It has been a year and a half since I joined OSC, at the start of the Diploma Programme. Sri Lanka to me was a brand new place, and I wasn’t eager to come here. Now when I look back at the time that I spent here, it has been the best two years of…
Staying fit during this unprecedented time
Exercising is always a part of my daily routine, however busy my schedule is, I take at least some time out to exercise daily. Usually, I used to go learn cricket at an academy on the weekends, and I used to lead the cricket ASA every Friday, however, due to this ongoing pandemic, it has…
CAS project – Making a website for Housing and Habitat
Over the past couple of months, I had thought of some ideas that I could do for my CAS project. I wanted to do something that I had not done before and wanted to learn something new. I asked one of my friends for some suggestions, and he suggested that I make a website for…
Home Run 2020
On the 15th of January, we organized and conducted our annual Home Run for this year (LO#3). It was something I was looking forward to it because not only was it my first time organizing it, but it is also a great opportunity for everyone to come together for a good cause(LO#2). The entrance fee…
Hindi Diwas
The author reciting the poem at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) on 10th January, 2020 (Credit: ICC staff members) During the winter break, I had been preparing for the Hindi Diwas (Hindi Day) which is an annual event celebrated in the Indian cultural centre (ICC) (LO #3). This year’s Hindi Diwas occurred on the 10th…
Internship(Nawaloka Hospital)
Nawaloka Hospital is one of the few private hospitals in Sri Lanka which was established in 1985. With advanced medical technologies and the world-class healthcare system, it is one of the most reputable hospitals in the country. Since I want to pursue medicine in college, I wanted to intern at a hospital so I get…
Semester reflection: Housing and Habitat
This year, I joined my new service, Housing & Habitat. It is a student-driven community service organization which “aims to pursue sustainable development of rural Sri Lanka by engaging with the local community and directly building and constructing rooms and facilities for use by different underprivileged elements of Sri Lankan society or to indirectly spur…
Batting sports ASA
Cricket is a sport that I have been playing since childhood, and I used to play it every week with my friends back in the US. When I first came to Sri Lanka, I was surprised that our school did not have cricket because of the popularity of the sport here. I always wanted…
DP2 CAS Goals
I achieved all of my CAS goals last year, and I am looking forward to some more things this year. Also, I am not satisfied with the grades that I got last year, so I definitely am going to work on that. Besides that, some of my other goals are: Creativity: This year I want…
OSC Room to Read Semester 2 Reflection
I feel like this semester was more fun than the last one because we were done with the planning for our projects and were ready to take action. Even though we were not able to go to the Vidya Wardeyna school and finish the library because of the unfortunate incident that took place in April,…