Bahasa Indonesia
For one of my creativity activity, I decided to learn Indonesian as I realized the need of improving the level of the language of the country which I live in. The teacher is a native Indonesian speaker and she visits my place for an one-to-one lesson of one and half hour each lesson. The lesson was flexible. At times she brought past IB Indonesian exam papers, and on contrast, it was a free talk session in Indonesian at times.
This activity impacted me in that I gained the skills of Indonesian language through the the flexible lessons. I learned a lot about the difficulties in Indonesian idioms and grammars. In addition, it also allowed to experience how to interact with an purely Indonesian individuals, as their culture was different to ours. I believe I can apply what I’ve learned in this activity to other life situations because I now have the basics of the Indonesian language. It was an amazing experience and I’m proud to say that this activity is a valid CAS activity.
SIS IB Booklet
For one of my creativity activity, I collaborated with one of my classmate and made a brochure for the IB programme for the school. The school is a newly registered IB school, people have less knolwedge about the program. The school provided us with what to include in the booklet, and our role was to compile all the resources and make one booklet. The final product is shown above in the form of booklet.
This activity impacted me in that I gained the skills of communicating with others. Because it was new thing for me and my classmate, at first the activity didnt run smooth. However, this gave us an experience and taught us how to be responsible for the work given from the school, and the responsibility to represent the school using our school logo. It was an amazing experience and I’m proud to say that this activity is a valid CAS activity.
Job experience at Mercure Hotel
For our job experience activity, I went to Mercure Hotel Simatupang. We get no pay for the labour thus it is a valid service activity. Waking up at early morning before the hotel starts operation, we gathered in the staff lobby, and met our boss for the week.
The activity started at 8:00 and ended at 6:00. The activity was asking for volunteers through their website and social media, thus many other students from different schools came, and Ive made new friends.
This activity impacted me in that It made me think of growing up and having an occupation, and the importance of helping each others such as this activity. Although waking up early in the morning and the activity for a week was not as easy as expected, I have leanred that it is satisfying to help the community that I live in. If I have the opportunity to volunteer in a similar event in the future, I would choose wisely because my future job has a different direction.
Teaching Japanese (Assistant)
For one of my service and creativity activity, I volunteered to act as an English-Japanese translator as I realized there was an English speaking student wanting to learn Japanese from a native Japanese speaker who is not fluent in speaking English. They have had accepted my approach for volunteering. Since then, the lesson was between the 3 of us. The teacher, the student, and the translator as an assistant.
The student had interacted with the Japanese culture such as the origami through learning the language and I believe my support was useful for the student. Although I knew my role will be no longer needed as the student and the teacher gains the know-how of communication, I felt satisfied as i had the feeling that i had became a help for someone.
This activity impacted me in that I gained skills of through the through the numbers of lessons. I learned a lot about the difficulties in translating idioms of a language to another language. I believe I can apply what I’ve learned in this activity to other life situations because I now know how it is satisfying to help someone and at the same time to learn something new. If i were to volunteer in the same situation in the future, It would be a lot easier as I have the know-how and skills, and I will be aware of the responsibility. It was an amazing experience and I’m proud to say that this activity is a valid CAS activity.
Clean up Jakarta 2015
For one of my service activity, I got invloved in the clean up Jakarta activity as I realized they were looking for members to volunteer. More volunteers are favorable; therfore, we went there as a class. Waking up at early morning before the sun sets, we gathered in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium and met out team leader, who is responsible for the activity at that clean up site.
The most unusual trash Ive picked up was a old handphone that no longer worked. The activity was asking for volunteers through their website and social media, thus many other students from different schools came to that site, and Ive made new friends. After weve worked for nealry three hours, our team leader decided to end the activity for that week. We gathered the bags of trashes at one point and we took a group photo.
This activity impacted me in that It made me think of the global issues of trashes, and the importance of ethical activities such as this activity. Although waking up early in the morning and the activity for three hours was not as easy as expected, I have leanred that it is satisfying to help the community that I live in and get engaged with issues of global importance. If I have the opportunity to volunteer in a similar event in the future, I would not hesitate to join as this activity leadsto both personal satisfaction and a benefit to the community. Keeping Jakarta clean is the same thing as keeping our home clean. It was an amazing experience and I realize that I love the city of Jakarta.
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