Tree Planting, Litter Pick-up, Blackberry Shrubs.

This was my very first time actually planting trees and other plants. It was raining, but I overcame that accepted the fact that I will get dirty today and its for a good cause. I really liked digging a hole for the plant into the soil because the rain had made it moist and soft, which was very easy to work with. At first I would pat the soil down with my shovel, but then I realized that now that I'm out here, might as well use my hands. I really liked planting trees and hope to be able to get that experience again.

So far we have done 2 litter pick ups and both times have gone pretty well. In my opinion, although we are out there, not much of the school grounds are covered because of large sized groups. If there were less people in a group (ie. 2-3) more grounds would get covered. For example, the front entrance is very big so there should be at least 2 groups there to have more of an efficient job done.

Digging out blackberry shrubs was both sort of painful and lots of fun. I found it really fun to use the big cutters & cut the long roots and vines. Although the thorns would sometimes poke through the gloves, it was also fun to pull the blackberry out. From this experience, I learnt that the blackberry shrubs were not a naturally growing plant here, but it was introduced. I had never dug out blackberry before but it was a good experience.

Remembrance Day Assembly

In my opinion, the Remembrance Day Assembly went really well. Resleen and I were the MCs and I was very nervous at first. When I first started talking, I felt as if that if I look up, I'll laugh really hard. But when I looked up, I couldn't see anyone's face and I was more confident. This was a great way to improve my public speaking skills which was one of my goals. It was really a privledge to be the MC at such an important assembly and it was an amazing experience. All in all, I think it was an honour to be able to be part of this crermony to honour the fallen.