To First Year Students

Welcome, my dear friends. Welcome to the College of Science and Technology. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to see all young and energetic fresh ladies and gentlemen walking to and fro. Welcome once again. 

I want to share something that is relevant and you should know being a fresher in the college. Let me declare to you that I am not responsible for bluffing or a responsible person to let you know what sometimes you may think, 'It is mere rubbish, and I know how to act.' 

I know almost every high school friend these days dreams of coming to CST. Courses offered are more or less the same as what you want to pursue through government scholarships pertaining to technical trainings and studies. Moreover, the job market is good as compared to graduates from outside the country. It is indeed the place where you can sigh for the hard work that you have put in. 

Many of you have come here out of necessity and a few out of luxury. Every parent wants to see his/her son/daughter become either an engineer or a doctor. For the underprivileged parent like me, it was my necessity to get admitted here and support my parents and long chain of relatives. And for those well-off, it is their luxury to become an engineer. My dear friends inspire you and motivate you to become good engineers. 

 

When I was in my first year, our previous director was worried for when the College of Science and Technology (CST) is said to turn out to be the College of Severe Tension (CST). It was like a virus among students, and it went viral to those coming as first-years, and I know you are aware of it. Getting a nineties or eighties or seventies vibe in high school and expecting the same isn’t possible. Impossible because it is technical. I don’t mean someone should be a genius like Einstein; rather, it is your logical power to get work done and be an exigent student, and I know you all were toppers in school. Everything counts for hard work. You have a mountain to climb up. 

I know many of you have already chosen the narrow conduit, ‘what to do.' It is always great to know beforehand what you are going to do. It is the truth in itself to enlighten yourself about what you are going to do and what you are going to be. Now you have come out from the narrow conduit, and it is for you that you need to again get in the sharp conduit of ‘how to do.' Every possible and expected guidance and care will be given. The way that you need to go will be vividly shown, adorned with the exigent character that you should not forget to nurture. It is in your hand as to how to manage yourself. 

You can’t expect the next four years to be like the last two years in your high school. Everyone is treated as an adult. No one will come forcing you to do what needs to be done for your own goodness. You are the adult who needs to be careful to maintain the journey and fuel it accordingly. It will be your own dignity that needs to raise your head held high to justify that college life is a golden life. It is your responsibility to get transformed from a lazy, sluggish caterpillar to a beautiful and lovable butterfly. And hope that transformation will be each and everyone’s definition of considering college life a golden life. 

Anywhere you go and dwell, there are assured rules and regulations that you need to abide by. The difference and privilege of seniority will be there. If you cannot align with the universally expected norms, it is your own stupidity. No senior will rag on you or scold you. It is their duty to remind you if you step away from your desired manner. Don’t feel bad; instead accept it as good, and you should not forget that your turn will come to do the same as a perceptive senior. 

So, lastly, where the knowledge is free; where the seniors aren't dominant; where you will learn to attain the ultimate joy of golden college life as caterpillars and worship to fly away as beautiful butterflies, I once more welcome you to the College of Science and Technology.

Thank you!! Be happy!!

The Rose

I didn’t go out to see what the nature and surrounding is like. For three days I was doing nothing inside a room except that I read a book authored by Indian youth from West Bengal. But one day I heard a sound. It was nothing but a sound of showering. It was the rain at Lumang. I was at Lumang Gewog for about a week during my summer break. 

Slowly dragging myself from the comfy bed I went out. Wow! It was cool and fresh. The nature was crying for the benefit of locality and indirectly shed tears for me to encounter the beautiful rose behind the building. 

Carefully with tight and fearing tension on the slippery veranda, I went behind the building. Beautiful red rose captured my attention completely the moment I turned myself to adjust from the slippery mossy concrete veranda. 

Wow! I yearned. It was so beautiful. It was dancing to the rhythm and the weight of little rain drops that falls on it. It was completely drenched in the aroma of fresh dews formed by the loving rain. The petals were so young. The leaves were exceptionally green. The stem was sturdy with the thrown still angry for the supposed protection that is accountable for if the roses are attacked by outsiders. 

