learning and growing

These holidays are pretty busier than usual for me in the sense that i am preparing for two courses simultaneously, watching two television series at the same time, trying to explore more about this new gadget, talking more than usual with some of my old friends because it is their holiday time too, spending more time on facebook because i can, writing my lesson plans as well as planning a few things for my students for the upcoming year. And yes of course, writing this blog. Strange that right after i joined my  place of work i had  this post where i mentioned that i might not be able to write too much from then on yet i must try and continue writing atleast four posts a month because i have something in my mind. Surprisingly i did more than that and in fact my posts in this year are the most. The year that i have remained the busiest. This in turn has also helped me understand that maybe i like writing more than i thought. I simply love to put down my thoughts and gather th...

A few days back I went to Delhi along with a co-teacher and eight students for an inter DPS competition. Our students participated in five onsite activities and four offline activities. 101 schools from all over India participated and overall it was an amazing exposure for both the students and the teachers. And I will repeat what i had said my students there ' we did not lose but we will win some other day '. I think when young teachers accompany students, students feel better because they always want someone they can share their thoughts and opinions with. And with young teachers they feel more comfortable. And so it happened here too. Apart from doing whatever I had to do as a teacher,  it was overall a good experience because I formed a bond with my students and it was my very first ' big trip ' [ to put it correctly ] with my students. Not to forget that half of the parents or maybe all did not hesitate to bluntly tell me ' oooo... you are a teacher, but you l...

From today onwards the Christmas vacation has started. And if you ask me i was longing for this, All my colleagues [ whether they accept it or not] are making plans to spend their holidays somewhere but I would rather stay here in my house than go somewhere else, I asked my mother if she has any thing on her mind but she said no and she wants nothing as long as she has her cell phone, television and kitchen . She does miss West Bengal but she has learned to cope with things i suppose and she does not complain too often now a days, I insisted her to watch some cooking on youtube but she refused because she believes her television has more to offer her, I can't argue here. The other day a newspaper man we are no more in touch with suddenly left a Bengali magazine at our door. My mother got angry but eventually i found her smiling as she went on turning the pages of the magazine. Today one of my colleagues came to our house in the evening to show some sarees that she has bought from ...

Long days, tough times at work and a lot many random thoughts- an amalgamation of all these factors together is taking away the ' no worries ' factor from my life. Adulting is tough. A combination of psychological and physical factors make it worse. When people ask you 'What is wrong? , you find yourself struggling for an answer. What are you supposed to tell them after all? Work life is not satisfactory or the fact that people around you don't share the same consciouness level like yours or are way too rude to do their work properly and not poke their nose in someone else's business. Managing two homes simultaneously even when it is not really required, at this age and dealing with domestic issues from so many miles away is nothing less than a torture. Or maybe- modern thinkers will ask me to term it as a challenge? They say " deal with it ", but am i not already doing that? What more, exactly? I am in such a position where i can't even share what is...

Well, well. I am pretty excited to write today since this is my first blog post from my personal laptop. I finally got one. A few days back I received my scholarship that i once applied for , around two years back and i wasted no time in getting myself a laptop. I have always dreamt about this super cozy winter night when i will be blogging using my own stuff. It feels really great. So this year three dreams came true [ and i thank God for that ]. I always wanted to get a job before completing my education and always wanted to work outside my state. That happened. I wanted to board an airplane [ my first ride ] along with my mother with my own money. That happened. I got my own laptop now. I also completed my masters. That makes it four. Don't know why should I forget the last one. Today was a day filled with surprises. I got three things delivered to my address all at once. The best being a Harry Potter kit. It was a gift. It had a Gryffindor school bag, a Hogwarts purse, a memen...