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Final reflection on the CAS experience

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January February signatures

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January February LO table

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CAS evidence summary

1. Evidence for completion of CAS project  (LARP murder mystery game):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/cas-project-investigation/pr879pnm81s9

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/cas-project-planningpreparation/80jjoyvljl0t

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/cas-project-actiondemonstration/9fyp1uwmefa3

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/cas-project-reflectionconclusion/ofjksuy731s1

 2. Evidence of identification of strengths and areas for personal growth (LO1):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/november-activity-1-this-week-i-tried-to-do-the/d7vgt6rmmx01

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/here-is-another-poem-i-wrote-during-august-i/a8sw9u3kqpwq

 3. Evidence of undertaking new challenges and developing new skills in the process (LO2):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/november-creativity-1-continuing-the-choir-this/oafx5jbwhyjf

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/august-creativity-1/a85x7wwcftc7

 4. Evidence of initiating and planning a CAS experience (LO3):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/october-creativity-1-this-month-i-also-signed-up/gviazuth3yrb

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/july-creativity-1/9v221k1pbx7w

 5. Evidence of commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences (LO4):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/creativity-may-1/fz945hhc44d9

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/activity-march-1/7bwkgvkmnofr

 6. Evidence of demonstrating the skills and recognizing the benefits of working collaboratively (LO5):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/activity-june-2/8bxd6y2r4h7y

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/november-service-2-okay-so-i-got-there-a-bit-late/hg0730olivjs

 7. Evidence of engagement with issues of global significance (LO6):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/september-creativity-2/gt6e0gjtk2fy

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/service-march-1/waqxu0mjp56h

 8. Evidence of recognizing and considering the ethics of choices and actions (LO7):

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/november-service-2-okay-so-i-got-there-a-bit-late/hg0730olivjs

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/october-service-1-since-i-havent-signed-up-for/a1n65tuyo5ik

 9. Evidence of reflection on significant CAS experiences:

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/june-activity-3-and-service-reflection/czpl37k8zrhj

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/reflection-on-cas-after-dp1/eyqdofp4w5sx

https://at.tumblr.com/saphscasblog/march-creativity-1/ukglwwcdd3mw

(if some of these posts lack photos or videos as evidence it’s because my photo would not process both at once so a I had to split them into separate posts, especially my aerial long videos)

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February activity 2

So as I said during the trip we went to three skiing regions. 

Tonale had a 100km of routes and I quite liked it. There was this specific route which was 4km long (or 7 hah I don’t remember because it was joined with others and Im not sure if I took those too) and I loved it. The scenery was sooo beautiful. There were two mountains in front of each other so while skiing on this long route you could see it entirelyyyy. Magical. And it was a hard one too. A red piste but one of those with a high inclination. It was empty and I could just really cherish the view plus skii fasttt and welll and I loved it (I had to repeat)

Then Marilleva was huge as it combined with Folgarida, Madonna and Pinzolo so it had 200km. We had a lottt to discover. 

We definitely did not eat enough pizza though :((

I love skiiiiing. It’s funny because I didnt before and at some point I just started appreciating it so much more. I’d love to learn snowboarding too in the future, the clothes and shoes are so much more comfortable hah

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February activity 1

I went skiing! I loveee skiing and i think im pretty good at it. I have absolutely no idea how to talk about skiing in english because my mind is absolutely blank now, i think i burnt it with the amount of work ive been doing recently.

Anyways, we stayed at an apartment with two other couples, all the people there were Uni students and istg all they did was drink alcohol. They were drinking, sleeping two hours and then going skiing hangover after no sleep AND drinking more while skiing. It was horrible. I have no idea how nobody ended up breaking their entire body. But yeah i did not do that and i did not talk to them at all (apart one person from our apartment). So sasha and i just spent time together and skied.

We went to three mountain areas or whatever these are called. Peio, Tonale and Marilleva (which was joined with like three other areas so we had 200km of routes in marilleva)

I liked them all though they were very different

Here are some photos I made in Peio during a fog

Peio was a 3000m iceberg and had this one very long route from the very top all the way down. It was 8km long of the 20km Peio had entirely (very little but i still liked it there).

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February service 1

Its very funny that this month my service was taking care of a friends cat once again. A different friend though. This one went away on a trip and had to leave the cat alone for a week so i had to come over for a few hours every day to feed it and give it some love.

The cat is called Nitka. Shes soooo fluffy and sooo loving. I really love her, shes such a wonderful little baby. I mean shes not a baby, i dont know how old she is but figuratively. She always climbs up my chest and rubs her face on mine. Um i have cat allergies soo it ends with a slight fever and a puffy itchy face or choking. But its fine, absolutely worth it.

She always meows sooo loudly because shes very hungry since i only come once a day (i took care of her a few times already and she really likes me too).

I did thst every day after school and just studied there with breaks to give her undivided attention which she demanded.

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February creativity 3

Further drawing. Not sure what to say about it anymore hah. One of those is semi-realistic. I like drawing realistic things because they take more effort and time from me and make me focus on details. I never know how it will turn out and feel like its awful and then after time it turns out its actually good,,, so its very rewarding. This one however took me very little time and was only a sketch so absolutely no where near done.