It was lucky. There were no lovers around in the vicinity. If there was, it is the curse on every rose to endure. Rose is use as a symbol of our heart and deep colour of love between the partners. 

Day after days I was observing the status of the beautiful rose. It was so fresh and jovial when I saw for the first time. It was mesmerizing. Time passed by with intermittent rainfall and sun light. It was so beautiful and it has the power in itself to move the human to feel love. But it is sad that with time its beauty fades away. The petals lose its rigid position. It started getting apart. The colour fades away. And finally the beautiful poor petals fall on the ground. 

The stems and the leaves are still young and sturdy. They have hope. They can bloom until someone plucks it and give to someone depriving it of beautifying the nature. It is indeed great for human to accept that the real beauty is always with nature. And hope nature with rose and human with rosy heart will fill the earth for our times and future generations.

Heaven on Earth – Bhutan!

It is my immense pleasure to congratulate PDP (People’s Democratic Party) for the victory. Majority of the people of Bhutan preferred strong horse instead of strong flying birds for the change and cause. Because everything said and promised seemed too heavy for horse will be the right Giant to carry the huge load. And accordingly the promises and pledges of three cranes can’t equal the horse in whatever sense except it might fly away fearing the difficulty. 

Congratulate DPT (Druk Phuentshum Tshogpa) for definite strong opposition that you will undeniably garner for the new government. It is a victory in itself for Bhutan, be it ruling or opposition. I salute for the work you have done for past five years. 

Both winning and losing party has their own grievances of the result. PDP won because whatever manifestos and pledges hereafter to be fulfilled can be cited as the real happiness gear for the people of Bhutan. Whatever sense and tone it is, greeting of for your manifestos acclamation was profound. Civil servants idolize the 20% increment of salary and housing allowance.  Armed forces venerate the vivid said of increment in their salary. Villagers revere for your brave slogan to have Bolero in each Gewogs, each power tiller in every Chiwogs and census problems for the southern people. Youth, the future of nation got the magic to idolize when they are enlightened to guarantee 100% employment. As whole, the people of Bhutan choose horse for it will equal flying birds with two helicopter ambulances. Everyone believes the allegation of the muddy and rough road constructed by the former government to each gewogs and other needy communities. And it is for the cause and change to blacktop it for the current government and hope the country’s tourist visit will skyrocket and complains will be less. 

The new opposition party, DPT (the former government) became the target for various allegations. Starting from corruption to the sovereignty and independent of the nation, the Indo-Bhutan friendship, concreted the arrow that pierced hard in the soft mind of electorates. It is the best lessons that DPT learned. 

Everything was over now. The pledges of government are fascinating. It is the best new chapter in the life of every Bhutanese and PDP. It is time for to ‘walk the talk’. If all the pledges get fulfilled Bhutan will be like heaven. People will be happy. And I am sure that the government can do their best to fulfill the aspiration of each and every inspired and distressed Bhutanese.  Hope to see smiling people under the elected dynamic leadership.

I Wish Happiness for all.

Modern Dwelling

We are in the age of diverse modern dwelling. The societies are different, with different culture and tradition. We blend those cultures into the power of modernity. The result is clear – simplicity changes to complexity. We get drunk on the power of modernization. 

What people do when they get drunk? How do they behave? Walking style of the person gets changed. Talking style of the person gets changed. Thinking power and style of the person gets changed. What do you do when you get drunk on the power of modernization? The Hair on your head will glow to different colures. Paints and shirts that you wear will have different patterns that show your nakedness. Your face will be filled up with drawings and paintings. Ah… these are just the look of the person, more important thing is we become an addictive personality. 

When you commit crime you become criminal. Is it crime to walk naked in the street, when you are not doing any violence, hurting no one and you are absolutely innocent? Immediately police will lock into jail. You will be beaten up for doing nothing. Why society is angry for innocent naked man when they don’t get the same annoyance against murderer? Is not this strange? What is crime? Crime is something that is said to be committed when you do something. 

However hidden behind clothes, the animal is there, the nude, the naked animal is there, and the naked ape is what we were!

