I'm sorry darling, this week i'm upset plz.

There was no intention to say something bad after all i know that you are undergoing hardship in absence of me. As we all know that nothing would happen without a reason, but then to analyse the reasons of something being happened is difficult until we sit together to talk. There was nothing bad or intention to do all this things to you my darling. I'm very sorry for my mistakes that i fail to take this things. -Jam says.

This week, i feel little bit upset. I would like to say that some teachers are good to be friend but then not good to be my teacher. why he fail to listen to what students speaks. I know, he is good man, social, friendly and inspiring but fail to digest what students said in the class.
Teachers are teachers, students are students bound by words of teachers, have to agree and must follow their own idea. I wonder why don't they fail to accept ideas from students. The moment students say something that is against to teaching.....then the temper arises. ha ha..how could one become good teacher in life if they are not ready to accept the students idea and arguments.

No worries friends, take it as a lesson in our life. our life is series of learning. Keep on learning. "But then how good they are at the subjects matter?" This kind of question always disturbed me a lot.

I'm sorry if this writing to hurts some one.

University Student Life!!! Always mess up.

I didn’t plan to write all these things in my blog. Weather is very cold here as it is raining outside; I am in my room, a cup of coffee on my table, wearing a thick jacket that never happen to be in Thailand at this time of the year. A cup of coffee couldn’t make me warm. It’s still cold and can’t go out. In Thai, “Wani a-ka now mak” Which means, today weather is very cold. But then these kinds of question always struck me,remind me and sharing all this things to my friends around. Life of university is not an easy as everybody think, I will try to write down in following three points.

Calculation of Money:- The calculation is very important components while being in university as a student. We will be calculating how much we spent on food and water at the end of the day, we will be calculating how much we spend on grocery and other stuff beside food and water at the end of every week, and we will be calculating the total expenditure in a month and bank balance after clearing all the bills. Now, is money running out before the month? How and where it was spent is the frequent question comes to every one’s mind of University student.

Calculation of Marks:-There is no human life without having to do calculation. I as a university student, these are the calculation that comes to our mind every now and then. We calculate, how many hours of class we have in a day? Number of module we have in a week, marks compilation from assignment and quizzes in a month, and finally GPA calculation at the end of every semester. Now, is it worth spending your time on books? Are we really satisfied with what we have scored?

Examination:- Examination is not a thing that you write what you know. It is not a thing that you memories all handout given by teachers. You dedicate and spent hours, days, weeks, months and year, you can’t get through!!! Aha! What wrong then? Then, examinations are all about playing a tricks and not something that Teacher test what you know? I would like to say that,no one would get fail at this age without teacher's intention to make students FAIL. We explored from east to west, west to east, memorize all that is given by teachers, visit uncle Google etc. nothing going to change.

Don’t take serious friends, sometimes, we go into the extent of thinking where teacher may feel jealous if we get good marks in his subjects. The questions are all up and down. Ha ha! May be I am wrong. When questions come in the form of multiple choices, it is most terrible. I imagined that my father would do better than me without having to know the answer. If he is lucky enough, he will bring total marks. But for us, more we read, more doubts and questions struck in our mind. Therefore, I would like to sum up in my own principles to myself that I study some subjects out of compulsion to get through, some subjects out of my interest. I don’t care what i get. Every one can't fit into one net. D- dog is good for me, i still have good chance to improve, A- Apple is also good that i can cherish my effort.

All readers, thanks for spending your time to read my article, I wrote this while I was doing my midterm exams from 28th to 1st April 2011.

Questioning the purpose of the law

March 06, 2011: (Thimphu)

The Opposition Leader (OL), Lyonpo Tshering Tobgay has personally arranged a lawyer for the 23-year-old former monk, who has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Thimphu district court for breaching the revised Tobacco Control Act.Cheda, an advocate with UC Associate will represent Sonam Tshering (the monk) in the high court.
“He looks like a broken man.... keeping his head down like he has no mind. He’s taken it very badly. I asked him if he wanted to appeal and he agreed,” said the OL Tshering Tobgay.

