Andrew Marvel said,
“Time’s winged chariot.” When I joined Sherubtse College in 2009, I thought I
have all the time that the world has, but this notion of mine was wronged. Four
years have passed quickly. I regret this very moment for not fully utilizing my
stay in this premier institute of learning. I think it is too early for me to
leave this college. I regret to keep the pages of beautiful and wisdom
bountiful books in library unturned. I have not shook hands with many, my lone
world will haunt me. The best company of mine – books will leave me. The pot of
wisdom will not accompany me to intensify my worth.
DH V in particular has
provided me a greater platform to enhance my credibility. With compassionate
and understanding provost, my intellectual has got a new demesne. With charming
and caring inmates, I have learnt to love and value other. The bygone seniors
of this very hostel taught me to value public properties and withstand the
times of need with unity and cooperation. Working with hands together, our
hostel is able to be the best residence place in the college. Our past had
believed in oneness, we followed their steps and our success has been guided by
them. This moment, a time for me to bid farewell to this heaven teaches me the
worth of this hostel and the harmony we shared as a family. Thank you PROVOST,
my colleagues who passed out last year and passing this year, juniors who are
graduating with three of us this year and the remaining faithful ones. You all
together made my stay a wonderful one here.
The faithful ones, who
are remaining back, don’t be happy-go-lucky. In the society of pan on the oven,
let yourself be cooked but not fully. Remind yourself that out of past, there
is present and present should give rays hope to future. Pain is essential for
growth. The more remote and in agony you are, the better are you. Comfort zone
does not necessarily make you a better person, but sometimes there should be
shade to rest before exposing yourselves to the sunshine. Know that seed has to
grow to become plant. Plant should grow to become a tree. Tree should get matured
to flower. Do not try to walk without feet and fly without wings.
I thank my roommate and
cousin, Tenzin Gyalpo, friends Ugen Dorji, Lungten Wangdi and Puran Nepal for
being my smile all the time. We laughed, ate and slept together. This tight
bond will remain etched within me. I thank Mr. Nandalal Gurung for being my
intellectual friend. In teaching you, I learnt more.
Lethro and Tashi Rabgay
for being my constant source of success, and you have taught me the things that
I have never learnt before. You two also served as my reflector.
I personally thank Mr.
Kinley Tenzin for teaching me how to withstand solitude. This is one of the
incredible lessons I learnt during my four years stay. Everything in the world
is transitory. Not even friendship can perpetuate our existence.
Distance widens as we
say farewell. We bid farewell not in our heart, love had grown but we never
realized until today. The joy and sorrows we shared are indeed buried under the
pages of time. As we depart, words seem vague for only the heart can speak. As
tears fill our eyes, we wear fake smiles on our face and bid farewell hoping to
meet again
Goodbyes are not
forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I will miss you until we
meet again.
May the road rise up to
meet you, May wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm on your face
and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold
you in the hollow of his hands.
May the sun of glory
shine upon the roof of DH-V, and nurture the saplings of this hostel to board
the ship of wisdom to the stable posterity. I thank you all for being the best
companion in the needy time.
