Something so true and pure
Friendship a word with growth

Something I can talk about all day and night
Oh my friend is so kind

From A to B
Friendship a word of glee

You are my friend and always be 
No matter what happens to me

Every time you pass by
I realise you gave me such a nice time

Maybe we might not be close like we are
But I don't want to lose this bond any day

जीवन किन महत्त्वपूर्ण छ ? यो प्रश्न हो, जीवन महत्वपूर्ण छ किनकि भगवानले मात्र हामीलाई एक पटकको   जीवन दिनुभयो जुन फेरि आउँदैन । हामीले आनन्दमय क्षणहरूको साथ आफ्नो जीवन बिताउनुपर्दछ । जीवन हामी सबैको लागि ज्यादै महत्त्वपूर्ण छ हामीले आफ्नो जीवनलाई त्याग्नुहुँदैन । यसले हामीलाई पनि हानि गर्दछ । तर हाम्रो परिवारलाई पनि जीवनको अर्थ के हो? हामी यहाँ किन छौं ? जीवनको अर्थ " हो र हामी यहाँ छौं आफ्नो परिवारको लागि केही चीज गर्न ।

जीवन केवल एक पटक प्राप्त हुन्छ ।  त्यसैले हामीले सुखी जीवन बिताउनुपर्छ  । हामीले यसलाई छोड्नुहुन्न । जीवन जान र पनि सक्छ ताकि हामीले हाम्रो जीवनको आनन्द लिनुपर्दछ । हामीले आनन्दमय क्षणहरूको साथ हाम्रो जीवनको आनन्द लिनुपर्दछ । जीवनको वास्तविक उद्देश्य के हो ? तपाईंको जीवनकाे उद्देश्य तपाईंको जीवनको केन्द्रीय प्रेरणादायक उद्देश्यहरू समावेश गर्दछ-कारण तपाईं बिहान उठ्नुहुन्छ । उद्देश्य हाम्रो जीवनमा निर्वाह गर्नका लागि हामी सबै काम गर्दछौं ।  जीवनमा एक पटक विवाह गर्न । जीवन कुनै खेलौना होइन जब हामी मर्न चाहन्छौं ।  हामी मर्न सक्दछौं र हामी नयाँ गरी जन्मिनेछौं जुन सत्य होइन जीवन केवल १ पटक आउँदैन मात्र होइन मानिस  नयाँ गरी जन्मिन्छ तर अर्को परिवारमा हुन सक्छ ।पहिलो एउटा तर जीवन हाम्रो लागि अनमोल छ त्यसैले हामीले यसलाई छोड्नुहुन्न।
जीवन हाम्रो लागि सबैभन्दा अनमोल छ त्यसैले हामीले त्यसलाई त्याग्नुहुँदैन। कृपया हामी सबैलाई अनुरोध गर्दछौं कि हामीले जीवनमा फेरि जीवन आउने छ भन्ने सोच्नुहुन्न यो जीवन केवल हाम्रो लागि हो त्यसैले हामी यसलाई सुखी जीवन बिताउनुपर्दछ।

त्यसोभए जीवन हाम्रो लागि महत्त्वपूर्ण छ र एउटा कुरा पनि जीवन अनमोल छ अरूको लागि जीवन कठिन हुन सक्छ तर हामीले जीवन छोड्नुहुँदैन रमाइलो जीवन बिताउनुपर्दछ यो सबै यसको बारेमा हो ।  जीवनकाे  फेरि सम्झना आउँछ।
 

मेराे गाउँपाखा
कति राम्राे आहा
अलिकति पर 
स्वर्गजस्ताे तर ।

जन्मभूमि प्याराे 
जान आउन गाह्राे
मेराे गाउँपाखा
कति राम्राे आहा ।

जननीकाे काख 
हरिया वनपाखा
आहा कति राम्राे
जन्मभूमि हाम्राे  ।

सबै मेरा साथी
कति धेरै जाति
काफल पाक्याे वनमा
खुसी छाउँछ मनमा  ।

मेराे गाउँ पाखा
कति राम्राे आहा
उमङ्ग सबैमा
रिस छैन कसैमा ।
 

The Deerwalk art exhibition was held on the 29th and 30th of the month of Poush. It was held for two days. I went to the exhibition on the first day, which was the 29th. The exhibition was held at a place called Hayat. The exhibition experience and the opportunity to visit this wonderful exhibition were extremely exciting, motivating, and wonderful. Furthermore, I would like to go to those types of exhibitions.

