Excursion - Telunas Indonesia

Before that, who is the "me" I have become this year:

I think the ME leaving CIS TK Singapore compared to the one that came two years ago is a much more risk-taking, confident (balanced & socializing). I joined more teams and activities like student council, ACSIS badminton team, MUN. Also, compared to last year, I did big projects more individually instead of often asking to see if I am on track. Those projects include the science waves investigation video, science solar cooker lab, I&S religion research project.

Onto Excursion:

This excursion has one of those moments where my eyes opened up and my view of the world widened.

Firstly, I was enjoying the moments themselves during excursion. Even simple moments that weren't very thrilling. I experienced days away from busy life with electronics, days with almost everything, to days without much. Together with my friends, in houses on stilts, with great sunrises and sunsets. In the islands where the view of the ocean extends so far. I saw myself compared to nature. I felt like a tiny piece of salt, easily and quickly dissolving into a big cup of water with other dissolved salts. That feeling was provided by the surroundings of nature and being away from busy life.

Secondly, I experienced many new, exciting, interesting things. I have never jumped off a jetty into the ocean; I have never mixed cement; I have never stayed in houses, simply built, on a quiet island; I have never swum in a lake, not that I remember of; I have never spent time to observe the sea or sunset. Some of those in which I learnt.

Thirdly, I saw the simple lives of the villagers, experienced the heat and the bugs. I knew before, but I experienced and was reminded how in many places people don't have as much as we do. I was in their shoes, but even that was only for two three days. However, I observed that they can be just as satisfied. I realized that perhaps how lucky we are and how we should treasure what we have, and also share it by donations or voluntary work.

L&L Debate - Is the Community or Earth More Preferable

L&L Debate

This debate was to see if Earth or the community from the Giver is a better place to live in. The community has no colours (only shades), has no deep feelings (no love, no pain), has all you need... It is a utopian society.

I believed that enjoying the moment is the element to life, with ups and downs is what life is, not boring steady life where you don't even know what the purpose of your existence is except for contributing to a society without a purpose of existence. It's living like animals, survive and pass on. But it is taking away the survive part, and the pass-on part, leaving behind live and die.

I wanted to be honest so I chose the harder way instead of going with statistics and facts. But what I learnt is that facts are efficient and feelings are effective. But it is hard to fight with a sword and hammer. And sometimes, perhaps we should do it the easy way if our choice doesn't make a difference except for the difference on ourselves.

I was also in charge of my group. It was difficult to manage others work while you have your own, and they don't always listen. So that was a challenge, and a training. Next time, I would check with my group more regularly because shorter work time and more small deadlines do help time management according to an experiment on university students.

Below is the script for my speech.

Is the Community or Earth More Preferable Speech Script

The community is not more preferable than earth. It is because to live with no experience, and no purpose, is not the best life. It is because the purpose of life is supposed to be all about the ideas in your head, the feelings in your heart, and the experience with your body… I mean experience with your sense. The life of the people in the community is not experience in depth like real fun, real friends, real colours, real experience, real happiness, real sorrows, real families, and real love. The life of the people in the community is extremely about fulfilling the duties. The community is exactly as what Oscar Wilde with an “e” said, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Why is the community not the ideas in your head, the feelings in your heart, and the experience of your senses?

First, their education is pointless because it does not spark the ideas in their heads. Perfection and flawlessness are all the community is. Brené Brown said, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” Without vulnerability, which is what the community lacks, there is no opportunity for innovation, creativity, and change. New ideas do not spark in their heads. It is because innovative ideas are basically creative solutions, which require problems. And if problems do not exist, true innovativeness and ideas does not exist. One may argue “Innovativeness is not necessary when you do not need it. Perfection is in turn the purpose of innovativeness.”

