Personally, not all of my CAS has an impact on my wellness but I feel like badminton really helps me with my wellness. I feel active and all the exercising helps me with my muscles and my fitness. I know that I am the type of person who doesn’t exercise unless I am being told. Because I sign up for badminton, it was a good opportunity for me to take care of my wellness and I do not regret it.
After doing try-outs for a week or so, the results for the team were decided. I got into the C team which I did not mind. That just meant that I have more time to improve myself in playing the games.
We had a match on 24th February against Dover. Unfortunately, some of us did not have the chance to play against Dover. Instead, we were paired up to play against our own teams. All of us were randomly paired up with different team members. For the first round, we played solo and doubles against the East. For single matches, both of us won and the same goes for double. For the second match, we were teamed up to play against Dover but we did not have enough time to finish the match as it was time to go home.
In conclusion, it was a great experience to play against our own teammates. I learned to relax and focus during my matches. Despite the lack of experience in playing competition like others, winning against a match with East, my friends, made me feel like I’ve achieved something and I am looking forward to having more competition in the future.
Yes, it actually does. I signed up for Arts and Crafts with PPIS Child Care Center and Initiative For Peace (IFP) for season 1 to 4 and Badminton for season 2 and pre-season.
For IFP, it made me interact with a lot of people at the same time. I am an introvert when I am with new people and I lack self-confidence when it comes to stating my own opinions. However, during my time there, it forced me to interact and open up my perspectives.
The same goes for Arts and Crafts. Even though my past experience with kids has not been well and I do not enjoy their company most of the time, this service made me think about my decisions in a different approach. It made me want to interact with them more and I find myself enjoying their company from time to time.
I am a very inactive person when it comes to sport activities. However, when I signed up for badminton pre-season, I find myself enjoying the activity and practices. Even though they are hard and tiring, it gave me joy and bliss. Thus, I even signed up for the season in-game and I got into C team.
All in all, all the activities and services that I participated in made me change as a person in a good and better way. Without it, I would not have realized my potentials and might still be hiding in a nutshell, in my own bubble. The activities forced me to look and try new things and I am grateful for the activities that I signed up for.
Shortly after season one ended, the grade 10s who worked with us had to go. On that day, we reflected on all of the activities that we did – things that were successful or things that were challenging.
Then next week, new members joined – the grade 9s. For them, we started off with an ice-breaking activity where we introduced ourselves and later on, our chairs explained what the service was about. We spend that week discussing about how we can make things work since we couldn’t continue our activities because of Covid-19. Our activities were held to a stop.
We brainstormed our ideas in Conference Room 2 when we had a meeting with Mr. Hannah. It was just to meet and talk about what we should do and some ideas about the services.
Personally, CAS is a very hard thing to manage especially when you have studies on the other side. My activities for CAS are Badminton, IFP and Arts and Craft with PPIS Child Care Center. Even though it is not a lot compared to others, It is mentally exhausting due to time clashes.
Honestly, it is already very hard to manage and fit in with the new environment and education system, and with activities following suit, it was a struggle for me at first. My PPIS child care service runs from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on every Tuesday. With that, I didn’t have any issues with that. However, my badminton activity runs from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For a border, that was a problem. Dinner time starts from 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm so it meant that I will be getting my meals late. Thus, the IFP session runs from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursdays, which means I have to run as soon as IFP ends.
All of the activities combined with work, it is really exhausting for me. Nevertheless, badminton was something I am really passionate to play ever since young. Even though I am not the type of person to exercise on a daily basis, I know it is healthy for my body and plus, I am enjoying the activity and that’s all I needed. The same thing applies for IFP and PPIS service. I am enjoying both of the services – either meeting new kids or communicating and brainstorming ideas about a topic.
There were times when I had issues with personal matters and school work in general but putting them aside for a bit and letting myself enjoy the services helps me clear my mind up sometimes. All in all, I know that I want to enjoy these amazing experiences furthermore and not lose the opportunity to appreciate it fully.
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For this week’s IFP session, we were going to play a game. The game was simple – create a group and the largest group wins. However, there were sabotagers. If one of the sabotagers were to be in a group, that group will automatically lose. The facilitator, Mr. Sanjay, was going to call each one of us out of the room we were in and tell them whether he or she is a sabotager. Thus, with those rules, the game started.
While people were being called one by one, we questioned those who came back if he or she was a sabotager. Most of them said no. However, during my turn, I was told I was not a sabotager and he asked me to take a crayon and said it’s up to me whether I want to hid it or not. I decided to not hid it. Afterward, one of my friends asked me if I had a crayon and I said yes. She also had a crayon. The first thing that came up to my mind was – the non-sabotagers have crayons. So I gathered people who had crayons. However, one of my friends suggested that he thinks there were no sabotagers. I decided to accept that idea and gathered people without thinking about the crayons.
After a while, we were divided into four or five groups. In my group, people were mixed – those who have a crayon and those who don’t. One of the other groups only had people who have crayons.
By the end of the activity, we were told that there were no sabotagers and the crayons were made just to confuse us and divide us.
Personally I thought this activity was very interesting. We tend to look at the problem from different perspectives even though there were no enemies, even though we were the same. The only thing that divided us was the crayon which is our property. This is very true, we are all humans. We have our values and beliefs but that doesn’t mean we have the right to discriminate against others just because of those and vise Versa. Personally, I thought this is a very interesting activity and this could be used as an example for future conflicts.
Badminton was one of the only sports I could play during my childhood. Even though my previous school had soccer, many of the girls weren’t interested in it. Coming here was a great opportunity for me to practice badminton especially where I have friends who could help me.
One of the reasons why I joined badminton was to exercise as well. I am one of those people who do not want to go to the gym alone. But because most of my friends do not go to the gym at all, I didn’t either. However, I knew that I wanted to be healthy. So I joined badminton – one of the sports I enjoy the most!
Doing practices were hard for me at first. Because I didn’t exercise often and it has been a long time since I last ran, I was exhausted after the first day. My leg muscles were hurt, my thighs were aching, and my hand was throbbing with pain. However, I didn’t want to give up. I firmly gripped on my reasons for joining the practice and continued those hard practices.
After a month or so, I got used to it. I was having more fun and enjoying as day goes by. There were many rules and techniques that I did not know. Nevertheless, I am gradually learning and improving myself even till now.
For my Mock IO, I had to present it to Kinley and Jia, two of my classmates.
During the mock IO, I noticed that I needed the time limit that I had. My presentation went over by 30 seconds when it was only supposed to be 10 minutes. I also noticed that I needed more practice time. Also, for my analysis and research, I personally think I could have done better like do deeper research about Dove and linking both the texts better.
According to them, they said I kind of repeated what I said, for example, global question. I also feel the same as well. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to link them back to the question and kept reminding them what my question was and how they are linked.
Also, they said not to be consistent with my words and just speak freely as if I am talking to a friend. I agree with that feedback as well. Because when I speak, I tend to forget what I am saying sometimes so I practice with the script in order to cover everything that I want. However, that backfired on me during the IO.