There were 2 rooms that showcased the wonderful arts done by the students during the winter break. The first one that I went to was huge. It had two floors. And both of the floors were filled with beautiful, creative, and meaningful drawings and paintings. Among other paintings, I liked the one of the lion with rainbow hair made by a 12th grader. Even though I did not get the exact meaning it was saying, I did understand that lions are packed with a bunch of emotions that they cannot express. The yellow in the hair represents joy, the blue represents sadness, the red represents anger, and so on. That drawing really inspired me and gave me a lot of motivation. That drawing was my favourite in the exhibition. In room 1, there were many other art works, like the village scenery, the Ganesh, etc. Even though the second was small and only on one floor, there were still many paintings and drawings hung up there. I enjoyed the anime art created by grade 12 students in the second room. In the drawing, there was a girl who transformed into a sea creature while dipping her head into the water. The drawing was somehow really calming and satisfying to watch.

The location that our school picked for organising the exhibition was also great. There was a huge drawing painted on the wall. I did take a lot of pictures of the place itself as well. Then there was a huge garden, and the scenery and environment of the huge area (or  garden) were therapeutic. Thus, I really liked the art exhibition, and I am looking for opportunities similar to this. And I would really like to thank the school for the opportunity of going to the exhibition and for letting students showcase their hard work in their art.

धेरै चिजहरू र सामानहरू बनेका छन् यिनका
भन्न सक्छौँ कि ,पुरै ब्रह्माण्ड नै यिनले बनाएका 
प्रत्येक रङले एक निश्चित अर्थ परिभाषित गर्छन्
हुँदैन बाँकी धर्ती जब ती रङहरू मर्छन् ।

रङहरू आएर हाम्रो जीवन रङ्गीन भएको 
यी रङ नभएमा हाम्रो जीवन हुँदैन रसिलो 
रङहरू कि सयओटाभन्दा धेरै छन् 
तर हाम्रो जीवनमा मात्रै रङ्को धेरै उपस्थिति हुन्छ ।

प्रत्यक रङ्ले एक भावनालाई चिनाउँछन् 
सबै रङहरू भनेका कुनै मानिसले मनपराउँछन् 
रङहरूले हाम्रो जीवनभर मदत गर्दछन् 
हाम्रा नराम्रा भावनाहरूसँग लड्दछन् ।

रङ्हरू भनेका हाम्रा जन्मदेखि मृत्युसम्म देख्छौँ 
रङहरूले गर्दा हाम्रो जीवन खुसीको साथ भर्छाैँ
जीवन भनेको रङ्गीन र खुसी हुनुपर्छ 
सुख र रङ्को साथ भरिनु पर्छ ।

प्रत्येक रङ्ले एक निश्चित अर्थ परिभाषित गर्छ 
हुँदैन बाँकी धर्ती जब रङ मर्छ 
रङहरूले हाम्रो जीवनभर मदत गर्दछन् 
हाम्रा नराम्रा भावनाहरूसँग लड्छन्  
 

It was the year of 2019 when there was no word of Covid 19. I was bored and monotonous of daily routine so I was arguing to take a leave from school and visit somewhere and my father agreed. It was a trip under the boundary of Nepal but no, it was a trip to the Land Of Smiles : Thailand. I was not excited listening to this, I was hyper excited listening to this. I had several domestic Flights before this but this was my first international flight and visit. My fathers friend's family was also coming with us and I was more excited as my fathers friend had a son and a daughter similar to my age. The trip was one week later so that was the longest week ever in my life.

