loteY's : straight from the heart

Being a citizen

2011-09-15T06:58:00.000-07:00

:) my this essay won the best entry for "Beyond the Ballot" Challenge ( bagging me 10,000 Ngultrun cash prize plus a certificate), Celebrating International day for Democracy 15 sept. Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy hosted the competition together with UNDP, and UNDEF on the theme "Citizen". what does it mean to be a citizen?Being a citizenThe meaning of being a citizen extends beyond

Talking to the bear :)

2011-09-03T04:09:00.000-07:00

Knowing 'Love' + missing you Love is a crazy thing; it makes you want to cry, frustrated and messed up. It leaves you in total confusion and illusion. Because one is giving too much, so are the expectation and when these hopes go wrong, there is only hurting and pain at both ends. Sometimes you will wish if you didn’t love that person, because if you didn’t, walking away and never looking

Not just the roses alone

2011-08-04T05:16:00.000-07:00

Going got so disheartening and hopelessly tough that now I’m saying, ‘ok life take your share, you have been kind to me till now’. Life has given me more than I even asked for, wondering if I ever appreciated. How could I have had any complain those days? If ever I had Diagnosed with tinnitus recently and I am so damn down at the moment. Guess what? My doctor suggested me a very comforting

..dies but not by itself

2011-06-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

At a point in my life, I tried to fit in with the people around. That didn’t just include: showing up at some festive gathering even at times when i didn’t wanted to because there is something the society calls it cooperation, wearing outfits which were supposedly in fashion, giving opinions which sometimes might not have been what you wanted to say but knew what the other person expected to

the act that goes unrealized

2011-06-05T04:13:00.000-07:00

While a plate of well cooked, deliciously appealing beef may sound an amazing meal, that piece of meat suffered and went through a lot of pain to reach this destination. No one heard his cries when he prayed not to be killed. Every tear drop that fell from his eye would have contained pains unmeasurable, prayers asking for mercy. No one felt the pain when his blood got drained and flesh removed

Into the 'living'

2011-02-19T06:30:00.000-08:00

If I can turn back in time and to live my past one more time, will I want to keep all those mistakes made from happening? Or do I still think those mistakes were worth making to get me the person I am now. Did I even learn anything? But whether mistakes amendable or not, there always was a way forward, every moment had its reason. Living is a weird event, experiences bring realization. We were

Little things, big things..in the end?

2010-08-30T08:20:00.000-07:00

Places become home after sometime, only to realize at some point that your soul has been sucked from the core. Unable to make it work with the people around. With the selfish ones, you try to make it up but for how long. After sometime you will just want to leave them alone saying let them be blessed. With the good ones, I was not good enough to take in their good nature. And to the ones I

True words of me to my love

2010-07-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

Because of love and care we have lived. Out of love and care there comes a tear. Out of attraction there comes a fear and with the fear there brings a confusion. Most of all, it is the humanity in us that creates misunderstanding. Out of affection we feel sorry, for, the fragrance of a true love will never let the soul die, no matter what. A reason of a forever wonder, bigger than the universe

If anything make sense

2010-07-05T06:32:00.000-07:00

Time goes by, life move on and we get dragged. Because it is a cycle, every phase is unavoidable. Sometimes we don’t want to open our arms, if only that will make any difference. Some moments of the past, I wish I had it still but the reality, even the stillness is on move. Whatever it takes and where it might, I still keep this hope in me but when the lights are down in the middle of the night,

look up in the sky

2010-04-28T06:16:00.000-07:00

You are too less important a figure in my world to even think I’ll get offended by your comments. The very reason why I do not really care what is being said around. Evil and anger is in everyone. Some choose not to show for they understand nothing good but only evil will be reciprocated. Sometimes people need to think what good you have in thinking the other person is watching every step of

Story of a man

2010-04-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

Sky is my brother, he tells and no one knows not what he means, I dont either. I ask 'how are you today?' He answers he been drinking the whole day. 'You didnt go to work again today', I ask. He tells me what do he do? The world sees him mad. ' I talk nonsense' he confess ' can I sing a song for you?' So then he sings, Why do people fall in love I am jealous to see u with some other guy But

