Sunflower Project, Second Semester

A couple of weeks ago the Sunflower Project continued to take place. I couldn't come the first time, because of being sick I think, I don't really remember. But apart from that I participated every Thursday.
Anyway, we continued what we were doing in the first semester, which is teaching the kids how to swim, while also having fun.
As usual, for the first 40 minutes we work hard and in the end we play some water polo, or some of the kids that don't want to play continue swimming. The good thing this semester is that our group of OSC students got bigger, and we have a better chance on concentrating on deviding the group of kids equally and working in smaller groups.
With participating in Sunflower Project I have planned and initiated activities and worked collaboratively with others, because it's a project that needs team work, with the other students from OSC and with the kids from the local school. Also, I have shown perservance and commitment in my activities because I have attended every time except the first day, because I wasn't informed that the kids are coming, therefore I didn't take my swimming stuff to school.

Me and Yariq discussing something

SAISA Football

The match against Dhaka, I'm #15

In February 2011, the SAISA Football tournament took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. OSC participated in it among 9 other schools from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal. I was on the team that traveled to Dhaka, with 11 other players and our 2 coaches Mr. Shipley and Mr. Campbell. Before the tournament we had lots of plactices and friendly games with other schools from Colombo and with the professional football club Colombo Lions too.

In Dhaka we played 6 matches, 2 matches per day and these are the results we got: 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and in the end we came at 8th place out of 10. Looking at this from your perspective is a bad result, but taken the fact that we had only 12 players (one of them got injured halfway) and that we played 2 matches per day on a really high temperature, we didn't do too bad.

With participating in SAISA Football I increased my awareness of my own strenghts and areas of growth. I was aware of my technical abilities and team work, but I lacked stamina, which was essential because we played 2 matches per day. I also participated in planed and initiated activities and I worked collaboratively with others because before every match we talked about our tactics and the way we're going to play. Also, because football is a team sport, it includes working collaboratively with others.

Overal, this was another good experience for me.

Me against one of Dhaka's players