It was June 7, 2019, and this was the day. Our flight was at 1pm and it took us 3 hours to reach there. The plane was a bit delayed, not so long. We finally took off. I was expecting a Thai dish but as it was Nepal airlines they were planning for a regular boring meal - Rice, Dal and Curry. I ate it feeling sick of eating those everyday, even on a plane. As I was good at maths, I calculated that we would reach at 3pm but surprisingly we reached at 5pm. After I did some research I found that it was 2 hrs faster from Nepal. We landed at Suvarnabhumi airport which was situated in Bangkok. It was the 7th best airport in the world. From there we went directly to Pattaya. There was an AC in the car so I didn't feel so hot.

We had to go to PhuPhaya hotel. After we reached there, I opened the door of the car. A sudden jerk of boiling hot air hit me and I was suffocated. Nepalese staying in 17 degree Celcius had to face 39 Degree celsius there. I ran inside the hotel and felt better there. We had already booked the rooms so we directly went to our room and slept awaiting the hot morning of June 8. We woke up at 6 as the sun rose early there. I went to have breakfast and was shocked to see the amount of breakfast people took there. So I also ate everything there and was as full as I could be. Without delay we went to the coast of the Ocean. It was a bit cold at the Shore. Then a boat came and took us to coral island. The speed of the boat was faster than any vehicle in Nepal. After that, I landed on Coral Island which was very sunny, hot and enjoyable. After I saw the ocean, I ran to swim there ignoring my mother who was calling me to scrub sunscreen. It was the biggest mistake I made there as I had a terrible sunburn on my shoulders. It was untouchable and my father was disappointed with me. The next day we headed towards Bangkok. As we headed too early we stopped in a mine and had a visit there. It was a place where a functioning Dummy showed the process of finding gems and we had to sit on a roller coaster enjoying it rather than the process of mining. It was fun and we continued the journey towards bangkok.

In Bangkok we went to a huge aquarium where we were under the glass and the sharks, dolphins and whales were free. I was happy to see the animals free and we were under a cage. We also went shopping there as it was cheap there. We shopped 3 bags full there and went to the hotel using a metro. We went to a cowboy show where there were real gunshots and it was fun. We also saw a dolphin show where a dolphin jumped and an elephant show where an elephant danced in a ball. We also went to a zoo again where we were in a car and animals were free. We also went to a golden palace which was very beautiful.

We returned after a 6 day trip. It has been the best visit experience and will be remembered even near death.
 

I think plastic should be banned because it harms the environment and the ocean. We use plastic every day as it has become a part of our daily life and we are using it more and more every day. But we use it without thinking how much it harms our environment. Our oceans are getting more polluted every day because of  plastic pollution. Many lakes and  ponds are polluted and  there is no life in these sources of water. Our oceans have millions and millions of pounds of trash and plastic in them.

There is plastic in everyone's homes. We all know what plastic is and we all know how harmful it is for our environment. As it has polluted our seas and oceans so much that even if we take out every single pound of plastic from the oceans and seas in the coming days there will still be tiny little unseeable pieces of plastic that would be very close to impossible to take out.

The animals that live in the seas and oceans are slowly going extinct because of plastic pollution as they get stuck in the plastic but with no one to help them get out they die. This is causing many species of animals to slowly go extinct in the coming years if we don’t take action and fast. Not only the animals but the coral reefs and  other sea plants that live in the seas and oceans are also dying off  and  our oceans and seas are becoming lifeless and colourless. With no animals in the seas and oceans and no colourful coral in the seas and oceans our future generation will never be able to see the full nature of our vast oceans and seas.

We all  know that plastic takes over a hundred years to decay so  over a hundred years from now we'll still  be finding plastic buried deep down beneath the soil because water pollution also causes soil pollution. So I do truly think plastic  should be banned and replaced with other substances. 
 

