CAS week - Final Reflections - Golf clinic and the Ark Eden trip

This is the final reflections and learning outcomes achieved during Cas week:

Links to all of the different days of the golf clinic

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Link to the Ark Eden Trip
Ark Eden

For the Golf Trip, I:

1) Increase my awareness of my strengths and areas for growth
 I constantly increased my awareness of my strengths and areas for growth by constantly keeping track of which skills I needed to improve in golf and always trying my best at each activity. Throughout the 3 days, the instructors helped to guide me into mastering the different types of golf swings and would help tell me where I could improve.

2) Undertaken new challenges or an extension of an existing one
During the 3 days, I constantly undertook new challenges since it was my first time playing golf, so everything I did, from chipping to pitching to bunker shots, were new challenges to me. In particular, the half and full swings were very challenging since it seemed like I could never accurately hit the ball, as I would always miss or hit the ground before I hit the ball. With the instructor's help, I realized that my problems were caused by me improperly lifting the club and bending my left arm, not my wrist, so the angle of my swing was off. 

8) Developed new skills or increased expertise in an established area
This goes along with the points of the first learning outcome. I also learned many new skills and techniques in golf, ranging from the basics such as how to hold the club and safety rules, to more complex things like how each of the different clubs affects the flight path of the golf ball. Since it was my first time playing golf, I was able to develop brand new skills in a sport I had never tried before, and learn more about golf in the days that followed, which allowed me to increase my expertise in an area I had newly established



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For the Ark Eden Trip, I:

4) Worked collaboratively with others
During the trip, I worked with the rest of my year group on a number of occasions, since many of the activities were done in small groups as a team. For example, I worked together with others to make the dinner and lunches we ate during the trip, while at the same time, another group of students got a head start on setting up the tents, while the last group helped clean and wash the plates, bowls, cups and utensils we used during the dinner. By splitting up the workload and communicating to each other what we wanted done from each group, we were able to finish a lot more in the short time we had.

I continued to work collaboratively with others on the final day of trip by helping to carry fertilizer up to the mountain to the place where the freshly planted trees were. As a group, we helped mulch, fertilize and maintain the trees that were planted by other groups before us, thereby working with the previous group to help provide the best conditions we could for the trees to thrive in.

6) Engaged with issues of global importance
 I learned a lot about permiculture during the week, which led me to think more deeply about the way we grow and produce our food, and the larger global issues that arise from it. For example, before watching a video called "Food inc", they had us guess how much of our food in Hong Kong is imported. Turns out we were all estimating the number to be much lower than it actually is.

In fact,  90% of the total food supply in Hong Kong is imported food, with most of it coming from Mainland China. 

This fact shocked me, as I never once thought about just how much food Hong Kong can produce by itself, and how woefully inadequate that amount when compared to the ammount of food such a large population needs. It also made me consider the global importance of finding a better more sustainable way to grow food in Hong Kong, since not only is importing such a large amount of food inefficient, but all the shipping containers and planes importing this food creates a lot of green house gasses, which not only affects Hong Kong, but the rest of the world.

7) Considered the ethical implications of my actions
After watching Food inc. , I stopped think about the ethical problems behind the food industry around the world today. After all, with large food companies controlling such a large part of the food industry today, is it even possible to convert it to a more environmentally friendly system? Would large food companies even consider such an action, as it involves replacing such a large part of how their company runs and cuts into their profits? How can we, as consumers, find and encourage more ethical and enviromentally friendly ways of growing and producing food? Many similar questions popped up in my head, which might make me think twice about what type of food I buy in the future.


-Rebecca

Ark Eden Overnight Camp

Activity: Ark Eden Camp (Permiculture, Sustainable Farming, Enviromental Planing)
Date: November 13, 2014-November 14, 2014
Time: Throughout the 2 days (12 hours with travel time, sleeping etc removed)
Type: Group (with school)
Organization: Ark Eden (LINK)

Hours:  4 hours - Creative
              4 hours - Action
              5 hours - Service

I decided to split this one up by category rather than days, since we did most of the activities on the first and I didn't want one long post and one short one. Everyone also had their cell phones taken by the camp leaders, so all of these photos were taken with the school camera by Alex or our CAS week supervisors (Mr Bibby, Mr Ngan and Ms Wong). Thanks!

