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SERVICE/CREATIVITY

On this day along with my sister we organised Christmas Eve for our closest friends. However sudden plans came along so I was left only with one friend. We had to do huge groceries and prepare food for 20 people + decorations. We started with groceries, given budget by father we carried 4 bags of food. This year, we’d chosen Greek cuisine. Since it was only two of us we also decided to prepare something similar to Tapas, simple meal yet filling and you can share with others. From what I remember we prepared 2 plates of Tzatziki, 15 portions of Suvlaki (some of girls were vegetarians), Hummus based on Olive oil, Halloumi Cheese for 3 and pita bread to eat it with. After all cooking and cleans the dishes (Mela was the one cleaning them). I decided to start with decorating the dining room before guests will arrive. At first I want sure how should I decorate the dining room, Hovewer at this very moment I searched up the typical holidays’ dining table in the Hollywood. Simple, yet warming. I didn’t have few thing, so I improvised with candles. I had only 2 candle holders to distribute. However with 2 candles the table would look somehow lacking, I put them in the glass cups and filled them later with water. The whole preparation lasted 6 hours. It was very exhausting day. Furthermore from what I heard the food was great and the vibes were cozy.

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ACTIVITY

Due to extreme and intense rehearsals I had before the performance, lots of pointe shoes were destroyed in the process. Just right after every mocks exams I had back in my school, I headed immediately the studio and practise until my last breath. Our coach, Ms. Lukasenko and Mr. Vanrovy didn’t let us go until our movement were perfect enough. Also I remember specifically on this day we started to practice on the actual scene where the floor was much more slippery than the wooden floor we have in the studio, as well as the raked floor are sloped toward the stage to give the audience the better view. It’s much harder to coordinate the valence specifically standing and dancing on pointe shoes. We had to put much more force on hours feet, well almost whole pass so the upper body could be still.

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CREATIVITY 31.12.24

I started on editing photos I’d taken during my family’s trip to Iceland. Raw photos were much more brighter and the colours weren’t so intense, rather dull. Out of 200 photos taken only some look decent because of how how dark it was back when I took these photography. I wanted to somehow through images show the beauty of northern lights, I tried my best to enhance them in photoshop (Adobe CC), yet it’s still lack a lot compare to what I’ve seen in reality.

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ACTIVITY

20.12.24

On this day, I had the last practice before my performance. I’d been given the role of the Sugar Plum from the famous Nutcracker play. It was my first time facing as a Sugar Plum. Never had I ever performed in front of so many people. After school’s Christmas Eve (apx. 12AM) I headed to theatre immediately and rehearsed for straight 8 hours, with so minor breaks. It was very intense, it’s common to hear that the rest is needed before the big day. However in case of ballet, the more you rest the more you will feel muscles’ aches. Due to extended practices I’ve been participating to, I surely felt less stressed on the next day, before the performance.

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SERVICE

23.12.24

On this day we headed to Senior’s house to prepare mulled wine enjoyed by many on these Christmas days. Given budget by the headmistress of the house we bought necessary ingredients to prepare it. Due to huge amount of mulled wine we had to prepare ( apx. 90/100 people) we sat in the kitchen whole afternoon. However its was a great to see people enjoying the beverage made by us, enhancing more Christmas’ vibes.

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SERVICE

23.11.24

RASZ IB’s OPEN DAY

Mentioned in the previous post I worked for Physics team, more precisely for Mr. Miszta’s team. I was taking photos in both rooms(because Physics team was given two rooms), as well as I was presenting Newton’s disc build by myself day before to upcoming school’s candidates. Younger peers were not very much interested in what we were saying(presenting), but rather they were stressed about the school and were pilling their question about IB studies and its pros and cons.

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29.11.24

ACTIVITY

After school usually on Friday I have ballet classes. However on these days students such as me have performances and rather dancing and tiring our muscles we try to relax time as such as possible. So on the show time we will not get any surprise cramps. My teacher told me today I had to warmup my back muscles as well as arms. I am not fond of these exercises, usually I avoid them as much as possible. However the more I spent time dancing, the more I realise how it is important to take care of my body, even if I hate certain exercises. Even a minor torn muscles may cause a permanent damage.

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CREATIVITY

On this day I had some of the free time after school. I’d decided to not waste it and start editing photos I’ve taken in NYC this summer. I’ve been postponing this task for few months now. I’ve taken altogether about 3 thousand shoots and had to choose the best of them. My camera also doesn’t shoot with the best colour(vibrancy and gradient) so I had to take it also in my hand.

