Donate Blood, Save a Life

This post was once posted on 12th May 2011. But with error...it got deleted.

(Souvenir from hospital to me)

I didn’t plan to write today until and unless I knew that it’s “Zhabdrung Kuchoe” in Bhutan. I log in to the Facebook to see if there is some new post of our Blogyul Blogging of Bhutan. Though I can’t write and contribute from my side, I never miss to read that were posted by our bloggers.

The messages pop up in my chat box from my friend’s wife Mrs. Phub Zam , Thimphu. We exchanged few messages, and came to know that it’s holiday in Bhutan. The moment she said it is very auspicious day in Bhutan, I realized that I did something good today in my life. I didn’t plan, didn’t intent to write in my blog….but I find myself, thinking of writing something.

This is my first time donating blood in Thailand and 5th time in total, in my life. I love donating blood to hospital and people who all need. I remember that I started donating blood when I was in 9th grade in Trashi Yangtse MSS. I knew how much it value in life of others if we can do this. “Give Blood, Save Life”. That is not difficult; everyone has potential to do it. Therefore, I decided to donate blood, I went with my Thai friend to fill up the form and after completing the formalities, the staff who work there asked me, where I’m from? “Bhutan”….Ow! King Jigme right??. I was happy that they know my ideal, my father and my source of inspiration.

I sat on the big bus where there is lots of staff working on it. I pray for a while before they inject me, “This blood is donated to help someone who is desperately in need, and let him/ her recover from sickness and benefit out of it”. But after knowing, today is “Zhabdrunkg Kuchoe” I felt very happy, extremely happy that I have done something good in my life. I did all this out of my knowledge but happen to be good. “God never let me down!!!”.

Take it easy, you can do it.

Save Water, Drink Beer: with our Teacher,Ajarn.Prymania)


This week is last week of my class for this semester and 5 days to seat for the exams. I find myself sitting on my chair doing nothing other than chatting with my old school mates. “You can do it, Take it easy” is favorite sentence for our Multimedia class. Sometimes, we reverse the sentence and use it. This piece of sentence was said by many of the Lecturer and Professors in the beginning of our first semester.

There are many reasons and meaning we make out of it. If you look in to the dictionary, it is simple that even primary students can understand what it means. For multimedia class, we just land up saying this piece sentence to each other when we can’t do our works on time, when ever we face problems. Cao Kun, our Chinese friend always gave me courage when I was studying Physics in the first semester. "Jam, worry not, you can do it, take it easy". I worried a lot that I might get “F” for “Fun! See you next term again”. I was not expecting more than “D” for “barking Dog never bite” in physics. But I could get more than “D dog” that I don’t have to study again."I took it easy, i could do it".

“Take it easy, you can do it” is used when we are proud of our works. If we get “A for Apple in many of the subjects, we just land up drunk in the bar, Bro, we can always do it”. We got to drink, drink and drink…. some of my mates get drunk and can’t ride motor bike and lave our motor bike behind, again “take it easy” we can come tomorrow to pick up. Three people on one motor bike can’t get enough balance because everyone is drunk. My friend at the back…”Jam, you can do it”. Drives back to the apartment.

Our only class mate girl called Mew, (she is Thai) always sees our friend Rinchen talking with girls in the bar in her eyes when she gets drunk. Rinchen is man who can’t face woman without 5 or 6 bottles of beer. She is clever and she keeps her eye on him. “You can do it…Rinchen” and nothing series, “Take it easy” gives courage to Rinchen by our only girl class mates.

“Ajarn, (Teacher in Thai Language), this rose is for you”. Cao Kun presents to our teacher when we drink together. She laughs on top of her voice, “Thank you, how kind you are “. The moment we laugh more and more talk something about personal, and then we are considered to be drunk. Take it easy guys! I ‘m not drunk…but we should know that we have our own share. We try to make our teacher drunk by using the same sentence “You can do it”, and at the same time, when someone try to vomit….”Take it easy, you can do it" in the toilet not in bar!!. When we travel back from bar, if someone try to vomit, then our teacher shout "Guys! you can dot it" but not in my car. "Take it easy. Ajarn". stop when we vomit " we can do it outside". This is something that build up in everyone's mind as good memory.

Get out of bar now; again, let us talk about class works. Taipan, Filipino friend who is lazy always. Whenever he makes his presentation, he asked us to look at this or that page numbers and finally we land up reading together without a power point slides. Sometimes, he just land up without a word to speak to the class, we give courage…”Take it easy, you can do it”.

