(The following post was written on May 2 this year but due to poor network the publication failed and thus the repost please.)

Today I message, 'Behind every exceptional person, there is an exceptional teacher, ' by Stephen Hawking to my teachers,  colleagues and friends via facebook, sms and wechat to wish my teachers for the greatness they had showered in my life. 
       The nation comes together to celebrate the day with loads of gratitude bubbling in the hearts of all people for the proud place in the society all because of their teachers' sacrifce and unwavering dedication.  The social media today is bombarded with messeges of gratitude and wishes towards teachers.  At least for a day every teacher feels honored and their hard works in the task of nation building recognized. 
     And it is also approlriate to celebrate the national teachers' day coinciding with the birth annniversary of our Drukgyal Sumpa Jigme Dorji Wangchuk who is opened the eyes of modern education in our nation.  Because of modern education our country can swim in the sea of fast changes and moreover at individual level one can dream the finest dream he/she likes to dream. Today's developments we see around which our nation has achieved within short period are the manifestation of our modern education steered by selfless teachers.  Thus in our time to rejoice the glory of modern development spurred by modern education we can meditate the farsighted vision our third king had for us. 
     Here in my school, our children put up dances to thank us.  A small gift gifted with true feeling of thankfullness meant a lot for us. We are paid for teaching and thus teaching is our job.  But I have seen a huge difference in teaching with attitude of teaching as  our work and teaching with true love and care for our children.  When we have the attitude that teaching is our jobs our teaching do not go beyond the mandatory obligation we have fulfill.  On the contrary if we teach with children in our mind our work goes round the clock.

A Package of My Leadership

These days I am in Zhemgang Dzongkhag  to attend the Dzongkhag Principals Coordination Meeting along with other principals of the district.  Upon the transfer of our principal Mr Sonam Wangchuk to Zhemgang Central School A i was e trusted the in chargeship of the school by the DEOs.  That is why i am here to represent my school,  Kagtong Primary School in the meeting. 
      Having served under two knowlegable prinxipals, Mr Kezang Gyeltshen and Mr Sonam Wangchuk,  i feel secure to captain the school as i can cherrypick some of the best  management practices exercised by them. Moreover my colleagues are very talented in their own ways that would surely uplift my captainship. Still I remain behind I can request the seasoned principals to help me push  my works.
     It is a kind of opportunity for me lead a school although small in size and population that I would learn a lot and garner my experience. Actually I have no aim in leadership going by the lots of energy I am short of to be a leader. I only wanted to serve the best as a teacher and excel in the art of teaching. However the time has fallen on me to channel my energy to run a school. May be this kind of circumstance is a package of opportunity for me to groom skills of leadership in me.
     The meeting I am attending is one way towards gathering my leadership skills. I am learning a lot listening and observing the experienced leaders.
     I am determined to do the best I can to lead my school for the betterment of the innocent children and backward community and moreover to shape my leadership skill, a skill which is very necessary in my life. 

Brief ride to Yongphula

Yesterday morning in clear light of morning sun, I was reading Anita Desai’s ‘Clear Light of Day’ as required for the PGDE course here in Sherubtse when friend Tashi phoned me, “Kinga Yugs is here. Come and meet him.” Immediately I book marked the book and rushed to the highway.

It had been long time since we haven’t met in person. Namgay Wangchuk from Punakha known among our circle of friend as Yugs was on his way to Samdrup Jongkhar from the village of his better half Nim Dem who is also our friend too. Although we could keep track of each other in social Medias, meeting old best friends in person conjures in us exceptional feelings of happiness, the joy of special moments we have shared and nurtured. We were happy to meet each other, all happy and in perfect status. We spent some hours expressing our happiness for the great opportunity to meet after long time of our departure from the college. We talked about how we are faring with our lives. After few moments of happy meeting, Namgay and his family had to go and we bid them safe journey.

     Some sticks of sugarcane from Namgay kept us on the road for few minutes after his leave, crunching and sucking the sweet coupled with some gossip. In the mean time Tashi, Yangchen Nob, Pema Chodup and Nado wanted to visit Yongphula. I was asked to join them if I was interested. I thought for a while and agreed to join them though I had to read the book for the class discussion in the following days.

