If there’s one word to
describe my journey with the Yangchenphug family, it would be incredible!
My admission to YHSS in Class 11 in 2007 to complete the last two years of my high school education was a dream come true! As I moved from Little Dragon to Changangkha LSS to Motithang High School, I always dreamt of wearing the YHSS uniform one day, perhaps because I knew this school of learning had so much to offer me. And today, as I reflect back, it has been one of my best decisions.
My admission to YHSS in Class 11 in 2007 to complete the last two years of my high school education was a dream come true! As I moved from Little Dragon to Changangkha LSS to Motithang High School, I always dreamt of wearing the YHSS uniform one day, perhaps because I knew this school of learning had so much to offer me. And today, as I reflect back, it has been one of my best decisions.
It’s been 7 years since
I graduated from YHSS but it feels like just yesterday when I walked up to the
Science Block in the morning, devoured the momos and fried rice in the canteen
over lunch, spent close to 8 hours daily in school and walked back home after
the bell summoned the end of the day, already looking forward to the next day
at school.
I have several vivid
memories of my stay at Yangchenphug. English lessons with Madam Sangay Lhamo
were my absolute favourite – I remember trying hard to grasp the way she
pronounced words so beautifully. I can guarantee I never stifled a yawn in her
classes. Math lessons with Mr. Murgiah, Biology with Mr. Tushar, Chemistry with
Mr. Pradesh, Physics with Mr. Roy and Dzongkha with my favourite class teacher
Lopen Phurba conducted in what will be my favourite class in the 13 years of my
education in Bhutan – 12 Science C, has the biggest role to play in what I have
become today.
Today as I watch my
second home – Yangchenphug – from my work place at the JDWNRH, I am always
taken down memory lane. I will be forever grateful to Yangchenphug, for she honed
my personal skills; from a timid and a complete introvert to a confident person
who could fend and speak up for herself. The friends I made during my two years
there and the enormous support meted out by the school faculty deserves due
credit for this; and it is this that helped me survive 5 and half years of
college life away from home and family.
Thank you is so little,
but that is all I can offer to you, my dearest Yangchenphug family!
