Migrating to a new blog

New year, new grown up blog?

The thought urge to create a new blog has been on my mind for quite some time now. I feel like I need a blog that describes me as I am now, not 17 year old Vijeya. I did unclutter and delete some posts of this blog a couple of years back, but somehow, it's not quite what I need it to be.

So after spending too much filtering through posts, and playing around with themes and layouts, my grown up blog is now up at https://vijeya.wordpress.com

Of course there were some posts I had to take along, because some things (and times in my life) I need to be reminded of. The rest? I still have them all downloaded and saved, so I can import them if I feel the need. That's so me isn't it? Holding on and letting go.

My life right now is so different from when I started this blog. In the past year, I have been an interviewer (the tables have turned!), Secretariat for two international conferences, MC for a seminar on transforming the public service, and so many more things I would have never dreamt of doing. Hopefully, I can slowly build an online presence that matches that. Yup, Instagram and Facebook are going to need some spring cleaning too. Boy, this is a lot of work...

Will I delete this blog? I am an emotional bag of fluff, so I don't know yet. That's how I work, holding on and letting go. 

ICT Appeal for KL Krashpad

I’m not quite sure what got into us the day we decided we were going to buy 6 desktops for KL Krashpad.  But I am glad all my colleagues believed in the idea. Although we were all aware of how ambitious it was, although we were still entertaining the idea of a backup project at the back of our heads, we still went with it. We sat down and talked about all the things that would go wrong, and we tried to cover all bases.

Yesterday, our amazing custodians at Razak School of Government donated not 6, but 7 desktops to KL Krashpad, complemented with the following items:

·         1 used printer
·         1 Mini projector
·         Paper and ink cartridges for said printer
·         2 foldable tables & 4 chairs

4 of the desktops are now set up in the common area for the teenagers to use, and we have dubbed it the ‘ICT Corner’. I did have some concerns as to how well it would be used. But after meeting the wonderful children at KL Krashpad, I am convinced that even if they used it solely for entertainment, it would still yield only positive consequences.  

Seeing as we were there to handover desktops, the teenagers put up a presentation on ‘Technology in Education’. They talked us through the evolution of education, beginning with cave drawings right up to smart phones in the classrooms. They then presented mini skits of various situations surrounding the use of technology, both positive and negative.

Amazing, precious children. These were smart, mature teenagers with happy dispositions. I could pick them all up and pinch their cheeks. Really, I have no recollection of being so mature and talented at any point in time, let alone my teenage years.

Looking forward to see more of these kids in CSR Project #2. I’m certain we’ll think of something crazier.

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.”