14.03.17

14.03.17

I think that this is the time when my CAS blong finishes. It has been awesome to write down so much about cooking, working out as well as about Amnesty International and Rotary. This has taught me a lot and I hope to condinue doing some form of blog in the furure. Below I am going to briefly summarize my hought about each part of the CAS Blong but now i can tell - I am glad I did it and for sure this is the best part of IB Programme. In fact why would you sleep after writing tons of essay if you can write this Blog. I am so glad somebody has thought about it. It is clearly the best idea ever!

Voluntary: Amnesty International and Rotary

I started IB1 joining Amnesty International. This has been a great experience since I have never took part in anything similar before. This was an opportunity to get involved into many charity organisations such as bake sales when we collected money for those who are in need. Also I have leaned about a lot about some problems regarding breaking human rights around the world. This organisation opens eyes so I recomend getting involved! Rotary was also lot of fun and I had many opportunities to help international students or collect some money for Rotary Foundation. I am planning to stay in close relation with Rotary because it feels great to be in thic comunity.

Creativity: Cooking

Cooking has always been one of my greates passions. I enjoy every aspect of it. However, sometimes even i do not feel like doing anything in the kitchen because I am to tired. Inn the last 2 years i think I cooked more regularly than usually because I knew I had to post something on this blong. It has been really great because I cooked a lot of things and learned even more. Generally i focused on traditional recipeis but many of them had some twist in. In fact i think I started liking this type of cuisine even more and I already have many ideas for new rrecipies to try in the future.

Activity: Gym

Gym is something that I like, yet I usually have some difficulties with sticking to the diet. This year as well as in the previous year i have gained some weight so I think that going to the gym was not for nothing. I do not think that i have already acheved my goals but it is certainly a good way to go. i think that having in mind that i am going to have to write about something connected to my workout has keept me more motivated. I also improved my knowledge in the area of adequate diet and exercises. Now I can not only work out more effectively but I can also share my knowledge with my friends. Gym is definitely something that everyone should try out!

08.03.17

A few days ago a talked with personal trainers in the gym. They gave me a few suggestions on how could I improve my workout. One of the things they pointed out is to do equal amount of time breaks between each set of exercises. They suggest 45 second but is seems to be quite a lot. I think I can do 30 second which will be more difficult, yet this is what gym is all about - doing what is impossible and getting better every day!

28.02.17

This is the continuotion of my interpretation of advenced techniques in the kitchen. This time as well I think it is o complicated to write down the recipe but generally it was a duck carpatio with reasted nuts salad, orange fluid gel and a few other “secret” ingrediant. To be honest it was delicious! The duck goes really well with truffle olive oil!

23.02.17

Last Monday i had a grat opportunity given by Rotary Club. Since in Warsaw there are many exchange students from all around the world, I got a chance to meet some of them. Surprisingly some of them did not like it at all but most of them were really happy about the programme. I think for those who are more introvertics it is usually more difficult to adobt since it is not easy to make friend in a foreign culture where you do not know anybody. Hopefully, they will be more open after I talked to them about how important ti is to open for new relations.

14.02.17

Today I have made the mos amazing shake ever. It has almost 2000 kcal so it is real mass gainer. Taking into account that it is around what some people eat in a whole day, and taking into account that this is only a shake, I think its really cool how much proteins, carohydrates and fats it has. I do not think i am going to be able to drink it every day but after a really difficult workkout there is nothing better than a good shake. I do not recomend it for everybody since I may have terrible affect on those who are on diet, but for the mass gain - there is nothing better than that.

06.02.17

Last weekend I had a little time so I prepared something special. I am not going write here the recipe because it was very complicated and was made of many different components. In fact I am not sure if i would be able to recreate it. But generally it was a potatoe pancake with chicken roulade with marinated pumpkin, spices sourcream and some herbs. I think it looked pretty cool, but there are a few things that need to be improved when I try to make it next time.

22.01.17

I have not worked out in about 6 days because I hads a lot of things to do for school. Now i know it is not good idea to skip gym for such a long time. Not only did I feel much weaker than usually but i also got terrible sore muscles. In fact I am not surprisen cause I did really difficult workout. Nevertheless, I don’t thing I would be in such pain if I didn’t skip the gym. This has taught e that regularity is one of the most important aspects of any type of sport.

09.01.17

Today my collection of Rotary shield has increased because I was given one from Chicago one Rotary Club. It i priceless Shield since it is from the first official Rotary Club in the world. It was given to me because one of the Rotary members has visited it and he said he will give it to a lucky person who can answer his question. He asked some facts onnected to Rotary Organisation in the USA. Lucku for me I was reading about the same thing a few days ago on the internet.

30.12.16

There is only one day left till New Year. It was amazing to workout even though I had IB classes as well. I think CAS Blog is one of the best parts of attending to IB school and I love writing posts. It gives motivation and I hope to make my blong next year as interesting as it has been the previous year. So honestly I is awesome to write a CAS blong when you are in IB and have tons of internals and externals to write and the only time you got left that can be devoted on sleeping is when you write this blog. But who would want to sleep if you can write! So exciting, isn’t it? Anyway, I hope in the next year I am going to work out even harder and stick more to the diet. Happy New Year!

22.12.16

Honey pickles ​ 2 kg of small ridge cucumbers 2 l of water 200 ml of light vinegar 4 tablespoons of salt 16 tablespoons of sugar 12 tablespoons of honey 2 bay leaves for each jar 2 cloves of allspice for each jar ​ Peel cucumbers and cut them into about 4 centimeter chunks. To prepare the liquor put into a pot the water, sugar, salt and honey. Mix it together and bring to the boil. Sanitize the jars by pouring boiling water over them. Do the same with the lids. Rinse the jars and put in 2 bay leaves and 2 allspice. Fill the jars with cucumbers and cover them with the honey syrup we made. If you do not have enough syrup makeup some more sticking to the proportions. Invert the jars and pasteurize them. They will be ready to eat after a few weeks. You can keep them in the pantry for more than one year.

13.12.16

Unfortunatelly I coul not attend Rotary meetings lately. This is partly because of some issues in the club, since it is growing very intensively so there is an idea for creating a different rotary club. I think that it is too early to speculate, but it will be an amazing opportunity to create a project from the begginig. Especially that it is not everyday when you can espablish a Rotary club that will last for years. I know that my mother in very much engaged so I hope she will also put into some work when there is anything I can do.

06.12.16

Lastly I have found a really cool webside. It is called “potreningu.pl”. It gave me a lot of inspiration for the future workout and also it allows to plan meals very comfortably. For example yesterday I wrote down all the meals I have eated that day. It is all visible in the picture above.

27.11.16

Today is the first time when I decided not to post a recipe as part of my creativity section. I think this is because I had no inspiration in the past a few weeks. I have had a lot of things to do at school so I think I improved my theoretical knowledge much more than my practical knowledge. In fact I have learned a lot about French cuisine since this is a country where I would love to study. Hopefully, next week I am going to have more time because I am planning to test out a different recipe for pickled cucumbers.