Ka Diary Zong Ka Shillong

(I Thulu hi a simsiam lou a om khak leh a Khasi pau deuh a kon teel ahi. Khasi te’n kha Bank of India chih khong ‘Ka United Bank Zong ka India’ chi unchin, huai ziak a ka Shillong Diary chihna dan a kon teel ahi)

Hun sawtpi a pat in eimi tampite’ a dia siamsinna munpi a I na zat gige uh Shillong khopi ahi. Hiai mun a pat mitam tak in lehkha I na zil ua, tampi mah hiai mun a pat in sepna/bawlna kong ah I na lohching ta ua, a hong om tou zel lai dia, tampi mah leng I na lohsap na mun uh ahi.

Shillong hi gam kitawi litlet, taksing tamna, vuah tamna, zu tamna, sepaih tamna, leh Kom Kuva tam mahmah na mun ahi a, a gam a vot a, a nuam. Amite ahihleh aneu ua, kuva a hai petmah uh. Piteekte nangawn in gotawng a kuva su keuhkeuh in a hai uh hi. A gam takbel gam hoihlua hi’n ka thei kei. Kense lak a bang. Himahleh huchi bang a kensia a hihlam thei hetlou a hin theihna mun a hi thethup.

2003 June kha in mitampite sulnung zui di’n ken leng Shillong ka zuan hi. Bus a tokham zen a tutnung khovak philhphelh chih di’n zata’ gen Shillong vangkhua ka tungtou hi. 1997-98 kikal a kava omkhak ngei zek ziak in ka tun in leng kuamah pi ngai hetlou in Happily (Happy Valley), Assam Regiment Centre (ARC), ah ka nuneu kiang ka tung thei hi. Huchi’n kei tun nung sawtlou in lawmpa Ginthianlal@Lalneu leng hong tungsuk in amah toh ka zawlpa Lambawi (Zangkholam) makaihna nuai ah Admission Form la, submit chihte in ka diang pah hehu uh hi. Eimi bang admission zong ngen khong a lang a lang ah kipelh tuah hehu in a om a, a college kai taktak sang mah in nuam zo hileh a kilawm zozen hi.

Shillong a laisim dia kuan peuhmah hih zel dan in College etmasak pen bel St.Edmund’s leh St.Anthony’s te hiphot hi. Huaite nih a muh keileh chu a dangte kin huai lou, awl a beih theih gige chi dan ahi. Huchia bangtan hiam ka ngak nung un huai ka apply te gel ua admission mu thei dite min takkhe ta uh chih thu hong om a, lawmpa toh zing ann bang ne manlou zen mah in College lam kava delhpah uh hi. St.Anthony’s a kava en masa ua, mi ana tam petmah hi. Kouleng kei min a om ke’h kua min a om dia chi hi awmtak in milak ka va phu trantran ua, a tawp in notice board bang kava phu kha khong ta uh hi. Huchi’n min kon ban etsuk ua, en suksuk, a tawpna a omlou di sak nung in ana om kei taktak hi.

Lungsim nuam chet lou ki lung nopsak teitei chu a haksa mahmah ve. Kou gel chauh ana hilou, eimi dang tampi mah leng ana om ua, ka tam tuk un bel a mu ka tawm mahmah uh hi. Chimoh lolam bang mi’n na mu uh hiale a chih chiang un “a theikei lua uh, denchia kisiik mahmah di uh eive, hong la kei na ua” peuh ka chi maimai uh hi. Lam-etna khat omlai, St.Edmund’s! Anthony’s a min omkha louteng in St. Edmund’s ka ki delh huan nawn ua, tunchu ka tam simta uh hi. Anthony’s a kava hohsang mah un mi ana tam zaw a, ngak zek a mi a thenzek chia et theih hizen pi, huchi di chihna lungsim leng kinei theilou in milak phut petmah in kava phu nawn uh hi. Huchia milak ka va phut lai un a nuam hetlou, lah phatuam mahmah khat kava tuak kha taget hi. Huchia milak phu a ka buai lai un mi kawm lak pi ah mikhat in “Sir, Sir,” chi’n hon na sam kaukau mawk hi. Huchia admission zong a ka min om hiam chia kiphu noinoi lak a khat in Sir, Sir hon chih khiat mawk leh ka mai lam ate le dak duamduam in a kihem sosouh ua, painang hon awn zozen uh hi. Pautam lou in lawmte toh kizui lutsuk in min kava ban et ua, lawmpa khat Mang (Thangzamang) min chauh ana tuang leuhlauh taget a, a dangte chu a omlou hizel mai,

