| THOSE EIGHT DAYS -
Deepak Malla
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The day was nice in pokhara but due to the bad weather in jomsom our
plane was
cancelled for the next.It was after our sendup exam in class ten.I
along with my friends and teachers planned to go to treking to
muktinath and back to pokhara with in sevendays.It would be a nice
experience for me as a treker to religious pace in high nepal.We came
back to Gandaki boarding school with sad faces.The time was seemed to go
very slowly.Rest of our friends were already in their fields.We were
feeling jelious and sad.But as after every big rain there will be nice
climate.In fovouring to this the next day comes.As usual we went to
pokhara airport for our plane to leave to jomsom .
We were lucky to get the plane.
It was 18 nminutes flight from one valley pokhara to another valley
jomsom.A valley in the northen part of nepal with surrouned hills and
flowing river kali gandaki.We landed in the jomsom airport in time with
hope to go forward.The place was really amaging.The small houses with
flat roofed and big big naked hills were really amazing for me.i was
really happy to see such a beautiful place in my country.The blowing
wind with the sand in one sence disturbs people and in the other hand it
makes people in thought of something is shifting from one place to
another as a mail.I took many snaps with my friends and teachers and
also with the local people of jomsom.The peop[le of jomsom are of the
cast of sherpas.The are very polite and honest people .They are known as
the best climmbers to MOUNT EVEREST in the world.
As the time was going on we had meal in the resturant and planned to go
ahead for our excursion
The way to KAGBENI was our first trek.We were very excited and got
energy to go ahead.The sandy way along the river kali gandaki was
really hard to walk.I saw many people searching for salikram in the bay
of river.The beautiful salikram is very expensive to buy.I also found
some of them.No houses and no trees,i thought i was in the
desert.Walking for around two hours .I was able to see some hotels and
resturant .But it was not a half way to kagbeni.When i asked the local
people how much is left for walk?They answered me just 15 minutes.i wa
happy to know it but it was not true.The way was really long.The wind
was blowing on the opposite direction.It makes us to cloes our
eyes.First day was so hard .Then and then after 6 hours of walk from
jamsom.We reached kagbeni.All of us were very tired so we lied in our
bed for sometimes.In addition we were also very hungry.The owner of the
hotel cooked very tasty.As we were tired we didint do any rejoys.We had
a deep sleep.
The next day we woke up early in the morning .Our plan to go to
Muktinath.After our breakfast we headed forward to muktinath.Muktinath
is regared as one of the most religious place for hindus.Taking some
photographs and having some fun on the way with friends we are looking
for the temple.The big mountain is infront of us.and many nacked
hills.The blowing wind and the narrow way.The yaks and the donkies
carring big loads .The freezing pond and the hanging ice was really
snapping place.The way was very long as 7 hours.All the ligaments and
the muscles in my legs were tired.We reached the temple at around
1’clock.Though it was hard to get there we prayed muktinath with
fresh mind and hope to do well in SLC exams.The cold 108 tapes in
muktinath is very famous.I alsonf with Pabin and shambu took bath in
this 108 tapes.Oh my god the head was jammed and the hand were
blue.After that we had two kettles of tea.We tooked some photographs and
came back to kagbeni.I think it took !
only four hours to come down to kagbeni.Again we were all tired.We had a
nice time chatting with friends.Jokes and anekdots were really nice to
listen.Some folk songs and dances were also performed.
The third day of our trek was to go to marpha.We came again to jomsom
and had breakfast.As we headed towards Marpha.I can see some small trees
growing .Some of my friends were so tired that thay planned to ride the
horse.I also tried but i was afraid in doing so.Really one of my friend
khem kaji was thrown by his horse.We had meal on Tukche.It was also very
beautiful place with beautiful growing apples.We reached Marpha after
two hours walk from Tukche.The clean place with carved pace and many
beautiful hotels.I was really impressed to see so many foreigners in
Marpha.I can reach apples from the window of my room.My stomach was
full with the apples.The place Marpha is famous for Apple brandy.In
Marpha we had very nice time with the local people.
The fourth day was a long way to Ghasa.The way to ghasa was also along
the bay of river so it was really windy and hard to walk.My hair was
dried and dirty.The river itself was very big and was flowing in high
speed.It made us very hard to cross the river.Then we ahd nice time
waliking in jungle.It went cold after sometimes.On the way we found very
big garden of orange.It was very cheap to buy them.It went dark when we
reached ghasa.In the night we bought one local cock and prepared it for
our launch.We also had small programme in the night.It was nice to play
cards with friends.
