Delhi Metro

Have a look at the short video about Delhi metro. While travelling and having fun in Delhi, metro is the best transportation (the fastest, the cleanest, the coolest!).

Inner-driven vs outer-driven CSR

CSR is about responsibility.

Responsibility for your employees.

Responsibility for your business partners.

Responsibility for your clients.

Responsibility for your stakeholders.

Responsibility for environment (which actually means responsibility for people who are living on the planet earth because sustainable environment benefits the people who are living in this environment).

Responsibility for your community. (includes CSR initiatives (in the worst case donating to the NGO for social cause) - the most common understanding of CSR which is only a fractional/tiny part of CSR).

What does being responsible mean?

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary provides the following definition for responsibility:
The quality or state of being responsible: as a : moral, legal, or mental accountability b : reliability, trustworthiness

From the definition above a (moral, legal, or mental accountability) could be described as an outer-driven responsibility that might come within the law, social norms etc., whereas b (reliability, trustworthiness) could be described as inner-driven responsibility that comes within our own state of mind.


Lets draw these parallels into the CSR context.

Outer-driven CSR - comprises CSR activities under the PR and law regulations
In this case undertaken CSR activities are superficial. The reason is to improve the corporate image and foster the sales. Or the CSR activities are driven from the law regulations where the government agitates corporates to involve into CSR.

Inner-driven CSR - comprises CSR activities and policies evolved from the management level. It is all about they do the business, the responsible business. Company is doing what is right, not what is easy.
In the case of Inner-driven CSR, the whole CSR concept is embraced. CSR is part of the strategy and there is no decision made that contradicts the core of the CSR.

What I want to say is that Outer-driven CSR is not the true CSR. This is just putting on the mask and using CSR as a tactics, not as a strategy.


A lot of outer-driven CSR is happening out of there. And even more is about to come if the governments and politicians don't stop announcing the policies for the companies to engage into CSR.

'Closer home several state government has begun framing rules to make
companies become more responsible to their stakeholders. The Gujarat
government is drafting a fresh Company law which will make it
mandatory for companies to spend a goodly part of their profits on
corporate responsibility.'

Does the government really think that the Company law will transform the companies' performance? Okay, they will donate the money to the NGO (which they will choose from some NGO of their relative or friend, so this is pure business again where the dirty money matters only). And that's it. Company will take it as an outer-responsibility and will not care about the cause and why they are doing it.

In contrast if there is no such a law, the companies that spend on the cause are at least thinking to some extend why they are doing so. (The true companies are thinking about it anyway). Thus outer pressure is not leading to the true CSR. It only suppresses it.

One more point about the company law on the mandatory donation. Why don't the government just spend the certain amount of money on the social cause? Companies are paying taxes anyway. Why to make it too complicated and keep adding different laws?
Simplicity should be the key to all the regulations. And contributions should come from the inner-state, not from somewhere above.


If you take the responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
-Les Brown

Multitasking

Recently I came across a book - The Brain - thanks to the blog of my friend (Thank You German for sharing!). My attention was engaged particularly on the topic of multitasking. According to the scientific studies our brains are not designed for multitasking and while doing so our attention is declining, mind destructed and the time needed to complete the task doubles. Just watch the video!



Is it really like this?

Well... when I am observing my own experience then I can pretty sure say that multitasking is not for me. I need to concentrate and focus on one task. The reason could be that I have been taught to work/learn on this mode. At my high school times I was not allowed to do my homework while listening to the music or watching TV. My parents taught me to study in the silence and with full concentration. By virtue of the teaching of my parents I had been kept this approach to learning.

Now while I am working in the office sitting in one room with around 20 people and with 3 more people around one table there is a lot of noise out there. Yes, it is my first 8:30 to 5:30 office job and this is quite a lot different from what I have been used to before. I can feel that my mind is disturbed and the efficiency is low although I cannot say with assurance that it is because of the crowded office. The change in my work environment is not the only change in my life right now thus it is impossible to say whether the noise and constant "being online" is the reason for inefficiency.

Anyhow lets take another perspective. We might think that scientific studies reveal how the brain is working and they communicate the objective truth only. I don`t think so. A scientific theory could be invalidated just with an other scientific proof that argues just the opposite. In (neuro)psychology it could be seen quite clearly how different theories offer different approaches and there is nothing as just one true theory.

