectives for my IB course.  However, of course, the only limit is CAS belongs to the IB but the 'creativity', 'action' and 'service' would always follow me wherever I go in the future."
For this semester, i will be focusing on the sum up of the activities and services.


Service: The Sterilization for DAWG project. I will be approaching directly engaged with issues of global importance. Stephanie and I decided that we will be holding the sterilization and vaccination on January the 28th. To prepare for the day, there are many things which has to be Plan, initiate and organize in order to make it through. I had to worked collaboratively with others. From preparing the vets, collecting items, publicizing, collecting assistances to communicating with the government in the area to help us for the sterilization,organizing is definitely not an easy job. By doing most of these things, I realize now that holding a leadership role in a DAWG programme is not an easy job. It is no longer about spreading awareness about rabies and racing funds to hold the sterilization; it is a lot more than that on the background. I could reflect that I showed perseverance and commitment in the activities from giving much time into making this sterilization happen.
A little bit about the sterilization campaign we are holding this year- The date is on the 28th of January 2012 at the government building, Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The operations begin at 8 am to 2 pm. There will be 'none payment' sterilization and vaccination available throughout the day. The operations are done by vets from Kandy, Sri Lanka. All costs will be covered by the DAWG campaign. We had raised about 60,000 rs. in total.

Action: SAISA Girl's Football. I'm looking forward to become a captain of the team this year. The reasons are 1. Football is my passion and when i'm passionate about something, i often put my heart into it. 2. This is my 4th and the last year of SAISA footbal. 3. Leadership role would give me a little award and push me to strive to my best ability. 4. It is my personality to show perseverance and commitment in terms of giving advices and pushing people when they need one. 5.) on  I always wanted to be a captain anyway :D However, it is a possibility that i will not be travelling due to financial issues and academic issues that i should be focusing more on at the moment.
This year, I am hoping that the team will strengthen the basic skill more than last year and Developed new personal skills. This includes basic dribbling, passing, shooting, defensive play etc.


Creativity: Oscars and other school event crew. I am in the SGA team this year, again, and hoping that we could improve the school events that are happing in the future. There are a lot of members in the SGA team, so it would be more convenien to Planned and initiated activities and work collaboratively with others. The goal is to help out as much as possible and showing to the new members of the team for a futher reference.
There will more informations on the next SGA posts

Ending of Basketball SEASON

"We're are the champion my friend.. Ta ta tahhh.. We keeping on fighting till the end...ta ta tahh.. " So, that was the song we were singing on the way to the airport after recieving the first place trophy from the SAISA Girl's Basketball of 2012.

Throughout the tournament, we had worked our hearts out to compete with the other competitors. It was not easy, playing each games. In fact, we had to play 2 games per day, 3 days in a row. Our legs were sore, our knees were bleeding. But, that did not stop the perseverance and commitment that every players on the team put into each game.

Most of my jobs in the team was to be the first up front defender. It was not easy, really. I got fouled out once in the tournament, which is an iprovement from last year. (where i fouled out every single game) It backs up the point that I have developed the skills. Other than being a defender, I was also a right wing in the offensive. In order to be a good offensive player, I had planned and initiated strategy with the others teammates and worked collaboratively with them in the game. It hadn't been so easy for me, because i accidently jammed my most important finger during the third game. It swelled up like a sausage. But, with all the commitments that i put for the team and the tournament, i decided to play on no matter what. And We Won! Undefeated!

I think i have achieve most of the goals i have set earlier in the beginning of the season. Although, we still don't know who the co captain was. But, does it matter?

Next season, FOOTBALL, Dhaka! Here I come.

Its all about ACTION in Volleyball

      Volleyball season was truly a challenging excitement. We trained hard throughout two months time and arrived at the second place in the tournament. There were many things I have learned and developed from participating in the team. First of all, being a leader requires more than just a badge that says ‘captain’. It requires all the patience, perseverance and commitment, all time involvement and strength to be able to lead the team forward. Leader has to work collaboratively with others. If the leader falls, the whole team will fall. Second thing, I have developed new volleyball skills, agility-wise. I was able to control the ball and knew my positions on the court better than in the past.

