सन्दुक रुइतकाे जन्म वि.सं. २०११ भदाै १९ गते ताप्लेजुङ जिल्लाकाे ओलाङ्चुङ्गाेला भन्ने गाउँमा जन्म भएकाे थियाे । उनका पिताकाे नाम साेनाम रूइत र आमाकाे नाम केसाङ रूइत हाे । सन्दुककाे अर्थ आकाशमा गड्याङ्गुडुङ् गर्ने सर्प हाे । जसले पानी पार्न मद्दत गर्छ र हरियाली ल्याउँछ । उनका पूर्खा तिब्वतकाे रुइत क्षेत्रबाट ५०० वर्ष अगाडि नेपालमा बसाई सरेका थिए । त्यसरी उनकाे थर रुइत भयाे । सन्दुक रुइतकाे बाल्यकाल ओलाङ्चुङ्गाेलाकाे सुन्दर प्रकृतिकाे काखमा बित्याे । गाउँ विकट भएकाेले सन्दुक दार्जिलिङ पढ्न गए। त्यसपछि उनले सिद्धार्थ वनस्थलीमा अध्ययन गर्न थाले । त्यहा कलेजबाट आइ.एस्. सी. पास गरे । रुइतले लखनऊस्थित किङ्गस् जर्ज कलेजबाट एमबिबिएस पास गरे । सन्दुक रुइतले इन्ट्राओकुलर लेन्स बनाए र रूइतेक्टाेमी पनि सुरु गरे । उनकाे अमूल्य याेगदानकाे कदर गर्दै नेपाल सरकारले उनलाई राष्ट्रदीप पदकले सम्मानित गर्याे ।
Dashain is a major festival celebrated in Nepal and it lasts for 10 days. In Dashain, we put tika and Jamara. But this year, my Dashain did not go very well. I felt very bored. I did not want to go anywhere. I was at home the whole Dashain vacation, I did not visit my relatives' house. I read the reading books for 6 to 7 days. After that, I went to my friend's house to play. We went to the Deerwalk complex and played basketball every morning. I also went cycling with my friends. I went to my friend's house a few times to fly kites. On the day of tika, we ate lots of meat and drank many cold drinks. I also went to Patan Durbar square, and Surya Binayak, with my brothers. I think this vacation was boring because I didn't go to my village. If I was in the village then it could have been more fun. After tika, I and my brother I went to Deerwalk to play basketball and we also trained there.
Overall, this year’s Dashain was not fun for me.
Our Dashain vacation started on 13th Ashoj and ended on 26th Ashoj. The length of the vacation was 16 days. Our vacation started on the day of Ghatasthapana. On the day of Ghatasthapana, people sow jamara for Dashami. The preparation starts for the festival of Dashain. People start flying kites from the day. People build swings and some gamble. Many people go to the village to celebrate Dashain.
Dashain is a festival that brings joy and happiness. I did not go outside Kathmandu this Dashain. I read Stephen Hawking's "The Brief History of Time". I enjoyed the book and was able to finish the book. I flew kites with my friends. I have also started reading Yuval Noah Harari's book ' Sapiens: A brief history of mankind.’ I completed all the assignments provided by teachers. My Dashain vacation was wonderful and fun.
On February 3rd, 2020, we were taken to a short visit to the display of antique items on our school grounds. The display was set the day before, for a program called the “A Day for Preschoolers” in which the preschoolers of other schools visited our school. In this display, we saw many antique items that were put on display. The items like gagri, old swords , khukuris, musical instruments, a model of temples, utensils, yanka, ornaments, oil lamp, Sankha, tat chulesi, Lusi, etc. The thing that caught my eye was the Gramophone. It was very well preserved. Talcha, Masiya, Dau, karuwa, Aari, Thyanga , Hawan kund, etc were to put in the display. Musical instruments like a Tinchu, Yalamber Baja, Pianika, etc were put in the display. Old weapons were also put in the display. I also saw a typewriter and hardwares of the computer. I recognized some of these items and some of the items were new to me. I witnessed them for the first time. The visit was very informative. I also got some knowledge on how these items were used and for what purpose.
On 10th of Ashwin, Deerwalk Sifal School organized Deerwalk Debate Night. There were two language categories, i.e. English and Nepali with 16 participants in each category. Deerwalk Debate Night started at 4:30 PM and ended at 7:00 PM. The champion of each category would be given - called the " Deerwalk Debate Night Champion in English Nepali language category, 2019". I was looking forward to earning that title in the English language category. However, I couldn't give that much time and effort in practicing my debate because I was busy with my assignments. Two days before the Deerwalk Debate Night I had written all of my points and I practiced speaking a day before the official event. Through that process, my mentor Samyo Ma’am and my music teacher Robin sir left no stone unturned to build my self-esteem. And therefore I owe my position of the (High School Champion in English language Category) to them.
I have always been interested and dedicated towards mass speaking and there's no doubt that I learned a lot from this event. It is said that warriors don't give up and even though I didn't get the title of Deewalk Debate Night Champion in the English Language category, I have promised myself to never give up on mass speaking because I'm always ready for a new ride and experience.
