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| M.P. |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 08:55 PM
For those who constantly barrage me with emails pestering me with questions about my life and identity:
Mr. Diverse
I have had too much time in the last few days. Perhaps it was because of over-boredom that I thought of switching my major from economics to journalism. Three nights ago, after a series of rigorous self-analysis of my interests, I landed up calling a friend of mine to ask him what he thought about my decision. More baffled than I had ever seen him, he said that I was making a audacious decision—much more audacious than I thought—and that, if I was serious about what I was saying, I would have to give a head-start on writing articles, analyzing opinions and traveling a lot if possible. “It is a risky career”, he said. Given the murder of Daniel Pearl and the open-letter-competition between BBC correspondent Rabindra Mishra and Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai that has turned into a personal animosity, it was not hard for me to comprehend what he meant. He suggested that I use a pseudonym and remain anonymous for a while. Although I have not changed my mind from pursuing a career in Journalism, this article is the consequence of that conversation I had with my friend and, in no way should be regarded an attempt to come to limelight and establish a reputation—good or notorious.
They called my high school a microcosm. The authority still claims to have students from all 75 districts of Nepal and you will be compelled to believe it if you ever attend a cultural program there. With an array of performances ranging from Deuda to Janakpuri dance, the cultural shows are in fact the authentic depictions of the diversity of cultures the school embraces.
Even my village is diverse. Save for the fact that everyone is UML by birth, my village, although with only twenty-one stone-and-mud houses, is a hodgepodge of varying interests, economic and social status, ethnic belonging, and academic qualifications.
More diverse than both my school and my village is my family itself. From a strict and conservative grandmother who was reluctant to send me to a boarding school in Kathmandu ten years ago (reason she gave: one should never set foot on a place his ancestors have never been to) to a liberal brother who often suggests that I marry a girl from one of the so-called lower castes (yes, I am a bahun and you can tell that from my nose), my eight-member family is more diverse than any Bollywood scriptwriter could think of.
My elder sister, now a mother of two children, was married to a Ghimire family when she was fifteen. Her husband, an erstwhile high school science teacher, works in some furniture industry in Malasia. With education up to the seventh grade, my sister writes to me occasionally and I get home sick the most when I receive her letters. “Sabai bhandaa abhaagi mai raichhu,” She writes. Of all my siblings, I love her the most.
My elder brother, who now works in one of the advertising company in the capital, is the most experienced among all of us. With all the jobs he did from a housekeeper in India immediately after his SLC to an accountant in a private cargo in Thamel two years back, he can fill up a two-page resume by just listing all the jobs he has done so far. Married a year ago, he takes care of all financial matters in the family. If he possessed a few additional skills like embezzling funds, cheating, and lying once a while, I would call him the Finance minister of my family. This is one of the ministries that my grandmother—the head of the state—has no control over.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 08:55 PM
continued....
Another sister, also married a couple of years ago, was photographed by Gopal Chitrakar for Out of Frame corner of Nepal magazine and it became an issue for months. Guess what? She is the first person to appear in a prestigious magazine like Nepal. A seventh-grade-graduate like my elder sister, she helps her husband in a small cycle store in Kathmandu. I should say she is the best cook among all of us (I being the worst). For her dexterity in cooking, even my mother stays away from the chulo when she is around.
My parents, both uneducated, often have to mediate between my grandmother and the rest of us on cultural and religious issues. When I first went back from Kathmandu and told my grandmother that I had eaten chicken (being a bahun, I am not supposed to eat chicken) my father had to struggle hard to assure my grandmother that her “purity” would not be tainted if she ate food touched by me. I still remember walking all the way up to the stream to bathe at 6pm “to become suddha” (I cheated though; washed my face and pretended to be feeling cold when I reached back home. Everyone thought I had actually bathed). Although I have traveled 56 times (yes, I can give you the exact months) in the Kathmandu-Tamghas road, my mother still starts looking for a partner for me a week before I am supposed to leave home. She thinks I am still young to travel alone . She even instructed me not to open the windows in the plane when I flied from Kathmandu to “Bidesh”. I told her that, unlike the windows on the buses, planes’ windows could not be opened. She was so happy to hear this.
My younger sister, luckiest of the three sisters, completed her SLC last year and now stays in Kathmandu. She goes to learn computers: “Dada, excel ta sajilai raichha ni”, she said when I called her two weeks ago. Unlike any of us, she even listens to English raps. I doubt if she understands any of it though!
I am the main opposition party in my family (since my grandmother is the head of the state). First in the family to eat pork and beef, not to do bratabandha until 21 and to create chaos in the “parliament” every now and then by saying that I do not believe in caste system—all illegal in the family—I believe I contribute significantly to the family-diversity. Being the first kid from the family to go to a boarding school and to leave the country--save for India, I not only go to one of the best liberal arts college in the world but also was the only person in the family not to fail in SLC. Had I failed, the UML-by-birth-like SLC-fail-monopoly would have diminished diversity in the family.
Given the diversity in my school, village and above all, in my family, I thought “Mr Diverse” would be the most apt pseudonym for me.
I called my friend again yesterday. “Now, you need to travel a lot,” he said. “You should visit diverse places with diverse climatic conditions, diverse ethnic compositions and diverse political and social conditions. Nepal itself would be a good choice.”
“Isn’t Nepal too diverse though?” I asked.
“Yes, and you will have to use diverse means of transportation.”
We both shared humor.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 08:56 PM
By the way, I wrote this piece a couple of years ago.
Oohi Sojho,
M.P.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 10:16 PM
M.P. (the one with dots)
Enjoyed reading this.
You obviously write very, very well (not that you need me to tell you that!), and I -- as someone who doesn't know you personally -- wish you my very best with any career
you choose to pursue, any career in which you can highlight your superb writing
skills -- journalism, economics or whatever else.
