Dashain And Shopping
“Dashain, childhood, ways of celebration, preservation of culture, sacrificing animals” it’s what the newspapers are filled with these days. Its Asthami (the Eighth day of the Ten day festival) the media tells me. I haven’t been able to figure out the difference between the first and the eighth and how it differs from other “holidays” either. Had gone to stroll in the New Road cum Basantapur area and I was shocked by the crowd. Everyone knows that the streets are crammed with people shopping for the festival but I was shocked anyways. I was looking at people walking happily carrying multiple plastic bags after their shopping sprees and wondering “Why people shopped?” My sister told me that I had gone insane to ask such a question but I was just unable to comprehend it all. Seriously. Must be because crowds confuse me. It often happens to me when I walk on the dusty roads in Araniko Highway where no pavements exist: there is traffic jams, the vehicles keep honking at everyone and there is too much dust and noise to comprehend anything. Its feels as though I am in another planet where I don’t know how to act!
kali, 
twaaks and 3 others are discussing. 
DIVAS 10:35 am on October 19, 2007 Permalink |
happened to click on your site.
n received your wishes to me, lol.
Wish u the same!
Keep blogging!!!
chamatkaribaba 11:55 am on October 19, 2007 Permalink |
I read you after a long time. As usual, good piece. huh
, about Shopping, I wish I can buy some stuffs. It has been many many years that I have not bought anything for me myself on this ocassion or on that. So, from Shopping
perspectives, really does not matter when is dashain and wen z Tihar.
I can just look around and feel pity on myself. I can hardly see anything that I bought in recent 1 and half years. So many jeans but all torn on that back side near foot. (I really wonder how that happens that only back side gets ragged first and all of them!!!, I never felt that in kathmandu 4 years back.)
Though feeling to reshuffle my wardrobe, you know, there is
is a problem u know it! N I think there is more necessity to get cleared of old rags now than ever when I am at the brink of leaving University.
Wish I can do that in this Winter if these big boys pay for my
internship work.
can just wish now n……
Happy Bada Dashain(While saying Bada—I feel something strangely good, must be god’s blessings!!!)
cleared of old rags
painthysoul 6:01 pm on October 19, 2007 Permalink |
hey
wish i was there in ktm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
twaaks 10:04 pm on October 20, 2007 Permalink |
“gulp down one or two bottles of Bacardi and forget everything! ” –
“One or two bottles of Bacardi” sounds a little excessive, but amen to that!
- sippin’ Bacardi, like it’s your birthday……
50c
kali 3:48 pm on October 30, 2007 Permalink |
bacardi breezer..
sale first ma ta rakshi ho i wont try bhaneko this tara pachi sabailai jitis haina taile khayera ..
lala estai nai ho suruwaat..
keep the spirit..
u rock
give my love to akash
ZaDeD 5:29 am on November 2, 2007 Permalink |
Tyo Grand Diamond ko 24 th floor ko mahol nai arkai, Ma baburole Bacardi kahan bata resist garna saknu ni!! Je hos 1% alcohol is okay I guess ( 1% ta ho ?). Especially liked that “Rum Refreshner” written on it ani ke saro taato hundo raicha ni gala ta! And I didn’t know that my first sip of alcohol would be so popular as to feature in “50 cents” songs too!! But how come maile sablai jitne, quarter bottle ta khaten, Sampad lai kasari saknu, u ta ke re tyo Wine Cooler and Bacardi turnwise khayera babal psycho jo vathi. Je hos Bangkok ma Bacardi was something! Hamro arko trip kahile re?? ha haha Kaas Naintal jadna Dyammai VISA lagthyo! LOL
And finally someone does something to Dearest Akash. Well honey we didn’t exchange phone numbers or email ids in the conversation, did we? So I can’t convey him any message
because He DOESN’T EXIST in the first place!! ha haha. The part till I take my seat ( the questions I was asked, the seat no.) everything is true , I was alone too. But no Akash came to say a hello, or offer me coffee! ( tat’s heights of imagination I guess!) I decided to walk back home took the long way Kumari, Kamladi, Old bus park way ( btw its blissful to walk in Ktm during the festivals cause the streets are all so empty). Then in that 2 hour or so walk I created this character in my head. That’s the reason I termed the blog “Time Pass” as that was my way of preoccupying myself in the walk. I think I will give continuity to this Akash and Zahra association for trying my hand in fiction, how about that ? 
hehehe