On 10th Ashoj, Friday Deerwalk Debate Night was held on Sagarmatha hall of DWIT. All together there were 36 students in the finale of both the categories (Nepali and English). The program started at 4 P.M. Before the program began, the finalists were taken to Sagarmatha Hall for rehearsals.. After the rehearsal, we returned to school and had snacks then at 3 P.M. We again went to DWIT. Then at 4 P.M. all the parents started to come in the hall. Then we entered the from the back entrance as they slowly announced the names of the finalists. First the finalists of the english category spoke on the topic, "Students Should Not Be Graded on the basis of their handwriting". After their amazing debate the finalists of the Nepali language category spoke on their topic, “बैदेशिक रोज्गर भन्दा स्वदेशी रोज्गर ठीक”. After all the debaters were done, the students of grade 1,2,3 sang a song. After that all the finalists were given certificates. Then the DSS debate champion was declared. The winner was Pranjal Khatiwoda from grade 7 in English Language Category and the winner of Nepali Language category was me, Adhit Upadhyay from grade 10. It was truly a wonderful experience as well as an amazing memory.
On August 28, we the students of grade 10 attended the parent’s talk program which was held in Phewa hall of the school. The topic of the talk was “Insurance and its history”.
Mr. Drona Pokhrel was the speaker. Firstly, he summarized the history of insurance and its origin. He explained how insurance originated from Babylon and later explained how it flourished in England during the industrial revolution. After that, insurance was introduced in Nepal. Insurance is of many types. Some of the major ones are;
i) Marine insurance
ii) Aviation insurance
iii) Motor accident insurance
iv) Health insurance
v) Life insurance
The talk was very informative. He also suggested that we get travel insurance when we go abroad for higher-level education.
On November 4th, 2019, students of Grade 8 and 9 went to Metropolitan Police Office located near Durbar Marg also known as, महानगरीय प्रहरी कार्यालय, where we talked on different things like a collaboration of community and police ( i.e., community police partnership), a nationwide program which was established on 11th of Kartik, 2075.
The program includes lots of schools nationwide making students aware of different illegal activities and covers different topics like cybercrime, road accidents, human trafficking, child labor, etc with students. It mainly prioritizes self-defense. The program mobilizes more than 56 control room vehicles around the valley and also monitors up to 535 CCTV cameras. For Emergency Responsive Units (ERU), there are ten NTC, five NCELL, and one smart cell number where people can call to police.
We then talked to the in-charge of the metropolitan police officer (DIG), Mr. Sailesh Thapa about Crime Triangle which covers three points: Intension, Capacity, and Opportunity. Then, we talked about different crimes. Mainly we talked about rape which has been increasing day by day. He shared that more than 1480 rape cases have been registered in the previous year alone.
Then, we asked some questions to the DIG. After the completion of the program, we had black tea and some biscuit, then we came to school.
I was thinking not to go to the village this time. Since we didn't have to come to school from 11th of Asoj. I personally was very happy to stay at home. I was thinking about completing all the Hindi series called Aladdin but sadly I had to go to my village and I was informed just in the morning and we had to take off in the evening at 9:30 pm. I was sad thinking I won't get time to watch my favorite show once again from first till now. We reached our village at 4:15 am. We took a rickshaw from the main office of ward no. 4. We reached our home at 4:30 then we started cleaning for the whole 6 hours from 5 to 11. Then we ate our food and then we rested for an hour. Again from 2:00pm we managed things up to 6:00. Then we had dinner and we slept. The next morning, we got a goat from our maternal uncle’s house. We had our breakfast then we went to the Rajdevi temple. We had puja and the Pujari's Assistant chopped the head of the goat. Then we headed towards our home. We cooked meat and ate. Many people were there. After 2 days we came back to KTM and finally I watched Aladdin from where I stopped and I was happy.
Deerwalk Debate Night was conducted on 10th Asoj, 2076. The selection of the Debate Night had started two weeks from the day of the program. From our class 6 students went to the finals. Five students from the Nepali language category and 1 student from the English language, a total of 36 students from all classes. There were two-parent judges for each category and one teacher judge for each category. The event started at 4:30 pm. Yukta ma'am gave the welcome speech. The event started in the English Language category. The participants debated really well in the English Language category. After the debate of the English language category was over, the participants of the Nepali language category were introduced and the debate began. The debaters had really nice points. Both the categories were very exciting and interesting. The parents surely got to know many facts and got the knowledge & about the affairs in the world. The Nepali debate was knowledgeable. And after both, the debates prize distribution was held. In the English category, Pranjal Khatiwada from Grade VII won the gold medal and from the Nepali Category, Adhit Upadhyay from grade X won. At last Laxmi, ma'am gave the closing note and the event concluded.
On 27th August 2019, Drona Pokhrel, the parent of grade I student gave us a speech on Insurance. We learned about many types of insurance like life insurance, travel insurance, car insurance, bike insurance mobile insurance, etc. We learned that the concept of insurance was introduced in a place called Babylon. He told us many things about insurance. We learned what happens when we do insurance like if we have an accident and we haven't done insurance of ourselves and bike then we wouldn’t get anything, and if we do insurance of ourselves and bike then we can get some money that can be helped to get treatment and maintain the bike. Doing insurance is very helpful. If we do insurance then we won't get any problems in the future.
Three days into the vacation and I couldn't get enough of it. All I did for the first couple of days or so was sleep and eat. I was having the best time out of my life as that's pretty much what I love to do. And from the second week, the horror of Dashain began! My whole family was charged up except me. But then and there they decided to go meet my mamas and that got me excited a little bit as we had done things that I remember as the days well spent. Then I picked up all the gadgets that I would be needing and the journey began. Not too long by then, I started to feel those things as a drag. I just couldn't stand all the things that were happening. There were days that I enjoyed and days that were boring too. And just like that, vacation ended.