एउटा सानो गाउमा एउटा किसानको परिवार थियाे । परिवारमा चार जना सदस्य थिए  । बुवा आमा र उनका दुई ओटा सन्तान । उनका सन्तानहरूमध्ये पच्चिस वर्षको छोरी र अठार वर्षको छोरा थियो।  

छोरीको बिहेको उमेर भसकेको थियो । आमाबुबाले छोराछोरीलाई धेरै माया गर्दथे । एक दिन बुबाले भने,  “छाेरी तिम्रो कोही केटा छ भने भन हामी कुरा अगाडि बढाउछौँ” । यस कुराले छाेरी केही बेर अलमल परिन् र भनिन्, “हाे आमा हाे बुबा मराे एक जना केटा साथी छ  । हामी एक अर्कालाई निकै मन पराउछाैँ ।”   छाेरीले अलि अफ्ठ्यारो मान्दै उसको केटा साथीबारे बाताउछे। “हुन्छ यस बारेमा हामी छलफल गर्छाैँ, बुझ्छाैँ र कुरा अगाडि बढाउछाैँ ।” आमाबुबाले छाेरीसँग भने ।

आमाबुबाले केटा पटि्ट कुरा गरी भेट्ने निधो गरे। दुवै पट्टिलाइ केटा केटि दुवै मन परे । केटा भने धेरै धनी थियाे ।  केटी पट्टि छोरीलाई रानी झै राख्छाैँ  भनेपछि खुसी भए।  विवाहको लागि साइत निकालियो। विवाह हुने दिन बीस दिन बाँकिथियो । बुबाले आफूसँग भएको दुई लाख विवाहको लागि निकाल्नुभयाे । 
दुवै पट्टि धुम्धामले तयारी हुँदै थियो त्यतिकैमा बेहुलीको बुबालाइ केटा पट्टिबाट कल आयाे । 
"ह्यालो! म दुलहाको बा बोलेको हजुरसँग केही आवश्यक कुरा गर्नुछ। आज होटेलमा भेतुम है।" बुबाले हुन्छ भनी कल काटे।

होटेलमा दुई जनाकाे भेट भयाे । पहिले त सामान्य कुरा भएकाे थियाे । कुरा कुरामा केटाको बुबाले भने "हाम्रो परम्पराअनुसार धेरै अघि देखि केटी पट्टिबाट केही आउने परम्परा चलिआएको छ। हामीलाइ कमी त केही छैन तर हजुरको छोरीको भविश्य पढ्न चाहे पढ्न, नयाँ काम सुरु गर्न चाहे उसैलाई राम्रो हुनाले धेरै त माग्दैनौ तर पाच सात लाख जति दिने हजुर कै छोरीको लागि राम्रो हो" । कटीको बुबा धेरै सोचमा पुगे । अन्त्यमा आफ्नी छोरीको लागि भनेर घर बेच्ने निधो गरे। पछि छोरीले थाहा पाएपछि भनिन्, “मेराे बुवालाई घर न घाटकाे बनाएर मैले विवाह गर्दिन, बरू विवाह नै रद्द हाेस्” त्यसपछि  विवाह नै भएन।

केही समय पछि केटा पक्ष केटीको घर गए अनि माफी मागेँ ।  अनि विवाहको प्रस्ताप राखे। उनीहरूले बुझे दाइजो दिनु र लिनु राम्रो होइन  । हुनेले पो दिन्छन् त तर नहुनेले के दिन्छ भन्ने कुरा सबैले बु झे। त्यसपछि  उनीहरूले विवाह सुसम्पन्न गरे अनि कहिले दाइजो नलिने बाचा गरे । 
 

छाेडेर गाउँ मेटेर नाउँ विदेश नपस्नु
प्रगति गर्नु, परिश्रम गर्नु, स्वदेशमा बस्नु 
खेत खन पर मिहिनेत गर सुखी छ जीवन 
नजानु पर नछाेड घर जगाऊ त्याे मन ।

किन  जान्छाै  प्याराे याे मुटु तिमीले छाेडेर
विकास गर स्वदेशमा बसी पसिना जाेडेर 
देशकाे धर्ती भरिन्छ खल्ती उब्जाउ गरेसी
नजाऊ पर नछाेड घर बचाऊ धरती ।

उब्जाऊ गर्न चाहिँदैन जमिन खेताला बनाैला
अर्म र पर्म गरेरै पहिले अगाडि बढाैला 
किन मर्दै छाै विदेशकाे लागि देशैमा मर है 
गाई बाख्रा पाल फलफूल लगाऊ देश विकास गर है ।

उद्याेगधन्दा गर है मर्दासम्मकाे उमेरमा
नजाऊ पर नखाऊ हार बस है स्वदेशमा 
अमृत जस्ताे पानी छाेडेर बाेतलकाे नखानु 
बन्नु है मालिक स्वदेशमा बसी विदेश नजानु 
 

Looking out the window, I start remembering those happy times I had with my mom, my dad, and my sister. Remembering those things just started to hurt me more. Those feelings were hard to throw out. Even though I am 27 years old, things from when I was 16 still haunt me like a ghost every night.