When you do sex for intend to make money, you become prostitute. There are many unannounced prostitute I believe. I believe because I read every posts of the Thimphu Confession Page. And it is not only for money you do sex, there are many who cares not to do with random guys. There was an era when you often shy away with when people talk about sex. But now think? Starting from the style of your dressing which you called fashion, the height of sexually have gone high. 

When you answer to the call and go for the reason to satisfy sexually you become call girl. When you have mobile phone and call all over the world and quarrel with your spouse, you don’t hate mobile phone instead you blame your spouse. You don’t realize the power and drawbacks of modernization. 

In this modern world you eat for the taste. While in the ancient civilization, people killed animals for hunger. Hunger was their basic necessity. And we diverted our eating habit from lone to share with all. If somebody wants to eat alone you will say he is animal-like. Your eating habit should be natural. We geared around food and created that hunger has less become important and taste became more important. 

And yea we still feel disgusting .Think of you are asking a lady a question or vice versa, “Where were you?”  She/he answered “I was in toilet”. If you ask what you were doing in toilet, will not it be disgusting?  What will be his/her reaction?

To Outgoing friends

With heart full of thought to miss you all, today I got strong feeling that I pen down few lines for my outgoing friends. 

We were unknown; we were Just a mere stranger at the beginning. Times taught us. Time taught to laugh, time taught us to cry and time taught us to merge us together and know among. And thus we established a strong bond that today I am feeling the breakage and denial of my heart of how I will miss you all. 

It is indeed great that you all are not same as you were in the first year. It is great that everyone is prepared to handle the charms and setbacks of life ahead. Journey of professionalism and the journey of family will decide your overall life as an engineer wherever you work. I am afraid to argue that the dignity and mannerism holds bold in and on the stage of life and yea it is indeed a universal truth. 

It is not my temerity to wish you all happy life ahead but the fact of being a fibbing friend; it is great journey of my times together with you all. I am very happy that most of you have taken best decision of life and merge to form duality. And the most of all in Mr Chota Don (little Phuntsho Wangdue) has now gain confidence to face the real world of challenging his heart in facing the beauty of someone who is close to his small yet clean heart. And yea Doulay you are looking good with your dear wife and don’t try to at the least think of having step wife in your life; hope not I have said beyond limit... haha... 

Mr. Pilla Gyombo Wanggyel, you are man of good choice. Choose the best that can attract the fragrance of yours and land on the beautiful flowers of modern arena. Doro and Zam, I mean Doro, you are awesome to ask me always where Duba is. Duba is always around fibbing and making fun of. Gurujii, Gajini of me, the maximum laugh till you shed tears once in your life for I request. 

Kaa, the Micial of our times, you are wonderful little man. You eat like horse yet your body seems you haven’t eaten for month. DEO, finally you revealed your voice and confidence of talking to her among friends. You are so selfish that only your voice is let to hear by you dear one hahaha… you are wonderful friend that I can’t think to forget. 

My two Bamnangs; Pema Choden and Karma Choki of electrical, I will miss your kiddy calling me Gadpu and yea I will be always Gadpu with you two. And for Sonam, cool man, take care and be cool always. 

Rival and chaos between Gapo and Kayta, cool intellectual philosophy of Darjay, and the profound intellect of Namgay; Phuyum, Khandu, MOtay, Theabrang, and my ex-roommate Sangay Gyeltshen and Bush... these all shall remain ever as the friendship history. 

Ajang and Bachelor, good luck for both of you who have found the best in you and your kind heart of fragrance flower that attract bees like you to decide your life. Many years of friendship starting from middle secondary school to college it was great being with you. 

Lastly to Bamzay, the comedian on confession page, I will miss you. Each every seconds of my life will trigger the best to remember you all here after. 

And to all the friends that I relate the value your friendship I want to thank you for being best for me and I wish each and every one of you a happy life ahead to the ever ending wish and to the short term wish I wish good luck in campus recruitment. 

Pardon me for if I have over exaggerated. 

Sangay DUba, on behalf of 09 batch and on my own behalf.