Creative portion:
- We did a course on edible plants, before going out in the mountains around Ark Eden to pick out edible plants to eat. This made me think more creatively, as it showed me how easily it was to get food without relying on pesticides or large scale farming. My favorite plant we tried was the clovers, as they had a tart and sour green apple taste that I really liked, since it reminded me of sour candy. My least favorite plant we tried was the sweet pepper leaves, as they had a very strong almost spicy flavor that was really unpleasant to me. However,  once it was cooked, the taste of the leaves became much milder and more pleasant.

- We also learned about permiculture and designed our own roof top garden that would be as self sustaining as possible.This was a pretty interesting challenge, as a roof top only has a small amount of space to work with, so we had to think carefully about what each component did and was it useful enough to warrant giving up space for it. Deana helped us along the way by asking how we could use the waste of one component to help another one, and also to think upward, as there was a lot of vertical space we weren't using.

Action portion:

- On our way up to help with the maintenance of the trees that had been planted, we had an hour and a half hike up the mountain (and an hour and a half down for 3 hours total) Although I had hiked with my family before, it was on well paved trails that lots of others had walked before. The hiking at Ark Eden was much harder as the trail was overgrown with lots of plants and there were lots of boulders and rocks we had to tread around,so it was difficult to see the trail. Since the area also had a history of rock slides (the reason most of the trees were gone) and there hadn't been any rain recently the dirt was very loose and crumbly, meaning it was very easy to slip and lose your footing and hit a rock or fall down.

On the way up, we frequently had breaks where we could catch our breath and drink water (and take a few photos!), since a few minutes in and everyone was sweating and panting.

We also encountered a poisonous bamboo snake on our way up which made the hike much more exciting.  Thankfully, the snake was in the bushes at a bend in the trail, so we had ample time to see and avoid the snake (unlike most snakes the bamboo snake is an ambush predator, so it didn't go away as we walked closer and instead just stayed there, coiled and ready to attack.)


- We also did some yoga on the morning of the second day, which was very relaxing and interesting, as I had never done yoga before then.

Service portion

- I helped with the washing and chopping up of the potatoes, carrots, shallots,green beans and other vegetables that were needed for dinner. (the dinner was vegetarian, so yeah lots of veggies).

 For dinner we had:
 vegetable pasta
green bean salad
 garlic bread
carrot turmeric soup
All of which were incredibly delicious.

-I briefly helped set up the tents we were staying in for the night (less than an hour so I didn't count it in my final tally).

-I helped assemble the packed lunches we brought up the mountain to eat on day 2. Lunch was a humus cucumber and lettuces sandwich and a carrot cheese tomato sandwhich.

-I helped to fertilize and plant seeds in the food garden at Ark Eden, as well as pulling out some of the weeds.

Helping pull out weeds in the garden!

Fertilizer! (yes, buffalo poo)

-I helped maintain the trees others planted by mulching, fertilizing and creating a basin around the base of the trees where water could collect in the future.

Reflections HERE
-Rebecca

Golf Clinic Trip - Day 3

DAY 3 - (November 12)
For day 2, click HERE

This was the final day of the golf trip and by far my favorite day out of the three, as we were allowed to go on the golf course and play a few holes, but first, we started off the day learning how to do pitching shots and learning how to hit the ball out of the bunker.

 The pitching shot was like the chipping shots in that it involved using the iron to hit the ball, however the pitching shot was from much farther off the green and involved much more force and a different technique. I did surprisingly well at this, considering how much I was struggling with the chipping shot the day before. I think this was due to the fact that during chipping I would sometimes end up hitting the grass instead of the ball. With pitching however, you want to hit the ground as you swing (or as Hung put it "hitting the small ball (the golf ball) before you hit the big ball (the earth)

The rest of the morning was spent learning how to do bunker shots (the bunker being the sand filled pit) as well as the etiquette and rules involved with the bunker (rake the sand after you are done taking a shot, don't drag your club in the sand before you hit the ball etc). This felt very similar to the chipping shots and pitching shots we had done before, so I was able to get the hang of it relatively quickly.

Right before lunch, we had another competition to see who could pitch a ball from on top of a hill down to the green, with the person getting closest to the hole being declared the winner. My single stroke was pretty good, as it flew straight down toward the green, before rolling and stopping just outside of it (where if I was playing a real game, meant that I could get it on the green after a single reasonably accurate chipping shot). After we finished our pitching shot, we stood off to the side to watch the other try. Coincidentally, we also formed a rainbow with our polo shirts.