Den a Sir a chihpa uh min omlou mai chu a zumhuai takzet ahi. Sir, hon na chihna ziak kon gen vanglak di. May, 2002 a pat March, 2003 tan Lunglei a Teacher toh Warden thuah in kava om ngei hi. Class sanglua vala kei mahleng ka omna skul uh Class X tan ahi a, huai a ka naupangte uh Higher Secondary sunzom dia Shillong a hong kuan, amah leng St. Edmunds a admission zong a om in hon na mukha, hong muhtak a hon na ngaina lua a hong na sam ek-ek chidan ahi. A zumhuai deuh a hive’n a phattuamna le a om aka. Haksa hetlou a min bang va ki enpah thei hiven ah.

College admission zonna lam in lawm bang tampi ka neih beh manta hi. Amasa in Lal toh chauh ka hi ua, tun chu Thamuan (Thangkhanmuan), Mamang (Khailienmang) leh Thathang (B.Paukhanthang) chihte toh ka kimai kha ta ua, amaute toh Shillong a ka hun zat sungteng ka ki pawl den ua, ka hinkhua a dia na tampi ka zilna leh thil kilawm leh hoih tampi hong sinsaktute a hong hi uh hi. Kuansan college te’ a lah kichinglou chi in Bissau College, Laitumkhrah ah admission ka bawl uh hi. Mi’n koi a kai hong chih chiang un Bissau College, opposite St. Edmunds ka chi thouthou sek uh hi. Edmund’s bang kha ki genkha ut teitei sese chidan ahi. Hiai a thil kikhel mahmah ka theisuah phing ahihleh Cl-XI leh XII simlai khong a lecturerte’n na college kaina di uh tua na Cl-XII percent un gen di ahi, lainak pi’n sim un hong chih lai ua, kipilsak a, ka thulaklouh laite kisik huai hina e ka chi vongvong a, lah a kikhel ahita si a…

Shillong khopi ah kum 3 sung ka hun zat hi huai a pat tuni tan a dia kalsuan dan bangkim ka zilna mun taktak ahi a, manpha kasa a, ka ngaihhtuah kiik khak chiang in Shillong lou mundang a pai hileng bang ka chi de aw ka chi vungvung sek. Student-Family Relationship hi Shillong tuk in mundang ah a hoih de aw? Ken ka theihlouh man eide aw ka chi. Family te’n studentte a deihsakna uh a thupilua. Nu Niang w/o Pa Khen (H.Chinkhenthang) in lampi a kituak phut hong chibai a, thumna I nei zual di chia lam nawl deuh a hong dinpih a, hon thumsakte ngaih huai hina e! Huaikia hilou, meh khatvei na leilouh uh leng phatuam di, student na hi ua, hiai khatvei na meh un chia a khutsuak ua piang ngei squash (biscuit) polythene a a tunsa a hong piak sekte bang manpha hina e! Kipahthu siamtak a genna chang lah kana thei kei ngal  a!

Motinagar a innluah a om, ka inn kiang ua Pa Muang (T.Khamthianmuang) te nupa hon deihsaknate uh thupi hina e! Manpha hina e! Nu Hau(Hauniang) w/o Pa Muang in a ofis ua pat a paper note gelh nang a lomlom(bundle) a hong puak sekte, hong puak a inn a om hongla un chimai lou a, amah mah in hong piak tenten dante khong thupi kasalua! Exam zou a innlam paidek chia kumkhat laizilna damtak a zouthei kipahthu genna ann I nekhawm di uh hon chihte uh..ka manghilh ngei kei, manghilh di’n le ka phal kei bok! Motinagar AG Quarter ah om Pa Muan (G.L.Romuan)te nupa felna leh kipiak zohnate, U Khum(H.Hauzakhum) mi ngaihnat siamdante, nou a bang koi a ana zil tuam na hi ua oi chihchih di’n hoih kasa.