Do keep on writing and posting your thoughts. Writing remains, for better or worse, one of the most effective tools with which we can begin to make sense of the world we all live in.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| ashu |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 10:24 PM
Oh, I think, you'll enjoy reading "Bombay, London, New York" - a book by Amitava Kumar. Check it out from your local library.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| vibrant_soul |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 11:21 PM
simple awesome!
This probably is one of the best narrartion i've come across with over here! that caught me gasping for breath when your lil sister said "Dada, excel ta sajilai raichha ni" . i wish you all the best as well in whatever career you pursue..!
cheers
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| Zero_creativity |
Posted
on 04-Nov-02 11:43 PM
Good Luck M.P.!!!
Wish you good luck in any career you choose.
God bless you.
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 06:52 AM
A few observations:
- M dot P dot, not to be confused with MP, knows me, as in offline. But I have yet to pin him down.
- He is at college. Looks like in the US. One of the best liberal arts colleges in the world --- hmm. Middlebury?
- He attended Budhanilkantha School in Kathmandu. He is not from Kathmandu. He is from the hills: "stone and mud houses."
- If he went to Budhanilkantha ten years ago, that would be 1992. At the end of that year, I got out of there. Chances are I don't know him in person then.
- There was a running joke once at Budha that a student went home for vacation to his village and announced: "Hapta ma teen deen chicken dinchha." He was not allowed to return! But for different reasons than M dot P dot's.
- He is a Brahmin/Bahun ..... wait a minute.....! ... ;-)
- Contrary to Ashu's initial supposition/fantassy, he is male.
- He recently won an Academy Award for something.
- He is one of the most famous names at Sajha. Duh!
- Oohi Sojho! Ha!
M.P. -- a standing offer to you. Would you like to co-author a novel with me? The collaboration would be primarily online and the demands on your time would be flex. Feel free to e-mail me.
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 07:18 AM
About changing majors, M.P. ------------
I came to the U.S. in August 1996. I remember thinking that month in Nepal that this whole changing majors business is absurd. I knew exactly what I wanted, unlike those bigrya Americans.
I started out with Mathematics-Economics, a double major: My academic advisor for the first two years was in the Maths Department: I retained him for the longest time possible, and he kept going out of his way to advise me even when I was longer taking courses in his department! I guess we got along. Then dropped Mathmatics and took up Political Science. It was Poli Sci - Economics for a while. Then I dropped Economics. So it was only Poli Sci for a while. Somewhere there I took a few courses in business: I particularly remember a course on Group Behavior and one on Business Law. And finally I switched from Political Science to Sociology: the whole race issue was bugging me big time and I wanted to know what the experts had to say. I particularly remember a course on gender: I wish they had one like that on race. they don't. For that final change I had to request an extra year which I got, thank you Dean Schmidt, now in New York. So it was a 5-year deal overall. Back lagya chahin hoina ni pheri!
I wish they had had courses in Advanced HTML, XML and Java. But then it is never too late, and one can always go back to school, I guess.
And I spent more time online than doing anything else during my entire time at college. POL. Paramendra Online, they said. A fallout: makes me want to meet thousands upon thousands of people in person. Face time rules, will always rule perhaps.
My two favorite things about America:
(1) Cultural Diversity.
(2) The Internet ... I mean it is a global thing, but not as mainstream elsewhere.
Least favorite: fundamentalist Christians.
And the landscape out West is beautiful ............ go when you get a chance to take a peek..........
In the mean time, I hope you start a new thread called The Sinking Nepal:
Thread number 7777!
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| SimpleGal |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 07:46 AM
Dear M.P.ji,
Read your narrative and was very moved by it. You write extremely well indeed!
I wish you all the luck in your endeavors in life. I can't help writing that your description about your sisters (Females) in the family was conveyed with utmost affection, especially during this time of Tihar. I extend, from the bottom of my heart, my sincerest good-wishes for their well-being and growth as individuals!
Am in full agreement with Ashuji's remark that writing enables us to effectively make sense of the world. Would like to add also that writing not only allows you to do that, but Empowers you with the ability to let others make sense of You as well. And this marks the beginnings of Reciprocity between and among people.
In peace.
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 08:57 AM
If writing makes sense of us, mah tah barbaad hune bhaye, SimpleGal jee!
Good intro M.P. jee. (No chakadi here, honestly!). So, any chance I get hired as the electronic e-mail delivery boy ;)
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| Tranquiller |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 09:31 AM
Sojho M.P.
You are freakin' good journalist. I have become your instant fan within two days of my arrival in sajha. Keep it up!
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| bideshi |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 09:37 AM
Interesting !Awesome!
I read this piece of urs twice! And still want to read it.
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| bideshi |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 09:39 AM
keep posting more of such pieces!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 09:39 AM
M.P. ji
And finally, we are priviledged to get a glimpse of the man behind The Sinking Nepal; my ex boss: a nameless, faceless, entity emerging from a stagant ocean, bringing with him bags( if not sheets of laughter), finely wrapped in sophisticated humor! A self proclaimed abductor of the throne of Macbeth, he is surely a treat to read and a pleasure to meet!
Your narration, which I refer to as a "stream of consciousness" gives us no choice but to marvel at the "villager" of the "diversity" clan. I identify [with a warm smile] the cultural struggles between the three generations (from your grandmother to you)! And your narration suffused with fond memories of familial differences emerging from diverse life experiences, brings back my own memories of moments saturated with hilarious frustrations. The strife: A continuous bickering between my mother (a product of wisdom) and I (a product of colonial education!), which ultimately collapsed under the benevolent pressure of my mother's unconditional love.
You, sir have a way with words... truly impressive! My stake on writing is: It is an expression of the person within. But, as Junky ji points out, there are some of us who lack the knowhow to write or even the time required to formulate and organize ideas. This does not mean there aren't other avenues of creative expression. It would surely be a crime to consider writing as *the* form of self expression and/or communicating ideas. At this generalization, one would surely wonder how creative (or not) were those (people) existing before the written word was developed!
But I digress!
Thank you again for sharing that personal "jhalak" with us!
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| najar |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 10:25 AM
M.P.ji,
Truly a wonderful narrative! Admirer of your writings I remain.
