DAY 6: Cut the two wooden small sticks and the two long wooden sticks, exactly following the outline on the plywood board

Today was not a very successful lesson, however, I am very proud of myself for succeeding as an individual. Most of the things that I did today did not end up or go the way I wanted it to. But I tried very hard and succeeded quite a lot and I am very happy about that. I faced a major challenge today that almost made me give up. But I did not a did the whole thing again. Today's lesson began by me drawing the longer stick of the surfing board. I did this as accurately as possible and the end product was also satisfactory. However, there were a few areas where the stick looked wider than it is actually supposed to be. I corrected it here and there and did not erase the whole drawing. I felt guilty ignoring it, but I had to because this was my only opportunity to go grad the jig saw since no one was using it. I began by using the jig saw, when someone said that using the scroll saw will be better for this. I thought about it and went to the scroll saw and cut  as much as I could. I could not cut much because the scroll saw is small and my wooden piece is extremely long. After I cut as much as I could, The jig saw was free again. I took up this precious opportunity and began cutting it. Everything was moving smoothly and I kept moving forward much quicker than last time. But suddenly a disaster occurred! My wood broke because: 1) I had not placed the wood in the correct direction and 2) because I did not clamp my wood piece properly. I was heartbroken by this! I had come so far and now I had to begin all over again. I started thinking of what I could do to save my wooden stick. I also came up with the idea that I can stick the two broken piece together. But unfortunately sir did not like this idea because it would make the sticks very weak, thus also reducing the quality and durability of my product. I was very saddened and sat on my table for a very long time, thinking about what I should do next. Suddenly I realized that I am wasting my time thinking about what to do next and sympathizing myself! I should get up, get another piece of wood and begin! And that is exactly what I did! I got my other piece of wood, drew the outline of the longer stick, drew the joint and checked if it was accurate by placing the smaller stick. I went to the jig saw, called one of my stronger friend to help me clamp the wood and also her to do it the right way. She suggested a right direction and I was happy and shocked about why I had not thought of that! She kept the wooden plank horizontally while I had kept to vertically. The horizontal position definitely gave more support and prevented it from breaking! I successfully cut it and I am very happy about that! However, I was not able to sand my pieces because they were too delicate to be handled by a sander. Therefore, I will have to look for sand paper which I will be able to use! Another modification that I made today was that in my plan I had written that i will be using two layers of this to make the handle. but I could not do that because this will make drilling the joint difficult! Here are some pictures of me working, the disaster and the end product of today's hard work:

change made about 2 stciks