Dear ALL!

13th December – What can you say? For me, the day I hate the most, the day I never wanted to be in, the day I never wanted to remember and experience.

I called it - the doomsday for Bhutan! And I feel this is a serious national concern for the country. For a small country like ours – the night will be more expensive than 9/11 attack because our own class ten and twelve students won’t mind to rob the country after having learnt all the good values of life in the school. As, it marks the formal ending of the exams, which also marks the ends of all the academic activity nation-wide. But, in the past it was found that main victims of the night would be our teachers and their properties. Their mistake emancipate out in the form of anger and frustration to street lights and bins with black-out-kicks.

Once the exam gets over, they claim to end every proceedings of life, they will start to act as if they have won the world trophy, as if they won't be living on this soil and as if they have conquer the world in their power. They even forget their relationship with teacher, parents and government. The fact is, we even forget to buy a salt!

But, here I am not claiming to say that our education system, schools and teachers are not doing well. I finds everybody is up to the mark. However, I feel there is some misunderstanding of cultural inhabits over changing times with our young stars. With the shift in modernization everybody wanted to live, act, dress and look like Korean. They choose to use smart phones. They wanted to earn some luxurious car – like Ronaldo earns today! When they copy others culture, they personally forget to become Bhutanese - by acting so rude, on the night even the simplest one will also become the most dangerous.

It is the night 94% of our boys and girls would be sinking inside the pool of alcohol, 0.51% would abuse drugs, 0.79% wouldn’t mind to go for romantic outing, 3.9% would go out for dinner with their family, friends and loved ones and 0.80% would look out for some possible partners to spent time in the mood of completion of exam. But, for those who can’t be within this circle, the night would be longer than the usual hour, moving through all the imaginative test score and dreaming about all the stealthy unmarked papers.

But, is it not same for some. I am sure deep inside the freezing night many of our teachers in boarding school across the country would be silently safe-guarding their school campus, the Royal Bhutan Police would be busy eyeing the town community and health workers would remain busy fixing and repairing the broken bones and arms of our students. And I find this is a very serious concern we have been hearing and experiencing over the years.

What is our Government doing on this Youth issue? Did they think of such act from our students or they want to let our new generation to continue the same fever?

If our bureaucrats fail unwisely to address on this issue soon, they are never far away from getting kick on their ass!

This is a Reply to a Facebook post done by Mr. Dargo Tashi on BDFL employees.

Respected sir, 

I know you are smart, I admires you for your genuine heart and your level of patriotic feelings for this country. And remember I do follow you constantly so much for all the commonest days happening of the country. Of late, you have become the sources, the Google store for me particularly.  I like the way you put up things for discussion. And I do like your opinions and the remedies on any pertaining issues you try to put up. But, today while I was surfing your opinions on the issues of - ‘BDFL terminates employees without prior notice’, I felt some gust of sore. Some unfair means of intervention and correcting methods being used unwisely and peremptorily for BDFL employees. 

And I am neither talking on behalf of the defendants nor they are my relatives. Further I am not at all related to the BDFL, a state enterprise company based in Paro and Phuentsholing possibly.

You have honestly mentioned your views on your own experiencing of running some business company in and around but I felt sorry for it.

As you have also rightly mentioned about - “I have fired some people who failed to do their jobs properly even during their probation period. If they cannot show me their best during the probation period. I do not expect they will do any better as my regular employees. The shortest time I fired someone is 2 days!!”.

No wonder there are many lot of people or company employees or civil servants who regularly fails to come on time, fails to attend regular duties, fail to generate proper work ethics, fails to cooperate, fails to come free of nights hangover and fails to employ with rules and regulations yet they are not asked to resign nor to terminate, they still can habits the opportunity.

Why is this so happening? Are we fair on the part of individualism? Are we a GNH based country? Are we doing justice to the one who fail regularly and who does everything without the presence of our bosses or censored under CCTV 24-by-7? If then the recent BDFL employees shouldn’t be out with their entitlement, just over three day’s leave takings. If, or whoever thinks they are wrong, we need to hurl our government of the day to send every Bhutanese batch-wise or in a group to Australia, some to Japan and some to Iceland to learn the good values. Otherwise, we are failing on our own part to be a Bhutanese, let’s not say we have a check-and-balance rules and regulations in place.  Let’s not claim we are a net carbon sink country, precisely only carbon negative country in the world. With such system in place, let's say no to corrupt free country in Asia, least corrupt citizens and the government. Needless to say, our country ranked somewhere on the top on corrupt-free nation based on impracticable data, that anyone can do it!

