Making A Dough ( A lesson to be learned )

 Making A Dough ( A lesson to be learned )

So today, my sister asked me to mix a dough and make it ready. She gave me a container, which had all the mix ingredients in it. It looked oily and sticky, reflecting some light from it. I had no experience in this but me being a person who will try anything to keep boredom away. I took the container, with my left hand I held it tightly and made sure it wouldn't move.

With a rush of excitement, I molded it with amazing speed. Even punched it, pressed it, grabbed it and even squeezed it. I was actually enjoying myself, thinking I have a really good agility and strength for this.

When I realized, my hand was covered with sticky flour and dough. I didn't give much thought to it and kept molding it with the same speed, when eventually I got tried of it. My energy was exhausted but the sticky dough and flour never left my right hand.

So mustering again a bit of strength, I rushed to finish this task and I accidentally made so many banging noise. Which got my sister's attention.

" What are you doing ?"

" Molding the dough."

" Try being gentle with it, more patient and a bit caring." She said and went back to the kitchen to finish some other work.

With curiosity, I took my sister's advice and slowly I mixed, pressed and turned. Trying to make the perfect dough. Within a few minutes, the sticky flour covering my hand was gone. I was surprised and happy at the same time.

The dough was ready.

I realized that my sister knew this because she is a parent. When dealing with kids and teaching them the good things about life. You cannot rush things, force it on them and burden them expecting them to understand everything at once.

Instead be gentle, caring and patient, the right time will come.

This even applies to everything we do in our lives.

His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Is a King Who Falls.

 His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Is a King Who Falls.

I am not going lie here, today I watched a horror movie named `The Platform` directed by Galder Gaztelu- Urrutia. This film is a very well crafted, acted, designed and well made, it questions the concept of what kind of society or the country you live in. I myself being a huge film nerd, where I love to understand the meanings in depth of what a director has tried to tell to the world. To see from the makers view, to draw wisdom and knowledge from it, love to compare things and write about it. To express myself from my own views, so what does this horror film have to do with our country Bhutan and it´s monarchy?

´The Platform´or `El Hoyo` In Spanish, was released in the year Twenty Twenty, The story takes place in the future, where people are locked in a vertical high tower having 666 rooms. In the start there is a wording, which says “There are three types of people, those above, those below and those who fall.”Each rooms has a rectangular hole in the middle, where one can see the other levels above and below. The main protagonist is a guy named Goreng, who wakes up at room number 48. He is unaware of how to system works even though did volunteered for this himself. His room mate Tri Magazi says is not a bad room to be in, not sure what it meant Goreng wonders what they are going to eat? Which to Tri Magazi answers “Simple the leftovers of the people above us.”

Just then a rectangular platform descends downwards in the middle of the rectangular hole that was present. On the platform Goreng see nasty leftovers of the people from above them, as they are in number 48 as each room has two people in it that means 97 people have before them and what they are eating right now is the leftovers of 97 people. Tri Magazi explains to Goreng that he has been here for many months and that every month he is taken to different rooms, sometimes he is lucky to get on the top saying the highest he has been is room 11 and the lowest is 171 where he almost starved to death but managed. Meaning those who are below aren´t so lucky.

By now if you are smart enough you might have already gotten it, but if you are a bit like me who takes time in understanding fear not, I here to explain. The vertical tower represents the society one lives in or the country, the people inside it represents different stages of life. Where ones above represent the rich and powerful and below are the ones who are poorer than the ones above. In the film the ones below are mistreated and often given nothing to eat because of the ones above. The change in rooms every month is the symbol of stages in life because life doesn´t let you stay on the same stage forever, sometimes you are more wealthy than others and sometimes below than others. The platform food represents the wealth, success and title you are given in life and how much is left. Instead of sharing it with the people below in the movie most people miss use it but spoiling the food making it bad. Even though each of these people have been to lower levels and knows what kind of situation people have to face below, they don´t care as long as they have what they want.

They just think is their own bad luck that they ended up below them and that they ended up above them. Which is a very wrong way of thinking things, I bet you can relate to it with the world by now.

