Weekly Wellness Blog: September 18th, 2019

Last week on Friday the 14th of September we saw AISC celebrate it's International Peace Day. We had 28 nationalities walk down proudly with their flags in the FAC. To me, it's one of my favorite days at school as the entire campus looks festive and all the children and parents all just look so happy representing their countries. What exactly is happiness? It is a feeling of inner peace and satisfaction. It is usually experienced, when there are no worries, fears or obsessing thoughts. This usually happens, when we do something we love to do, or when we get, win, gain, or achieve something that we value. It seems to be the outcome of positive events, but it actually comes from the inside, triggered by external events. Here is a quote I came by recently"Try to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment."- Sydney Smith. I'm not sure if I can achieve that goal but I surely am striving towards it.
An article I thought you may all like to read Happiness–small changes ripple outward and the Ted Talk that goes along with it is here. Do find 10 minutes in your busy schedule to watch this.

Early Release Wellness Wednesday

October 23rd is the first early release day for Wellness Wednesday. I recently came across this article Six reasons why fun in the office is the future of work. Having read that we would like to start gathering names and activities you would like to offer to your colleagues. We would like to ensure we have a wide variety of opportunities for people to choose from. It can be pottery, painting, baking, dancing, etc. We know the school is filled with talented people and here is your chance to not only showcase it but also a chance to give back to the community. Click on this form to show your interest.

Here is your challenge for the week. Find the Twitter bird on campus. Hint- It is in one of the offices. Tweet a picture of the bird and a fun fact from the bowl with @AISChennai and #AISC25.  First 10 people to Tweet will win a prize!

Winners of the trivia question from last week

 Lisa Levi - 1st Prize

 Sagaya Mary - Runner up

Lucy Palmquist - Runner up

Wellness Academy Activity Offerings

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Reminders & Upcoming Event Suggestions

Marmoset 

Eco-Bazar

A mad comedy play

Saree Shopping September 21st Sign-Up  

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SHOPPING 

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Links to online shopping

This link will is a guide to online shopping sites in India. It will keep getting updated as and when someone recommends a site they bought something. Click here

Community Whatsapp Group

Please remember that we have WhatsApp Groups open to our community on a variety of topics

 - click to see a list of QR codes to join the open groups. We will be updating these groups throughout the year. If you have a special interest and would like to invite your colleagues - please let me know so that we can add your invite link to our list.

September Birthdays

New day, new reasons, new innings, new slogans, and parties. Keep rocking.

Life is full of experiences, and a birthday is one of the greatest experiences in the journey of life. Enjoy your day. Happy Birthday

Angel Shirani S	September 2
Sherene Russell	September 3
Mary Kelly Bello	September 3
Hazel Bangera	September 4
Hemamalini Hariharan	September 9
Karthikeyan P	September 10
Suresh M S	September 10
Shira Daryn	September 11
Judson Ford	September 11
Priya Venugopal	September 15
Sally Ruby Victor	September 15
Atul Jacob Isaac	September 18
Remy Liotard	September 20
Sunita Suchith	September 20
Cristian Vasile Luca	September 22
Hilary Rose Barron	September 24
Margaret Samuel	September 24
Helen Dunning	September 24

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