Promise this was not pre-planned (even the instructors' shirts fit in, which is awesome)

Also, you may have noticed the golf gloves I am wearing in this photo that I wasn't wearing on the previous day. Well, that is because I originally thought when I started that because the golf clinic trip was only three days and I would probably never pick up golf again, it would make no sense for me to spend money on gloves (which were optional) that I might only use a few times.

However, the day before, due to all of the half and full swings we did at the driving range, I got a blister on my right hand, so bought the gloves. They actually made quite a difference by making it easier to grip the club, were surprisingly comfortable and well worth the cost (also, since I have the gloves now, I might actually go golfing more in the future)

After lunch, we went on to do what I thought was the highlight of the trip, playing on the actual golf course! We were split up into a few different group (4 or 5 groups I think) roughly by skill level (i.e. more experienced players together etc) and each went with a different instructor to the course. Eddy wasn't available that day, so we followed another golf instructor, Kenny.

We played a total of 4 holes as a group. With each hole, we took turns hitting a single ball, until we got to the 3rd hole, which was over a river to the green on the other side. We each took a shot with the driver to try and get it across the river (none of us were able to, though some looked really close)

For our final game of golf on the trip, we split our group into 2 and competed with each other do see who could get the ball in the hole with the fewest strokes. Kenny also warned us that at the end of the green at this hole, there was a bunker on the other side of the hill that had a lip around 10-feet tall (which would pretty much mean that if it got in, we wouldn't be able to get it out with our skill level), and that it was better to hit the ball too short, than to hit it too far and have it go over the hill.

So close!

In the end, our team won with about five fewer strokes than the other team. I was quite proud of my pitching shot with the iron, as that stroke went pretty far down the course and was pretty straight. However, my final putting shot was just barely short of the hole, which I found very annoying, as our team had to use one more putting shot to get the ball into a hole, as opposed to me getting it in on the first go. Our team at the end of this final hole got 9 strokes for a Par 4 course, which was very good for only having played golf for 3 days (well, I only played golf for 3 days, some of my other team mates had played golf before)


Overall, this golf trip was very exciting and interesting, as it got me to learn and try out new things I would have never done otherwise.

 Reflections HERE
-Rebecca

Golf Clinic Trip - Day 2

DAY 2 - (November 11)
For Day 1, click HERE

Today we mostly practiced the things we did yesterday, but combined with other skills.
 

After the warm up exercises, we started off with chipping and putting. We split up into groups and started with the ball off the green, which we then had to chip on to the green before hitting it into the hole using the putter. Once again, we practiced on different holes in order to get used to the different distances and angles the holes were at.

Warm up in the morning (I'm in the pink shirt)

Very early on, I saw an improvement in my skills from the day before. Although my chipping was still a bit off (sometimes I would still hit the ground instead of brushing the grass), the accuracy putting made up of it during the activity.

We then played a game to see who could sink three holes with the smallest amount of strokes. I got 14 strokes in total (5 on two of the holes and 4 on the other one) which I though was pretty good considering it had only been my second day ever playing golf (In case you are wondering, the winner got 7 strokes, though to be fair he plays golf every weekend)

Panoramic photo of the place we practiced chipping and putting

After lunch we then went to the driving range again. This time we were introduced to the different types of clubs, ranging from the different numbered irons to the different types of wood.

With each different type of club, Hung would show us hitting a ball both with a half and full swing so that we could compare how each one affected the height and distance the ball flew. Simon then showed us again in super slow motion how we should angle our bodies in order for the ball to soar higher and the proper way to do half and full swings.

We were given a 7 iron, a sand wedge and a fairway wood to practice with. With my experience from yesterday, this went much smoother than before, and I was actually able to get the ball to fly up most of the time (not necessarily in a straight line, but hey practice makes perfect) and was able to practice my full swings from the day before.  With the fairway wood, I had to slightly change the angle I held the club at in order to hit just under the ball with the golf tee, which was different from the irons where I had to brush against the ground with the club since there was no tee.

