In Big Picture – 3, many of you guessed that the sound was that of a bird, a cuckoo. Many others, however, chose to focus on the landscape and guessed, correctly, that the trees – the willows and pine – were in Taba, below my parents’ house. And one reader, a philosopher, saw the tranquility [...]
Okay, let’s make Big Picture a bit more interesting. Here’s an audio-visual clip. The first one to correctly identify what the Big Picture is wins a commemorative Nu 100 coin celebrating His Majesty’s the King’s coronation last year. It’s the Big Picture – 2 prize that was not claimed. Enjoy
A couple of months ago, I launched an “About” page in this blog. But, that page, till now, remained empty. Instead, it announced that a certain Tashi P. Wangdi was writing the content for the page. That content is now complete. So, if you go here, you’ll see what Tashi – better known as Tosh [...]
Tan, Archibad, Tshewang, I_am_glad_I_didn’t_vote, GoodToSeePM&OLLaughing&Talking(aspiring), Tshewang Rinzin, The Postman, Karma CW, Ping pong and Namgay all identified the picture correctly and collectively screamed that “The big picture” was a pair of dhung chen, the beautiful long horns used by our monks. The flood of correct answers prompted one reader, Linda Wangmo, to try to distract [...]
Here’s another challenge. The first one to correctly identify what the picture shows wins a commemorative Nu 100 coin celebrating His Majesty’s the King’s coronation last year. I’ve decided to hold these challenges every now and then to add some much needed life to this blog of ours. So don’t look for clues in the [...]
Here’s a challenge. The first one to recognize this picture wins a prize, the book “Portrait of a Leader” by Dr Mieko Nishimizu.
I’ve now been blogging for more than six months. And I’ve started receiving good feedback. During the weekdays we easily get four to five thousand hits. And, increasingly, many of the readers offer valuable comments. So, overall, I’m quite satisfied. But to enhance my interaction with friends, especially those in Bhutan, I’ve also been on [...]
Blooming dogwood prompted Tongyal to visit the Clock Tower Square and spend a good half an hour among the dogwood trees. Since Tongyal enjoyed the experience so much, I’m posting another picture – this one shows a blooming dogwood at the Motithang Hotel. Thimphu has a few other good dogwood spots. Some of them are [...]
I’m pleased to announce the latest addition to our website: a gallery where I’ll post photos occasionally. I hope you approve. And, naturally, if you’d like to share your photographs, I’ll be happy to post them too. The “gallery” button is on the navigation menu above the featured photograph. The inaugural album is of my [...]
The results of our first poll are in. Of the 46 voters, 59% rated our new site as good or excellent. 40% said that our site could be improved or was bad. And 1 voter – this works out to 2% of the total votes – had no comments. I thank each and every one [...]
Tshering Tobgay is a Member of Parliament representing Sombaykha Constitutency in Haa. He is the Leader of the Opposition Party in the National Assembly of Bhutan.
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