Unblogged hobbies ;)

Life without a hobby is like food without the salt. It is a hobby which makes living interesting. It is a pursuit outside one’s regular work. A hobby gives one joy and pleasure; one does not get tired of it. It is a pastime, relaxation and leisure

Yesterday maam Yeshi snaped my house garden and tagged me.

Today I am inspired by two people to update my blog on unblogged hobby, Maam Yeshi lhamo and my blog reader Samten sir. Thank you both for your great memento.
There are many hobbies I have:  like cooking, painting, knitting, gardening, stamps collecting, photography, reading, sewing, pet care, coin collecting, playing games, travelling, blogging, etc. My favorite hobbies are gardening, playing and knitting.

Resting after immense work in the garden :P

:P grasses seems taller than me.

Gardening gives me immense pleasure. When I saw seed sown by me growing into beautiful plants and blooming flowers, it gives me a great sense of fulfillment. I enjoy tendering my plants and watering my garden every day. It gives me satisfaction and helps in keeping myself active and busy. I grow flowers and vegetables in my garden. The joy of witnessing blooming flowers and leaves fills my heart with a sense of achievement and realizing the fact that the work of my own hands is bearing fruit definitely gives me pleasure.
Another hobby which I pursue is playing games. There are a number of games I loved to choose from but I find chess the best and most fascinating.

My chess board. At homie ;)

Despite of my eight hours of school and burdens of bookwork, I always manage to get leisure time for myself. After completing watering the flower, in the evening I play chess with my friend. Sometimes when no one is ready to play then I play chess alone from both the sides. It is always interesting as well as difficult to play against myself. It is really a game that can help in mental exercising. It is an indoor game which I enjoy with biscuits and tea. I also play chess on my computer but most of the times I play it on cardboard. Playing chess keeps me mentally fit.:P You know during my college days during my friend’s birthday, I always used to buy them a chess board, so that whenever I visit them I can play the chess :P

Currently m knitting sweater 

My next hobby is knitting; I have a keen interest on knitting truly. Whenever I am in front of my laptop, I always browse the knitting video. When I was young, I knitted using the stick of hard-broom. My father always advice me not to knit, he says that, knitting is meant for elderly women. Still, my interest in knitting did not die for good reasons. Knitting is an excellent way to express creativity, save money on clothing, and create personalized gifts. I never buy simple winter stocks like socks, scarf, gloves and hat for me. I knit for myself. During my first birthday of my nephew, I gifted him, a set of knitted cloths. Knitting has also been shown to be excellent for people's health. For all of these reasons, I still knit constantly. I recently finished my very own socks and scarf. 

My knitting stuffs. ;)

My last favirouite hobby is blogging.Blogging is fun. I was inspired by many Bhutanese blogger. It was in 2012, August, where my action researches tutor introduced blog for our class. We were asked to post daily about the action research. I was not much interested in it. I never knew that, I can post my feelings, actually everything on my blog. I left my blog, and I was awake when I first read the blog post of Passu sirand Riku sir… Later in 2013, blogging became my hobby. I received first comments from a man from Germany and blogger Tsewang K. It’s really funny how blogging begins... slowly... and then gets some followers.. .and then gets more followers and more page viewers. That really drives my blogging hobby.

 Truly, my blog was a slow burner in all senses of the word.  Slow to gain readers and slow for me to really connect with it, as a creative outlet, and as a hobby. Blogging has given me some amazing opportunities to express my feelings. Blogging became my dairy today;). I am utterly grateful to be a simple blogger. I really do appreciate bloggers of Bhutan. Keep blogging friends.

 Trying new things is so important. Everyone should go out and try something new every day. So that one day that will be your hobby.

Suday ^_^ Book of memories ;)

There are various ways in which we entertains ourselves. Picnic is kind of open air entertainment for me.