The woman with a black um whatever that is around her was very spontaneous. I just drew whatever and didnt like it so i started making some changes and it turned into this which i love.

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February creativity 2

Also continuing with choir, we sang quebonafide half-dead again and will record it by the end of this month (which means i will miss it unfortunately because im going on a skiing trip)

Here is a photo someone took on an analogue camera. I also bought some analogues because i wanted to take cool vintage photos butttt havent used them yet because i keep saving them for a special occassion (in retrospect that is not the smartest since they are meant to be used)

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February creativity 1

I continued drawing (as always) and this time its actually positive. Ive been going through some difficult things and then had this blast of self awareness so i feel much better. By that i mean im going in the right direction i think and this drawing means a lot to me as it feels like the past me drew it, the healthy me that i felt ive lost for these past few months. Im glad i can start bringing those healthy parts of myself back out again.

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January activity 2

Continuing with my gym experience other than power pump and body ball I went to dancing a few times.

Specifically latino dancing. One time we had cha cha and the other time samba.

The nice thing is that the fitness instructor always starts with beginner steps which was great because ive never danced neither cha cha nor samba before.

At first it was kind of embarrassing for me because i couldnt keep up and kept mixing everything up. And of course with my audacity or whatever you call it as soon as the instructor laughed that nobody stood in the middle and everyone hid I jumped right out in the middle for everyone to see even though ive never been to the class before.

I LOVED IT though. By the end of both classes I was much more comfortable and sure of myself so I was more "flowy" with my moves and added some hip and hand movements. It made me feel amazing, i truly love dancing. I will definitely keep coming back even though every time we have a new dance i will keep messing up at the beginning. I loved to see the progress just one hour made with knowing nothing at first and freely dancing to the tempo by the end.

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January activity 1

After all I did not go to boxing but I started going to the gym more.

I wanted to go to powerpump (dumbells) again but i mixed up the schedule so ended up going only to half of the class (half an hour)

So i decided to stay longer for something called Body Ball. Its basically exercising with this hugeee ball and with short hands and big chest blocking the ball it was quite hard to grip it so it wouldnt fall out of my hands. After half an hour of powerpump the hour of body ball was quite challenging (im guessing the ball is even heavier than my dumbells since im only a beginner and dont put a lot of weight on).

After the exercise I had sore muscles for like a week and i could barely pick up my arms it was sooo painful, but also so rewarding because sore muscles are the good kind of pain

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January service 1

As usual, service is the most challenging part of CAS for me (which is very surprising because I was msot excited for this strand of CAS and I have been engaged in humanitarian work even before CAS, I suppose it's the time management with IB personal life etc)

Buttt I did something that well I dont know how significant it is but it did take more than a week and was a lot of effort.

Basically I took care of a friends cat while she was at the hospital for a week. I also took care of her apartment, meaning cleaning it etc and brought her good food every day plus spent time with her there.

The cat is called Pysio and i really love him hah. He puked a lot previously because he was sick so that also happened a bit when I was taking care of him (not as much as before when I was also taking care of him thankfully).

The job included feeding him, petting and giving him attention because he is demanding in that regards hah and ofc cleaning up after him.

I love animals so it was my pleasure

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January creativity 3

Other than reading and singing I also continued journaling and writing poems.

This month has been extremely challenging and I sincerely hope it will get better soon. So this poem is very dark but the other ones are kind of bad, mostly just throwing out whatever I had in my brain. Every time I share something like this on my CAS i get very scared because these are very private parts of me which would terrify most people and i dont want to do that. I am dealing with them on my own but my experiences do reallyyyy contribute to my creativity. I think there might be a saying how the most creative people are those who go through the most pain (im not sure if there is any saying like that but i definitely think manyyyyy artists works are inspired by negative experiences). Painful experiences shouldnt be shut out and allowing yourself to channel them through art is a very beautiful and healing thing. So sorry if it might be CAS inappropriate but my creativity coming from pain (whether real or imagined) is a big part of me

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January creativity 2

This month I also decided to learn more about my neurodivergence so I started reading a book about ADHD. It turned out to be very informative and really helped me understand myself thus also advocate for my needs and learn how to accommodate them better. It also clarified some other issues I have such as high sensitivity or difficulty regulating emotions which really troubled me as I was trying to fit myself into some kind of mental illness label. Whether my issues come from mental illness or not this book has helped me understand myself and find methods to use adhd as a strength while coping with its hardships

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January creativity 1

https://www.facebook.com/groups/885822035743083/permalink/944613003197319/

I continued Choir as usually and we sang Half Dead by Quebonafide. We've been doing that for a while now (I mean a few times). And we will also record it soon.

I'm in the highest possible voice which is a challenge for sure especially since I wanted to be in the lower one but our coach decided I'm capable of singing the highest one so here we go. It was cool to challenge myself like that and expand my voice. I can see it working when I sing at home (at least I think my voice range has expanded, maybe its just a placebo effect or something)

Above is the link to the video from choir but its a private facebook group so Im not sure it will work.

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And these are the current signatures