I was born to one of the wealthiest parents in almost the entire country. I was the firstborn. While thinking about names for me, they named me Sage (not like the old people but like the flower). When I was 4 years old, I had a little sister. They named her Lily, a flower just like me. My dad was an entrepreneur. So he was mostly out of the house. My mom loved to play bingo with her friends. So every Saturday, she used to go out. At last, I was the one left to take care of my sister. One dark and unfortunate day, when my mom was out, I was taking care of my little sister. My sister was 12. She loved drawing and painting. Our house was like a mansion. It had a lot of stairs in the front yard. While going down, I didn’t see my sister coming behind me, and at that moment, she fell down. Her hand was injured. She was hospitalised. My mom blamed me every single day. My dad and mom started quarrelling a lot, and my sister was in a coma. 

My sister woke up. My sister also blamed me. So once I turned 18, I decided to leave the suffering and leave the house. But due to all the quarrelling and them blaming me, I adopted a disorder. My life changed after that. I had to learn to survive on my own. My disorder grew every day. I had never let a word get out about my disorder either. Slowly, I started getting my life together. I also love painting. I soon started exceeding in the field. Even though my past haunted me, I didn't let it show. But one day it all came crashing down when I found out my own mom tried to kill me as her way of taking revenge. She had sent people to kill me, but in order to survive, I enrolled in karate classes. Knowing what she did, I was heartbroken.

What she did was heartbreaking, so I left that place and didn’t inform anyone where I was. I even changed my name to Sorrel. As I started a new life, I had to start from scratch. Nonetheless, with my talent, I surpassed the top. Still, sometimes, those memories haunt me. But this time, I made it my strength rather than my weakness.
 

“नाइँ, नाइँ म दिन्न”, मैले दाइसँग रिसाउँदै भने । उसले तैपनि मलाई लडाएर मेरा सबै चक्लेट खोस्यो र मलाई “त को होस् र मलाई रोक्ने”, भन्दै कुट्यो । आमाले मलाई टिका लगाएर २० रपैया दिनुभएको थियो र  दाइलाई पनि दिनुभएको थियो  तर उसले आफ्नो पैसा पनि खायो र मेरो पनि खोस्यो । म साह्रै रिसाएँ, मैले उसबाट चकलेट खोस्ने निर्णय गरेँ  तर ऊ मभन्दा २ वर्ष ठुलो थियो । त्यसैले म कही नभनी चुपचाप बसेँ । मेरो नाम राधा हो । म एउटा सानो ४ जनाको परिवारमा बस्छु, म, मेरो दाइ  अर्जुन मेरी आमा र मेरा बुबा । हाम्रो परिवार त्यस्तो धनी पनि छैन र त्यस्ताे गरिब पनि छैन । मेरा बुबा आमा दुवै जना सरकारी जागिर खानुहुन्छ । म र दाइ एउटै विद्यालय जान्छौँ । दाइ ढिलो पनि सुरु गरेकाले ऊ मभन्दा १ कक्षा मात्र ठुलो छ ।  म कक्षा ४ मा पढ्छु र दाइ ५ मा । सुरुमा त हामीसँगै मिलेर बस्थ्यौँ, मिलेर खेल्थ्यौँ  तर बिस्तारै ऊ आफू ठुलो भएको नाताले मलाई हेप्न थाल्यो, उसलाई जे चाहिन्थ्यो, मैले नाइँ भन्दा भन्दै मबाट खोस्थ्यो । मैले एकचोटी अब त अत्ति भयो भनेर बुवालाई भनिदिए । त्यस दिन उसले साह्रै पिटाइ खाएको थियो, ऊ भोलिपल्ट विद्यालय जानै सकेको थिएन ।

