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Liebster Blog Award from Dumcho Wangdi

Award From Dumcho Wangdi

Thank you Dumcho Wangdi( http://dumchowangdi.blogspot.com/ ) and Monu Tamang (http://monutamang.blogspot.in/ ) for awards. It means a lot for an amateur blogger like me. It took me a long time to write a reply to Dumcho’s questions. I have been really busy; physically and mentally. First I was transferred and had some troubles with my relieving order because of my blog post. Second, I had to travel here and there that left me exhausted at the end of the day. And the third, as our new academic has started, I have been busy with my students; preparation, celebration, and planning.  As a result, I couldn’t update. Today too remains the same. So I will answer your questions very briefly. Let me reply Dumcho’s questions that were posted on http://dumchowangdi.blogspot.com/ He asked me the following three questions.

1)    Write three things that you love being a blogger.

Ans: a) Writing and Publishing

         b) Reading and Learning

         c) Comments and replies

      2) Share 2 reasons why readers should read your posts.

Ans: I write mostly about change; a personal feeling of inequality, disparity, a voice that is unheard, and critical discussions of what is happening around us. A freedom that is unsought. So I feel readers should read in order to understand general things around us.

And I write to find my voice and affirm my identity. I may be the ugliest. I may be bad. I may do wrong. But I’m here. I am here like every one of you, trying to re-shape life to become the best.

2)    Tell one thing that you always want to add into your blog.

Ans:  I always wanted to add a good design to my blog. I get a kind of feeling that is not so good when I see other blogs more beautiful than mine. My blog is an amateur design.

Liebster Blog Award from Monu Tamang

 

Award From Monu Tamang

Now let me answer questions from Monu Tamang. I remember asking him many questions in the class too. He answered me intelligently. I felt fooled to have asked such foolish questions. Those questions were far below his average. Anyways, thank you Monu for nominating me. He asked me seven different questions.

1)       Describe your blog in three words.

Ans: A Wise Voice    

2)     Describe yourself in three words.

Ans:  observant, conscious, and a dreamer.

 

1)       What is the motive behind your blogging? Or I would rephrase my question in this way, what do you actually intend to convey to the world through your blog?

Ans: A voice for a change. A dent in the paint. The thrones of life. Writing for right. Freedom; the sound of silence, and other condiments of thoughts and feelings. It is a big thought in a small word. But people misunderstand at times, the blog contains views that are purely personal expressions of the author, and it may not be true always. They are my far observation and do not intend to hurt implicitly or explicitly anyone. The blog contains is for general benefits and a voice for a change. Last time, my blog http://saachad9.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-voice-for-change.html has created trouble that was not intended to be. I had to remove some contains from the blog.

2)     What do you aspire yourself to be within the next five years?

Ans: A teacher, and a teacher, and an experienced teacher.

3)      In general, how do you view your life? You may jot down a few sentences on your attitude or perception about life.

Ans: I wrote many things about life; almost all articles published in my blog contain and talk about life. Let me summarize my latest learning from a life in this sentence. In life; don’t act smart, act intelligently. Sometimes losing is winning in life.

4)     Bhutan is regarded as the Land of Gross National Happiness. How far does the philosophy comply with the real lives the Bhutanese people lead and what is your perception on this concept?

Ans: GNH shouldn’t be indoctrinated. It cannot be injected like medicine. It cannot be taught. But it can prevail. It should be lived in the society; compact, connected, and a helpful society which creates harmony and peace is a GNH society. The basic of GNH or any kind of religion is the basic goodness of every individual. Individual goodness is the reflection of the society that we live in. Any personal happiness cannot be heightened by understanding happiness. Happiness can be also heightened by understanding unhappiness. I wrote about GNH.(Follow this link to read more about why GNH is not so GNH http://saachad9.blogspot.com/2013/05/happiness-redefined.html)

5)     Can you usher the youngster who would emerge as future bloggers with some inspirational lines?

Ans: Blogging helps to enhance your profession, develops personal abilities, and builds your profile. It keeps you up to date, it’s like a diary. I have been encouraging my students and people who like writing. I will continue to do so.

A Song to be Noted

I like this song ‘Complain’ from the film Bob Roberts lyrics, The Vandals. I am reproducing here in my blog. I have been busy these days and didn’t get time to write.  

Some people must have.
Some people have not.
But they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.

Some people will work.
Some simply will not.
But they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.

