First Impression

On entering the class I saw a man standing in the corner with arms crossed with no smile on his face and was just staring at the students as they entered the class. The impression that I had of Amitesh Sir was that he is a someone who is unfriendly and rude in nature because ones first reaction on seeing someone is to atleast to pass a smile if not say anything but he he did none of them. As they say first impression is the last impression and in my case it stands true as for me he is still the same kind of person who I saw at the first day and I can't change my views on him as I have made a mind set about him.

Castle Making

Castle making was a group activity where each group was suppose to have marshmallows  spaghetti, tape and strings. The objective of this activity was to make the tallest castle which should be strong and should stand on its own without falling. Limited time was given to do complete this task.

Our group started making the structure before planning on how to actually make it. At the end our castle did not stand on its own as we did not work as a team and didn't formulate a strong base before actually starting our work, we were in a hurry to complete the task. 

This activity taught us that planning is the key to success because without that you will never be able to succeed. Also cooperation,coordination and patience is also required. Working as a team would make the work faster and easier. The base of the structure has to be always strong as a weak base would not let you rise high.

Needs and Wants; Given and Chosen Identity

This session of the workshop about needs and wants made me think how my needs are different from my wants. And I have always been confused of what I actually need and what i actually want. The need are all the basic necessities for my survival and my want is to buy  to a new macbook. This generation of people can't really differentiate between what they actually need and what they actually want which leads to a dilemma in their lives.

Needs are things that are required 24/7 and wants are things that gives me temporary happiness and satisfaction.

According to Maslow there is a hierarchy which shows that humans first fulfil their basic requirements, then their safety after which about their belongings and family, which leads to self esteem and self confidence and at the end self realisation which is the peak of their potential

There is huge difference between chosen and given identity. Chosen identity is what you actually want to be yourself and given identity is the identity given to us by society and that is something that can't be changed.

Our first given identity is given to us on the day of our birth which is our gender and our relations with each of our family members. Also our religion becomes a tag to us and we can't change it. These decisions mark us with a lot of responsibilities in life which need to be fulfilled.

The chosen identity is an identity which we inculcate in ourselves as we grow up and it is of our choice what we want to be identified as in our future. According to parents they want their children to be doctors or engineers but I  might want to be something every different like an make up artist. So it is our choice what we actually want to be and how we want our identity to be in society. 

25 stories

This activities main objective was to use the given 10 words (grasshopper, tree, slippers, red underwear, pimple,burger, robot, garbage bin, pressure cooker and cycle) to make short stories. The words could not be added or removed and the actual meaning of the word is not known by us,so the meaning can be whatever that we may think.

