A cute girl..

 I woke up late, as I am still suffering from fever.. I feel tired.., so no classes..no tuition,.. As soon as I woke up, my little cousin came to me. He had got two three pieces of irregularly cut glass. He wanted to make me paint on it. (I am really happy hearing like this from these kids!! even though I am not that much good in this). Actually, that was a single piece of glass with a small cut on one corner. He tried to make it even. And he tried to shape it. You know how? He broke it with a stone.:) , Anyway, he was waiting for telling me he need  
a girl's picture to be made. I asked him why, but he didn't tell. Ok, even if I was not feeling good about my health, I just tried to make a simple one.. And when I completed the outline, he came and said he liked it..and it is supposed to give to his girlfriend. Oh these kids nowadays! They talk about girl friend/ boy friend in this age..! And he wanted to write her name too..
 Now, it is finished and left for drying. I  clicked a picture very soon, as he wanted that too..

I liked it myself.. 

Red rose..

 As, I have started glass painting, my little cousins are appreciating me for every piece I have made, and encouraging me to try the next. Last day, they asked me if I can make one for  them too.. To my bad luck, there was not glass piece left, and I had made one on a glass bottle. They were so happy getting this..

You like it...??

Cute pink fish..

My Love just love his aquariums (Ya, he got more than two!! ), and of-course his pet fishes. Some times that make me jealous too ;).  He used to sat near them and  watch them for some time. He says, that time, he get relaxed , and those fishes just keep him in peace (Not like me who is always irritating him with my rantings..).   Anyway, as he like them,  me also started liking keeping an aquarium. I simply dedicate this painting to my dear love..

It was made on a Tea glass. :) . I have send him the picture, and he liked it  :). I know, its simple, not that much a great work. But, he just loved it, and I love him for that..for what he make me feel..

Ohm Sree Ganeshaya Namah

    I have got fever, and was at home (It's a rare thing!!). As I can't sit idle (Yes, I have that bad habit :(    ), I was getting bored of doing nothing. Something got my attention. A wedding invitation card. There was a  picture of  'Ganapathi' . And...it looked like this..

  I just tried to paint it ....

My second try in Glass painting

 When I have made the first painting, the making of the next was already in my mind. I made use of the time, when the first painting outline was kept for drying. This is what I have done then.

first try in Glass painting

In one of my previous post, I have mentioned about my new hobby. I have started painting on glass :):). I am so happy about this.. When I searched in different sites and learnt the basics, I found it rather easy. and it is true when I tried it !!. It was easy.. and it was a very thrilling, and a pleasurable experience. Actually, I have bought the painting materials some weeks back. But couldn't start working on it, as I couldn't get a flat glass piece and trying to find a shop. And one day to my surprise, I got two pieces from my own home. That was happened so unexpectedly and I got so happy.. Within no time, I have rushed to my Tuition class with all the accessories. I wanted to make it when nobody is around me. I wanted to keep it as a secret. (there was another reason too, for not making it at my home..will tell about it some other time).

  I want to show you some of the pictures of my first try in glass painting.
1. Painting tools:- You can see the glass piece cut in A4 size, the glass outliner, and the paint in tubes. We need only these things. The Glass piece is washed well to remove any dust and dirt, and dried it naturally. And the canvas got ready ;)

2. Then, I have drawn the design on the glass using the black outliner.

3. I have kept it dry for 1 hour. Actually, the instructions ask for 2 hours, but you know I was being so..impatient..Then I started filling colors.

4. This is what I made finally. It is placed on the wooden chair, and got clicked :). There is a glare because of  the flash. (My friend H (mashe) suggested me to not use flash the next time. Thank you dear)

   I am so happy about my own creation..this time, I got the design from google. I think, its ok  as it is my first try. I just loved it!!:)

   My father liked it very much. Love you Achayee..  And he promised me that, he will make it framed. :):)

 All my friends said good comments when I showed them..Thanks to all ...your nice words are really encouraging. I am touched.:)

  My love had promised me to get me more glass pieces so that I can make more.. Love you etta..:)

  And, my friends, Did you like this...?

Am I happy...?

Whenever I feel disturbed and feeling sad about something I used to ask myself. "am I happy?". This may sound crazy, but I then start list all the things I have to be happy about. And the number always exceeds the things that make me feel bad. It is just like this..

  I should be happy because.....

• I have no physical ailment even though everyone says I am too..lean and weak and unhealthy. In my opinion, to be healthy doesn't mean that you have to be fatty, it is just the condition with out any illness.
• I have a decent paying Job, which I am passionate about doing ever since I am a student.
• I have a good family- my parents, siblings, and my love, even though there are some problems sometimes. We patch up all the times.!! :)
• I have the world's best friends..-Lucky me :)
• I have enough freedom to do anything at my will. Thanks to my parents.

..................................................................................... there can be many more persons who don't even get any one of the blessings I have got. Its not at all my own credit. I know that. and, I am thankful to him for all that I have now. God Almighty..

     Then,the current sadness will be washed away very soon realizing I have no time to be sad..as I have a lot more to be happy.. :) :)

   Friends,   "Are you happy...?"

