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The Discount Tag

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Wed, 04 May 2016 04:51:00 +0000

I have been out to the town (in Thimphu), and went across various shopping malls and stores. The most attracting ones were the stores with the tag or display of discount offered. Written were, 20% Discount, stock clearance 50% discount and many such, and especially in garment shop, it’s widely used, not knowing to the fact that it’s just to attract customer (and hardly applied).

Thinking, one of those displaying shop may be lucky for me to have nice product on discounted price, like any other shopper, I make a choice to see and buy one. I randomly go through the products, and select one if I find one, or sometimes even more. With the price tag being enclosed (few which I make sure to ask), I feel much relaxed whatsoever the prize maybe, due to the tag of 20%-40% discount or similar offers being displayed outside, I then go to counter to make the final payment. It is only then, I find out the tag of discount displayed is not applicable on most of the items I selected or either on all.

The shopkeeper tells me that, “Oh! These offer is only for the winter products”, or “this discount is only for the item from that corner” or something like this, but somehow they don’t miss a point to harass people with just underlying discount of Nu. 10 - Nu. 20 on items worth of Nu. 450 or above, forget about the discount displayed outside.

Then I ask the person behind the counter, usually, “Ma’am” (or Sir), “If the discount tag outside is only for particular product, then you should make a point to disseminate the information clearly on it”. The answer I get is the most silliest and useless ones. “Aue (Brother) that’s how my malik (owner) wants his business to be run”, or sometimes, “Sir, we know which product have those discount applied, so we have displayed on it”, this statement somehow was offending and pissing me off there only.

In another instance with me, I went into a Shoe Shop. It had a paper written “30% Discount on Shoes” clearly and pasted on its glass wall. I then went randomly looking for a shoe, whereby my eye caught onto a formal ankle length boots. It was “Hush-puppies” and I was much happy to see it in a shop with 30% discount offering”. Within no time, I tried it on, and was flat fitting to me, so I decided to buy it. I then asked the shopkeeper, “How much is it la?”, “It is Nu. 3500, but you may take it for Nu. 3400”, direct answer from the lady behind the counter. I was like, “What?!”, “Madam, is this the price after discount of 30% or without?” I asked. She, the sales girl, then makes some calculations on her calculator, and turn towards me & says “Sir, the 30% is on all shoes but does not apply on the Hush-puppies, you know sir, this shoes are very good and we have little or no margin on it, so we cannot afford to give much of discount on it”. I was like “What the ****!” (Not verbally though). I said, “Madam, how can it be when it’s clearly displayed 30% off on all shoes?” I even told her that if it was the matter of her sales commission, then to at least go down for 20% discount and the 10% more, she can grab over. “No sir, it’s not that. The owner will deduct from my salary if I give discount on this offer” was what she then replied. But somehow, I managed to get a discount of Nu. 500 and got the pair with me.

I felt that I could have bargained for little more discount, but then I wasn’t comfortable to me to ask again and again, besides the shoe, to me, was worth it.

On the picture-line, I then realized that the discount tags are of no use. Either the product is quote more with provision of discount or either it is just for sake of display.

I no more believe any stores with tag of discount, No More! And I sometimes make a point to inform others too, about this instance. While some says it happened with them too, some says it would been my bad, for some discount was never in their dictionary and for some always been a dream while shopping.

No more is of use are the Discount Tag!

Fare is Unfair :: Same fare despite a huge drop in fuel price. Why?

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:09:00 +0000

It was never ending practice of increasing transportation fare as and when the fuel cost hiked in country, specially with Cabbies. The Cabbies would make much noticed of themselves with the effect of fuel price hike and media too would be indulged so much to find out the effect of fuel price, some-how or any-how making the concerned authorities approve the price hike of fare.

But then, today the scenario is somehow different as what I can see as personal observation. The fuel price has dropped several times and come down for both patrol and diesel. I wonder why the cabbies not uttering a word of fare change in interest of the passengers and poor citizens. Neither did I see any media house taking interest to publicize the matter or hint of fare change in drop of the fuel price. Or even the concerned authorities taking steps to do so.

