Coin for a Thought

                   Coin for a Thought

       The 13th of December was our last GNCT session for the 1st year. Like all other days of GNCT, we had an interesting session. First, Miss.Sarasi collected a coin from each of us and all the coins were put in to a purse. Then the purse was rotated through the class and the moment where Miss.Sarasi tapped the table, the person with the purse had to take a coin out and he had to speak about the memories he had related to the year of the coin.

The session was going awesome as this was totally impromptu and our colleagues were bringing out some funny and interesting things happened to them in the respective years. When I got the chance to speak, the coin I got was a 2/-  coin which was released in 2006. So, here is the story which I related to the class, the story of how I survived Death.

It was the month of December in 2006, and it was a rainy season. One Sunday morning I was playing in the garden and suddenly I got the idea of overseeing the well because I knew that the well would have filled with water because of the rain.


When I peeped through the well,  an idea suddenly got struck in my mind, "What if I touch the water of the well from my little feet? Then it would be my super hero story in the school". So I started gliding through the rope of the well until my foot touched the water and which I managed to do without any difficulty. But suddenly matters got out of hand and I started slipping through the rope until water was in to my chest level.

Luckily I managed to hold the rope with my left hand and my right hand was holding the iron pipe which was connected to the motor. Then I started shouting "බේරගනියෝ!! බේරගනියෝ!!" so loud. Luckily my sister was playing in the garden and she came running to save my life. She managed to take me out from the jaws of death after scolding me for  putting myself inside the well.
The day ended after sharing our memories with each other.

Culture

                                                    Culture
On 6th of December was a very special day. The reason for that is during that day in GNCT lecture we had a different experience that we never faced. First of all we were divided into two groups and lecture explained the scenario. The title that was given to this scenario was culture. The scenario was each team had to create their own culture which includes customs,language,songs,dance etc. Also that should be unique to each team.

Our group planned of a cultural activity with a wedding scenario, which happened according to our own traditions and customs. We had our own dress, our own ways of conducting the wedding. We had to do this activity as a drama and we were given 20 minutes to prepare. Finally we came up with a drama which was depicting all the conditions we were given and after the feedback given by the lecture only we realized that we could have improved  more.

This activity helped us to identify the various aspects of a culture, how to deal with them and the uniqueness of a culture. This helped us in being sensitive towards other cultures.

LeaderShip

                               LeaderShip 

 Jack Ma

Born	10 September 1964 (age 54) Hangzhou, China
Education	Hangzhou Normal University (BA)
Occupation	Founder and Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group
Net worth	US$34.7 billion (November 2018)
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Zhang Ying
Children	3

Alibaba, a sprawling and murkily understood digital conglomerate built around e-commerce, has made Jack Ma one of the richest men in China, with a fortune valued at nearly $30 billion. And that success has rocketed him to prominence as arguably the first Chinese executive who’s an easily recognizable figure on the global stag

      

 What’s more, Ma is using his new platform in unexpected, invigorating ways, positioning himself as a champion of both free trade and philanthropy—and arguing that open digital marketplaces like Alibaba’s can power the world’s economy by enabling small businesses to reach an ever-expanding pool of customers. That’s the premise that emboldened Ma to promise then-President-elect Donald Trump during a sit-down in January that Alibaba would help create 1 million jobs in the U.S. over five years.

To realize his vision, Ma has urged the lowering of trade barriers while proving to be a surprisingly warm, optimistic, and effective diplomat on behalf of capitalism—one known to disarm visitors by greeting them wearing sandals and Buddhist prayer beads.

Personal Goals

                                     Personal Goals
On 15th of November 2018 GNCT lecture we had to display our personal goals on a bristol board and had to present that in front of the class. We all prepared that previously as our lecturer informed about this activity in last week session.

Following are main points of my personal goals.

• I want to be a great person in Sri lanka
• My Second goal is to be graduated with a first class in Software Engineering degree in 2022. Also before graduation we have internship period in 2021. Try my best and get promotions and become successful software engineer.If I will get internship at Arimac company it will be a great moment in my life. 
• Personal:-

                   Build my own house.             
                   Buy a car and a Bike.

                   Get Married.

                   Do my hobbies. 

                   like watching movies and play computer games.Enjoy my life.

• Family and Friend Goals :-

                   Look after my parents and my younger brother. 

                   Help him to his education.

                   Enjoy leisure time with family.

                   Meet friends as mush as I can.

Those are the key points of my personal goals. There may be many other goals in addition to above mentioned goals. From this activity we all were able to identify our goals and how to adapt to those goals in order to achieve those goals. This session was very fantastic and it really helped to identify our inner thoughts well.

Standing On The Paper

                                          Standing On The Paper 
In GNCT lecture in previous week we had to perform a small but very useful as well as a funny activity. It was "Standing On The Paper". First we were divided into five teams and each team had 7 members. Then our lecturer gave us a paper for above mentioned activity & then gave rules of this game.

They are,

All members in the particular team must stand on the paper and can not touch the floor.
Can not tear the paper.
After standing on the paper we had to do some tasks that our lecturer said to do.
After game was started, in the first round two teams were eliminated from the game, because they their papers were teared.

Each team tried new thing to stand on the paper.

After first round then the paper was folded into half and selected teams had to stand on that new structured paper.

In this round our team was eliminated. That was because our paper was damaged. 

In the final round of the game it was very hard to stand on that paper because again the given paper was folded into two. But however one team won the contest with their own strategies. 

This was very entertaining and very good activity. We all had a fabulous moment with this activity.

The good useful points which we got from this activity are,
Time management
How to adapt to the situation
How work with co members in the group 
Team spirit
How to give individual co-operation 

After activity was ended lecturer discussed above facts with us and then discussed the how above facts affected to individual group.

LAVA RIVER

               LAVA RIVER

We had GNCT lecture on last Thursday and we done the new game that day. New game is a lava river. This game is a very nice game and funny game. As well as that is creativity, planning and teamwork.

Our madam had brought the resources for the activity. They are cardboard plates which were cut in the shape of circles. She called them as stones.

First our madam gave instructions to telling us how we should do this activity. Lava River is a game. In this game we have to cross a lava river using those stones. Each group was given 4 stones. We have to go from one bank to the other bank of the river using those stones. All 4 stones should have the human touch through out the process. If it lose human touch we will lose the stone and we have to cross the river with the remaining stones. And if someone step on the lava, that group have to start from the beginning. And only 3 times we can step on lava.

First we were given 10 minutes to discuss about a strategy on how we should cross the lava river.

After that 10 minutes we started to cross the river and our madam started to count the time which we take to cross the river. At the beginning itself we lost 2 stones but we tried to cross the river using remaining 2 stones. And then we stepped on lava and started from the beginning. Anyhow we managed to cross more than half of the river and unfortunately again we had to step on lava. And again we started from the beginning. In the third attempt we managed to go to the other bank of the river. 

From this activity we learned to accomplish a given task with the limited resources and with the help of team members. And finally it was a very interesting activity to remember.