CAS blogs

 This weekend I had the opportunity to work at a car wash event and clean peoples cars. It was a huge success and over the course of the morning we cleaned many cars and brought in a lot of money. As a group we faced a lot of challenges however, there were times where the flow of cars was slow and we had to think of ways to attract new customers, so a couple of people took a sign and went to hold it up at a street corner nearby to attract people. We also kept running out of soap so we had to designate some people to make sure we didnt run out when we needed it. As a group we kept the car wash up and running very successfully and we had many customers up until closing in the early afternoon, this project definitely wouldnt have been possible if we hadnt all been working together to make it successful because we were all important parts of the system. We had stations for rinsing, scrubbing, re-rinsing, and drying, all before we sent the car on its way, and everyone working their part...

Last week I took part in a martial arts course for the first time and learned a lot of new things about martial arts. The first thing that I learned about was the physical side, I got taught how to do kickboxing for a while, learning how to throw punches and kicks and turn them into combos that are effective and quick. Then I also learned about Jiu Jitsu and how to defend myself if a fight is brought to the ground, which is where most fights end up because people usually start grappling and end up on the ground which is where kickboxing become null and jiu jitsu is going to be really helpful to escape danger. I also learned a lot about the mental side of martial arts, knowing that you need to have discipline was a point that was stressed a lot and I learned a lot about setting goals and taking the steps to achieve them without giving up, learning the attitude necessary to be a winner. Over the course of the class I got a lot better at the physical side, becoming a lot better at doing k...