Activity - Gym

Recently, I have again started going to the gym. This time I intend to build my muscle (at least try to) and focus mostly on abs and gluts parts. I decided upon drawing inspiration and creating my workout plan from videos shared by people on Instagram. I have to admit that exercises are quite creative and I would never thought that I can do them on particular gym devices.  I seems sometimes to gain other's attention and be in the spotlight as mostly 30-40 years old people attend the gym in the time I also goes there. Thus, I have to deal with glances, which is stressful and intimidating, however I proud that my work might look professional.

What I started to like and respect is the fact that some people are able to devote their life to staying in healthy condition and basically accept the gym as their second home.  I do not know how they can stay motivated for that long time period. Also I have noticed that many of elders attend the gym. It brings thought whether I will find determination in their age and try to be fit.

CAS outcomes:

- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow, 

- Showing perseverance and commitment, 

- Undertaking new challenges,

- Developing new skills,

- Consideration of ethical implication,

- Planned and initiated activities.

Service - Orphanage

When decided upon that type of voluntary I was partially consciousness that it will bring something different to my life. It does. Actually, I have started to deliberate about meaning of the life.
I  think about what some people have done to live the life they have. Did they deserve it? It is unfair that we cannot fully control our destination. In the very begging of their lives they were marked with the adversity. They do not distinguish between good and evil, because there wasn't anybody to taught them - no parents.

 I know that there are people in the orphanage, who look after them, but I swear that it is definitively impossible for 1 person to raise that number of children.  Yeah, there is only one supervisor on the work-shift, who is there sometimes half of a day. So I am asking HOW he or she can handle it? Especially that these children need special care, they need somebody to be with them all the time. I can see, for example, how hard it is to do a homework with them. Sometimes I literally spend 2 hours helping a girl to do  4 math's tasks. And know imagine that there is 15 or 20 kid, who need the same help. In my opinion the government should introduce some solution, because at least 2 supervisors are needed at one work-shift.

Because of that experience I am glad that I have both parents, who are who they are and I am quite often complain about them, but I know that they love me and they contributed to making me who I am.

Creativity - Origami

I am doing my best to create some origami-looking like "art". Actually, I thought it will be much easier to only fold the paper several times in various directions, but it appeared differently. The origami has several main basic forms which are needed to create more composed figures. I hope I will learn them and won't use instruction every time I started to do some origami.

I noticed that it is also a hard work for me, because it needs patient and involve precision with small details. It amuse me that folding the paper could be a tough task and surely I would say that physical work is much easier for me. My work look like a child's work, which is more ridiculous. I have to say that I really challenged myself, but I won't give up and I expect that successful progress would be seen sooner or later.





Here are some, let just call them "work".

A dolphin 

A frog

A box for my fineliners markers and pens

A bookmark

3D Hearts

Service - Orphanage

Tomorrow I will start voluntary service in the local orphanage. I have already been there last week to check whether I will handle that hard task. To be honest it was difficult for me. First I got there, the supervisor of the orphanage was busy, because some parent came to talk. I stood in the corridor and saw some children passing by - one boy and 2 girls.

One of the girl, she looked like she had 6/7 years old, stopped and introduce herself, than she started to asking questions. She acted as she know me and had no barrier. It was like hundred question per minute and I felt weird. I was more embarrassed than a child.

There are 14 or 15 people form 6 to 17 years old. Boys are so aggressive. When they were asked to get ready, because we were supposed to go to the circus, few boys started to tease one another and start a fight which was 'for fun'. I was shocked, but wasn't frighten. But what surprise me was that they acted as normal even as I was somebody new. I said them to stopped and thought that, maybe, because I was a stranger they would stop, but they wouldn't.

Children there are either to open and emotional or aggressive and shameless. These 2 girls are the only girls there, and they truly want to know everything about me. I feel a bit sorry for them and even for these boys. Before I went there I said that I will try to treat them as normal people, that is why I try to not look at them with compassion, but sometimes it is hard. I hope it will not overwhelm me and my psychology.

Creativity - Origami

Recently I purchase an origami book. I decided that I will be a really creative and demanding work form me especially that I am not that patient with really little elements. I will maybe also use some internet tutorials and sources. Once a week I will update a blog with new created "piece of art" that I have made. 

I've started with really simple things:

Activity - Gym

During last month of my summer holidays I started to attend the gym. I said myself that there is a right time to change something. Friend of mine did a huge progress while exercising in June/July, so it motivated me even more.


I build more muscles while my weight went down. I lost 4kg so I thing is a quite big achievement. My legs got slimmer and my stomach flatter. Also after a week I was able to run 10 minutes more on running machine and lift heavier dumbbells. For a very first time I decided to support myself with some supplements. I started to drink protein shakes and by that I gain more power and was boosted to do even more work at gym. 

Working out showed me also that there is a lot of areas that I have to work on. My abs are weak comparing to my legs and that is not good because they are the most important muscles in whole body, they are center of muscles.

CAS outcomes:
- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow  
- Showing perseverance and commitment 
-Developing new skills
-Planned and initiated activities
- Undertaking new challenges  

Activity- Handball

During those two months of handball training I surely improve my condition. I also formed relationships with members of the team. What I like about it is that actually age, in case of sport, is not that important. 

Girls with who I was training are 2 years younger than me and I was able to find common language and topics to talk about. Till now we are in good relations and still sometimes hang out. Despite our age difference we both have respect towards each other. 

The problem I met during our games was issue related to fouling and aggressive game. As I am older I have more strength. My previous opponents, when I was playing matches in middle school, were particularly girls who were professional players. Their game differs a lot from the game of girls I played recently. That is why it was though tough for me to play in the way to not hurt any of these younger girls. After few meetings I have learnt how can I play.

It was really pleasant time in my life. I will certainly reminisce that adventure.


CAS outcomes:
- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow,  
- Working collaboratively with others,   
- Showing perseverance and commitment, 
- Consideration of ethical implications,
- Developing new skills,
- Undertaking new challenge.