Writing is an art that enables us to transform the suppressed ideas and talents into a concrete piece, reflecting our beliefs and values without bounds and limits (okay, may be not always). I also believe that it is a form of self-identity, thus being able to distiniguish M.P. from MP You have shown that writing is not merely putting together the words but finding a way to arrange them in a right order.
As I lack the skillful writing that you and some other sajha mahajans possess, i cannot be overamibitious. But in case you decide to resurrect The Sinking Nepal, can I compete with Junkie for the position of e-delivery? Special skills--e-publicity, source/force and some connections :)
Potential Employee
The Sinking Nepal
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| Biruwa |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 10:48 AM
M.P., my ex-boss too, has proved yet again how much he deserves that Academy Award! But diveristy for diversity's sake chai ni ali nagarun ke!
As you go forward in your journey of life, respect for your elders may come out as a virtue which has yet to be realised by you. :-) We all know, how great the value of humbleness is in our eastern philosophy as opposed with the western thinking of individualism.
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| NK |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 12:23 PM
An "expose'" on P. M. by P.M. A candid account. Beautiful writing. So, what exactly are you doing now? You said you wrote this a long time ago. Are you a journalist now besides being the editor of your own Sinking Nepal?
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| ruck |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 12:27 PM
Lovely writing M.P...
All the best!!
Ruck
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| cardinal |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 12:33 PM
Nice piece of writing. Keep it up M.P.
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| NK |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 12:35 PM
oops M.P. not P.M. apologies.
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| Deep |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 01:43 PM
M.P. le sajha hallayo-
Hallaunekai kura garne ho bhane. Hangamathi basne haru trasit ta bhaka chhainan? ma ta oo para chaura basera kuro ko ghas hallaune manchhe malai ta M.P. le Sajha hallako dekhera aaudhi ramailo lagyo.
Thoroughly enjoyed. Hope to read more from M.P.
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| sks |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 01:55 PM
M.P., you say you wrote this piece a couple of years ago, but surely it hasnt been that long since Pearle was murdered, has it? You've confused the hell out of me!
Beautiful writing, nonetheless.
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| lamachaur |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 02:37 PM
M.P. ji
Honest and brilliant narrative!!!
( M.P. ji, Not all are bestowed with such immaculate writing skills , like you yourself
harness .)
While I have am still new to Sajha and have not had the opportunity to read much of
your writings, I will keenly be looking forward to more of you .
regards,
lamachaur.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 04:06 PM
Thank you, vibrant_soul, zero_creativity, SimpleGirl, Tranquiller,bideshi, ruck,cardinal and lamachaur, for the inspiring words.
Oohi-jyu [For some reason, I prefer calling you with this name],
I ordered Bombay, London, New York today. Was not it you who suggested to read "The Best and the Brightest"? That book was awesome. I will not discard any of your recommendations.
And sorry for not being a "cute, young lady with great journalistic style" [was this the exact phrase?]. :)
Deposed PM Bhagat,
I applaud thee for your tarka sakti! You are partially right. I would prefer not to go into the "institution" part particularly because many of us here did not get into those institutions not because we were "inept" [Gyanendra, 2002] but because we were not lucky enough or did not have enough money to put into the authority's pocket. You and I might have got into Budhanilkantha without unfair means but there are many deserving people here who did not get into it primarily because someone else got in by unfair means. I am sure you know what I am talking about. Let's sell OUR personalities rather than the name of the institution that partially shaped us.
Junkie,
Your application is under consideration again. It takes a while for anything to pass through the bureaucratic gauze you know!
Sitara and Biruwa,
You make me nervous with all those good words. You form the cornerstone of the Sinking Nepal. I mean it. All I did was initiated the process. I am being honest here; you deserve an enormous amount of credit for your efforts. Malaai boss bhanna chhai bhayena; laaj laagchha :)
Senior analyst NK,
I wrote this piece two months [I think it has been a little more than that] ago. "Two years" was a typo. Besides writing for the Sinking Nepal, I teach MS Word to about 20 adults [weird, isn't it?] in a black community near my place [twice a week], send a $8 check each month to Feed the Children, US, come to Sajha and poke my nose whenever possible, and occassionally complain over the lower percentage of alcohol in Vodka :)
Deep Sir,
Your comment is as sweet as Deep Shrestha's song [or is that an underappreciation?].
sks,
Thank you for pointing out the error. It should have been "I wrote this piece a couple of MONTHS ago" instead of what is there.
As a concluding thought, I am surprised that many of you liked my piece alot. More because some of you--whether I know you offline or not--have been a great source of inspiration for me and much of what is there in my writing comes from your styles as well. "No chakadi here, honestly!" [Junkie, 2002].
Oohi Sojho,
MP
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| Logical Sense |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 04:14 PM
Was not this my story?
All you need to do is change my father to be the 'head of the state', take the village to terai, make brothers also educated, make sisters to study only after getting married. Fast forward and marry a Nepali but obviously not the choice of head of the state. Wallah you go, there is my story. Wait wait, with one contrast, though radical in my family but, I used to be peace makers most of the time, and I am surprised head of the state also used to listen to me....I could even convince whole family to get me married out of .....hmmmmm!
OOPs sorry, it was M.P.'s thread. Very well said M.P.ji. I feel very close to you. You reminded me my old days when I used to be one of those instructors in Kathamndu teaching 'Excel' and many others......
- iti
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 04:22 PM
Hya Najar pani ..... rag na gara yaar. Balla Career Shift yojana mah chha ..... Boneless Chicken curry mah haddi huna aauchha .......
M dot P dot ........ yesari quote garnu bhayo ...... gaja ko trip turun-tai jharyo. Aba Dee-aaye-Dee DAD lai yo thread dhekauchhu ...... choro ko pragati sunera, pocket money increase gare-sela key. Cuz param-indra dai tah failed me in sending his reco to him :-(
Quote tah garnu bhayo ..... aba recommend pani garnu hola. Like me said, we in family deliver for long years. Let me deliver TSN's thought for food.
