Meeting Khum Dai

[caption id="attachment_113" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Khum Dai and Me"]Khum Dai and Me[/caption]

Yesterday, as I was talking to Khushbu about her DVD-ROM, some one called me by my name. He was a fair and thin guy on a white Tshirt that read 'NRT'. It took me a second and half to say 'aarey Khum dai!'
I knew NRT was on Nepal tour playing and training local teams and I he told me that they were in Itahari and was in Dharan for some personal work. We talked about lot of things, remembered those days when on that small ground, the standing brick used to be the target. We exchanged phone numbers and I promised to be there in Itahari to see his game.
Today, after finishing my appointments at the Primary Health Center, Itahari and wasting a few hours in the cyber cafe and Hazaam's, I along with Locan dai and Rishi dai went to Janata Campus' football ground. The game had already started and since we were so called 'Medical Team' were allowed to sit with the organizers and players. There he was, playing so smoothly and lightly. His swift moves were really amazing, though he didn't score in the game, he played really amazing.
The game finished with NRT winning by 3-2, and he said that the team will have the next game in Kawasoti, Nawalparasi..
Meeting him after so long was amazing, and felt great to know a football celebrity. Good going Khum dai, you can surely go way ahead.

Comments

Neelam said…
Good to know that you guys met each other in Itahari. I am a big fan of Khum and know that he really plays well. I have watched him play for MMC. As the league has been brought to halt due to whatever reasons, I have not got a chance to watch him play for NRT. He is touring Nepal that is he is keeping football alive and we're proud of him.
11:27 PM
Neelam said…
I had met Khum this afternoon. He's back to Kathmandu after the All Nepal tour. It was nice talking to him after a long time.
10:23 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

HIV/AIDS: FAQ

Q. What is HIV ? HIV is Human Immuno-deficiency Virus, (a disease of humans where there is deficiency of immunity). It is a RNA virus. It is a special kind because it forms DNA from RNA (generally RNA is formed from DNA), this is due to the presence of the enzyme called reverse transcriptase. HIV belongs to the 'retrovirus' family, so the therapy against this virus is called 'anti-retroviral therapy.' Q. Then what is AIDS ? AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome which means a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Since the immune system is the main 'defense' of the body against the infections, the person with damaged immunity because of HIV are more prone to develop various infections and cancers. Many bacterias, viruses and fungi, which rarely infect normal human beings can easily infect the patients in AIDS due to HIV. So, a person who has r
Read more

मेरो गाउँ ज्यामिरे / Mero Gaun Jyamire

Image
"मेरो गाउँ ज्यामिरे, जमुनीको छोरो म, काले भन्छन् मलाई, तर मान्छे गोरो म। सबै पढ्न गएछन्, जान्ने सुन्ने भएछन्, म त अझै गोठमा, छैन हाँसो ओठमा। किन किन मन यो, दुखे दुखे जस्तो छ, यो ज्यामिरे गाउँमा, कुरो मात्र सस्तो छ। मेरो गाउँ ज्यामिरे, जमुनीको छोरो म, काले भन्छन् मलाई, तर मान्छे गोरो म। सबै भन्छन् मलाई, स्कुल किन नगा'को, कसैले नि बुझेनन्, कापी कलम नभा'को। मेरो सानो गोठ नै, मेरो सानो स्कुल, गोबरको अक्षर, पढ्न लेख्न मुस्किल।" mero gaun jyamire, jamuni ko choro ma, kale bhanchan malai, tara manche goro ma. sabai padhna gayechan, janne sunne bhayechan, ma ta ajhai gothma, chainaa haso oothma. kina kina mana yo, dukhe dukhe jasto cha, yo jyamire gaun ma kuro matra sasto cha. mero gaun jyamire, jamuni ko choro ma, kale bhanchan malai, tara manche goro ma. sabai bhancha malai, school kina na gako, kasai le ni bujhenan, kapi kalam na bhako. mero sano goth nai, mero sano schoola, gobarko akshyara, padhna lekhna muskila. मैले  यो गीत  पहिलो पटक के
Read more

Innocent but Positive

Image
Meet baby boy Himal, from Jhapa. He is just 10 months old, and was in our Paediatrics ward when I was posted there. He was admitted to investigate for his recurrent severe pneumonia. After admission, a proper medical history was taken. Family history revealed that both his parents died due to complications of AIDS. He has a elder brother, just 6 years old, who has recently been tested positive. Both the boys live with their grandmother who has no source of income and no family support. The reason for the baby boy's recurrent pneumonia was apparent, but I was waiting for the test results with crossed fingers. The results came, it was positive for HIV. But there still remains a small hope that it might be the antibodies from the mother's blood that would clear off after he is about 2 years of age. When my seniors were investigating more and trying to fit him into a classification of HIV, I was thinking about the future of the boy. How could his parents be so ignorant? They alre
Read more