Friday, February 1, 2008

Assessment of Goals/Other Updates

Pertaining to my previously set goals, I have already completed a few of them. Here is my current progression:

School Related:
1. Achieve 80% overall average: This will probably be completed by the end of my final year of undergraduate studies. I have hard work ahead of me if I want to get this. (End of school year update: Overall average is not above 80%, however, previous year's average was.) {Partially Completed}
2. Becoming a member of an ICBC team for the school is looking very probable. I will find out exactly what is happening with it because there may be some extra stuff for me to do since I am now going on foreign exchange in the fall semester*. {COMPLETED}

Physical:
1. 10 One-legged squats on non-dominant side: Working on this and coming close to 8/9. This will be completed soon. {COMPLETED}
2. Improve fencing lefty footwork to that of righty or better: My footwork is improving so much. My lunges need more speed in comparison and so do my fleches. But I am happy with the progress I've made towards completing this goal. I have not achieved this yet, but I hopefully will by the end of this school term. {NOT COMPLETED}
3. Achieve 10000+ score on powerball left side: I used the powerball before the break, it registered ~9600 as the maximum I could get. Last night I went back to it and I hit ~10400. {COMPLETED}


Fencing Update:
This year's provincial university tournament is coming up this weekend. I have become a million times more dedicated to the team and fencing in general this year than last... and it has shown. Throughout the school year I have been a part of the university's varsity team and I am now competing as a part of our provincial team. We will be competing in Toronto this weekend for the Western Provincial sectionals. If we do well enough this weekend, we will move on to the provincial finals.


*Foreign Exchange:
I am incredibly happy to say that I will be going on school foreign exchange in September. I will be studying further business courses to complete my undergraduate degree in China at ShangHai University of Business. The application process is midway and I still have to choose my courses. This is going to be so much fun. Hopefully I will be able to visit the ZhengZhou school again in the summer before my studies continue in September. If there are any Traceurs that will be in China between September and December, contact me and we'll meet up to train. I have been trying to speak with the local Traceurs in Shanghai but I have yet to get a response. I may have better luck later.
If I am to go on the foreign exchange, which means that I will have to coordinate with my teammate on a case study over the Internet for the ICBC competition in October. It may complicate things, but I've been told that foreign exchange is a much better opportunity than the business competition. Who knows... maybe I'll be able to do both (For those who do not know the ICBC competition, it is a very prestigious competition that my school only allows 10 selected students to enter. It is a huge opportunity to further business careers if your team [of you and one other student] do well).

That's about it for now.
- KShap

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