Overall, Day 2 was spent mostly reviewing the things we did the previous day and improving our skill at them. We also learned quite a lot about the different types of irons and woods, as well as learning about the angle and height above the ground they fly at after hitting them. I improved quite a bit from yesterday and was able to finally nail down the half and full swings to a reasonable degree with all three types of clubs we were given for the day, which I found incredibly satisfying.

Final Day of the golf trip posted soon!

Golf Clinic Trip - Day 1

(not finished photos to be added when I get them)
Activity: Golf Clinic Trip at Kau Sai Chau
Date: November 10, 2014 ~ November 12, 2014 (Mon-Wed)
Time: 11 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 4pm (4 per day, 12 in total)
Type: Group (with school's CAS Week)
Organization: The Jockey Club Public Golf Course (LINK)

Hours: 12 hours (in total) - Action

Before this trip, I had never played golf before (if you exclude Wii sports golf, which you really should. I have played mini golf once but that was 8 years ago...), so this was a completely new experience for me. Our class met at school, before taking a bus ride to Sai Kung, and then taking a ferry to Kau Sai Chau, where the Golf Course is located.  

DAY 1 - (November 10)
Today we met our golf instructors for the week: Jacqueline, Robert, Simon, Hung & Eddy.

We started off with the basics, such as the what the "bunker" and "green" is, or how the "par" of the course the number of strokes an expert golfer is expected to need to complete a hole in (with 2 of the strokes being on the green; i.e. Par 4 means four strokes with two strokes to the green and two putters).We also learned some safety rules, such as how you shouldn't hold the club by the grip when walking around with it, as there is a chance you could swing it back and hit someone in the ankles (which did happen a few times by accident).

After a short warm up, we jumped straight into putting. We got paired up and used the putter to pass the ball to each other, being careful to let the ball stop completely by itself so we could gauge how much force we should use to make the ball go a certain distance.

 I quickly learned that even at the most basic stage, golf wasn't as simple as swinging the club in the direction of the hole. Instead, there are a lot of steps you need to take before the club even moves, such as the way you are standing and how straight your arms are. It also made me understand the importance of practice swings, since that way you could make sure every little detail was correct before starting, and could make adjustments if need be.

Then we tried putting into the different holes on the green in two strokes, with all of the holes varying in distance, slope angle etc. I found this very difficult, as it always seemed like I could get the ball in the direction the hole, but it would always over or under shoot the hole.

 This was until an instructor (Simon) taught me that putting is less about the backstroke, since any more than a few inches back and the ball goes flying off or skips over the hole. Instead,  it is more of a pushing motion where the forward stroke is much longer than the back one. This also gave me more control over the direction of the ball, and I was able to get the ball in two strokes more easily.

 After that, we played a game to see who could hit the ball closest to the hole in one stroke. Unfortunately the wind picked up at this point and because it was down hill, my ball missed the hole by quite a bit (though to be fair the shot was straight and it was my 1st day playing golf)

We then learned about chipping, where you use the iron (sand wedge) to hit a ball that is almost but not quite on the green onto the green. This was quite challenging, since like with putting, every little detail before hitting the ball must be correct or the ball will not fly properly. Most of the time, my ball would bounce twice on the club before flying off or roll along the ground like I had putted it.

After lunch, we went to the driving range to learn how to do half and full swing golf strokes with the iron (7 iron). Jacqueline showed everyone how to hold the club before Robert and Hung showed slow motion the half and full swings. 

 Jacqueline teaching us how to hold the club 

( I probably don't need to point out who I am, but just in case, short person in the front row with the lime green polo)

We then went off to try it ourselves, practicing with the half swing before going onto the full swing. I found this very difficult, since after about an hour, when everyone had progressed to full swings, I was still stuck there doing half swings, because I was only able to get the ball to skip a little if I was lucky, or just completely miss the ball and hit the ground if I wasn't. After a while, Eddy walked by and watched me swing. 

Apparently I was having trouble because whenever I brought the club up, I would sometimes unknowingly bend my left arm and have a straight left wrist, rather than the other way around. This ment that even though the club was lined up with the ball at the start, by the time the club came down, the angle was all wrong and I would miss the ball completely. He also recommended that I hold the "follow through" longer (for at least 3 seconds) and put my weight on my left leg while turning my hips and right leg. This way, it would help my ball fly upward at an angle.After being given these tips, I was able to get a decent half swing. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to fully practice the full swing. 

