Sunday, October 31, 2010

Visit to old age home 2

“Happiness spreads happiness” this statement is true because if one is happy then he/she radiates positive energy which makes all happy. We went to Old age home where we were divided into 2 groups. One was Nishad, Mukul, Agam, Hyunju and and the other was me (Chinmay), Kaustubh, and Dasom. 1st group went to ladies section and we went to gents. We started with introduction and found that very few were interested in interacting with us. I found difficulty when Raja Babu (one of the old) was chatting but was not as involved as I wanted him to be. He was playing card with his mate and was not paying any attention on me. I tried many times with many people but maximum times failed. I helped Dasom in interacting with many as she was finding a little difficult to communicate in Hindi. In all 48 males only 1 was there who knew English. Dasom started interacting with him. I found a group of 4 who were really interested in talking about their life and knowing about mine. We started chatting about their favorite movies and I found few like “SEEMA, DO AANKHE BARAH HANTH, and many more”. I promised them to bring my laptop and show them 1 of the movies they want. I learnt many new things and understood that life is not as easy as it seems. Way of chatting with them was really important; it should be non-aggressive and non-comic as it can hurt someone’s sentiments. I found that my personal problems were nothing in front of their. This activity is a way to encourage them to come up with new things and make them happy. I am trying to give them happiness so that they show interested in doing new things and have fun.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Gardening 2

Amazing!! The growth rate of plants is really very high than human growth rate. Within a short period of time all the plants came out of the buried seeds. All the plants were near about the 3-4 inches tall. All were happy to see that because it was the result of collective effort put by all of us. Our supervisor is really knowledgeable about the plants and their growth. I learnt many new techniques of planting and taking their care. I also learnt new important details of planting. We watered the plants after loosening the soil around the plant so that water easily seeps into it and can be absorbed by roots easily. I dug around the plants and also pour some the manure so that plant can grow well.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Gardening 1

From the beginning of my life I had a special interest in gardening that may be because of my mother because she is very much interested in plants and flowers. When, while talking the idea of gardening came forward and after a long discussion we decided to take this challenge. It was an amazing idea to show up and prove many things. We proposed this and started working on garden. Our first job was to make a place where we can work and most important that it should contain path in between to work. We all got together designed a garden and started our work. I was really tiring to keep big stones in place and built a fence. Our supervisor Miss. Vijyalakshmi brought seeds and equipments for us to work. I got to dig and make space for seeds in ground. After putting seeds in ground and covering them back we all were seeking permission to sprinkle water over them and I was one of them.