     In few minutes we were all set to go and packed ourselves in friend Nado’s luxery car. Winding up to Yongphula enjoying the ride in the comfort of the car we reached up there safely. Our friend Yangchen Norbu’s colleague who was at his wife’s house too joined us at the junction of Samdrup jongkhar and Yonphula road. The bright sun was on. But the warmth of the sun didn’t embrace us much as the wind was far stronger as if to blow us away. The ongoing extension work of the airport scraped the landscape differently. We couldn’t walk the runway fully as the wind was blowing away dust from the dug lands. After about three minutes of our photo session on the soil filled run way we went straight to the lake few miles below the run way. The lake appeared brown and calm in front of us. We ran down to the lake to get more of the lake. There we took several photos to celebrate the beauty and the joy of our time together. At one side there were sand at the bank on which Tashi scribbled ‘BEACH’ soley to photograph. Later when were on the way one of us (I cannot remember who was that) shared, “now I will post the photos of the Facebook and Wechat with comments, “moments at Yongphulia(not austrilia) Beach”. Then with not much rhododendrons to be seen there, some of us commented that the Bhutanese song composer of the song “Yongphula lay atho metho tshak de gi Drangmi chu na kowa phang may” was lying. Such lighter moments we have shared besides the open view of some valleys of Tashigang.

     In the mean time we were invited to Yangchen’s friend’s house for some rest. We had to walk few miles down the airport to reach the village. We were given teas and ara. We thankfully had the tea and ara circling around the bukhari. The ara was so strong that the smell runs through our nostril so strongly. We bonded further with lots of talks concerning our lives and beyond often snaking on biscuits, tengma and ezay.

     Finally we came back thanking the hopitality of Yangchen’s friend. Although it wasn’t planned tip for me I enjoyed the moment with my college mates. Although I couldn’t finish up the book, ‘Clear Light of Day’ I was reading in the morning, I have rediscovered a clear light of friendship in us in clear light of sun at Yongphula. 

Happy Continuation Year 2016

A new year has drawn to continue our life with success and jubilation. Many moments have passed by leaving behind many memories.

The year 2015 had been glorious and eventful for all of us. Across the world many countries suffered badly. Debt crises, terrorism and some natural disasters struck some countries badly. However our country remained undisturbed by all the global issues. We could roll up the year with festivity and jubilation.

The commemoration of 60^th Birth anniversary of our 4^th Druk Gelpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk across the nation gave us all the great opportunity to rededicate our service towards our nation. The faith and gratitude towards our leaders of destiny were reinforced through all colors, shapes and sounds of the celebration of 60^th Birth Anniversary of our king.

Now we are welcoming the new year with total prayers and hopes to roll the year with renewed hopes and aspirations.  With mistakes as our teachers and success as our motivation we are hoping to see live another year with success.

The birth of our Royal Heir will promise us the eternity of peace and prosperity in our nation.

On the personal level, I have lot to reflect on the errors of my life and make heart to lead my life as perfect as I can. I resolve to nurture best family love and find enormous peace and joy in my life. I also resolve to do everything with professional ethics in my school. There is something I have to do with my habit of taking things for granted and for that I will do as much as I can at a very moment of task in my mind. Of all this year I will keep constant connection with my relatives especially my aging uncle Nidup who is in prayers in Goen Tshaphu and my father in the village.

May 2016 be a perfect continuation in the course of our life. 

My Peacock Quest

Where? : Gelephu HSS

The school principal fired my curiosity to explore the area in the vicinity of the school campus when he had leisurely evening with us about three days ago, 'many peacocks visit our football field along with some wild animals such as deer and boars in early in the morning and in the evening.'
     I set out to the football field last weekend morning while my friends were still in sound rest. A gentle breeze ran refreshingly over my face. The lawns were dew-washed. The well maintained privet hedges and blossoming bougainvilleas which the school is rich at and beautiful at greeted me as usual.
     Some mynahs were crackling in the gulmahar trees and so did bulbuls in the bamboo clumps. There were no sights of peacocks nor were there deer and boars. Maybe the ongoing extending of roads to expand the town kept them away, I thought. I walked around sighting some small birds in the bamboos. I photographed the birds that were visible on the twigs and branches.
     With more to get out of my morning walk, I went out struggling out of the barbed wired fence. The road stretched out wide and dusty. A hoopoe was taking advantage of the excavated land to claim its share of meal from the mother earth. It disappeared in the dust left out by a car leaving towards the school. To escape the dust I walked a roadside. There were birds some familiar and rest unknown. I was very happy at the sights of different birds up for their morning chores. Of all the birds long tailed shrikes and red vented bulbuls were common. Then a couple of barbets. A beautiful bird in green with a hairlike feather from  the tail was most eye catching. Unlike most birds it wasn't shy and that helped me to held my breath and moment to watch and capture it in my camera. In few minutes the sun appeared from the eastern horizon penetrating the grey-gold clouds and the lighting became perfect on the area I was in to photograph birds.   
     Then I came back with my eyes angled into the woods for birds. A woodpecker was busy pecking in the bark of a tree accompanied by some bulbuls and a shrike that were resting on the boughs.
      Finally when I was about to leave the place the sight of a pea cock on a bough made my purpose of the walk, purpose to watch peacocks answered. I focussed my camera immediately to immortalize the bird. I was fortunate get a shot of  the peacock walking on a bare branch before it  hid into the bushes. I inched few steps towards the tree to get better view of the peacocks resting and receiving warm light of the sun. Unfortunately the peacocks flew away one by one into the bushes. I couldn't capture anymore pictures of them. I might have disturbed their morning time.
     A sort of peace and freedom I get from the sight of birds would go in expanding great happiness in my life.
     My peacock quest has presented me many beautiful birds and freshness of the morning though I couldn't watch the peacocks as I could watch other birds.
   

