So,
finally my parents left the country after visiting me. I had been anticipating their visit for a while and now it has passed as well. I had been thinking about the places I want to show them, the life I want to experience with them, the restaurants we want to enjoy together and many more things. It all turned out better, amazing and more awesome than I had thought. Although, I do feel that I should have been more informed about New York and places to take them to but we bonded well and it was a fascinating experience.
Folks who know me also know how much I am inspired by my mom. She is an amazing lady with a very strong character and a fighting spirit. She is definitely a great example of an extraordinary woman who can make any thing possible and that has led in me the spirit to respect other women.
This time though I want to write about my Dad. He is a humble person. Very down to earth and flexible as well. Very simple living and high thinking kind of person. Always blends in with other people, adjusts amazingly in new surroundings , has a great network and huge learning appetite.
Dad coming from a Gujrati medium background never took liking to learning much about computers. He was always shy of it. Even though both his sons are software engineers we failed in inspiring him to learn more about computers.
Quite nicely though there was a computer classes for elders started in the community here. They were teaching twice a week, simple and advanced. Considering that it was his first learnings about computers, I thought he would only go to the simple class but he joined both the simple and advanced.
He is above 50 years old so it was so nice to see him being a dedicated student. He would always take notes, try not to miss a single class, practice thoroughly the next day whatever he was taught and also ask me questions about what he learned. He just took the training to heart and followed it.
I was impressed by how quickly he learned stuff and was also ready to learn on his own. He would now read his daily newspaper online (partially because they do not sell those gujrati newspapers on the stands here), learned to Google online, would listen to songs and devotional music. He literally made amazing progress.
Most people in his age would not want to learn anything new lest alone be so quick at learning it. So I am very proud of him. Next steps, he wants his own facebook account, OMG!!!
finally my parents left the country after visiting me. I had been anticipating their visit for a while and now it has passed as well. I had been thinking about the places I want to show them, the life I want to experience with them, the restaurants we want to enjoy together and many more things. It all turned out better, amazing and more awesome than I had thought. Although, I do feel that I should have been more informed about New York and places to take them to but we bonded well and it was a fascinating experience.
Folks who know me also know how much I am inspired by my mom. She is an amazing lady with a very strong character and a fighting spirit. She is definitely a great example of an extraordinary woman who can make any thing possible and that has led in me the spirit to respect other women.
This time though I want to write about my Dad. He is a humble person. Very down to earth and flexible as well. Very simple living and high thinking kind of person. Always blends in with other people, adjusts amazingly in new surroundings , has a great network and huge learning appetite.
Dad coming from a Gujrati medium background never took liking to learning much about computers. He was always shy of it. Even though both his sons are software engineers we failed in inspiring him to learn more about computers.
Quite nicely though there was a computer classes for elders started in the community here. They were teaching twice a week, simple and advanced. Considering that it was his first learnings about computers, I thought he would only go to the simple class but he joined both the simple and advanced.
He is above 50 years old so it was so nice to see him being a dedicated student. He would always take notes, try not to miss a single class, practice thoroughly the next day whatever he was taught and also ask me questions about what he learned. He just took the training to heart and followed it.
I was impressed by how quickly he learned stuff and was also ready to learn on his own. He would now read his daily newspaper online (partially because they do not sell those gujrati newspapers on the stands here), learned to Google online, would listen to songs and devotional music. He literally made amazing progress.
Most people in his age would not want to learn anything new lest alone be so quick at learning it. So I am very proud of him. Next steps, he wants his own facebook account, OMG!!!
