Bakesale

This is a picture of the muffins I made for the "bake sale"for the breast cancer. All the money we will raise will go to charity. On the first day of the bake sale we raised 300 CHF and the second one looks like it is going to be another success as well. (11 october 2012)

The Pink Walk

Picture from the "Pink Walk" of the 30th of Semptember.
The "Breast Cancer Committee" met at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich. The whole group joined the walk we sponsored (50 to 100 CHF each). As soon as the walk started we were ready to run our 4 Km with the Pink hat and t-shirt. It has been a great day!

Piano Lessons

Here is a picture I took during one of my piano lessons in Zurich. I was waiting for my teacher that went photocopying a new score for me to play. In the background you can actually see the reflex of his empty chair.

The Outcomes of CAS

Undertake new challenges:
This year I joined the “awareness group” for breast cancer. This activity will give me new challenges to overcome for example explaining to young children the problem, organizing events, and fundraising for this specific cause. Helping for the “IB play” will be another challenge because I will have to work with a group of other students and plan the setting for the play, which this year is going to be really challenging as we will have to incorporate the audience with the stage. Another challenging activity will be piano lessons because it has been a long time since I last had a proper lesson, plus this year my lessons will be in German so I will have to challenge myself even more.

Plan and initiate activities:The awareness group is a perfect example of how this year I am starting to plan and initiate activities. With a group of students I have to organize a presentation for the students in the school, write the speech and then practice the whole thing for a good final result. Plus we organized a bake sale and we prepared a plan to raise money and send them to charity. Also helping in the school play will challenge me on planning and organization because the set will need a lot of collaboration with others, talk and organization.

Show persistence & commitment in your activities:Piano lesson will be a prof of persistence in the activity I decided to attend for the next few years: exercise, commitment, and especially enjoying what I will do. I have lesson every week for one our plus I have to practice at home for a better outcome in the end.

Engage with issues of global importance:The awareness group will help me deal with an issue, which has global importance. In fact breast cancer is an issue spread all over the world and I saw that a big city as Zurich organized a charity walk for the cause. This means that the problem is spread and that it touches many people.

Develop new skills:Being in the volleyball team will help me to develop new skills that will help me improve as player and then as well improve the level of the team. This year we changed one of the coaches so now we are learning new and different techniques to incorporate to the one I learn last year. Almost the same thing is happening with piano lessons, I have in fact started to study with a teacher that has a completely different method of teaching than my old one. Now I am starting to develop skills that before I never looked at.