It has been a long while, yet again. Now it is summer, so I suppose I've got free time on my hands. I've actually been trying to search for more CAS activities to do this vacation but alas, it is hard to find some in Abu Dhabi, unfortunately. I will still keep on looking though, I don't want to stay cooped up trying to study the whole summer. I want to do some activities. Until then, it's late nights and sleepy mornings for me.
It is summer vacation so expect to see this website as being mire active in the coming few weeks. I already made some changes tonight by adding more photos in the gallery, as well as the full-length video for our short film 'Unplugged'. Please check it out, it is awesome, worthy of an Academy or an Oscar (haha, too far). I have also added reflection slots on the Reflections page, all I have to do is to upload the files and voila! Tonight, I also uploaded my reflection for the Global Issues Network Conference. As I said, in the coming few weeks, I'll be finishing up the work here in my CAS website so that by the end of summer it'll be pretty updated. And as always, see you later, Justine! I'm so nervouscited! Tomorrow, I'll be volunteering at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair as an Operation Smile volunteer. Just thinking about it is nerve-wracking (my face is totally not devoid of emotion right now). It's also my first Operation Smile volunteering job; just dropping that in to give you, Justine, an impression of how much of a big deal my mind is making of it right now.
Yes, you've read that right. World Book Day has come and pass, and for all it's worth, it had been pretty successful. Sure, there had been crosses and trials, A LOT actually; but we managed to pull through and I'm quite proud of that. A month (March) of persuasion and preparation made mostly by yours truly, all to be postponed. In the postponed event, less than half of the class showed up. In the end, it can be considered a success in its own right so I'm not too disappointed anymore.
This post is not going to be CAS related, at all. So if you're not interested, just skip this one.
So at church today, the sermon was about second chances and giving yourself second chances. I don't know, it just spoke to me in a deep level, especially when the priest mentioned students who take their own lives after failing an exam. Since final exams are coming, he told us that our exams do not define us. And we shouldn't let a failure get in the way of us living a good life. That broke me. I was almost going to cry. I've been struggling with myself for a while now. And I know how it feels to be cornered by yourself and feel worthless enough that you want to just... die. Kill yourself, get it over with. It's funny because when you get into a time or a situation like that, you feel like dying but at the same time, you don't want to die. You want someone to save you, but at the same time you don't want help from anyone, much less, let others see you in that state. There is one thing I hope to take away from today's sermon though. I hope I always get the courage to give myself a second chance. Over the past few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about organizing some school events to spice up the last few months of school. One of the events we decided to have was World Book Day! I am a huge nerd so this is really exciting for me. However, not everyone likes to read. Some people prefer to watch or read comics (I like those too, by the way). AND SO... On World Book Day, which we are planning to have on the 3rd of March, EVERYONE CAN COSPLAY AS THEIR FAVOURITE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!!! That is if the school agrees with our terms, but don't worry, we'll make sure they agree.
Personally, I want to cosplay as Mikasa from Attack on Titan, but the costume for it would be kinda hard to acquire. Anyways, I can go for easy ones like Velma from Scooby Doo, Snow White, Zombiefied version of some character, Russel from Up, a Minion, Dora the Explorer, a sheet ghoat, Wirt from Over the Garden Wall, or Cruella from 101 Dalmatians. Anyways, I just listed those so that I can have some reference later. Toodles! |
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