Coming back to the multitasking myth theory. Lets speculate that it is objective truth that brain is not constructed for multitasking (in present time, in our 21st century). Anyhow we should not forget that brain consists of neurons and neurons are very flexible. Neurons can connect to each other in any way and build the new structures for brain. 1 000 years ago, 5 000 years ago, 1 000 000 year ago and so on, the human brain was totally different from today`s brain. Evolution is happening all the time and the world is in the constant transformation. Change is a natural part of the life, of the life of a person or of the life of the human evolution). Thus what is natural today might be destructive tomorrow. If the path of the evolution is to move towards multitasking then suppressing multitasking today is dangerous. At the same time, if all the people stop multitasking today then the human brain will never develop the multitasking ability. For developing the multitasking ability there should be at least a bunch of people performing this procedure of brain.

In all should people ignore the multitasking today or not? Multitasking might be myth today but will it be myth tomorrow? Do you want to run on efficient mode today and to be dead as a spice in the future generations? How surprising it isn't it depends a lot what majority of people will choose, whether they will keep on multitasking or they will stop doing so. And even this might not be the answer or even close to the answer! World is unpredictable.

My traineeship at Technopak

I have not yet much written about my current work at Technopak Advisors where I am doing my traineeship. Lets do it, as I really like my workplace!
The first perception about the office in the beginning was impressive. I did not expect something like this from India which is considered relatively poor country. Now, as I see it in Gurgaon, many international companies have their offices here - Ericsson, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft etc... There are also many call centres operating in Gurgaon providing the outsourcing for the U.S. comapnies.

DLF Cyber City, Technopak office is located in the Tower A

I am working in the Mindscape - strategic consumers insights division.



Within Mindscape there are three kind of directions:
- shopper insights (Environsell)
- trend insights (Future Forward)
- design & innovation insights (Magic Box)

Until now I have been involved into some work within shopper insights and most of the time I am busy with trend insights. Right now we are working on 2 Outlooks (quarterly reports by Technopak) - Indian Wedding Industry Outlook and Consumer Trends 2009 Outlook. Probably I should post a separate write-up about the Indian weddings. I have not participated in any wedding yet (although it is not difficult to be invited to the wedding, I guess I have recieved around 5 wedding invitations to my e-mail from my collegues at work but most of them took place quite far), but I already have gained quite a deep knowledge about Indian weddings. I am learning a lot... sometimes it seems this is the only thing I am doing - learning - and I am not delivering as much as I should for the company, but everything is new and first I need to understand this new environment and work role.

What I am not so much happy with is the Indian time management or rather the absence of any time management. I feel that I am not able to impart my frustration that I had in the beginning about the time management and order because I am already used to it. I should had written about this before as I dont have these negative feelings any more and sometimes it seems like I am becoming like one of them in terms of time managemet :)

"Walt you talk" - this has been my motto. In India you raraly see this phenomenon if ever at all. And yes, in some sense I might behave as indian a bit... but I know it will change once I get back to the Western culture.

The company has taken a good care of us (means trainees) while helping with the basic formalities as FRO (Foreign Registration Office), insurance, local bank accounts. Doing everything by ourselves would had been quite complicated.. although even the FRO registration with the help of one employee was not easy. We went there twice (as we were missing some documents) and even then it was not completed.. as still something was missing. This could be a long and funny story how it finally got done!

What I can say is that I am already starting to believe in the potential on Indian economy! There are huge resources and possiilities. The only problem is the education. The literacy rate of Indian population is about 61% (2001 census) which is 73% and 48% respectively by men and women.

Anyway, I believe in India and it is not out of question that one day some business plans will be considered with this country.

Technopak office

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Getting Internet Connection in India

Today, finally the Internet is working in the room 19 (means my & Marieke`s room). Let me describe the procedure from the beginning until now.
On wednesday I called up the guy from the Youtele.com. Unfurtunately, wednesday was his day off. Next day I called him again and he promised to come at 7 o`clock. Yes, he did come with another guy. On the phone we did talk to a third guy because these two were not able to decribe everything in English properly. We did pay the pre-payment, installation & modem bill and we were told that the next day someone is coming to do the installation job. Next morning Marieke got the call in concern that the Internat guy is not coming and he will come on Saturday at 10 AM. We did wake up by 10 AM as the person might come. Only around 3 PM he was here, in between I did many calls to the service provider and every time he promised the guy to come in one or half an hour. Anyway, this person drew only the cable. He did nothing else than drawing the cable from outside into our room. He was saying that an other person has to come to set up the modem.
While calling the service centre again, they promised to send the person with the modem the next day. Of course I was waiting again many hours that guy to come. Now everything is finally done! :)

This was an example how things work in India. Many people are involved in one task. Everyone has their own part in the completion of job. And everything takes time, a lot of time. Time management is very poor. If they agree the time for 10 AM, then it might turn into 4 PM. And you waste the whole day for waiting.