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ACTIVITY

10.11.24

On this day I was sent by my parents to countryside to spent some time with my grandparents as well as to connect with nature. Forcefully my grandfather had given me a military task, such as to ,,morsować” I believe it is called polar plunge in English. 3 days straight i had to swim in the nearby lake ( it was 3-4 degrees Celsius) in the morning right after waking up and in the evening before eating dinner to supposedly boost my digestive system.

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SERVICE

21.12.24

On 23.12 the school was organising Open’s Day for upcoming candidates or primary school’s students who’d like to join RASZ IB. My Mr. I was given various task such as hanging the rope(which took me 1 hour, even bough it sounds like an easy job, it wasn’t), previously I was restoring damaged constructions such as Newton’s disc and a catapult. Usually the lastest I stay on Physics extracurricular is 9 PM. However I was also asked by my colleagues to help them with cleaning, so we stayed additional 1,5 hour.

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30.11.24

CREATIVITY

Lately I’m trying to engage myself with baking sweets. Baking was always my bad side, so I’ve decided to prepare myself a ginger bread house. It was way more challenging than I thought it will be. Not only the measurements of the house had to be precise but the frosting had to be thick enough so parts would be able to stay altogether. For the rest of the cake batter I had left I’ve made gingerbread men. However as good as they looked, that bad they taste. At least that what my family said.

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14.10.2024

ACTIVITY

On this day I woke up specifically early at 5:30 with purpose of running 10 kilometres for 35 minutes. Day before I was inspired my a YouTuber who started with the time of 1,5h for 10 kilometres to 35 minutes in just 2 months. So I thought to myself « I am a proffesional runner, I will be able to do it in just 2 weeks». However my expectations were too high, in truth I wanted to accomplish this result on a first try.

Given on of how early it was and I unprepared, I don’t think it was the worst result. I have never run on time for this distance usually it was for 5 kilometres. I believed if I reschuled my routine for getting to sleep earlier or waking up earlier to be able to eat breakfast I would improve my time.

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30.09.24

SERVICE

On this day I stayed in my mother’s place, in Paris. She encouraged me to visit the senior’s house due to my CAS. I was hesitant before, I am rather a shy person when it comes to speaking French. However I was told that these people are really lonely and they’d be happy with anyone that would be able to talk with them, so in the end I was pursuit with my mother’s worse. During the time that lasted from 7AM to 2 PM I’d be talked my many seniors as well as cooking for them. I rarely spoken in French to other people than my family and friends, I was always embarrassed of my accent. Those people taught me, that no one actually cares about it. I also never knew that seniors as well as kids needed so much time, sometimes they are so demanding and strict (with time obviously) older ladies sticks to their routine all year. In the end of the meeting I was told to join them in the dance classes. Their movements were much slower, so I had to adjust my speed as well as spiral core for them so they felt comfortable.

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Creativity

4.10.24

On this day I stayed for few days at my aunt’s house located in Boulogne- Billiancourt, it’s a sub-urbs located near Paris. I was suppose to be on a trip with my sister, however she sprained her ankle day before. So in case I would be lonely my mother recommended taking a camera along myself. I pictured every moment I wished she’d be able to see,

it delved into my mind that I could start taking pictures more than I used to. I have learned that photographers use a lot of photoshop out of the reason that raw photos straight out of camera are very dull when it comes to colours.

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11.10.2024

Activity

On this day, along with my brother we challenge ourself with taking one of the hardest hiking routes in Zermatt, Switzerland that takes at least 4,5 hours to complete. Guides and policy do not allow anyone to take this route unless experienced is 4 out of 5. Taking this challenge I thought I was in a perfect shape, however even in a perfect weather conditions and clothing, with difficulty I had taken every step. Even after finishing Junior’s Marathon my heartbeat wasn’t as high as the moment I reached the goal.

During the hike I wished only for return, however my companion kept pushing myself. I have learned to do more research on what we might encounter during the hike such as unexpected glaciers or sun rush.

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25.10.24

SERVICE

On this day I was told by Madam Zula to teach a primary student Polish language. Student’s name is Ibrahim from Kazakhstan and he just arrived in Poland a months ago. It was my first time teaching anyone my native language, usually I had been teaching younger students science subject in which I had more experience of teaching. However to challenge myself I asked specifically Madam Zula for teaching any refugee in need of tutoring of a language. I have learned, my patience is limited and I need to practice much more when it comes to understanding how difficult it might be for one with catching a language completely different then their own.

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24.10.2024

Creativity

Every Thursday under the eye of Proffesor Miszta we have « Kółko Fizyczne», which are additional Physics activity that taken within the school building. Today along with my colleagues I was given a task of rebuilding shelves, in which I had to use my creativity skills. At first I was unfamiliar with many devices, such as hacksaw, but thank to my partners and teacher assistance I quickly catch it. Remodelling 2 wooden shelves took us approximately 2,5 hours.