Of Heart

Close your eyes,
Listen to your heart
Love is more than a feeling
More than a promise
More than a word can express

It sees the possibilities
In a glimpse of your face, eyes and heart
Finds you as an ultimate home
Flowers will seem beautiful even in its dryness
To which it will hold the hope of eternity bond

Love is a memory of a smile
Having your feet off the ground
It’s being the best you can be
Heart knows who it wants and
Cherishes what it knows about them

It’s choosing to risk everything you have:
Your pride, your respect, your personals
Because the fate of heart is what you care
It’s of wanting something enough to wait for it
Work for it and defy your pain

Heart endures the irritations
Soothes the hurt it feels
Becomes worth the trouble
Worth the wait
Worth the worry
Worth the fight

Heart sees the good and the beautiful
It sees the miracle of meeting again
By the act of heart
Creates much of what it loves
The moment when all is Yes to what a heart feels
There is no remorse to what your heart feels
Because your heart chose to feel what it felt.

Happy First Anniversary to The Royal Couple

A year has already past. I still remember the day I was watching His Majesty the Fifth King’s marriage to Ashi Jetsun Pema. I remember the excitement of not having a class so that I could watch the Marriage Ceremony LIVE from Oceans afar. My happiness knew no bound.

It makes me giggle when I think about how much I thanked this advanced technology for making us Happy and then GNH popped out of my mind immediately. The feeling was incredible and yes, it makes me smile thinking over and again.

But now, But today. This is really a very special occasion and we Bhutanese students at University of Wollongong would like to extend our Best Wishes on this momentous occasion. We hope you will remain as heavenly as you two are now.

God Bless Our Amazing and Wonderful Royal Couple!

Recess Week Update

No matter how much problems you have in your life, you can't deny your existence. Everyone says, each day is a gift then why not spent like one.
I am on break for one week but it is going to end tomorrow (01/10/12). Oh glad! It is Monday and it is Labor Day- all the offices and Universities are officially closed. The sickness of not wanting to wake up on Monday morning is finally fulfilled.

Here are some activities that we Bhutanese friends planned for our precious 1 week break.

Went to Picnic on Blessed Rainy Day- we had fun but the fact that it didn't rain disappointed us all. So ya, no annual bath for us.

A walk to Mt. Keira. It is the highest point in Wollongong. It usually take one and half an hour to reach the destination.

I think, it might take half an hour or so by Car. Ah! We buzzed about walking uphill to monasteries and temples. Mt. Keira just happened to bring us back the memory of our time spent in high schools. We surely had a good time.

To Sydney- visited Opera House yet again.

Visited Madame Tussauds at Sydney where there is a Wax of internationally famous celebs, politicians and other legendary figures like Dalai Lama and Mahatma Gandhi.
This picture with Rihanna, is my Favourite of all.

















I hope, my friends in Bhutan had fun attending Domche in Thimphu and Tshechu at Wangduephodrang.

Life wouldn't be fun if you stay at home the whole day and do nothing. GO OUT AND EXPLORE AND SEE THE WORLD.

Yesterday, With You!

I just can’t believe you are gone
I am waiting for the morning to come
When I see if the sun will rise
In the way that you are by my side
I will remember you again

It was yesterday, you said, ‘I love you’
It was the time when we had so much in store
When we are building memories
The place to visit, the roads to walk
All of it is a rejoicing memory now

Others can take future but not our yesterday
They can take the places that we said we would go
They can take away our today
As I just want our yesterday to remain
So that I could hold yesterday in my heart

I know I will see you again
Not as my love but as a man I once loved
It is not selfish to ask you one more day,
One more smile on your face
To remember our Yesterday

I know, I still find strength in our yesterday
All the broken dreams, take everything
All the places not visited, take everything
All the roads untaken, take everything
But they can never have yesterday

Thinking Of You

I am lying on my pillow,
Reminiscing my favorite old times
I am at the place I first met you
Confident and Sipping Coffee
And happily introducing ourselves
Among the cheering crowds outside
Celebrating a Music Festival

As you approached to talk to me
I hesitantly shied and peeped outside
To enjoy the uplifting Dzongkha Music
To which I realized you were uninterested
Thankfully, you looked outside as a hippie song came along.

