Activity Service Campus green

 Today we planted saplings along the sides from the front gate to the main building. This activity made me a little tired and really required our own efforts  but I enjoyed the planting. We could plant easily with helping by CAS supervisor Jackson sir. I felt the achievement fully. And, also, we can have pride in planting for our school by ourselves. After graduating, others will be able to remember our work.

▲ How wonderful worker..




I'd prepared for this activity to save the milk packages for recycling from my home. I couldn't understand how they will be used for planting. But, as soon as seeing the package, I realized the very important fact-Nothing is useless in the world! It's all can be used again. And by planting the plants, we can product so many goods for environment(profits for outside). In helping make the oxegen, and making greener. This activity can also think about others, not 'I'. 'Doing for others not for me', the altruistic thinking, is important so I have heard, learnt, and been thought this so many times. But, as diong the CAS activities, I could really enjoy and work hard because I think these make me to practice the things which we already know -'have to do'. I dare to want to say 'A good deed without practice is not a real one.'

And, we must not think that work ends at once. 'How unresponsible thinking is!' I felt ashamed for thinking simply like this. We already know it can't take short time to complete it and it is very hard to develope ownself and something, create, and effect it on outside by doing new activities. I really appreciated about supporting and caring the plants which we had planted steadily. Like in Ashram, small seedlings are also my small learners, I can take position of learner with lots of attention and interests. I want to thank the thing which I'm enjoying doing these activities.

Later, when I'm in other place, we will be able to face activities and new roles. For saying confidently, I want to do it myself in any roles. And I always want to pose being the leaner in whenever, wherever.

Service work in a local 'Ashram'

 Before reading this, we have to aware of that there is so many factors and circumstances in the world. But open mind, positive thinking, and the think whatever we can do can lead to do anything and make the miracle even change one's mind and thinks. Also, I want to add onething more, they are learner, I'm a learner, and forwards we have to pose as the learner of every circumstances...

 Of course, at the first time, I'm sure they were looking at us as fascinating. And, unconsciously, I also was looking them. While I've mentioned before, truly, I wasn't sure about I can conversate with them, teach them, and we can understand each other before going there. I heard they use mainly Hindi and Marati. That is, I had preconception which we make often to judge others about their first appearance and even ability of myself. But, by teaching them, talking with them, smiling, and contacting eyes each other, we could understand and become friendly. Those are not a problem. My mind only is a problem like the thing which I think I couldn't solve. It means what solving any problems does not depend on the given circumstances, conditions, and factors but my own mind and willing. Most of people and even I already know that is wrong but, most of time, we judge and think with 'The Stereotypes' ironically.

 We could prepare the art class with CAS supervisor Deepshre Harve ma'am. She always helps us some other ways or ideas. In that time, we also learn new things as like them. My position is being made as a leaner i.e. I'm practicing to learn from them by teaching and helping them and even I'm being built now! Preparing some exercises, approaching with new things, renewing our how to slove and teach, and solving questions together excitedly.... At some moment, I thought 'We are growing together!' while I'm preparing it with more improved way. In the process which I prepared some work for them, I found so many my weeknesses and something to need improving. It needs great teacher and suppoters for great students to teach and lead as like this, we are on the road which we have to develop ourselves. I'm not a good teacher to teach enough and leaner to learn from them yet.

While I and my friends were teaching them, I had thought 'what it is'. I mean this is the difference from 'the culture' or 'perspective of society of people'. When I was in my country, we, my colleagues and I, did rarely have the opportunity to contact with orphans because adults had judged them and us like this, "They are teenagers as well as you. So, they would feel so shame, hostility, and fear contacting with you. Unlike them, you have plenty of family, own your room, pocket-money, the love from parents, and so on. You have already so many things, "different" you from them. Thank you for your volunteer and idea but we do mind." When I had heard that, at the first time, I was shocked. Why? What's wrong? I, we, just wanted to help them, let them know other society, and talk about some difficulties because I thought we all are the same age so we can understand each more easily. But, after some time, when I could think it objectively, I could understand a little them who judged and prevented us.I think now of how selfish it is or not. Of course, as my thinks, we might understand each but I think there are some problems which adults had worried. But, I still don't know well.

Teaching them is so happy and full. They are really good learner(They are very sharp and quick of understanding. And, they aquire well anything which we informed). Afterwards, we are going to go there steadily and teach, help them in many ways as we can be. These special kind of experiences motivated me and even develope me. As it will grow their mind, ability of think, I'm also going to grow up thinking. I look forward to see changed features, mind of myself. 1st and 2nd saturday in every months, we go Ashram and take time for 1 or 1.5 hours with them. Maybe, we will go by around next Febuary. I want to do this responsible work closely. I'm really impressed in every week, every times whenever they learn and catch something from me.

How wonderful!

There are many possibilities such like piling the good experiments and learning something new.

Activity Development school sports court

We will develope the sports court of our school?!

Development the court was difficult and hard work and it was really new activity for me. Under the heat sun, we checked and measured the location again and again. Before actual measuring, we prepared, found International official court's actual size and perimeter, etc ,and spent on preparing and drawing of the expected ground with CAS supervisor Jackson Joy sir during CAS periods. But, in doing any work, if we just focus on the short difficulty and judge it wrong, we never get 'the fruit'. By patienting 1-2hours, after few days, we could see the children who play and kick the ball on that courts which we made. You shall not understand the mood of that time if you haven't marked with stones and taking the scale under the sun!

Frankly speaking, when I was doing this activity, I didn't do this with my 100% will. This activity was explained not enough to me. Why do I have to do this, for what? And most important thing was I didn't have exact sense of purpose, at that time, just as one activity of CAS and a member of CAS, I did develop court. Actually, I thought I usually don't use the gound and it unrelates to me after develping court. In every work, there are always purpose and meaning. But, as thinking about the reason which I don't know why I do that, it also reaches the slefish thinking. I'm always thinking when...I can think first and focus on you, others, us without condering of I. Also, I should not think like polarization and mere thoughts-others can use becuase we made it-but think broadly about that which effections can create by doing and making it. I think that is another altruistic thinking.

Beginning...

I'm starting to reflect on my CAS activities bit by bit. I want to think and reflect deeply on all the activities I take up for CAS, consider all my decisions, introspect on my changed mind and new awakenings. I hope for a positive impact on my mind as I delve into new things and hope for the learning outcomes to be met, one way or the other. The new changes which I am sure will come into my outlook are most important and I look forward to those changes :))

Creative Activity Candle Making

 Today, I tried my hand at candel making in the school. Candle making is an ancient art and a creative activity. But, we used some tools and made it more easily. Before the making, sir said, "You can help someone or encourage yourself  by making these."

 I hoped , at the first time, just to learn how to make it with those tools. But, after hearing about the charity and selling candles, I wanted to know more about effection which occurs by selling for dination or charity, and which will happen for me and other people. So, this activity was very interesting because I could not only learn the way but think about other relations.

This process, how to make, was simple. However, the thing which arose on my mind through this process was not simple. It could make me to think and aware about 'what can I do for the social', also, this simple and small activity would produce effection. This was satisfied me with seeing a different perspective. Next time, if I could, I'll do it again and again, and I'll keep on thinking-'What can I do for others? not for me!'.