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| Dekyi...Karma N Tsewang |
I admitted Jampaling school from grade one as a new pinch
but Karma was already there laughing with his classmates. After couples of
weeks our social madam told us to memories some paragraph from social text
book. I still remember the chapter called Parent. Honestly, I learned English when
I reached Jampaling, I was 9 at the time. I still remember a sentence from that
chapter “Father and Mother are called parents” but at that time, this sentence
beat me so badly and I was banished from class and make me stand on the sunny
day for whole period. But Karma had easily memorized the paragraph without any
difficulty. I though “how can he do that?” I question myself “why I am not like
him”
I met Tsewang when I was in grade two, he was brilliant and
charming having a friendly smile but he was thin and lean. At the moment, we
were just classmate nothing more than that…we played marble together but he
prefer to play football more than marble. When we were in grade three, we got
fight… I don’t remember the reason behind the mess up and unluckily our
headmaster saw us fighting. As a punishment, we both stand upside down by
leaning to the wall, just below our head there were dustbin. If we lose our
balance or any problem with our hand then our head will go straight into the
dustbin. The punishment didn’t last for a whole period luckily. He changed his
mind after ten or fifteen minutes and told not to fight. We shake our hand and
apologize to each other.
I don’t know when our friendship is exactly formed, as a
single continuous drop filled the vessels just like that with each passing days make us closer and now
we are family….harder to leave and impossible to forget and they are my estate.
The most I can do for my friend is simple to be their friends forever. If they
know that I am happy in loving them, they will want no other reward then my
friendship indeed.
I don’t wanna wait longer for the right time to ask for a
coffee because I was running out of my holiday plus both Tsewang and Karma had
planned a week trip to Mustang and Manang for me. And I don’t wanna lose their
esteem toward me. Beside they organize the trip for my felicity and happiness
because they knew I love travelling.
That very evening, we were discussing about the trip. I
opened my fb account through Tsewang’s phone, luckily she was online.
“Hello…would you like to have a cup of coffee with me…as a
friend?”Without any hesitation or faltering, I asked her with heart beating
softly on my flat chest.
“Ya, sure…..where are you now?”
“I am at home…give me your location”
“Right now I am in lakeside at N’café just near the Big Bazar”
“O.k…I be there…just give me 10 minutes”
Without any late, I wash my face and grabbed a black jean,
white t-shirt and black coat and head toward her. I try to make a good
impression as I totally believe in first impression is the last impression. In
my mind, I keep arranging sentence with choosing the polite and best words to
impress her. So, she might think I am not an ordinary guy. Both Tsewang and
Karma granted me a permission to go there as we were in the middle of
discussion. Before I reached there, I make a call to Norbu not to bring a
cigarette.
As usual she looked fascinating and charismatic and she was
accompany by small but cute white dog. I went straight toward her with big
smile “You must be expecting someone” “I am kidding….I am Tsering.” She gave me an appealing smile and I was
bewitched seems like she put a hex on me…………………..
“What you like to have?” I subdue my anxiety and asked her
politely but I was murmuring. I feel completely at ease and willing to discuss
anything when we meet online but when we actually meet face to face, I was
unable to talk her easily. I was nervous; my temperature rises up. I took a
deep breath silently. Earlier I had taken some trips about meeting face to face
from internet to subdue my excitement and anxiety but I was fail to gain
confident and relax.
“Milk coffee” I went
toward Norbu give high-five and order the coffee. He gave me victory smile.
“I think…I saw you here” she asked me after a short silence.
I was happy that somehow she was able to remember me.
“Ya, I was here when you were….” I didn’t complete my
sentence.
“Would you like to
have anything else?”
“No...no …thanks.”
WILL BE CONTINUE....
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