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 05:20 PM
M.P...you may be a "misunderstood poet" to yourself but to me and all your fellow sajhaites, you ARE a "marvellous poet", a prolific writer! As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go." which is what many of the writers here in Sajha have dared to do-to skate on the Sajha arena and be able to touch the hearts of the fellow nepalese through their words of substance. And I hope we will continue to skate on this ice of shared knowledge and wisdom that have helped us learn from each other , this has indeed been a wonderful experience of sharing and learning.
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| najar |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 05:28 PM
M.P ji--mero employment application ko status, no hear, why? Or do you think i am inept, incompetent? Sacked without even consideration :( FINE!
Jhan resume pani sangai attach gareko JUNKIE lai outweigh garna.
Lau Junkie,from what it looks like Mdot Pdot is going to hire you. Boneless chicken chilly without haddi timilai nai hola jasto chha! Badhai chha. If you get the job sutukka TSN malai free ma delivery gardeu hai, berojgaar chhu.
Najar,
Berojgaar and Believer in affirmative action (up until now)
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 05:44 PM
Logical Sense,
Are you now convinced that M.P. is not "50,794 years 11 days 1 hour and 3.6 secs old"?
Dilasha,
Tyo hajurko award paaye dekhi khutta bhui mai chhaina:) Thank you for being a great company in the sharing and learning process. Also, thank you for changing my first name from Misunderstood to Marvellous.
Najar,
With the economy in recession, our publication is really finding it hard to accomodate all the deserving candidates. We are forming an intellegence group to look into issues regarding external conspiracies against the publication [ex-PM Bhagat is doing everything possible to discover our hideouts]. Would you be interested in joining the group? How much are you willing to pay to work :)?
Oohi Sojho
MP
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 05:47 PM
The word in 5th last line is "intelligence", not "intellegence".
Thank you,
Oohi sojho
MP
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 07:57 PM
M.P. -- you asked if we had a "fierce kabita battle" someplace before? I'd been confused and wondering...but now I know, maanchhe ta aafanta nai raichhan! I fondly recall that excellent month exactly a year ago...Nuru Lama, Tirtha Timsina (of Chat Maya fame), youself and moi -- Deep Shrestha's songs, love, mathematics, poltis, right? Well, that was my debut on the net, and it was after that fun experience that I migrated to Sajha with Gaunthali and Bhurtel. Ek barsa pugi sakechha!
Great aatma-katha above -- most honest and eloquent. It especially touches folks who share your socio-geographic origins. Arghakhanchi pani Paschim nai ho!
I'll look forward to more from you.
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| slipknot |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 09:21 PM
M.P.:
Timro khabar patrikako ta maile pahile dekhinai maan manai saharana gardai aayeko thiye, tara aaja timro yo lekh dekhera malai pani dui shabda byakta garne kutuhalta jagera aayeko chha. tyo jana aadesh patrika kanda dekhi ta aajkal kunai patrikako prashamsha garna pani kasto maan nai khangranga bhayera aaunchha, tyasaile matrai ho. :) tara j hos aaja timro jiban ko kahani padhda timro kalam ko prashamsha nagari rahana sakdina. timra purana lekh haru marfat angrezi bhasako dakhhalta ko parichaya ta timile sablai diyi sakekai chhau, tara yo lekhai ko saralta ma sanglo pani jhai bageko timro jindagi, tyahi beech ma aaune khahare chhanga haru ani anaginti mod haru ma maile pani aafno kahani ko euta jhalko paye. shayad taysaile pani hola timro kahani ko marma le mero aafnai jindagiko goretaharu ko samjhana akasmat mero aakha agdai lyayo. euta sakchham lekhakle matrai aafna shabda haru ma sahajtaka sath pathak haru ko mastishka ma ki ta uniharu kai kahani ko pratibimba utarchhan ki ta uni haru lai nai arkai sansar ma khichera ti chhyan haru anubhav garne abasar dinchhan. yi dubai kisim bata nai aaja ma timro lekhai ma prabahit bhayeko chhu, yasko lagi muri muri dhanyabaad. yastai mauka aru pani dherai timile hami samakchhya lyaune nai chhau bhanne apekchhya sahit, aaile lai namaste!
slipknot (chiplegantho?)
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 10:35 PM
Chiplegantho (lol!) yahan ley nepali bishaya ma chahin saya ma saya 100/100 liyera aunubhaye jasto cha ni....guru ama ley nikai jod diyera padaunu bhaykii rahechin, yahan ko shaikshik bikaas ma thulo yogdan puryaunu bhayeki rahechin taba po yahan ley tyo amulya prabhaav lai shabda haru ko khola marphat jhajhalkyauna sakshyam hunubho. dhanya ho yahan ko nepali bishaya padaunu huney guruamaa. aba auney teachers day ma ek guchha "phool" ra aba arko tihar ma euta moto khailaagdo "khasi" thamel.com bata jasari bhaye pani ti guruamaa lai pathaunuhola yo Dilasha ko "bahumulya" sujhaaab.
Ma ta katai chiplekeera oops chiplegantho ley pheri svengali ko "amulya" wakya jasprati yahan ko thulo jhukaav cha teslai dohoryaunu huney ho ki bhanney katro peer liyera baseyki, dhanyabaad bhagwaan (thank god!) waha yesto anuchit kura lekhna bata banchit hunubho, haribamsa ley bhaney jhai "j bho ramrai bho" :)
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 05-Nov-02 11:03 PM
Paschim,
It was a pleasant surprise that you discovered my hideout ("Arghakhanchi").
My last name ("Poet") comes from *that* kabitaa battle. I was not the main warrior then. But it was fun being there! My leg has been attached to the same old nest and therefore, I can not "migrate" completely.