So we know what the wording from the start meant, “There are three types of people, those above, those below and those who fall.” The ones who are above are the rich and the powerful, whereas the ones below are the underprivileged ones. But what about the ones that fall? In the movie Goreng suffers a lot of times by being transferred to rooms low as 333 by starving but when he reaches one of the highest room, which is on room 6 he realizes that ones below shouldn´t suffer just because of others being above them. He decides to make a small space in middle of the platform and goes down with it, he makes everyone share the food that is on the platform by feeding everyone equally. His mind is finally open and enlightened.

That is why I feel His Majesty The King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wnagchuck is a king who falls, he is englighten and knows that just because someone who has so much power shouldn't make the people below suffer. Even though being one of the most powerful person in the kingdom. He steps down from the title, he is known to talk to people and know their life styles and the people´s needs. His majesty visits all the rural areas and if even one part of the country is suffering His Majesty The King acts immediately not caring if his wealthy is decreasing or he is statues is going down. His Majesty The King does everything to make sure all regions of the nation is happy. Just the day before I read an article where His Majesty commanded to take actions on the human trafficking in Iraq and saved 136 girls from these incidents. There is a picture of His Majesty The King where to talk to people´s needs he sat on the ground even though there was a very comfortable throne prepared. These are just few things I have mentioned but there are lots more His Majesty has done for the country.

All of this is because he believes in equality, discipline and education. His Majesty Believes in the youths as they are our future and courages them to be very well education and literate at the same time. Having everyone in the country living a comfortable life is one for the key to development.

Also in the movie each person can take one item they like in the tower, Goreng the main protagonist chooses a book for his item. A book symbolizes wisdom and knowledge, something similar to why our Majesty The King focuses on education being one of the most important aspect for the growth of a country. In encouraging youths to try best in the fields of education.

This is why to us Bhutan is the happiest country and sometimes people being in Bhutan argue that there is no GNH. Happiness in what you believe in and we all believe in our king, government and ourselves.

Note

I will respectfully take criticism for this article from people and if they happen to correct me. All copyright are used in the fair use of copyright laws. This a tribute to His Majesty The King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Tetsu Nakamura

 Tonight I cry in grief, this man is one of my role model. I always aspired to be like him. His name is Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor, physician and an honoured author.

What made me sad ?

Tetsu Nakamura was one of the doctors at Japan help centre in Afghanistan. He took his work really seriously that he made the lands green by helping with so many constructions. He threw all his money to help the people of Afghanistan to grow and help promote peace.

He was so successful that even some of the terrorist joined him to promote peace in their nation.

" They are just afraid like us and we have to keep our difference aside and work for a better world, if you look at the history of their land they have the right to be mad and angry. Understanding is the key ." __ Tetsu Nakamura.

He was such a humble and kind man that worked hard to save a land we all know as terrorist land and even helped to green some areas.

So why am I sad ?

I found out that he died, due to a mass shooting in afghan.

It makes me sad that this is the fate of good people in this world. Makes me believe that there is no place for kind and humble people on earth. It crushed my spirit of hope in this world.

Rest in peace Tetsu sensei

You showed us what life truly is.

He should be recognized by the world.

By Georgie

The Poet´s Lie

 The Poet's Lie

The colored words, often just black

Lonely minds dwelled in fantasy

Giving hope but also woe

The common topic, the cringy" Love."

Burning hearts, yearning for comfort

Tells tales of modern stupidity

The features they describe

Like that of an angel

Tell them the truth, she was just a human

The flowery feeling, confused

With one's own lust

Promoting romance, often doomed

Failed lovers, make up good stories

Don't you lie poets

Don't you dare touch,

Everyone's heart

With dark ink

____Georgie

Somebody Else

 Somebody else

This is a poem about somebody else

I have moved on and on and on

Just like you wanted.

I too know, you will find somebody else

Easier for you, to move on and on

No no no , Don't hate yourself , don't hate yourself

like, I do it to myself, do it to myself

Press your lips on somebody else

Never look at the past, never look at the past

Look at the eyes infront of you

Love is like tears oozing from your eyes

You can never keep it inside for too long

Please love yourself, love yourself

Until we two also become somebody else

By Georgie

Inspired by Fink, looking too closely