Two new CAS activities

The new CAS activities that I'm currently involved in are the graduation committee and Habitat for humanity.

For the graduation committee, I'm in charge of the entertainment section, together with Bindiya. We held auditions recently in this past week and are intending on choosing 6 to 8 bands to perform on the night, and perhaps ask the other bands to be on standby in case they want to play before they leave permanently.

Other than that, i'm also on the decoration team and we have made plans to go buy materials on the 5th of June. Some of us went to check out the prices of material and found that the shops in gurney are riduculously overpriced, so we're looking for other alternatives.

For the graduation team, I think we're under a lot of pressure to make this a successful and memorable night for the graduants. We've nominated Cheryl for our leader, and she's been very efficient with everything. Mark, Cheryl and I also went to see Sarah, the events manager at Park Royal, about the features we would like to have, and so far we've managed to settle everything pretty well. There were some issues with price because the hotel wanted 100RM but we could only afford 90RM per person, but thankfully we were able to stick with our initial price.

Talking over the details made me realise how much planning and organisation is required for such social events, and hopefully we'll be able to meet all our deadlines, especially now that we have ongoing exams.

My second CAS activity is Habitat for Humanity. On the 22nd June to the 27th June, we'll be going to Sarawak Kuching to build houses for those who need them. Before this though, we'll be having a fund raising event on the 6th of June, called the cycle ride charity event, where we hope to raise as much money as possible to sponsor the trip for us students, and two accompanying teachers. The main section of this will be the cycling, where people pay 50 ringgit to be sponsored to go on a 78km bike ride around Penang. The other sections would be the car boot sale, and some food and entertainment for people.

For this charity event, I'll be participating mostly in the music (entertainment) section, and i've organised and officialised the events for the entertainment section. We've invited bands from neighbouring International schools so as to involve more of the expatriate and local community in our affairs, and are also looking for younger students in Uplands to come and participate. i myself will be busking on the day with Cheryl and Apple, and also perform in a string quartet with Mitchell, Caren and Janet.

Other than that, I'm also involved in the facepainting and football. We will have to constantly monitor our equipment so as to prevent them from getting damaged and also to watch out for children so that they do not get hurt. I may also help out in the food section by joining my friends for baking. Hopefully everything will go smoothly, and we will be able to earn sufficient funds for the trip.