My Doodling

Hi after a long time....

I miss my blogging days.

Hope I would be back at it in a few days.

In the meantime, I had time to doodle a little bit.

Have a look at it...

Visit to Planetarium

Hi everyone..

     I had a great experience yesterday. As a volunteer of Teach India Initiative, I had been teaching some under-privileged students for the past 2 months. In one class some of them asked me what a Planetarium was. I explained to them and they 

were very eager to know more about it. Then, I thought, why not take them to the Planetarium as part of a educational trip. Soon, I started organizing the trip to Birla Planetarium. My friends (Nachiketas, Aishwarya, Krithika and Sowmya) too joined. Apart from them, there were many who supported me for this. I'm just grateful for them... without them it would not have been possible. 

    

        As for the experience it was simply great. The turnout was very good, more than I expected. 38 children were already eagerly waiting for us when we reached the locality. We started around 1 pm. We had their attendance taken and briefed them about our visit. They were very enthusiastic. We reached the Planetarium around 2 pm. We took them to the park first, which had games that demonstrated various principles in Physics. There were few, who just enjoyed being in the place and played fully to their extent.

 Also there were the eager few, who observed how the models worked and what principles were behind them. 

    Then, we assembled them around 2:45 and went to the 3D science movie. They were fascinated by the glasses provided to them and when the movie started they joy knew no bounds. The smaller ones started waving around their hands trying to catch something in the air. So many "oohs" and "wows". We were just thrilled to see their joy. 

     Then we went to the main show about the planets at 3:45. They sat in their places and started admiring the interior of the stadium. When the show started, they fell silent. When the show ended there were some who were complaining about how some of their friends kept talking and some who were just too happy to be there. After seeing all these, they rushed to the bus. Then came the snacks time. Some children lined up, again and again to get more snacks. As we had enough snacks, we didn't complain and everyone got at least 2-3 rounds of their favourite snacks. On the way back we stopped at Gandhi memorial and took some snaps and just relaxed for some time.

    On the whole, the trip was simply great. We had fun and the most important of all it was most satisfying. The children thanked us for the wonderful trip and asked us to join in more such activities. I hope to conduct such activities further too...

Check out my new blog..

Hi..
Check out my new blog which I started on a more serious note.. Here is a brief account of what the blog is about..

Ever wondered how things work around us? Be it our body or the computers or how the nature sustains itself and the like.. Well this blog explores all such small things and explains how it works, So that you know your world inside out.. Read on, and widen your knowledge..

Here's the link: Pique Your Curiosity
Looking forward to your support and comments too.. :)

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Different Colours of Friendship

Hi everyone...

This is my first blog entry. Today happens to be Friendship day... So wishing everyone Happy Friendship day first... I thought of spending my time with friends today, but had to put off the idea...and I don't regret it. I had a different experience today...

A few days back I volunteered myself to teach some under-privileged students and today was my first day with them. I did not know what to expect, but when I saw them I was moved. I was welcomed by the head of the NGO there and he took me the actual study place. There were about 10-15 people in a small room, both children and grown-ups. They welcomed with a very enthusiastic "Good Afternoon Ma'am". Then one by one they introduced themselves. Some of the names I remember are Vignesh, Raja, Preeti, Selvi, Naveen, Selvaraghavan, Chandru... Then I was briefed about the undertakings of the NGO. The grown ups had a different tale to tell. They were all drop-outs who left studying due to lack of interest. Now, they had realized their mistake and they want to rectify themselves. There were queries about how to speak English fluently, how to avoid spelling mistakes and the like. This is one part of the story...

After few minutes of my arrival, I was offered fruit drink. After some hesitation (due to good manners taught by our parents), I finally accepted the drink. The head of the NGO had been working for about 25 years in the place and made some tremendous improvements and rehabilitation there. He was in good rapport with the people around there. When he was offered the fruit drink, he did not accept it and gave it to a child. What touched me most was that, he did not drink it all by himself, instead he shared it(about half a glass of fruit-drink) with all his friends(the entire class), and then had just a small pint to himself. I was embarrassed. I saw the true meaning of Friendship there...

On my way back I reflected upon my experience. Friendship as most of us know is hanging out with friends, taking pictures together and most importantly helping them through thick and thin. Joy for us is when we receive those birthday gifts, have birthday parties...But today I saw the joy of the entire class in sharing those tiny and not so important pleasures of life. Though they can not afford to live a normal life, they live their life to the fullest. Hats off to them...

With this memorable experience I am signing off with this cute Greeting card