One may argue. However, I will say innovative solutions can also lead to entertainment like television. Peter F. Drucker said, “If you want something new, stop doing something old.” Entertainment form experiences. And speaking of experience, they don’t have experiences like vacations, theme parks, TV, Internet, books, movies, music… New experiences are necessary. One may argue “if you have never experienced or knew about something, like X-box, then you won’t wish for the experience.” But I believe that the enjoyment of an enjoyment is the best enjoyment. For example, why would you pity people with allergies to some food. It doesn’t matter to them! But that is what is sad about it. Entertainment forms experience, which adds colours and meanings to life. When the people in the community become adults, they do not have much entertainment - no books, no TVs, no Internet, no travelling, no vacations. They have nothing to do when they have time. Why do they need things to do? It is like people in prisons or monkeys in the zoos without anything to do. But do you know what happens to those prisoners and animals? They go crazy because they are so bored. Okay, maybe the people in the community do not go crazy, but how meaningless and boring life is. But yes, perhaps they do not even have spare time. Now, imagine a person who goes to work, have meals, come home, and sleep, and yeah, use the toilet for 365 days each year, and for 70 years. That’s going to make them crazy too. It is like people in prisons or monkeys in the zoos without anything to do. The life and experience of the people in the community is ignored because they are busy fulfilling their duties and they have a schedule, and they will be released and dishonored if they do not do it the way they are “suppose to”.

Last but not least, life is what happens to you when you are busy fulfilling your duties and keeping up work. He who does not experience with his heart does not live, he exists. I remember at the beginning of the year we were discussing stereotypes. Under the picture of the Asian (which looked like me according to Paul) with glasses and a book was “No life”. The stereotype was that people think that only working and not spending enough time on other things is “no life”. I remember, when I was in Hong Kong, it indeed was not quite “life”. When I was in Hong Kong, I studied, and go to extracurricular activities and lessons, and learn extra skills and talents. In some ways it wasn’t completely my own will, sometimes you need this to do better in school and get a better job. But yes, it is interesting, useful and satisfying. Or maybe just for me. However, when I look back, I realized it made my life too busy, fulfilling my duties and catching up with the environment that I was actually lost and trapped in the business I don’t really pull back and take a serious look at my life in general. Moreover, it doesn’t allow spare time. You don’t have many time for curiosity, fun. And I think it is the same case for the people in the community. They are too busy fulfilling their duties in order to be part of the community, that they don’t have spare time to do multiple interests; or to look at life in a big picture, and enjoy the moment; plus their same schedule every day and no regular or frequent holidays, they might as well lived 24 years and yet it felt like 24 weeks, or hours.

In the community, no experiences, no purpose, not the best life. It's because it is too perfect and have no space for problems, so it doesn’t provide opportunities for innovation. There is not much entertainment; and no spare time to reflect, or have fun, making life meaningless and purposeless. They are so busy and their schedule is so identical their life pass away too quickly, and seems pointless. Therefore, no experiences, no purpose, no the best life. Thank you.

I know that Earth has hunger and everything. But there are help being offered. People have a choice, at least the slightest choice to change their lives. But in the community, you don’t have a choice to decide change. And unless you are Jonas, change would never be a word to you.

Community & Service Project - Recycling

Community & Service Project - Recycling

My commmunity and service project was about improving the recycling programme in the school itself.

I chose this project because I thought that the environment is for all animals and it affects the generations that come after us, it affects the future globally. I found that many people at school just throw plastic bottles and tin cans into the canteen's or the classroom's rubbish bins.

I put bins around the school, but the one that was useful was only the one in math class. So I collected and clear that bin along with paper recycling bins from other classes so they aren't full the whole time. I posted some facts and statistics on the canteen wall for attention and awareness.

It wasn't the most successful project. I problems with changing the statistics regularly, starting the project itself was hard as I couldn't decide my project and I was busy at the beginning of 2015 (interviews, tests, MUN...). I also encountered challenges where people just don't notice the posters or the bins even if they were right in front of them.

Though I learnt a lot. This was one of my reminders to start earlier and plan my time wisely. It also changed my opinions that partners are more helpful than I thought they were. I also learnt that action should be done and less time should be put on decisions.