Thereby, I would like to seek suggestions and comments from my valuable visitors in bringing into your thoughts and view, if possible to take a step ahead to do what as a citizen deserves to have in the tiny Himalayan kingdom, the Kingdom of Bhutan, my very own country, you country, our country.

Advantage of "PUSHERS" in Department

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:56:00 +0000

This story is at Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Antenatal ward. The Lady (If not mistaken, her name was Phurpa Rai, here-from I shall name her as Lady A) Sitting Next to the medical officer (MO) was attended as soon as she entered and before the other two (Sitting nearby). No, she wasn't in major need, but rather as same check up of other two, but that Lady A came into with her Husband and a staff of Hospital (Probably he was one of supporting staff with the uniform he wore. It was brown Pant and Shirt). The Staff came into room, dropped her medical prescription before the other two lady and then Lady A was called to be attended.

Justice belongs to all, and what justice was it for the other two ladies who had been waiting for their turn to come, and from nowhere as staff supported visitor hoops into the line. I believed the system of Medical Check up was First In First Out (FIFO) but here, I thought it was FI(Staff Support)FO.

This happened at Lab Room 3 at Matty Ward. I was so pissed with the system of those two staff that made me think that it's all same throughout the department, but I know not all are same. I am writing this out so that concerned authority could see it and do something to stop such systems in future.

Venue: Lab # 3, Antenatal Department
Time: Around 1130 AM

Date: 5th Feb, 2015

People reading this, I would urge you to drop and share your experience or any similar information, share in your Facebook, twitter, and other Social Networking Sites, who knows yesterday, it was me, next it might be you. Lets stop such system before it grows up.

Lucky Ali and Band to perform in Thimphu, Bhutan, 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:24:00 +0000

Lucky Ali

A local sites and social Networking reported about Lucky Ali, the famous Singer, Music Composer from India to be performing at Bhutan International Festival (14th Feb. – 23rd Feb. 2015). The band consists of seven members and at the moment, the band is scheduled to perform in Thimphu on His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck’s birth anniversary (Saturday, 21st February 2015).

Bhutan International Festival will also feature other bands, local acts as well as international acts. In addition to festivals celebrating art, music and film, there will be an annual TEDx event, focusing on topics important to Bhutan and the world, and for the first time, a TEDx Youth event designed to engage young people from abroad and within Bhutan.

About Lucky

Lucky Ali (born 19 September 1958), born Maqsood Mahmood Ali, is an Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice. Click here for more information on Lucky Ali.

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A Bad Experience in Sikkim

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 05:34:00 +0000

PIECE OF ADVICE TO ALL VISITING DEORALI MONASTERY, SIKKIM

With Blessing of Dodrupchen Rimpoche, I pledge all readers, not to mistaken my words of advice to visitors as anything counter to the Great Saint, Dodrup Rimpoche.

It's just a note to keep you safe and secure through what I experienced personally.

Recently, I was there in Deorali Monastery, Sikkim to receive blessings from the Holy site and Rimpoche and I took shelter in one of the Guesthouse available there in Monastery premises. Not very soon, one morning I discovered my Goods disappeared from the room. It wasn't the door or the windows which could give access to the bad people but it was the goods that I had. I lost my Back Pack, inside which I had wallet and other important things. The same day, two ladies from eastern Bhutan Lost their Hand bags along with some cash in it. The same morning, the Management of Monastery found out my ID Card in wallets and came to me with my that Backpack & Wallet of mine, Emptied except with my ID Cards, ATM & Debit Cards (which of course would be of now use to that person, whoever took it). My bag came along with the lost two lady-bag of those two ladies from east, and in same situation as mine – No Cash only documents.

Saying so, I assumed that the thieve was one kind of compassionate person but in dare need of cash, the bags were found in premises of Monastery so he/she was someone from there only (I hope I am wrong), and they used a HOOK stick to grab the bags. And yeah, those people did not take my Wrist Watch & other wearable items that were in my bag (because they will be caught if they wear those, since they stay in that same area).

