Saturday 23 December 2023

(Old Post 97).Christmas Celebrations in Office

 

Christmas Celebrations in Office

Middle office Audit -PG 8

 

“ Every time we Love, every time we Give, its Christmas “- Dale Evans

 

Any event filled with fun games and happy times is really a Bliss. Icing on the cake is the memories and laughter that we cherish during this process. Capturing the moments is my hobby and I have made a little video on the event which happened.

Just putting up a brief description of games we played .

1.       A minute to Win it – Cookie challenge where team was supposed to place a cookie in the forehead and without touching the cookie need to slowly move towards mouth and eat it .

2.       Ginger bread house with cards-Stag up challenge

3.       Mind Magic trick by Sahil

4.       Secret Santas message where each one of us could write a message to other colleagues and send out a beautiful message .

 

Our firm too had organized a little get together in Pantry where I clicked with Santa and the tree.

 

The next day within our team, there was a Secret Santa event with some fun games . Pam organized these fun games which we all enjoyed.

1.       Word Relay without uttering any word- We were divided in two teams of 3 each. So the word would be something related to X mas . One person would pass on the message enacting and finally guessing the word.

2.       Water Tissue roll- Placing some water in a cup over the tissue roll and dragging it towards us without spilling .

3.       Chop stick gems- Picking up little gems toffees using the chopstick and transferring to the second spot and thereon .

4.       Paper cup pyramid – This game has a message too to have the base strong to build a pyramid that’s lasts longer

5.       Marshmallow chopstick pyramid- Where the tallest sequence of colorful pyramid wins the game

6.       Dumbsharads -One person from team enacts without uttering a word and same team member needs to guess the word / sentence correctly .

7.       Candy tub- Here using cups we need to place the toffees in tub.

8.       Pick up cup – we need to be keen on picking up the cup placed in the table . The instructor gives a task to be done and finally when says cup , we need to pick it . And the paper cups are less in number so whoever misses picking up exits the game.

 

Team planned a small baby shower surprise for Sylvia . So her expressions were priceless captured in the video to follow.

Secret Santa gifts were exchanged followed by some snacks.

Our talented baker from team Wisam treated us with her handmade delicious cake and day ended with laughter and lots of memories.

 

“ Live your life for the Moment “

 

 

 

Article  by

Priyanka kamath

Saturday 4 March 2023

(Old Post 96).Inclusion Diversity Equity

 

I have participated in two competition on IDE for an Office event 

 

One is the story writing and other one is the tagline for IDE

 

Tagline chosen is –“Get Ethics with our Ethnics !!!”

 

Story is as below

 

I joined the firm in 2021 where Covid 19 was at its peak and most of us were working remotely.

To encourage the team to speak up, my manager use to keep daily team meetings.

When Each one of us  feel safe to express ideas, we as a team perform better.

Gradually , team was encouraged to be present in office and meet face to face.

I happen to meet people from diverse cultural background . Diversity is the new normal

 

Its is the art of thinking Independently together & Treating each other with kindness and compassion

I learnt I am more creative in diverse environment. I learnt a new language taking the opportunity that our firm had offered in form of Arabic classes.

It’s the empathy and the kindness that wins heart. Respecting and accepting each other  is the essence of being Human .

 

Lessons I learnt throughout my journey so far

1.           Addressing inequality in constructive way leads to balanced and inclusive work environment

2.           I need to constantly improve my knowledge and be able to contribute ideas on further improvements

3.           Micro actions result in macro changes

4.           To be proud of my uniqueness and be able to connect dots in different way.



Written by Priyanka Kamath

Dated 4 March 2023

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