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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Accomplishment of First Goal

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                       Welcome back to my blog. In my second blog, I have talked about my placement and my activity their. Here, I am going to talk about my short term goal achievement, which is to be fit physically and able to do squat, plank and push ups. At back home I was working women, I was doing full time job and also have to care of my home in which I was not able to do exercise and become fit. My health status was very bad and I want to improve that.
                         Here, I was planning to achieve that goal myself and I got placement in Allandale Recreation centre, which provide me chance to explore myself in fitness world to drive towards my goal. There, I need to participate in Athletic workout and body 360 which includes strength activity and cardio workout which affect my over all body. In this class, People who are aged and doing very well set an inspiration for me to perform well and improve myself.
                         first, I was not able to do modify push ups and was not able to hold plank and also not doing squat perfectly because of my tight hamstring. I also took part in stretch out class to relive tightness and I relived it. now, I am able to do advance push ups which is very great achievement for me on my personal level. I am also able to hold plank and advance plank for more than two minutes and also achieved strength to do squats properly.
                         I choose this goal because it is short term and it is related with me. I believe that if we can achieve short term goals first and take experience from it that will help us to lead our long term and major goal. I think to challenge personal improvement is necessary and helpful to go further in life. If we are able to challenge our self then we can accept any type of challenge and able to face it. Personal improvement is best step to reach life improvement. After achieving this, I am focusing on my long term goal. Hope I will get best experience from my placement and use it as ladder to success.
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Starting of the New Episode

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                      Welcome back to my blog. In my first blog I represent myself and now in this blog i want to share my first experience of industrial placement. I got my placement in Allandale Recreation Center in Barrie. This centre consist many recreational activities with each age group and with different activities. There are many activities like fitness activity, childcare, ice skating, aqua therapy and activities for 55+ age group.
                        When I went there for first day, It was my orientation. On that day my mentor took me for campus tour which was awesome and I was very excited to see all activities and feel lucky that I got placement here. There are many facilities situated there like Gym, Swimming pool, Childcare center, Skating ring, Arena, Meeting rooms, Food court. everything is there and it is like complete package for great experience.
                          My center of attraction was activities for 55+ age group. Because when i saw the aged people there i was stunned with their activities and workout. there are many different activities for them which they really enjoy. After watching this i feel pleased, because this is my area of interest. I had experience of work with geriatric patient and i loved that and always want to do it again. Finally, I got that what i want. I also took part in "on the ball" class which was amazing and give me sparkling experience. Instructor was very friendly and taught me very different and interesting activities on stability ball.
                        I feel delightful by getting this work and also stunned with the achievements of athletes from that center. It is very well organized and interesting place from where i am expecting to learn new techniques and experiences. I am also looking forward to get some good experience in swimming as i love swimming and after long time I got opportunity to do that.
                         Life is always about getting new experience and learn new things at every stage. I believe that we have to be ready at every second to learn new things and get exposure to world. I am also ready with this new and exciting opportunity. Because, I believe that Fitness is not the subject to learn theoretically, It is the experience which can be gain practically. So, I am super excited to learn this practical session.
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Introduction

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                      I am Annu Bhatt from India and I am 24 years old. I am student of Fitness and Health Program in Georgian College. I have completed my Bachelor Degree of Physiotherapy in India from M.S.University which is one of the well known universities in the country which is run by government. There I have learned basic human body knowledge and among them my favourite subject was Kinesiology. I am registered Physiotherapist in India. I have Worked as Physiotherapist 2.5 years. First six months I worked in the charity foundation of Amul co-operative Ltd. There my responsibility was to serve poor people with minimum charge and maximum support and make them pain free and active. After that I have joined Santaram polio Foundation and Health Care which is NGO run by the local religious people to help poor people with free treatment. I have also done personal home visits to treat the patients at their home. This gave me experience in rehabilitation field and also in geriatrics and made me comfortable to work with general population. I choose this program because according to me this is suitable course for physio to make carrier in the Fitness field and become successful person and make people fit and active. I have seen the satisfaction and stress relief on the face of my patients which gave me sense of satisfaction and happiness, which also encourage me to achieve more knowledge and success in this field to become kin person and serve the community. My aim is to clear the license exam of Physical therapist here and become a Physio+Fitness trainer here and make people active and healthy. For me nothing is bigger than the happiness on the face of my client after my treatment or worout session, because this is the thing for which I am here. I am also music lover and love to live peaceful life and also family oriented person.
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