Komorebi as an entire event was about 7 continents and its culture. I was a participant for Continent North America. I had 2 ideas to portray the cultural aspects of my festival to the target audience. My decorations and the atmosphere I created although served the purpose, however, I created an explanation which was able to explain in detail. In the decorations and costume, I wore it demonstrated and portrayed certain parts of the culture I was representing. I learnt different skills and information when researching about my festival “Christmas”. I created a speech and wore a costume of a Santa to create a more realistic atmosphere to my audience. Concluding, I enhanced the skills I already had and gained new information regarding culture and language.

  There were a couple of learning outcomes I achieved to the fullest. Firstly Learning Outcome 1 was achieved as I was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses throughout\ the activity. I Feel much more confident and self-aware that I know my plus points and my drawbacks. It’s very important to know our strengths and weaknesses as it helps us in writing our resume in our future also it helps when we are collaborating on a project. It will help your partner know where you are strong at and where do you lack. My weakness in this certain project was time-management. The tasks which were given to me, I seemed to perform them or practice them a week before the final say. I believe if I had prepared the content 2 weeks or 10 days before I would’ve pulled off a much more informational and factual representation of my content. I have considered making a schedule so that I manage my time in a very organized way and my tasks are completed at certain deadlines. This weakness can help me in areas when submissions have to submit. The reason behind that is so that submissions are completed beforehand and certain percentages of the submission are completed every day so that at the last moment writing a huge amount of content is not necessary.

The Second Learning Outcome was another one which I thought was achieved very correctly. The part which was so challenging was allocating tasks and finishing them at a specific time, in other words, time-management. The Reason behind it being so challenging was that there were so many other activities at school that prioritizing this was very difficult. I have conducted a similar project several times such as I have conducted a drama at one of the biggest auditoriums in Surat, I have performed a theatrical piece also at one of the biggest auditoriums in Surat. I overcome this challenge by creating a schedule so that I would complete certain tasks on specific dates. I feel much more confident now and especially in the future as that I am to counter this weakness beforehand and also not suffer in the future due to such reasons. It’s very important to undertake new challenges for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it gains experience and will help you in the future so that you are aware of how and what things are conducted in such challenges. Secondly, it helps you in writing your resume about different experiences and you are more likely to get into your dream school. I did not discover any new skills but I practised skills and enhanced them such as I have a very good skill of public speaking so I enhanced them by practising it so that I’m better in the future. Public speaking is a very beneficial skill but also very difficult. Talking confidently and also holding the audience’s attention for a certain time isn’t easy and so it’s very helpful in the future as your a better speaker when delivering speeches or lectures and also talking to other people to make an exceptional impression. Knowing me that I have such a skill makes me feel much more confident and self-aware of myself.

In this activity, I was able to organize myself pretty well. I organized myself by creating a schedule a week before the event. I consulted with my leaders regarding my schedule and then perfectly executed it. I am normally not an organized person, I tend to not make schedules and if I do I tend to not follow it. Planning an activity was much more difficult because it requires much more effort as you have to organize every particular aspect of your activity.  Initiating was more of the easy part as everything was planned perfectly so there weren’t any flaws which made the initiation perfect. I did not discover any skills or attributes however I improved my skills which I already acknowledged. Planning or initiating now gives you the experience and also a much more upper hand in the future. It is very important to know how to plan and initiate activities so that in the future it gives you a much more upper hand.

Every project, no matter how big or small requires a certain amount of commitment. There were specific components of the activity which made it difficult to commit and perceive. Components such as coming early to school for rehearsal and practice for the event. Also rectifying others and testing our patience was one of the main components we had to commit to. The type of commitment needed for such an action is an effective and team-coordinated commitment which means the individual desire and the team desire to achieve success.  It’s not easy for me to show commitment but when I know when the means and purpose were right, my absolute determination for the subject is full-throttle. It is very important to show commitment, the main reason behind this is that it shows belief in your team and especially yourself. It shows that you won’t lie to yourself and find a short-cut. That’s why it’s vital and highly important.

The last learning outcome which I achieved was LO5 regarding cooperation and working collaboratively. Working with others relatively quite easy for me due to the reason I have a lot of experience behind that statement. It was very easy for me to connect and work with others specifically in this project. The reason behind that is everybody was ready to cooperate and understand each other perspectives without creating a big argument. Of course, there were certain moments where people did not agree with each other. In such a situation, we listened to each other’s perspectives and then took a vote so that the decision was fair and there was no bias. It’s very important to work with others as its very likely that you will have to in the future. So gaining experience so that you do not have to suffer in the future. The main benefit of working together is that you get more minds to work, more ideas to enhance and especially more perspectives to take into consideration. It takes more time but it is worth. The importance of cooperation and leadership in our activity is very vital and necessary. Cooperation is necessary because bringing out the maximum brilliance is only going to happen when we work together efficiently and productively. Leadership is vital due to the reason that it helps us point in the right direction and so we don’t step onto the wrong path.

This activity was conducted to make other cultures aware to the public and how exciting other cultures are. This isn’t a major issue compared to issues like women rights or child labour but it’s an issue which should be taken into consideration sometime soon. This is a global issue as everybody should have the knowledge about each other’s cultures as it helps us unite as one. Such an issue should be addressed at every place in the world. Understanding a global issue helps me gain knowledge about ¨how the world works¨ and it helps me grow as a person in the future it will help me understand different situations from different perspectives. It makes me feel much more knowledgeable and aware when knowing about such issues. The work in my CAS activity makes me feel a much more fruitful person.