Investigation
Our group has several shared interests, one of which is cycling. Furthermore, one of my goals before graduating is to complete a 100km cycle. Hence, we decided that one of our days for project week would be to complete a round island cycling. This would be a testament to our dedication and hard work to completing our goals. Furthermore, we wanted to have a sustained focus on the activity in CAS, hence we chose to also do another activity. After discussion and recommendations from peers, we chose to do a kayaking activity at an island in Singapore called Pulau Ubin. Furthermore, we focused on service and chose to continue our aquatic theme and complete a beach cleanup on one of Singapore’s most popular islands, Lazarus island.
Planning
In our planning stage, we assessed the feasibility of each of the activities. We chose to do this kayaking. We assessed and researched the company behind this activity and found it to be safe to work with. For cycling, we found that some members would not be able to complete the whole round island track, and hence from my own cycling experience, I designed a modified route using Singapore’s park connector network as shown below.
Furthermore, we decided that it was only safe for us to have someone with medical training and first aid experience, and hence in our group we elected a member to complete first aid training for our journies. In planning our beach cleanup, I had to contact several government authorities and jump through many logistical hoops to get clearance to complete this, improving my planning and organisational skills.
Action
While cycling, we found that our route was difficult for particular members of our group due the factors such as but not limited to fitness levels and bike quality. Hence, we had to further modify the route to the following.
Furthermore, one of our member’s bike wheels came off, hence we had to improvise and find ways to fix it without a proper repair kit. This required us to gather our skill and using these skills we managed to repair the bike and continue our journey.
Throughout our beach cleanup and kayaking we did not run across any major problems. The only difficulty we faced was rain during out kayaking session. Otherwise, I think that it went well, and that we felt quite accomplished completing and meeting goals and missions.
Reflection
During our project week, we enjoyed each other company and we were able to meet our goals. In particular, I was able to complete the 100km cycle I always wanted to, and now I have the courage to increase and try once again. In this way, I was able to extend my skills and challenge myself. Furthermore, I felt quite accomplished completing the beach cleanup, especially in the sunny sweaty weather that we experienced. We collected several bags of trash and we saw visible differences before and after our work on the beach. The kayaking activity however took a different tone. In this, we decided to be more relaxed and do kayaking. I somewhat regret this as I would like to have furthered my skills and challenged myself further.
Demonstration
To demonstrate the planning process, we created a document to collate all our evidence. Furthermore, we shared out story with the service to raise awareness with the amount of trash we saw using social media such as Instagram.