On the presentation day, I had a slide that introduced what I do, why I did it, how I did it, what I learnt, and what I will do next time (improvements). Moreover, I had a video to alert people the situations we have today, combined with some facts, seriousness of pollution today, music for self-reflection, with some habits we can change to make a change. I also had a slide people can scroll through with their own will for more details of daily habits that we often don't realize is harmful to the environment.

Habits slide:
https://www.haikudeck.com/hgo-uncategorized-presentation-c3UfDEpARJ

Introduction slide:
https://www.haikudeck.com/i-thought-for-a-while-uncategorized-presentation-b1w1pW5MA7

Video

L&L Limerick - Honey, I'm Home Early

Honey, I'm Home Early

APOLOGIES, NO PICTURE RELATED TO THIS LIMERICK SHOULD BE SHOWN

There once was a woman called Julie,

Who one day went home from work early.

She looked for her husband,

And found him unbuttoned -

With all parts bare but one part barely!

What is this:

This was the limerick I wrote for my L&L. Since we learnt that funny limericks are often dirty, and clean ones are seldom funny, I tried to go the dirty way.

The "Risk":

It was hard for me to come up with something really dirty, especially when it's not a topic I often discuss. It also conflicts against my "reputation" a little. However, I thought I might as well try something different, and actually write an interesting poem.

Brief process of writing & crafting:

It was really hard to come up with something dirty. So I decided to look up some dirty limericks. Look at what they mention, their style, their punchline. And I brainstormed a couple of ideas based on those ones, and came up with what my limerick would be based on (last line). Then, I decided to add some suspense and the atmosphere of trouble in it, and so I came up with this setting and theme. Afterwards, I wrote out the arrangement of sentences structure. Then, I tried thinking and researching rhyming words and names. I picked and tested different ones. And in the end, I fixed some words for clarity, especially the last line. I also tried play with words, for example, the last line has similar words but very different meanings, giving more flow and significance to the punch line.

/\ My Drafts for my limerick.

La Contratrice Chauve Play Script

PERSONNAGES

LA CANTATRICE CHAUVE PAR EUGENE IONESCO

M. SMITH
Mme SMITH
M. MARTIN
Mme. MARTIN
MARY, la bonne
LE CAPITAINE DES POMPIERS
SCÈNE I
Intérieur bourgeois anglais, avec des chaises anglaises. Soirée anglaise. M. Smith, Anglais, dans sa chaise anglaise et ses chaussures anglaises, fume sa pipe anglaise et lit un journal anglais. Il a des lunettes anglaises, une petite moustache grise, anglaise. A côté de lui, dans une autre chaise anglaise, Mme Smith, Anglaise, mange un sandwich anglais. Un long moment de silence anglais. La pendule anglaise frappe dix-sept coups anglais.
Mme SMITH : Tiens, il est neuf heures. Nous avons mangé de la soupe, du poisson, des pommes. Les enfants ont bu de l’eau anglaise. Nous avons bien mangé, ce soir. C’est par ce que nous habitons a Londres et que notre nom est Smith.
M. SMITH, continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue.
Mme SMITH : Les pommes de terre sont très bonnes, l’huile de la salade n’était pas
mauvaise.
M. SMITH,continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue.
Mme SMITH : Pourtant, c’est toujours l’huile de COLD STORAGE du coin qui est la meilleure...
M. SMITH, continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue
Mme SMITH : Mari a bien prepare les pommes de terre. La dernière fois elles etaient mauvaises.
M. SMITH,continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue.
Mme SMITH Le poisson était bon. J’ai pris deux fois. Non, trois fois. Ça me fait aller aux toilettes. Toi aussi tu as pris trois fois. Comment ça se fait? D’habitude, c’est toi qui manges le plus.
M. SMITH, fait claquer sa langue.

