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on 06-Feb-02 07:01 PM
Lets start a new thread on Some of the Most Interesting Happenings in your life.
For me the most interesting one is as follows:
In 1980s, I purchased a Blue "washed" jeans jacket and
its pants, I mean whole set. I was walking on the May/June
/July (summar vacation ko time) ko tantalapur gham
as a teenager, I did not feel that much hot,
because it was blue jeans jacket, that was
great fun to have it from the money you earned and saved
little by little for a year out of your salary.
When I was just on the west side of Bishal Bazar, one tourist
approached to me and tried to talk with me. As you all know
or have found my english is certainly lacking now, you
can imagine, what I would have understood from the White
tourist who was gripping my jacket and asking "where
can I get such washed blue jacket" ... I don't remember
what exactly he was asking. I was just confused and said
to him pointing to the Bishal Bazar just a few word "There
in Bishal Bazar". He continued asking some more questions
and I was not able to catch what he was asking.
Suddenly, peoples started gathering around me, I was
afraid whats happening here. Then, one tourist "broker"
came forward and started communicating with the
tourist, and he translated on my behalf. Finally, I was
able to tell him that I purchased this jacket right inside
this SuperMarket, and I can show him the shop. It was
just a couple of months since I purchased it. The
Dobhase (interpreter) kept on talking and finally, the
tourist said to him that he want exactly same "washed
jacket", because he could find it in any store inside
the SuperMarket. Since my jacket was faded colored
because I washed it several times, thus, the tourist
started asking me , he wants to buy the one which
I was wearing it. He asked the price, and he asked
it in dollars, I did not know at that time how much
1 dollar is how many Nepali rupees, probably, I had
never seen real green dollars until then. So, I suddenly
asked the tourist to offer, because I don't want to sell
it at first. With surprise, the tourist offered
me $50 cash, and I discussed with the dobhase, and
he told me $45 would be better price, and told to me
that you can buy a new jacket, and tourist
lai man parepachi diye bhai halyo ni, 450 rupiya jati
huncha, naya auchhani ta. Well, then, we went to an
Indian Madwari's shop that the dobhase knew and
asked him to get the change in Nepali currency
and I got my share. Rs. 450 ruppees, and I gave
Rs. 25 to that dobhase as gift "tips" for helping me
and the tourist also gave him Rs. 50 as tip to him
out of the balance of changing $50 x 10 =Rs. 500.
I passed my jacket to the tourists and left the scene.
Well, there was another Jeans jacket in KTM stores
which was comparatively of the same price that I
got from the tourists after selling my old jacket,
and I straight went to Bhotahiti area and replaced
with new Jeans ko jacket. I used it for long time
and it gives me quite fun to remember this incidence.
I did not know that "Stone Washed " jeans are
so much popular, until end of 80s when KTM started
to flood with washed jeans.
Meanwhile, I remember that $50 was traded so
easily and it was in fact illegal, but, I did not know
and if I did knew that one too, I could do nothing
from my level of knowledge and age. Well, when
I went later to Bhogol park and checked the
Gorkha Patra, tyo dinko exchange rate was
Rs. 11.xx rupees. So, the Madwari also got
Rs. 50 as bonus in this trading and when I talked
with other relatives and friends, they said
"kasto lato hola" khurukka $50. afaile liyeko bhe
ta sarkari rate bhanda 2 rupiya badhi ma biktyo ni.
Whatever happened, thats gone. Its time to have
fun, on myself, because I sold things that I was
wearing and I was not a broker to sell the good too.
I mean that was really a miracle or magic or great
combination of time. When tell this story to my
kids, they say, "afu le lai lareho pani kasari
bechan sakeko ta?". The answer was "I was
trapped by my poor English ability and the
circumstance came to sell my jacket making
my pants lonely.
How do you find this story.
HahooGuru
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