CREATIVITY:

Although I spoke to Ms. Rosanna regarding my interest in running for the head of MUN administration and gave in my name, I eventually withdrew because my parents compelled me to focus on my academics. Hence, I decided to drop MUN due to my academic commitments.

Since I learnt guitar for about two and a half years previously, I decided, it would be good to build upon what I had learnt, to reach the next level so that it becomes an activity that can pursued for a long time to come.

I found a teacher who comes home for an hour every week and teaches Tab. I was clear that I did not want to pursue the rigid structured music claasess with notes as it would mean starting from scratch and I was worried that I would not practice notes with as much commitment as practicing a song that I enjoy immensely. Secondly, I do not have the time to learn the notes and the music and I had to priorotize.

Hence, I choose a song that I like and my teacher taches it in two or three sessions. This is has been an effective method as I love to practice which I do when I take a brake from my school work. I caanot say, it comes easily to me but I intend to pursue this as I am enjoying the activity. I personally am not too good with my acoustic and particularly enjoy playing on the elctric guitar. My teacher says that I would enjoy playing the acoustic when my skills improve.

I never aspired to be a great musician but I most definitely love music. My goals for learning guitar would be, to play my favourite song while the others sing along. If I can confidently do that, I would a happy person.

Another creative activity I accomplished this semester is making the movie for my service. I have always enjoyed learning to use different softwares. Hence using the photos of children (before and after surgeries) whose surgeries were sponsored by us, I created a movie using iMovie software.

I first used powerpoint to create the slides and copied the slides to iMovie and added music too. Although it was challenging in the beginning, I soon became proficient at using the software. This new task helped me gain skills that are useful. We presented the video at school assembly and convinced a larger group of students to join cleft lip and palate service.