Let me relate one common happenings in our society today and far – there are countless numbers of students in school who do or does things beyond their permissible level like regular absenteeism, doing substance abuses, fighting, not turning up on time, not being regular on school activities, not doing homework and not being disciplined. Is it possible to terminate this group of students out from school? Will it going to benefit country? Is it possible to batter them to death? So, what happens is – school takes multiple corrective methods, measures, ways and means to correct this groups of Youth on daily basis and that is why we have rightful civil servants and the company’s employees without making school empty. Otherwise we will going to generate all the red-bulls and time will come when we need to harvest all the salty crops. Therefore, this two BDFL employees should also be given some room to grow and sharpen their skills before company wants them perfect. Otherwise, company should manufacture Robots, other advanced and super machines to work with them. Because we are no different animal!

But, while going through the online post by Bhutanese media house – Kuensel, it was sourced out that some forged activities has ruled out knowingly. It read as – “the Deputy General Manager of the company allegedly caused the termination of the two female sales executives to create a vacancy for her cousin on standby”.  

Of course, whoever is the concern person or agent I don’t care, hardly what they did or do to each other; however, the sad part is that the scene has closed for the two employees to go for regular office as sales executives, we should all be driven asunder for nobody knows how long this kinds of activities will going to prevail in GNH country.

I wish you could, I could, we could and our government could dismiss that apathy activities out from the base, if our law makers set rightful rules in place out of countenance and looks rather more anxious. Because at the end we are the loser of the two sided coins.

The stolidity with which you received the messages was no doubt rather exasperating for they were delivered in perfect sincerity of forged documentation. So, for how long shall we remain complacent and keep on blaming each other rather I found the issues is genuine.

  

I incautiously gave the account aloud that this is not the right ways of doing things. It shows the other-side of being Bhutanese, the action is beyond the reach of GNH philosophy. I don't want to buy a salt from Drangmechhu either! 

Iron Lady of India dies at 68.

It was neither a good news to millions of Tamilian nor to the parliament house. But, she will continue to remain one of the most influential person in politics and in the film industries. Perhaps, she became more than the goddess of Tamil Nadu politics. She has been a greatest asset to her country in her best pursuit. The women who has ruled India more like 'Gandhian Philosophy.'

 

Jayalalithaa jee

She has done every preeminent possible ways to bring massive changes in the life of millions of people and uplifted the Indian society than any other women. She had worked so hard, she had risk every bits of her life just for the benefit of all the Indians because of which she had gained a huge popularity amongst the other leaders. She was popularly known as an ‘Iron Lady’ for being tough and firm in her action and ‘Amma’ for acting more than a mother for millions of homeless and to the needy ones.’  

The best part I have seen throughout her political regime and film line is that she has never elapsed to house a loveliest and the most passionate heart for helping and serving millions of forgotten people than any other charity farm.

Indeed, her demises was a greatest lost even to me and to my country. Because I only know "India for Bhutan." "Whatever, happens for India also happens for Bhutan." Nevertheless, Bhutan will never going to forget her firm political career.  

So, when she has passed away she had left a massive void in politics and to the heart of Tamil Nadu, which can’t be replaced easily by anyone anytime soon. I am very sure, it will gonna to take another year or some to forget her long and continued political lives she had for many years, especially from the heart of left-out-people.

In the beginning, Tamilian might have been unsure of whether she can bring any changes or not but after working for so hard and for so long just for the benefit of the people around, she finally had swayed the heart of millions of people. Of course, now nothing can replace her kindness and novelty act than ensconcing her physically in every heart of Indians. And she richly deserves it, hands-down.

I have learnt that - only a life lived for others, is worth living. Only a life lived as an austere silence is worth living.

Robin Sharma stated that, ‘when you die, who would be there at your funeral? Who will speak? Who will cry? And who will still be loving you? But, to 'Jayalalithaa' the story is different, very different. Whole India morns for her demise and whole world can felt the loss of her political drama that she has brought and fought for the right of every people and to her mother land. 

How many of us can be like her? How many of us can work like her? How many of us can create new history by fighting for the country and the people though a political and social war?

Although, she isn't in the living form now yet she has become a revolutionary lady leaders. She has gained the heart of all Indians through long and fair political career and through her great novelty. She had never lived a life of vagabond! 

As a political leader and a mother of millions of people, she had fully fancied her life more than any other duties. So, looking at her political career path, it seemed that she might have undergone a continuous and a sharp discipline life as a child, which had shaped and taught her wisdom but before she had failed to recover her equanimity she had left the world, making millions of people unhappy.  

When you have left for peace, you have left this.

As a Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, she always had guarded her country and the people like her own family. More than a political elite, she had also never forgotten to act like a Mother and guard like a Father to her nation, has crown her numerous dignity.

As a political leader, she always had remained a symbol of strength for many women and even to many men. She fought against so many odds to make a name for herself in a male dominated profession like politics.  

