Great opprtunity to become a Leader

Hello Readers,

Welcome to my blog. In my last blog, I have mentioned about some new trends which I was learning at Allandale Recreation center. Today, I am going to give you some interesting information about my new placement. As, I believe in that every beginning is new beginning. This is also new beginning for me to learn new skills and expertise.

I have started my internship at First year experience office as Lead peer mentor. I got this opportunity from Paul Arrendondo, who is lead of the office. On the very first week of my placement, I got an big opportunity and responsibility also. I got position of event co-ordinator for the cultural event in the college arranged by the GCSA. I was very happy and nervous as well to do this task. As, this will take good leadership skills and I need to be good team member also. I also got good partner for this work, as she had experience to do same work. I will learn something from her experience.

I am trying to do everything in organized way, so I can get perfect and expected outcome on the day of this event. This is event named “my culture your culture even: take a flight”. It is same event as last year, but with different idea and exhibition. i am looking forward to learning some skills like leadership, problem solving and conflict resolving skills from this experience. As there are more than 60 students are working under me, I must behave responsible and try to maintain integrity of my work. Paul is helping me out to handle this all and giving me motivation and guidance to do things in professional manner.

I came to know about professionalism, as I need to contact each mentor and staff by e-mail. I have learned written communication etiquettes and looking forward to improving it more. I also got opportunity to work with college staff, which is very good experience and giving me huge opportunity for learning. I believe, I will do good and make my peers proud of me and make the event perfect and enjoyable for everyone.

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Grasping New Trends

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Welcome to my blog. As I have mentioned that, I got my placement at Allandale Recreation Center and learning new trends over there. Today, I want to talk about Kangoo jump which I have mentioned in my previous blog. First, when I have heard this word, I really didn’t know what it was. I just heard the name, it sounds new and interesting, so I asked my supervisor over there to try it. On my very first day, it was little bit scary to maintain balance on the Kangoo boots. As I was familiar with skating, that made myself little bit confident and I did it. It was an amazing experience.

I have attended Kangoo jump Zumba classes. It was very energetic class. Kangoo jump will improve our endurance level as it is accompanied with Zumba. It decreases the pressure on the joints. I have felt that reduction of joint pressure. I felt very light on my knees and ankles during the exercise. I really like that. I also like instructor’s energy. She was very energetic and positive enough to give me motivation do perform good. I had good experience and continued it for while to improve my techniques and skills. It was hard but fun experience. 

This phase ends here. I have terminated my internship at Allandale Recreation center and started my placement in college. I got my placement in First year experience office run by GCSA. I felt so lucky, that I got this chance to work in college. I have Task to plan cultural event and lead mentors to organize this event. This is very big event and i am feeling very excited for this new work. I have started my field placement in the First Year Experience office as a volunteer. this post is giving me experience of professional work and how to work in office. As a professional, we must learn certain etiquettes and manners for office work. I am looking forward for learning this during my field placement over here. I will keep updating you guys about my placement experience and my responsibility. Thank you for reading my blog. Hope you got some interesting information.

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Welcome back Folks

Hello Reader,

Welcome back to my blog. I am back with some new and interesting information and with some new experience as well. As, I mentioned last time about my placement at Allandale Recreation Center, Barrie. I have learned a lot from there and used that knowledge during my 3^rd semester. In the 3^rd semester, I have concentrated on the proper techniques of exercise and how to cue that for the client who is probably new to fitness industry. This is a new step in my journey towards professionalism in the fitness industry. This learning pushed me towards the perfect techniques of exercise and that also reflected during my recent placement.

Luckily, this time again, I am doing my placement at Allandale Recreation Center at Barrie. As, I have been there during my first placement I was aware about the classes and the timing. But, as always, this time again they had a lot of new things to surprise me. As I saw the schedule, I came to know new classes which apparently new trends in the fitness industry are. I am so happy that I will have opportunity to experience this new trend and learn the techniques.

 There are some attractions like Piloga, Rowbic circuit, TRX circuit and Kangoo jump Zumba. I have attended each class as I wan to experience that and learn the latest things. personally, I like Piloga and Kangoo jump Zumba the most, which I will describe in detail in my next blog.

I am very excited this semester, as this is my last semester. After this, I will be out in the professional world and try to make my self as a brand in the fitness industry and hope to be successful in my goal. In my last placement, I have learned about the basic about the exercise and fitness equipment. This time I am focusing on techniques and professionalism in front of the client. I am also looking forward to expanding my network to spread some words about me as a fitness instructor.

Thank you for reading my blog and keep reading for new and exciting information about new trends in fitness industry and also about my journey.

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To adapt to survive

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Welcome back to my blog again. As I talked about various topics in previous blogs this time also I bring some interesting topic for discussion. As my blog title is episodes of an international student’s life then how can I forget about Cultural Shock!! Yes, this my topic for this blog.