मैले त्यस रात बुबालाई दाइले पिटाइ खाएको सम्झेर केही पनि भनिन  तर मैले भनिन भने ऊ फेरि मलाई त्यस्तै गरिरहन्थ्यो । हामीसँगै बसमा स्कूल जान्थ्यौ र बसमै फर्कथ्यौँ । ऊ पहिलाजस्तो मसँग बोल्न र खेल्न पनि छोडिसकेको थियो, ऊ सधैँ मोबाइल मात्र हेरिरहन्थ्यो । त्यसैले म धेरैजसो एक्लै हुन्थेँ । म दाइसँग बोल्न जाँदा पनि “यहाँ न आइज न मलाई डिस्टर्ब हुन्छ”, भन्थ्याे । मैले उसलाई मसँग खेल पनि भन्न सक्दिनथेँ । बसमा ऊ पछाडि आफ्ना साथीहरूसित बस्थ्याे र म अगाडि, एक्लै । मेरा सबै साथीहरू बसबाट आउथिएनन्, त्यसैले म बसमा एक्लै हुन्थेँ । मलाई दाइसँग साह्रै रिस उठ्यो । यसपालि मैले आमालाई भन्ने निर्णय गरेँ । भोलि शनिबारका कारण स्कुल छुट्टी थियो बुबा केही कामले घर बाहिर जानुभएको थियो । मैले मौका निकालेर आमालाई दाइले मप्रति देखाउने व्यवहारबारे भनेँ । आमाले,”ए तेस्तो पो गर्छ ? बुबालाई  आउन दे, तेस्लाई पिटाई नपुगेको” भन्नुभयो । मैले सानो स्वरमा आमालाई “नाइँ, नाइँ बुबालाई नभन्नु बुबाले दाइलाई साह्रै पिट्नुहुन्छ, हजुर एकचोटी सम्झाइदिनु हुन्छ कि भनेर हजुरलाई भन्न आएकी”, भनेँ । आमाले कुरा बुझ्नुभयो । आमाले दाइलाई कोठामा कुरा गर्न लैजानुभयो । बाहिर निस्कँदा, दाइ साह्रै रिसाए झैँ मलाई तेर्सो आखाले हेरेर गयो । बोल्न जाँदा पनि केही नभनी हिड्यो ।  मलाई झन् डरलाग्न थाल्याे “अब क गर्ने त?” 
 

The disappearance of a young 15 year old girl on the 16th of march, 2012 is a case that will shock you.  A tragic story of Sierra LaMar. Who’s sudden disappearance on the way to her bus stop.

In the morning of 16th march, 2012, Sierra was about to go to the bus stop while her mom was at work. Before she left her house, she posted a quick selfie and posted it online. She got ready and left for the bus. But after not coming home, her mom reported her missing. Sierra LaMar went missing. Then the police searched the surveillance cameras and it showed that Sierra LaMar never reached the bus stop which means Sierra LaMar was kidnapped while leaving her home.

The police then investigated and they found Sierra LaMar’s phone on the side of the road plus a taser from the Safeway attacks. They found all her clothes she was wearing in a bag. The bag was by a house so they talked to the man living there. They did a DNA test on him and found his DNA on the taser and on Sierra clothes. The officers questioned him, asked him what he was doing that day. He simply replied he was fishing and also took the road Sierra LaMar did. He also said after fishing he went to the bank.

So then the officers checked the surveillance cameras and showed him leaving in the morning and the time matched perfectly for Sierra’s kidnapping. They checked the bank's camera and it showed he arrived with mud on his pants. Then the police searched his car. He had a rope in there and the rope had Sierra’s DNA on it and Sierra’s DNA all over the car as well.

After this, the man was sentenced to life in prison. He still won't admit what he did to her nor will he say where she is. So no one really knows yet where Sierra is.

This was a case that really shocked me. How can a person be this heartless? This was a tragic story of Sierra LaMar.