Mme SMITH : Cependant, la soupe était trop salée. Ah, ah, ah. Il y avait aussi trop de carottes et pas beaucoup d’oignons.
M. SMITH, continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue.
Mme SMITH : Notre petit garçon aime du coca,. Tu vois à table, comme il regarde la bouteille de coca? Mais moi, je donne dans son verre de l’eau. Il a soif et il boit. Hélène joue du piano. Elle ne demande jamais à boire du coca anglais.
M. SMITH, continuant sa lecture, fait claquer sa langue.
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Mme SMITH : Le yaourt est excellent pour l’estomac, l’appendicite et l’intelligence. C’est lópinion du docteur Mackenzie-King.
M. SMITH : Mais alors comment se fait-il que le monsieur est mort?
M. SMITH, toujours avec son journal : Il y a une chose que je ne comprends pas. Pourquoi, dans le journal, il y a toujours l’âge des personnes morts et jamais l’age des nouveau-nés? C’est un non-sens.
Mme SMITH : Je ne sais pas moi !! Je ne suis pas le docteur !!
Un autre moment de silence. La pendule sonne sept fois. Silence. La pendule sonne trois fois. Silence. La pendule ne sonne pas.
M. SMITH, toujours dans son journal : Tiens, c’est écrit que Bobby Watson est mort.
Mme SMITH : Mon Dieu, quand est-ce qu’il est mort ?
M. SMITH. Il est mort il y a deux ans.
Mme SMITH : Les hommes sont tous pareils! Vous restez là, toute la journée, la tele commode à la main ou bien vous lisez le journal.
M. SMITH : Mais qu’est-ce que tu parles ? les hommes ne font pas comme les femmes, acheter des chaussures tout le temps, se coiffer, se mettre du rouge aux lèvres?
Mme SMITh : Ne me trouble pas !!
Elle jette les chaussettes très loin et montre ses dents. Elle se lève 1.
M. SMITH, se lève a son tour et va vers sa femme, tendrement : Oh! mon petit poulet rôti, pourquoi –tu es fachee!! (Il la prend par la taille et l’embrasse.)! Viens, nous allons a la montagne et nous faisons dodo.

SCÈNE II
LES MEMES ET MARY
MARY, entrant . Je suis la bonne. J’ai passé un après-midi très agréable. Je suis allee au cinéma et j’ai vu un film avec des femmes. Apres le cinéma, nous sommes allés manger des glaces au chocolat.
Mme SMITH : Cést super, vous êtes allée au cinéma avec des hommes et vous avez mange des gateaux au chocolat. ( action - coucou vers M. Smith)
MARY : Mme et M. Martin, les amis, sont à la porte.
Mme SMITH : Ah oui.. nous avons faim. On n’a rien mangé, toute la journée. Pourquoi vous etes allee avec vos amis ?
MARY : Par ce que vous m’avez donné la permission.
MARY,éclate de rire. Puis elle pleure. Elle sourit / J’ai achete un jean et un t shirt.
Mme SMITH : Ma chère Mary, tu peux ouvrir la porte pour M. et Mme Martin, s’il te plaît..
Mme et M. Smith sortent à droite. Mary ouvre la porte à gauche par laquelle entrent M. et Mme Martin.

SCÈNE III
MARY, LES ÉPOUX MARTIN
MARY : Pourquoi vous etes en retard ? Asseyez-vous sur la chaise, maintenant.
Elle sort.
SCÈNE IV
LES MÊMES, MOINS MARY
Mme et M. Martin s’assoient l’un en face de l’autre, sans se parler. Ils se sourient, avec timidité. M. MARTIN (le dialogue qui suit doit être dit d’une voix traînante, monotone, un peu chantante,
nullement nuancée)1 I : Mes excuses, Madame, mais je pense que je vous connais ? Mme MARTIN : Moi aussi, Monsieur, je pense que je vous connais
M. MARTIN : Madame, à Manchester,?
Mme MARTIN : C’est possible. Moi, je suis originaire de Manchester!
M. MARTIN : Mon Dieu, comme c’est curieux! Moi aussi je suis originaire de Manchester, Madame!
Mme MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux!
M. MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux!... Madame, j’ai quitté la ville de Manchester, il y a cinq semaines.
Mme MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux! Comme Cést bizarre! Quelle coincidence !! Moi aussi, Monsieur, j’ai quitté la ville de Manchester, il y a cinq semaines.
M. MARTIN : J’ai pris le train pour Londres à midi, Madame.
Mme MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux! Comme c’est bizarre! et quelle coïncidence! J’ai pris le train a midi , moi aussi!
M. MARTIN : Mon Dieu, comme c’est curieux! J’ai voyage en deuxième classe, Madame.
Mme MARTIN : Comme c’est bizarre, comme c’est curieux, et quelle coïncidence! moi aussi, Monsieur, je voyage en deuxième classe!
M. MARTIN Comme c’est curieux! Ma place était dans le wagon n° 8,
Mme MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux, comme c’est bizarre et quelle co incidence! ma place aussi était dans le wagon n° 8,

