CREATIVITY & SERVICE: BASS LESSONS

To help my youth group out I decided to offer my music talents as we were pretty short on musicians. So I volunteered myself to provide bass lessons for those who were interested. For awhile now, since my own sensei left, my proactive learning has been stagnant so taking up this role allowed me to be knowledgeable and a thinker once again as I was made to prepare lessons, and teach my students to a more deeper level as they progressed greatly at a insanely rapid rate.

Furthermore this experience taught me to be caring and principled towards my commitment. Offering my service made me accountable and therefore keeping to this commitment every week. Also being committed taught me how to be more caring as it allowed me to share my knowledge and contribute to the learning of the next generation.

Snorkelling/Sea Kayaking [ACTION]

Over the winter break, I went on a snorkelling/ sea kayaking trip with a few friends of mine from KL and Brunei as part of a camping experience. As this trip was organized by our parents, I was made to be inquirers and communicators to these friends of mine who I didn't know really well. It taught me to learn how to communicate as most of them do not speak english as their first language.

Risk-taking was also part of the trip, as I have never been snorkelling before, and even in the seemingly shallow waters, there is always something sinister about the deep dark blue void in the distance. Furthermore part of the snorkelling experience required jummping off the jetty, which was about 10 meters tall, as well as swimming out a fair bit into the sea to reach the boat at the pick up site. As I was fairly unknown to the underwater world, it also made me think about the importance in the conservation of sea life as well as the importance of safety issues.

At the end of the day we would all gather round the campsite and have reflective sessions, communicating with each other, getting to know each other better.

International Day 09 [Service]

Part of International Day 09 included the seniors, i.e. US, year 13's to be allocated different jobs to allow the smooth running of the different events. Part of my job was selling the different cusines to parents, teachers and of course the students. I believe that this experience involved being communicators in the attempt of trying to advertise and sell the cusines designated to me. This also required me to be knowledgable to the type of cusine I was selling in order to even advertise my goods! Also as part of job was to look after visting primary children, it taught me how to be more caring and open-minded, learning how to socialize and practice patience with those I would not normally associate with.