My postpaid number saves you

Just as an information to my friends: this is my new number -17113380 and please dial me on this number if you are not able to connect with me on other number. 

Nokia 3220- my first mobile
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Mobile phones are born in Bhutan much later than me. I still remember the year 2003, when Bhutan got connected with mobile network. I was in Haa (studying in Ugyen Dorji Higher Secondary School) then. Most of us were not so familiar with it but anyhow we embraced the technology. Haa got its share of connection only back in mid of 2006. As a student we overused the services and quite often visited telecom service center to get the terms explained or to solve pin code error-problems.  'Missed-call' games were our favorite past-time game as the charges per unit for calls were so high. I can't simply recall how that simple NOKIA (black and white) mobile proved to be such a handy companion that time when even the phones with facilities like GPS, 3G, Multimedia, etc. can't find their place in present day daily lives.  

For the first time in my life my brother gifted me with the mobile phone (Nokia -3220) in the same year with prepaid number ........ then my mobile was just used for voice calls and SMS only. The most of the present day mobile facilities were not there. I enjoyed so much on the first occasion like any one have done. Recharging the account was equally a big hurdle as studying day and night. I tried to control the call-flows most niggardly than before but just to drain my balance even faster.

While recharging the account balance, nobody really bothered about the waste voucher cards after using it. I was also with the others. At some point, the waste generated really made me to think and rethink. I just thought, what if the size of voucher cards are reduced or can it be replaced with other alternatives ? I was little oblivion of alternatives like e-load facilities. I always kept the inkling that something can be done to improve its waste management. 

Early Life at 5am

Today I reported to office at 5:30am. I was the first one to step into the office. I have mistaken the flight timing. There was no one except me, and it makes me feel great. The serenity and tranquility of the surrounding and freshness really lured me to wake up early. I realized, I always wanna make sumpin' of it. Having no other agendas punched on my memory scroll, I chanted my normal prayers for a while, then, wanted to know the updates of friends and acquaintances virtually through facebook. So, I pressed the power button, but no signal, the CPU remained calm and cool. I tried with other computers but with no different response. I was confused and thought that somebody might have locked it from some master switch somewhere. I peeped around all nooks and corners to rectify the electrical faults. I was too confident to mend any faults. I spent nearly around 10 minutes but could not find anything that I could rectify. At last, I went to our caretaker and asked about the switches. He joined me and checked and instantly, he opened the Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB), calmly put back the tripped the switch. The power was restored. He also advised me to first check MCB whenever there is an electrical abnormalities.....ha ha ha......... I said thank you and furtively did not say that I was an electrical engineering graduate. I actually overlooked it. I was searching for bigger problems than that. It is our tendency to think about only bigger and complex things in the lieu of smaller yet important ingredients of our day-to-day lives. 

I then, started surfing the net. After few minutes I came across the news about  bomb blast in Phuntsholing in BBS website. Thank god; there were no casualties. I sincerely wish for more peaceful with no more blasts in our college vicinity. It is second time as far as I am concerned. On positive interpretation, it is sometimes good to have one or two without serious casualties. It alarms us and our security personnel and keep us ever ready to pounce back on them. 

My First Life

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I brought packed-lunch in my office. It is first time in my life after being employed. Yesterday, I browsed the website of Bhutan Broadcasting Service (http://www.bbs.com.bt/)  to check the auspiciousness and luckily it was a perfect day to shift to a new house or to shift house. So, I shifted to my rented apartment. It was also a first time in my life. It marks beginning of my new working and independent life. I have to live alone, away from love of parents, cook and sweep for myself. It is more exciting and a new experience to cherish. I am excited. I was accompanied by paternal uncles and some friends of them. The entire process, beginning from cleaning the floor, wiping off cobwebs, cleaning glasses, arranging window curtains, listing the items for shopping, packing baggage, etc., were part of new excitements I developed.