One of the reasons of splitting the task is creation of more jobs. India needs many new jobs. There are many people to help to rise up, especially in the villages. Still this justification is not enough. Better workforce managemet can lead India to the economical prosperity.

First impression about India

By now I have been in India for 2 weeks already. The time here passes by really fast. Anyway... lets start from the beginning...

My trip to India started on the 28th of Oct about 5 AM. After a long car & bus trip I reached Tallinn. The next destination was Helsinki where I reached by cruise ship Baltic Princess. From that point foward I was not alone any more as I met Estonian trainee Killu who I came to India together with. From Helsinki airport we had our flight for 6-7 hours. The plane landed in Delhi about 6 AM (29th Oct). Some AIESECers were supposed to pick us up from the airport but we could see none. So we kept waiting inside the airport. We observed the people and tried to figure out who is the person responsible to meet us at the airport. After 2 hours I got a call that someone is waiting for us outside the airport. We went out and saw Yatin. He has been waiting for us outside the airport for 2 hours.. a bit stupid situation as we both were waiting. Waiting inside the airport was rather funny for me and Killu. If I had been alone waiting there... it would not have been funny at all...

The first day Yatin helped me and Killu with establishing in India. I had my home stay at his place as well. Indian hospitality is really huge. If you are a guest they do take a lot of care for you. They keep on serving some food even if you are already full. That time when I arrived to India the weather was quite hot. And of course you dont need that much food when it is hot. Just water. I was taken to some places in South Delhi. It was a Diwaly period (a holiday in India that is as important as Christmas for us). The streets were bedighted with lights and some kind of decoration. One could see fireworks outside.

The same day I met two more trinees who just arrived - Marieke from Netherlands and Sunny from Hong Kong. All 3 of us are working in the same company.

During the night me, Yatin`s brother and his friend Sagar explored the night life in Delhi. There were some nice pubs but they were about to close quite early. Later I was experiencing some really crazy driving.. about 120 km/h on the roads of Delhi.

The next day I was dropped to Gurgaon. It is a sattelite city of Delhi which is about 20-30 min away from capital. Many bussinesses have their offices here, it is a big agglomerate of office buildings. There were nothing about 5 years ago. It was a plain landscape and some kind of fights were held here. Now some say this city is the fastest growing city in the world. Officially the population of Gurgaon was ~200 000 in 2001. The unofficial number might be around one million by now. The city is really dusty. You will never see a blue sky and yellow sun. This is hidden by dust. There is a lot of contrast in Gurgaon. Beautiful towers and slums. Rich and poor. Nice cars and cows.

I am living at U-59. It is a trainee house in DLF phase 3. I am sharing a room with Marieke. We have a medium sized room with a kitchen, bathroom and balcony. In the beginning I was afraid of cockroaches in our room. I started a strategy of touching them and now I am absolutely fine with cockroaches.

There are more trainees at U-59. The Polish people are dominating (btw tonight we are having a Polish independence party at the rooftop). Some Indians are also living there. The rooftop is a commonly known place for parties or just for gathering. U-59 is here as a big family.. together you go out for a dinner, cook a meal, party, travel...

There is no India without Indian food. Before coming here I was kind of worried about the food here as it is spicy. But now I really like it. Dal makhani, paneer, nan, chabati (last two are breads) - these are really good. And the food is not hot spicy, it is just normally spiced. Anyway if you dont like Indian food you have here McDonalds, Pizza Hut, chinese food etc. You can find everything! Okay... maybe not Estonian black bread.. but you cannot find it in Europe as well.

The weather here right now is perfect. It is not that hot and still not cold. I am walking along the streets without any jacket. Soon it is gonna be colder and I need some warm cloths to buy.

