Chewing Gum Thoughts

I always believed that I think... and as a matter of fact I do think a lot. But how many of these thoughts actually get to see the action that can make them a reality? Not many! I do chase some of my thoughts and make them a reality but not all. The thoughts come and go all the time. While I am in one of these thoughts journey I get high, but then gradually the thoughts starts to sink in and then fades away. Then comes another thought and the cycle continues. The longer I stick with a thought the weaker it gets. Reading through my blog archive I feel I started on so many thoughts but followed so few of them. The name of my blog “i think” is so true, yet so shallow!

Walking on the chewing gum strained pedestrian sideways of Brussels another thought came to my mind. Aren't my thoughts just like a chewing gum? A new thought is like a fresh gum. It tastes sweet to start with but then as I keep chewing the taste just fades away. Then I spit it out and pop a new one and the cycle continues. My blog is just like the Brussels pedestrian sideways, full of chewing gum spots. Full of those thoughts that felt sweet to start with and then just faded away but they have left a mark (no just a spot). I am just a chewing gum thinker; my thoughts are just chewing gum thoughts!

May be this thought is just another of those chewing gum thought!

Tarun Chandel
Chewing gum thinker

Better Teachers and I am back from vacation

Have you seen that ad of the Future Group where a teacher is talking about the Sone Ki Chidiya? I recently saw that ad and I think it is one of the very best ads that I have seen for a while, not only for the reason that it reminds us that our country was great and again on the path to be one. I also like for the way it has portrayed the teacher, it is really important for us to have great teachers who can make learning a fun process for everyone. The way she makes a normal looking statement a great exercise for the whole class. The way she involves everyone in the class, those who were not willing to join in early got into the action soon after she get the momentum going. The way she handles one tough student and makes her happily participate with the whole class is simply amazing. It's very important to have good teachers and especially teachers who can improvise on the spot and come up with such simple yet very effective way of making people learn.

I remember learning the same lesson from my teacher when I was kid and it was just one of the statement she read as part of our syllabus. It was always just about completing the syllabus. I never really felt that my teachers ever believed in what they were actually teaching us. Some who did made their subjects really interesting and i learnt a lot from them.

I found the youtube video of the sone ki chidiya ad

I was on a vacation for almost the whole month of November. I visited lots of interesting and beautiful places in India like Delhi, Himachal some part of the Himalayan Range, Patna and Kolkata. I will be postings pics, text and videos in coming days.

Tarun Chandel
Life, Learning and Technology