#casproject

To start off this blog we thought you guys should get to know us a little. 2 people run this account: 

Mai -- hi, you may know me as Jolina in school but people online usually call me Mai. I video edit whenever I can, read, play animal crossing or watch stuff. yeah. I am currently trying to pass the IB (struggling at that) and that’s probably all you need to know about me.  (─‿‿─)

Alex -- heyyy. I‘m Alex but on here I‘ll go by A. I’m in my last year of IB… doing my best and staying as positive as I can. I love reading more than anything in the world, I write, I love music and dancing, and overall just being creative. Yep, that’s all about me :)

--------What you can expect from this blog: 

This blog is our CAS project and we plan on uploading things such as...

- Guidance for the IB (personal tips from IB students currently living though it) -> eg. what to avoid, things that might help organise your tasks etc. 

- educational posts regarding topics such as: LGBTQ+, history, contemporary issues, mental health, etc. 

However, we also want to include more personal things, such as: 

- Book reviews/ recommendations 

- Film reviews/ recommendations 

- Anime/ Manga reviews and recommendations (generally show reviews/recommendations) 

- sharing playlists/song recommendations (song of the day) 

Sometimes we might invite people to write about a specific topic they feel needs to be talked about. You can send us stuff you've created such as poems, stories, drawings, music etc. So if you ever have something you want to share, feel free to reach out to us:

Our socials... (or you can DM us via this account) 

Mai-- 

@meiyomai (instagram)

[email protected] (school email)

Alex-- 

@alexwrrr (instagram)

[email protected] (school email) 

We just want this blog to be a place on which we can share stuff, as well as you guys, so we would appreciate any interaction. If this blog ends up being an absolute flop.... well... forget it ever happened. at least we tried.  

bye for now! 

Now that we have some time off of school, I’ve already begun binge watching movies. So to honor that, Zara and I have developed a list with all the movies we’ve recently watched and made comments as to what type of person needs to watch each movie. (They’re almost all on netflix) Hope you enjoy :-)

A Dog's Purpose: For people who love dogs and sobbing uncontrollably for 2 hours

La La Land: For people who enjoy musicals, bad romances, and getting their heart broken

What we do in the shadows: (Hanas favorite movie ever) For people who enjoy silly humor 

Julie & Julia: For a fun loving wholesome experience, bloggers, and food lovers

The Little Hours: For people who enjoy ridiculous comedies, and movies that aren’t that good but okay, and nuns

Twilight: For people who enjoy watching a movie in a state complete shock, bad films, cringy romances, hot guys, vampires

Emo the Musical: For people who like musicals, bad romances, and emos

The Nice Guys: For people who enjoy the 70s action comedy cop trope, and Ryan Gosling <3 (and Jackson healy), for a wholesome viewing!

Dunkirk: For people who love Harry Styles or are really really interested in England in world war two

All of the Harry Potter movies: For people who need their hearts warmed up and then inevitably broken. A gorgeous throwback

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them: For people who miss Harry Potter

The Ugly Truth: For people who enjoy rom coms I guess… But it’s not good...

Call me by your name: Honestly I’d say this is a bit for everyone, maybe more for the hopeless romantic and Timothee Chalamet fanatics, but a really great movie with amazing scenery and great acting (it’s kind of slow -hana)

It: For anyone who wants to giggle and sh*t their pants a little

Pulp fiction: For almost anyone over the age of 16 this is a must watch (maybe not if you are squeamish), with great acting, mad plot and iconic music this is a cult

Please send us suggestions!

 You can comment them? or message us or something :>

Time frame - 9 May - 5 July 2025

Establishing the flower meadow was a staged process:

(17 April 2025) The first step was to prepare the site by getting rid of any herbs, and loosening the soil. This took one evening to complete as there was wild grass growing there already and the ground was hard. However, we finally managed to do the primary preparations and now the field is ready to put some fresh soil on and start sewing

2. (9 May 2025) Next, the day came to finally put the seeds into the ground. First, we needed to complete a 30 min travel to get the supplies, including fresh soil, and the seeds, and we started the whole process. For the seeds to sprout, we had to firstly put a thin layer of fresh soil and then distribute the seeds evenly. Neatly we watered the seeds and the last step was to stick in the fencing, which was a hard task because the deeper layers were still very compacted.     Unfortunately, after few days we noticed that the birds were eating the seeds we put there and they struggled to sprout. Therefore, we reflected on our possible mistakes decided to repeat the sewing process, but this time we put the seeds first and later covered it with a layer of new soil. This helped a lot and a week later the first sprouts started emerging

3. (June-July 2025) Although there was a bit of rain this summer, there were still few times where our meadow dried. Hence, it needed to be watered every now and then, which required carrying the water than and organizing the process.

29.01.2022

The whole month of January I spent working on my CAS project. It was centered around organizing prom. it was a very challenging task, that required a lot of comprehensive planning, research, and collaboration with parents, students and even teachers. We faced a lot of "bumps on the road" and crisis, but by believing in our goal and group cooperation, we still managed to throw an amazing prom in the midst of the pandemic. Hearing how much everyone loved this experience, I am very proud of the work we did and I loved being able to give back to the school community, although it wasn't easy at all.

March - June 2021

Me and two of my friends from my class have decided to make a movie about equalities. The movie consists of three skits, each shows a different kind of inequality (racial, gender and sexual). They are connected by a kind of roundtable, where we explain why we have to fight this kind of inequality. 

Each of us wrote a script for a skit and then we connected them during the roundtable. We all had to learn our dialogues and prepare for the skits. One of us had to learn how to edit the movie and then she did it herself which is great.

We benefited as we had to learn about how inequality is affecting people.