The fifth day was to reach tatopani.The high slopped way named as ulleri
ko ukalo was eight hours walk .it was very hard time to reach
Tatopani.The place is famous for the natural hot spring.As we reached
tatopni we all friends went to the hot spring.Local people told us that
if we put eggs in the corner of the spring it will get boiled in 5
minutes. It was really nice time to be in spring with tired legs and
dirty body.The place was really beautiful.The resturants and the hotels
are working all the day and night.Next day i was felling bad to leave to
the place.
We headed for next beautiful place named as kalopani.The way to kalopani
was also stipped.The whole way was terrible.It got some snows also.The
natural beauty of the place is non describable.As we reached kalopani we
had nice time meeting with people from our town.Next day early in the
mornig we went to punhill.It was 45 minutes high from kalopani.The
beautifull scene of sun rise reflecting in the Annapurna range was
really like a heaven.We had very nice time with foreigners.After we meal
in kalopani,we came to Ghandrug.The beautifully arranged gurungs
village.The red rhozodendron the white snows amkes the village
attractive and beautiful.The green densed forest and the the beautiful
birds flying were really natural.As we had many friends from ghandrug
studing in our school we had nice time meeting with their parents and
friends.The beautiful seen annapurna range from ghandrug is famous for
postcards.It was our last day of our treking.We were very sad .Though it
was very!
tough it was new experience in life.
The next day comes with sad faces of our friends.Again back to school
and have to study.Though then we gave our warm love to ghandrug and make
our way to pokhara through Birethanti.from birethanti we catched bus and
make our way to school.It was nice in one sence to meet our teachers and
teachers and tell them what we did in our trek.We showed them photos
and some cultural things we had bought.Next day it was boaring in the
class to learn Math and Science again.
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| WHEN A TRUE LOVE TRIUMPHS!!! -
Sharaj Manandhar
Everyone in this world claims to know love by intuition but I myself might be an exception. I dislike the propensity of people to live or die for their love. I might seem a failure (as a lover) but to tell you the truth, only those love stories are truly lived where lovers left behind lamented for their loved ones. Whether it was the case of Romeo and Juliet or Muna Madan, at the end of the day the only thing you would be awarded is tragedy for lifetime. Considering such examples many of you might be surprised by the leniency of my words. Even my own friends had nothing to say but just a mild smile as if I am an ingenuous person unaware of life's harsher realities.
Love is a remarkable experience of life for some but for rest to whom love is a destiny it might be a reason to get killed (commit suicide) or to kill somebody else. What do we call such stories where one is destined to kill? Is it his love that is not qualified at all to make the world believe in? Or is it a superficial love that is much more materialistic? Should he do the same as Romeo did to test the intuition of people around? Isn't there no way out? If so, why do we commit such mistakes if it is tantamount to pain? I am not relegating the couples that do manage to keep their love life moving on and make compromises to keep that status.
I know that many of us will refute with my thoughts but there is no sense of repining over the thing such as love. This is not a board exam or a gambling, which can be tackled through our conscience but it is simply an emotion, passion and solemnity. In western culture, a divorce is the only way out if the couples are irreconcilable but in Nepal the matter is not so easy. I have seen those couples who had been together for more than 25 years but still enable to understand and express their feelings to each other but they have to live together as the society do not permit a divorce. As a consequence, husband and wife as well as their children suffer a lot in such an uneasy circumstances due to problems and misunderstandings that occur most of the time. Do we call such marriages a successful one or does love really triumph?
So, it is not just true love that triumphs but it comprises of other things as well such as sharing your expertise with your life partner, annihilating all sorts of traits that were a part of you and change your outlook towards life and your family. Life has been always a new elixir to savor in different forms, the only thing to be done is to realize those opportunities and try to grasp as much as we can so that we are not left behind at all, all alone. We should try to open up the doors to escapism so that the threshold to anxieties, selfishness and self-seeking nature is crossed unknowingly and one can lead a happy life without any compromise. This sort of skill of a doormanship lifts our life to an honorable and worthy calling, rich and tempting. Then only finally, we can say that a true love really triumphs.
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