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…
Category: Activity
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…
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…
Cricket
“Cricket is like oxygen for me” – Sachin Tendulkar Cricket, the second most popular sport in the world, is believed to have started in south-east England in the 16th century. I am from India, a country where cricket is regarded as a religion. Although hockey is the national sport of India, cricket in India is like football in…
SAISA Football 2019: Oman
South Asian Inter-School Association commonly known as SAISA is an event in which eleven different schools in South Asia region compete against each other in different events. For this year I competed in the SAISA 2019 tournament which was held in Oman. It took place from the 7th – 9th Feb at The American International…
Home Run
The Home Run is an annual 5 km marathon which was on the 17th of November this year. The main goal of the run was to raise awareness about the stray animals in Sri Lanka. The event was set up by Housing and Habitat in collaboration with Care for Paws which is a nonprofit organization…
SAISA football
Football is one of my favourite sports, and I enjoy both playing and watching it. With the starting of the second season, I had a choice to pick badminton or football. I chose football because I have been playing it since I was young, and also because I wanted to play at a competitive level….