Slipkot,
Hajur ko bhaasaa sunera ma prasanna bhaye. Not because you praise me but because I see some "kabi-pan" in your writing. You seem to be deeply in love! Am I right? I mean the way you have used various phrases tells me so. I hope you do not mind :)
And for your great words, here goes a short "jhaarpaat kabitaa" from the kabita battle mentioned above [dedicated primarily to you and all Sajhabasis]:
It is meant to be humorous; do not take it too seriously :)
mutu ani ridaya pani bhitra bhitrai jaldaa
aakash baata paani pari dhararilai maldaa
lekhu lekhu lagyo malaai mankaa kuraa kholi
bhawana haru khelna thale mana bhitrai holi
due chaar akchher korne bichaar aauthyo paile pani
lekhna thaldaa pawan sangai udi jaanthe jammai
maayaa maa maanche antho hunchaa, kohi yeso bhanthe
katu santye arkai raichha bujhnu parne tathye
jamaanaamai meri uni pashin mutu bhitra
unkai kaaran aaja hera mero yo bichitra
kaayer raichhu ma saarai ni kehi bhanna nasakne
unkaa saamu ekchhin pardaa 'saato putlo' udne
unle herdaa danga parthen -ani hunthe bibas
saathiharule jiskyaauthe uni hunthin 'nervous'
sapani maa baarambaar aaune unko baani
sabaijana sundeu please mero raamkahaani
maile matrai kahaa man paraako hun ra
sabaiki thiyin 'wanted'
thorai bolne, lajaaune ali ali matrai co-ed
'love letter ' ni pathaauna maile birshyaa hoina
manko kuraa sidhai bhanna nasakine kina?
pari jastai meri uni aile kahaa holin
amrica ko ramjham maa ma dukhilaai bhulin
tirtha, paschim ani deep launa ma k garu?
nisthuri ko samjhana maa aatma hatyaa garu?
k k na garyoun bhanne hey scientist haru
aatmaa bujhne eutaa yentra banaaideu na baru
kati prayaash gardaa pani kina bhaina saphal
alevel matrai kahaa ho ra bigaaren SAT, ToEFL
padhaaimaa pani kahaa champion thiyin ra?
ma bhandaa pani jhur thiyin kyare
kaile kaahi math ko problem haru sodthin
tara saathiharu le jiskyayerai parnai lagyaa love bigaare
tirtha kabi, timi nai bhana ma aba k garu
aile dekhi kisunji jasto barmaachaari rahu?
jiskyaauna ta maile pani jiskyauthe ni kt harulaai
'raato piro' hunthe kaisaile jiskyaaye meri unilaai
solution timle diyenaou bhane marechha bhanne jannu
timiharu ko mitra, daai, ani bhaai prem ko aagomaa jalirahechha kehi chhaina timiharuko bhannu??????
[PS: Tirtha kabi, aka Kabi-ji, refers to Tirtha Timsina of Chat Maya Fame, and Deep refers to Deep Shrestha, to whom the thread was dedicated.]
Oohi Sojho
MP
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| Nepe |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 12:15 AM
M.P. ji,
It’s been my strange nature to hesitate to come closer to the thing that I like most. It is the reason I kept reading your TSN series silently without daring to express how much I loved it. A daring and well written fantasy. Tyo pani naam sundai malaai laththa parney ganatatra ko baremaa. Hurukka bhayera padne garthen. Saat saat janma ko bhok pyas puraa bhaye jasto laagthyo. Aru ke bhanu ?
And now this, the warmest and honest narration of your story. You beat all of us not only in its beautiful flow and purity but also the trying hard of some of us to remain in secrecy. And you have won hearts of all Sajhaites. Don't ever leave us.
Your instant fan
Nepe
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 06:07 AM
M.P. ......
"jiskyaauna ta maile pani jiskyauthe ni kt harulaai
'raato piro' hunthe kaisaile jiskyaaye meri unilaai ....."
Aayo pheri yaad yeskewl ko
Black comb lay jhilke kapal koreko
Meri uni aauda, sathi haru karayeko,
Samjhera pheri hunchhu ma hippie rato-piro ....... re kya aaja enda mah (dumbasse,1900-2002 ;) )
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| gbncorg |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 05:11 PM
M.P.
I enjoyed reading your introduction or "Sampadakiye". It was nice. You forgot to mention your Date of Birth, don't worry, no one knows your Social Security Number and Tel Number, so your Credit Cards are secure. Just Tell us your Age, then we can figure out which Keti Timilai Thikka Chha ???
Don't you like my proposal?
reply expected.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 08:58 PM
Nepe-ji,
Thank you for reading and liking the Sinking Nepal series. I have not been able to spend much time in Sajha recently. The Sinking Nepal feri resurrect garne plan chha [if Junkie does not decide not to deliver it]. Let's see how it goes.
I am a little worried I might have scared away some hardcore monarchists from Sajha. Nepal republic bhayeko dekhne mero pani thulo dhoko chha. The Sinking Nepal was, therefore, an expression of how desperate I am to see Nepal as a republic.
I am closely following the thread "Don't Question the King". Thank you for the great postings there.
Aba ta Sajha chodnai parne bhayo bhane ni chodna sakinna jasto chha.
Junkie.
Hajur ko ta khanda-kaabya nai chha jasto chha ni?:)
Thulo Boston Nepali Samuha Sangathan-jyu,
Logical Sense already mentioned that I was "50,794 years 11 days 1 hour and 3.6 secs old." Tesbaata date of birth nikaalna mildaina? Baru chhainchha bhane nachhetra, raasi ityaadi bhanulaa.
Aile nai stri bhidaaune kuraa chhai ali pachena. I see too many externalities associated with having a girl at this age. Full time poltics garna ni paryo ni :) Ani, every 5 minutes maa sajha maa aayera pyaachcha bolni time ni hunna holaa. Proposal raamrai ho. Tara cost-benefit analysis ali pugena jasto laagyo. La hajur ko bethaa pokhnus...ani ma feri reply lekhulaa :)
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 09:25 PM
Deliver garna ma jasto ichhuko ko nai chha rah ...... aba delivery na garnay kahilay bhane rah mailay ........
