Republic Day and Sports Day...

Once again my heart was filled with fun and excitement after 2 years. It was D Y Patil International School’s annual sports day on the same day of Indian Republic Day i.e. 26^th of January. I am crazy for sports but last year didn’t get any chance. I received title of best athlete in 10^th standard but due to less sport events I was not in position to participate in any sports meets. Day started with basket ball game because we had time for the program to start. After national anthem we all went to ground to help out in arrangements and to have everything in position. All were distributed different works and duties. My job was to give signals to start the race after checking the tracks and the positions of the athletes. Just after each race my next duty was to transfer the list of winners from the finish line to medal stand where teachers were writing names on certificates. It was really tiring for me and I was not getting any rest in between. From this I learnt the working of a system and the management of conduction of an event like this. In between we had a fun race in which Aditi Shah came on first position and Nishad came on second position (by unethical means). He was disqualified which was evident after watching the video of the race but I think if any person is disqualified than there is no point of getting the position. Again the events began and my job too. At last our race came where I was the king of track (hyperbolically). It was 4x100 m relay where I was running with my team Mukul, Aditi and Dasom. Mukul started the race and took a approximate 10 m lead and passed the batten to Aditi. Aditi continued and increased the lead with more 15 m. Dasom was in third position and ran very well and passed it to me. I ran and won the race which I felt like an amazing race because when I completed it was near about 50 meter lead. I was happy after winning and congratulated my opponents for the try. It was amazing and one of the most memorable moments of my life.

Helping in the annual function

As we are the seiner most students in the school, we were not allowed to participate in the annual function but after a lot request we got into prop group. I was in wing B side of the stage and after practicing the sun 4 times and indoor 4 times we were ready to show on stage. From this activity I learnt the coordinate, the importance of time, and new skills like arranging props as per the requirement. Everything was planned and supervised by Mr. Pandey. This activity is an amazing example of team work where all the team members were helping each other and doing their own jobs also. The sweat and the red eyes can easily show the dedicated effort I put in the arrangement of the props. I learnt an important point to talk as soft as possible on stage. This was the mistake we made while arranging the props.

Fun in Walk-a-thon

After planning all started working on the works allotted, banners were prepared by school but rest of the things were taken care by all the DP students who were part of preparation. We were the first to start the race of approx 7 km. pre-primary classes had a lap of 3 km the roads were decided by me and Nishad and calculated by a car which was 6.7km. We decided the teacher’s duty on the way and to make walk-a-thon a fare for all and no one can cheat. Before starting our preparation I inquired about the conditions of roads and the security purposes. We exchanged our ideas with each other. Nishad and I made two plans and tracks but then we worked together as a team and got the final track. Our physical education teacher helped us by making the no. tags for all the participants. The participation was fun because we started very slow but after completing 300-500 meters everyone’s athlete started spouting out. All DP students started to walk like professionals. Mukul took lead in the beginning but 1km I covered the distance and in next 500 meters took lead ahead of Mukul. I learnt new technique or I should say invented a new way of relaxation. While walking when I got tired, my calf muscles started acing. I turned my face and started moving backward. My muscles started relaxing and I felt good after it. I came first and took rest for 5 minutes. After which I waited for junior students to come, I gave them glucose and water. Asked them to stretch a little and then rest. I took care if someone was hurt or something. I appreciated all those who were coming to finish the walk. It was fun, full of action, struggle, enthusiasm, the thirst of winning. I loved and enjoyed each and every moment of it. I am looking forward for few more such events.

Visit to old age home 3

Today the day was really a fun day. As last time I was with grandfathers (Nanas) I promised them to show the movie they asked for but unfortunately this time I was selected for Nani ward. As I had planned for a movie I started to setup. It was amazing experience to see all grandmothers (Nanis) to see them so happy. Their faces were literally glowing up when I took out my laptop and asked them to sit around and be comfortable. I asked them which movie they want to see and one of the grandmothers asked me which movie I have and will be showing to them. I told them that as I have came in Nani ward (section of grandmothers) first time I have the latest movie “Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani”. They asked me about the background and the actors. I answered all their questions and started the movie. I asked them if there was any problem in watching or sound system but there was no problem. They were so interested that they didn’t even distract for a second. Sometimes they were unable to make out the word spoken in movie so I helped them and told them the script. Few new terms and things which were spoken and shown in movie were new to them so I helped them in understanding it. If happiness is considered as the global issue and is really necessary for all then I think I was successful.

Preparation of walkathon

While discussing about the best athletes of the world, it came in our mind that we should also conduct some athletic events. First, we all agreed to mini-marathon of 5-6 km but then we concluded that it will be very difficult for children of junior classes. We decided to plan for a walkathon. After consulting with our supervisor, Mukul became the in charge of the distributing the responsibilities. He made list as follows:

Task	Students, who will arrange for the things
Fliers	Kaustubh
First aid box (3 sets)	From school
Ambulance
Glucose	Agam, Mukul
Water	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Juice
Doctors	Trisha
Disposable glasses	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Tables	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Circular	Kaustubh
Signals for direction	Chinmay, Nishad
Volunteers (teachers)	Dasom, Hyunju
Judges (teachers)	Dasom, Hyunju
Route map	Chinmay, Nishad
Tissue papers	Aditi (From school)
Cameraman (teachers)	Agam, Mukul

My first job was to make route for walkathon and Nishad was with me. I went to Google maps and started searching for our school. It was very difficult for me to search because of low network and I was not getting proper internet signals. After trying for a long time I succeeded in getting it. With the help of screen snap shot I took its snap and found the route around school.

Gardening 3

Wow! Each time I come here and these incredible plants amaze me more and more. This time when we came here they were full of vegetables and flowers. There were chilies and lady fingers hanging in the branches. It really felt great watching them grow. Now, I can imagine what a mother feels watching her child grow. We all worked as a team and the result of our hard work and idea was in front of us. Mihan is a developing area and here we have very less trees, this was our small try to reduce the deforestation problem and pollution problem. This will not end and soon I will be starting a new project. May be on under CAS but it’s for life long.

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. 1^st 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.