Mural Painting

Since I am a person who likes to draw a lot, I took the opportunity to paint a mural at school.
I decided to paint what I knew best: my doodles.

The process was extremely long, which, involved staying some days after school on really hot days. However, I always had help from my friends. It was definitely harder than I thought it would be. It is easy doodling on the back of a notebook, but painting a four-paneled wall was difficult. I had to bring different paints back and forth, avoid any mistakes, and new ideas would come to my mind which made me want to start all over, or change some parts of my mural. In the end, I made a lot of changes, because accidents did happen. But in all, I am pretty happy with the result.

These murals have been a good opportunity for students who enjoy painting, to show what they can do, and at the same time, put some colour to our campus. It's always nice to leave a mark in the school.

Target Shooting at the Rift Valley

I went Target Shooting at the Rift Valley with my family. My sister and my dad would go often, so I decided to go see what it was like, and give it a try.
 In all, it was a very exciting and intense experience, because I never held a gun, let alone, pulled the trigger of one.

At the very beginning, I was really scared because it was a real weapon, and everything you did, had to be done carefully, and everything was taken very seriously.
The people monitoring and supervising, taught us how to use the gun, showed us some techniques, and when  all the beginners felt confident to give it a try, we were all lined up in front of a board for us to aim at. I was really nervous at first, but started to get use to it. However, it takes a lot of concentration and steady hands in order to shoot. On my first go, which was 10 meters away from the board, I aimed mostly at the center of the board, so I was happy. After a few more rounds, I decided to step back to 20 meters. Which, was a bit too far, and I  didn't score any points.

In conclusion, I really liked the experience because I thought it was something out of the ordinary, but at the same time, something very fun, and exciting. However, it also showed me how important it is to know how to handle weapons, and that they should be not treated as toys.