I eager await the release of The Sinking Nepal, version 2.0. Will gladly deliver it to Sajha-basee and also "sutukaa" a free, yespecial copy to Najar too. Consolation prize :-)
Someone once said "Have patience and the world will come to you" ...... but I didn't have patience, tai pani my perseverance sure did land me a job ....... only wish that remains now is that TSN has a good 420K plan ;)
Dilasha jee, just a heads-up to you. Though I have a secure TSN delivery job [if M.P. doesn't reconsider not hiring me], I would be glad to deliver DE, Inc's Oscar, part-2 in my spare time :-)
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| najar |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 09:41 PM
Ani Junkie--euta question ma sutukka timilai sodhaun?
Stricly between you and me ke--how much did you pay M.P. to almost secure the e-delivery position? Mero application ko response ma--"how much are you willing to pay to work for us" bhannu bhathyo M.P ji le---tes karan was just curious about internal ki baat...
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 06-Nov-02 09:54 PM
Kaha Najar ...... if you discount mero great-hajur-bau ko source and my stupid force, it was a clean affair!
May the force be with you Najar, re kya ajha end-ah mah
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| Nepe |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 12:16 AM
M.P. ji,
Your reply made me as happy as a boy who just got an autograph from the star he worships. Thank you, hajur. Your TSN series is one of the best work Sajha ever got, perhaps less for its political nuance than the fact that you succeeded to attract and entertain people of diverse political opinions and artistic tastes. Politically, I will grade your work as a milestone in the evolution of political expression of contemporary online Nepali community. At least some of them will never think of Nepali politics as they did before they read your serious humor. Yes, M.P. ji , you might not have realized, but you just did that.
I had an added pleasure to learn that you and Paschim, who is still my favorite commentator, know each other and share one of my past time hobby -poetry. I will love to meet you guys next year in Colorado and –Inshallah- do some kabita kusti ! Just a thought of that is titillating, brrrr..!
Best wishes and salute to your gifted pen, ok keyboard.
In awe I remain, rey kya ajha lasta ma !
Nepe
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 10:23 AM
M.P. writes ---------
Deposed PM Bhagat, I applaud thee for your tarka sakti! You are partially right. I would prefer not to go into the "institution" part particularly because many of us here did not get into those institutions not because we were "inept" [Gyanendra, 2002] but because we were not lucky enough or did not have enough money to put into the authority's pocket. You and I might have got into Budhanilkantha without unfair means but there are many deserving people here who did not get into it primarily because someone else got in by unfair means. I am sure you know what I am talking about. Let's sell OUR personalities rather than the name of the institution that partially shaped us.
Response: http://www.geocities.com/paramendra/2002/bb.html
Of Institutions And Individuals: Budhanilkantha And Berea
Paramendra Bhagat
October 19, 2002
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| Bathroomcoffee |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 10:25 AM
osted on 11-05-02 1:08 PM Reply
as anyone noticed that evertime the site admin or 'san' writes, this one guy always has something to reply about. Is this some sort of chamcha giri I wonder.
Posted on 11-05-02 1:20 PM Reply
ecause he a loooooooooossser with no orignality thats why. Always scheeming and kniving to better himself. stealing others ideas making them his own....He is a DESH DROHI carries a Nepali passport but does not like to be called Nepali. He is like the scum of the earth... oh yeah and he also is a master of Hypocrisy. He claims to be a vivid advocate of racism, castism, women's right etc etc But does not back down from calling people names like Bahadur..
HAVE YOU NO SHAME ? And still has the insolence to come back here as if nothing has happened and try to engage people into his SAME OLD SAME OLD discussions.
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 10:43 AM
A few gadflies at the site.
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| Bitchpatroll |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 10:50 AM
Did you say someting Mr I shit on the very plate I eat ?
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 01:14 PM
Bitchpatroll and Bathroom Coffee,
With due respect, I request you not to make this a battle ground for personal animosities. This thead was started with good intentions and I hope you will leave its purity as it is. BC-ji, what you have posted here has been posted in several threads. I am sure most people have read your bethaa. May be you should stop the campaign now. Let Paramendra be what he is. It is his life and he does what he deems right; it is not upto us to decide for him. We may not agree with what he says--I personally do not for most of the time--but let's respect his opinions. Let's respect the fact that despite being one of the few Teraibasis here--perhaps, the only Teraibasi, he has the guts to stand amidst pahadis and express himself.
Let me make my stance clear: I am NOT defending Bhagat. But I see no point in going around translating phrases from Nepali and posting them everywhere.
Decide for yourself. There are many thing worth pursuing than simply going after Paramendra and doing a Ph. D. in a "DESH DROHI" [bathroomcoffee, 2002].
M.P.
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| gbncorg |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 01:30 PM
M.P.
I want to make clear that you have started this thread stating your own personal days which does not have much strength to collect such a sympathy whatsoever. There are thousands of people who are underway to die and collapse their own base due to lack of networking. I, myself, do not hesitate to agree that you are smart, talented, intelligent etc. etc., but remember, there are many boys and girls who are better than you and who have much struggle in their life.
It is a public forum, no doubt, once you want to bring your personal days in this public forum, you can not escape from any critics and you are the person who alone has to face it and make it clear all the audience.
What is your ego? What is your aim of posting your so called "Struggle" in life?
Remember, it is not against you, but your none sense attempt easily pushes us "damn weasting time".
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| cardinal |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 02:04 PM
Hi gbncorg
"I want to make clear that you have started this thread stating your own personal days which does not have much strength to collect such a sympathy whatsoever."
Do you think M.P is trying to get anyone's sympathy here?
"but remember, there are many boys and girls who are better than you and who have much struggle in their life. "
Is M.P trying to make a point that he is the most tragic boy in the world, that he had to overcome unsurmountable obstacles, that his struggles were the hardest ever, or that he is the smartest hero around?
My reply is NO. He is just saying what his life is like at a glance. I am sure he knows what the stakes are for compromising on personal information in a public forum. As a reader, I can associate myself better with the writing I know the authors background. I appreciate what he did.
