Adventure of A L☭fetime

DP Orientation Trip What? How? What for? Our grade is sliding down waterfall; Photo Credit: Unknown When I first time heard about DP Orientation Trip I was surprised... no... I was shocked! Jumping from the cliff, abseiling, rufting...All these words were just words for me before I was told that we are going to do it. My mom was shocked as well. I am not sure whether it was fear or excitement. But after I have jumped from the cliff I surprisingly fell...freedom. I imply to think that DP Orientation trip was organized mainly to rally us. We need to be united and communicate to survive during next two tough years of IB Diploma program. This trip was like a model of diploma program. We were given different extreme situations which we needed to overcome. For example, we needed to "hear" each other and row synchronically to succeed in rufting, or we needed to be very concentrated and careful, listened to what our instructors are saying, coped with panic to abseil,...

SERVICE Introduction (28/08/2014) We were discussing personal and general goals for this service, plans and main features of SOS Village . BRAINSTOOORMING! Day 1 (04/09/2014) We were on our DP orientation so there was no service . Day 2 (11/09/2014) That wa s so overwhelming! I have never done something like this before. I like these kids. They are so positive despite their life circumstances. Maybe I have some preconceptions about kids like them but still...I think that in some aspects they are even wiser than many other people including myself. On the actual first session they were drawing little posters about themselves. That was really interesting and surprising for me to see them so dedicated. How meticulously they painted their pictures. Afterwards we had an ice-breaking exercise. How strange we are ...Ice-breaking exercise usually takes place in the beginning of the session. However we decided to keep the ice till the end. In addition, we had some free (r...

MY FIRST DAYS IN SRI LANKA I am in Sri Lanka already for 2 months now but i still remember my first days here like it was yesterday. When I came to Sri Lanka on the 1st of August and went out of the airport  my first thought was: "OMG! How to breath?!". The second most memorable thing which I noticed was the quality of roads. Basically for me it is really important thing... While we were driving to the guesthouse which is located in Battaramulla my mood was pretty good. I saw all of the beautiful sites, lakes, tropic vegetation and what else do u think? yeah...good roads like in Europe. But then...we reached Battaramulla and everything changed. Everything seemed to be so small and dusty and different. I  was completely depressed. Two days I was sitting in the guesthouse like a prisoner...but that was a voluntary confinement. When I finally went for a walk I felt like a celebrity. Even Jay Lo has not ever experienced that much attention. Now I have coped with this a...

Creativity, Action & Service (block 1): Creativity: Voice girls  Activity: SAISA Girls' Volleyball Dancing classes (Hip-Hop/Bboying) at Cool Steps Dance Studio Service: SOS Village