I am already working in the office (right now I am there) but I will make a post about my work the next time. Tomorrow we are having a family day at our company. So everyone brings their family along to some place in the countryside.

Lets enjoy the weekend now!

INDIA

My journey to India will begin soon! Jippiii! :)

So Karina.. WHERE ARE YOU GOING???

Well I am going to my AIESEC traineeship at Technopak (http://www.technopak.com/) in India. This is an international management consulting firm that provides strategy advise and implementation support to leading companies across the world in the focus areas of food & grocery, fashion, consumer durables, consumer electronics, fast moving consumer goods, healtcare, hospitality and human resource development. (believe me or not but I didnt copy it from the home page, I already know how to introduce my work place!)
Technopak has it`s head office in Gurgaon and this is only 30 min away from Delhi, the capital of India. There are also offices is Bangalore (which I might visit as well) and in Mumbai.

Okay. Nice. What are you going to do there?

My job will be market research. I liked the most MindScape - the strategic consumer insights division of Technopak. It is the place where I can apply my background (psychology & economics) fully. Consumer psychology is a distinct branch!

It seems interesting! When are you going?

I am leaving Estonia on the 28th of October and I will be in India on the 29th of Oct. There will be 5 trainees starting work at Technopak and we are going to start from the 1st of November.

And for how long?

I am going there for 1 year. Yes, the whole year of new experiences, diversity, people from all the corners of the world and continius professional and personal growth! Isn`t it amazing?

Would you like to add anything?

Yes, I promise to keep my blog more fresh and up to date with my adventure in India!

Thank you Karina for these news and next time hear about you in India.

Thank you for listening as well and greetings from Pattina!

Lack of communication in organisation (communication assumetry) = absence of caringness

I had a personal development talk in AIESEC today. I gave some feedback to the work of AIESEC Tartu local commitee. What I am not happy about is the lack of communication or let`s say communication assumetry - not delivering the right information at the right time to the right people.

After having talk with Ege I thought a lot about this fenomen. I tried to find out - why is it so. I reached the routs of this fenomen.

The reason is the absence of caringness. When someone wants to ensure the well being of other person, then it will come automatically that the information will be delivered to the right person. Communication is the tool. Communication as it is, is not the final goal. No one communicates because of the communication itself. If people would have the ability to read what other think, there would be no need for the communication as it exists nowadays. And when you think about the well being of other person - communication comes as a natural part of the process.

Care(=communicate) about the people around you!

Who are we?

Today I had a great experience. I got a chance to verbalize a reasonable example of one of my basic beliefs - WE CAN BE ANYTHING.

We were discussing this and that - me, my grandmom and 2 more granddaughters of my grandmom. I was mentioning that I have a home task in Self-Presentation and Impression Management. The home task contains of 3 self-reflection writings - me, ideal me and how others see me.

Grandmom asked me - how can I know who I am if I don`t listen what others say about me. I strongly opposed her. How can others know my values, my beliefs if I don`t communicate it out? Thus others cannot judge what they are not seeing. Then... a reasonable example crossed my mind and which I expressed. What if I get different perspectives from others? What if one person says I am stupid and an other says I am smart? Then who am I? There might be a lot of different opinions from different people and which one a person should identify with oneself.

Here comes the answer - you can be anything you decide to be. People are not deciding for you who to be. You are the master of your life.

I am discovering that people are a great source of learning. Even if they are not sharing the same values and believes as you do.

CSR

I think I found the field that I am interested in. It is CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. When I was teenager I thought I will become a business lady. Actually I didnt think about this so much, it was natural for me going into business. I wanted to do something by my own or if I would not have been come up with some good idea then I thought about taking over the business.

My mind changed when I was about to graduate the high school. I didnt like the world of the dirty business. I saw there a lot of corruption and it seemed impossible to do something alone without playing the game with others. My values didnt match the business world. So I went to study psychology because it was a way to help other people. Psychology and ethics are usually going together although sometimes you might hear about some "psychologists" who have no relevant education.

While discovering AIESEC I understood that actually business is not only about dirty games. There are many people who are living the right values and want to be a true leader.

Now I found CSR. Still I have some controversy with some people but I dont believe in Friedman`s doctrine - the business of business is business. And I believe that CSR is the future. It must be.