Sikha

Wishlist ‘13

          I had made a “wish list” , this year. That goes like this......

I want to;

1. Get a job I am passionate about.
2. Publish a research paper on my own.
3. Attend an International Multi conference
4. Work online
5. Be an entrepreneur
6. Learn glass painting
7. Learn driving
8. Get back to reading-Read 50 books this year
9. Get married ;) ;)
10. Pursue PhD (This is a long term wish...)
11. Make my own library
12. Buy Gold for my marriage on my own
13. Gain weight
14. Contribute something to society

................................and,  to my own surprise, I have accomplished some of the above by now.

1.    I got a job that I am passionate about. I love to teach. Its my profession. I am so happy about this...

2.    I also have published my own research paper in IEEE Explore. I am a author now. Its a great feeling. JJ

3.    I have attended an International Multi conference- iMAC4S last month. It was a great opportunity to take part in such an event in which 17 countries participated.

4.   I am working online too. As Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Cramster, based in Delhi. That too related to my teaching profession.

5.    I always wanted to start something on my own. There was an idea of starting an institute. And YES!!! I have started my own tuition centre. Now taking Tuition for all engineering subjects , for all Engineering Streams.. Its going good.

6.   I have started glass painting too..Googled a lot and referred and understood the basics...and started painting..will write a post showing some of them..

7.     To learn driving- this is what I want to do but feared deep inside. And may the fear is the reason that stopping me from even the first step.

8.   I have got back to reading more and more.. and now reached  about middle of my goal...

9.   Yes, I really want to get married this year. I have waited a lot... (Actually my parents wont allow me to be single anymore). And you know what, i am going to fulfil that wish too. I am going to marry my Love on the coming November ( that too long na.. ;( some circumstances..)

10. One of my biggest wish is to pursue Phd. But,I know, that is not possible this year. But I have made the first step in to it. Published my research paper, done with my Masters.

11.  I am running towards it. As I am earning my own, I can buy books as many I wish, and I am gonna make my own library.

12. Oh! You may be knowing that, Gold is an important part in a Hindu marriage. I mean ornaments. Even if I am not a ornament- savy person, I want to look great in a nice dress an ornaments in my marriage. It is my wish not to make my parents suffer a lot (as Gold price is increasing day by day), I have started buying some Gold each month. May be its crazy, but I feel good doing this...

13. Everybody complaint about me that, I m so.. lean and need to put on some weight.  Me also wish for that, but its not worked yet....

14. It is strictly confidential......


   I thank God Almighty for giving me everything so far... I want to thank one and all who helped and supported me visibly or invisibly..

...................................................................Sikha

Reach out’13

Part- 2

Previous parts- 1

          One of our plan was to prepare some simple and interesting experiments in the laboratories. As we have 5 different branches of Engineering stream in our college (Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering), all the departments decided to prepare their own experiments and models for the students.

          

         Duties were assigned to every staff members and we started working on it. I have been assigned the duty of preparing a Lab manual ( of course with the help of my friend and colleague, Deepthi )and  demonstrate some of those experiments . As I belong to the Electrical & Electronics Engineering department, the experiments and models that we arranged were related to electricity. We have planned to familiarize the various electrical equipments to them and make them understand the basic principles of electricity. Some of them were;

1. Study of intensity of light in an Incandescent lamp and Compact Flourescent lamp (CFL) with variation in voltage.
2. Electric power generation from sun using solar panel.
3.  Demonstration of wind speed measurement
4. Demonstration of principles of magnetism
5. Conversion of ac voltage to dc voltage using rectifiers.

etc..

We were very eagerly waiting for the day.. 15^th April. The inaugural day of “Reach out’13”....

                                     

               To be continued.........

Reach out ‘13

Part-1

   Last Week, was so busy for me. Not only for me, but also for all my colleagues @ college. We were conducting a one Week Workshop for the high school students. As you know, I am working in an Engineering college, and dealing with students elder and different than the school students. The management and the staff together had taken the program- named as “Reach out’13” as a social commitment, and that was a grand Success.

          

      The aim of the ‘Reach out 2013’ was to make the high school students aware of the technology in a practical aspect. We wanted to show and make them experience the things that they study in text books. We want them to understand the importance of technology in the day today life.  That too, in the most possible simple way. They should enjoy the session...

         

       When we first heard about this idea from the management, we were not sure whether this can really work. We really wondered, what we can arrange for them to explain and make them understand and enjoy completely. And worried about whether we can manage these kids, as we are not used to the students of their age. There may be over dynamic kids, and it can be difficult to control them since there can be a lot of safety issues in the lab (like, electric shock, or putting finger inside a working machine etc).

          Even though, we had doubts regarding “How this will work?”, we decided to go ahead with the plan. The first step was to convince the students so that they are ready to come and attend a workshop during their summer vacation. First, we have contacted the teachers in the nearby schools and invited them to our college, and conducted a workshop for one day. We have introduced the various laboratories and machines to them, and they found the session very interesting. We got very good feedback from them. They said, they would really like their students also get an opportunity of this kind.