Overall, my first day of golf ever was quite enjoyable. I learned a lot of things I would have never known if I didn't go on this trip. 

I also had a new found respect for golf, since before I had always thought before that it wasn't "really a sport" like how swimming might be. However, after this day, I realized that although it may not evolve all the endurance or strength other sports require, it makes up for that in the sheer amount of precision and skill you need to make the ball go in the right direction at the right speed, but only having a few practice swings at most to take all of that into account. Every little thing from if your arms are straight or not, to the angle of your club can influence a stroke, which makes getting consistent strokes very hard without practice.

That is it for today! On to the next!

Update 1

Right now I am currently in the middle of our school's CAS week, which is a three day golf clinic followed by an overnight camping trip at Ark Edan.

I will try to write thoughts and reflections on the day of the event (except on the Ark Edan trip since there isn't any wifi and I am not allowed to bring my computer :P So no updates then...)  and post it after I finish the event so I can put more detailed thoughts and reflections (as well as the learning outcomes, pictures and possibly videos).

I also might edit my poppy day posts in the future since I did them a bit wrong....

 I currently have 45 minutes of Flute class (on Saturday afternoon) and 45 minutes of Violin class (on Wednesday evening) every week. (and school newspaper club for about an hour and a half a week)

 In order to make this more organized, so I can accurately track my hours, I will be posting about what I did in the music class (and all after school activities) on the last week of the month (so I will have three hours a month per instrument) and a final reflection at the end of CAS (or this year haven't decided yet)...

So there is that for now... Will be posting more about CAS week soon!

-Rebecca

Selling Poppies (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1...  (read that first or this part won't make sense)

7) Considered the ethical implication of my actions

This one might take some more explaining, since it since it is not as obvious as the other ones.
During our day of selling poppies, there were a few types of people that my partner and I (along with many of the other groups) encountered:

• Those who thought that it was another flag day and donated without much thought 

• Those who understood what it was about and donated eagerly, though this was a lot rarer than the other groups. (which included the aformentioned uni student with five friends and a very nice lady who donate over HK$40 in bills and refused to take more than one poppy)

• Those who didn't have change or were rushing to class

• Those who did the classic avoidance strategy of looking down at a cell phone and pretend they can hear you asking to donate

• And lastly, those who got truly angry and started yelling at us

The last type of people (thankfully there weren't many) were usually older local people who spoke  Cantonese to us and were offended by what we were doing. One lady in particular told us very sternly to "Go back to school!" and "Ask your teachers what this is about if you don't know!"after pointing angrily at the words on the coin bag.

It turns out that on further inspection of the coin bag, the Chinese translation was a bit... off. Roughly translate it reads "England's Royal Veterans Society (Hong Kong and China division). Fundraising for Hong Kong Veteran Soldiers"

The coin bag that started it all...

Now normally this wouldn't cause trouble (after all, the same bags were used by last year's CAS group with no problems). However, you need to remember that the Occupy Central Movement ( 佔領中環) happened recently (and in fact is still on going at this moment, but much less disruptive since talks have been going on between the students and the government) in which the police used tear gas and rubber bullets (which many view as being excessive force) to disperse peaceful protesters (who were mostly student of our age or older) who were against how the 2017 elections were being run. 

This impacted those living in Bramer Hill, as the sit ins on the major roads in central Hong Kong and the disruption of the bus and MTR system, ment that on the first few days it was very difficult if not impossible for some to get to school. The schools on Bramer Hill also responeded differently with some openly hanging out yellow ribbons (symbol of the democracy movement), staging class strikes and handing out fliers, where as other schools remained quiet on the isssue.  

Some "anti-police/government" attitudes also grew out of the protests (along with some "[insert country here] government is trying to take over Hong Kong conspiracy theories") . Many of the older generation soon grew tired of the movement, claming that students should just be thankful for what they have and end the demonstration by going to school, which lead to clashes between the pro-police/mainland (Blue ribbons) and the pro-Occupy (Yellow ribbons).

(I had this picture and didn't know where else to put it)

With this fresh on peoples minds, this probably wasn't the best time to come out saying you are with the "England's Royal Veterans Society" asking for donations for Hong Kong veteran soldiers...  