CSR is not as popular in Estonia as it is in West Europe. Hansapank is the first - they are building their CSR division. From this year Äripäev is also launching the CSR Index. So it is starting from somewhere atleast. And I want to do my seminar work in CSR (research related to values, personality...).

First post this year

I havent written anything for some time in here. Why? I feel busy. Somehow there is so many things to do so that I hardly find time for myself. To reflect. To enjoy free moments. Being alone with my thoughts. Yes - this feels like nostalgia. Earlier i used to have these moments more often.

Today i had my last exam. Now i feel i have more time. And there is no tension any more.

Many times i felt like writing down some of my experiences but then i couldnt sit down and do it because all the time it seemed like being in hurry and every minute seemed to be important - even if i did nothing at this one minute.

As it is a new year so i want to sum up the last year. What was different from previous years.

The year 2007 didnt begin with good news. There was a lot of trouble just from the beginning. And it continued wholly the first half of the year. I dont feel like sharing all the details but it was not an easy period.

Still there was a lot of positive things during the year 2007.

In february i participated on my first youth exchange in Macedonia. It was really exciting experience. After this youth exchange we organised a youth exchange in Estonia. It was very useful and fun. There was so many thing to learn by doing. In August i participated on my third youth exchange in Sweden. I liked it as well.

In february i joined AIESEC. It was my aim to be the member of this organisation because i understood it is a place what i really want to belong to.

In july i was a group leader in a camp. It was quite cool altough sometimes it is not so easy to manage teanagers.

From September i belong to ProjectEDU team. My dream of making change in education system in Estonia is coming true.

What about university? Yes.. in 2007 i started studing econimics as my minor. I planned to take both modules and now i am almost finished with them - only some more subjects are left that seem easy. And my psychology studies are going well. (One more semester and then my studies are supposed to be finished.)

When i think about my last year i feel like doing too much. Both semesters over 30 credit points, volunteer at youth centre, AIESEC, street dance trainings. Yeah... thats why i dont feel like studing ahead right after finishing my bachelor degree. I feel i need some time for myself, finding some vision for next period in my life. Right now i even prefer doing MBA than masters in psychology. Anayway - i need some clarity. Probably a gap year is the best solution.

So.. what about this new year? I have some high expectations towards this year. We will see what is going to happen :)

This is how i spent the 1st of January 2008.

Youth centre KOHT

projectEDU

This is a project that our team is working at in AIESEC. The aim of this project is to improve and diverse language teaching at secondary schools in Tartu and its near surroundings. What we gonna do is to bring native (preferred) language teachers to our schools and give a possibility to Estonian interns to go abroad. Why are we doing this? Because we see lack of language teachers and creativity at secondary schools.

By our side we want to give the best integration during the stay of a foreigner. Estonian language classes and cultural introduction (for example trips to every county) will be provided.

Interns will also work out a unique personal development/creativity class that the pupils will have as an optional subject.

At the end of a school year all the interns and some pupils will share their experience on a conference. Pupils will give their performs.

So - if you are a student of some language department dont miss this opportunity. Practice is the best way of learning.

Graffity

Today i did first time in my life graffity. It was awsome. I have tried to write something on the paper when i was about 15 years old or so but now i did it with the right cans and on the wall. Anyway it isnt so easy as it seems. We have one proffessional graffity boy in our youth exchange and he draws really nice. But it takes 6 years to draw like him :)

Sweden

Today i arrived in Sweden. From 1.-9. Aug our great team organized a youth exchange in Estonia (Promoting Healthy and Active Lifestyle) and on 10th Aug i leaved to Sweden by ship. The weather in Estonia was hot but here it is colder. We stay in a youth club in Gävle. This youth club is really great. You can find here rock studio, dj-studio, radio station, karaoke...
Why isnt there any youth clubs like this in Estonia??? :(

Strange findings...

Yesterday i read a study book of social psychology and found some new information that amazed me. It was about self-awareness, introspection, self-monitoring etc..