Well, my advice is, do not keep any Luggage which could be grabbed with a Hook stick, and if you have one, do not keep it to direct view of accessible areas. Always put your wallet, Cell Phones and other important things under your Pillow when you sleep, DON’T even sleep near windows and most important DO NOT OPEN ANY WINDOW.

Hope this will help you keep away from being a victim.

Sincere follower of Rimpoche & “A victim”.

Google testing new UI for Gmail on desktops

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Mon, 12 May 2014 10:02:00 +0000

Google reportedly testing its new Gmail user interface, looks less cluttered and has more features.

Google is reportedly testing a new revamped update of its Gmail UI for desktop and has started sending out invites to some users to check the new features on the UI. The new UI has been designed to bring a common experience across various screen sizes.

According to reports, the new Gmail version will bring changes to the contemporary design of the email service. The new design shows that the sidebar will be replaced with a slide-in pane to use the whole display for emails. The update also brings UI changes to Hangouts, and adds features like 'snooze an email', reminders from Google about your appointments, your do-to list or replying to an email. The revamped look also shows that the stars in the mail will be replaced with pins and all the pinned emails can be set to remain on top of the other mails. The new revamped looks resembles the mobile app versions of the client and has a cleaner, less cluttered look.

However there is no information on the official launch date of the new Gmail UI. Though Google is working on it, the UI may be just meant for testing and might not be launched at all.

Google has recently launched the Classroom tool in Google apps. The app was unveiled on Teachers Appreciation Day and is designed to create and collect assignments and provide feedback to students. The Classroom tool integrates Gmail, Drive and Docs to assist teachers in creating assignments without wasting paper. Google is testing the tool in a dozen schools in the US and is planning to launch the app worldwide by September.

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65th Republic Day of India

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:38:00 +0000

To all my Indian Brothers and Sisters

FIFA World Cup 2014 Fixture for Bhutan Standard Time

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:55:00 +0000

You may download or view the FIFA World Cup 2014 Fixture in Bhutan Time directly from here. No Registration, No Sign up, Nothing. It's all Free.

2014 FIFA World Cup Fixture in BST Here

I shall upload the knock out fixture soon.

Have fun.

Happy New Year 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 04:41:00 +0000

FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, Now in Bhutan

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:09:00 +0000

His Majesty of Bhutan with the FIFA World Cup Trophy

His Majesty the King received the World Cup trophy at the Banquet Hall, today. His Majesty shared with FIFA, Coca-Cola, and Bhutan Football Federation officials that the experience would make for a great story for his children and grandchildren. Only leaders of state are given the privilege to hold the World Cup Trophy.

The trophy arrived in the country, this morning, and is on a tour of 88 countries ahead of the World Cup 2014. Bhutan is the 50th country that the trophy is visiting.

For the first time ever, hundreds of Bhutanese football enthusiasts got opportunity to get up close with the FIFA World Cup Trophy. Some even got opportunity to get pictures with the Trophy.

UnveilingofWorldCupTrophyThe Iconic authentic, solid gold FIFA world cup arrived in the Country, this morning. It is part of FIFA World Cup Trophy tour organised by the Coca- Cola Company in partnership with FIFA and Bhutan Football Federation.

The authentic FIFA world cup trophy, which measures about 14.5 inches and weighs more than 6 kilograms, was unveiled by His Royal Highness, Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck at the Changlimithang stadium.WorldCupTrophy

It is made of solid 18 carat gold. The trophy is awarded to the winning nation at every world cup. The winner retains it until the next world cup and then it is replaced by a replica, which is a gold plated one.

The trophy arrived from Bangladesh in its charted plane to Bhutan and it was received by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Norbu Wangchuk and Bhutan Football Federation President, Ugen Tsechup Dorji.

Bhutan is one of the 90 countries in the world to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour. The trophy’s next destination is Nepal.

