Mother Tongue Project

This week Hasara and I went to the library to borrow a Sinhalese children's book. I am on par fluent in speaking Sinhalese and so is Hasara. I however cannot read and Hasara is at a grade 1 reading level. Therefore actually taking a book out, reading and explaining it was pretty challenging for the 2 of us. We did pretty well I think, reading Sinhalese is a new skill I wish to gain and I feel that this service project will really help my acquire it.

SAISA Volleyball Week 4

I've been selected as the Captain of the team.

This brings in a creativity aspect to my primary action. I'll be in charge of warm ups/cool downs and basic team management. This is a leadership role that requires a lot of responsibility and is actually a new skill for me as this the first SAISA team i'm captaining. I've taken up other leadership roles in sports day when I led Red House and in my Group 4 Project when I led my group. Being the Captain of a SAISA team however is a little different, it is a 10 week commitment and my captaincy stays off the court as well. I'm in charge of making sure my team does not get into idiotic trouble and organizing food for visiting teams. It's also added pressure on the court too, I need to be the one who keeps his composure and keeps the team together. I can't be having emotional outbursts despite my lack of performance and concentrate on keeping the team moral up. 

We are currently organizing our visa applications for Dhaka and have about 7 weeks left until we travel. The team is improving exponentially and I'm really looking forward to bringing home a medal.