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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY
Globally, the role of civil society has never been more important than this year, as the world prepares to implement a new development agenda, agreed to by all the world’s Governments. However, for civil society activists and organizations in a range of countries covering every continent, space is shrinking — or even closing — as some Governments have adopted restrictions that limit the ability of NGOs to work or to receive funding.
To make the day significant, Drukjeygang HSS organized marathon race; 12 km for boys and 10 km for girls with the funding aid from Bhutan election office.
Brief account of marathon
When the modern Olympic games were inaugurated in 1896 in Greece, the legend of Pheidippides was revived by a 24.85 mile (40,000 meters) run from Marathon Bridge to Olympic stadium in Athens. Traditionally the final event in the Olympics, the first organized marathon on April 10, 1896 was especially important to all Greeks. Greece was hosting those first modern Olympic Games. The Greeks had yet to win a medal, and had one final chance to bring glory to their nation. Twenty-five runners assembled on Marathon Bridge. The starter mumbled a few words and fired the gun, and the race was on.
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the marathon distance was changed to 26.2 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City stadium, with the 2.2 miles added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's viewing box. This added two miles to the course, and is the origin of the Marathon tradition. After 16 years of extremely heated discussion, this 26.2 mile distance was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the official marathon distance.
Today, marathons have become a running tradition throughout the world. Yet the annual Marathon at Athens, where it all began, has a tradition and an appeal like no other. In 1996, the 100th anniversary of the modern Athens Marathon, more than 3,000 runners from every part of the world gathered to run in the footsteps of Pheidippides"
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Hustle and Bustle winter
One evening, I received a text message from my sister, who was a B.Ed trainee at Samtse College of Education. She informed me that our mother had been referred to Thimphu Hospital for an immediate operation by the village health personnel. The doctors had detected Pterigium, an extra growth covering the whole pupil, that would probably discard proper vision. Mom decided to commence the journey towards Thimphu the very next day and asked me to pick her up at Gelephu.
I rushed down to Gelephu without attending the school picnic. It was almost mid-day at the picnic spot when I received another call from my sister, informing me that mom was already on the halfway to Gelephu, and I had to be there to get her. Sacrificing lunch, I instantaneously rushed and pleaded Thinley Tobgay, a teacher, to drop me at Zero point. Having waited for a few minutes, a tripper agreed to give me a lift till Sunkosh.
As I was looking for a vehicle at Sonkosh, a Bolero that was plying towards Thimphu gave me a lift till Tsirang-Dagana junction. Once again, I had to look for vehicles plying to Gelephu. As I was waiting tensely, an Alto car appeared, and I waved my hands to stop, and I asked for a lift till Damphu because I was pondering to hire a taxi from Damphu. He granted me a lift, and as we were introducing ourselves, he asked where I was actually heading. I narrated the whole story, and I knew he too was going to Sarpang.
We had a simple lunch at Damphu and went chatting till Sarpang check post. I thanked him for the lift, and as I disembarked from the Alto car, I saw a driver entering at the check post, and a police officer approached me asking where I was going. "I am looking for vehicles plying to Gelephu," I said. He entreated the Bolero driver to take me till Gelephu. It was already 9:00 PM when we arrived at Gelephu, and by then, mom had already arrived with one of the acquainted staff. We spent a night in a stinking dirty room, which perhaps compelled us to shift to another room the next day.
It was Sunday, and we couldn’t go to the hospital, so we spent the day shopping for some stuff. On Monday, we visited the hospital, and they directed us to the ophthalmic chamber, but there wasn’t a doctor. The doctor was away abroad for training and would be back in two weeks. The health assistant prescribed an instant requirement for eye operation. With no other choice, the next day, we had to move to Thimphu, spending a night at my cousin’s house.
One afternoon, while shopping for foodstuffs with my uncle in town, I received a call informing me that another cousin, who worked as a domestic air manager in Bumthang, had been hospitalized in Thimphu. He was admitted to the ENT ward and advised to undergo an operation. Later that afternoon, he was taken to the operation theater and operated on successfully. This happened on January 12, 2015, just in time for me to attend the winter evaluation camp at Rinchendhing, Phuntsholing, as a marker for Class ten Biology.
I stayed in Phuntsholing for almost two weeks, during which time both patients were discharged from the hospital. On January 25th, the evaluation was over, and I rushed back to Thimphu because an environmental science orientation at Bajo was scheduled for January 26th, 2015. At 4:30 PM, my friend and I started our journey by bus from Phuntsholing to Thimphu, arriving at 9:30 PM. The next morning, we hired a taxi to Wangdue. However, when we arrived at Thinleygang, vehicles were stranded due to a road widening block. It opened to traffic at 9 AM, and we reached Bajo HSS at 10:30 AM. When we arrived, the session was already in full swing, with over 57 participants attending the Environmental Science Orientation for Class IX.