               

            Thus, we have selected above 200 students from 10 schools and started working on the preparation. ...........

                                                          

                                                                        To be continued...

what is love??

"What do you think of yourself? You are just a job less, good for nothing creature who can't even give me a kid- that's you are"

   This cruel words slapped on her. She can't respond at all. She can't believe, what she heard just now. Is it the same man whom she loved so much so that, she had left her parents, all her loved ones? It's because of  him she discontinued her study. Actually he didn't want her to do anything she like to do...love to do. He insisted that, his wife don't have to become anything else. She just has to play the role of his wife. Thus, she had to stop all her creative things. She stopped writing, stopped painting, stopped thinking about doing higher studies or having a job. She had done all these, because she love him. Even though he is so indifferent like this, she know he love her a lot too.. she believed so.

But, now she can't tell if he loved her ever? She even don't know whether she love him now? or loved him ever? What is the thing that called love??

A cute love story..

A beep sound in Rohit’s phone.

“Hi, Good morning J”

   This made him smile too.. But why, it was just a good morning na?

 “Hi, have a nice day JJ”, he replied back.

..............................................................................

This short but sweet conversation has now become a routine of Rohit’s life. On the other end, it was Rasna. She too feels the same..

   Rohit was getting ready for college. He is doing his Masters now. A very ambitious, enthusiastic, and smart guy.

   Just like every day, some sweet memories came to him. Flashback....

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     Rohit and Rasna were studied in the same boarding school. They were in the same class, but not close friends. Rohit’s memory strikes in their 7^th standard. He was a studious boy, but was so shy compared to other boys in mingling with the girls in the class. Rasna was the topper, and the smartest girl in the class. Something else was there in her that made Rohit started noticing her. Each and everything related to her makes him happy. She had a hobby that time. She used to collect different varieties of postal stamps, and arranged them neatly in an album. Rohit used to give her some rare stamps as his father was abroad. He wanted to see her happy on getting all that.

   Thus, “ Rasna is Rohit’s 1^st crush”.

But Rohit was unaware of a thing that, somebody else is observing all these in between them. It was Jithu, another boy in the same class, bench mate and room mate of rohith. One day, Jithu announced in the class (don’t remember what made him do so) that Rohit is in love with Rasna. As soon as he made his surprise announcement, Rasna started crying, and poor Rohit had no idea of what to do then.

  At the same time, the bell rang and came the Maths teacher, Mr Pande. He is an old, balded person. From the looks itself, we can understand he is a very strict person.

  Everyone become silent, when Mr. Pande entered the class room, except Rasna. She was still sobbing. Obviously, he asked her what made her cry. And she said “ Rohit said that, I am his lover”. All the students started making noise. “ KEEP QUIET”, as Mr. Pande raised his voice, everybody become silent. He called out “ Rohit, STAND UP”.. Rohit stood with a fast beating heart. “Stretch your hand Rohit” . With his hand trembling, Rohit was beaten up by the teacher very badly. He cancelled the class, and took him to the staff room, where he had given some more punishments in front of other teachers.

      Rohit was totally shaken by this incident. He felt so broken. And within one day, his parents came to take him. He didn’t want to continue in that school. He wanted to live with his parents. Any how, this incident brought to him that luck too. He could stay with his parents!!.

    .............................................................................................

   That was the flash back..

Then, after school both joined different colleges, and busy with their own careers. It was after he joined for his Masters, that he joined in face book. He could find out a lot of his old friends there, but not Rasna. It was she who send a friend request first. Even though they were not keeping in touch for a long time, both felt so special to each other.  And you know what, another story started....

   To be continued.....

A call from my friend

   It is a luck to have a good friend. And, in that case, I am a bit more lucky, as I have a good number of  'good friends'. Today, a small incident- a call  from one of  my friends, made me realize that I am lucky enough.

   Today I got a call from 'S'.  He is one of my college friends, who mean a lot to me. But, nowadays, we were not contacting regularly. But, his surprise call really made me happy. As soon as I have attended the call, he asked me " Are you okay dear? is everything going fine?".  I could feel, he is worried, and I wondered why. Then comes the thing behind that;

 I am not a regular person in face book. and I don't have a lot of friends there, only the ones who are so dear, near and important for me.. And, sometimes, when I open my  fb page, I used to share some good quotes or pictures those I came across, which may be posted by my friends or somebody else.The quotes can be inspirational , emotional or philosophical. Actually, some of the emotional wordings were so emotional and sentimental that, any body can come to a conclusion that, I am going through a bad phase of life. or I am passing through any 'break ups'- . but, you know what, nobody else noticed this and not  texted or called me to know if the things are going well or not.

  But, 'S' noticed this, and called me. He wanted to make sure that, I am doing well. I assured him that, I am doing great. Everything is going fine.. I felt so happy for his concern and care. This may be a small incident, but it filled my heart. You made my day. Even though, we were not contacting for a short while, you came when you thought I am in trouble. thank you so.. much my dear friend...
     
   I wish and pray to God that, Please make me capable of keeping all my friends with me forever....

Happy women's day..

Dear all,

Sikha