Machines

Damn, how these machines replace men.

Today red bus got its new Coffee vending machine which signals the end of the chai walla. I dont know what he'll do, may be find another place to sell his chai, but i'll definitely miss the energetic good morning and good afternoon he greeted everyone with and the smile he gave back ones you replied to him.

Now, his personal touch will be gone forever.

Welcome to the world of machines.

teaching children

Today at dream a dream, the children from Ananya gave a decent presentation, an output of the 202 program we did with then with the Enable Child Foundation.

After a group of 2 children gave a presentation on the Olympics, the director of Ananya asked the children why they had chosen the particular background for the presentation. The children didnt have an answer, which got me thinking if it was my mistake for not having told them that the picture they had chosen didnt really represent the Olymics clearly. But what i was definitely proud of was that I had not medled with their product, it was as they had created it.

One of the biggest conflict when it come to teaching children is deciding to what extent you let the them experiment and to what extent you keep them within the requirement of a particular class to get to a desired result.

Another important aspect is the intellectual capacity, the mood and the inclination of the children. It is easy to deal with a bunch of kids who are at par in these things, but more often than not every child has a very different mind of his own. You tell them to research about the Great Wall of China, but rest assured after a minute you'll find them researching their favorite movie star, the likes of Kamal Hasan and Ganesh here in the south.

One of the best things about these courses is that over a period of the 3 weeks you develop a bonding with these children, some of them are soooo cute, some so inquisitive, some so mischievious.

Teaching children is a big challenge as its amazingly difficult to hold on to their attention and everyday is a new learning in terms of discovering myselfand in learning about the world of children.

The Traffic Man

Have you ever thought what a road would be for a traffic police man. For each one of us the road leads somewhere, but for the Traffic man it is so still, he stands there all day long directing traffic, his position unchanging. All around there is motion but is static like the light house in the sea which keeps being hit by the waves all the time.

Jog Falls

Sometimes, rather most of the times, unplanned journeys are the best ones. Well, this time it was a visit to the beutiful Jog Falls with a freind rom office, Pawan. All credit goes to him for organizing everything, my only contribution being the agreement to go :)

Sealong travels, the bus slated to leave Bangalore at 10:30, eventually left around 12. We reached the bus stop at 10:15 and due to the delay got time to grab a bite at the nearby Shanti Sagar. I gobbled up a lot of Pavs, thanks to the good quantity of the bhaji. Pawan had his regular smokes, and we made small talk, well the initial ice breaker time when you go out with somebody you are used. So that was the time when we started talking.

Into the bus at around 11:15 we went to sleep, the long day a work being the primary culprit. And ya it was a sleeper bus, pawan had the upper berth while i was in the lower one, just above the tyre. Not surprisingly it was a like sleeping through an earthquake, but then having not slept the last night, i went unconscious as soon as i hit the bed.

Morning around 8, we landed at this place called Sagar. Sagar is small town with a typical bus adda having those pay toilets, jittery buses and small shops all around. Next we boarded a bus to the Jog as our stay was at a KSTDC guest house near the falls.

Jog falls are beautiful to say the least.

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