This made me become more open minded toward other peoples how language and recent events can affect peoples understanding of other issues, as some people genuinely thought we were stirring up trouble by being a part of Occupy Central by getting donations to ex-soldiers.

 It also made me reflect once again about how the history we know and the society we grow up in can effect what think we know, and how little, insignificant actions in one culture can be seen as something wildly different in another.

-Rebecca

Selling Poppies (Part 1)

Activity: Selling Poppies at Bramer Hill
Date: November 8, 2014
Time: 9 am to 11 am
Type: Group (with school)
Organization: The Royal British Legion (LINK)

Hours: 3 hours - Service
 
Yesterday,  I sold poppies in the area around our school Bramer Hill (North Point) with my class.

We quickly realized that we picked a poor day to sell them, as it was drizzling throughout the morning, and very few people were walking around. The area was also not as crowded as usual, as we were selling them in the early morning on a weekend, when Bramer Hill is mostly schools or residential areas.

Still, we persevered and still managed to raise quite a bit of money for a good cause. There were a few interesting incidents that occurred during the day that I will talk about below.

Learning outcomes:

4) Worked collaboratively with others
We started off the day by agreeing amongst ourselves the boundaries of where we were allowed to sell and then establishing a 50 meter rule (no two teams within 50 meters) in order to spread out everyone as far as possible, before splinting up to begin the activity.

Early on, my partner and I hiked up the hill to a near by park, before realizing that since it was the weekend,  there were very few people there. We then chose to stand near a bus stop that many people who went to the near by university got off at.

After selling a few poppies,  another group decided to stand at the bus stop directly across the street (in violation of the 50 meter rule), meaning that by the time the university students had crossed the road, they had already bought poppies or had already declined to buy from the other group.

At first we were quite annoyed, since for over 30 minutes we had no sales whatsoever (there was a group up and down the hill 50 meters away, so everyone who wanted to buy a poppy already did) and we asked them to move (they didn't). However, we then reminded ourselves that it wasn't a competition to see who could sell the most, rather we were all helping the same organization. In the end, the other group moved due to the rain and we were able to peacefully come to a conclusion.

Year group after a day of selling poppies

6) Engaged in issues of global importance
Selling poppies for the Royal British Legion presented some interesting challenges that dealt with global issues. For one, although Hong Kong used to be a British Colony, many of the people in the Bramer Hill area were not familiar with the importance of Remembrance Day or Poppy Day.

 In fact my mom asked me (in Mandarin)  "Aren't poppies where they get opium from? Why are you selling them?" to my surprise and amusement (it isn't every day you have to explain that your school isn't trying to make you a drug dealer). Apparently, I had gotten so used to British culture from history class (or more likely the crazy amount of British tv shows I watch from Doctor Who to The Apprentice) that I had though that everyone knew what poppy day was about.

At school, the many of my classmates, who never took British history also didn't know about the story behind of poppy. To them, this was just another "Flag Day" (賣旗日), albiet with fancier paper poppies instead of the traditional "flag stickers" (this lead to some impromptu history lessons, but I digress).

This extended to when we were selling poppies out on the street. Many times during the day, people would ask (in Cantonese) "賣旗?" since they were confused as to why we were giving out poppies instead of "flag stickers" when in every other respect (such as the coin bags and the time we were selling at) was the same as "Flag Day".

(Though one uni student waiting for the bus was pretty knowledgeable about it and even help explain to his five friends what it was about in Cantonese, since me and my partner weren't very good with it. We had a pretty interesting conversation as the uni student was just as surprised as I was with my mom when he realized they had not known about this before.) 

This lead to me thinking a lot about how the history we know and the society we grow up in can effect how we view certain things, since to me the poppy was a symbol from the First World War to commemorate soldiers who have died in war, whereas with my mom, the poppy was synonymous with opium, and to many of the locals, the poppy was just another "flag" in "Flag Day"

Me holding the coin bag and the bag of poppies

Continued in Part 2 (this post is getting a bit long) ...

Hello World!

Hi! This is my IB CAS blog, where I am going to be posting reports, reflections, evidence, learning outcomes etc for all (or most) of my CAS activities that I participate in during these two years.

These updates might not be posted on the day of the activity (since I need some time to think after them and some long term projects might not have immediate evidence that I can post about) but I will try to post about the activity as soon after the activity as possible.

Introduction over, on to CAS! :D

-Rebecca