             Every international student must face cultural shock in their life. In world, there is maximum diversity in culture and values. If we travel from one country to another country, we have to respect their culture and values. As I came here in January it was very new and strange for me here. Because there is huge difference in culture and behaviour of people’s. I was in dilemma that how to react and how to accept this suddenly. But, I was amazed by the warm welcome from the native people. When I came here my communication skill was not so good, so I was feeling difficulty in communication. But people over here really support me even when I was fumbling or was not able to express what I want to tell they never made fun of me and always give positive response.

Then, I came to know about Canadian culture and try to adapt it. Because if you want to survive you have to adapt in surroundings. I came to know about the behaviours and rules of Canada and try to follow that. I respect this culture and try to be a good resident. I came to know that Canadian apologize so much which shows their politeness and I really appreciate that. I also love the respect they are giving to aged and disabled people.

Nut in shell, I came here and adapt the culture, because it is my moral duty to respect the culture of hosting country. I hope I will learn more about this culture and mould my behaviour according to that. I also want to tell one thing that I love the welcoming and sweet nature of Canadians which makes me feel comfortable in new country. Thank you so much for reading my blog.

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Devoted To Work

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           Welcome back to my blog. In last blog I have mentioned about my long-term goal of my life. Well, that is goal which I will achieve. But, in this blog I want to talk about my passion, which is social work. I am lucky that every time god gives me chance to make up my work and passion together. I want to talk about my work, which I have started after coming here.

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           I am working as Fundraiser in CNIB. It is Canadian National Institute for Blind. Because, I believe that all people matters in the community and all have right to be happy and comfortable. In this job, I must promote awareness in community about the new accessible technology program for blind and partial sighted people as well as fundraising. When I came to know about this job and applied for it, I was scared to do that. I know I love to do help community, but this work is challenging for me. As I just came here in January and I must talk with the community about the community. I was very nervous on my very first day because I don.t feel comfortable to talk with different people at door. But I took this challenge and improve my communication skill to improve my work outcome.

           Finally, I came out my comfort zone and feel confident in knocking on door and speak with people. I get my inspiration from my team lead. She is also 100% blind and she is working with us and using modern technology with ease. She always amazed me with her confidence and independent nature. I think that if she can do that then why not i.

         My work finally paid off when I met one of our client who got help from CNIB and came to know that because of our program and training she got chance to see her grand son on face time for very first time. That was very heart whelming for me and encourages me more to do this work. I believe that, if we are doing good for someone on the same time something good happens for us on earth. I feel lucky to get chance to do this work and help the community in which I am going to leave. Hope you guys feel happy after knowing my experience.

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Heading towards Ambition

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Welcome back to my blog. I hope you are enjoying my blog and getting some interesting and knowledgeable things from it. This time, I am here with new topic which is most important thing in my life. I am talking about my long term goal “to be licensed Physiotherapist in Canada”. I know that is tough goal to achieve but, I believe that if you are willing to do that definitely you can achieve the success.

This is very long journey for me to go within. I have passed B.P.T in India, so basically I have the knowledge about the concepts and all subjects. But, as we know different area has different rules. I have to follow strict path to achieve my goal with dedication and time management. I have set a graph to follow. First of all, I have to go for my degree evaluation from my college to make degree valid here. After that, I need to join online bridging course which connects me with Canadian concepts of physical therapy. For that course, the requirement is 7 band in IELTS and degree evaluation. I have already got 7 band in IELTS and heading towards the degree evaluation. When I will get that, I will proceed towards my online course.

After that, there are 3 books which I need to refer for the exam. I am happy that 2 of that books are my favorite books so it will easy and enjoyable for me to read for the exam. I personally believe that experience makes more perfection. As, I have experience in the same field, it will be helpful to me for the exam. There are two section for exam. Written and practical. Once I clear the written part and I can proceed towards practical part.

This is my long term ambition and I am willing to achieve that.  I believe in hard work and dedication. Hope I will achieve that in my life.

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Try to make ends meet while eduacating

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                      In my previous blog, I wrote about my short term goal achievement and planning for my long term goal. But, To achieve goal or to planning for it is very difficult without time management. As an international student obviously we all have lots of stuff to do and to achieve. We all have social life, school life, professional life as well as personal life. We have to maintain the balance in all field to get best outcome of our life. Time management is key to success and difficult to learn.
                      Person who is very qualified and expert in every things but, still, if he don't have time management skills, that will lead him towards failure. We need to learn this skill to balance our life. First and for most, we have to prioritize our work and it's importance in our life. if, We know what to do first, that will solve our half problems. Second thing is Planning. Planning is the main part of goal setting. We have to plan our work according to due date and importance and how to do that work.
                      Focus is another thing to attend to get equality in  your work. We have to focus on our goal according to it's period. It is wiser to achieve short term goal first to get more qualification and credential for long term goal setting. Self awareness and self motivation is another key to reach the optimum level. Student must motivate them selves to get more hard work and also aware about their own capacity. If we know our capacity, then we will not set the goal which is not attainable for us.
                       Every aspect of life is important.We have to learn in college for which we came here and also need to earn to maintain economical status. With all this we also have to play social role to make our family happy. So, Get ready guys to balance our life with this aspects. Hope, These will help you guys to achieve your goal and maintain the balance in your life.
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