Technical Training - A last choice for everyone

As soon as the result of class X is declared, we get numerous inquiries about the admission procedure into Technical Training Institutes (TTIs). I for one, happily respond the inquiries ensuring that the person on the other side is satisfied and prepared to join the TVET fraternity.

However, the most ironic, irritating and de-motivating statement for me is when the other person says “my child/niece/nephew is not qualifying anywhere and I want to admit him/her in TTIs”. This is a kind of attitude of our people (may be of whole world) towards Technical Training. But I pacify myself saying people still think there is one place (TTIs) where they can send their children if they don’t qualify anywhere. And what happens to these (last lot of people) when they don’t even qualify or get admitted into TTIs?

Why do we still think that the Technical skills should be the last resort? Does it mean the less intelligent and less fortunate people should work in the technical field?

We have a very long way to go to change the mindset of our people! How are we going to make TVET a main stream choice for the society? People still perceive that TVET programs are terminal and there is no vertical mobility which is untrue now. 

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My dormant BLOG

I have created my blog with an intention to jot down my feelings through words and pictures but it so remained dormant for more than a year. What's the REASON....????? Even I don't have any answer to it too. However, I am back on the blog now and wish to keep it alive hopefully.

A thrilling drive.

My driving habit is quite bad and at this age too my speed is nothing less than those reckless teenage drivers. Only when my family is in the car I am compelled to drive slowly otherwise hardly any vehicle would overtake my small car.

I was driving back to Punakha from Thimphu on Saturday and it was 6pm when I started from Thimphu. The drive from Thimphu to Punakha takes about 2 hours. I overtook a Maruti Van taxi below Usipang and while ascending towards Dochula I could see the taxi pulling hard behind me. He was trying to chase me but I was alone and his Maruti Van taxi had three passengers. I could see the distance increasing between us through my rear view mirror and he was out of sight after Hongtsho.

As I crossed Dochula the dusk was falling and my speed was increasing. A car light followed from distance and gradually it overtook me. That was the same taxi which I left behind. I followed him trying to overtake but he did not heed to my signals (Ego). I wouldn’t dare to drive the Maruti Van at that speed through such road. When I looked at my speedometer we were driving at more than 60 kmph. My car may be a small one but its suspension system is stable enough to drive at that speed and my control over the car at every point do not really risk myself. We were actually racing and we did not stop anywhere. I was fully concentrated on the road till I reached Mesina after which he drove directly towards Wangdue and I had to take left turn to Punakha.

As I was descending from Mesina, a series of questions ran through my head. Why did I chase him? Why didn’t he let me overtake? Why did he drive the taxi at such speed? Why did passengers allow him to speed? And many more…….! As I reached home the clock shows only 7:23PM. I didn’t believe myself that I have reached Punakha in one hour 23 minuets from Thimphu.

Although from the way he was driving I could make out that he is an experienced driver yet he did not remember that he was driving a public transport. He was risking the lives of those passengers. Maruti van seems very risky to drive at high speed on our road. Actually I could hear his tyres screeching at every turning. There was no news of taxi accident between Lobeysa and Wangdue on Saturday and I am assuming that the passengers have reached home safely. In the nutshell it was a thrilling drive for me.

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Mobile phones and ringtones

After a little more than five years of launching the cellular service in our country and the Bmobile penetrating into all corners of our country, the device has become a necessity for all categories of people. It is not just an instrument for an affordable group but necessity for everyone. The subscriber base has increased exponentially. It has also become a source of nuisance, a reason for quarrel between husband and wife, added to the court cases and many more.

One of the interesting features to look at the mobile phones is the ring tones. And it varies between different age groups and categories of people. Numerous and varieties of tones would buzz from the phones during public gatherings.

Let me categorize into few groups - teenagers, young adults, middle aged person, elderly and monks.

Teenagers - the most volatile group having different lifestyles and preferences, they have range of personal ring tones. They are the ones who explore all the facilities in the phone. Their ringtones include the latest hit songs or songs from their favourite singers. They are also the group that changes their ring tone most often because of the constant need of having something new.

Adults are also very dynamic group and they also prefer to keep the latest hits as their ring tones. But those who are less interested in the trends and tendencies, their ring tones does not include latest hits but their favourites are always maintained.

Middle aged person, like me, don't see their mobile phones as an entertaining device but as a necessity that eases their work and existence. They mostly prefer pre-installed tones or Boedra, Zhungdra and religious chants as ring tones.

The least dynamic groups is the elderly users, most of them using the pre-installed tones or some old boedras for years. They just need the phone for communication purpose only.

Another dynamic groups of users is the Gelongs. They carry sophisticated models and their ring tone emcompases all the categories listed above. They often lead to awkward situation like hearing "Tashi Delek Tashi Delek", or "Nga gi Chelu Masong si labchi wai", during funerals. Lams talking over the mobile during Choga are a common scene now.

We hear great variety of ring tones everyday and it is because of the fact that people are different and has different taste for everything.

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My first blog

Inspired by many Bhutanese writers and bloggers and especially after reading the Opposition Leader's, Dorjiwangchuk's, Lobxang's and Yesheydorji's blog among others for quite a long time, I am just giving a try to create my own.

I cannot compare my intellect and calibre to other bloggers but I wish to give it a try to write down some of my feelings and thoughts. I would also like to publish news from the place I live and work. Photography and videography being my hobby I shall keep posting photos and videos if I can but please do not compare my photos with Yeshey Dorji's (yesheydorji@blogspot.com).

Enjoy!