воскресенье, 3 июня 2012 г.

May

Week 1
As the final month of my first year as an Ib student arrived I collected a sunstantial number of CAS hours. Due to a really harsh deadline schedule in May I decided not to start any new projects this month in order no to get overloaded. So, I just kept doing what I used to do: gym workouts, muay-thai trainings and Russian lessons to my girlfriend. This week we did another lesson on which we were mainly speaking as in my opinion speaking is the weakest point of our classes. She managed surprisingly well once again reassuring me that our lessons are not in vain.
Week 2
This weekm we did our last Russian lesson on which we went out to restaurant (it coincided with our anniversary :D). I also had my last kickboxing tournament this week. My fight ended with a draw which I consider as a great result regarding the experience of the opponent. This week I also visited gym twice. There I was mainly doing cardio trainings under the supervision of my coach. Supposedly this will be the last week until next September when I am officially obtaining the Activity hours from the gym because the coach is going to the vocation.
Week 3
On eof the busiest weeks in my life so far, never had so many deadlines in a single week. Still manged to continue with my CAS, mainly with the Activity part. On Tuesday I have been to the kickboxing training. There we  mainly concentrated on a physical aspect of our sport. I have also visited the Physician Center (supposedly for the last time) where I was helping the personnel to sort the patients' medical cards.

Summary: 10 hours of Activity, 4 hours of Service.


April

Week 1
On the first week of April I got sick and hence did not manage to do as much CAS hours as I wanted. Nevertheles I still managed to have an hour of service. I went to the Physiscians' center(pictured) on tuesday and in order to keep things sterile I was wearing a mask on my face. The center had a plenty of patients this week (due to unfloding epidemia in Estonia this time of the year) and thus there were many things that I could help them with. Mainly I sorted out the letters and the patients´ medical cards.
Week 2
This week I mainly did my activity hours which I did not manage to do becaue of falling sick last week. In the gym my coach provided me with the new programme, the main purpose ogf which is to get cut - lose body fat. Hence my gym workouts were very intense and required a lot more energy than the average workouts aimed at building muscle. By the end of the week I lost 2 kg which I think is a great result.
Week 3
This week there was quite a large-scale event at our school. We had guests from Russia(pictured) who arrived in tallin in terms of the project called "train of friendship" which is a collaborative effort between Tallinn and Moscow students. I went to Moscow myslef last year and this year we embraced our guests from Moscow. Firstly I presented our school to our guests (as it is hard to find Russian speakers in the school with Estonian as an official language) and secondly was helping in organizing the concert to our guests. Mainly I took care of the music part.

March

 Week 1
This week I went to see "Three Musketeers" at the Russian theatre as a part of the Russian lessons given by me to my girlfriend. We both liked the performance however she could not understand all  the dialogues so I synchronously translated to her some parts of the performance. I have also got my usual 4 hours of activity by doing 2 gym workouts and 2 muay-thai trainings.
Week 2 
The most interesting event in terms of CAS this week was the muay-thai training on Wednesday. Our club was visited by a locally famous boxing school "Dvigatel´ boxing". Together we did many technique exercises both in pairs and on the punching bags. This week I also visited the physician center to help them with the cleaning.
Week 3
This week I was helping to organize the Book Fair at Tallinn Central Library. My service there included advertising  of different books (those that I have read mainly), helping in carrying the books downstairs and also helping in cleaning up after the event. This week I also did my usual 4 trainings.

Summary: 12 hours of Activity, 3 hours of Service, 3 hours of Creativity

суббота, 19 мая 2012 г.

February

Week 1
On the first week of february I started a new CAS project. For the rest of the year once a week we will have a one hour-long lesson. On our first lesson I checked her overall level in order to choose the right strategy for learning. I went on with my Activity part of CAS by doing four trainings. Next week I am going to participate in the tournament in Maardu and hence it was essential for me to prepare as well as I could.
Week 2
As I already mentiaoned I had a tournament this week. I had 3 fights from which 2 were won thus bringing me the silver medal. I managed to incorporate a Creativity part of my CAS this week as I was giving a Russian lessons to my girfriend. Because my schedule this week was free of trainings (recovery from the tournament) I managed to do a Service part as well as I was helping in the hospital.
Week 3
The first two days of the week I was working out in the gym with my personal coach. This week I reassured myself that the programm made by my coach actually works as my scale has shown my an increase in my body muscle percent. Also I taught my girlfriend the verbs and their froms in Russian. Next week we are planning to visit a Russian theatre to practice her listening skills.

summary: 6 hours Activity, 2 hours Creativity andService

пятница, 13 января 2012 г.

January

Week 1
In the first week of the 2012 I´ve been twice to the gym already. My coach got sick but I managed on my own because after half a year of doing his programme I have a sufficient knowledge of what to do in the gym. Unfortunately because of a german courses that I am planning to start this month I will be forced to shrink the time in the gym. However I don´t think taht I will have to reject it completely.
Week 2
This week I have been to the hospital. My task there was to arrange the blood test results in the right order and to wipe the shelves. I have been to the gym three times this week - once alone and twice with the coach. In the weekend I was at the library helping the personnel there to arrange the books. As a reward for my work I was invited to the Book fair which should take place in February.
Week 3
Due to the time deficit not that much time was spent on CAS as planned. Only one training was visited. At this training we were playing football as a warm-up and then practised our kickboxing skills in pairs.

Summary: 7 hours activity, 3 hours service, 1 hour creativity

December



Week 1
Quite an intensive week in sense of CAS. Was doing all Creativity, Action and Service. First of all I finished the reading of "The Help" which was the first book in the Book Club, however was unfortunately forced to skip the discussion in the library due to time deficit. I have done two trainings this week - one with fitness coach and one with the rest of the group. As a Service part Ionce again helped the doctor to arraange the medical cards of the patients.
Week 2
This week I have continued to work out in accordance to the programme (back+shoulders, chest+biceps and triceps+abs+cardio). Moreover I had more practical muay thai sparrings than i usually do at my trainings as part of the group was preparing to the competition and even though I wasn´t the participant I followed the same programm as they did.
Week 3
The last week before Christmas I was doing K1 and muay thai and also helped to clean up the cabinet and the rest room at "Perearstikeskus". As the clinics was working also on Christmas days I helped the workers to decorate the place and the Christmas tree (see picture above).

Summary: 6 hours of Activity, 3 hours of Service

November


Week 1
The first week of Ovember marked the beginning of my voluntary service at "Kadrioru Perearstikeskus". One of the practitioneers there agreed to be my supervisors. My first time there I was helping to arrange the patients`medical cards which involved also separating the blood test results from the other documents in each patient´s folder.
Week 2
This week I did both Activity and Service. As Service I continued with my service at "Kadrioru Perearstikeskus" where I was sterilizing the dishes in which the blood of the patients is kept before it is sent to laboratory for analysis. On the weekend I went to Lithuania where I participated in K1 competition involving participants from Baltic countries, Russia, Poland and Azerbaijan. I won two of my fights both against Lithuanians which secured me the third place in my weight category and lost to a russian participant.
Week 3
On the third week of the month I got sick and therefore not many hours of CAS took place. I managed to go to gym on the weekend though. We practised boxing in pairs as we had a guest coach from the boxing club. I liked it because usually we don´t do the classical boxing as the focus is on the mixed martial arts.

Summary: 3 hours of Service, 6 hours of Activity