One hand is good, but two hands is better!

Creativity 

 From the beginning of this week I started my ambidextrous training( such a fancy name :D )This is an awesome skill to have and I take this challenge. This means I will start to do actions with my left hand in order to strengthen it till the level, when my right hand is tired I could use my left.

 Maybe because I am possibly a lefty when I was small, but the school and parents forced me into using my right hand. This caused some communication issues back then but now it's better. So this means I do half of my work with my left hand since I feel that it is my stronger hand but not sure if it is dominant or not.

 The writing part was really hard first few days because of the uncomfortable position and strange feelings when writing.

 My current result is pretty good. I can write the whole alphabet without too much effort but writing whole sentences is a bit of struggle. 

 I will try to ask some lefties for some tips and will continue my path to ambidexterity. My current goal is to able to write nice circular and straight lines when writing alphabet and numbers.Fighting!   

Basketball Week 12

This week I finally felt some major improvement in my play. Now I got the hang of the movement and how to always open up for a successful pass and a good teamwork.
 From Mr. Gray I got some valuable feedback which consist of positive factors and places that I could improve.
 Positive:
    -my movement was much superior than from when I just started.
    -I am aware where my teammates are located and almost always ready for a pass
    -overall performance was better than last time
 Improvements:
    -I lost many rebounds due to the fact that I can't get the right timing since my height isn't the issue. I would need to work on that next time and hope I will improve on the timings and direction of the falling ball.
 Suggestion:
    -I could have tried to shot from a close range when I wasn't blocked by defenders instead of passing. My mid-short range shots have high percentage of scoring but this could be a personal choice under various conditions.
 In conclusion, I want to say that this session was great because I scored many baskets and finally our team won. YES!!!! Sorry for lack of video due to the fact every person participate in game so there is no one who could record :( 

How do you make a paper boat?

Creativity

Today I decided to make another origami post since I just happen to have the moods to make something creative. This origami is pretty simple and here is how to make one:

A you can see there are only 8 steps to it but the most difficult part is the 7th picture. It seems to be very easy but if real life the paper can easily rip and this makes the move much harder. I have make one myself and it only took me few minutes so maybe I will teach someone else in future for my service part :D

The boat!

Basketball Week 11

From last session we started to play half court games in order to drill on our passing skills. This way will able to collaborate more efficient such as better passes, open up to receive a pass and create better shooting opportunities for ourselves and team mates.
 So this week I felt that our team played better than last one, at least on the passing and shooting. Last time we heavily depended on one player which caused us few games. This time our coordination is far better and I found out how to move which in offence. I will keep improving my shooting skills and movements so I can help our team to earn another basket.
 Hope we start to play normal full court games soon, but current games can be a basement of our future skills. I want my team win next time and I will prove I am stronger than I think I am. GO red bulls!!! XD 

Mission statement for our school

Creativity + Service

For our CAS session we have been honoured to be participate in a challenge to write a mission statement for our school. This activity was challenging since our teacher has already written an example and it was like 8 out 10. We had to change it to fit the CAS outcomes and IB profile at the same time not losing the strength of the original statement.
 Two of my classmates and I have composed a mission statement which we think is pretty, at least we have put a lot of thoughts into it. I hope our group can win because it is such an honour to have your work at your school main website. :D

Help! Maybe this will work :)

Service

Today is a good Sunday when I decided to check if I have done all of my homeworks. One of my classmate has struggled on writing a speech for our English written task. It happens that I just finish mine so I would give him some tips and tricks. I outline the structure of the style of this type of text and maybe goals that need to be achieved. I felt that I could gave him more tips and help but I didn't know his particular speech. However, from his feedback I can feel that it has removed a blockage and he was ready to continue his work. 

 This all happened through Skype chat but I feel this is a mean of communication which doesn't limit its efficiency for a nice service.

 Next time I will try to help them when ever I am free and now it's time for me to more knowledgeable in order help others in future.

 

Basketball~!!!

Action

 Here is finally a post with a video! Today's basketball session was pretty good but i felt that I didn't perform as well as I wanted. The main problems were lack of stamina and not knowing how to open up for passes. I scored 2 baskets but missed few more.
 Next time I will try to move around more and possibly make better shots and open up as much as I can. I collaborated with my teammates but there is still room for improvement for better communication and passing the ball.
 Finally here is the video, we also improved of subs on off system where subs are change efficiently without stopping the game.

Basketball for the win!

Action! 

 Last wednesday was another good session, or should I say a better session because I felt that I have improved since last time. This time the teams were almost the same as last time but some of my teammates didn't show up which cause be playing all the time. However, I think this was a challenge to me so I welcomed it with heart full of passion.:D
 The first few games didn't go well because on the yellow team was a semi-pro player for year 13 who dominated the court but in the third game me and my teammates were fully committed and show the yellow team who are the bosses here. Basically, we improved on fast accurate passing and I made few trick shots and jump shots which were huge improvement compare to past me. My accuracy was 50% but this is already not bad me because it will just get better and better as time goes by. I scored 5 in total which was ok and there a lot of room for improvement.
 Finally, tomorrow I will try to maintain my stats and try to improve them. The only thing I am really lacking is stamina but on of the teacher taught me a way to fill the that gap in short without jogging. My aims are: better and more accurate passes, better movements and finally - score as much as I can!!!
P.S. no video this week, I promise I will record tomorrow ^_^

Push ups and stuff~

Action

So from yesterday I decided to start to do push ups and sit ups at home whenever I am free but must be dome on daily basis. I started with a low number because the chin-touching push ups are more difficult than normal ones. Today I already felt that I can do the same number of push ups as yesterday but using less energy.

In future I should do in sets of 10~15 and try out different types of push ups and sit ups but for now I will try to increase the number of push ups to its limits. When I feel I can do adequate number under a time trial I will make a video!(but it will be in future)

Those exercises clearly shows my strengths and weakness and allows me to improve.Every new day will be a new challenge because every few days I will rise the number of push ups. Finally, my goal is 50 push ups with ease maybe in 2 month maybe, but if I start doing now, it feels like I am half way there already.

Finally...Origami post!

Creativity

This would be my first origami post because before I couldn't find time to properly learn a new origami. So this I made a 3D paper cube which is very easy to make. There were no major problems since I have played around with origami in past and now is time when I improve upon my old skills.Here is how to make it:

How to make a paper cube

See its not that difficult, the only thing is that the first step requires a pre made fold which as a beginner you may not know to make that. The only issue was that the cube wasn't a perfect cube and the sides were not as straight as I intended. Overall, it was a treat, It takes only few minutes and after few week you would able to call yourself an origami pro.(it's what I am aiming for :P)

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I made this one!

I would post more origami post in future so be ready :D

Cas outcomes achieved

-Undertake new challenges 

-Develop new skills (new origami= new skill)

-Increase awareness of strengths and areas for growth

-Show perseverance and commitment