M. MARTIN : Comme c’est curieux!... J’avais la place n° 3, près de la fenêtre, Madame.
Mme MARTIN : Oh, mon Dieu, MOI AUSSI comme c’est bizarre, j’avais la place n° 6, près de la fenêtre, en face de vous, cher Monsieur.
M. MARTIN : Oh, mon Dieu, comme c’est curieux .. Nous étions en face de l’un et l’aure , chère Madame
Un moment de silence. La pendule sonne 2-I.

SCÈNE VII
LES MÊMES ET LES SMITH
Mme SMITH : Bonsoir, chers amis! excusez-nous, nous nous sommes dépêchés de porter nos vetements de gala.
M. SMITH, furieux : Je n’ai pas mangé ni baguette ni fromage ni jambon ! (on entend la sonnerie ) Chaque fois qu’on sonne à la porte c’est qu’il y a quelqu’un.
Mme SMITH : C’est vrai en théorie. Mais dans la réalité c’est different. Tu as bien vu tout à l’heure.
Mme MARTIN : Votre femme a raison.
M. MARTIN : Oh! les femmes, vous vous défendez toujours
Mme SMITH : Eh bien, je vais voir. (Elle va voir. Elle ouvre la porte et la referme.) Tu vois, il n’y a personne.
Elle revient à sa place. Oh these men who always want to be right but are always wrong!
On entend sonner1encore.
M. SMITH : Tiens, on sonne. Il y a quel qu’un à la porte.
Mme SMITH, qui fait une crise de colère : Je ne vais pas ouvrir la porte. Tu sais c’est inutile. L’expérience dit que quand on entend sonner à la porte, c’est qu’il n’y a jamais personne.
Mme MARTIN : Jamais.
M. MARTIN : Ce n’est pas sûr.
M. SMITH : C’est même faux! Quand on entend sonner à la porte, c’est qu’il y a quelqu’un.
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Mme SMITH : Il ne veut pas m’écouter.
Mme MARTIN : Mon mari , il est fou fou fou.
M. SMITH : Il y a quelqu’un.
M. MARTIN : Biensur.
Mme SMITH, à son mari : Non.
M. SMITH : Si.
Mme SMITH : Je n’ouvre pas la porte
M. SMITH : J’y vais.
MmeSmith hausse les épaules. Mme Martin hoche la tête.
M. SMITH, va ouvrir : Ah! how do you do! (il jette un regard à Mme Smith et aux époux Martin qui sont tous surpris.) C’est la Capitaine des Pompiers!
SCÈNE VIII
LES MÊMES, LE CAPITAINE DES POMPIERS
LE POMPIER : Bonjour, Mesdames et Bonjour Messieurs. Bonjour, Madame Smith. Pourquoi vous etes fachée?
Mme SMITH : Oh!
M. MARTIN : Il y avait, Monsieur le Capitaine des Pompiers, une controverse entre Mme et M. Smith.
Mme SMITH, à M. Martin : Ça ne vous regarde pas , Occupe - toi de tes oignons!!
LE POMPIER : Calmez - vous mes amis! Je vous raconte une fable de La FONTAINE La fable s’appelle la cigale et la fourmi

LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI

NARRATEUR: La cigale adore chanter. La cigale chante bien, elle chante en été dans la foret. La fourmi adore travailler. Elle travaille
bien.
C: Bonjour Fourmi! Comment ca va?
F: Ca va bien merci! Et toi ?
C: Ca va super ! Qu’est- ce que tu fais ?
F: Je travaille, je ramasse des grains pour l’hiver, et toi ? Qu’est-ce que tu fais ?
C: Je chante toute la semaine; je chante lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche. Tu es stupide, tu es folle, tu travailles toujours.
F: Moi je ne suis pas bete, ni folle, tu es bete; je dois rentrer travailler Attention en hiver !!!
NARRATEUR : L’hiver arrive, la cigale a froid, la cigale ne mange pas, la cigale va chez la fourmi. Elle n’a pas de maison.
C: Bonjour fourmi! Qu’est-ce que tu manges pour le diner?
F: Je mange des grains avec des tomates, et toi? Qu’est ce que tu manges ?
C: Rien, rien, rien du tout; je peux manger le diner avec toi?
F: NON ! ABSOLUMENT PAS !! TU CHANTES EN ETE, MAINTENANT TU DANSES !!!

Le Pompier: Quelle est la morale mes amis ? Dans la vie il faut travailler ! et la Cantatrice Chauve ? elle travaille elle aussi!!

 DERNIERE SCENE

M MARTIN :, Tu ne peux pas acheter l’Irlande pour ton grand-père. Mme. SMITH : On marche avec les pieds,
M SMITH : Dans la vie, il faut regarder par la fenêtre.
Mme MARTIN : Asseyez vous sur la chaise
M. Martin : Il faut toujours penser à tout.
Mme. SMITH : Le plafond est en haut, le plancher est en bas. M SMITH Quand je dis oui, c’est une façon de parler.
MME. MARTIN : Mettez vous dans un cercle
M. MARTIN : Quand je suis à la campagne, j’aime la solitude et le calme. MME. SMITH : Toi tu es déjà tres vieux pour cela.
M SMITH : Quels sont les sept jours de la semaine ?
MME. MARTIN : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
M. MARTIN : Edward is a clerck; his sister Nancy is a typist, and his brother William a shop-assistant.
Mme SMITH : Drôle de famille!
M SMITH : J’aime un oiseau dans un champ qu’une cigale dans la cage.
MME. MARTIN : Plutôt gateau au chocolat a l’ecole , que du milo dans le palais.
M. MARTIM : Je ne sais pas assez d’espagnol, mais en francais je parle beaucoup. Mme SMITH : Mon oncle habite a la campagne et ma tante dans la ville
M. SMITH : Le papier c’est pour écrire, le chat c’est pour le rat. Le fromage c’est pour le francais
Mme MARTIN : L’auto va très vite, mais le chef prépare le diner. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

A la suite de cette dernière réplique de M. MARTIN, les autres se taisent un instant, stupéfaits. On sent qu’il y a un certain énervement. Les coups que frappe la pendule sont plus nerveux aussi. Les répliques qui suivent doivent être dites, d’abord, sur un ton glacial, hostile. L’hostilité et l’énervement iront en grandissant. A la fin de cette scène, les quatre personnages devront se trouver debout, tout près les uns des autres, criant leurs répliques, levant les poings, prêts à se jeter les uns sur les autres.
M. SMITH ET MME MARTIN : Kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes, kakatoes.
M. MARTIN ET Mme SMITH : Quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacade, quelle cacabe, quelle cacade.
M. SMITH ET MME MARTIN: Quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades, quelle cascade de cacades.
M. MARTIN ET Mme SMITH : Les chiens ont des puces, les chiens ont des puces. M. SMITH ET MME MARTIN : Cactus, Coccyx! cocus! cocardard! cochon!
M. MARTIN ET Mme SMITH, ouvrant tout grand la bouche : Ah! oh ! ah! oh!.
M. SMITH ET Mme MARTIN : Les cacaoyers des cacaoyères donnent pas des cacahuètes, donnent du cacao! Les cacaoyers des cacaoyères donnent pas des cacahuètes, donnent du cacao!
Changement de position
M MARTIN ET M SMITH : Touche pas ma babouche!
MME . MARTIN ET MME SMITH: Bouge pas la babouche!
M MARTIN ET M. SMITH : Touche la mouche, mouche pas la touche. Mme MARTIN ET MME SMITH : La mouche bouge.
M smith et m martin : VINCENT !
Mme MARTIN MME SMITH: VAN GOGH
M SMITH ET M MARTIN : LEONARDO
MME SMITH MME MARTIN : DA VINCI.