With all her deeds, its time for all Indians to satisfy her entire political whims. With all the hopes and prayers, let she continue to remain ever-green in the hearts of Tamil Nadu  and to the universe, let you annihilate the universe that will turn to stronger and mighty yet again even at your absence. When you have passed away, you have left the foliage in the woods, hope time will change it. I hope you will continue to remain as always in the hearts of your people, not as a political elite, not as a film actress but as a great beings, a great Mother.

I only can say that, heaven isn't your home, everyone wanted you to come back to Earth soon, where you have planted the seed of Happiness, seed of Family, a seed of great Parenthood and a motherly nature to heal the lost heart. 

More importantly, may your soul rest in peace is all my wish! 

Thimphu Has More City Bus Services than Zhemgang’s Total Number of Vehicles.

Thimphu, City Bus

While it is very good news for the people living in Thimphu city. But it's not same for the people living in far-away places like Zhemgang about the new city bus hitting the road. The very obsolete fact about the Zhemgang is – zhemgang always remains cut-off from public transport services. Even, Taxi isn't so reciprocity during emergency.

Whatever, city will continue to prosper - while Zhemgang can only afford to produce pools of fresh and polished air. No vehicles no air pollution – and the recent parliament discussion wasn't far-off from the new city bus hitting the Thimphu high-way.

The planners in Bhutan lack a key ingredient to a free and fair developmental plans; the freedom to see the forest beyond the trees, the freedom to choose what is necessary for the growth of the country lies within and far away from our unwise politicians.

I couldn’t help but to simply agree with the policy makers and the bureaucrat on whatever they implement.

Precisely, I have found that there is a big mismatch and the problem with our planners in framing and implementing the plans uniformly and wisely always.

Happiness comes through good judgment, good judgment comes through experience and experience comes through bad judgment. But, there is something very wrong with our system, making the same mistakes over and over again, day in and day out. This shows a complete lack of self-awareness, the very far-flung zhemgang will continue to experience its fated doomsday, whatever and whoever comes into power.

Bus: Zhemgangpas have never demanded this kind of Bus service.  

It’s sort of like breaking in a new pair of shoes - at first, it’s a little hard to wear them but soon they fit like a glove. Here, I don’t fully agree onto support the ideas on an effort to address the increasing number of vehicles in the city as if life happens only for city people, as if they only can afford to buy new vehicles. When city has already plenty and better-off facilities than any other places yet developmental progress never stops to freeze. What is really happening in our country - isn't this against the wheel of GNH or the power lies for powerful minds?

The latest City Bus services for Thimphu city has given me lots of mixed feelings; how and why Thimphu only need such facilities, as if government of the day was elected alone by Thimphupas and not by other far-off people. It seemed to me that people living in Thimphu only need such good and advanced facilities. It seemed that people living in Thimphu only has the problem, need to survive and need such facilities. Then, why our policy makers are arguing so much on to reduce rural-urban migration.  

The cost of imported City Bus has amounted to Nu 67 million, I can flatly agree upon it without any deny. But, my question is - what, if our government can spare Nu 3.2 million for procuring one least advanced bus for places like Zhemgang to ease more severe problems of increasing number of private vehicles hitting the road every day. But, more importantly it would unruly benefit uncountable disadvantaged friends and families. 

The recent survey from 'Roads Safety and transport Authority' has found out that at least seven-to-ten vehicles are hitting Bhutanese road every day and the story is no different for Zhemgang. 

If government can deploy few decent bus to the place where there are no bus service and on need based, it would immensely benefit the people far-and-wide. Resected politicians and concern agency; “Zhemgangpas, only need decent and fine bus service.” 

Bus: Zhemgangpas, wanted this kind of of simple and workable bus service.

Thimphupas will continue to advance more while Zhemgangpas will continue to suffer without one decent bus service and forget about the optimal use of the buses to help the government’s initiative to curb the increasing import of vehicles and pollution.

Is our government of the day wise to do this job? If - otherwise, we also need one decent bus service to ease even more dangerous social problems than any other. 

Mr. CG7???

Chencho Gyeltshen: Bhutan's first international
Football player.
Source:google

It's harder to believe in reality, the veracity of the changing times throughout. But, it is as simple as this; once we used to believe life beyond impossible to sustain through playing 'Games and Sports' alone. Although, playing can also conceitedly encapsulate likelihoods like any other jobs or business. 

Shall we still continue to remain complacent like what it used to be in the past or time to turn back the clock and say it’s time to think out-of-the-box. Whatever, let’s be more practical for constantly changing world to beat the uncertainty of times.