The district court verdict shocked most observers who were expecting leniency from the judiciary because considering the quantity of tobacco confiscated from Sonam Tshering, it seemed he would be booked for self consumption but surprisingly the court charged him for smuggling.

Talking to the media during a press conference on Friday, Lyonpo Tshering Tobgay, who has been aggressively lobbying for the amendment of the Act, expressed his dejection over the verdict and openly called for the people, including the media fraternity, to support Sonam Tshering’s case.

“I found it very difficult to comprehend how a fellow citizen can be sent to three years in jail for possessing tobacco worth just Nu 98. How can we do that?” he asked.

Speaking along a similar line the opposition MP, Damcho Dorji, recommended awareness campaigns over harsh punishment to discourage the use of tobacco, which he say is more effective and rational. He strongly feels that the sentence meted out to Sonam Tshering is not proportionate to the crime he has committed.

“What do we do? Do we do nothing? Ultimately we have to do something. The parliament will have to do something, the people of Bhutan will have to do something,” he said.

In order to support his argument, he cited the example of the research that was carried out in the United Kingdom and US. The research predicts that in next 30 years, with successful awareness campaigns, people in these areas will quit smoking.

Regarding the issue of linking smuggling with self consumption, Damcho Dorji, said if an accused reveals the source he should be charged for possession and in Sonam Tshering’s case the source happened to be from across the border but then the law does not specify that the source should be from within the country and under the legal principles the accused gets the benefit of doubt.

“If Sonam Tshering is forced to reveal the source then he is being used as a witness against himself, he is an informer against himself. There could be problem under the doctrine of self incrimination, which means the prosecutor cannot obtain information from him unless he confesses voluntarily,” he said, adding the high court might bring down the charge to misdemeanor and convict him for possession and not smuggling.

While the smokers blame the government for framing such draconian law, the OL said that even the government empathizes with Sonam Tshering.

He said that the government and the opposition thought along the same line because the father of Sonam Tshering first went to the Prime Minister from where he was directed to the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s office and there the party workers helped him with his letters.

“So they felt exactly the way we did. It is not political; I am not saying the government is wrong. All we are doing is questioning the purpose of the law and how we are going to implement it. There will be many more such cases to come,” he said.

In addition, he also clarified the accusation of the Prime Minister and the Health Minister that he is fervently supporting Sonam Tshering because they share the same constituency, as baseless.

“He can not even vote,” he explained, “ Since it is the first case, it strikes our heart and conscience and I have to do something.”

Asked whether he would be supporting and providing lawyers to every person convicted for violating Tobacco Control Act, he said, he will not entertain those genuinely involved in smuggling and spreading the use of tobacco.

‘They deserve to go to jail,” he added.

But, he continued, if the quantity is small then his moral duty will not allow him to stay without doing anything and he would do everything within his capacity to check the injustice from happening.

During the last ‘meet the press,’ the cabinet also attacked the OL for calling ‘citizens’ movement’ to oppose the Tobacco Control Act, which they argued would disrupt the harmony in the country. Countering the government’s stand, the OL clearly stated that demonstration and defiance against the government is the last thing he wants and he is not in favor of it.

“There are many people who came to us and said that they want to meet at the clock tower square, they all want to have a smoking session together, they want to defy the Act,” he said, adding that he warned them not to carry out any such activity that would make the mockery of democracy.

He added that the elegant solution would be to write to their respective members of parliament (MP) and urge them to reconsider and amend the Act and if there are enough people then the MPs should listen because that’s how democracy functions.

However, neither the government not the opposition can move the motion for the amendment of Tobacco Control Act during this summer session of the parliament because as per the legislative norm, an Act can not be revised before one year.

(this articles in taken out from Kuenselonline.com)