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Project Week Initial Reflection

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For 2018 project week coming up soon, I am in a group with 3 other girls who I know all. Originally we were planning to go to Ho Chi Minh City to do some animal based service, as I am from Ho Chi Minh and have lived there before we thought it would be smoother to go someone where one of us is familiar with the area, and none of the other girls in my group had ben there before. Our initial proposal was rejected because so many groups had wanted to go to Saigon and only 2 groups in total could go. So we started thinking about a second location we could go to be we were stuck on the idea, while I was away for holiday and missed one day of school, the rest of my group had a meeting and they decided that we were going to Sri Lanka. At first I was a bit uneasy about the decision as none of us had gone to Sri Lanka before, and it’s a bit out of our comfort zones regarding safety as we are used to a certain lifestyle here in Singapore. Even my parents were initially concerned about the overall issues we might face in Sri Lanka, regarding safety, navigation, language, ect. None of us have ever been to Sri Lanka before and it is going to be a brand new experience for all 4 of us, came initially as a shock.

Now planning on our trip to Sri Lanka we have chosen a GC which was already given to us as an idea by the school, and we have chosen to do some surfing in Galle as our activity section of our trip. Following is a video reflection of us reflecting on some problems we have been facing and the overall planning process.

After being finally accepted, we made another video on our new progress and what we did to overcome our previous challenges.

Initial Reflection

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After taking a year and a half off of nor swimming, I have recently decided to restart swimming this year. I grew up swimming at the Hollandse Club ever since I’ve lived in Singapore which started in Grade 4. I was quite good at swimming as I grew up training around 2-3 times a week but I never found it that interesting or enjoyable to do, my main motivation was my parents as they kept me dedicated to the sport as I grew up by making sure I went to my training as often as I physically could, which is a good lesson of perseverance they could teach me at that age. Ever since I’ve restarted swimming I find it a bit easier to stay motivated than when I was younger as I find the exercise more rewarding as I did before as I am more educated on the positive outcomes of exercise. Before I took my break from swimming last year, I swam with a friend which was a good way for motivation for both of us as we both were never too thrilled about training, we would make sure the other showed up so that we could train together as it made it more bearable. I aim to train 3 times a week but especially during IB as the workload is increasing ,I find it more difficult to keep up with my schedule of 3 trainings a week. Another thing that motivates me to go to training is the feeling after of healthy fatigue, I’m generally happier after I do exercise such as swimming due to the neurological effects of exercise, this is another reason of motivation for me as I enjoy that feeling afterwards(LO4). During the past one and a half months, my mother especially has been helping me to stick to this schedule and motivate me, by just making sure that I go and don’t make silly excuses to skip a training. Although my mom is trying to motivate me as much as she can, I never really feel as committed as I used to, finding it harder and harder to tell myself that I should go to training rather than taking a nap for example. Another aspect of swimming I have been struggling with is the planning. As I am now much older and have been part of the team for a long time, I have more responsibilities now, meeting with my coaches and planning sessions, even planning how to teach the younger kids on the weekend. Coming in on Saturdays to teach infants how to swim, where I have to come early to plan with my fellow coaches(LO3).