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| batauli |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 02:32 PM
gbncorg..
kasto kura garya hola..
can't you take it in M.P. spirit.. ? Until M.P. does not post his/her pictures from her/his REAL LIFE, and until s/he makes attempt to identify the human embodiment behind that pseudonym... (neither of which are here...), why do you even think the way you think...
mero dui paisa
batauli
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| gbncorg |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 02:46 PM
Thanks batauli for your suggestion,
Cardinal, you may be a speaker of M.P., what I want M.P. to do is he/she should post his/her picture in this forum and let us know who he/she is. Otherwise, he/she, himself/herself is a "JUNK" for all of us. You all are familiar with a JUNK Mail, right? So, what's the difference?
Speak up Mr./Mrs. Junk M.P. (Sorry for the Tag)
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| BathroomCoffee |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 03:16 PM
" I am sure most people have read your bethaa. May be you should stop the campaign now. Let Paramendra be what he is. It is his life and he does what he deems right; it is not upto us to decide for him. "
MP
At the same time we should not let him do whatever he wants too. Someone has to stand up and say enough ...I do not have any personal animosity towards paramendra, I am just sick of al his bulls*#t. I apologise for invading your space.
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 04:17 PM
BathroomCoffee,
None it to apologize. This is a "public" space; you have as much right to occupy it as I do. Thanks for clarifying why you posted/are posting against Paramendra. Every citizen has a right to exercise his ideals but if Paramendra's exercising of his ideals "invades" your space, you SHOULD protest. Give us specific instances when this has happened, I will be happy to join your crowd.
gbncorg,
You are basically making "paranoid accusations"--the type of accusations that MP, the one without dots, made to Ashu a few days ago. Cardinal has said enough. "A word to the wise is enough" bhanchhan. If you know what you are talking about, then Cardinal's answers should satisfy you.
If I needed cheap popularity, I would have posted a few photos of mine--like batauli says, claimed how intellegent I was, talked about the institutions I attended/attend in every posting of mine, and so on. Can't you, for heaven's sake, see that I even tell Paramendra not to sell the name of the institutions that he/I attended?
You call Cardinal my spokesperson. This is not the way to respond, dear. I know I am noone to suggest you. Tara, alikati tolerance dekhaauna paryo ni!! Today, you call Cardinal my spokesperson. Tomorrow, I might support you for a cause. Does that make me your spokesperson? NO. It is not possible for everyone in this world to have different opinion on every matter. Two person share a view does not mean that they are each others' spokesmen.
Talking about my picture. First of all, who are YOU to ask me for my picture? Why do you care who I am? Why is the "junk" so important to you? Do you have to be aggressive just because my response to your posting earlier was not-so-positive?
Second, I am happy with what I am-- whether you like me or not.
I reiterate that I am not here to please anyone. I am not here to gather support for my election campaign ten years later. I am not here to make connections although they might develop unintentionally as time passes. I am not here to harness sympathy; I do not need it. I am here for my personal pleasure. I come here and leave at my own will.
And you can use male gendar while referring to me; I am a male.
Sincerely,
M.P.
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| batauli |
Posted
on 07-Nov-02 04:28 PM
gbncorg,
first of all no need to find any TRUTH in what M.P. wrote, because, M.P. is a virtual character, created by some real person somewhere.. if there are any parallels to any individual's story.. then those may or may not be coincidences.. but that is not important here. the virtual character M.P. is not trying to make a statement here.. just narrating a story.
Maybe all of M.P.'s postings are junk... and thats fine. Again this is a virtual character.. generating JUNK... I too am a virtual character.. an AVATAR.. just like you (gbncorg) are.. so no need to get all paranoid about it.. hunchha... re kya ajha lasta ma.. chainjo kurale..
batauli
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| gbncorg |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 10:40 AM
Hi M.P.,
I remembered a posting which was posted by someone in regard of Mr. SMSainju a few months ago. He did not depict himself in this public forum. He is a successful person by the way. Most of us know him with his success, but not portraying him in this Public Forum. Thanks god. Sasto Patrakarita Bhane ko yehi Hola !!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Anyway, good luck M.P.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 12:08 PM
M.P. ji
The world is a fastidious place! It takes all kinds to make (the world) it more interesting!
SO BE IT!
And then there are those who require an explanation for an existence of another when they cannot explain the mystery of their own!
:) Wish you well...in all your endeavors!
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| lonely |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 12:43 PM
MP ji
You are doing a good job. Keep it up.
Kaag karaudai janchha, pina sukdai janchha, nothing more or less..
Do your job and let some people write whatever they want to ...
These are typical nepali mentality type, badaar le aaafule ni ghar banaudaina aarulai ni banau didaina...ki kaso?
MP keep posting, we like to read these stuffs...
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 03:44 PM
GBNCORG jee ...... dhaak dinu hudaina bhanchhan ......
Tai pani, I ride a moped these days. No more clamoring to get a sitting-seat in Vikram Tempo, you know "Oway, chod chod, mero seat ho tyo. Yesterdaye dheki reserve garyeko".
Point is: I am TSN's Delivery Boy, and M.P. is an editor. I eat chicken once a weak and he thrice a week. Aba mero tah yetro shaan chha, moped ko status chha bhanye, M.P. sir ko kya kura garnay.
Mind you, No Chakaddi here, Honestly(with silent h).
(on a side-note, hiding frm Najar's Najar:
M.P. jee, that Najar is ek number ko badmash. Don't con-diser her app over mine.)
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| lonely |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 03:57 PM
Junkie ji..
Tapai teso bahye moped ma delivery garne...badhai chha hai tapai lai...
M.P. khai tapai ko paper ko aaru issues kahile aaune ho?
Najar is a she or a he??? Maile ta he bhanthanya ho..
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| MP |
Posted
on 08-Nov-02 04:11 PM
lonely,
For your information, M.P. (with dot-s) and MP (without dot-s) have difference. They are two different posters in this sajha dot com. Here, I am MP without dot-s.
