Things I wanted…

Well, here I am.

First of all, I wanted to write about this for so long. Finally here it comes.
And now I am writing about the things which  I wanted to do and the things I wanted to have. These are my mere wishes and some can be fullfilled while some are over ambititious. Whatsoever, I want to, at least know what I wish for right now.

Things I want /wish to have or I want/wish to do:

Earn enough Money: Honestly,  I don't want lots of money. I always wanted to have enough money, which will be enough to live my life, support family and friends in need, and fullfill (some of) my crazy wish lists like these.

Get a PhD : Well, I want to finish at least getting a PhD. It's a long way ahead and I don't know how long it will take. I really (really) need to work hard, to get it.

Share knowledge: Well, I want to teach people what I have learnt. Everything I learn and discover, I wish to share with as many people as possible. Of course, I might want some renumerations, but I would have no problem even if I have to do it free. I believe the information is free for all and everyone should have access to the knowledge, whatsoever it is about.
But, for this, I should first learn a lot of things. Only when I have learnt something, then I can teach others.

Do something 'good' for the humanity: After I learn some good deal of things, I want to apply the knowledge in my head and my heart to do something good for the world. So that, even after I am long gone, people would remember that 'something' I did.
And at the moment, I really don't know in which field or sector, I would (or could) do 'something' but whatever it will be, I'd love it.

Master in coding: I like computers and it's an integral part of my life. I want to learn all the main programming languages and become fully skilled in operating systems, programs and applications, databases, networking, web, and so on.

Travel around the world: After I heard about the experience of travelling around the world from my Japanese friend, I always wanted to travel around the world. I want to travel to almost all the regions and learn about people, their lives, language, culture, etc etc. I would also share my knowledge with people and give the message of peace, harmony and brotherhood to all the people in the world.

Travel all Nepal and climb Mount Everest: I come from the country of Everest and so far I have not even been to the base camp. I have not even been to many places in Nepal and one of my dreams is to travel all around Nepal. I also want to climb Mount Everest and see the world from the top.

Sky diving and scuba diving: I want to feel the thrill and chill of the earth's atmosphere and throw out myself in the sky. I also want to go under water and see the beautiful world inside water through my own eyes.

Learn many languages: I want to learn and communicate in as many languages as possible. I would start from Japanese and Korean (both of which I have already learnt a few) and then probably Spanish, French, German etc.

Build a house in the countryside: I want to build a house in the country side, probably on top of a hill and equip the house with essential modern equipments. 

Singing and dancing: I always wanted to sing along with guitar on my hand, for myself and others. I'm a terrible singer and I can't play a guitar. I also like to dance, but I almost can't dance.

Become ruler of Nepal: It sounds silly but I really wish I could rule my country, at least for some years. I have thoughts and un-drafted plans on how to develop my country and make Nepali people prosperous and happy.

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and the list might go on. There are still some important points, I want to put, but I don't want to put it publicly. I just have them in my mind.
So, for now, I'd better stop here. Apart from what I've mentioned above like many people, I also want high performance essential gadgets and equipment which have become part of our lives nowadays. But it's not primary wish(es), it would be better to have them, without which also life goes on smoothly.

I wanted to put numbers in the above lists, but I couldn't distinguish some of those wishes, which were equally important.

And for me these are like permanent type of wishes and lists of things I want to do in my life. Though, I will try to check every six months or every year to see if they change or any of them get fulfilled (sooner).

What are your wishes? What would you want to have? and what would you want to do?
Please feel free to share.

Resham firiri-रेशम फिरिरी

Resham Firiri

Music from the Himalayan Kingdom

If you are from Nepal, you know this song. If you have been to Nepal, you would have definitely heard this song. If you know someone from Nepal, you might probably know this song.

Resham firiri (रेशम फिरिरी) is a very popular folk song from Nepal. Young ones or elderly, village people or city dwellers, traditional, old fashioned or modern, you will hear this song in almost every occasion when Nepalese have to share happiness, sing and dance.

Lets begin. The purpose of my writing this post is to inform about this song and explore how this song reflects Nepali life and culture. Being someone from Nepal, my purpose is to inform people in other countries, though our own Nepali brothers and siters might like it as well.

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Pashupatinath in Pictures

Well, this time, it’s like a photoblog on Pashupatinath. Pashupatinath is one of the most sacred Hindu Temples in the world and one of the UNESCO world heritage sites. It’s in Kathmandu, (in a walking distance from my home) and from a long-long time, I wanted to take go to Pashupatinath and take pictures, a lot of pictures. Today, finally I had the opportunity. Even though it was rainy and the camera battery died before I could be safisfied fully, I have taken so many pictures. Some of them are good and many of them are blurry, fuzzy, dark and out of focus images (I should work a lot on my photography skills).
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix JV1004 (Many thanks to Natalie Blockley for the camera. I brought this precious little thing from her)
All the images were shot at 12Mpixel with Auto/SR Auto and Natural modes. For uploading and web purpose, these images were batch resized to 1600X1200px using Phatch application on Ubuntu.

For now, please enjoy the drive around Pashupatinath temple and may Pashupatinath bless all of us!

UPDATE:
I’ve been tinkering around the image gallery to enhance the visibility and today I deleted all the photos and again uploaded. This time, the pictures are cropped 1024*768 px using Picasa and slight lighting adjustments are applied. I realized that my hosting is not as fast as clould solutions like google or yahoo. So, I decided to put the same photos on the google plus/picasa album as well. Please feel free to view and comment on whichever is convenient.

Pashupatinath: Pashupatinath means the ‘god of the animals’. Pashupatinath is the name for Lord Shiva. There are many legends on how lord Shiva came to be known as Pashupatinath and how the present day Pashupatinath temple is made.
The golden Pagoda temple of Lord Pashupatinath lies on the bank of Holy Bagmati river. On the same river bank, below the temple lies Aryaghat, which is regarded as holy cremation place for the Hindus. Gaurighat, Guheshwari, Kirateshwar, Gaushala, etc are some other holy places around Pashupatinath temple.

Further reading are available on:

Wikipedia Article on Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath information on SAARC Tourism website
Pashupati Development Trust Website (in Nepali only)

Photos will be available here as gallery when we sort out things properly. We’ve just moved in here.

If you want to see them, here’s the link in Google photos.