ARC a om sepaih zite’n lehkha zil a omte a deihsak dan uh ka manghilh thei kei. A sepaih ration ua Chini ana la ua, dawr a Rs.18/kg ahih lai khong a amau Rs.11/kg a hong piak dante uh leh sepaih canteen a pat niteng vanzat ding sabon, surf chihte kiman tak a honna laksak gige dante uh, a hun tak in ka leimah hiven kana chi a, hamphat huai tuanlua ahihlam kana ngaihtuah ban kei. Kipahthu hunlem ka muh masakpen ah ka gen di. Toupa hunlem hon pia in chihkan ka hihtheih lah a om kei ngal a…

Ka lawmpa Davis Tonsing (Thangmawi) hon deihsakna te manghilh hak hina’n chia. Kong bangkim a kei a di’n a kiman sak gige. Phun hatpi leh hehbaihpi himahleng khatvei mahleng hon hehsan thuk kei, ka buaini in hon taisan kei a, khotang leh biakna ah hon makaih gige. A hon makaihnate thupi leh lamdang! Buaina a lianlua, aneulua omlou in U Mawi ka chihteng in ka gen tengteng ngaikhia in thupi kei chi hetlou in non suk vaiven pih gige a..Oh! bangchi’n kon thuk kiik nawn thei dia?

Shillong ka omlai a EBCC Pastor a om kha chet Rev.Pumkam, Pa Kam ka hinkhua a dia na lamdang pipi leh ka kalsuan dan ding bangkim ka zilna na hi. Pa in ta a kep bang in non kem a, non thuhilhna leh deihsak nate thupigen hina e! KHUBLEI SHIBUN mo Pa Kam. Nang toh I kituah ma himhim in Pastor kichite kiang a om ngam di’n le kana koih ngei. Ka pum zahtak a, a kiang ua om chia Pathian thu kia gen teitei di peuh kana sa mai a, Pastorte leng mihing mah, buai thei, nuithei, dahthei, hehthei leh kipak thei ahi chih chiantak in ka zilkhia. Thutak a kihou ut selua a I kimuh na mun mun a iki chiamnuih vak dante khong ka ngaih vungvung ni a tamsek.

2003 SSPP Founder Sports lastday Football Final kha zekai gawp. Khuamial, kimawlte lah a hun beinailou, I milian neihte gari light a side tuamtuam a pat kap a a kimawl sut zop chenchen mai khawng hun nuam hita ven. Eimite zaw ki hampha eive. St.Edmund’s ground bang kuamah khelh dia a phal hetlouh uh SSPP in ki zangkha thei mawk! Conference neih chiang a Pa Khen (H.Chinkhenthang) in siamsinte deihsakna lianpi toh a thu hilh na aw khum ngingeite kha zaknuam ata ve.

BYF kikhopna Bethany Hall a nei a U Muan (Thianlalmuan Ngaihte) in awm bang phousim eu-au a kihei deidei kawm a Lydia (Ching Lydia) toh la hon pi taktak uh bang zaw, nuam hiven. U Khup(Dr.N.Pauzakhup) in tomkim tak a sharing hon bawl a, Jeremya Tunglut aka OBAMALADEN in necktie ok zezat kawm a chitak deuh a hong tai gamgam bangzaw, kiliing mai sam eive.

BYF kikhop zou, mipi kikhop na dia KJP Biak inn 2pm-4pm kikal kikhel sek, huai dia ki hon zuihsuk zaizai bang, hun nuam ana hilua hi’n maw. Kikhop na a Pa Chin (V.Kaikhochin) kilawp tak a hong laam bang zaw ngaihtuahna ah Isai 40:31-32 “Tuailaite nangawn leng a bah un a gim ding ua, tangvalte leng a puk zou ding uh: Toupa ngakte’n zaw a hatna uh a thaksak nawn ding ua; muvanlaite bang in ka in a lengtou ding ua; bah lou in khe in a pai ding uhi”, chih lamlam bang a pawt khe thei mawk hi.

Kikhawm tawp to a khu pawt zen a taina di neinailou teng khemah a kiik nawn a Jacob’s ladder tou a pai kenken a, a sak deuh a New Land Restaurant a jadoh va nek geih bang zaw aw, I gimna teng reh vengveng zou hial eive.

Kum 3 hun ka zatna Kong leh Bahte’ lenna gam ah thilhoih, manpha ka damsung a ka kep ding ka zil a, a hoihlou leng tampi mah kamu. Shillong hohdia ka kisak lai a meltheih khenkhatte hong chihna “Shillong a pai di na hihle zaw zu-ngol veisa in non tung di mo, zu tam dan lah anak gen ua” chih kum 3 ka om sung a ka challenge lianpen ahi gige. Huaite hong gente bang ka pakta zozen. Aziak bel a thil gen uh diksaklouh teitei tum in kava pang a, ka hinkhua a ka paipih ding khat ka muh khiatlohna a hong hi zo hi. Huai bel, koimun, koimual ah om leng I hoih ding, I siatdan ei khut liuliau a kinga ahi chih ka musuah thakthak hi.