MY BUDDY

After 999999999999999999999 years, mostly due to me being forgetful.... I have finally met my bonsai buddy! Her name is Rachel Seah and is currently in 5th grade. Not only did I meet my buddy, but her friends as well. They all seem to be outspoken and not at all shy. What I know so far: Rachel and her friends love reading...they prefer to read while eating lunch than to talk. Which seems to be a challenge as she likes to read ALONE (hopes of being a storyteller gone down the drain).

But on a positive note, she is interested in me bringing a board game next time I meet her so that her friends, her, and I can all play. In my books: games = friendly rivalry = bonding time. So far we have not settled on a time to meet so I'm supposed to 'surprise' her, which is very likely to be in a week's time.

Today, the adventures of Rachel and Lorraine officially commence! (dundundundun) 

WWD

WORLD WATER DAY took place today and I had the privilege in taking part of this event
Goal: to last one day on 1.5L
1.5 L water bottles were distributed to all participants and on with your day you went.

Sadly to say, I failed to go the whole day on that one bottle alone. For instance, without thinking, I washed my hands after using the bathroom only to realise I had probably used up half the bottle if I had actually used the bottled water instead of the tap.

I had fun since it was a new experience, but at the same time, everytime I poured out of that bottle I was reminded of how some people in the world experience this everyday, and to them it is not a 'new experience'. It's Reality. (not to mention the water they do have is not safe to drink)

$$$$$

FUNDS WERE GRANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...although less than what we asked for.
instead of booking if for 3 days we have decided to shorten it to 2 days

Meeting - Feb. 1

update:

• planning process of producing badges for sale to raise money and awareness for Hong Kong Dog Rescue
• collectively as a group, we're coming up with 4 designs that could be printed on the badges
• badges around 1.5 inch
• renting a badge making machine for 2 days to make approximately 100 badges (supplies/materials included)
• request funds ($500) for renting machine

http://pakko.hk/main_02_03.htm

project update

On November 23rd after school, the roots and shoots club hosted the showing of the animal awareness movie 'End of the Line'. Since this movie was targeted towards animal awareness..naturally the members of the 'animal group' were in charge of overseeing the planning of the movie showing. Being part of the animal group, I can truthfully report that the planning process went something along the lines of:
1) finding one day where there were no conflicting school events after school (SPORTS!)
2) trying to book the theatre
3) picking what movie to show
4) realizing that the time to the preset movie date was a little too ambitious, too short notice for the student body
5) rescheduling and rebooking the theatre
6) debating between a graphic movie/documentary which was sure to leave a big impact on viewers...or a more mild movie
7) discarded the graphic movie after a preview with members of the club (deemed too...graphic)
8) settling with 'End of the Line'
9) posters and getting the word out around the school and on the announcements
10) finally!! the movie showing!!!

9 tedious steps...in which I sometimes felt frustrated at our pace....yet now in hindsight, I'm grateful becuase I gained experience in planning such a large scale event
If we were to plan another movie showing in the near future, I think we could improve on communication between group members and the club in general - things could have gone smoother if we had been more prepared and knew ahead of time what days were free to host a movie and what days weren't, and possibly also getting the word out to the student body earlier

I was part of the audience viewing the movie on the 23rd - and all in all, I enjoyed the movie and learned about how I myself can contribute to the conservation of endangered aquatic species: by choosing my seafood wisely based off the Hong Kong Sustainable Seafood Guide (given at the movie showing).