TOUS : VANGOGH / DA VINCI M. : A, e, i, o, u, a, e i o u
Mme, imitant le train : Teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff, teuff!
M. SMITH : C’est!
Mme SMITH : Pas!
M. MARTIN : Par!
Mme MARTIN : Là!
M. SMITH : C’est
Mme MARTIN : Par! M. MARTIN : I !
Mme SMITH : Ci!
Tous ensemble, au comble de la fureur, hurlent les uns aux oreilles des autres. La lumière s’est éteinte. Dans l’obscurité on entend sur un rythme de plus en plus rapide
Tous ENSEMBLE : C’est pas par là, c’est par ici, c’est pas par là, c’est par ici, c’est pas par là, c’est par ici, c’est pas par là, c’est par ici, c’est pas par là, c’est par ici, c’est pas par là, c’est par ici.
Les paroles cessent brusquement. De nouveau, lumière. M. et Mme Martin sont assis comme les Smith au début de la pièce. La pièce recommence avec les Martin, qui disent exactement les répliques des Smith dans la ère scène, tandis que le rideau se ferme doucement.
Rideau. 

Rex's - Festival de la Fancophonie - Reflection

Which 2 learner profiles would you attribute to yourself during our preparation?

I would attribute myself to reflective, risk-taker.

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Why did you chose the above 2 Leaner Profile. Explain your choice.

One of the learner profiles I would attribute to myself is "risk-taker". It is because I am not the best at speaking in front of an audience, especially parents. However, I didn't choose a role that has little lines, but instead one of the bigger roles - which was Mr. Martin. I have about 25 lines. I was hard for me because I am not confident in speaking french. This is the reason I believe I was a risk-taker.

The second learner profile I would attribute to myself is "reflective". This is because I have been constantly reflecting upon how well and how quickly I can recall my lines. I practise them daily when I am showering or on the bus. I also think of the lines every time before and during the play starts. Moreover, I reflect upon how I am saying and presenting my lines to the audiences. I think of how loud I should since I always speak too softly, and remind myself during the play. Although my action for my first scene wasn't much, I did reflect where I should look and turn, and what hand gestures I could do to make it look more natural. For the part where we start saying random things which "we" thought was wise, I reflected and decided I shouldn't curl my bac, and I should stand up in more confidence, and not just fall back into the chair... This is the reasons I believe I was reflective.

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What was the best part of your experience?

The best part of my experience is the first time we presented our play on that night. I thought it was a great experience since we get to have our costumes on and actually present to people so I thought what we had worked on paid off. Also, it was the first time which had more people, but an appropriate amount for the first time since I was quite nervous. So the best part was definitely performing to the "public".

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What do you think you would like to do next year to enhance your experience?

I think if we were to do it again, I would like to suggest we get more props, because although it is the theatre of the absurd, it might be too boring for people because it’s already in french, and there isn’t much action, so maybe I would propose we decorate the place more, and make it more interesting. Otherwise, I might suggest if we could have an english script for parents to take if they want to. Since a lot of the parents do not understand french - and on the other hand, there isn’t much decoration. And it at the same time,  parents can also see our level of french, or even more ideal, able to refer the play and script back and forth. However, as some of my own mistakes, I would not panic again when some one said the wrong line, I could’ve just say “quelle cacade” after Sarah did “teuff teuff” after Alice made a mistake.

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Choose 1 Learner Profile that you would like to demonstrate next year? (different from above)

A Learner Profile that I would like to demonstrate next year is “thinker”.

