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Culture clash down under: A journey through Australian culture shock

Culture differs from one place to another, and each culture is uniquely significant for them. Culture is to society what memory is to individuals (Kluckhohn, 1954). It defines the way how an individual behaves to certain environment ( for example, financial discipline, dress we wear etc…). Culture generally can be split into two, i) Subjective ii) material. According to Traindis (2002), material culture consists of such elements of food, dress, houses, and structures while subjective part is ideas of how to make the elements of material elements. It implies that material culture is something we can feel and touch while subjective culture is the experience, memory and habits which are not visible but shapes our daily thoughts. Exploring the dual nature of culture as material and subjective, this article presents my experience of culture clash in Australia as an international Student. dcity along with millions of others who belongs to different part of world. For people who dream...

Disability: Reflection from graduating social work student

Hello Readers, This article contains self reflected observation and personal changes I experienced after going through the model called "FSP 405:Working with persons with disability" as a part of my bachelor degree in social work at Samtse College of Education. Reflection 1: is it disability or the society that makes people disabled? The concept of disability is dynamic and it can be influenced heavily by the individual factors and societal factors. The question of whether disability is primarily caused by the individual’ condition or societal factor is a complex and heated debate for quite long time. Well, I stand with fact that some disabilities are result of innate physical or cognitive limitation, it is the societal response to these limitation that determines the extent to which individual are disabled. You and I as a part of society, it is our responsibility in constructing environments, systems and attitude that enables the live of all people. So, how can ...

Social Worker's page - E-book

This book contains the collection of personal stories of student social workers from Samtse College of education. It is collection of student's personal experience over the years. Click the the link to read https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwHx-GJYNowNr_pMkKSrhmYtezEWCQyQ/view?usp=sharing

Beauitiful hike to Dungtsho (Conch lake) via phajoding, Thimphu

Dungtsho trek is getting popular among Bhutanese. Even if not, it is true that the trek to lake is getting popular among the people who live in Thimphu. The trip is favorable for honeymoon among young couples, pilgrimage among elderly and week-end energy for office workers. It is two days journey from Thimphu- Motithang base camp. Many travelers prefer to halt a night at Thuji Drak ( holy camp among young monks) and I recommend it unless you have strong legs to withstand speed of horse. On the next day, it is advisable to start the journey to the lake as early as 5 o’clock to enjoy the beautiful view of early sun on green summer mountains. What else you need to know? If you are planning a trip to Dungtsho, you might consider talking to someone who has been there recently to get updates of the journey. In case you could not find and worried, please consider following essentials while you are planning trip. A pair of good and strong shoe to keep yourself moving t...

Largest statue of Budha at Thimphu.

To visit the Gigantic Buddha statue was one of my bucket list since my childhood. I used to think of visiting it whenever I find the picture of statue in newspaper, movie and popular electronic diaries (Blog). Thank God ! I made it today after long and heavy break from daily works. My friends and I decided to visit the place to refresh ourselves from the work. The statue houses over one hundred thousand smaller Buddha statues, each of which, like the Great Buddha Dordenma itself, are made of bronze and gilded in gold. The Great Buddha Dordenma is sited amidst the ruins of kuensel phodrang, the great palace of sherub wangchuk ,the thirteenth Druk Desi.

Project : Lok Zomgay after 10 years

Absence of reliable documentation is a challenge for every story teller. The stories we hear are just a mere narrative which are retold over the time. In the absence of documentation, it is hard for us to show interest into some vague narration. Isn’t this annoying at times? Well, considering this, I have decided to take pictures with my entire classmate as a remembrance. The interesting idea behind this initiative is about reuniting ourselves. Exactly after a decade, I am planning to coordinate the reunion so that we can sit and share about life. In fact, I am projecting this event as huge life time event. Be excited and look forward. Why picture? The photos I have uploaded here were click over the years and have different stories connected with each photo. And I am yet to add some more photos. We are going to find a time to check this photo after the maturity time of 10 years from today. I hope this initiative will help us recollect our college days and to narrate...