"Consistantly, as we have seen, people preserve their self-esteem by deluding themselves and others with biased cognitions, self-handicapping, basking in the glory of others, and making downward comparisons. Are these strategies a sign of health and well-being, or are they syptoms of disorder? "

"... individuals who are depressed or low in self-esteem actually have more realistic views of themselves than do most others who are better adjusted. Their self-appraisals are more likely to match appraisals of them made by neutral observers; they make fewer self-serving attributions to account for success and failure; they are less likely to exaggerate their control over uncontrollable events; and they make more balanced predictions about their future. They are also more likely to compare themselves with similar others rather than make downward comparisons. Based on these results, Taylor and Brown reached the provocative conclusion that positive illusions promote happiness, the desire to care for others, and the ability to engage in productive work - hallmark attributes of mental health: "These illusions help make each individual`s word a warmer and more active and beneficent place in which to live"."

Hmm.. what the hell?

Okay.. maybe it really works like that but i really dont want to live in illusions - whether they are positive or negative.

An other question is if it is possible to live without any illusions. We might break some illusions but maybe it is impossible to break all of them. Some of them might maintain even without knowing it.

Let imagine that life consists of a lot of illusions.. must we then maintain these illusions and try to live according to them?

Anyway i dont believe that living according to illusions is a right way.

Specialist or generalist?

I used to think that being generalist is better than specialist. I didnt want to be in some field absolutely not competent.. i prefered atleast some minimum competence. Now i see that it is quite impossible to have this minimum competence in every field (there isnt enough energy for everything). And actually what for if there is always a person who is specialist in this field. Yes.. i wanted it for myself.. to understand things better.. for not asking every little question if i can do it myself. Still generalization is also good because you see things better if you see it from different perspectives. And creativity - it happens when different fields integrate.

So it is important to find balance between specialization and generalization. And spezialization is even a little bit more important.

I have worked a lot with my weaknesses. It seemed to me really important to overcome my weak sides (as i wanted to be generalist - so it was essential to develop my weaknesses). Recently i found an article and it made me think.

"Individuals can choose to work on weaknesses, which, we believe, can produce only small incremental levels of growth. Or they can spend equal amounts of time, hard work, and discipline developing strengths and, as a result, experience significant growth. "

So - i have to focus on my strenghts and start to work on something certain. I need to find my specialization. But i feel that every choice sets me limits. If i choose something then it means that i cant choose other things and i will have only this one thing. What if i get bored of this one thing? I love diversity. But still - i have to choose this one thing that will be the most important. And if i cant otherwise - then there will be some less important things also.

"Extraordinary individuals are distinguished less by their impressive "raw power" then by their ability to identify their strenghts and then to exploit them."

"Successful individuals identify in themselves some reoccurring patterns into genuine and productive strenghts."

English, English, English...

What i have decided is that i have to write in English. Yes, it is not so easy for me becuase my English knowledge is not very good: 2 years of English learning at hight school and 2,5 years at university. But i will do my best. It is impossible to gain something without making mistakes - so let me make my mistakes here for not making them in the future.
I allow myself to write in Estonian when i really feel like expressing myself in Estonian. Because it is not easy to express my feelings in English.

Why did i take this desicion?

1) Not everyone knows Estonian.
2) I have to practise my English.
3) There is a difference for me if i read a text in Estonian or in English. I perceive them a little bit differently althought there is the same thing written (maybe its the things called linguistic relativity). And there is a difference if i write in Estonian or in English.

Võta aega loominguliseks tegevuseks!

Viimasel ajal on olnud väga kiire ning kõik kodutööd on ka viimasele hetkele jäänud (teisest küljest, kuna nad seda poleks! isegi kui on aega, ikka on selleks viimane hetk mingil müstilisel põhjusel). Peamine aeg nende tegemiseks on olnud öö - nimelt kodutöö esitamise tähtajast eelolev öö. Enamus kodutöid pole eriti loomingulist laadi ning nende puhul on vaja miski lihtsalt ära teha. Loomingulise tegevuse puhul on aga kaks varianti - kas tuleb hea idee või ei tule. Viimasel hetkel on aga väga raske millegi originaalsega välja tulla, kuna kuklas tiksub pidevalt mõte, et pean selle ruttu ruttu välja mõtlema, enne kui minu aeg on läbi.

Täna leidsin ma aega ideede genereerimiseks ühel huvitaval moel. See ei sõltunud ainult minust, vaid ka asjaolud mängisid kaasa.