Bhutan vs Sri Lanka

It was team Bhutan playing against Sri Lanka to decide whether she remains on the road to Russia in 2018. As wished by all Bhutanese especially the football fanatics our country maintained its stand on the road to 2018 world cup winning Sri Lanka 2-1 goals. The first match was played in Colombo where our country won by 1 goal.
     We were invited by our principal after the 7th session to watch the match live on BBS 2. The moment I joined my colleagues Sri Lanka equalised our country. There after the ball was theirs most of the time which made all of us clinch our fists and control our throbbing heart.
      Bhutan's team could revive its play after the half time break which radiated us rays of hope of winning. The stadium was fully occupied with both soccer enthusiasts and well wishers supporting our country. Couple of golden opportunities were missed yet almost at the last minute a well composed goal from our country confirmed our stand on the road to 2018 Russia. All could finally go home with smiles on face and pride at heart. Even we had forgotten our tiring times just by watching on a screen. The evening was refreshed, more refreshed with our country's win. Wholehearted kudos and appreciation to our national soccer squad. May the team amdassador our country and her GNH in many Yeats to come. May stars be born with the teams inspiration.
     With our country exposed to modernity only much much later, we have advantage over every change and development. We don't have to go through the whole process of development and change. In short time we could become change with all success and failures of the countries which underwent whole process of change and development. So is in the field of games and sports. Watching today's game I can conclude that the quality and manner of our team has improved drastically. The success of football could be the popularity of the game among our youth. Even most of the adults are football fanatics and watch and play the game greatly. Football fever is always on among our people with most watching popular matches such as EPL, champions league, LA liga etc.
     With that quality of play shown by our country's team this evening and with intensifying popularity of international soccer matches our country will not take long time to challenge internationally acclaimed teams. May our dragon's roar roar success n jubilation.
     Congratulations our national team.

1000 Prayer Flags for His Majesty the 4th King

As a pie to mark His Majesty the 4th king's 60th birth anniversary the people of Ngangla Trong and Panbang Drungkhag staff came together to hoist lungdar at Ngangla Trong temple on 22.02.2015. I was fortunate to join the team to do something great as a token of gratitude towards his majesty the king for whatever he had done for what I am today.
     The flag poles were ready and prayer borne cloth pieces too. Exactly at 9:00 am the volunteers gathered around the Temple. Stream of smiles were exchanged at the meeting of both the known and the unknown, the familiar and the unfamiliar. It was one perfect get together of the Dunkhag staff and more importantly with common mind, that to pay a tribute to the great leader.
     To begin with, Dasho Drungpa reminded the gathering the aim of hoisting prayer flags and delegated the works. The digging, cutting, hitting, tearing coupled with laughers and talks began under the warm sun. The team had to hoist 1000 lungdars. Going by the common gratitude and dedication towards the leader of destiny the work would not take long time. Moreover with fun and laughter already running around, the work would finish within short time.
     The refreshment of tea and juice served in interval kept us going. The bond among the staff was further bonded. Indeed it was great feeling to know more people.
       Towards the end of the work some women of the Ngangla came up with local beverages, tea, eggs and wild potatoes. The flowing in of this refreshment was great sigh of relief after tiring yet fulfilling work.
     In the meantime, the lam of the lhakhang performed the consecration rites of the prayer flags. The elderly women served the gathering with their local beverages and tea in their traditional manner. The culture was alive still. Every sip of the refreshments further inspired the talks and laughter albeit some misbehaviours of a couple of drunk people we had to tolerate.
      Finally the lunch and then seeing off of each other.
     The 2nd holiday of HM's birthday was well spent. To me it was worth a day having got an opportunity to do something worth as a token of gratitude to the visionary leader of ours when I cannot do something on my own to mark the King's 60th birthday. Thanks to the Dungkhag administration for the great initiative.