Mentoring

On the third week of school, we were asked to mentor year 7's because they needed help in fitting in to secondary. since they were introduced to a new system of school, they had lots of questions to ask about how everything around work. The boy i was mentoring was Azique. If Azique had a problem of any kind he would be able to go up to me and ask me the question which we would then be able to talk about and sort out. through mentoring i learn how to be caring for other people. this also made me feel happy because i was able to help and solve peoples problem. We go into tutor class with our buddies every Wednesday and talk to them for 10 minutes from 7:15 to 7:25. I think that this is very limited because not much is being able to be said in 10 minutes and most of the time the morning bulletin is being said so therefore our time gets cut down to 7 minutes. we are however still able to help our biddies and give them advice. i always ask my buddy about how his week is going, and if he had been doing his homework. Azique is a good boy that doesn't get into trouble at all so i am glad that he is coping well in the lower secondary. sometimes i would check his diary to see if he had written his homework properly and also to see if he had ticked the boxes when he finished his homework.

Service: 10 hours

Basketball for under 15's

After two weeks of school, IB students got asked to play against the under 15 team at basketball every tuesday in order to improve their basketball. So i got together a group of guys and we started playing the under 15's every tuesday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. after playing for a few weeks with the under 15's i felt that they have improved a lot throughout the weeks. the have gotten more confident handling the ball and able to communicate better with each other. We do this until they finish the basketball Fobissea games. Fobissea is where schools from south east Asia come together to compete in swimming, athletics, basketball and football. In order for the ISB under 15's to beat the other school, they must have the maximum amount of training and also must be playing games frequently. Since i have high experience in participating in the Fobissea games for three years i have experience of what the other teams are like and how much they train. In the two years i played for ISB in the fobissea we got into second place losing over Taipei. the last year of my fobissea games we got 5th place. i was really disappointed at this because we trained so hard and our fighting spirits was so high but we failed to reach the finals. I think that the main schools that the under 15's to look out for are the Taipei European School and the Regents school of Thailand. These schools have the strongest basketball teams and train almost everyday. they also have games two times a week. i think that it is easier for them to get games because they are a bigger country and they are able to play more teams.

Action: 8 hours

Quiz Night

Quiz night happens every year and is filled with unpredictable and insane questions. On the 30th of september the 2010 quiz night begun. it started at 7pm and lasted until 10pm. there were many teams who participated an two of them were made of teachers. i was in the "Team Marcelo" team. we did not do so well but at least we didn't get last. these quiz's did not challenge your academic skills and knowledge but more of your general knowledge. Some of the questions were so hard that we had not clue what it was so we put random answers hoping that we could at least have a minor chance in getting it right. The quiz night made me a thinker, open minded, knowledgable and also inquirer. It was also hugely reliant on team work and how we communicated as a team.

Creative: 2 hours

Service: 3 hours

Total: 5 hours

Muay Thai

Since the start of school i have been going to Muay thai classes every Monday and wednesday from 3:30pm to 5:30 pm a group of ISB students go down to the Muay Thai complex to train for Muay Thai. Muay thai is a traditional fighting style in thailand and was used to defend their palace in the past. this sport is very dangerous and uses knees and elbows which could kill or badly injure someone. however, in our Muay thai training we don't fight with each other so its all safe. we do however do some sparing with each other, however to be safe we have to wear sone sparing gear like head gears and body gear. we are also not allowed to kick because this could cause major injuries. In each of the lessons we have similar routines. At the start of the lesson we start with running around the complex three times and then straight onto skipping for 650 times. we then go on to some pad work where we get put into pairs and one of the pair gets to hold a pad and the other punches them. we do three sets of 3 minute sessions which is really tiring. Sometimes we do circuit training before doing the pad work. After we are all exhausted from the pad work, we go onto push ups and sit ups. 3 sets of 20 for each exercise. I think that Muay Thai has really made me more fit and i am able to handle sports better. It also builds up your mental strength, which is good for team sports like basketball and football.

Action: 10 hours

Fashion Show

On the second day of IB we had a fashion show. for the first four period we were split up into 6 groups where each group had to design a costume with recycled materials. this was really fun and interesting because the outcomes that we designed was quite amazing. in our groups we had great team work and jobs were delegated fairly. i had to design the accessories for the outfits. each groups were asked to make two costumes so there for two models were needed for the fashion show. in period 8 teachers were asked to come into the library to judge and see who has the best outfit. There were some really interesting ideas and designs that came up so i was sure that it was going to be a hard decision for the judges. each group were also asked to get some music for the fashion show that suited their models. before each model went up to do the cat walk, a person from the group would have to say why they designed the costume the way it was. i think that this was a good way to start of the year and we also got to know each other better which would definitely help us in the future.

Creative: 8 hours

Sports day

Sports day happens every year in ISB and i always look forward to it. Sports day was help on the of october in a small stadium near our school. Each of us are split up into three colors: green, red and blue, and i was in the blue team. Each person was encourages to do every single event but the 800 meter race was an exception. On the day i did every event including the 800 meters race. I took the risk and went for the 800 meters even though i knew i was going to lose. i just wanted to have fun and add house points for the blue team. i was also principled. I was in the blue team which usually are the champions. The best part of the sports day was the tug of war. this was really hard because all the teams were really strong. During all the races we were split up into different year groups so that it would be fair. Sports day started at 7 30 and finished at 11 30 .

Action: 5 hours

Pakistan Walkathon

On the of october we went to the national stadium to participate in a walkathon to raise awareness for the Pakistan victims from the flood. We walked around the stadium which was up to about 3 kilometers. There were about 2000 people participating in this walkathon and 20 of those students were from ISB. Participants range from 4 year old to 70 year old people. There were also the Pakistan navy participating in the walkathon. Some schools were sponsored to participate in this walkathon, however ISB participated to raise awareness for the flood victims in Pakistan. ISB has also done a few other fundraisers for the flood victims. This walk was supposed to start at 715am but since we were waiting for the ambassador of Britain and Pakistan. It then started at 7:45 and ended at 830am but before that the MoH, ministry of heath and care gave us a little warm up exercise before the walkathon. it was really funny watching everyone do the exercises. After the walkathon we were give free milo and ice-cream to cool of from the heat. In my opinion i think that the walk should have been longer and further away so that more people are able to see us walking and this would raise a greater awareness to the people of Brunei. However i still had a good time doing the walk.

Action: 3 hours