Pidin minema trenni, mis hakkas 13:30. Niisama naljalt ma sinna minemata ei jäta, kuid tänane trenn jäi mul ära, kuna kell 13:30 ma avastasin, et kell ei olegi 12:30. Ühel hetkel lihtsalt vaatasin arvuti kellaaega ja telefoni kellaaega ning need ei ühtinud. Täna keerati ju kella! Selle avastasin ma aga natuke hilja. Nii ma siis istusin ja mõtlesin, et kas jooksen ruttu trenni ning jään sinna tublisti hiljaks või siis ei lähe üldse. Valituks osutus teine variant, kuna kaalusin, et nii saangi piisavalt aega eksperimendi idee leidmiseks. Nii palju siis juhusest ja juhusega kaasa minemisest!

Üks põnev asi juhtus minuga täna veel. Vaatasin just eile The Secret filmi ning seal mainiti, kui oluline on seada endale konkreetne eesmärk ning uskuda sellesse ja tunnetada seda. Kuskil kahe paiku osustasin, et proovin kasutada The Secret taktikat ning võtsin endale eesmärgiks, et kella kuueks on mul huvitav eksperimendi idee välja mõeldud. Aegajalt mul ikka tekkis erisuguseid ideid, kuid need ei tundunud sellised AHAA ideed. Kell hakkas vaikselt kuus saama ning peast käis läbi mõte, et äkki ma ei leiutagi midagi originaalset. Püüdsin korraga selle mõtte maha suruda ning tekitada seda tunnet, et kell kuus on mul huvitav idee olemas. Kell oli täpselt 18:00, kui ma kella vaatasin, mil mul tuli üks põnev idee. Võib-olla oleks õigem öelda, et üks huvitav meetod ühe idee uurimiseks, kuna idee suuna peale tulin ma natuke varem ühte artiklit uurides. Igatahes, ASI TÖÖTAS :)

Ma pole veel väga palju oma meetodi kohta uurinud, aga ma loodan, et sarnasid katseid pole veel läbi viidud :) Tuleb veel nats uurida tausta, kuid põhimõtteliselt, isegi kui see juba on tehtud, siis see, et ma üldse selle peale tulin, ja veel kuidas ma selleni jõudsin, on asja väärt.

Back from Macedonia

Niih... olen nüüd tagasi Makedoonia noorsoovahetuselt, mis toimus 16-25 veebr. Jah, praeguseks on juba mõningad päevad möödas sellest ja oleksin võinud siia kohe pärast tagasitulekut kirjutada, aga paraku olid teatud taksitused. Asi oli selline, et võtsin oma läpaka reisile kaasa.. ning Praha lennujaamas avastasin, et läpakaga oli midagi lahti: not operation system found. :( Ju siis see lend mõjus mingil imelikul moel, et üks operatsioonisüsteemi fail oli läinud. Ja põhimõtteliselt tassisin läpaka mõttetult sinna ja tagasi. Aga ma ju ei teadnud, et nii juhtub :) Koju jõudes tegin windowsile repair`i ning nüüd asi töötab... aga.. jama on nüüd ühe teise asjaga.. nimelt ei saa ma sisse logida oma google accountiga ei orkutisse ega siia bloggerisse. Nii ma praegu istungi raamatukogus arvuti taga, kuna oma arvutist ma sisse logida ei saa :( Orkuti jaoks ma muidu leiutasin mingi süsteemi, kuidas saada sisse: ühe neti aadressiga see imepidi õnnestub, aga blogger on siiani veel lootusetu.
See oli siis kõik tehnilise külje pealt ;)
Hiljem, kui mu enda arvut normaalselt funktsioneerima hakkab ja kui ma pildid saan, siis teen ka kokkuvõtte ja lühikirjelduse Makedoonia tripist, aga praegu tahaks nii palju öelda, et see oli mega super reis. Makedoonia polnud küll mega arenendud riik (aga mäed olid küll super!) ja meie elamistingimused polnud kiita, kuid kõik need inimesed, kes seal koos olid, olid tõeliselt fantastilised. Me olime seal kogu grupiga (36 osalejat + koolitaja) pidevalt koos ning noortevahetuse lõpuks sai kõigiga nii ära harjutud, et nüüd on küllaltki raske siin Eestis, kuna kõiki neid lahedaid inimesi pole enam ümberringi. Maadest olid seal esindatud Eesti, Poola, Bosnia ja Makedoonia. Vähemalt ei kavatse me alla anda ja tahame korraldada suvel siin kõigi nende samade osalejatega noorsoovahetuse. Ootan väga!
Miss you people.