      It is a shame that this is my last year in the volleyball team at OSC. However, there is a possibility that I might be able to carry this skill and adapt to another sport such as basketball for the next season.

DAWG Pawn Visit

After the long weeks of organizing the food drive, I thought it would be a great idea for the DAWG group to get out of the school and feel the outside world and rewarding them for the perseverance and commitment in the activities. I really thought they would learn a lot from this trip, especially the truth that is out there. It took me awhile to organize the whole trip. It was not easy; from booking the time at the pawn, booking the bus, writing punch of permission letters to parents, teachers and head master to carrying all the 100 kg of dog food from the third floor to the bus. I felt like I truly did Developed new skills in planning and initiating the activities a lot more than I should have been considering that I was not the only one who was in charge of the DAWG campaign.

The pawn was heart shaking. The condition was poor and the place was filled with 150 dogs and 50 cats. As soon as we arrived at the gate, there were dogs barking and fighting all over. It was quite frightening for the kids. Stephanie, Sorrel and I decided that we would be the only one entering the pawn due to the security issue.

I knew at that moment that the kids did learn something. They finally saw it with their own two innocent eyes. It would be grateful if they can learn to realize that this is just the beginning. There are a lot more for them to learn and to truly get engage with issues of global importance.

SportsDay (Action)

I have participated in many sports during the sportsday at OSC. It is one of my favourite day at school. No thinking required, just do it!
I'm in the green house, each house competed each other in differnt types of sport:
Voleyball, Football, Kickball, basketball and swiming (optional). I was in a lot of games throughout the day. During games, Work collaboratively was one of the major ibjective we need to focus on. Sports is all about team work. It is a team sport, there is no such thing as one man show in a good games. Sports day also allow me to  Developed new skills by practicing during real games (well.. it was sportsday).
At the end of the day, the winning house with the most point was annouced to be the Red House. Dissapointment at first, but i realized, we can't always win. Ah well..at least we really did show perseverance and commitment in the activities.

               Camie and I

 Getting in ACTION!

Senior CommonRoom Murals (creative and Service)

It is a senior privilege to get the use the common room at school. However, it was decorated in such a horrible way and nothing was working in that room really. So, Sascha, Camille, Sandushi, Yuko and I decided to engage with issues of global importance by planning and initiate activities by coming up with the service of maintenance for our common room, aim to create better atmosphere for people who use the common room. We started off with informing the principal to fix all the electrical objects like the microwave, refrigerator, fans, air conditioner, and lights (that’s pretty much everything in the room). In order to achieve the goal, we worked collaboratively with others. We collected all the money required to buy the paints and started working. During the mural session, all participants showed perseverance and commitment in the activities. It is considered to be, not just service, but also creativity. It required my art skill in mural painting. In fact, I also have developed new skills in painting on walls since I was only used to painting on paper, but now, large area of a wall needed my art skill on them!

Senior Year CAS Objecives

This is the last DP year of my High School, hence this will be the last year that I would have to be involve in CAS. Of course, although I would no longer be at school, all those things will happen as a part of my future life (just not written down on a blog like this). So, i would like to use this opportunity to set new Goals and some aspects I would like to achieve for the entire semester (due to future changes that will occur in the middle of the year). 

Action: 
To continue my sport activities such as SAISA -> ASA
First SAISA season (Volleyball), second Basketball and third volleyball:
Attend all the training
Keep fitness upward
Developed new skills and learn new skills about volleyball such as different attack and defence strategies
May be also consider to take the leadership roles which I then have to make sure that I Work collaboratively with others.

Creativity: 
Paint the murals on the common room wall.(also community and service) This will show perseverance and commitment in their activities upon the class of 2012.
Continue the guitar practice to developed new skills such as learning guitar tabs and more advancing knowledge about guitar.

Service: 
Become the leader of Dog Awareness Welfare Group and work collaboratively with Stephanie Van De Burgh.
Planned and initiated activities:

Fund raise list that we have created. 

-Food Drive for dog pawn in Colombo

-Try to sell DAWG logo souvenir during the Volleyball SAISA
-Bake Sale
-Movie Night
Organize the sterilization at the beginning of December 2011.  This event is aimed to be the Engagement with issues of global importance and in the local community in order to reduce number of dogs and cats with rabies and other transmittable diseases.