Like this: It’s society’s fault I don’t have a job.
It’s society’s fault I am a slob.
I have potential no one can see.
Give me welfare. Let me be me!

Hey, Bud, you’re livin’ in the Land of the Free.
No one’s gonna hand you opportunity!

Some people must have.
Some never will.
But they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.

I don’t have a house. I don’t have a car.
I spend all my money getting’ drunk in a bar.
I wanna be rich. I don’t have a brain.
Just give me a handout while I complain.

Or this: I wanna stay in bed and watch TV.
Go out weekends in a limousine
And dance all night takin’ lots of drugs
And wake up when I wanna.

Hey, Bud, you’re livin’ in the Land of the Free.
No one’s gonna hand you opportunity!

Some people will learn.
Some never do.
But they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.
Yeah, they’ll complain and complain and complain and complain and complain.

Phuntsholing in Winter

Winter is not so winter in a place called Phuntsholing. It remains one of the busiest place and is the commercials thrives during this time of the year.  People from highland move down towards lowland south in winter. Southern places like Phuntsholing, Gelephu, Samdrupjongkha, Samtse multiply the population, and during summer it is vice versa; the damp heat of the southern belt pushes most people upwards.

Phuntsholing gets the highest number of people during winter. People from all over Bhutan come here for numerous reasons. They come to bask in the warm winter sun. Most of them come for trades. They come here to sell oranges, potatoes, etc. They come here to do the shopping for school children. They come here for a visit. They come here to attend a religious ceremony which is held every year. Phuntsholing henceforth becomes crowded, dusty, and dangerous at times. A man got badly beaten up last time in the nighr for no reason.

Religious ceremony held by his holiness Namkhay Ningpo Rinpochea draws a huge number of people from all over the world; there are people from India (Sikkim), Nepal, and others.

Everything is good in Phuntsholing, except for money and staying place. Every household gets a number of guests; children, parents, relatives, friends, connected friends, and relatives. The house where I am staying has ten guests and there is a time, the number rises to twenty. So what a guest to attend! It looks like a Lochey (Religious ceremony in-home). The most critical time to be in this type of house and guests is sleeping and eating time. The meals are not prepared by one cook, but a number of cooks. Kgs and Kgs of rice are boiled in three big rice cookers. And during sleeping time, corpses lay on the floor; some even without mattresses and blankets. Such a hesitating home to be in. Everyone behaves the best to impress the host. And my cousin, our host is good. He doesn’t change. He remains the same throughout; simple and straightforward.

Now when I talk about change, I always think of change in a little weird way. People change. A few people change a great deal. One day there was a loudmouth non-performer who impressed bigger bosses with his lip services. He was a good friend, the same grade, same kind of standard. But when he got boss, the world turn upside down. Besides being boss and changing his attitude, he changed his attitude. He forgot his friend. He never talked. He never helped. He was useless to his friend. What is that change?

 I tell people, especially my students and when I have to say on some occasions that they mustn’t change. You can change, your idea must change, your living standard must change, and your attitude will change. But you will never change your heart. I tell them to be good. Good is the basis of all. Do good, be good and good things will come back to you. And this is how a host must be.

Chiphen Rigphel Project Training

The Chiphen Rigphel Project workshop commenced from 23-12-13 and will end on 1-1-14. The workshop is currently going on in Gelephu Higher Secondary School for ten days. There are 22 participants from two Dzongkhags; Zhemgang and Sarpang. As per the name list from the Ministry of Education, there were more than 28 participants. Many enlisted teachers didn’t turn up for this training. An obvious reason seems and some hearsay says it is because of the benefit that they are entitled to get. “Teachers who are coming from faraway places like Bjokha are devoid of mileage, porter pony, and others. They spent more here than what they earned here,” one teacher who asked to be unnamed said.

The participants are taught basic computer knowledge like how to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and basic internet usages.   It will equip them in the ICT world.

One of the resource persons, Mr. Dawa Tshering said that this project aims to teach daily computing knowledge. “We have many senior participants who have not work on computers before, but it’s satisfying that they show interest and learn considerably,” he said.

“Format painter, Excel filtering, Google drive, Wizards, and some others are new to me. It’s worth attending,” said Mr. Ugyen Dorji, one of the participants. “We have more days to go,” he smiled.

Here are some photos:

A Group Pic

Dawa doing presentation

Another one

So Engrossed

And Engrossed