1. Cycle went to the pimple (The bathroom), and started to have a grasshopper (a bath), after that, he went to the tree (the kitchen), and started eating his robot (his breakfast), he then got into his slippers (car), on his way he saw some red underwear (grass) on either side of the burger (street), he finally got to the garbage bin (office), and started to do this pressure cooker (work). 
2. The pressure cooker (boy)  got out of the garbage bin (college), while he was on his way out, he greeted the pimple (teacher), he sat on his robot (motorcycle), his red underwear (best friend) came and sat behind him. They went to the burger (coffee shop) and had a lot of slippers (fun), since they were recalling their tree (childhood). They realised it was late, and that it was time to head cycle (home), and go to grasshopper (sleep).
3. The grasshopper (chef), worked at the local red underwear (restaurant), all the rich pimple (people) from all over garbage bin (India) visited, they came just to eat his cycle (food). Today, he was catering to the richest man in the land. He knew everything had to be perfect for the richest man to get impressed. He added just the right amount of tree (spices), and added a certain amount of  robot (salt & pepper) to balance the pressure cooker (flavours). He handed the slippers (dish) over to the burger (waiter).
4.  The cycle (children), visited the grasshopper (amusement park) with their pimples (parents). They wanted to sit on the biggest and fastest red underwear (rollercoaster), as soon as they reached they stood in a long pressure cooker (line), when their turn came they bought the garbage bin (tickets). On entering they saw a tree (gift shop), they all liked a robot (T-shirt), they all wanted to buy it but the slippers (shopkeeper), wasn't able to provide all of them with one. They all wanted it, so they had a burger (competition) to decide who would get it.
5. Three burgers (friends), were sitting on a slipper (couch), they all were getting very bored, and decided to go on a robot (road trip). They all sat in the tree (car), and set off. They left at garbage bin (dusk) but they didn't know where they were going, soon it was pressure cooker (night time), and they decided to take a red underwear (nap). They got up to the sound of grasshoppers (birds) chirping. One of them turned on the cycle (ignition), and they set about for the next leg.
6. Three cycles (men), were stranded on a grasshopper (desert) with red underwear (food) or pressure cooker (water). The garbage bin (wind) was blowing very fast and they knew that they had to find some form of tree (shelter), if they wanted to survive the robot (storm) which was expected. They walked for slippers (miles), when they thought all was over and burger (death) was certain, they found a mud house on the banks of a lake.
7. The cycle (family) was playing grasshopper (badminton) together. Soon a strong gust of pimple (wind) blew away their red underwear (shuttlecock) while they were playing. They all started chasing it all around the pressure cooker (city). They chased it for a long while, before it fell to the garbage bin (ground). They picked it up and started playing again, only for a small amount of time before it was taken away by two trees (homeless boys), they gave up, ad decided that it was time to buy a new one. They went to the robot (market), where the slippers (father) took out the burger (money), and paid it to him.
8. The cycle (boys) went to the grasshopper (beach), since they were feeling very pimple (hot) at pressure cooker (home), and the garbage bin (air conditioner) was not working. They all wore red trees (shorts), and blue robots (T-shirts). They played in the slippers (sand), until it was burger (night). 
9.  It was the cycle’s (couple’s) tenth grasshopper (anniversary), and they decided to celebrate the occasion, they decorated the pimple (house), with some red underwear (balloons), they called lots of red underwear (people) over, the received loads of pressure cookers (gifts), they cut a garage bin (cake) and distributed it amongst everybody. The tree (party) was a huge success as everybody enjoyed. The danced to some good robots (music), it was slippers (morning), when they finally left. The both of them then went off to burger (sleep).
10. 10.The grasshopper (boy) went to the cycle (restaurant), and sat on the pimple (chair). The red underwear (waiter) came and took his pressure cooker (order), he ordered two garbage bins (dishes). While he was waiting for his food he started chatting up with a tree (woman) to pass time. All the talking made him thirsty and he ordered a robot (beverage). It came in  a slipper (can), he drank it with  a burger (straw).
11. 11.  A cycle (thief) entered the grasshopper (museum), and stole the pimple (painting). A red underwear (janitor) saw him and activated the pressure cooker (alarm). The garbage bin (police) came rushing but by then he had got into the tree (car) and had disappeared. They saw his face in the robot (CCTV footage), they called the slippers (FBI) on the burger (phone), soon they all started working together with the sole purpose of finding him.
12. It was cycle (morning) and the grasshopper (boy) got up to the sound of the red underwear (alarm), he rushed to the pimple (bathroom) and started to pressure cooker (brush), wasting no time at all he started have a garbage bin (bath). He wrapped a tree (towel) around him and got out. He was very late for robot (work). He quickly wore his slippers (Shirt) and his burger (Pants) and left he house
13. The cycles (boys) went to grasshoppers (school) to pimple (study), they went by red underwear (bus), when they reached they walked for a while till they finally reached their garbage bin (class). They took out their trees (books) and started writing with a robot (pencil), one of them made a mistake and to rectify it he used a slipper (eraser), after 10 minutes the burger (teacher) finally entered.
14. The cycle (boy) sat on the grasshopper (branch) of a pimple (tree). He landed in a pit of red underwear (mud) and dirtied his pressure cooker (clothes). He sat in his garbage bin (car) as he had to go robot (home), to change them. He changed into a red slipper (T-shirt) and blue burger (Pant)
15. The cycle (girl) boarded the grasshopper (bus) in the middle of the pimple (road), it was red underwear (morning) and everybody was heading for pressure cooker (work). She sat on the garbage bin (seat) beside the tree (window). The garbage bin (driver) was very kind, and he did not take any tree (money) from her for the robot (ride). She got off, and when she looked up she saw a huge slipper (building) which was made of burger (glass).
16.  The cycle (goldfish) lived grasshopper (under the sea). He took shelter under some pimples (sea weed). He was very scared of red underwear (sharks) but his pressure cooker (best friend) was always there to protect him. He also had his garbage bin (mother) and tree (father) with him. He lived in the robot (sea) but had nothing to do, so he died of slippers (boredom). His body burger (decomposed) and nothing was left of him.
17. The slippers (boy) went out for a grasshopper (trek). He climbed the steep pimple (hill) in no time, he set up red underwear (camp) and went off to pressure cooker (sleep). He got up to the sound of a loud garbage bin (thud), he peeked out and realised that a tree (landslide) was heading his way. He picked up his robot (stuff), and ran down as fast as he could. He avoided it but encountered a pride of slippers (lions), he lit a burger (fire), this distracted them and in no time he was gone.
18. Grasshopper went to cycle (hotel) to eat garbage bin (food) but he had no pimples (money) to eat it. So he went to his robot ( bank ) in his pressure cooker (car). On the way he met with a red underwear (accident) and then was taken to the slippers (hospital) where his  pimples (parents) were waiting.
19. Slipper (boy) went to read the robot (book) he found a girl eating garbage bin (food) he went for shopping with her on pressure cooker (car) and bought a red underwear. It was too tight and so he gave it to his tree (friend). Then they went to have pimple (pizza).
20. One day cycle ( boy) was wearing slippers and climbing on the tree. He found pimples (fruits) on it. He broke them and threw them down. A robot (neighbour) came running with his burgers(shoes) and picked up all up. Cycle went to the grasshopper (police) to complain. They found the robot and bit him with red underwear (stick)
21. Tree (a boy) sat on the burger (table) and broke it. it was covered with red underwear (plastic). The Burger was a pimple (gift) from someone.His mother came and gave him three grasshoppers (slaps). Tree started to take out pressure cooker (tears)  from his eyes. Then robot (friend) came and made him slipper(happy).
22. Pimples (boys) were fighting over their pressure cookers ( cars) they started throwing burgers (stones) at each other. The went to the robot (teacher),even she started fighting for her own car. The grasshoppers (parents) came and gave red underwear (gifts) so that they stop slippers (fighting). Then they went back to pressure cooker (home)
23.  All the Cycles (colleges) were having their robots (exams) going on. The pimples (students) were worried. They started bringing pressure cookers (chocolates) to college to reduce their stress levels. They were introduced to new grasshopper (teacher). All the students cheered up
24. Grasshopper (children) went to the tree (zoo) and saw robot (tiger). He started clicking burgers (photos). The robot got frustrated and jumped on him. Grasshopper gave him pimples (food) and then they became friends (slipper). They wore red underwear and slept on pressure cooker (bed).
25. Slippers(boy) went out. He went on a ride wearing a pressure cooker (tube) so that he does not drown. Going inside the water he felt burgers (fish) under his feet. He shouted and all the pimples (people) got scared and ran outside the robot (place).

