Initially choosing my service at the beginning of the year was the hardest choice I had to make. I was stuck between SOS village and the Hope for Kids Service group. In my previous year of school, Grade 10, I was in the Care for Paws service group, which was a really fun experience, but…
Month: January 2019
Kambala School Visit from Australia – TOK
On the 7th December 2018, a group of 13 female students from the Kambala all girls School joined us for a day of TOK sports and. Kambala School is a girls’ school in Sydney, Australia that had come to Sri Lanka on a school trip. We started off by playing a few games in order to…
Boys voice – Winter Gala 2018
After practising on Thursday lunchtimes for nearly a semester, the big performance came up. We were singing two songs, one was “Feels Like Home” by Brighter Days ft. Sean Paul. The second song was “Get Down On It” by Kool & The Gang. The performance I perceived to be a success, even though I was really…
Duke of Edinburgh – Preliminary Adventurous Journey – Sinharaja Forest
“Through the forest have I gone” – Puck, A Midsummers Nights Dream – William Shakespeare That’s exactly what happened when we went on the Duke of Edinburgh preliminary adventurous journey to the Sinharaja Forest for two days and 1 night. Before we even went there we learnt how to read and understand maps and what key…
A Midsummers Nights Dream – Senior Production 2018
In this senior High School production of A Midsummers Nights Dream, written by William Shakespeare I play Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow. A Midsummers Nights Dream, in a nutshell, is a comedy that induces a mix of emotions and connection towards characters and the overall, over the top synopsis and storyline. I believe Puck is one…
Housing and Habitat – Home Run 2018
I prepared. I truly prepared. This was a run, that I am ashamed to say I failed in 2017, due to lack of training and preparation. But this year… this year it was different. I have a tool, a new tool, a powerful tool, that will certainly affect the outcome. Its name… rather his name…
Service Christmas Gift Giving
As of December, we were able to raise enough money by selling bandanas and hosting bake sales through events held at OSC in order to buy Christmas presents for the children of the CCC house from Arpico Supercentre as well as purchasing presents for their parents from the same store. Overall the gift giving was…