;)

Yesterday, me with the students of Class VI of Samcholing MSS :P  went for a picnic cum trip. We wished to hold the picnic near Dramey-Tang Lhakhang(temple)which is a mile away. We also decided what should be our menu. However, finally we canceled everything and went for a trip, packing lunch. The place was unknown but it was very peaceful.

Towards 9:00 am, everybody gathered in front of Aum Sangay Lhamos general shop. Some hurriedly munched their biscuits and drank cool drinks and tea as the part of their fast breakfast. I purchased chocolates and snacks to munch later.

I checked whether all the students gathered or not and asked to call those missing friends. We started our journey towards our destiny. We had several things to carry, especially me. We thought of taking cab of app Tsewang but students denied me. Students helped me to carry the stack. I giggled and passed my stuff to students.

We gathered on the picnic spot. It was a lovely place, though remote. Idyllic place for the picnic goers, total silence, less people travel by, and away from the road. The place where none disturb, even mobile phone didn't disturb me, as there was no network coverage. Isn’t it beautiful and peaceful?

View of Samcholing valley 

Then, there was the boom boom of music blasting from the hoofer. Now, its dance session!  All of them danced and made me laugh, immeasurably blissful moment. I can rate my students as,” Talented dancers “.  Their dance and my enjoyment made a heaven on the earth :P. Truly, I was lost in the forest of excitement while they danced. It was fun being there. The book of memory remained in my heart. We had lunch and we headed back to our own destiny. 

I have brought you few snaps of the day, please view it :)

I am happy for who I am...

Dear friend,

 how have you been?

I am grateful to have woken up to a beautiful clear morning. To have another day to celebrate life. To have been greeted with an extend. I am grateful for a cell phone to be able to call my dad and mom who is traveling in Dagana from Samtse. I am grateful to TEXT book of class six and Khedrup Rinpochoe for reminding us to be grateful.

religious discourse with Khedrup rinpochoe

Yesterday on 13^th of October was immense occasion and it was a wedding ceremony of our Fifth Druk Gyalpo with a beautiful Gyeltsuen. ‘Happy belated weeding anniversary HM and her majesty the Gyeltsheun la’. Coinciding with the wedding ceremony, we had a religious discourse with Khedrup rinpochoe.I was touched. Rinpochoe la, you are just amazing and you bring us to the true life, the life of joy and peace within, your words and phrases are soooooo strong and powerful and revive everyone’s soul. Thank you so much.

Actually I am a science teacher by professional, but due to the shortage of teacher in our school, I was assigned to teach social studies in class six. I reached concluding chapter. This chapter is all about a great people and their great ideas and teachings that made difference in different people’s lives. I was influenced by the Buddha’s teaching. The four noble truth and Eight Fold Path are GREAT! Being myself teacher I explored many about Buddha’s teaching and now his teaching brought me enormous changes in a day.

I try to remember that things can always be worse. Coming to the end of a painful nightmare over the last couple months and it is easy to get caught up in it. But then I am slapped back into reality that I am still very lucky. I have my caring dad and mom, loving innocent little brother, guiding elder brother, wonderful friends, my home and my health. In other words, I have all I really need. I am very lucky indeed.

Nagged Dasara gift from my mom :P

What I am most grateful for today is the life I live despite the challenges before me. I am confident and always encouraged because I am literate. The fact that I am employed, educated, have a strong faith, am healthy and have enough money to pay my bills, so so so much. I am blessed beyond belief and grateful each and every day for it.

 “Happiness was not achieved through comfort and luxury, but by wanting less” Social studies text/chap:11/PG:108

“People should ask the things what they need, not the thing what they want” Social studies text/chap:11/PG:108

You know just before a week I ordered my mom to send me some face creams. She did send me. Now after, I will never nag my mom any more :P. I PROMISE!

Dear friend you are wonderful. Thank you for reading my blog post though it’s just a squiggle. The above two guru’s(BOOK+ RINPOCHOE) are the wonderful reminder to the path of my religious conviction. ThE  way they taught me was very humbling. Take care of yourself ...

