Seattle to Vancouver Express

After few days research, we decided to drive from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. We would have ended up paying fifty percent more transportation (Air fare and Rental Car) cost, if we had chosen to take direct flight to Vancouver. I really appreciate my friend, who had flown all the way down from DC. I wouldn’t have that memorable journey, if he hadn’t joined me. I had no choice, but had to go Canada for my immigration. My immigration visa expiration date was 04/30/2011 and I had to enter Canada before that day to get my PR (Permanent Resident). Initially we were planning to go to Montreal, but due to some reason we canceled that plan and headed for Vancouver.

Anonymous Musical Journey

 “Anayasai Pheri”, Sudhir’s debut album had been circulated among friends and family only. However his new album will be reaching out to all beyond kith and kin. Sudhir Deoju has been able to set up his identity as a singer among friends and family especially in hometown Dhulikhel. He is very much confident and optimistic with his soon -to -be -released album to extend his identity nationwide, and establish him in Nepali music industry.

Thakali Kitchen: The Authentic Nepali Cuisine

“Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture” ~ Mark Kurlansky

When you think about the authentic Nepali food with typical Nepali taste, one place you certainly should not miss in your New York Visit is the Thakali Kitchen in Jackson Height, NY.

It is very difficult to find the place that serve typical Nepali taste in USA. Most of them are hybrid of Indian and some other south Asian/Asian flavor. Moreover some Nepali restaurant plays Hindi songs instead of Nepali songs. People visit in Nepali restaurant to have Nepali cultural experience besides Nepali food. I felt so blessed that Thakali kitchen offers typical Nepali dishes like; Samay bajee, Bhutan, choyala etc. It’s always pleasing to experiment with different varieties of Nepali cuisines in foreign land.

Feelings of false importance

A young executive with poor self-esteem was promoted but he couldn’t reconcile himself to his new office and position. There was a knock at his door. To show how important and busy he was, he picked up the phone and then asked the visitor to come in. As the man waited for the executive, the executive kept talking on the phone, nodding and saying, “No problem, I can handle that.” After a few minutes he hung up and asked the visitor what he could do for him. The man replied, “Sir, I’m here to connect your phone.”

Message: Don't look for feeling of false importance.

Which Religion to follow?

By-R. Shrestha
I believe being religious is to walk on the path of humanity. It’s the way to become wise, moral and embrace your tradition and culture. I consider ultimate goal of any religion is to believe in one super natural power that has created us and the universe. There would be different ways to reach out the eternal power but the final destination for all of us is to be sanctified and blessed from that super natural power. People may have given different name to their religion but does any religion say something unique to one another? I haven’t read all holy books but I think they all have one universal message: peace, harmony and divinity for mankind.

When you ask someone what religion one should follow to be blessed by god? You would get different answers. If you meet Christian he may suggest you to come to church, Hindu may advise you to go to temple, Muslim may invite you to mosque and Buddhist may ask you to visit monastery. But, we all know god can be felt anywhere with true heart and pure soul. It’s like asking someone what medicine I should take to get relief from body pain. Someone would say Tylenol, other would say Advil, and some would even say Paracetamol. But, a little wise people who have knowledge about drugs may give you little different answer. He/ she would say you can have any medicine that contains acetaminophen or ibuprofen. We should note that Tylenol contains acetaminophen and Advil contains ibuprofen but there ultimate function is to relief your body pain. In same way different religion seems to have different content but the ultimate goal is same for all, to realize that ultimate supernatural power and bestow mankind.

So, I would suggest you can follow any religion which suit you and embrace your culture. Because I feel our culture make us unique from each other, at the same time we should not forget that all religion has ultimate one message. So, we should not bring politics into religion and claim that one religion is better than other. It’s like advertising that Aleve is better than Advil. We should recognize the diversity in human approach towards, and realization of, the one Supreme reality. The essence of religion consists in man’s hold on what is eternal and immanent in all being. Every religion is true, only if its adherents sincerely and honestly follow it.

Why did he change his name???

I have thought of changing my name so many times. Not legally, but only to make it easy for other people to call my name out. But I didn’t, since my name is the sweetest word for me in this world. When someone mispronounce my name, I repeat that over again, even then they couldn’t get that, I spell that out for them; C as Charlie, H as Henry etc...I have to say so many names to make my name meaningful. Some of my friends has changed their name and become Mike, Dave, Jen(Please make sure, these are only informal name, not for official use) etc, and this is not because they like these names or want to be an American, but to avoid the situation I have mentioned earlier in this paragraph. After this you might have to face other questions about your country. Where are you from??? You would say “Nepal”. What…where is that? Again I have to say in between India and China. In this way I have to use other people’s name and other country’s name to introduce myself and my country. Why do I need to use other country’s name to introduce my country? Again to avoid this embarrassment, I would say California, if I am not in California and New York, if I am not in New York and so on. In this way I would avoid unwanted conversation.