Thanks
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| lonely |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 02:45 PM
MP ji ma jahile ni confuse bhai ra hunchha sorry for that.
All these were meant for M.P.
la.
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| kalankisthan |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 04:29 PM
Junkie jyu le pol khuskaai haalnu bho, Aba katti secret lukai bho, hoina ta?
Ma ta MP jyu ko PA ni. ooohi, file chyapyo, ani MP jyu ko pachi pachi hinyo. MP jyu ko bhanda mero tension dherai cha. MP jyu ko pachi pachi hinnu parcha, MP jyu maathi "RISIVI" raakhya kosaile MP jyu maathi dyannga goli handyo bhane ta, khattam cha ni life. MP jyu silitimbur khaanu bhaye ta thikai cha, TARA, yedi khaanu bhayena bhaneta tyo goli dyanga malai laagne ta ho kyare, hoina ta? Jahile ni private-parts ma kachaura (thulo khaale) laagayera hinnu parcha.
Ooohi, kaam pani nautanki nai cha ni aafno ta. MP jyu ko bhar thegan hunna, coffee khane ho ki chiya khaane ho. Sodhyo bhane MP jyu lai tension huncha. "Mp jyu, coffee lyam ki chiya lyaam" bhannu parcha, mp jyu rankiyera "yettika barsha bhai sakyo ajhai thaha chaina coffee khanchu ki chiya bhanera" bhani bakshincha. Chiya lyaayo bhane "talai katti bhanne coffee lyaa bhanera" bhani bakshincha. KHoob tension cha mero ta. Jahile ni helmet lagayera kaam ma aaunu parcha. Junkie bro ko ta moped cha, afno ta 11 number ko gaadi chalauda ni helmet lagayera kaam ma aaunu parcha. Ke thaha MP jyu ko haat ma ke huncha ke huncha. Kalam le haane ta malam lagaula. tyo paperweight le haani bakshiyo bhane ta khappar nai futcha ni.
ooohi feri, MP jyu lai bhetna aaune manche haru ni tension tension. Aba euta hamrai sajhapur ka maahanubhaav palnu bha thyo office ma. Uha Paan khaane re. Paan pani pulchok ko matrai khaane re. aba 11 number gaadi chadera baagbazar bata pulchok pugera paan lyaunu ta garhai huncha ni. Tyo manche aayo ki tension huncha. Feri hamlai kya ghurera hercha. Mu**(thanks deep jyu) afnai kathmandu ma Ghurai khaanu parne, jaatha haruko. huncha ni.
ooohi feri, kaam pani, office ma bhanda MP jyu ko ghar mai dherai. MP jyu ko chora lai school bata lyaaune, MP jyu ko srimati ko grocery garidine, dashai ma boka kinna jaane, khashi maar haanne. Malai ta tension bhai sakyo. Trikal jyu lai bhanera swasti saanti garayera Turantai America jaanu parya cha, ani dekhchan ni MP le.
grrrr kit kit!!!!
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 05:40 PM
Kalanki bro ......
No pains, no gains bhanchan! Fukal deu Helmet yaar.
Timlai kay thaha, kaati gali khanu paryo M.P. boss ko, before I got hired. Got abused even before I was used :-)
Oops I meant .... :-((
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 07:10 PM
K garne aafu maanchhe sojho pariyo. Kaam garne dekhi liyera delivery boy samma jammaile jiskyaauchhan :(
Ae Kalanke! Talai maile kaile mero ghar ko kaam garaaye huh? Tyo arko "badmaas" MP le garaayo holaa; malaai bhanchha!
Ani ta Junke laai chhai k bhaa ni? Nun ko sojho garnu kahaa kahaa; ultai saraapchha baa!! Mero aghaadi parera ta dekhaa; maile jaanyaa chhu talaai!!
Timi haru dubai laai tyo "bitchpatroll" ra "bathroomcoffee" kahaa puryaauna napugyaa!!
Dubai--bitchpatroll ra bathroomcoffee--laai killaa baata fukaayidinchhu ani "Oohi" kahaa guhaar maagna jaanu parlaa!!
Mero "brother" NP ta feri Butwal ko daadaa ho; SLC maa 7 patak fail bhayera k bhayo ta, gaali garna tellai kalle jitdaina. Malaai sojho dekhera nahepa; "brother" lagaai dinchhu!!
:)
Oohi Sojho M.P.
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| KaLaNkIsThAn |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 07:18 PM
Oho, M.P. Jyu, malai tyasta brother srother ko dhaak chai nadyum hai. Hamm pani slc ma 2 choti fail bhayera, teshro choti ko slc ma, sabai lai lachar pachaar paarera, tritiye shreni ma pachadi bata third aako. M. P. jyu le mero Ghan tauko ra mero muscle deknai bha chaina. "rambo" here dekhun din ko 200 pushup, 100 chin up garchu. Dhunga futla, malai futauna gaarho cha. Ma ni chamare ko gyang liyera aaula ni. tyasta butwol ko dada lai butt ho** banai dimla.. ke samjhya cha...
jhan ta chupo laagera PA ko kaam garya ta jhan ta bhai ko dhaak dincha baa. Ek dinchu tarzen kasera ani dekhcha.
Haami pani "hing nabhaye ni hing baandhya taalo ho" ke, resignation letter khalti ma haalera hidchu ni... hmmmm, kyabhanthanya ni!!
aam ? paan ko paat gauna aam?
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 09:18 PM
M.P. boss,
Daju rah Bhai ko khusti herna tah maan chaina. butt I got a job at NP's khoi "kay-kay" patrika bah :-) Dhukka chhu
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| Junkie |
Posted
on 10-Nov-02 09:22 PM
Kalanki bro ..... hamee dui bich ma matrai hai ..... na dhatee sutukka bhana tah ..... katti ko "egg-jah" factor hanyo tyo 200 hatee-tala mati, 100 chin-up mah.
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