That was the moment: Getting to know you
As cold as the winter seemed
Our conversation lingered hot and spicy
Talking of the place I study
And the place you are at.

Our first meeting was so alive
You were cute, talkative and friendly
That was my first time day out with a guy
I am Overwhelmed that only I can explain the moment
For a girl like me
I believe,first meeting is always like this.

The latter part was a fun=filled one
The Bowling club was fun
But the long dragging Kira held me back from playing
But you stood out and had me played the game
Then I knew, you are a Gentleman.

Those days are gone
You are gone
I am gone
But my memories remain
To Cherish my Few Good and old Times with YOU.

P,S, This is not the end of the story. FairyTale Love story happens!!!

Explaining Bhutan to the Unknowns

Many of us know that Australia is a multi cultured country and we meet people from various backgrounds we could possibly imagine. There are people from every possible corner of the world and it is exciting to meet them and at the same time, share about our country which as well might be alien to other people around the globe as we are to their country.

I was on English Conversation Group as organized by the University. There were students from China, Malaysia and Turkey. Chinese and Malaysian had some hints about where Bhutan is except for the girl from Turkey. However, I was sure no one was aware of what is inside Bhutan and how amazing it is to live in Bhutan, a complete different world from Western countries.

As we introduced ourselves, all of us started to talk about our country. The Turkey girl seemed puzzled of whereabouts Bhutan. I gave a friendly smile and explained, "Bhutan is a small country located between China and India" This is one of the basic, the easiest and the most common method to describe where Bhutan is. Followed by, “It is a very small and a happy country” Well, I hope it is. I don’t want to see or read crime news in Kuensel online or in BBS.

Then the Turkey girl responded; with a closed mouth, nodding her head from north to south and still wanting to hear more of Bhutan. At the same time, I knew I have to talk more on it and continued, "We are an Independent country and is the Youngest Democratic Country. We still have King and Queen and.... “ She was smiling and suddenly popped in with smiling and surprising appeal, "Oh wow, really? Bhutan is a fairy tale country. It is a Cinderella story" I smiled and promptly replied; "It is not as easy as it seems like in Cinderella" Of course, all countries have a history to reveal.

I was not ready to talk about politics in Bhutan. A thought captured in my mind that she has no ABCDE information about Bhutan and this is not my first time meeting someone who doesn't know about Bhutan. So, I energized myself and said, "Bhutan's second language is English” so that she can at least know that Bhutan is not an isolated country and then covered some topic on Gross National Happiness. Well, this is what came to my mind and I felt good sharing smaller things to my friend who seemed so alien to Bhutan. It is natural. Not all of us know where Honolulu is. She didn't know the name "Bhutan" existed so I believe, I helped her in my own little ways to capture the image of Bhutan and never forget it. No matter how much Bhutan is exposed to outside world, we are still an Unknown and there are people who wants to know more of Bhutan.

I think I did a lot of talking part and I showed Bhutan through Google and found some interesting pictures. I felt so good seeing the picture. Bhutan is indeed such a peaceful and happy country no matter how much we complain about it. At the end, Home is where your heart it.

Well, after showing the pictures of Bhutan, she was awestruck and amazed at how beautiful Bhutan is- with Greenery Himalayas interlocked with each other.
Talking of Bhutan, and this is exactly how students away from their home country celebrate their living in another world.

At the end of our meeting, I felt so good and satisfied that I got this opportunity to talk about Bhutan and even invited them to visit Bhutan.

My Love

Ever since you were born,
I stayed with you:
Changing your nappies
Soothing you when you cried
Most of all, giving you my love and care

For a mother, you are the beginning of all thing-
Wonder, hope and a dream of possibilities
But for me, you are angel in my eyes
You make me realize how worthy I am at home,
You make me fill my heart with love that I thought was empty
You make my days longer, nights shorter
I,e the time when your mother was away,
I stayed awake for you
Watched you pass your day with smiles and cries

I don’t want to be a mother to feel the motherhood
I already know what it is like to be one
I am grateful for making me the way I am.
I love you so much that my heart will speak thousands of you
And it will never end until I die.

Love, from your cousin!

P,S, I can't believe my eyes, you all are growing up so fast and standing in front with those same cute little smile and in a dress that will make you "YOU" in future. I love you all!