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Explain your choice

I would like to be more of a thinker last year so I could fix moments that went wrong by thinking of solutions quicker and being calmer, so awkwardness would be avoided. I would like to do so since I have experienced that moment this year when Alice said the wrong line, and I started to panic, not knowing where to start, and I wasn’t thinking quick enough so I ended up continuing the last part, and at that point, it couldn’t be fixed because the others have to continue the sentence. Causing a whole page to be missed. So I would like to demonstrate myself more as a thinker.

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Write any 2 to 3 sentences in French…

Je pense que j’ai apprendu beaucoup pendant l’experience du Festival de la Francophonie. Mais il a besoin de beaucoup de le courage pour moi quand j’ai effectué - J’ai été très nerveux!

Student Led Fitness - Grade 8

I am a group with Arno, Jasmine, and Leigh Ann. We arranged it so that it has a 2-minute warm-up, 7-minute workout, and a 2-minute cool-down. First, we spin our arms forward for 10 seconds. Then, we spin our arms backwards for 10 more seconds. And then, we stretch our arm muscles for 10 seconds (5 each), then we stretch the insides of our arms for 10 seconds (5 each). And then we will rotate our bodies for 10 seconds. Then we stretch the sides of our bodies for 10 seconds (5 each). Then, we stretch our thighs for 10 seconds (5 each). Afterwards, we will stretch the inside of our legs for 10 seconds (5 each). Then, we go up and down on the stairs for 20 seconds continuously. Then, we jog slowly for 1 and a half minute. Then, we do jumping jacks for 30 seconds. Then, we shuffle for 30 seconds. Then, we Criss-cross for 30 seconds. Then, we do jumping jacks for 30 seconds again. And then, we have a water break for 1 minute standing up. Then, we do at least 7 push-ups for 30 seconds. Then, we do at least 7 sit-ups in 30 seconds. And then, we do lunges for 1 minute from line to line. Then, we do 12 burpees at least for 1 minute. Then, there is another stand-up water break for 30 seconds. And then, we do a slow walk around whatever place we are at, for 30 seconds. And then, we go up and down and touch our toe for 20 seconds. Then, we do a butterfly stretch for 20 seconds.

• 00:10 - Spin Arms Forward
• 00:10 - Spin Arm Backwards
• 00:10 - Arm Stretch
• 00:10 - Shoulder Stretch
• 00:10 - Rotate Body
• 00:10 - Stretch Body
• 00:10 - Stretch Thighs
• 00:10 - Stretch Legs' Insides
• 00:20 - Stair Stepping
• 01:30 - Slow Jog
• 00:30 - Jumping Jacks
• 00:30 - Shuffling
• 00:30 - Criss-Cross
• 00:30 - Jumping Jacks
• 01:00 - Stand-up Water-break
• 00:30 - 7 Push-ups
• 00:30 - 7 Sit-ups
• 01:00 - Line-to-line Lunges
• 01:00 - 12 Burpees
• 00:30 - Stand-up Water-break
• 00:30 - Slow Walk
• 00:20 - Toe-touch
• 00:20 Butterfly Stretch

I don't think this is too challenging - the first part has stretches, so that should be too hard to do, and it should prepare people to do some real exercise without twisting or straining their muscles. And then the stair stepping and the slow jog kind of helps it lead into the workout and is something we usually do in class. The jumping jacks aren't that hard. Shuffling and criss-cross is also something we do in class sometimes for our fitness unit. It starts to require some energy and breath, so there is a time for jumping jacks, a tiny bit less intense. When you get back your air, you should and need to get water, and it's good to do so. And then, there is the ones that train your muscles and make them strong. There is a number of push-ups and sit-ups and burpees you have to do with a time limit, so people have a speed that is set for them and can't just not do it, so it won't be too easy. The lunges train the leg muscles, we can't forget about them. And then, the water break again is healthy for your body. The slow walk allows you to catch your breath a bit. And the toe-touch allows you to stretch and stand up while doing it before you sit to do the butterfly stretch.