..and you'll know there is a soul in you

2010-03-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

An angel at the beach tells her story; saw a star falling down. Unable to believe the beauty created, almost lost her breathe. Just a blink and the star already plunged into the salty ocean. All she got was a drop of water thrown back. Sad for not being able to catch before it disappeared but looking at the sky she was happy to see many stars looking down at her. So she sits, waiting for the next

Nothing unusual; my day

2010-02-28T16:57:00.001-08:00

'Is it going to rain?' I thought, bending my head backward a little as I tried to stare at the sky that signaled the approaching of a down pour. I smiled as I continued walking along the lonely road. After all rain isn't too bad, I have always loved rain. (more so if it was just a drizzle.. walking

The heart opens

2009-10-20T00:21:00.000-07:00

Often during my high school days I saw myself left in amazement when I had so many so called crushes, which at the most lasted for not more than a week. I used to wonder how would it be to feel a real love. I used to wonder how different it might be from all those crushes I was having at the time. I doubted if falling for someone truly was possible. I doubted if all those ancient love stories we

This moment!

2009-10-16T09:59:00.001-07:00

I live for today, for my past gives me pain. Happy or sad, memories are always a pain. Sorrows of those sad days rejuvenate as I flash back the days. Those happy little moments brings me nostalgia. But this moment, the very present is the moment I want to smile, is the moment I have. The dreams of

Out of nothing!

2009-10-11T03:13:00.000-07:00

As I came back from the university, exhausted and hungry; I meet my friend in front of the door, she sees my assignment grade and shouts ' ohh my god', as if I murdered her child. She always brags bout getting high distinction during all her college life. What is there to be so much of ' ohh my god ' in my getting B negative. After all I didn't even fail. Often I am left in amazement with some

The indefinable emotion

2009-10-09T02:58:00.000-07:00

I thought he was strange. As we became friends I thought he was cool. When I came to know him more, he seemed funny. When he started having crush on me he looked shy. Very sweet One fine evening he wanted to see me, I hoped ok..a casual talk may be. To my fear he proposed me. I was not able to say

We and the doings

2009-10-08T07:37:00.000-07:00

How many more are left to be blamed? For how long are you going to keep blaming?who is responsible? The creator himself, your spouse, you family, friends or the fate? Etc etc.. One thing we must realize is whatever were (or are) the causes of our current position, the first decision came from our own self. Every circumstances that one face today are but the cause of choices made yesterday.To

the much dedicated poem

2009-10-05T21:46:00.000-07:00

Three days back I wrote a poem dedicated to one of my close friends. Well actually to tell, it wasn't much of a poem. Was just some random lines which came up upon visiting his profile on one of the social networking site. That friend sounded a little stressed in the message he sent to me. So I thought I

5th oct, the walk

2009-10-05T21:37:00.000-07:00

And today evening as I was taking a walk, just me alone. Those trees really got something to share. I could feel that winter has already said good bye. The leaves seem to smell more refreshing like never before. I lost there in the glory of nature in the dusk. My thoughts wondered..lost in the fragrance of

The trust within

2009-10-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

Every fall gives you an opportunity to rise. Dreams may seem far and hope almost dying, but still who doesn't keep hope? Hope while losing hope.Hard work is the only way to success. Without hard work no miracle is going to happen. More importantly, your attitude can get you where you want to be. The foremost quality in one should be having faith in oneself. Believe in oneself is the cause of

As they revisit

2009-10-03T02:49:00.000-07:00

Year 2006 was the best of times for them. Yangki , Yangchen and Penjor happened to be class mates. They had their own circle of friends but the three together formed one wonderfully funny group. The three had vastly different characters, yet they had so much in common. All three of them talked too much and they all had extremely high sense of humor. They came from a completely different parental

In actual!

2009-09-29T02:27:00.000-07:00

We complain of missing home while some doesn't even have a shelter to stay. We complain of getting old while some has to die young. Complain that our parents aren't rich enough to buy all the fancy things while we know some doesn't even have a mother. Want the latest design while some cannot afford to keep themselves warm. Don't want to eat the left overs, our own left over food, while some go

A little of a love story

2009-09-16T03:51:00.000-07:00

I get tired at times. Running away from ones own feeling is the worst chase I have ever had. Why am I not speaking up, when I got too much to pour out? It is not because I don't have ear that would listen. Friends are there I know. So then why? when it is known that speaking out lessens the pain you hold.