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

Reading Tree

The mission of our reading week was: we believe that exposure to books and reading is vital for early childhood development. We seek to promote early literacy in our school through programs that educate the children on the importance of reading and writing. We the teachers worked sacrificing our precious time and came out with the fruitful outcomes of reading week. I already mentioned in my last post about the reading week, the scheduled program and all. I was so happy that my class children topped the wall magazines and class decoration. Competitor includes from class six to ten (exactly ten sections). I being a class teacher they made me proud. We also won the role play of the story. I was acknowledged as well. There were prizes for students as well. Cartons of waiwai, a cartoon of juice, chocolates and bundles of pens for students were awarded. Students were extremely contended and let me not mention on my part LOL .
I didn’t bring the real picture of the yesterday’s program but I just want to show you; the teachers’ contributions on the reading tree . Twenty two teachers contributed their ingenuity in a reading tree. Please identify which one is mine:

mine??? :P

Gift from Singapore :)

The morning was gloomy, snow top Black Mountain smiling to Samcholing. I was rushing towards MP hall, to keep ready my students for role play on a story, as today is the last reading day of the reading week. I was encountered with the gup (head of village). “Kuzuzongpola miss”, he greeted me. Actually I was in hurry, ‘Ah azah Gup kuzuzongpola,’ I replied.

His hand went into his biggest pocket of his gho (gho: Bhutanese men’s dress), I was already thinking that he is surely going to give me some doma (beetle nut), I was prepared for the answer, I don’t take doma la.

I was wrong. He said, “Ye gu chi dhu la madam gii” (there is a letter for you madam, in a respectful manner).

I replied, ’ya gatiley inna asza gup?’ (From where asza gup) I was actually eager, and I never expected such letter from any one truly.

I can’t wait to have my hands on letter. So, he said, ‘Kolkata ley inn mey” (from Kolkata) his hand was still inside the pocket searching for my fastidious letter.

Finally his hand was out of his big pocket and gave me a letter. He was wrong; it was a letter all the way from Singapore. I was so glad, I couldn’t wait to open and I stopped at school canteen despite my busy schedule and opened the letter. Wow!! I was touched, happy and I couldn’t describe my emotion at that particular moment. Maam Rima Reyka my Blogger friend has send me a book marker. Which looked so beautiful, awesome and the colour was so sweet. This blog post is for you maam, Kadinchoee la, sem gai (Thank you so very much maam, I was more than happy) to receive your adorable letter and awe-inspiring book marker, which now I am going to surely start with my book.

Hehe glad to know that we two are huge fans of Doraemon… Give me five!! Infact, I am heavy fans of it… I have huge collection of it at my home. My friend used to treat me with Doremon. Maam truly, I was overjoyed to go through each and every sentence of your letter at the same time I over enjoyed looking at all the characters of Doremon: Shizuka, Nobita, Dorami, Gian,Suneo, Doraemon eww all sweet and cute.  You know last year my best friend had gifted me with a giant fat Doraemon. He cannot move as he is too fat lolx…:P

I just wanted to let you know the things you did for me will not go unnoticed. I appreciate your surprise and I appreciate your gift-giving skills. Many sincere thanks goes to you for such a thoughtful gift. To thoughtful you, from thankful me. I really love my gift. I simply adore it! You are amazing! Your gift had no price tag on it, but if I could tag I would label it as priceless. Thank you ma’am!!!

Happy Sunday.

Picture story^^^ KingaRabten Palace :)

Each Lhakhang I visited made me wonder as everything seems new to me, starting from the statues. I only knew that I would have given more important in enjoying than appreciating the holy sites Happiness grows from appreciating and enjoying is only another phase of happiness. Today the prayers I am saying is different, the wish I make is different than years ago. This shows, that I am matured enough.

Stain of cup on the floor :) 

We had lunch together and back to home, with wonders in my mind.

Students are provided with questionnaires, which they have to answer all the questions with in 15 minutes. The marks they obtained will be added as their CA. 

This is the bed of our second Druk Gyalpo, still preserved.

This palace is looked after by the Dzongpoen Pemala, who is working under national Library. He said, this dzong is now converted into Museum. We could see lots of dzongkha text.

It was believed that our second king expired coughing blood. We could still see the blood stain of our Second Druk Gyalpo.