Exam is very near to me, still “Take it easy, I can do it” No worries at all. When we see our result, if we get good marks then we can always prove that “I took it easy, I could do it”. If not, my friends will still give courages “You can do it, Take it easy”. Aha! My friend is here again……he disturbed me by reading my writing without completing, he want me to go with him to drink. I will stop here now. Tonight, we are going to get drunk, never worry. “Take it easy, we can still do it”


Life is how one makes it out of how it comes….”Take it easy, we can do it”.

Crazy,
Jam

11th anniversary of our relationship

My 4 years old daughter ( Selden Sonam Lhasel) my 1 year old son( Kinga Samdrup Tashi)

It was one fine morning that a 15 years old boy comes across a simple, shy, innocent and of course a beautiful girl of same age, wearing soft machine made kira with pink wonju and green tego, in his life. It was an opportunity for everyone to interchange and have a new look at new faces every Saturday with colorful dresses. It was really a great time that students come together on every Saturday to have assembly together (primary and secondary students). They are in same campus but they are bound to be in different because of the separation primary and secondary.
Uhm…….. the story is very long and interesting that clearly comes to my mind. I have problem of putting it on. Okai….let me begin. The boy was just 15 years old and was studying in 7th grade when he come across a girl that mentioned in first line of the story. He was little bit lost in her. And he didn’t had chance to see her because of some of the reasons. She was in primary (6th grade) in which the system is different from secondary, the class schedule, activities area, dining place and many more were completely different. Moreover, she was day scholar. Love is something that comes and goes away for many people. One can’t say true love until one self’s nurture it. May be for that boy, it was not….. and love developed within himself.

Now, this is very interesting part of story. A year later after having seen that girl for the first time, the boy had constant watch on. He was in 8th grade which we call senior most in school at lower secondary level. It was lucky for boy that he can see her once a day because she was in 7th grade, which means she was also in secondary.

“Lama dang Gyenpo ji tsen Jampel Yang la cha tshelo” was Morning Prayer that every students mourns every morning closing their eyes and praying to the God of wisdom for his knowledge. But whereas this young boy eyes was wide open searching for his lover where she stands in a line. Sounds funny right!!! But that was true and heartbreaking story.

A month after starting the classes, the boy got home work to do. What kind of home work do you think??? He got to do proposal that have to submit to his lover.

Dear sweetheart,
I don't know why i love you so much, my heart always want you. Words are not enough to explain my love to you. and many more.......
Your X

His friends were very kind and helped every help that he asked. Proposal was handed to her with the help of his friends. No dam! No smile, No talk, No see, No hear, No ….No ..No…..nothing from her.

It was really a sad time that boy went through, “Do I really love her? Am I in position to take her love? Am I ready to accept whatever she does to me?” the series of question asked himself. Answer is Yes, Yeah! And can.

“Okai, Pema, go and see my lover, take this letter which speaks my true feelings. This is last help that I will seek in my life for this reason”. The boy said to his friend. Pema, helped in many ways and convinced her to be his friend lover. Noting in positive bro! Nothing seems to work! Then what else boy have to do to win her love?

This wasn't surprised, a week after sending proposal, the acceptance letter came in. Boy opened it fearing that it may contain No again. But it was very sweet, short and quick note written back stating “I love you too!”

Now, question comes in his mind that how much she love him. what she have written to him was really a true feeling of that young girl. ha ha....she was just turned 16 years old that time and they are of same age. This is not end of story, in love..one have to take risk and assure, promise and commit to each other, respect and obey each other.

As i mentioned above, the story is very long. I try to make it short though it is not sweet. The true story is very sweet, sour, painful. The boy knew that in true love, love is not always smooth and doesn't flow as it want to be. It is very good to know that things turned to be good memory for them (couple).

This story is not long time back; it is not in other place other than Tshenkrala Lower Secondary School in Trashi Yangste. And also story is none other than my own memory of love that started in year 1999, when I and my lover attain age of fifteen.

Saturday, April 29, 2000 was our first day that we promised to be together, committed to each other. This is 11th anniversary our relationship. We have learned to live; we have learned to sacrifices. We have learned to love; we have learned to share, and many more. Life is not easy as we all think or it’s not difficult too. It’s all how one makes it. 29th April of every year is a day where we cherish our love. It is good memory that we have come across many difficulties things at very young age.

This post is dedicated to my hubby back at home. Though i am away from you, i still remember and pray for our success. " I love you my Hubby".