The Talking Mountain

–O Captain! Please accept a few lines as my deepest appreciation for your goodness. We seldom realize and appreciate the small act we sacrifice each second of our life. The world is overly becoming selfish and individualist. A naïve behavior and prejudices are on the rise. Unbecoming and arrogant behavior has become a part of life. However, despite many odds, I find you different. Perhaps, we do not need to promise Heaven and Secret Maitreya Jewel. Being simple and humble within you is the best thing ever happened to you? Please keep up the same spirit hereafter. Damphu Campus would be a heaven if we have 100 more like you.  I am not just pleasing you, not garnering your attention for respecting me. Small acts, as this is priceless. Such things are difficult to find. It's not easy to bow down and respect someone. It comes through patience and with great virtue. It also shows the path taken by your parents and community. Please continue to do the same, even more as you fac...

YESHA THE BOSS! You wake up in a dancing mood. Then you run and dance with all your energy. There wasn't a single day you got silence. Though you are merrily funny and nagging but always worth being by your side. I am growing older by your side and everyday is a new beginning. You make me wiser and cool.  We fight over breakfast –You always have a wrong demand. The food item that wasn't in the store becomes your menu. Banana when we forget to buy, broccoli when it wasn't the season, burger when lettuce was lost to frost, brown marry biscuits when it was hidden by the rat, milk when the cow wasn't on the mood, munch when you lost all your teeth, and watermelon when your aunt was running behind the cart.  We fight over the dress –I choose white shirt and black pants. You go for the pink and purple dresses. I choose purple and pink; you go for brown and white. I choose brown and white; you go for mixed with green. I choose green and white; you turn back to frocks and he...

As part of The Royal Academy (TRA), I took charge of presenting Cross-Pollinated Learning Experiences through one activity on behalf of Damphu Central School. I took it because I was willing to give the beauty of teaching and in between I was interested in exploring the ideas of Cross Pollination, the future of education.    I have chosen "Food Guide Pyramid'' to scaffold our understanding on cross pollination concept. The activity was beautifully assigned to all of us to ponder on the day's learning, smart and middle path journey by TRA faculty. The presentation topic was chosen with keeping many things in mind. As easy as it sounds, it is related to everyone despite differences in age, subject of specialization and background. The topic was fair to be on the screen for presentation, discussion and to wave the ideas on Cross Pollination. On the other hand, the main idea was to propose how to teach rather than what to teach beyond syllabi.   "Apple"   Zhey La...

I grew up watching the groundwork of one of the biggest Hydropower Projects in the country a decade ago. Back then as a little schoolboy, traveling between Tsirang and Thimphu used to be entertaining stretch between Wangdue and Tsirang. Not sure about the other passengers, but I have a deep inclination towards this project and seamlessly made memories to last eternity. It was around this place I saw heavy and complicated machines operating on the walls and deep valleys like in dreams.  Like any other traveler, every time I take a journey, I purposefully take a chance to keep myself awake throughout the area so that I can silently enjoy the unearthing and tunneling work. On several occasions, I counted the number of long and big lorry ferrying with project materials only to find the numbers were puzzling. However, what amazed me most was the tunneling works and still today I find it to be an amazing art of human work. The tunnel always kept me wondering about the depth and its endin...

Tsirang, popularly known for the "vegetable bowl of Bhutan" is now open to the swimming pool.   If not for all, the new pool at  Damphu  Town has brought a lot of local attention. It's good news especially for the water lover and parents. Hearing news of people drowning in water. Swimming has always been a pressing concern for me. In the developed countries swimming comes as a part of a school curriculum and that is how at a very young age every pupil learns to float on the water and later some become elite and pursue a career in swimming.     It was during the 2016 Rio Olympics, I saw an American guy named Michael Phelps winning a gold medal for swimming. Back then I thought, do such sports exist for competition and is there place for us in this field of sport. It kept me wondering and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics had opened a door for us but when are we planning for an Olympics size pool for the country.   Although my village is located a few miles above ...