No sooner did we hear the press release of our only Footballer; Mr. Chencho Gyeltshen (CG7), who will be soon playing in Chittagong Abahani of the Bangladesh Premier League than he started to become largely popular figure everywhere - even to the most and far uneducated lots.  

I know as an individual person that he might have ascended from the mountain-top and taken the path which was less-travelled by everyone. And nobody knows how and what level of race and energy he might have taken to reach this point. But, he did it the way he wanted it.  It is very sure, he might have faced so much of family demurral but nothing has stopped him from becoming the Football-Star. What we can learn from him is that everything is possible, as long as full self-acclaim is affirmed - be it small or big. 

Had he not chosen to risk his life as a Footballer, he might have ended his life into the things he is less capable of doing, he might have wasted his entire life doing unfertile labor and he might have juggled his life behind the things he love less. He might have become a burden to his family but now he isn’t that. Because of his firm braverity and self-confidence in Football game, he could finally stand to become a football-man for his impeccable football acumen. And I have a deep respect for his great football skills and ability to at least play in some international football club. I hope he will continue to become better player than today.   

It seemed to me that this game is promising only for CG7 and not to anyone else. It seemed to me that he only knows how to block and tackle the ball. And it seemed to me that he only has two skillful legs and no one else has. If not - why can’t we let our young boys and girls learn more skills for games and sports from the very young age at school by providing right amenities and right resources. What if our government of the day can plan for better games and sports center or ‘Sports Academy’ for sport enthusiastic rather than forcing someone against their will, skills and ability which is not so germane at this point?    

  

In the history of Bhutanese Education system so far, ‘games and sports’ used to be the least count option although students in school are supposed to learn. But, to what level and who is counting their progress in the sporting field is - beyond question.  Whatever, we still find very less individuals or parents taking interest in supporting their child to take up sporting career and the main reason could be the market within and outside the country. Because we have very deep rooted culture of studying has only the future, and nothing more. But, is it possible for all of us to get into government jobs for every day swelling populations. But, for our CG7 the case wasn’t like ours. I am very sure that he might have rescued so many of our young boys and girls who also wishing to take-up sporting career very soon by setting a very firm example within our nation and - beyond. Perhaps, which is like any other job or business. But why we still have very less people opting for sports when there are pools of opportunity nationally or internationally?

As a parents, as a brother or sister and as a guardian, do we let our child decide for their career path? 

Amongst all, just few of the individuals are big on goal-setting action and that is how I have seen this boy setting football legacy even in our land too. I hope for sure he will going to have more financially successful journey than all of us if he can hold onto trying more and more on his career path than usual. Lately, his name started to appear everywhere; in newspaper, on the television, at the office or in the town. Because he is the first Bhutanese man to earn his living through Football Abilities and nothing more.

The moment you start to concentrate on what your heart says, then only you start to notice its rhythm and its qualities and that is exactly what has happened to our CG7. This is a man who is responsible for his own Football-destiny.  

The best is soon to come. You run your own race!

My Workplace Toilet!

If you think you need rules to use toilet then we need more straighten rules in place to visit marketplace here after. But for sure we don't have both even decimally in place. And remember our first option and the priority should be to have clean toilet for all of us, for all times.

 

My activities at my workplace on World toilet day: 19th, Nov.

I hope all of the colleagues would like to use this clean toilet. Let's make this a lifelong habits and not just for a day. I would like to request all my friends to use all the toilets smartly so that we don't want our Bhutanese giving example of other countries like Japan and Singapore for serving the cleanest toilet when we have everything at our reach. 

My workplace toilet: 19th, Nov 2016

I think and to my best level - 'Bhutan toilet organization' is doing their best to implement clean toilets and good toilet habits to all of us but unsure of how many of us are really taking care of this simple yet imperative aspects of life. And not only that they are also trying to instill the values of personal hygiene through lots of written postures and various social activities through social networking sites over again and again. This is the right time we must pick some of the good habits for better future else we will fail as a nation.

We only realize the price of toilet unless we are to attain some emergency natures call and during loose motion.  I hope our toilet habits would multiple for better with so much effort from our 'Bhutan Toilet Organization team' and from international agency in making TOILET as one of the most important wealth of every individual people around the world. I wish everyone a happy toilet habits and sojourn for better health hereafter.                                                                 

Just remember your toilet and my toilet is so-so but mine is far superior from everyone. Because when I make a visit to toilet I never forget to take water with me. While in toilet I also never forget to follow clean toilet habits which makes me so different. So, if you all possess worthy toilet habits, I shall request you all to continue and if you don't have one it's time to incur some good habits else it will going to cost you even more than your own life very soon.  

                                                #worldtoiletday19.11.2016

11-11-1955

      61st- Birth Anniversary of your Majesty'; King Jigme Singye Wangchuck!  

Fourth King of Bhutan