Reflection

      This CAS activity is undoubtedly one of the best of this year. I experienced the very essence of team work this entire week. Working together with almost my entire batch was a little challenging, yet amazing! We did have tiny misunderstandings in this short journey when it came to assigning roles for each of us. However, we did overcome them in no time and held hands together till the end.

      Estimating the number of items of each material we required for the decoration, and fitting them into our budget inculcated some really good skills of dealing with money. It was the first time I was involved in such an activity and I found it very interesting. Most importantly, we discovered our horizons of creativity as we came up with new ideas for the decoration, like making lanterns out of thread with the help of balloons.

      One of my favourite segments of this journey was when we were trying so hard to convince our coordinators to get us yellow lights for the hall. They refused to buy them for us since those lights are very expensive and hence won't suit our budget. Immediately, we thought of just sticking yellow wrappers over the white lights that are already there in the ceiling! We were quite proud of ourselves at that moment for coming up with such spontaneous ideas.

      All of us tried our best to stick to our plan each day and managed to finish the tasks allotted. In my opinion, this regular routine for this week, made us more principled and responsible. We made sure not to waste any of the materials we bought and we also returned the extras back to the store at school.

     The night before the day of the farewell was when we very productive. We started and finished the frame for the photo booth and the arch for the entrance in groups! A few teachers and our coordinator helped us a lot that night and also gave us a few ideas here and there. Beyond all the work we did, there was also at least a tinge of fun at every moment!

     The second I saw those surprised and amazed expression on the faces of my seniors, I felt all the hard work we put in was definitely worth it!