This evening I met up with
Sonam Tobgyel, a civil servant working at
PMO - Cabinet Secretariat, who came to Singapore to attend the work related training program. It's a second time I met him. First time was last year May, together with
Uden. We had
bakuteh (peppery pork rib soup) at
Clarke Quay.
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| First time meeting in May 2015 :) |
Just like our first time, he came with many parcels from
Bhutan. And when going back, again he had to bring many parcels with him hehehehe...
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| Lucky bag! ^^ |
Today, I collected my cabin bag that
Luzee brought back to
Bhutan during her last visit (as a result of shopping too much :P), but this time, it was full of things inside!
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| Chom from Bhutan!!! :D |
Sonam gifted me
Bhutan red rice and dried chili.
Rekha gave me the
Harper Lee's book -
Go Set a Watchman, while the rest of the items were given by dear
Luzee.
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| Happy Chips and Misty Peak from Bhutan. What a great combination! :P |
She gave me
Misty Peak (Bhutan whiskey replacing previous
K5) as a
New Year's gift. Two packets of
Happy Chips - potato chips produced by Bhutanese farmers, (finally she found it in market - it wasn't available on my last visit there) were gifts for my dear son. The book by
Sogyal Rinpoche was her gift for me, and as usual, she sent me my favourite
ema (chili) and
datshi (cheese). Thank you
Sonam, Rekha, and
Luzee for all your gifts la!
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| Kuzuzangpo la - Dec 15/ Jan 16 Edition |
However, among all gifts, what made me surprised and awed was the article inside the above magazine! :)
Kuzuzangpo la was the
Bhutan Airlines inflight magazine. Inside, there was an article written by her, about our journey to east
Bhutan back in July 2015. Read the details story starting from
here :)
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| Around Bhutan in Eight Days by Lungten Zangmo - Kuzuzangpo la inflight magazine |
Click the picture to read the article :)
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| Around Bhutan in Eight Days by Lungten Zangmo - Kuzuzangpo la inflight magazine |
She summarised our
8-day trip together in
Eastern Bhutan in these full four-page article completed with photos of places that we visited. She even mentioned my name there many times in the article :D
*shy shy She too never forgot mentioning the names of people who had helped us, accommodated us, throughout our journey. Indeed, it was a memorable and unforgettable journey! I could never thank her and everyone enough for everything they had done to make this trip possible.
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| Thank you everyone that made our journey memorable and unforgettable! :) |
And yes, if you are planning for a trip to
Bhutan, those are the places you should consider to visit instead of the usual
Thimphu - Paro - Punakha route. This way, you are able to stay longer too, be away from your hectic and mundane life back in your home country.
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| The choice is in our hands :) |
Get yourself closer spiritually by visiting more
Chorten or temples - especially the breath-taking statue of
Guru Rinpoche at
Takila, Lhuentse, Gom Kora, Chorten Kora, etc.; breath fresh mountain air, feel the splash from the natural fountain and the scary feeling when driving through the
Namling cliff; stay at local Bhutanese villagers house and feel their culture that are still deep implemented in their daily life, and so on. And just like
Luzee wrote, it would also thank to the karmic connection that made us being there. Do you think you'll have that too???