Three Questions

1. If you knew you would be dead at midnight what would you be doing at 11:45 ?

If I knew that i would die at midnight, I would love to spend time with my parents and tell them how much they mean to me and thank them for everything they have done for me in the past years that I have lived. I would not cry and would like to see the same smile on their that they had at the time of my birth.

2.If you didn't know how old you were , how old would you really be?
 This question puts me into a state of confusion that if i dont know about my age then i would probably be 13-14 year old. The fact that i don't know about the ages and how does a person behaves in a particular age how can i define my age. Probably by seeing people around i can give this tag to myself. Age is just a number to which society has given some tags to it. While answering this question i feel that if i didn't know about my age i would not know about who behaves how in what age hence i will say i would be a young girl who has no age boundaries and can do whatever whenever. And would love to be of that age forever.


3.If you died and went to heaven's gate , what would you say to ,why should you be let inside heaven?
Standing at heavens gate itself defines that i have done good deeds in life. To answer the question i feel i have respected things , situations , people around me. I have listened to them and done things for them just to make them happy and not hurt them in anyway. I have made many mistakes in life but never let my ego come in-between to apologise. I have done all this not having the motive to go to heaven but just seeing people around me happy which gives me happiness. 

Toy Making

The toy is named as Jhunjhuna. It is for children from 5 months- 1 year. The basic aim of this toy is to make noise for the bay which will distract the baby and it is light in weight,so the baby can hold it with ease.
I personally feel this activity was very creative as we had limited resources and had to be innovative with the limited items that we had.I learnt how one has to go to so much detailing in order to produce a new product for a particular age group.A lot of planning and team work was done . All the ideas were put together and the best one was chosen. It was an interesting and innovative way of making us learn something.

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