Src: BBS

Paul Walker Dies in Car Accident

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 06:00:00 +0000

R.I.P Paul Walker

On November 30, 2013, at approximately 3:30 PM (PST), Walker and Roger Rodas were returning from an event for Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.Shortly after leaving in Rodas' red Porsche Carrera GT, the vehicle lost control and crashed into a light pole and tree in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California and burst into flames. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department declared the two deceased at the scene.Coverage was first reported by celebrity website TMZ and by major news outlets after Walker's publicist, Ame van Iden, confirmed early reports of his death. Rodas was a longtime friend and accountant to Walker who also helped establish Reach Out Worldwide.

MAC-Based Authentication on Postpaid Broadband Accounts

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:06:00 +0000

On personal basis, I salute BT for such initiative but something always over to the actions and feel that BT sometimes, is insane.

In my office we have 3 post paid internet package with 3 Modems and 3 Lines, further which is put together with a another alien device. Now, that alien device dials the package automatically through the modem but not in same way as always, making it used the package on it's own convenient and first come first basis. The 3 Modems are randomly used by packages and to use MAC in such case is out of topic.

Well the question comes here is what if one of my Modems is damaged and when I purchase a new modem. Do I need to again inform BT on same? How much convenience would it have been if 3 or more MAC Address can be registered in on BB Account.

I shall continue to write on this too as and when I face some problem on it or if i come across other idea soon.

Cure Cancel. Know what you did not know.

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:46:00 +0000

Share this information first and read afterwards… Share it as much as you can!

The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo. Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time. The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects. If you have the space, plant one in your garden.

The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola ! in Brazil, guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it’s the incredible story behind the Graviola tree..

The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to: Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections.

Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America ‘s largest drug manufacturers, th! e fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970′s! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing…

Extracts from the tree were shown to: Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.. The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug! What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectivelyhunts down and kills only cancer cells..

It does not harm healthy cells! The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched–so why haven’t you heard anything about it?

If Graviola extract is One of America ‘s biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis.

Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree’s anti-cancerous properties–and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo. But that’s where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree–it’s completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There’s no way to make serious profits from it. It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree’s most powerful anti-cancer ingredients.

If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they’d be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall.

The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits–or even make back the millions it poured into research. As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research! Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn’t let him see such atrocity committed.

Risking his career, he contacted a company that’s dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle. Miracle unleashed When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola,! they be gan tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree.

Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola–and its shocking cover-up–came in fast and furious…. The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.”

Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public… Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials–the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment’s value–were ever initiated….

A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”

The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched.

Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers Seven years of silence broken.

Src: www.healthresource4u.com

Thimphu Tshechu 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:22:00 +0000

Panoramic Capture of Thimphu Festival 2013 (Using iPhone 4S)

Me with my first day festival's attire

Clown with a kid, for Cam

Dance performance on going

1 waste bin for 1000 users. LOL

Me on final festival day!

Mr. Clown

My Dad

Tendrel Thang "Ceremonial Ground"

My new cover pic for fb page

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:01:00 +0000

Post by Ugen Chophel Dorji.

iOS 7 Beta in Bhutan

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:37:00 +0000

What's so making me so much better then to use the latest iOS for my iPhone 4S. Installed today and works perfectly. Shall comment on it's feature for you. Keep coming back.

Home Screen

On-Call Screen

Lock Screen

Bottom Slide Menu

Dial Pad

Lock Pad

International Day of Happiness

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:58:00 +0000

Image from Facebook Page of Gross National Happiness (facebook.com/official.gnh.page)

20th March 2013, Bhutan, too will join hands with rest of the world in celebrating first ever UN Declared International Day of Happiness.

Report says that in Thimphu, the main street will be closed to traffic, to create an avenue for shows and dances and food stalls. A Thongdroel (Scroll Painting) will be unfurled at Trashichhodzong, and people can make floral offerings in the eight bowls placed around the national flag in front of the dzong.

The Motion Pictures Association will perform at Clock Tower and Kheng Sonam Dorji’s Music of Bhutan and Research centre is slated to organise songs and dances from the era of third King.

Many other events are being prepared to under go on the day.

Wishing all a very Happy International Day of Happiness.

World War 3? Russia threatens USA Nuclear attack

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:41:00 +0000

Losar Tashi Delek

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:09:00 +0000

Few of what I missed out for my viewers.

