| jira |
Posted
on 07-Jan-03 12:11 PM
"Ke ko phaunphan tero rati pani, sutnu pardaina?", I asked curiously.
"Hehe...Saba 12 ma phone gar bhanya chey Nepal ko byana", He tried to make the validity in his desperation.
"Maney lay Phone ma kawiyowun paiso kharcha garcha GF lai", that was our regular discussion every friday night. 24 Pack of budlight was always there to make us talk about frugal Maney, music and so many other things. Taipani Maney ko khassai kuro bujhidaina thyo. GF bhanthyo. Kuro garthyo, ramawunthyo. However, Maney was the only one among us who said that he did have a girl back home, aru kassaiko ni thiyena khassai phone nai gari halnu parney gari. So, he was the hero no. 1 and had legitimate reason for growing no of long distance calls. Freshman year..No problem..Maney never had to take a second look in his phone bill. Last maina ko hisaab garda jailey ni Taray $25.63, Jibey $68.53, mero ni tyastai auni Maney chai $368.65, always toping the list. Spending money on levish phone call was within his budget. After a year, Manay became sophomore with tight budget but the frequncey never detoriated. He was still holding that billboard chart #1.
Manay had less interest in music and never participated in so many night long discussions of who are great musicians in Nepal. But, we never discovered that how Manay became influenced by overhearing our ganthan until Taray heard him singing 'Gajalu ti thula thula ankha' in the phone. Uski GF lai sunawudai thyo rey ekdeen, Taray lay tyastai khabar lyayo. Manay topped the list again. Phone bill 700 awunu ma Gajalu ti thula thula ankha ko ni Pramookh bhumika rahyo tyo maina.
With constant phone calls to Nepal, Manay gradually seemed tight in his budget. But there was no way we could suggest Manay to discontinue communicating with his dream girl. On the other hand, we were also quite worried about our phone line geting
disconnected. "Fax lya na ta ewuta, sasto ni parcha, kuro ni dherrai huncha", Taray put a very good suggestion. "Tun bujhdainas, Kuro garya jasto ka huncha ra!", Manay lay bichhaima pyaccha bolyo. "Phone katiyo bhanay chai connect garney jimma tero, I too warned Manay. Manay khassai kyai ni bolena.
After few days, he called me from his room. I saw Manay fixing the Fax machine. "Ho...buddhi ayecha ni tero, mailey Taar ko jhundo panchawundai bhaney. Since then, Manay seemed busy writing long pages. Dhoka dherrai jaso banda hunthyo. Bujhna parthyo..Manay lekhdai cha bhanera.
Ekdeen class bata awunda Manay lai pheri phone ma timi..timi.. garira bhettaye mailey.
After he hung up, I asked, "Aba pheri fax lyayesi ni ke phone gari ra ni"?
Herna, augi fax pathako lamo 4 panna ko , pugyo ki pugena bhanera check garya ta pheri aada ghanta kuro bhai halyo......po bhancha Manay ta.
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