Pleasant evening ahead.

Keep visiting!

The big day is here: 1st Oct. :)

 Lets dedicate ourselves to, bring smile on their face:)

Tomorrow, 1st of October, will be the first time that we, as a team, will spend one whole day together focusing on International Day for the Elderly people. The venue will be at the Samdrupcholing Palace (Just below our schoolJ). They say that there will be a guest from various sources. Dasho Dzongdha will be the chief guest.

The theme of International Day of Older Persons 2014 is “Leaving No One Behind: Promoting a Society for All”

The reason to celebrate, International Day for the Elderly is to dedicate honor, respect and care for the grandfather and grandmother. Remember, someday you hope to be included among this group, including me. So, that is time where we need extra love and care.  We need to improve attitudes towards older people and appreciate them. It is fact that, sometimes older people are treated like less important members of society.  That is positively not how I want to be treated when I am older, so let us take care of the elderly in the present and carry it on to the future. Let us manufacture a chain today. So that we can, carry out these chains to generations. This year, all the students will be adopting one elderly person. I too planned to adopt one this year, so that I can give my love and care to him/her.

This day has taken more than weeks to organize which reflects the difficulty in getting everyone in the same room, at the same time.  The following are just a few of the activities taking place tomorrow.
  1.    Cultural show by our school students.

      2.  Adoption of the old age people.

      3.   Lunch for all.

      4.  Entertainment programs.

I will report back on how we get on (with photos!). Keep visiting.:P

Happy Day of Older Persons!!

Greetings from Rupa. :)

PlEaSuRaBlE tImE sPeNT wItH gRaDe oNe StUdEnTs :)

There’s no discounting the importance of the first day of class. What happens that day sets the tone for the rest of the class…

Today I had visited class one. It was my first time experiencing with a first grade students. They were so innocent. I was an actress in front of them. I made my face in any shape to put them in the picture and narrate a story.

I have been teaching for so long but I never visited the class of a small children. It was a pleasure to be with them. Actually, I was substituting one of my colleagues, who are on leave, to celebrate THRUE. I went to the class, students greeted me. I didn’t know what to do. I remembered quick and easy activity for small kids, which my first grade teacher, Maam Chimmi usually asked us to do, long ago in 1997.

I asked them to draw the outline of their hand on one section of the paper and on another section of paper I asked them to draw the outline of their friend’s hand. After that I asked them to shade the hand with brown color and nails with white. That was my instruction. I had provided them with a paper each.

I told them that, ‘Those who will finish first will get a big star’ (Ga heyma chami di lu Karma bom jinii mey). I inspired them. So, after five minutes a student from a corner came in the front, with his paper.

Chaiboo.( ‘Did you finish?’) I asked.

‘Chaila madam,’ his meek voice travelled to my ear

s.’  ‘KaLey tagey’, (let me see.)

The below is the diagram of the hand he drew.

Outline of the hands drawn by one of the stds.

I was surprised; I didn’t tell you to paint your nails with black colour!

Your work is incorrect! With his innocents eyes directed on my face and he told me, ‘Madam la kho gi shimo dirty dhula’(dirty nails).That is the reason why he painted black. I giggled and again he had requested me to give him a BIG KARMA (Big Star)!!

:P I was reminded they are a small kid. J So, I didn’t pause to give a big Karma(star).

They also notified me that I write the opposite “F”.

 “Madam gi ‘aff’ deee misey bey la… :P “

My style of writing 'F' which lil kids called as a F in reversed form :P

Haha I thoroughly enjoyed being with small kids. I have to thank my primary teachers for education me how to add the letters and from a word and words to a sentence. Primary teachers are a real teacher. They are knowledgeable, patient, enthusiastic and kind.  They manage all this in the face of students who often don't want to be taught.  

Thank you my primary teachers.

You all are always rememberedJ       

Pleasant evening ahead dear reader’s J