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:07:00 +0000

Bhutan in London Olympic 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:41:00 +0000

Good to see Bhutan Flag hoisted for International Event. At London Olympic 2012

Team Bhutan with Sherab Zam holding Bhutan Flag at Olympic 2012 Games Opening Ceremony

Team Bhutan waving our Flag in the Olympic 2012 Games Opening Ceremony

New Dzongkha Vocabulary

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Below is a list of some new Dzongkha terms recently coined by the DDC.

At present these terms have only draft status, and DDC encourage feedback from the public before they are officialy incorporated into the dictionary. If you wish to submit a comment on these terms, please e-mail to ddc@dzongkha.gov.bt or contact Mr.Wangchuck Rinzin at 322663 before 30/06/2011.

Sl.no	English	Dzongkha
1	Mr.	སྐྱེས་པ།
2	Mrs.	ཨམ།
3	Miss	ཟ་མ།
4	sir	སྐྱེས་མཆོག
5	madam	ཨམ།
6	lady	མོ་མཆོག
7	gentleman	ཕོ་མཆོག
8	Venerable	ཆོས་རྗེ།
9	Honorable	ཆེ་བསྟོད་ཅན།
10	His Excellency	མི་རྗེ།
11	H.H	སྐྱབས་རྗེ།
12	VIP.	སྐུ་ཆེནམོ།
13	goodbye	ལོག་མཇལ་གེ།
14	cell phone	འགྲུལ་འཕྲིན།
15	missed call	དྲན་བརྡ/འབྱིད་བརྡ།
16	SMS	བསྡུ་འཕྲིན།
17	recharge voucher	རྩིས་ཤོག
18	wake-up call	བཞེངས་བརྡ།
19	recharger	སྐྱར་ཆས།
20	memory card	དྲན་ཤོག
21	ring tone	བརྡ་དབྱངས།
22	switch off	བསད།
23	switch on	བཏེག/གཏང་།
24	not reachable	བདའ་མ་བཟུནམ།
25	busy/engaged	དལཝ་མེདཔ།
26	dial	གཏང་།
27	SIM card	སིམ་ཤོག

Times & I goes together

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Pedestrians' Day "Tuesdays"

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:13:00 +0000

If I am to put on my personal view on decision of making Tuesday as Pedestrians' day, I have quite a few observations, but before I make any comments, I would like to clarify my viewers that this is solely my personal opinion and bears no comments or relates to any other thing, be it a personal or governmental issues.

As like any other, I too welcomed the day with much excitement and the first day of observation was awesome, in fact the news broke out the day with Prime Minister of Bhutan walking to office from Lungtenzampa and The Royal Couple Cycling around the city to observe the day. I saw the main streets of capital free and felt as very less number of vehicles.

It even touched me to get myself a Bi-cycle and ride along the roads of Capital.

Passing over to times, I came to observe that people had difficulties in walking way to offices in scorching sun, rain and pain of walk. People walking back home with load of their office bag or laptop hung over shoulder, holding their Ghos & Kira against the evening wind.

At home was the scene when walkingly tired parents were off to bed early unlike other day when they could spent some times with their kids and help in their Home Works. It is indeed pity.

Another observation of mine, I would also name the day as "Earning Day for Cabbies" as people used to walk during initial Tuesdays, now prefer to drive them Taxis to destination. Fine! It's totally okay, pedestrians' day is implemented, people are not allowed to drive Car but Taxis are allowed in Random basis of their last odd or even number. People drive them, infact I have seen some who makes a-day reservation on Tuesdays to drop and pick their kids from schools, reach their destinations.Now whats the use?

I am sure, their are positive comment on this but I am also afraid how people perceive it and would pursue it. Comments are most welcome.

Apology

noreply@blogger.com (Ugen Chophel Dorji) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:57:00 +0000

I am indeed very sorry to my viewers for I have not been able to update my blog for quite a long time. If an explanation is required then, i was too busy with website development and was quite often out for tour with tourists.

Never the less, I am back now and looking forward to blog most often and keep you all interested and attached to me through my world.